Tuesday, October 9, 2012

Week 7: Undefeated ... but for how long? -- RBA


Odds as of games through 2012-10-07


Legitimate Title Contenders

Alabama Crimson Tide
Year WinPct SoS Off. Def. Pace
2012 1.000 1 0.549 15 25.7 2 5.0 2 156.4 124
Date Away Team       Home Team Plays Odds
2012/09/01  21 Michigan 14 vs   1 Alabama 41 148 90.8%
2012/09/08  89 Western Kentucky 0 at   1 Alabama 35 130 99.1%
2012/09/15   1 Alabama 52 at  38 Arkansas 0 149 87.9%
2012/09/22 119 FL-Atlantic 7 at   1 Alabama 40 142 99.9%
2012/09/29  72 Mississippi 14 at   1 Alabama 33 154 99.5%
2012/10/13   1 Alabama 38 at  33 Missouri 14 165 95.8%
2012/10/20   1 Alabama 38 at  51 Tennessee 14 158 98.0%
2012/10/27  30 Mississippi St. 10 at   1 Alabama 34 159 96.9%
2012/11/03   1 Alabama 24 at   4 LSU 14 158 81.9%
2012/11/10  10 Texas A&M 13 at   1 Alabama 38 164 86.2%
2012/11/24  64 Auburn 10 at   1 Alabama 35 157 98.3%


Odds of finishing undefeated: 1-in-1.6
Most difficult game left: November 3, at LSU Tigers, 81.9%


Ohio Bobcats
Year WinPct SoS Off. Def. Pace
2012 0.619 48 0.428 122 15.5 61 13.0 35 163.2 103
Date Away Team       Home Team Plays Odds
2012/09/01  58 Ohio 24 at  51 Penn State 14 179 34.2%
2012/09/08 107 New Mexico St. 24 at  41 Ohio 51 170 84.4%
2012/09/15  42 Ohio 27 at  89 Marshall 24 200 76.7%
2012/09/29  46 Ohio 37 at 123 Massachusetts 34 192 99.4%
2012/10/06 113 Buffalo 31 at  48 Ohio 38 185 87.0%
2012/10/13 121 Akron 20 at  48 Ohio 41 165 90.6%
2012/10/27  48 Ohio 34 at  99 Miami-OH 24 164 82.5%
2012/11/01 120 Eastern Michigan 17 at  48 Ohio 38 163 90.2%
2012/11/07 102 Bowling Green 17 at  48 Ohio 34 165 83.7%
2012/11/14  48 Ohio 31 at  94 Ball St. 24 165 77.1%
2012/11/23  48 Ohio 35 at 103 Kent St. 20 164 91.5%


Odds of finishing undefeated: 1-in-2.5
Most difficult game left: November 14, at Ball State Cardinals, 77.1%


Second-Tier Hopefuls

South Carolina Gamecocks
Year WinPct SoS Off. Def. Pace
2012 0.984 3 0.541 31 23.1 10 8.2 6 157.7 122
Date Away Team       Home Team Plays Odds
2012/08/30  12 South Carolina 17 at  27 Vanderbilt 13 145 61.4%
2012/09/08  87 East Carolina 10 at  13 South Carolina 48 168 90.7%
2012/09/15 112 UAB 6 at   8 South Carolina 49 166 95.4%
2012/09/22  31 Missouri 10 at   7 South Carolina 31 142 78.3%
2012/09/29   5 South Carolina 38 at  76 Kentucky 17 154 93.0%
2012/10/06  13 Georgia 7 at   3 South Carolina 35 153 68.2%
2012/10/13   3 South Carolina 17 at   4 LSU 20 158 39.2%
2012/10/20   3 South Carolina 21 at   5 Florida 20 159 53.6%
2012/10/27  51 Tennessee 17 at   3 South Carolina 38 159 87.8%
2012/11/10  50 Arkansas 14 at   3 South Carolina 41 161 87.8%
2012/11/24   3 South Carolina 31 at  28 Clemson 24 162 83.4%


Odds of finishing undefeated: 1-in-7.4
Most difficult game left: October 13, at LSU Tigers, 39.2%


Cincinnati Bearcats
Year WinPct SoS Off. Def. Pace
2012 0.831 24 0.511 61 19.7 30 11.4 20 169.1 31
Date Away Team       Home Team Plays Odds
2012/09/06  61 Pittsburgh 10 at  24 Cincinnati 34 167 51.4%
2012/09/29  31 Virginia Tech 24 vs  22 Cincinnati 27 170 55.8%
2012/10/06  99 Miami-OH 14 at  24 Cincinnati 52 172 91.4%
2012/10/20  24 Cincinnati 28 at  49 Toledo 24 168 70.3%
2012/10/26  24 Cincinnati 28 at  35 Louisville 27 167 64.7%
2012/11/03  96 Syracuse 20 at  24 Cincinnati 38 166 83.1%
2012/11/10  24 Cincinnati 28 at  61 Temple 21 165 76.2%
2012/11/17  25 Rutgers 24 at  24 Cincinnati 27 166 61.5%
2012/11/23  70 South Florida 17 at  24 Cincinnati 34 169 76.7%
2012/12/01  24 Cincinnati 31 at  73 Connecticut 17 168 78.3%


Odds of finishing undefeated: 1-in-9.4
Most difficult game left: November 17, vs Rutgers Scarlet Knights, 61.5%


Long Shots

Oregon Ducks
Year WinPct SoS Off. Def. Pace
2012 0.992 2 0.529 50 25.3 4 11.6 21 176.8 3
Date Away Team       Home Team Plays Odds
2012/09/01  69 Arkansas St. 34 at   3 Oregon 57 208 88.2%
2012/09/08  86 Fresno St. 25 at   3 Oregon 42 199 93.3%
2012/09/22  48 Arizona 0 at   3 Oregon 49 200 81.0%
2012/09/29  89 Washington St. 26 vs   2 Oregon 51 194 88.7%
2012/10/06  37 Washington 21 at   2 Oregon 52 182 78.3%
2012/10/18   2 Oregon 38 at  18 Arizona St. 28 175 54.4%
2012/10/27 114 Colorado 14 at   2 Oregon 48 172 95.7%
2012/11/03   2 Oregon 35 at  14 USC 28 171 50.1%
2012/11/10   2 Oregon 35 at  41 California 24 172 81.6%
2012/11/17   6 Stanford 27 at   2 Oregon 38 172 53.1%
2012/11/24   2 Oregon 34 at  42 Oregon St. 24 173 81.7%


Odds of finishing undefeated: 1-in-10.8
Most difficult game left: November 3, at USC Trojans, 50.1%


Florida Gators
Year WinPct SoS Off. Def. Pace
2012 0.966 5 0.559 5 18.9 32 7.5 3 161.3 111
Date Away Team       Home Team Plays Odds
2012/09/01 106 Bowling Green 14 at  16 Florida 27 173 96.2%
2012/09/08  21 Florida 20 at  19 Texas A&M 17 159 31.5%
2012/09/15  18 Florida 37 at  35 Tennessee 20 168 60.8%
2012/09/22  75 Kentucky 0 at  14 Florida 38 157 80.5%
2012/10/06   4 LSU 6 at   5 Florida 14 147 20.7%
2012/10/13   5 Florida 28 at  43 Vanderbilt 14 161 84.3%
2012/10/20   3 South Carolina 21 at   5 Florida 20 159 46.4%
2012/10/27  13 Georgia 21 vs   5 Florida 27 160 63.7%
2012/11/03  33 Missouri 14 at   5 Florida 34 167 74.0%
2012/11/10  78 LA-Lafayette 13 at   5 Florida 49 164 93.3%
2012/11/24   5 Florida 21 at  12 Florida St. 24 163 47.2%


Odds of finishing undefeated: 1-in-12.3
Most difficult game left: October 20, vs South Carolina Gamecocks, 46.4%


Ohio State Buckeyes
Year WinPct SoS Off. Def. Pace
2012 0.930 11 0.532 44 20.8 19 11.8 23 159.4 117
Date Away Team       Home Team Plays Odds
2012/09/01  92 Miami-OH 10 at  23 Ohio St. 56 193 85.8%
2012/09/08  62 UCF 16 at  20 Ohio St. 31 161 71.7%
2012/09/15  50 California 28 at  20 Ohio St. 35 176 71.4%
2012/09/22 115 UAB 15 at  19 Ohio St. 29 165 93.1%
2012/09/29  21 Ohio St. 17 at  19 Michigan St. 16 156 42.7%
2012/10/06  20 Nebraska 38 at  11 Ohio St. 63 166 51.1%
2012/10/13  11 Ohio St. 38 at  91 Indiana 20 164 89.8%
2012/10/20  59 Purdue 17 at  11 Ohio St. 38 166 72.3%
2012/10/27  11 Ohio St. 27 at  29 Penn State 24 161 55.8%
2012/11/03  82 Illinois 14 at  11 Ohio St. 38 164 86.4%
2012/11/17  11 Ohio St. 28 at  16 Wisconsin 31 160 48.7%
2012/11/24  21 Michigan 24 at  11 Ohio St. 31 163 50.2%


Odds of finishing undefeated: 1-in-13.1
Most difficult game left: November 17, at Wisconsin Badgers, 48.7%


Rutgers Scarlet Knights
Year WinPct SoS Off. Def. Pace
2012 0.826 25 0.504 66 15.3 64 10.6 16 164.8 88
Date Away Team       Home Team Plays Odds
2012/09/01  43 Rutgers 24 at 121 Tulane 12 149 90.5%
2012/09/13  32 Rutgers 23 at  52 South Florida 13 174 48.7%
2012/09/22  26 Rutgers 35 at  43 Arkansas 26 166 39.6%
2012/10/06  73 Connecticut 3 at  25 Rutgers 19 149 66.7%
2012/10/13  96 Syracuse 17 at  25 Rutgers 31 164 75.4%
2012/10/20  25 Rutgers 25 at  61 Temple 24 163 66.6%
2012/10/27 103 Kent St. 7 at  25 Rutgers 38 165 92.9%
2012/11/10  95 Army 14 at  25 Rutgers 38 163 83.1%
2012/11/17  25 Rutgers 24 at  24 Cincinnati 27 166 38.5%
2012/11/24  25 Rutgers 24 at  65 Pittsburgh 21 164 62.8%
2012/11/29  35 Louisville 24 at  25 Rutgers 28 165 53.3%


Odds of finishing undefeated: 1-in-20.0
Most difficult game left: November 17, at Cincinnati Bearcats, 38.5%


Notre Dame Fighting Irish
Year WinPct SoS Off. Def. Pace
2012 0.966 9 0.565 2 20.3 26 8.6 7 164.6 91
Date Away Team       Home Team Plays Odds
2012/09/01  75 Navy 10 vs  20 Notre Dame 50 150 77.7%
2012/09/08  73 Purdue 17 at  17 Notre Dame 20 172 79.4%
2012/09/15   6 Notre Dame 20 at  15 Michigan St. 3 165 49.1%
2012/09/22  22 Michigan 6 at  13 Notre Dame 13 133 50.1%
2012/10/06   9 Notre Dame 41 vs  56 Miami-FL 3 154 80.4%
2012/10/13   6 Stanford 20 at   9 Notre Dame 27 165 50.0%
2012/10/20  22 BYU 10 at   9 Notre Dame 21 166 51.9%
2012/10/27   9 Notre Dame 21 at   7 Oklahoma 24 168 49.7%
2012/11/03  65 Pittsburgh 17 at   9 Notre Dame 31 164 81.6%
2012/11/10   9 Notre Dame 34 at  81 Boston College 20 165 88.0%
2012/11/17  79 Wake Forest 10 at   9 Notre Dame 42 166 88.5%
2012/11/24   9 Notre Dame 21 at  14 USC 24 165 47.1%


Odds of finishing undefeated: 1-in-25.9
Most difficult game left: November 24, at USC Trojans, 47.1%


West Virginia Mountaineers
Year WinPct SoS Off. Def. Pace
2012 0.836 23 0.534 41 24.4 6 17.4 76 166.9 62
Date Away Team       Home Team Plays Odds
2012/09/01  91 Marshall 34 at  26 West Virginia 69 206 83.6%
2012/09/22 106 Maryland 21 at  25 West Virginia 31 162 80.0%
2012/09/29  32 Baylor 63 at  25 West Virginia 70 214 52.3%
2012/10/06  23 West Virginia 48 at  26 Texas 45 170 40.5%
2012/10/13  23 West Virginia 35 at  40 Texas Tech 34 173 58.8%
2012/10/20  17 Kansas St. 34 at  23 West Virginia 38 166 57.8%
2012/11/03  27 TCU 31 at  23 West Virginia 38 167 60.8%
2012/11/10  23 West Virginia 34 at  15 Oklahoma St. 42 170 39.8%
2012/11/17   7 Oklahoma 34 at  23 West Virginia 35 169 69.4%
2012/11/23  23 West Virginia 32 at  84 Iowa St. 31 168 68.2%
2012/12/01  97 Kansas 17 at  23 West Virginia 45 169 85.6%


Odds of finishing undefeated: 1-in-30.0
Most difficult game left: November 10, at Oklahoma State Cowboys, 39.8%


Kansas State Wildcats
Year WinPct SoS Off. Def. Pace
2012 0.883 17 0.531 47 25.1 5 14.3 45 165.8 78
Date Away Team       Home Team Plays Odds
2012/09/08  53 Miami-FL 13 at  22 Kansas St. 52 150 61.8%
2012/09/15  96 North Texas 21 at  14 Kansas St. 35 135 92.1%
2012/09/22  18 Kansas St. 24 at   9 Oklahoma 19 156 42.0%
2012/10/06  97 Kansas 16 at  17 Kansas St. 56 151 89.4%
2012/10/13  17 Kansas St. 34 at  84 Iowa St. 27 167 74.7%
2012/10/20  17 Kansas St. 34 at  23 West Virginia 38 166 42.2%
2012/10/27  40 Texas Tech 24 at  17 Kansas St. 41 172 66.2%
2012/11/03  15 Oklahoma St. 31 at  17 Kansas St. 34 169 52.4%
2012/11/10  17 Kansas St. 28 at  27 TCU 31 166 46.9%
2012/11/17  17 Kansas St. 38 at  31 Baylor 35 169 60.9%
2012/12/01  26 Texas 28 at  17 Kansas St. 35 166 54.7%


Odds of finishing undefeated: 1-in-58.5
Most difficult game left: October 20, at West Virginia Mountaineers, 42.2%


Absolute Phonies

Louisville Cardinals
Year WinPct SoS Off. Def. Pace
2012 0.739 35 0.491 72 17.2 47 14.1 42 165.8 79
Date Away Team       Home Team Plays Odds
2012/09/02  64 Kentucky 14 at  44 Louisville 32 162 59.3%
2012/09/15  58 North Carolina 34 at  37 Louisville 39 154 51.7%
2012/09/22  34 Louisville 28 at  98 FIU 21 149 78.2%
2012/09/29  35 Louisville 21 at  77 Southern Miss. 17 142 65.4%
2012/10/13  35 Louisville 24 at  65 Pittsburgh 25 165 40.5%
2012/10/20  70 South Florida 21 at  35 Louisville 31 167 64.2%
2012/10/26  24 Cincinnati 28 at  35 Louisville 27 167 35.3%
2012/11/03  61 Temple 20 at  35 Louisville 31 163 63.5%
2012/11/10  35 Louisville 28 at  96 Syracuse 24 164 72.8%
2012/11/24  73 Connecticut 17 at  35 Louisville 28 166 66.3%
2012/11/29  35 Louisville 24 at  25 Rutgers 28 165 46.7%


Odds of finishing undefeated: 1-in-76.1
Most difficult game left: October 26, vs Cincinnati Bearcats, 35.3%


UTSA Roadrunners
Year WinPct SoS Off. Def. Pace
2012 0.096 111 0.233 124 24.0 7 -15.2 1 156.5 123
Date Away Team       Home Team Plays Odds
2012/09/01 112 UTSA 33 at 117 South Alabama 31 155 50.0%
2012/09/29 109 UTSA 35 at 119 New Mexico St. 14 158 0.6%
2012/10/13 111 UTSA 21 at 106 Rice 17 163 99.6%
2012/10/20  71 SJSU 6 at 111 UTSA 31 161 99.8%
2012/10/27  55 Utah St. 0 at 111 UTSA 35 162 99.9%
2012/11/03 111 UTSA 28 at  32 LA Tech 6 165 99.9%
2012/11/17 111 UTSA 21 at 109 Idaho 28 162 0.9%
2012/11/24 124 Texas State 20 at 111 UTSA 45 158 96.7%


Odds of finishing undefeated: 1-in-115.8
Most difficult game left: November 17, at Idaho Vandals, 0.9%


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Oregon State Beavers
Year WinPct SoS Off. Def. Pace
2012 0.664 42 0.546 20 15.0 69 12.2 28 171.0 21
Date Away Team       Home Team Plays Odds
2012/09/08   6 Wisconsin 7 at  76 Oregon St. 10 162 10.4%
2012/09/22  69 Oregon St. 27 at  39 UCLA 20 174 43.6%
2012/09/29  66 Oregon St. 38 at  57 Arizona 35 197 39.9%
2012/10/06  88 Washington St. 6 at  42 Oregon St. 19 156 70.1%
2012/10/13  42 Oregon St. 14 at  22 BYU 28 170 21.5%
2012/10/20  47 Utah 21 at  42 Oregon St. 27 168 53.9%
2012/10/27  42 Oregon St. 24 at  37 Washington 31 169 39.0%
2012/11/03  18 Arizona St. 28 at  42 Oregon St. 21 172 21.1%
2012/11/10  42 Oregon St. 20 at   6 Stanford 34 169 20.2%
2012/11/17  41 California 24 at  42 Oregon St. 27 169 50.1%
2012/11/24   2 Oregon 34 at  42 Oregon St. 24 173 18.3%


Odds of finishing undefeated: 1-in-5662.2
Most difficult game left: November 24, vs Oregon Ducks, 18.3%


Mississippi State Bulldogs
Year WinPct SoS Off. Def. Pace
2012 0.778 30 0.557 6 15.1 68 10.8 17 162.7 105
Date Away Team       Home Team Plays Odds
2012/09/08  50 Auburn 10 at  28 Mississippi St. 28 152 58.9%
2012/09/15  21 Mississippi St. 30 at 103 Troy 24 174 86.7%
2012/09/22 120 South Alabama 10 at  28 Mississippi St. 30 166 99.9%
2012/10/06  30 Mississippi St. 27 at  74 Kentucky 14 163 78.6%
2012/10/13  51 Tennessee 21 at  30 Mississippi St. 28 161 61.6%
2012/10/20  75 Middle Tenn. 20 at  30 Mississippi St. 34 165 68.9%
2012/10/27  30 Mississippi St. 10 at   1 Alabama 34 159 3.1%
2012/11/03  10 Texas A&M 27 at  30 Mississippi St. 24 167 16.7%
2012/11/10  30 Mississippi St. 14 at   4 LSU 28 161 12.6%
2012/11/17  50 Arkansas 20 at  30 Mississippi St. 31 164 61.6%
2012/11/24  30 Mississippi St. 28 at  66 Mississippi 21 162 70.5%


Odds of finishing undefeated: 1-in-8317.3
Most difficult game left: October 27, at Alabama Crimson Tide, 3.1%


Louisiana Tech Bulldogs
Year WinPct SoS Off. Def. Pace
2012 0.761 32 0.497 70 21.0 18 16.2 65 173.9 7
Date Away Team       Home Team Plays Odds
2012/09/08  44 LA Tech 56 at   7 Houston 49 250 28.1%
2012/09/15 100 Rice 37 at  39 LA Tech 56 195 83.4%
2012/09/22  35 LA Tech 52 at  72 Illinois 24 164 46.5%
2012/09/29  29 LA Tech 44 at  81 Virginia 38 193 74.0%
2012/10/06 112 UNLV 31 at  32 LA Tech 58 208 86.2%
2012/10/13  10 Texas A&M 31 at  32 LA Tech 28 173 14.8%
2012/10/20 109 Idaho 17 at  32 LA Tech 52 171 93.6%
2012/10/27  32 LA Tech 45 at 118 New Mexico St. 24 170 90.3%
2012/11/03 111 UTSA 28 at  32 LA Tech 6 165 0.1%
2012/11/10  32 LA Tech 38 at 124 Texas State 24 166 98.3%
2012/11/17  55 Utah St. 24 at  32 LA Tech 28 171 56.4%
2012/11/24  32 LA Tech 31 at  71 SJSU 27 170 68.1%


Odds of finishing undefeated: 1-in-21173.6
Most difficult game left: November 3, vs UTSA Roadrunners, 0.1%


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