My Week 1 Predictions

[iowajerms]

AP Poll is out, so it is time for me to make my week 1 predictions. I am going to keep the same goals, since I failed to get them last year.

My goal is to predict 80% of the teams to win and to get more close predictions than predicted wrong teams. Last season I went 333-128 (.7223) and had 112 close predictions. I have close predictions to be 8 points or closer to both teams' scores (most a team can score on a single drive).

I also set the deadline to change/add game scores to midnight CST before the game. If you want to participate, feel free to do so. I know one of the Nebraska posters had a pretty successful prediction thread last season.

AP Top 25

#1 Alabama 45 vs Virginia Tech 17
Buffalo 0 at #2 Ohio State 55
Nicholls State 3 at #3 Oregon 62
San Jose State 14 at #4 Stanford 31
#5 Georgia 34 at #8 Clemson 24
North Carolina 10 at #6 South Carolina 21
Rice 7 at #7 Texas A&M 41
Ohio 10 at #9 Louisville 28
Toledo 3 at #10 Florida 35
#11 Florida State 35 at Pittsburgh 21
#12 LSU 14 vs #20 TCU 17
Mississippi State 21 vs #13 Oklahoma State 38
Temple 7 at #14 Notre Dame 31
New Mexico State 0 at #15 Texas 54
Louisiana-Monroe 10 at #16 Oklahoma 31
Central Michigan 17 at #17 Michigan 35
Wyoming 7 at #18 Nebraska 41
#19 Boise State 14 at Washington 17
Nevada 21 at #21 UCLA 35
#22 Northwestern 28 at California 10
Massachusetts 0 at #23 Wisconsin 20
#24 USC 38 at Hawaii 7
Eastern Washington 14 at #25 Oregon State 21

Other Games

UNLV 24 at Minnesota 27
Utah State 31 at Utah 20
Rutgers 31 at Fresno State 28
Ole Miss 31 at Vanderbilt 38
Western Michigan 14 at Michigan State 17
FAU 10 at Miami (FL) 45
Texas Tech 31 at SMU 14
Villanova 38 at Boston College 28
Purdue 24 at Cincinnati 38
Louisiana Tech 20 at NC State 21
Penn State 28 vs Syracuse 14
Northern Illinois 10 at Iowa 14
Louisiana-Lafayette 7 at Arkansas 31
Washington State 21 at Auburn 14
Western Kentucky 31 vs Kentucky 24
Northern Iowa 7 at Iowa State 21

 

[TigerBait1971]

Your predictions suck!

 

[GreenNickle]

Buffalo 0 at #2 Ohio State 55

are you implying the Buckeyes will fail on their attempt to go for 2 up 55-0?

 

[iowajerms]

Your predictions suck!

They might suck, you're right. Week 1 is always the hardest week.

Also, the TCU-LSU game is one that I am on the fence on. I might be convinced to change it. I figure that is why you said that.

 

[iowajerms]

Buffalo 0 at #2 Ohio State 55

are you implying the Buckeyes will fail on their attempt to go for 2 up 55-0?

I figured Ohio State's starters would be done at halftime and who knows what will happen after that. It could be 2 FGs and safety.

I honestly don't try for the perfect score, although Ohio State was 1 of 2 games last year I did get correct. I try to get the close prediction.

 

[TigerBait1971]

They might suck, you're right. Week 1 is always the hardest week.

Also, the TCU-LSU game is one that I am on the fence on. I might be convinced to change it. I figure that is why you said that.

I'm playing. Right now I think the LSU/TCU game is a coin toss because of all the unknowns.

 

[iowajerms]

I'm playing. Right now I think the LSU/TCU game is a coin toss because of all the unknowns.

I feel the same way about the Iowa game. NIU lost a lot of defenders and Iowa has a QB who hasn't taken a snap.

 

[TigerBait1971]

My inner homer says LSU beats them by 2 TD's though.

 

[Bamabino]

My inner homer says LSU beats them by 2 TD's though.

Miyagi have a hope for you.

 

[ericd7633]

I'd like to join.

#1 Alabama 31 vs. Virginia Tech 13
Buffalo 10 vs. #2 Ohio State 43
Nichols State 3 vs. #3 Oregon 73
San Jose State 13 vs. #4 Stanford 34
#5 Georgia 37 vs. #8 Clemson 34
North Carolina 16 vs. #6 South Carolina 24
Rice 17 vs. #7 Texas A&M 52
Ohio 23 vs. #9 Louisville 27
Toledo 24 vs. #10 Florida 41
#11 Florida State 17 vs. Pittsburgh 13
#12 LSU 24 vs. #20 TCU 16
Mississippi State 27 vs. #13 Oklahoma State 44
Temple 3 vs. #14 Notre Dame 27
New Mexico State 3 vs. #15 Texas 41
Louisiana-Monroe 17 vs. #16 Oklahoma 27
Central Michigan 7 vs. #17 Michigan 31
Wyoming 13 vs. #18 Nebraska 38
#19 Boise State 20 vs. Washington 17
Nevada 31 vs. #21 UCLA 44
#22 Northwestern 27 vs. California 31
UMASS 3 vs. #23 Wisconsin 31
#24 USC 41 vs. Hawaii 17
Eastern Washington 10 vs. #25 Oregon State 38

Other Games:

UNLV 20 vs. Minnesota 31
Utah State 17 vs. Utah 23
Rutgers 17 vs. Fresno State 23
Ole Miss 13 vs. Vanderbilt 16
Western Michigan 10 vs. Michigan State 27
FAU 6 vs. Miami(Fl) 34
Texas Tech 41 vs. SMU 24
Villanova 17 vs. Boston College 20
Purdue 16 vs. Cincinnati 24
Louisiana Tech 31 vs. NC State 30
Penn State 17 vs. Syracuse 13
Northern Illinois 31 vs. Iowa 21
Louisiana-Lafayette 21 vs. Arkansas 38
Washington State 13 vs. Auburn 31
Western Kentucky 13 vs. Kentucky 20
Northern Iowa 14 vs Iowa State 17

 

[olympicoscar]

AP Poll is out, so it is time for me to make my week 1 predictions. I am going to keep the same goals, since I failed to get them last year.

My goal is to predict 80% of the teams to win and to get more close predictions than predicted wrong teams. Last season I went 333-128 (.7223) and had 112 close predictions. I have close predictions to be 8 points or closer to both teams' scores (most a team can score on a single drive).

I also set the deadline to change/add game scores to midnight CST before the game. If you want to participate, feel free to do so. I know one of the Nebraska posters had a pretty successful prediction thread last season.

AP Top 25

#1 Alabama 45 vs Virginia Tech 17
Buffalo 0 at #2 Ohio State 55
Nicholls State 3 at #3 Oregon 62
San Jose State 14 at #4 Stanford 31
#5 Georgia 34 at #8 Clemson 24
North Carolina 10 at #6 South Carolina 21
Rice 7 at #7 Texas A&M 41
Ohio 10 at #9 Louisville 28
Toledo 3 at #10 Florida 35
#11 Florida State 35 at Pittsburgh 21
#12 LSU 14 vs #20 TCU 17
Mississippi State 21 vs #13 Oklahoma State 38
Temple 7 at #14 Notre Dame 31
New Mexico State 0 at #15 Texas 54
Louisiana-Monroe 10 at #16 Oklahoma 31
Central Michigan 17 at #17 Michigan 35
Wyoming 7 at #18 Nebraska 41
#19 Boise State 14 at Washington 17
Nevada 21 at #21 UCLA 35
#22 Northwestern 28 at California 10
Massachusetts 0 at #23 Wisconsin 20
#24 USC 38 at Hawaii 7
Eastern Washington 14 at #25 Oregon State 21

Other Games

UNLV 24 at Minnesota 27
Utah State 31 at Utah 20
Rutgers 31 at Fresno State 28
Ole Miss 31 at Vanderbilt 38
Western Michigan 14 at Michigan State 17
FAU 10 at Miami (FL) 45
Texas Tech 31 at SMU 14
Villanova 38 at Boston College 28
Purdue 24 at Cincinnati 38
Louisiana Tech 20 at NC State 21
Penn State 28 vs Syracuse 14
Northern Illinois 10 at Iowa 14
Louisiana-Lafayette 7 at Arkansas 31
Washington State 21 at Auburn 14
Western Kentucky 31 vs Kentucky 24
Northern Iowa 7 at Iowa State 21

Glad to see this return. Always one of my favorite threads in SportsHoopla each year.

Good to see you gave San Jose St some respect against Stanford. I think they could be good this year.

Clemson-Georgia and LSU-TCU obviously tough to pick. I also went with TCU and thinking of changing back to LSU. I do like Boise over Washington. Agree with Utah St over Utah. Fresno I think will beat Rutgers.

Iowa and No Illinois is another that I think an upset can occur. I like No. Illinois.

Some really good picks though.

 

[iowajerms]

Glad to see this return. Always one of my favorite threads in SportsHoopla each year.

Good to see you gave San Jose St some respect against Stanford. I think they could be good this year.

Clemson-Georgia and LSU-TCU obviously tough to pick. I also went with TCU and thinking of changing back to LSU. I do like Boise over Washington. Agree with Utah St over Utah. Fresno I think will beat Rutgers.

Iowa and No Illinois is another that I think an upset can occur. I like No. Illinois.

Some really good picks though.

Thank you. It is definitely my favorite thing to do on here.

I actually had the SJSU-Stanford game a lot closer, but I saw they lost their coach from last year.

The other games you brought up are tough ones. I still might change 1-2 of them.

 

[Olyduck]

Nicholls state will score more than 3 on Oregon only because they will be playing fans by the second half

 

[yeodonie]

Like 24 of 25 of your ranked games. BSU is going to smoke UDud

 

[iowajerms]

Like 24 of 25 of your ranked games. BSU is going to smoke UDud

You mean 22 of 23 ranked games.

 

[yeodonie]

You mean 22 of 23 ranked games.

I meant the top 25 ranked games but was trying to save iPhone keyboard strokes. Didn't really work out for me

 

[mall3013]

I'd like to join.

#1 Alabama 31 vs. Virginia Tech 13
Buffalo 10 vs. #2 Ohio State 43
Nichols State 3 vs. #3 Oregon 73
San Jose State 13 vs. #4 Stanford 34
#5 Georgia 37 vs. #8 Clemson 34
North Carolina 16 vs. #6 South Carolina 24
Rice 17 vs. #7 Texas A&M 52
Ohio 23 vs. #9 Louisville 27
Toledo 24 vs. #10 Florida 41
#11 Florida State 17 vs. Pittsburgh 13
#12 LSU 24 vs. #20 TCU 16
Mississippi State 27 vs. #13 Oklahoma State 44
Temple 3 vs. #14 Notre Dame 27












New Mexico State 3 vs. #15 Texas 41
Louisiana-Monroe 17 vs. #16 Oklahoma 27[/

Central Michigan 7 vs. #17 Michigan 31
Wyoming 13 vs. #18 Nebraska 38
#19 Boise State 20 vs. Washington 17
Nevada 31 vs. #21 UCLA 44
#22 Northwestern 27 vs. California 31
UMASS 3 vs. #23 Wisconsin 31
#24 USC 41 vs. Hawaii 17

Eastern Washington 10 vs. #25 Oregon State 38

Other Games:

UNLV 20 vs. Minnesota 31
Utah State 17 vs. Utah 23

Rutgers 17 vs. Fresno State 23
Ole Miss 13 vs. Vanderbilt 16
Western Michigan 10 vs. Michigan State 27
FAU 6 vs. Miami(Fl) 34
Texas Tech 41 vs. SMU 24
Villanova 17 vs. Boston College 20
Purdue 16 vs. Cincinnati 24
Louisiana Tech 31 vs. NC State 30
Penn State 17 vs. Syracuse 13
Northern Illinois 31 vs. Iowa 21
Louisiana-Lafayette 21 vs. Arkansas 38
Washington State 13 vs. Auburn 31
Western Kentucky 13 vs. Kentucky 20
Northern Iowa 14 vs Iowa State 17

No way is Buffalo putting up 10 points on the Buckeyes defense. I predict a 63-3 finalEven w our suspended starters.

 

[BoiseStateFan27]

I think tmighty Buffalo Bulls will manage to notch more than a touchdown against thee Buckeyes of Ohio State

overall good predictions though sir, though this early in the season they're more educated guesses LOL

 

[Jonny Valtimore]

I think tmighty Buffalo Bulls will manage to notch more than a touchdown against thee Buckeyes of Ohio State

overall good predictions though sir, though this early in the season they're more educated guesses LOL

Agreed. I'd say Ohio State is officially on UPSET ALERT week 1.

 

[BoiseMike19]

Agreed. I'd say Ohio State is officially on UPSET ALERT week 1.

I don't think upset alert, but they should not look past this one. They escaped by the skin of their teeth just a few years ago from Toledo. And had several close calls last year. tOSU will be a top 15 team (too much talent to not be). Are they a Top 5 team? We'lll see soon enough.