Updated 1/10/2012 at 12:34pm Team Rank Change Record Projected Record ESPN TeamRankings.com SOS Prob Make Playoffs New England 1 – 12-4 12-4 4 3 18 100% San Francisco 2 ↑2 11-4-1 11-4-1 3 5 3 100% Seattle 3 ↓1 12-5 12-5 5 1 5 100% Denver 4 ↓1 13-3 13-3 1 2 29 100% Atlanta 5…

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Updated 1/8/2012 Final 2012 NCAA Football Rankings – Top 25   Rank Team Record 1 ALABAMA 13-1 2 OREGON 12-1 3 TEXAS A&M 11-2 4 FLORIDA 11-2 5 NOTRE DAME 12-1 6 GEORGIA 12-2 7 SO CAROLINA 11-2 8 KANSAS STATE 11-2 9 LSU 10-3 10 STANFORD 12-2 11 OHIO STATE 12-0 12 OKLAHOMA 10-3…

Playoffs – Divisional Round Baltimore Ravens at Denver Broncos Prediction: Broncos win 24-23 Pick: Ravens +9 O/U: Over 45.5 Green Bay Packers at San Francisco 49ers Prediction: 49ers win 23-21 Pick: Packers +3 O/U: Under 45 Seattle Seahawks at Atlanta Falcons Prediction: Seahawks win 22-20 Pick: Seahawks +2.5 O/U: Under 46 Houston Texans at New…

1/4/2012 Team Rank Change Record Projected Record ESPN TeamRankings.com SOS Prob Make Playoffs New England 1 – 12-4 12-4 4 3 20 100% Seattle 2 – 11-5 11-5 5 2 5 100% Denver 3 – 13-3 13-3 1 1 29 100% San Francisco 4 – 11-4-1 11-4-1 3 4 4 100% Atlanta 5 ↑3 13-3…

Playoffs – Wildcard Round Cincinnati Bengals at Houston Texans Prediction: Texans win 29-24 Pick: Texans -4.5 O/U: Over 43 Minnesota Vikings at Green Bay Packers Prediction: Packers win 30-24 Pick: Vikings +8.5 O/U: Over 46.5 Indianapolis Colts at Baltimore Ravens Prediction: Colts win 26-25 Pick: Colts +7 O/U: Over 47 Seattle Seahawks at Washington Redskins…

Updated 1-1-13 at 12:34pm   Rank Teams Record Strength 1 DUKE 12-0 82.24 2 MICHIGAN 13-0 82.21 3 KANSAS 11-1 81.25 4 INDIANA 13-1 80.78 5 ARIZONA 12-0 80.42 6 LOUISVILLE 12-1 80.06 7 MINNESOTA 13-1 79.82 8 CINCINNATI 13-1 79.04 9 ILLINOIS 13-1 78.95 10 SYRACUSE 12-1 78.84 11 NOTRE DAME 12-1 77.55 12…

From Gelman’s Blog, “Two reviews of Nate Silver’s new book, from Kaiser Fung and Cathy O’Neil”: My [O’Neil’s] complaint about Silver is naivete, and to a lesser extent, authority-worship. I’m not criticizing Silver for not understanding the financial system. . . . But at the very least he should know that he is not an…

Explanation of RIPPEN Week 16   Team Player Team RIPPEN QB_Rating 1 Carson Palmer OAK 58.7 109.7 2 Aaron Rodgers GB 39.7 125.1 3 Matt Ryan ATL 35.6 142.6 4 Joe Flacco BAL 31.7 114.2 5 Drew Brees NO 29.2 114.2 6 Tony Romo DAL 24.6 123.8 7 Matthew Stafford DET 23.7 82.7 8 Nick…

Overall Records for 2012 SU: 162-93-1 ATS: 139-116-1 O/U: 128-120-3 Week 17 (11-5 SU, 10-6 ATS, 5-11 O/U) Week 16 (11-5 SU, 7-9 ATS, 5-9 O/U) Week 15 (10-6 SU, 7-9 ATS, 11-4-1 O/U) Week 14 (10-6 SU, 7-9 ATS, 5-11 O/U) Week 13 (9-7 SU, 10-6 ATS, 8-8 O/U) Week 12 (9-7 SU, 8-7-1…