College Football Bowl Season Predictions 2019

We enter the last few weeks now for College football for the 2019 season.  Bowl season is a whole lot more variable, as you try to guess which players will actually play, which ones will skip and who wants to actually be at these games.  Same goes for coaching staffs as well.  So take these picks with a grain of salt, especially as we get closer to the games. 

Home Team	Home Team Win Chance	Away Team	Away Team Win Chance	Home Margin
Charlotte	24.78	Buffalo	75.22	-8.4
Utah State	65.3	Kent State	34.7	4.9
Appalachian State	93.96	Alabama-Birmingham	6.04	18.8
Florida International	27.41	Arkansas State	72.59	-7.5
Washington	60.76	Boise State	39.24	3.1
San Diego State	49.66	Central Michigan	50.34	-0.2
Florida Atlantic	43.03	Southern Methodist	56.97	-2.1
Liberty	24.35	Georgia Southern	75.65	-8.7
Central Florida	95	Marshall	5	19.9
Hawaii	50.48	Brigham Young	49.52	0.3
Pittsburgh	75.03	Eastern Michigan	24.97	8.3
Louisiana Tech	32.27	Miami(FL)	67.73	-5.6
Washington State	35.44	Air Force	64.56	-4.7
Southern California	37.59	Iowa	62.41	-3.8
Wake Forest	40.2	Michigan State	59.8	-3.1
Temple	36.88	North Carolina	63.12	-4.1
Texas A&M	55.62	Oklahoma State	44.38	1.7
Ohio State	73.31	Clemson	26.69	7.5
Notre Dame	70.96	Iowa State	29.04	6.9
Oklahoma	29.47	Louisiana State	70.53	-6.6
Penn State	60.89	Memphis	39.11	3.4
Illinois	49.6	California	50.4	-0.2
Florida	88.77	Virginia	11.23	15.0
Mississippi State	64.21	Louisville	35.79	4.4
Western Michigan	48.34	Western Kentucky	51.66	-0.5
Florida State	47.15	Arizona State	52.85	-1.0
Wyoming	73.44	Georgia State	26.56	7.6
Navy	65.48	Kansas State	34.52	4.9
Virginia Tech	36.24	Kentucky	63.76	-4.1
Texas	33.82	Utah	66.18	-5.1
Michigan	32.83	Alabama	67.17	-5.4
Minnesota	25.3	Auburn	74.7	-8.1
Georgia	72.39	Baylor	27.61	7.2
Wisconsin	64.08	Oregon	35.92	4.4
Cincinnati	75.92	Boston College	24.08	8.4
Tennessee	41.19	Indiana	58.81	-2.7
Ohio	79.23	Nevada	20.77	9.8
Tulane	79.27	Southern Mississippi	20.73	9.9
Miami(OH)	11.41	Louisiana	88.59	-14.8

NFL Predictions Week 16 2019

THis week continues to be an important one for seeding, and for tigh divisional races as well.  The 49ers must win this week to keep pace with Seattle prior to a pivotal week 17 showdown, while the Cowboys need a win otherwise they're out of the playoffs.  The Pats need a win this week to avoid potentially losing the AFC East crown for the first time since 2008. 

Home Team	Home Team Win Chance	Away Team	Away Team Win Chance	Home Margin
Tampa Bay Buccaneers	60.81	Houston Texans	39.19	3.3
New England Patriots	77.17	Buffalo Bills	22.83	8.8
San Francisco 49ers	75.35	Los Angeles Rams	24.65	8.2
Tennessee Titans	52.42	New Orleans Saints	47.58	0.6
Cleveland Browns	29.93	Baltimore Ravens	70.07	-6.2
New York Jets	30.98	Pittsburgh Steelers	69.02	-5.9
Indianapolis Colts	64.19	Carolina Panthers	35.81	4.4
Washington Redskins	57.35	New York Giants	42.65	2.2
Atlanta Falcons	79.55	Jacksonville Jaguars	20.45	9.7
Miami Dolphins	50.86	Cincinnati Bengals	49.14	0.3
Denver Broncos	70.86	Detroit Lions	29.14	6.8
Los Angeles Chargers	79.9	Oakland Raiders	20.1	9.9
Seattle Seahawks	82.85	Arizona Cardinals	17.15	11.3
Philadelphia Eagles	45.87	Dallas Cowboys	54.13	-1.1
Chicago Bears	38.01	Kansas City Chiefs	61.99	-3.6
Minnesota Vikings	72.33	Green Bay Packers	27.67	7.1

NFL Power Rankings Week 16 2019

The program continues to like the Pats despite their recent struggles.  However a second half in which they dominated the Bengals shows things might not be all terrible in Boston.  The Chiefs, and Bills however are going to be problematic for them, to say nothing of the high flying Ravens. 

Rank	Team
1	Baltimore Ravens
2	San Francisco 49ers
3	New England Patriots
4	Kansas City Chiefs
5	Minnesota Vikings
6	New Orleans Saints
7	Los Angeles Rams
8	Dallas Cowboys
9	Seattle Seahawks
10	Green Bay Packers
11	Buffalo Bills
12	Tennessee Titans
13	Houston Texans
14	Pittsburgh Steelers
15	Tampa Bay Buccaneers
16	Cleveland Browns
17	Atlanta Falcons
18	Chicago Bears
19	Los Angeles Chargers
20	Philadelphia Eagles
21	Indianapolis Colts
22	Denver Broncos
23	Carolina Panthers
24	Arizona Cardinals
25	Detroit Lions
26	Jacksonville Jaguars
27	Oakland Raiders
28	Cincinnati Bengals
29	New York Giants
30	New York Jets
31	Washington Redskins
32	Miami Dolphins

NBA Power Rankings 12/16/2019

Finally getting going on these.  Took a little longer than normal thanks to some other stuff going on.  The season so far has progressed as many folks would have predicted, with the Bucks, Lakers and Clippers all near the top.  We'll see if the Mavs can hold onto the 5 spot with Luka out with an ankle sprain.  The one team the program really doesn't like in comparison to some other power rankings is the Sixers.  They're 20-8, but the offense has been middle of the road and they turn the ball over at an alarming amount.

Next week I'll get weekly predictions out, as well as some charts for each week of power rankings.

Rank	Team
1	Milwaukee
2	LA Lakers
3	LA Clippers
4	Boston
5	Dallas
6	Toronto
7	Miami
8	Houston
9	Denver
10	Indiana
11	Philadelphia
12	Phoenix
13	Utah
14	Oklahoma City
15	Detroit
16	Orlando
17	Brooklyn
18	Portland
19	Sacramento
20	Chicago
21	Minnesota
22	Washington
23	New Orleans
24	San Antonio
25	Memphis
26	Atlanta
27	Charlotte
28	Cleveland
29	New York
30	Golden State