2019 Week 1 (29 Aug - 2 Sep) Forecast for College Football Division IA & IAA

                                                                   ave score ROUNDED
rank projected winning team         rank projected losing team     TO NEAREST 3.5 POINTS
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70-80% chance of victory:

   5 North Dakota State        over  239 Butler                     59.5 to 14.0
  37 Texas Christian           over  254 Arkansas - Pine Bluff      66.5 to 17.5
  24 Washington State          over  206 New Mexico State           63.0 to 24.5

60-70% chance of victory:

  86 Alabama - Birmingham      over  251 Alabama State              49.0 to 21.0
  53 Arizona State             over  194 Kent State                 52.5 to 24.5
 159 Austin Peay               over  224 North Carolina Central     42.0 to 31.5
 195 Bowling Green             over  229 Morgan State               42.0 to 35.0
  25 Utah                      over   77 Brigham Young              35.0 to 28.0
  88 Buffalo                   over  245 Robert Morris              52.5 to 28.0
  18 Central Florida           over  203 Florida A&M                56.0 to 24.5
  66 Cincinnati                over   84 California - Los Angeles   38.5 to 31.5
   1 Clemson                   over   45 Georgia Tech               52.5 to 24.5
 102 Delaware                  over  248 Delaware State             52.5 to 17.5
 213 Eastern Kentucky          over  236 Valparaiso                 42.0 to 31.5
  19 South Dakota State        over   63 Minnesota                  42.0 to 35.0
 104 Western Illinois          over  226 North Alabama              52.5 to 38.5
 178 North Carolina - Charlot  over  237 Gardner - Webb             38.5 to 28.0
 136 Richmond                  over  249 Jacksonville               56.0 to 31.5
  83 Jacksonville State        over  215 Southeast Louisiana        49.0 to 31.5
 121 Southeast Missouri State  over  134 Southern Illinois          45.5 to 38.5
  82 Stony Brook               over  212 Bryant                     52.5 to 28.0
 170 Tennessee - Chattanooga   over  192 Eastern Illinois           38.5 to 31.5
 182 Tennessee - Martin        over  221 Northwestern State         42.0 to 31.5
  15 Texas A&M                 over  208 Texas State - San Marcos   56.0 to 17.5
  39 Army                      over  214 Rice                       52.5 to 17.5
 105 Maine                     over  180 Sacred Heart               42.0 to 28.0
  65 Michigan State            over  141 Tulsa                      38.5 to 21.0
  80 Colorado                  over  145 Colorado State             45.5 to 31.5
  47 Purdue                    over  116 Nevada - Reno              42.0 to 35.0
  21 Oklahoma State            over  144 Oregon State               59.5 to 38.5
  31 Wisconsin                 over  115 South Florida              42.0 to 31.5
  79 Air Force                 over  148 Colgate                    35.0 to 24.5
  43 Appalachian State         over  169 East Tennessee State       45.5 to 21.0
 113 Arkansas                  over  197 Portland State             45.5 to 31.5
  98 Arkansas State            over  124 Southern Methodist         42.0 to 38.5
  72 Baylor                    over  243 Stephen F. Austin          52.5 to 24.5
  40 Boston College            over   68 Virginia Tech              42.0 to 31.5
 230 Georgetown                over  244 Davidson                   38.5 to 35.0
 130 Furman                    over  200 Charleston Southern        38.5 to 28.0
  11 Iowa                      over  109 Miami - Ohio               45.5 to 21.0
  35 Iowa State                over   81 Northern Iowa              35.0 to 28.0
  57 Kansas State              over  143 Nicholls State             42.0 to 24.5
  36 Kentucky                  over   75 Toledo                     45.5 to 35.0
  34 Syracuse                  over  140 Liberty                    52.5 to 35.0
  17 Louisiana State           over   93 Georgia Southern           45.5 to 24.5
 100 Marshall                  over  242 Virginia Military          56.0 to 24.5
  78 Maryland                  over  198 Howard                     52.5 to 35.0
   9 Michigan                  over   94 Middle Tennessee State     49.0 to 24.5
   2 Alabama                   over   42 Duke                       49.0 to 24.5
   8 Auburn                    over   48 Oregon                     42.0 to 31.5
 107 Navy                      over  150 Holy Cross                 38.5 to 35.0
  67 Nebraska                  over  193 South Alabama              52.5 to 28.0
  27 Boise State               over   69 Florida State              38.5 to 35.0
  70 Indiana                   over  185 Ball State                 49.0 to 28.0
   7 Mississippi State         over  127 Louisiana - Lafayette      49.0 to 24.5
  32 North Carolina State      over  164 East Carolina              52.5 to 28.0
  91 North Texas               over  209 Abilene Christian          45.5 to 31.5
  46 South Carolina            over   90 North Carolina             42.0 to 35.0
  49 Ohio                      over  122 Rhode Island               45.5 to 35.0
   6 Ohio State                over   89 Florida Atlantic           59.5 to 31.5
 157 Old Dominion              over  233 Norfolk State              42.0 to 31.5
  10 Penn State                over  188 Idaho                      56.0 to 21.0
 117 Wofford                   over  211 South Carolina State       35.0 to 24.5
  28 Stanford                  over   50 Northwestern               38.5 to 28.0
 234 Stetson                   over  250 Presbyterian               38.5 to 28.0
  64 Temple                    over  235 Bucknell                   49.0 to 21.0
  85 Tennessee                 over  173 Georgia State              45.5 to 24.5
 175 Tennessee State           over  255 Mississippi Valley State   56.0 to 28.0
 160 Samford                   over  240 Tennessee Tech             42.0 to 31.5
  23 Texas                     over  126 Louisiana Tech             45.5 to 24.5
 223 Texas - El Paso           over  256 Houston Baptist            49.0 to 28.0
 179 Prairie View              over  252 Texas Southern             45.5 to 28.0
  44 Texas Tech                over  131 Montana State              49.0 to 35.0
  87 Troy State                over  218 Campbell                   38.5 to 21.0
   3 Georgia                   over   58 Vanderbilt                 42.0 to 28.0
  16 Washington                over   33 Eastern Washington         42.0 to 31.5
 139 Mercer                    over  191 Western Carolina           45.5 to 42.0
 186 William & Mary            over  238 Lafayette                  35.0 to 21.0
  12 Missouri                  over  112 Wyoming                    42.0 to 28.0
 199 Bethune - Cookman         over  241 Jackson State              31.5 to 24.5
   4 Oklahoma                  over   74 Houston                    66.5 to 42.0
  13 Notre Dame                over  132 Louisville                 49.0 to 31.5

50-60% chance of victory:

 171 Albany                    over  181 Central Michigan           31.5 to 31.5
 227 Wagner                    over  220 Connecticut                42.0 to 38.5
 168 Northern Arizona          over  176 Missouri State             38.5 to 35.0
 187 San Jose State            over  201 Northern Colorado          38.5 to 38.5
 114 Tulane                    over  108 Florida International      35.0 to 35.0
 149 Western Kentucky          over  163 Central Arkansas           35.0 to 35.0
 165 Rutgers                   over  162 Massachusetts              42.0 to 38.5
  22 Utah State                over   62 Wake Forest                45.5 to 42.0
  73 California                over   76 California - Davis         38.5 to 35.0
 142 San Diego                 over  167 California Poly            45.5 to 42.0
  96 Eastern Michigan          over  153 Coastal Carolina           38.5 to 35.0
 177 Central Connecticut       over  225 Fordham                    38.5 to 35.0
 135 Illinois                  over  161 Akron                      38.5 to 31.5
  97 Kansas                    over  133 Indiana State              42.0 to 38.5
 204 Saint Francis - Pennsylv  over  219 Lehigh                     35.0 to 31.5
 172 Southern                  over  216 McNeese State              35.0 to 31.5
  56 Memphis                   over   55 Mississippi                52.5 to 49.0
 138 Nevada - Las Vegas        over  189 Southern Utah              42.0 to 38.5
 174 Sam Houston State         over  155 New Mexico                 42.0 to 42.0
 128 North Carolina A&T        over  120 Elon                       31.5 to 28.0
 147 North Dakota              over  190 Drake                      31.5 to 28.0
 152 Northeast Louisiana       over  210 Grambling                  38.5 to 38.5
  71 Illinois State            over  110 Northern Illinois          31.5 to 28.0
  52 Pittsburgh                over   54 Virginia                   35.0 to 31.5
 101 San Diego State           over   99 Weber State                28.0 to 28.0
 118 South Dakota              over  129 Montana                    45.5 to 42.0
  60 Southern California       over   30 Fresno State               35.0 to 31.5
 123 Southern Mississippi      over  156 Alcorn State               38.5 to 35.0
 196 Texas - San Antonio       over  207 Incarnate Word             38.5 to 35.0
 106 Towson                    over  137 The Citadel                42.0 to 38.5
 125 Western Michigan          over  154 Monmouth                   49.0 to 45.5
  14 West Virginia             over   29 James Madison              38.5 to 38.5

NOTE: the above scores are rounded to the nearest 3.5 points. Exact predicted scores are not released until after game time

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