Wednesday, October 11, 2017

Week 8 RBA Projections: Big Ten,Big XII,Mid-American,Independents

Projected conference champions
  • Big Ten: Penn State
  • Big XII: Oklahoma
  • Independents: BYU
  • Mid-American: Western Michigan
Full projected conference standings after the jump.

Big Ten
East
TeamConferenceOverallAdjusted
NowProjectedNowProjectedOff.Def.Pace
5 Penn State 3 -  0   1.000 8 -  1   0.889 6 -  0   1.000 11 -  1   0.917 23.4 8.3 165.4
6 Ohio St. 3 -  0   1.000 7 -  2   0.778 5 -  1   0.833 9 -  3   0.750 24.1 9.4 162.6
3 Michigan 1 -  1   0.500 6 -  3   0.667 4 -  1   0.800 9 -  3   0.750 21.1 8.2 164.8
32 Michigan St. 2 -  0   1.000 6 -  3   0.667 4 -  1   0.800 8 -  4   0.667 17.2 11.7 165.8
44 Indiana 0 -  2   0.000 4 -  5   0.444 2 -  2   0.500 6 -  5   0.545 17.3 14.7 174.0
82 Maryland 1 -  1   0.500 3 -  6   0.333 2 -  2   0.500 4 -  7   0.364 15.3 19.6 166.8
115 Rutgers 0 -  2   0.000 1 -  8   0.111 0 -  4   0.000 1 - 10   0.091 9.1 18.2 164.8
West
TeamConferenceOverallAdjusted
NowProjectedNowProjectedOff.Def.Pace
9 Wisconsin 2 -  0   1.000 8 -  1   0.889 5 -  0   1.000 11 -  1   0.917 22.5 9.5 160.8
57 Purdue 1 -  1   0.500 5 -  4   0.556 3 -  2   0.600 7 -  5   0.583 18.0 14.4 172.4
29 Iowa 1 -  2   0.333 4 -  5   0.444 4 -  2   0.667 7 -  5   0.583 17.4 11.2 163.7
43 Northwestern 0 -  2   0.000 4 -  5   0.444 2 -  3   0.400 6 -  6   0.500 15.9 13.4 176.5
64 Nebraska 2 -  1   0.667 4 -  5   0.444 3 -  3   0.500 5 -  7   0.417 16.8 15.5 167.9
36 Minnesota 0 -  2   0.000 3 -  6   0.333 3 -  2   0.600 6 -  6   0.500 16.2 13.1 164.7
92 Illinois 0 -  2   0.000 2 -  7   0.222 2 -  3   0.400 4 -  8   0.333 11.6 17.8 168.9
Projected records may not sum to total number of actual games due to rounding errors.
Last Week
(29) Iowa 45, (92) Illinois 16
(32) Michigan St. 14, (3) Michigan 10
(9) Wisconsin 38, (64) Nebraska 17
(5) Penn State 31, (43) Northwestern 7
(6) Ohio St. 62, (82) Maryland 14
(57) Purdue 31, (36) Minnesota 17

This Week
(115) Rutgers at (92) Illinois
(3) Michigan at (44) Indiana
(43) Northwestern at (82) Maryland
(32) Michigan St. at (36) Minnesota
(6) Ohio St. at (64) Nebraska
(57) Purdue at (9) Wisconsin

Big XII
TeamConferenceOverallAdjusted
NowProjectedNowProjectedOff.Def.Pace
10 Oklahoma 1 -  1   0.500 6 -  3   0.667 4 -  1   0.800 9 -  3   0.750 27.4 14.3 172.6
13 Oklahoma St. 1 -  1   0.500 6 -  3   0.667 4 -  1   0.800 9 -  3   0.750 25.3 13.4 176.4
23 TCU 2 -  0   1.000 6 -  3   0.667 4 -  0   1.000 8 -  3   0.727 21.1 14.0 171.7
30 Texas 2 -  0   1.000 6 -  3   0.667 3 -  2   0.600 7 -  5   0.583 19.8 13.4 171.0
19 Kansas St. 1 -  1   0.500 5 -  4   0.556 2 -  2   0.500 6 -  5   0.545 21.1 12.7 165.4
28 West Virginia 1 -  1   0.500 5 -  4   0.556 2 -  2   0.500 6 -  5   0.545 20.5 14.2 172.3
51 Iowa St. 1 -  1   0.500 4 -  5   0.444 2 -  2   0.500 5 -  6   0.455 18.5 14.7 172.5
62 Texas Tech 1 -  1   0.500 3 -  6   0.333 3 -  1   0.750 5 -  6   0.455 24.3 18.8 182.5
66 Baylor 0 -  2   0.000 3 -  6   0.333 0 -  4   0.000 3 -  8   0.273 15.5 15.0 179.3
117 Kansas 0 -  2   0.000 1 -  8   0.111 0 -  4   0.000 1 - 10   0.091 12.8 25.4 172.8
Projected records may not sum to total number of actual games due to rounding errors.
Last Week
(62) Texas Tech 65, (117) Kansas 19
(51) Iowa St. 38, (10) Oklahoma 31
(23) TCU 31, (28) West Virginia 24
(30) Texas 40, (19) Kansas St. 34

This Week
(117) Kansas at (51) Iowa St.
(23) TCU at (19) Kansas St.
(66) Baylor at (13) Oklahoma St.
(10) Oklahoma vs (30) Texas
(62) Texas Tech at (28) West Virginia

Mid-American
East
TeamConferenceOverallAdjusted
NowProjectedNowProjectedOff.Def.Pace
77 Ohio 1 -  1   0.500 5 -  3   0.625 3 -  2   0.600 7 -  4   0.636 15.1 17.2 165.0
101 Miami-OH 1 -  1   0.500 5 -  3   0.625 1 -  4   0.200 5 -  6   0.455 12.8 20.9 165.6
116 Akron 2 -  0   1.000 4 -  4   0.500 2 -  3   0.400 4 -  7   0.364 10.6 19.5 168.5
120 Buffalo 1 -  1   0.500 3 -  5   0.375 2 -  3   0.400 4 -  7   0.364 13.8 19.7 167.7
121 Bowling Green 1 -  1   0.500 3 -  5   0.375 1 -  4   0.200 3 -  8   0.273 10.3 23.6 171.2
128 Kent St. 0 -  2   0.000 1 -  7   0.125 0 -  5   0.000 1 - 10   0.091 5.4 21.3 165.5
West
TeamConferenceOverallAdjusted
NowProjectedNowProjectedOff.Def.Pace
31 Western Michigan 2 -  0   1.000 7 -  1   0.875 3 -  2   0.600 8 -  3   0.727 22.3 17.1 169.1
65 Toledo 1 -  0   1.000 6 -  2   0.750 3 -  1   0.750 8 -  3   0.727 20.0 19.7 170.0
71 Northern Ill. 1 -  0   1.000 6 -  2   0.750 2 -  2   0.500 7 -  4   0.636 14.5 14.9 169.7
87 Eastern Michigan 0 -  2   0.000 3 -  5   0.375 2 -  3   0.400 6 -  6   0.500 12.0 16.2 165.7
119 Central Michigan 1 -  1   0.500 3 -  5   0.375 2 -  3   0.400 4 -  7   0.364 11.7 20.0 169.6
109 Ball St. 0 -  2   0.000 2 -  6   0.250 1 -  4   0.200 3 -  8   0.273 11.8 22.0 169.4
Projected records may not sum to total number of actual games due to rounding errors.
Last Week
(116) Akron 31, (109) Ball St. 3
(31) Western Michigan 71, (120) Buffalo 68
(121) Bowling Green 37, (101) Miami-OH 29
(71) Northern Ill. 24, (128) Kent St. 3
(119) Central Michigan 26, (77) Ohio 23
(65) Toledo 20, (87) Eastern Michigan 15

This Week
(77) Ohio at (121) Bowling Green
(71) Northern Ill. at (120) Buffalo
(65) Toledo at (119) Central Michigan
(101) Miami-OH at (128) Kent St.
(87) Eastern Michigan at (91) Army
(116) Akron at (31) Western Michigan

Independents
TeamConferenceOverallAdjusted
NowProjectedNowProjectedOff.Def.Pace
72 BYU 0 -  0   0.000 1 -  0   1.000 0 -  5   0.000 5 -  7   0.417 13.5 15.1 171.5
16 Notre Dame 0 -  0   0.000 0 -  0   0.000 5 -  1   0.833 9 -  3   0.750 22.4 11.4 165.0
91 Army 0 -  0   0.000 0 -  0   0.000 3 -  2   0.600 5 -  6   0.455 13.0 17.8 159.3
103 Massachusetts 0 -  0   0.000 0 -  1   0.000 0 -  6   0.000 2 -  9   0.182 13.0 19.6 172.0
Projected records may not sum to total number of actual games due to rounding errors.
Last Week
(49) Boise St. 24, (72) BYU 7
(16) Notre Dame 33, (58) North Carolina 10
(91) Army 49, (124) Rice 12

This Week
(72) BYU at (37) Mississippi St.
(87) Eastern Michigan at (91) Army

All records through games of 2017-10-08
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