Championship Saturday Projections

Big Day coming up Saturday! Here are the WASEAN projections. Remember they just assume each team will play as they have on average all season, doesn’t account for injuries, suspensions, etc..

Conference USA: Houston 34 @ East Carolina 34, OT
Big East: Cincinnati 30 @ Pittsburgh 31
SEC: Florida 22 vs. Alabama 20
ACC: Georgia Tech 28 vs. Clemson 28, OT
Big 12: Texas 30 vs. Nebraska 17

Others:
West Virginia 23 @ Rutgers 24
Fresno State 34 @ Illinois 28
San Jose State 14 @ Louisiana Tech 35
New Mexico State 6 @ Boise State 52
Arizona 24 @ USC 27
California 28 @ Washington 28, OT
Florida Atlantic 31 @ Florida International 34
South Florida 20 @ Connecticut 28
Wisconsin 33 @ Hawaii 24

FCS Playoffs:
William & Mary 23 @ Southern Illinois 23, OT
Stephen F. Austin 23 @ Montana 31
New Hampshire 17 @ Villanova 31
Appalachian State 20 @ Richmond 31

FCS non-playoffs:
Southern University 24 @ Texas Southern 27

I was too busy to get to this earlier, but these would have been the picks:
Pac 10: Oregon State 26 @ Oregon 37
MAC: Ohio 24 vs. Central Michigan 33
Arkansas State 30, Western Kentucky 21

2009 WASEAN Ratings, Week 13

Rivalry week brings a new #1 to the WASEAN ratings. Texas had been on top since a 41-7 shellacking of Missouri in week 8. But a tight 49-39 game with Texas A&M, coupled with Florida’s 37-10 blowout of Florida State was enough to move the Gators into the top spot.

Alabama, despite a close call at Auburn, closed the gap on TCU, but remains #4. The Horned Frogs suffered more because of Clemson’s loss to South Carolina than for anything they did, as they beat New Mexico 51-10 as expected.

Boise held onto the #5 spot, Virginia Tech remains ahead of unbeaten Cincinnati, who looks less impressive every week. Oklahoma rolled Oklahoma State 27-0, most likely knocking the Cowboys from BCS consideration.

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2009 WASEAN Conference Ratings, Week 13

It was a rough week for the #2 ACC, as both of their championship game teams lost to middle of the pack SEC teams. But the Big East had an even tougher week with South Florida getting blown out by Miami and Cincinnati only beating 3-8 Illinois 49-36. That allowed the Big 12 to sneak into the 3 spot. While the SEC is uncatchable, the #2 ranking is wide open heading into bowl season, with the ACC, Big 12 and Big East separated by just .006.

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