Friday, September 4, 2009

College Football Season Predictions

Pre-season Rankings Are Crazy, but they do matter unfortunately do to the psychological bias called anchoring and adjustment. Thats an issue for another day. What matters to me is not where they start but where they end.

That being said here is my end of the regular season Top 25 Poll:

1. Florida
2. Texas
3. Oklahoma
4. Boise State
5. Penn State
6. Southern Cal
7. Ole Miss
8. Ohio State
9. Alabama
10. Oklahoma State
11. LSU
12. Cal
13. Notre Dame
14. TCU
15. Utah
16. Virginia Tech
17. Georgia Tech
18. Nebraska
19. Iowa
20. Florida State
21. Georgia
22. Oregon
23. BYU
24. Pitt
25. Houston

Others Receiving Votes: Kansas, Southern Miss, West Virginia, Cincinatti, North Carolina, Oregon State, Texas Tech, South Florida, Illinois, Miami

BCS National Championship Game: 1-Florida over 2-Texas
Sugar Bowl: 7-Ole Miss over 8-Ohio State
Fiesta Bowl: 3- Oklahoma over 4-Boise State
Rose Bowl: 6-USC over 5-Penn State
Orange Bowl: 16- Virginia Tech over 24- Pitt

Best Non-BCS Bowls:
Cotton: Alabama v. Oklahoma State
Holiday: Nebraska v. Cal
Outback: LSU v. Iowa