2021 Week 8 (20-23 Oct) 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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90-100% chance of victory:

  53 Louisiana - Lafayette     over  180 Arkansas State             49.0 to 28.0
   2 Alabama                   over   32 Tennessee                  45.5 to 21.0
  94 Alabama - Birmingham      over  230 Rice                       35.0 to 10.5
  92 California - Davis        over  210 California Poly            38.5 to 17.5
  16 James Madison             over  147 Delaware                   38.5 to 17.5
  74 Florida State             over  231 Massachusetts              52.5 to 14.0
 108 Fordham                   over  255 Lehigh                     42.0 to 10.5
  97 Holy Cross                over  238 Colgate                    38.5 to 10.5
 152 Nicholls State            over  258 Houston Baptist            52.5 to 14.0
   3 Ohio State                over   61 Indiana                    42.0 to 24.5
  11 Oklahoma                  over  199 Kansas                     56.0 to 21.0
 145 Central Arkansas          over  249 Lamar                      42.0 to 21.0
   5 Michigan                  over   95 Northwestern               38.5 to 14.0
 172 Florida A&M               over  252 Mississippi Valley State   35.0 to 14.0
  56 Montana State             over  211 Idaho State                45.5 to 10.5
  28 Arkansas                  over  247 Arkansas - Pine Bluff      52.5 to 14.0
   4 Cincinnati                over  155 Navy                       42.0 to 10.5
   9 North Dakota State        over  111 Missouri State             42.0 to 14.0
  66 Liberty                   over  195 North Texas                42.0 to 21.0
  84 Southeast Louisiana       over  244 Northwestern State         49.0 to 21.0
   6 Penn State                over  127 Illinois                   38.5 to  7.0
 241 Tennessee Tech            over  258 Houston Baptist            42.0 to 14.0
 121 Hawaii                    over  200 New Mexico State           42.0 to 24.5

80-90% chance of victory:

  43 Washington                over  162 Arizona                    31.5 to 14.0
  60 Dartmouth                 over  164 Columbia                   35.0 to 14.0
 120 Buffalo                   over  197 Akron                      38.5 to 21.0
 192 Davidson                  over  257 Butler                     38.5 to 21.0
  50 Houston                   over   93 East Carolina              38.5 to 24.5
 165 Jackson State             over  240 Bethune - Cookman          38.5 to 17.5
  99 North Dakota              over  146 Western Illinois           38.5 to 24.5
 102 Sam Houston State         over  170 Jacksonville State         35.0 to 17.5
  34 Texas A&M                 over  109 South Carolina             28.0 to 10.5
 188 The Citadel               over  225 Western Carolina           42.0 to 28.0
  73 Mississippi State         over  179 Vanderbilt                 35.0 to 17.5
  46 Villanova                 over  129 Rhode Island               38.5 to 21.0
  25 Virginia                  over   88 Georgia Tech               35.0 to 21.0
 104 Wyoming                   over  196 New Mexico                 31.5 to 14.0
 114 Yale                      over  182 Pennsylvania               31.5 to 17.5

70-80% chance of victory:

  64 Southern Methodist        over  112 Tulane                     42.0 to 31.5
  76 Central Florida           over  105 Memphis                    42.0 to 35.0
 106 Montana                   over  184 Idaho                      35.0 to 21.0
  51 Minnesota                 over   98 Maryland                   31.5 to 21.0
  13 Notre Dame                over   40 Southern California        35.0 to 24.5
 224 San Diego                 over  256 Presbyterian               35.0 to 21.0
 139 Sacramento State          over  174 Northern Arizona           35.0 to 24.5
  70 South Dakota              over  163 Illinois State             31.5 to 17.5
 130 Tennessee - Martin        over  201 Southeast Missouri State   38.5 to 24.5
 189 Bryant                    over  246 Wagner                     31.5 to 21.0

60-70% chance of victory:

  90 Florida Atlantic          over  158 North Carolina - Charlot   31.5 to 21.0
 156 Middle Tennessee State    over  219 Connecticut                31.5 to 24.5
  38 Air Force                 over   55 San Diego State            24.5 to 17.5
 144 Albany                    over  160 Maine                      28.0 to 21.0
  24 Wake Forest               over   72 Army                       31.5 to 28.0
 100 Ball State                over  118 Miami - Ohio               28.0 to 24.5
 117 Eastern Michigan          over  171 Bowling Green              28.0 to 21.0
 218 Georgetown                over  250 Bucknell                   24.5 to 17.5
  85 California                over  110 Colorado                   24.5 to 14.0
  19 Oregon                    over   33 California - Los Angeles   35.0 to 31.5
  82 Kennesaw State            over  124 Campbell                   31.5 to 24.5
 215 Central Connecticut       over  253 Long Island                38.5 to 21.0
 131 Central Michigan          over  125 Northern Illinois          35.0 to 28.0
 198 Cornell                   over  194 Brown                      31.5 to 28.0
 208 South Carolina State      over  234 Delaware State             31.5 to 28.0
 153 Stephen F. Austin         over  242 Dixie State                35.0 to 14.0
 248 Drake                     over  254 Stetson                    21.0 to 10.5
 217 Eastern Illinois          over  236 Tennessee State            28.0 to 17.5
  42 Eastern Washington        over   86 Weber State                38.5 to 31.5
 126 Elon                      over  123 New Hampshire              24.5 to 21.0
  87 Western Kentucky          over  185 Florida International      38.5 to 31.5
  37 Fresno State              over   77 Nevada - Reno              35.0 to 24.5
 133 Furman                    over  119 East Tennessee State       24.5 to 21.0
 141 Georgia State             over  181 Texas State - San Marcos   38.5 to 28.0
 143 North Carolina A&T        over  204 Hampton                    35.0 to 24.5
 190 Norfolk State             over  235 Howard                     35.0 to 28.0
 142 Youngstown State          over  186 Indiana State              31.5 to 28.0
   7 Iowa State                over   36 Oklahoma State             31.5 to 21.0
  57 Louisville                over   78 Boston College             31.5 to 24.5
 227 Marist                    over  233 Morehead State             38.5 to 31.5
 116 Incarnate Word            over  175 McNeese State              31.5 to 28.0
  44 Miami - Florida           over   29 North Carolina State       28.0 to 24.5
   8 Mississippi               over   26 Louisiana State            45.5 to 38.5
 187 Austin Peay               over  203 Murray State               28.0 to 28.0
 169 Charleston Southern       over  202 North Alabama              31.5 to 24.5
 135 South Alabama             over  193 Northeast Louisiana        31.5 to 21.0
  17 Utah                      over   49 Oregon State               35.0 to 31.5
  65 Princeton                 over   52 Harvard                    31.5 to 28.0
  47 Purdue                    over   54 Wisconsin                  21.0 to 17.5
 150 Duquesne                  over  212 Sacred Heart               24.5 to 21.0
 137 Samford                   over  132 Tennessee - Chattanooga    35.0 to 31.5
  22 South Dakota State        over   62 Northern Iowa              24.5 to 14.0
 207 Southern                  over  209 Prairie View               28.0 to 24.5
 140 South Florida             over  177 Temple                     31.5 to 24.5
 149 Stony Brook               over  148 Richmond                   17.5 to 17.5
  58 Texas Christian           over   68 West Virginia              31.5 to 24.5
 221 Alcorn State              over  245 Texas Southern             35.0 to 24.5
  96 Toledo                    over   80 Western Michigan           31.5 to 28.0
 216 Dayton                    over  229 Valparaiso                 28.0 to 28.0
  81 Virginia Tech             over   69 Syracuse                   24.5 to 21.0
  59 Brigham Young             over   83 Washington State           28.0 to 24.5

50-60% chance of victory:

  31 Coastal Carolina          over   67 Appalachian State          28.0 to 28.0
 159 San Jose State            over  157 Nevada - Las Vegas         21.0 to 21.0
  91 Colorado State            over  107 Utah State                 28.0 to 28.0
 205 Gardner - Webb            over  213 Robert Morris              31.5 to 31.5
 103 Louisiana Tech            over   89 Texas - San Antonio        31.5 to 31.5
 168 Mercer                    over  167 Wofford                    28.0 to 24.5
 239 North Carolina Central    over  251 Morgan State               21.0 to 21.0
 173 Ohio                      over  138 Kent State                 31.5 to 31.5
  15 Pittsburgh                over   23 Clemson                    24.5 to 24.5
 214 Southern Utah             over  226 Northern Colorado          21.0 to 21.0
  71 Texas Tech                over   45 Kansas State               31.5 to 31.5
 136 William & Mary            over  115 Towson                     24.5 to 21.0

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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