Week 11 Football Bowl Projection Breakdown

We are starting to believe that some teams in the Big 12 can make the playoffs. TCU beat a tough Kansas State squad 41-20 on Saturday and have a pretty easy schedule left. They head to Kansas this week, travel to Texas on Thanksgiving and finish up at home against Iowa State. The only one of those games that should even be close is at Texas. The Longhorns did beat West Virginia and are certainly capable ...

Last Four In: Northern Arizona, Liberty, Northern Iowa, Stephen F. Austin

First Four Out: Youngstown State, McNeese State, Cal Poly, William & Mary

With North Dakota State’s loss to Missouri Valley Football Conference rival Northern Iowa, could that mean the FCS playoffs go through Durham, N.H., this season? That could be with New Hampshire taking over the No. 1 in the College Sports Madness Top ...

Last Four In: Clemson, American, UCSB, George Mason

First Four Out: Delaware, Radford, Seattle, Navy

For some, conference tournaments being this week and for most others, the regular season comes to an end. The first conference tournament to kick off is the ACC. The 7/10 and 8/9 game on Wednesday may not sound all that exciting, but Virginia is the eighth seed and they desperately need some positive ...

Week 10 Football Bowl Projection Breakdown

For the first time in a while, our four projected playoff teams did not change. It helped that both Michigan State and Alabama had the week off. Both teams have big games coming up though as the Spartans host Ohio State and the Crimson Tide head to LSU. Florida State and Oregon both grabbed quality wins. The Seminoles had to fight back to beat Louisville, but it was a quality road win. For FSU it is all ...

Last Four In: Northern Arizona, Liberty, Northern Iowa, Sam Houston State

First Four Out: Cal Poly, Bethune-Cookman, Southern Illinois, James Madison

A couple traditional powers kept their playoff hopes alive with huge wins this week. Sam Houston State knocked off Stephen F. Austin 42-28 to move to 4-1 in Southland play and 5-4 overall. The Bearkats ...

Last Four In: Clemson, UC Davis, American, George Mason

First Four Out: Radford, Delaware, UCSB, Seattle

With quite a few disappointing results among the top teams in the nation, Indiana made a big move up the bracket. We now have the Hoosiers projected to end up as the number two overall seed in the NCAA Tournament. The team beat Notre Dame 1-0 on Wednesday before heading to Ann Arbor and scoring ...

Last Four In: Colorado, Santa Clara, Missouri, Minnesota

First Four Out: Duke, Ole Miss, Maryland, Texas

The Pac-12 continues its surge toward overtaking the ACC as the top conference in women’s college soccer this season. UCLA and Stanford are really getting in a rhythm offensively. Washington State and Washington have come on strong as the season has gone along. Meanwhile, the ACC is finally paying ...

Last Four In: Northern Arizona, Liberty, Northern Iowa, Sam Houston State

First Four Out: William & Mary, Bethune-Cookman, Southern Illinois, Cal Poly

Besides shocking the FCS world with its victory over No. 2 Eastern Washington, Northern Arizona (5-3-0) probably made a lot of other playoff hopefuls unhappy this weekend. Why? Because Northern Arizona should be on its way to the Big Dance now. ...

Week 9 Football Bowl Projection Breakdown

The possibility of Ole Miss and Alabama making the playoffs still exists. For that to happen, the Rebels and Tide have to win out, which would include victories over Mississippi State for both squads. A one-loss Mississippi team would then play in the SEC title game, while a one loss Alabama team would not have to sweat out that game and should make it into the playoffs anyway. It’s not a fair scenario ...

Last Four In: Delaware, SMU, George Mason, Clemson

First Four Out: Winthrop, UC Davis, UCSB, Seattle

This time of the year, every game makes a big difference on the bubble. At the moment, we have Delaware, SMU, George Mason and Clemson hanging out on the good side of the bubble. Delaware has a pretty bad RPI, but they do have a nice win at UNC Wilmington. However, there is not much margin for error ...