Quick Hits: USA Today Rankings and Early Bowl Predictions

USA Today released their updated “re-rank” this week which ranks every division 1 team 1-128. The Mountaineers jumped 15 spots to #50. Many national media outlets are going to these types of “power” rankings. The #50 rankings seems a little low but is still interesting nonetheless. The USA Today bowl predictions are also interesting as well (listed below).

1	Ohio State	1	0	0
2	Baylor	1	0	0
3	Auburn	1	0	0
4	Alabama	1	0	0
5	TCU	1	0	+1
6	Oregon	1	0	+1
7	UCLA	1	0	+4
8	Boise State	1	0	-3
9	Michigan State	1	0	0
10	Mississippi	1	0	+4
11	Florida State	1	0	+1
12	Clemson	1	0	+1
13	Notre Dame	1	0	+8
14	Georgia	1	0	+2
15	Oklahoma	1	0	0
16	Southern California	1	0	+1
17	Georgia Tech	1	0	+1
18	Arizona	1	0	+1
19	Texas A&M	1	0	+21
20	Missouri	1	0	+3
21	Arizona State	0	1	-13
22	Arkansas	1	0	+9
23	Brigham Young	1	0	+15
24	Tennnessee	1	0	+9
25	Minnesota	1	0	+9
26	Cincinnati	1	0	+4
27	Oklahoma State	1	0	+3
28	Louisville	0	1	-2
29	Louisiana State	0	0	-2
30	North Carolina State	1	0	+2
31	Virginia Tech	0	1	-11
32	Temple	1	0	+24
33	Memphis	1	0	+2
34	Duke	1	0	+2
35	Nebraska	0	1	-13
36	Utah	1	0	+8
37	Western Kentucky	1	0	0
38	Wisconsin	0	1	-14
39	Stanford	0	1	-29
40	Northern Illinois	1	0	-1
41	Marshall	1	0	0
42	South Carolina	1	0	+18
43	Northwestern	1	0	+37
44	Mississippi State	1	0	+1
45	Miami (Fla.)	1	0	+1
46	Louisiana Tech	1	0	+1
47	North Carolina	0	1	-3
48	San Diego State	1	0	0
49	California	1	0	0
50	West Virginia	1	0	+15
51	Penn State	0	1	-23
52	Navy	1	0	-2
53	Texas Tech	1	0	-1
54	Texas	0	1	-29
55	Western Michigan	0	1	0
56	Iowa	1	0	-2
57	Toledo	0	0	-4
58	Kansas State	1	0	-1
59	Utah State	1	0	-17
60	Pittsburgh	1	0	-1
61	Houston	1	0	+2
62	Rice	1	0	+5
63	Michigan	0	1	+2
64	Florida	1	0	+5
65	Kentucky	1	0	+12
66	Air Force	1	0	+2
67	Maryland	1	0	+3
68	Washington	0	1	+4
69	Florida International	1	0	+35
70	UCF	0	1	-12
71	East Carolina	1	0	-5
72	Georgia Southern	0	1	-21
73	Boston College	1	0	-3
74	Louisiana-Lafayette	0	1	-13
75	Bowling Green	0	1	-13
76	Colorado State	1	0	-3
77	Rutgers	1	0	-1
78	Middle Tennessee State	1	0	0
79	Appalachian State	1	0	0
80	Ball State	1	0	-5
81	Nevada	1	0	-1
82	Syracuse	1	0	+6
83	Arkansas State	0	1	-9
84	New Mexico	1	0	-3
85	Ohio	1	0	-2
86	Illinois	1	0	+16
87	North Texas	0	0	+2
88	Old Dominion	1	0	+2
89	Hawaii	1	0	+16
90	Fresno State	1	0	+7
91	Buffalo	1	0	+2
92	Louisiana-Monroe	1	0	+4
93	South Alabama	1	0	-8
94	Akron	0	1	-8
95	San Jose State	1	0	+6
96	Oregon State	1	0	+2
97	South Florida	1	0	+6
98	Tulane	0	1	-7
99	Texas State	0	1	-12
100	Southern Mississippi	0	1	0
101	Indiana	1	0	-6
102	Virginia	0	1	-3
103	Central Michigan	0	1	+8
104	UTSA	0	1	+10
105	Tulsa	1	0	+3
106	Iowa State	1	0	+9
107	Wake Forest	1	0	+9
108	Colorado	0	1	-16
109	Massachusetts	0	0	0
110	SMU	0	1	+7
111	Miami (Ohio)	0	0	+2
112	Florida Atlantic	0	1	-6
113	Vanderbilt	0	1	+8
114	Washington State	0	1	-30
115	UTEP	0	1	-8
116	Connecticut	1	0	+3
117	Wyoming	0	1	-21
118	Troy	0	1	-8
119	Purdue	0	1	-7
120	Charlotte	1	0	+8
121	UNLV	0	1	+5
122	New Mexico State	0	1	-2
123	Eastern Michigan	0	1	0
124	Kent State	0	1	-2
125	Army	0	1	-7
126	Idaho	0	1	+1
127	Kansas	0	1	-3
128	Georgia State	0	1	-3

Date	Bowl	Affliations	Projection
Jan. 11	CFP title game	Semifinal winners	Ohio State vs. TCU
Dec. 31	Cotton	CFP semifinal	TCU vs. Notre Dame
Dec. 31	Orange	CFP semifinal	Ohio State vs. Auburn
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Dec. 31	Peach	At-large vs. At-large	Georgia vs. Florida State
Jan. 1	Fiesta	At-large vs. At-large	Oregon vs. Boise State
Jan. 1	Rose	Big Ten vs. Pac-12	Michigan State vs. UCLA
Jan. 1	Sugar	Big 12 vs. SEC	Baylor vs. Alabama
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Jan. 2	Cactus	Big 12 vs. Pac-12	Texas Tech vs. California
Jan. 2	Alamo	Big 12 vs. Pac-12	Oklahoma vs. USC
Jan. 2	Liberty	Big 12 vs. SEC	Kansas State vs. Missouri
Jan. 2	TaxSlayer	ACC/Big Ten/Notre Dame vs. SEC	Virginia Tech vs. Tennessee
Jan. 1	Citrus	Big Ten vs. SEC	Wisconsin vs. LSU
Jan. 1	Outback	Big Ten vs. SEC	Nebraska vs. Texas A&M
Dec. 30	Holiday	Big Ten vs. Pac-12	Michigan vs. Arizona
Dec. 30	Music City	ACC/Notre Dame/Big Ten vs. SEC	Penn State vs. Mississippi
Dec. 30	Belk	ACC/Notre Dame vs. SEC	N.C. State vs. Tennessee
Dec. 30	Birmingham	American vs. SEC	Memphis vs. South Carolina
Dec. 29	Texas	Big 12 vs. SEC	West Virginia vs. Florida
Dec. 29	Russell Athletic	ACC/Notre Dame vs. Big 12	Clemson vs. Oklahoma State
Dec. 29	Armed Forces	Big Ten vs. Mountain West	Maryland vs. Air Force
Dec. 29	Arizona	Conference USA vs. Mountain West	UTEP vs. Colorado State
Dec. 28	Military	ACC/Notre Dame vs. American	Miami (Fla. ) vs. Temple
Dec. 28	Quick Lane	ACC/Notre Dame vs. Big Ten	North Carolina vs. Iowa
Dec. 26	Foster Farms	Big Ten vs. Pac-12	Minnesota vs. Utah
Dec. 26	Independence	ACC/Notre Dame vs. SEC	Duke vs. Arkansas
Dec. 26	Pinstripe	ACC/Notre Dame vs. Big Ten	Louisville vs. Minnesota
Dec. 26	Sun	ACC/Notre Dame vs. Pac-12	Georgia Tech vs. Arizona State
Dec. 26	St. Petersburg	American vs. Conference USA	Navy vs. Western Kentucky
Dec. 26	Heart of Dallas	Big 12 vs. Conference USA	*Northwestern vs. Rice
Dec. 24	Hawaii	American vs. Mountain West/BYU	Cincinnati vs. BYU
Dec. 24	Bahamas	Conference USA vs. MAC	Louisiana Tech vs. Bowling Green
Dec. 23	GoDaddy	MAC vs. Sun Belt	Toledo vs. La.-Lafayette
Dec. 23	Poinsettia	Mountain West vs. Army	Utah State vs. *Illinois
Dec. 22	Boca Raton	American vs. MAC	East Carolina vs. Northern Illinois
Dec. 22	Idaho Potato	MAC vs. Mountain West	Ohio vs. Nevada
Dec. 21	Miami Beach	American vs. Conference USA	Houston vs. Marshall
Dec. 19	New Orleans	Conference USA vs. Sun Belt	*Rutgers vs. Georgia Southern
Dec. 19	Cure	American vs. Sun Belt	Central Florida vs. Appalachian State
Dec. 19	Camelia	MAC vs. Sun Belt	Western Michigan vs. Arkansas State
Dec. 19	Las Vegas	Mountain West/BYU vs. Pac-12	San Diego State vs. Stanford
Dec. 19	New Mexico	Conference USA vs. Mountain West	Middle Tenn. vs. Fresno State

Quick Hits: USA Today Rankings and Early Bowl Predictions

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