M+ J's College Football Week 13 Upset Watch/Picks

UPSET WATCH

Virginia Tech over Virginia
The Hokies need this one to keep their bowl hopes alive. It is a rivalry game, so anything can happen here.

Florida State over Florida
Florida has been inconsistent and Florida State hasn't been great. With a win, the Seminoles continue their bowl streak. However, the Gators have a chance to be the ones that end it.

Miami (FL) over Pittsburgh
Pitt has been doing well lately and has not lost in a while. A trip to Miami could be a trap as Pitt looks on to next week's ACC Championship game.

West Virginia over Oklahoma
West Virginia is at home in this showdown, and the Sooners seem like they are bound to be beaten again this season.

North Carolina over NC State
NC State has shown to not be as good as their record. Maybe, the Tar Heels will prove this and pull the upset.

Friday Picks

Score Projections:

Texas 35, Kansas 15
Memphis 38, Houston 31
Virginia Tech 24, Virginia 20
UCF 41, USF 27
West Virginia 44, Oklahoma 35
Washington State 35, Washington 24

Saturday Picks

Score Projections:

Florida 34, Florida State 24
Georgia 49, Georgia Tech 21
Purdue 35, Indiana 31
Michigan 28, Ohio State 21
Texas Tech 45, Baylor  35
Syracuse 30, Boston College 24
Duke 38, Wake Forest 24
Stanford 28, UCLA 17
Alabama 45, Auburn 28
Arizona 31, Arizona State 28
Northwestern 45, Illinois 2
Penn State 48, Maryland 35
Miami (FL) 26, Pittsburgh 19
Wisconsin 24, Minnesota 10
Vanderbilt 17, Tennessee 14
Kentucky 41, Louisville 14
Clemson 31, South Carolina 23
California 34, Colorado 21
Iowa State 27, Kansas State 12
LSU 31, Texas A&M 27
Notre Dame 38, USC 21
TCU 28, Oklahoma State 21
Utah 21, BYU 3
Boise State 27, Utah State 21

BLOWOUT ALERT OF THE WEEK PROJECTION:

Fresno State 52, San Jose State 10

SNOOZE FEST OF THE WEEK PROJECTION:

Michigan State 31, Rutgers 3

PAINT DRIER OF THE WEEK PROJECTION:

Iowa 16, Nebraska 9

TOILET BOWL OF THE WEEK PROJECTION:

Old Dominion 27, Rice 17

M+ J's College Football Week 12 Upset Watch/Picks

UPSET WATCH

Nebraska over Michigan State
Nebraska is playing better and a vulnerable Spartans team is coming to town. This sounds like an upset..

Wake Forest over Pittsburgh
Pittsburgh has been good lately and leads the Coastal division. This looks like a trap game where Wake can be the spoiler. In the Coastal Division, anything can happen.

Syracuse over Notre Dame
Syracuse almost won at Clemson, so they definitely could win this neutral field meeting. The Irish are playing for the playoffs. Can the Orange ruin this for the Irish?

UCLA over USC
USC has lost consecutive home games and now travels a short distance to their arch rival. The pressure is on for Clay and a loss could seal his fate. 

Florida State over Boston College
The Seminoles need this one to keep their bowl hopes alive. Maybe, they will have enough today to pull the upset.

Weekend Picks

Score Projections:

Florida 42, Idaho 10
Alabama 69, The Citadel 0
Kentucky 33, Middle Tennessee 21
Mississippi State 38, Arkansas 7
Penn State 57, Rutgers 12
Ohio State 38, Maryland 28
Nebraska 31, Michigan State 21
Baylor 27, TCU 22
Wake Forest 36, Pittsburgh 33
Tennessee 23, Missouri 17
Temple 48, USF 30
Utah 35, Colorado 14
Notre Dame 31, Syracuse 27
UCLA 28, USC 21
Texas Tech 45, Kansas State 31
Florida State 26, Boston College 24
Georgia Tech 28, Virginia 25
Miami (FL) 24, Virginia Tech 21
West Virginia 38, Oklahoma State 27
Purdue 21, Wisconsin 20
Michigan 45, Indiana 21
Washington 52, Oregon State 14
Texas A&M 35, UAB 14
Clemson 42, Duke 21
LSU 42, Rice 0
Oklahoma 66, Kansas 24
Texas 34, Iowa State 31
UCF 35, Cincinnati 24
Oregon 37, Arizona State 28
Washington State 42, Arizona 31
Fresno State 31, San Diego State 21


BLOWOUT ALERT OF THE WEEK PROJECTION:

Georgia 73, UMass 17

SNOOZE FEST OF THE WEEK PROJECTION:

Utah State 42, Colorado State 14

PAINT DRIER OF THE WEEK PROJECTION:

Northwestern 17, Minnesota 13

TOILET BOWL OF THE WEEK PROJECTION:

Western Kentucky 27, UTEP 17

M+ J's College Football Week 11 Upset Watch/Picks

UPSET WATCH

Michigan State over Ohio State
Ohio State barely slithered by lowly Nebraska last week. Now, they head to East Lansing for a much tougher game against the Spartans.

Northwestern over Iowa
Northwestern has been good in conference, so as an underdog, an upset is definitely possible.

Texas Tech over Texas
Texas has not shown as well lately and now, they visit Lubbock to take on the Red Raiders. It seems like Texas Tech will take this one.

Boston College over Clemson
Clemson has got better throughout the season but has to go to Boston College where it will be cold. The Eagles have also been pretty good themselves. A possible trap for the Tigers? Maybe.

UMass over BYU
BYU has struggled on offense again this season especially lately. UMass is better than people think and can really score at time. The Cougars better watch it.

Weekend Picks

Score Projections:

Florida 28, South Carolina 24
Missouri 38, Vanderbilt 21
Texas A&M 45, Ole Miss 24
Maryland 28, Indiana 21
Michigan State 28, Ohio State 24
West Virginia 48, TCU 21
Penn State 20, Wisconsin 13
UCF 51, Navy 21
Georgia Southern 31, Troy 27
Alabama 35, Mississippi State 6
Washington State 41, Colorado 24
Iowa 17, Northwestern 16
Iowa State 31, Baylor 17
Oklahoma 54, Oklahoma State 42
Pittsburgh 46, Virginia Tech 34
Purdue 28, Minnesota 18
Utah 31, Oregon 23
Georgia 38, Auburn 17
Georgia Tech 27, Miami 17
Cincinnati 34, USF 21
Houston 35, Temple 31
LSU 30, Arkansas 0
Clemson 31, Boston College 28
USC  37, California 31



BLOWOUT ALERT OF THE WEEK PROJECTION:

Michigan 63, Rutgers 10

SNOOZE FEST OF THE WEEK PROJECTION:

Memphis 31, Tulsa 10

PAINT DRIER OF THE WEEK PROJECTION:

Kentucky 13, Tennessee 3

TOILET BOWL OF THE WEEK PROJECTION:

Central Michigan 25, Bowling Green 19

M+ J's College Football Week 10 Upset Watch/Picks

UPSET WATCH

Auburn over Texas A&M
This game is pretty even. Gus really needs it to show he is Auburn's guy. The war eagles are at home, so they the home crowd could help knock off a ranked opponent here.

Purdue over Iowa
Purdue has beat Ohio State and lost to Eastern Michigan this season at home. Iowa comes to town. If the Boilermakers that showed up against the Buckeyes play today, the Hawkeyes will be toast.

LSU over Alabama
If Alabama loses in the regular season, this game might be their only chance. The Crimson Tide have been dominant but really haven't played the greatest schedule. Their toughest game so far has been a home game with Texas A&M, which was 22 point win. Could LSU pull off this monumental upset?

Texas Tech over Oklahoma
Texas Tech is at home and the Sooners are coming to town. Oklahoma has not been too dominate, so an upset is possible.

Virginia Tech over Boston College
The Hokies were bad last week against Georgia Tech, so they will be out to get back on track. A vulnerable ranked Boston College team comes to Blacksburg.

Weekend Picks

Score Projections:

Auburn 30, Texas A&M 24
Ole Miss 23, South Carolina 21
Maryland 24, Michigan State 20
Baylor 34, Oklahoma State 31
Iowa State 28, Kansas 17
Syracuse 45, Wake Forest 24
Ohio State 38, Nebraska 24
Georgia 21, Kentucky 17
Purdue 25, Iowa 19
NC State 35, Florida State 21
Texas 35, West Virginia 24
Michigan 18, Penn State 15
Virginia Tech 27, Boston College 17
Florida 30, Missouri 17
Utah 37, Arizona State 21
Miami 31, Duke 24
Notre Dame 24, Northwestern 20
Mississippi State 49, Louisiana Tech 27
Oregon 45, UCLA 21
Alabama 27, LSU 21
Oklahoma 42, Texas Tech 40
Boise State 14, BYU 9
Washington, Stanford
Fresno State 55, UNLV 14
Washington State 49, California 14
Utah State 44, Hawaii 24


BLOWOUT ALERT OF THE WEEK PROJECTION:

Clemson 69, Louisville 14

SNOOZE FEST OF THE WEEK PROJECTION:

Wisconsin 28, Rutgers 0

PAINT DRIER OF THE WEEK PROJECTION:

Tulsa 12, UConn 2

TOILET BOWL OF THE WEEK PROJECTION:

Rice 13, UTEP 9

M+ J's College Football Week 9 Upset Watch/Picks

UPSET WATCH

Houston over South Florida
South Florida struggled to stay unbeaten when lowly UConn came to town. A trip to Houston almost certainly feels like their first loss is coming.

Pittsburgh over Duke
Not much of an upset here, but Pitt has been trending slightly upward while the Fighting Coach K's have been falling. Maybe the Panthers defend their home field and take the W.

Old Dominion over Middle Tennessee
Old Dominion won an extremely odd fashion last week at Western Kentucky. Now, the Blue Raiders come to town. The Monarchs could ride this momentum into a 2 game winning streak.

Missouri over Kentucky
Kentucky has shown that they can struggle inferior opponents like last week when Vandy came in and took them to the wire. A road trip to a hungry Missouri team looking for their 1st SEC wins could be a trap for Kentucky.

Syracuse over NC State
Syracuse has shown to be better this season, so an upset here seems obvious.

Mississippi State over Texas A&M
Texas A&M is on the road here and they are not as good as the other ranked SEC teams. An upset should also be an obvious one.

San Jose State over UNLV
Can the Spartans get their first win? After taking San Diego State to the wire on the road, UNLV comes in without a MWC win. This might be the day, San Jose State wins a game.

Weekend Picks

Score Projections:

Clemson 28, Florida State 3
Wisconsin 19, Northwestern 16
Texas Tech 45, Iowa State 41
Purdue 21, Michigan State 20
Virginia 43, North Carolina 24
Georgia 28, Florida 20
Oklahoma 55, Kansas State 24
Penn State 20, Iowa 17
Houston 48, South Florida 28
USC 24, Arizona State 14
Maryland 46, Illinois 28
Pittsburgh 38, Duke 30
Kentucky 27, Missouri 25
Washington 38, California 20
Washington State 28, Stanford 27
Mississippi State 29, Texas A&M 17
Syracuse 41, NC State 28
South Carolina 21, Tennessee 14
Notre Dame 35, Navy 14
Texas 49, Oklahoma State 28
Oregon 42, Arizona 28
Fresno State 52 , Hawaii 30


BLOWOUT ALERT OF THE WEEK PROJECTION:

North Texas 57, Rice 14

SNOOZE FEST OF THE WEEK PROJECTION:

UAB 31, UTEP 7

PAINT DRIER OF THE WEEK PROJECTION:

BYU 14, Northern Illinois 9

TOILET BOWL OF THE WEEK PROJECTION:

Texas State 24, New Mexico State 23

M+ J's College Football Week 8 Upset Watch/Picks

UPSET WATCH

Temple over Cincinnati
After starting 0-2, Temple has won 4 of 5. The Bearcats take their ranking and undefeated season to Temple, and this seems like a trap for them.

NC State over Clemson
Clemson has problems with Syracuse as shown the last two meetings. They also are usually challenged by the Wolfpack. NC State is a little better than the Orange, so maybe they can upset Clemson here.

Tulsa over Arkansas
Both teams have been bad. Tulsa almost upset Oklahoma and USF, so if the Razorbacks take them lightly, Tulsa might come out with a win here.

TCU over Oklahoma
TCU has under performed this season, but you can never count Gary Patterson out. Oklahoma is still trying to figure out their defense. The Horned Frogs may surprise the Sooners today.

Maryland over Iowa
Maryland is consistently one of the most random teams each season. They have beaten Texas and lost to Temple already this season. Therefore, anything is possible here. A blowout loss or even a blowout win is possible.

Weekend Picks

Score Projections:

Michigan 35, Michigan St. 21
Oklahoma 38, TCU 35
Maryland 27, Iowa 17
Temple 28, Cincinnati 24
Wisconsin 31, Illinois 10
Auburn 35, Ole Miss 21
Duke 28, Virginia 21
Alabama 54, Tennessee 17
Clemson 27, NC State 24
Washington 31, Colorado 14
Penn State 34, Indiana 17
Florida State 25, Wake Forest 12
Missouri 30, Memphis 28
LSU 31, Mississippi State 14
Ohio State 38, Purdue 17
Oregon 34, Washington State 31
Kentucky 37, Vanderbilt 14
Utah 30, USC 17


BLOWOUT ALERT OF THE WEEK PROJECTION:

South Florida 56, UConn 14

SNOOZE FEST OF THE WEEK PROJECTION:

Ohio 46, Bowling Green 21

PAINT DRIER OF THE WEEK PROJECTION:

Eastern Michigan 16, Ball State 14

TOILET BOWL OF THE WEEK PROJECTION:

Old Dominion 21, Western Kentucky 20

M+ J's College Football Week 7 Upset Watch/Picks

UPSET WATCH

South Carolina over Texas A&M
South Carolina hosts a ranked Texas A&M that found them in the Top 25 after a win over Kentucky. The Aggies have already lost twice, so they could get beat again.

North Carolina over Virginia Tech
Virginia Tech lost at Old Dominion, so they have shown they can struggle on the road even against weaker competition. Therefore, the Tar Heels could us this blue print to their advantage.

Virginia over Miami (FL)
Virginia is always unpredictable, so it is never a sure thing. However, being the underdog helps when you are, which is why an upset is possible.

USC over Colorado
USC is the favorite here, but Colorado is ranked. It would be an upset in terms of rank.

Weekend Picks

Score Projections:

Auburn 30, Tennessee 10
Florida 21, Vanderbilt 17
Iowa 18, Indiana 13
Oklahoma State 38, Kansas State 27
Georgia Tech 31, Duke 23
Boston College 45, Louisville 17
Notre Dame 47, Pittsburgh 14
Georgia 21, LSU 17
South Carolina 24, Texas A&M 21
Washington 31, Oregon 27
Purdue 33, Illinois 22
Penn State 28, Michigan State 7
Baylor 37, Kansas State 21
Texas 38, Baylor 20
UCF 27, Memphis 24
Alabama 49, Missouri 14
West Virginia 28, Iowa State 13
Virginia 41, Miami (FL) 31
UNC 31, Virginia Tech 28
Michigan 24, Wisconsin 14
BYU 24, Hawaii 20
USC 38, Colorado 21

BLOWOUT ALERT OF THE WEEK PROJECTION:

Ohio State 56, Minnesota 14

SNOOZE FEST OF THE WEEK PROJECTION:

Army 28, San Jose State 7

PAINT DRIER OF THE WEEK PROJECTION:

Western Kentucky 12, Charlotte 6

TOILET BOWL OF THE WEEK PROJECTION:

Central Michigan 23, Ball State 17

M+ J's College Football Week 6 Upset Watch/Picks

UPSET WATCH

Boston College over NC State
Boston College is pretty good this year. NC State is undefeated and in the Top 25. Will the nerves get to the Wolfpack?

Arizona State over Colorado
When you dissect Colorado's resume for an undefeated ranked team, it does not sound as good as it originally seemed since road victories over Nebraska and Colorado State are nothing special this season. The Sun Devils have played a tough schedule and are ready for this challenge.

Texas A&M over Kentucky
Texas A&M is at home and hosting a Kentucky team that has its highest ranking since 2007. The pressure is on here for the Wildcats where it seems a choke is possible.

Arizona over California

Not many potential upsets again this week, so this is potential minor one. Since Arizona is at home, a victory might happen over the golden bears.

Weekend Picks

Score Projections:

Oklahoma 30, Texas 21
 West Virginia 54, Kansas 10
Michigan 27, Maryland 17
Michigan State 16, Northwestern 13
South Carolina 28, Missouri 27
Syracuse 41, Pittsburgh 21
NC State 31, Boston College 27
Clemson 33, Wake Forest 24
LSU 17, Florida 14
Miami (FL) 27, Florida State 6
Oklahoma State 35, Iowa State 21
Boise State 28, San Diego St. 17
Baylor 37, Kansas State 21
Ohio State 56, Indiana 17
Arizona State 24, Colorado 20
Texas A&M 27, Kentucky 24
Georgia 45, Vanderbilt 7
Auburn 22, Mississippi State 14
Washington 31, UCLA 3
Notre Dame 28, Virginia Tech 20
Arizona 28, California 24
Stanford 21, Utah 6


BLOWOUT ALERT OF THE WEEK PROJECTION:

Alabama 58, Arkansas 9

SNOOZE FEST OF THE WEEK PROJECTION:

Wisconsin 28, Nebraska 0

PAINT DRIER OF THE WEEK PROJECTION:

Minnesota 13, Iowa 12

TOILET BOWL OF THE WEEK PROJECTION:

San Jose State 21, Colorado State 17

M+ J's College Football Week 5 Upset Watch/Picks

UPSET WATCH

Syracuse over Clemson
Syracuse upset Clemson last season and are much improved this season. Clemson is not going to overlook them this time. However, the Tigers have shown some vulnerability so far.

Texas Tech over West Virginia
Texas Tech's high scoring offense has shown to be a more complete team than past years. West Virginia can score a lot too. This game should be high scoring and should come down to whoever plays better defense.

Penn State over Ohio State
A whiteout in Happy Valley is what the Buckeyes will be playing in front of. Many college football fans are hoping Penn State can pull it off. It happened last time Ohio State came to town.

Arizona over USC

This is the disappointment bowl. Arizona has looked better their last couple games, and BYU has shown to be a pretty good team. USC has been disappointing, and it could continue on the road today. However, Clay Helton teams tend to start slow and finish strong, so this could be when they begin to turn the corner.

Weekend Picks

Score Projections:

Clemson 28, Syracuse 25
 West Virginia 63, Texas Tech 52
Oklahoma State 48, Kansas 17
NC State 31, Virginia 24
Georgia 55, Tennessee 3
Oklahoma 51, Baylor 21
UCF 47, Pittsburgh 15
Texas 28, Kansas State 17
Florida State 17, Louisville 14
Auburn 48, Southern Miss 10
Michigan 29, Northwestern 19 
Mississippi State 26, Florida 21
Washington State 24, Utah 21
Duke 28, Virginia Tech 24
TCU 24, Iowa State 16
Stanford 25, Notre Dame 22
Kentucky 31, South Carolina 17
Washington 21, BYU 10
LSU 34, Ole Miss 12
California 28, Oregon 27
Arizona 35, USC 32


BLOWOUT ALERT OF THE WEEK PROJECTION:

Alabama 63, Louisiana 6

SNOOZE FEST OF THE WEEK PROJECTION:

Michigan State 28, Central Michigan 7

PAINT DRIER OF THE WEEK PROJECTION:

Eastern Michigan 17, Northern Illinois 12

TOILET BOWL OF THE WEEK PROJECTION:

Purdue 31, Nebraska 23

M+ J's College Football Week 4 Upset Watch/Picks

UPSET WATCH

Maine over Central Michigan
Maine has already upset Western Kentucky. Central Michigan is winless and has been bad so far. This is best chance this week for an FCS team to be an FBS team.

Northern Illinois over Florida State
Florida State is off to a rough start with their only win coming against Samford, which they barely squeaked by. Northern Illinois has not been too great, so there is no guarantee. 

Texas over TCU
TCU failed to upset Ohio State last week while Texas dismantled USC. TCU comes to Austin and an upset seems possible here.

Kentucky over Mississippi State

Kentucky won at Florida ending the long losing streak to the Gators. The Bulldogs come to Lexington in a potential trap game against a much improved Kentucky team.

Indiana over Michigan State
Michigan State lost at Arizona State, who just lost at San Diego State. The Spartans travel to Indiana and are on upset alert.

Iowa over Wisconsin
Wisconsin lost at home to BYU and travel to Indiana. BYU is much improved this season but has already lost at home to Cal. Iowa is always tough at home.

Weekend Picks

Score Projections:

Washington State 31, USC 24
 Georgia 45, Missouri 20
Maryland 28, Minnesota 24
Michigan 49, Nebraska 14
Boston College 31, Purdue 27
Notre Dame 17, Wake Forest 10
North Carolina 24, Pitt 21
Virginia 33, Louisville 23
Alabama 52, Texas A&M 21
Baylor 27, Kansas 24
West Virginia 42, Kansas State 17
Clemson 42, Georgia Tech 14
Miami (FL) 48, FIU 14
Vanderbilt 28, South Carolina 14
Arizona 35, Oregon State 27
Texas 31, TCU 28
BYU 24, McNeese St. 3
Kentucky 34, Mississippi State 27
LSU 37, Louisiana Tech 14
Oklahoma 42, Army 17
Oklahoma State 55, Texas Tech 48
Auburn 49, Arkansas 0
Indiana 20, Michigan State 18
Stanford 34, Oregon 17
Iowa 21, Wisconsin 20
Washington 38, Arizona State 14

BLOWOUT ALERT OF THE WEEK PROJECTION:

Ohio State 63, Tulane 7

SNOOZE FEST OF THE WEEK PROJECTION:

Virginia Tech 41, Old Dominion 3

PAINT DRIER OF THE WEEK PROJECTION:

Tennessee 16, Florida 15

TOILET BOWL OF THE WEEK PROJECTION:

New Mexico State 24, UTEP 14

M+ J's College Football Week 3 Upset Watch/Picks

It has been a crazy few weeks which caused a delay for our 1st post of the season. Good thing , the first couple weeks were pretty uneventful with predictable results for the most part. Will there finally be some surprises today?

UPSET WATCH

Syracuse over Florida State
FSU almost lost to Samford last week after getting handled by Virginia Tech. This doesn't appear to be a very good Seminoles team this season. A trip to the Carrier Dome against Eric Dungey and Co. seems like an obvious choice for an upset.

Toledo over Miami (FL)
Miami started with an unimpressive opener against LSU and now have a potential trap game at Toledo, where the Rockets could cause fits for the Hurricanes.

North Texas over Arkansas
Arkansas fell to a 0-2 Colorado State last week showing that they could likely find themselves at the bottom of the SEC. An improved and undefeated North Texas team comes to town to try to turn the Hogs to ham on their home field.

Ohio over Virginia
Each year, Virginia is unpredictable, so it is hard to predict them being upset. However, the past shows that they have blown games like this before especially after losing to Indiana last week.

Wofford over Wyoming

There are not too many FCS vs FBS games that seem like potential upsets. This one seems to have the best chance since Wofford is pretty good for an FCS team and Wyoming has not shown well so far.

TCU over Ohio State
Ohio State is traveling to TCU with lots of talk about a scandal looming over them. Will this distract them in this early big test on the road?

URI over UConn
UConn had been bad in both loses and URI comes in at 2-0 and almost defeating a FBS team last season. The Rams almost certainly will be ready to take down their rival from their border state. Will the Huskies be ready?

Weekend Picks

Score Projections:

Georgia 42, Middle  Tennessee 3
 Rutgers 27, Kansas 21
Maryland 38, Temple 7
Oklahoma 49, Iowa State 28
Clemson 35, Georgia Southern 14
Syracuse 34, Florida State 24
Miami (FL) 28, Toledo 24
Nebraska 31, Troy 22
Penn State 56, Kent State 7
Georgia Tech 28, Pittsburgh 10
Stanford 41, UC Davis 14
Notre Dame 24, Vanderbilt 16
Auburn 31, LSU 23
South Florida 33, Illinois 24
Michigan 37, SMU 10
Baylor 26, Duke 20
Wisconsin 24, BYU 3
Boise State 31, Oklahoma State 28
North Texas 34, Arkansas 31
Houston 41, Texas Tech 31
Alabama 45, Ole Miss 24
Nevada 37, Oregon State 27
Mississippi State 35, Louisiana 7
Missouri 19, Purdue 10
USC 30, Texas 17
TCU 31, Ohio State 27
Arizona State 21, San Diego State 17
Fresno State 27, UCLA 23

BLOWOUT ALERT OF THE WEEK PROJECTION:

Oregon 77, San Jose State 10

SNOOZE FEST OF THE WEEK PROJECTION:

Tennessee 38, UTEP 10

PAINT DRIER OF THE WEEK PROJECTION:

Washington 16, Utah 9

TOILET BOWL OF THE WEEK PROJECTION:

Northern Illinois 31, Central Michigan 3

Biggest Seeding Questions

As the Selection Show began, we went into it wanting to hate it since they decided to move away from the suspenseful format that kept viewers on the edge of their seats throughout the show wondering who was getting in until the last 11 seed was revealed. Surprisingly, this format was better than we expected, but we don't think it will ever beat the traditional way though. 

With this being said, there were a few head scratchers in the seeding department.

1. Most Over Seeded Team: Creighton
- Many people predicted the Bluejays as a #10 because they had only 2 Q1 wins (H-Villanova and N-UCLA). There was a few good Q2 home wins, but if there is this point system that values quality Q1 wins, Creighton should have been closer to the cut line. Instead, they were rewarded with a #8 seed.

2. Most Under Seeded Team: Providence
- Many people predicted the Friars to be a 7 or 8 but fell victim to a seed bump that moved them to a 10 from a 9. This was because Creighton and Seton Hall were already #8 seeds in the brackets that didn't have Xavier or Villanova's 1 seed. Since they cannot face a Big East opponent to the Sweet Sixteen, they were pumped. However, the Friars beat Xavier twice and Villanova once giving them 5 Q1 wins. Their resume was clearly better than Creighton's, but somehow are seeded 2 lines lower.

3. CS- Fullerton a 15 seed and Penn a 16 seed?
- When you compare the 2 teams, Penn's resume is better in almost every aspect and even look much better when watching them. Surprisingly, this was't the only odd thing on these lines.

4. Xavier Plays Winner of Teams 67 and 68, Not Virginia
- Virginia is the overall #1 seed and got matched with UMBC instead of the winner of 67/68. Xavier, the 4th #1 seed, gets the winner instead. Obviously, a 16 seed has never beat a #1, and UMBC likely will not be the first one too. 

5. Injuries Mattered For Some Teams' Seeding But Not Others
 a. Arizona lost 4 of their 7 games when a key player was out, and it didn't seem to matter in their final seed
 b. Texas Tech received a 3 seed instead of being lower since they lost a few games when star Keenan Evans was out with an injury.
 c. Wichita State started the season without Marcus McDuffie, and it seemed to help land them a 4 seed.
 d. Texas A&M struggled in December and January as they had multiple key pieces out. They managed to get 7 Q1 wins. We did get their seed correct, but thought that they have been higher if injuries were considered.

6. Notre Dame was 1st Team out?
 a. Notre Dame ended as the 1st team out since they lost most of their games when Bonzie Colson was hurt. At the beginning of the season, they beat short handed Wichita State in the Maui before being upset by Ball State and Indiana, which were 2 bad losses in which Bonzie played in. We still cannot figure why they were this close.
b. If Notre Dame was this close, then why wasn't Stanford considered. Stanford started the season 6-7 without Dorian Pickens. When he returned, he led them to 4th place in the PAC-12. Had Pickens been available for out of conference play, this team may have picked up the wins needed to make the dance.