Wednesday, October 11, 2017

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

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

Big Ten
East
TeamConferenceOverallAdjusted
NowProjectedNowProjectedOff.Def.Pace
3 Penn State 3 -  0   1.000 8 -  1   0.889 6 -  0   1.000 11 -  1   0.917 25.6 8.2 169.1
4 Ohio St. 3 -  0   1.000 8 -  1   0.889 5 -  1   0.833 10 -  2   0.833 25.0 8.2 175.4
8 Michigan 1 -  1   0.500 6 -  3   0.667 4 -  1   0.800 9 -  3   0.750 20.4 8.8 164.0
21 Michigan St. 2 -  0   1.000 6 -  3   0.667 4 -  1   0.800 8 -  4   0.667 17.2 11.0 162.1
41 Indiana 0 -  2   0.000 3 -  6   0.333 2 -  2   0.500 5 -  6   0.455 18.9 15.2 188.2
69 Maryland 1 -  1   0.500 3 -  6   0.333 2 -  2   0.500 4 -  7   0.364 19.2 20.3 171.1
122 Rutgers 0 -  2   0.000 1 -  8   0.111 0 -  4   0.000 1 - 10   0.091 9.3 19.4 168.9
West
TeamConferenceOverallAdjusted
NowProjectedNowProjectedOff.Def.Pace
6 Wisconsin 2 -  0   1.000 8 -  1   0.889 5 -  0   1.000 11 -  1   0.917 25.2 10.1 157.7
46 Purdue 1 -  1   0.500 5 -  4   0.556 3 -  2   0.600 7 -  5   0.583 17.4 14.7 171.1
16 Iowa 1 -  2   0.333 4 -  5   0.444 4 -  2   0.667 7 -  5   0.583 19.0 11.4 167.0
47 Northwestern 0 -  2   0.000 4 -  5   0.444 2 -  3   0.400 6 -  6   0.500 16.5 14.0 178.9
54 Nebraska 2 -  1   0.667 4 -  5   0.444 3 -  3   0.500 5 -  7   0.417 18.2 16.7 161.8
40 Minnesota 0 -  2   0.000 3 -  6   0.333 3 -  2   0.600 6 -  6   0.500 16.0 12.8 160.9
104 Illinois 0 -  2   0.000 1 -  8   0.111 2 -  3   0.400 3 -  9   0.250 12.2 19.2 162.8
Projected records may not sum to total number of actual games due to rounding errors.
Last Week
(16) Iowa 45, (104) Illinois 16
(21) Michigan St. 14, (8) Michigan 10
(6) Wisconsin 38, (54) Nebraska 17
(3) Penn State 31, (47) Northwestern 7
(4) Ohio St. 62, (69) Maryland 14
(46) Purdue 31, (40) Minnesota 17

This Week
(122) Rutgers at (104) Illinois
(8) Michigan at (41) Indiana
(47) Northwestern at (69) Maryland
(21) Michigan St. at (40) Minnesota
(4) Ohio St. at (54) Nebraska
(46) Purdue at (6) Wisconsin

Big XII
TeamConferenceOverallAdjusted
NowProjectedNowProjectedOff.Def.Pace
15 TCU 2 -  0   1.000 7 -  2   0.778 4 -  0   1.000 9 -  2   0.818 20.6 12.1 177.0
11 Oklahoma 1 -  1   0.500 6 -  3   0.667 4 -  1   0.800 9 -  3   0.750 29.0 14.3 167.6
28 Texas 2 -  0   1.000 6 -  3   0.667 3 -  2   0.600 7 -  5   0.583 18.1 12.7 185.6
18 Oklahoma St. 1 -  1   0.500 5 -  4   0.556 4 -  1   0.800 8 -  4   0.667 22.8 13.8 175.7
29 Kansas St. 1 -  1   0.500 5 -  4   0.556 2 -  2   0.500 6 -  5   0.545 19.9 14.4 163.0
33 Iowa St. 1 -  1   0.500 5 -  4   0.556 2 -  2   0.500 6 -  5   0.545 20.0 15.5 171.2
36 Texas Tech 1 -  1   0.500 4 -  5   0.444 3 -  1   0.750 6 -  5   0.545 22.8 18.0 189.9
42 West Virginia 1 -  1   0.500 4 -  5   0.444 2 -  2   0.500 5 -  6   0.455 18.3 15.1 183.5
64 Baylor 0 -  2   0.000 3 -  6   0.333 0 -  4   0.000 3 -  8   0.273 16.3 16.3 184.1
123 Kansas 0 -  2   0.000 0 -  9   0.000 0 -  4   0.000 0 - 11   0.000 12.1 25.6 181.1
Projected records may not sum to total number of actual games due to rounding errors.
Last Week
(36) Texas Tech 65, (123) Kansas 19
(33) Iowa St. 38, (11) Oklahoma 31
(15) TCU 31, (42) West Virginia 24
(28) Texas 40, (29) Kansas St. 34

This Week
(123) Kansas at (33) Iowa St.
(15) TCU at (29) Kansas St.
(64) Baylor at (18) Oklahoma St.
(11) Oklahoma vs (28) Texas
(36) Texas Tech at (42) West Virginia

Mid-American
East
TeamConferenceOverallAdjusted
NowProjectedNowProjectedOff.Def.Pace
90 Ohio 1 -  1   0.500 5 -  3   0.625 3 -  2   0.600 7 -  4   0.636 16.0 21.7 168.7
97 Miami-OH 1 -  1   0.500 5 -  3   0.625 1 -  4   0.200 5 -  6   0.455 13.8 20.6 164.9
100 Akron 2 -  0   1.000 5 -  3   0.625 2 -  3   0.400 5 -  6   0.455 11.6 17.9 170.3
102 Buffalo 1 -  1   0.500 4 -  4   0.500 2 -  3   0.400 5 -  6   0.455 14.3 22.2 181.6
118 Bowling Green 1 -  1   0.500 3 -  5   0.375 1 -  4   0.200 3 -  8   0.273 12.2 23.6 175.1
130 Kent St. 0 -  2   0.000 1 -  7   0.125 0 -  5   0.000 1 - 10   0.091 5.3 20.1 153.8
West
TeamConferenceOverallAdjusted
NowProjectedNowProjectedOff.Def.Pace
43 Western Michigan 2 -  0   1.000 7 -  1   0.875 3 -  2   0.600 8 -  3   0.727 23.2 19.2 172.1
62 Toledo 1 -  0   1.000 6 -  2   0.750 3 -  1   0.750 8 -  3   0.727 19.9 19.8 174.7
61 Northern Ill. 1 -  0   1.000 6 -  2   0.750 2 -  2   0.500 7 -  4   0.636 15.3 15.0 185.7
98 Eastern Michigan 0 -  2   0.000 3 -  5   0.375 2 -  3   0.400 5 -  7   0.417 10.7 16.0 175.5
119 Central Michigan 1 -  1   0.500 3 -  5   0.375 2 -  3   0.400 4 -  7   0.364 11.2 21.6 170.8
120 Ball St. 0 -  2   0.000 2 -  6   0.250 1 -  4   0.200 3 -  8   0.273 11.3 22.4 171.9
Projected records may not sum to total number of actual games due to rounding errors.
Last Week
(100) Akron 31, (120) Ball St. 3
(43) Western Michigan 71, (102) Buffalo 68
(118) Bowling Green 37, (97) Miami-OH 29
(61) Northern Ill. 24, (130) Kent St. 3
(119) Central Michigan 26, (90) Ohio 23
(62) Toledo 20, (98) Eastern Michigan 15

This Week
(90) Ohio at (118) Bowling Green
(61) Northern Ill. at (102) Buffalo
(62) Toledo at (119) Central Michigan
(97) Miami-OH at (130) Kent St.
(98) Eastern Michigan at (79) Army
(100) Akron at (43) Western Michigan

Independents
TeamConferenceOverallAdjusted
NowProjectedNowProjectedOff.Def.Pace
108 BYU 0 -  0   0.000 1 -  0   1.000 0 -  5   0.000 3 -  9   0.250 10.4 17.2 158.9
9 Notre Dame 0 -  0   0.000 0 -  0   0.000 5 -  1   0.833 9 -  3   0.750 26.0 12.2 178.8
79 Army 0 -  0   0.000 0 -  0   0.000 3 -  2   0.600 6 -  5   0.545 16.0 18.5 147.9
116 Massachusetts 0 -  0   0.000 0 -  1   0.000 0 -  6   0.000 2 -  9   0.182 12.1 22.9 177.8
Projected records may not sum to total number of actual games due to rounding errors.
Last Week
(31) Boise St. 24, (108) BYU 7
(9) Notre Dame 33, (73) North Carolina 10
(79) Army 49, (127) Rice 12

This Week
(108) BYU at (39) Mississippi St.
(98) Eastern Michigan at (79) Army

All records through games of 2017-10-08
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