| Savvy Index | 2022 | ||||
| predictions | week | 1 | |||
| week of | 09/03/22 | rev2: 8/31/22 | |||
| top 25 | week 0: 8-3 73% season: 8-3 73% | wins | losses | game rating | notes |
| Arizona | 0 | 0 | 14 | If Burmeister falters, will we finally see | |
| 18 | San Diego St. | 0 | 0 | 43 | SDSU take a chance on exciting Will Haskell? |
| fcs | N Arizona | 0 | 1 | 13 | rev: 8/30/22: Most analysts are predicting |
| Arizona St. | 1 | 0 | 38 | a much higher final spread. | |
| fcs | UC Davis | 0 | 0 | 17 | UC Davis isn’t loaded with stars |
| California | 0 | 0 | 31 | but it is a top 20 FCS outfit. | |
| TCU | 0 | 0 | 27 | I agree with the betting public … | |
| Colorado | 0 | 0 | 21 | this will be TCU by 10 + | |
| 5 | Utah | 0 | 0 | 32 | Florida isn’t ready for a week 1 |
| Florida | 0 | 0 | 21 | matchup with a high-ranked opponent like Utah. | |
| 15 | Oregon | 0 | 0 | 27 | If Bo Nix doesn’t throw the ball away, |
| 2 | Georgia | 0 | 0 | 34 | Oregon may actually win this. |
| Boise St. | 0 | 0 | 31 | Savvy says Oregon State will have one of | |
| Oregon St. | 0 | 0 | 32 | the 10 best offensive lines this year. | |
| fcs | Colgate | 0 | 0 | 7 | |
| Stanford | 0 | 0 | 49 | ||
| Bowling Green | 0 | 0 | 10 | I think Bowling Green will surprise people | |
| 25 | UCLA | 0 | 0 | 50 | this year – just – not this week. |
| Rice | 0 | 0 | 10 | Rice is not going to put the ball in the | |
| USC | 0 | 0 | 45 | air and that will limit the margin. | |
| Kent St. | 0 | 0 | 17 | New coaches at UW and a room filled with | |
| Washington | 0 | 0 | 33 | interception-prone qbs. This may take some time. | |
| fcs | Idaho | 0 | 0 | 14 | WSU’s qb Cameron Ward is |
| Washington St. | 0 | 0 | 42 | worth the price of admission. | |
| fcs | N Iowa | 0 | 0 | 13 | NIU is expecting to contend |
| Air Force | 0 | 0 | 40 | in the FCS playoffs. | |
| fcs | St. Francis PA | 0 | 1 | 12 | SFPU ranked 106th in FCS |
| Akron | 1 | 0 | 40 | Akron ranked 106th in FBS | |
| Utah St. | 0 | 0 | 24 | Oddsmakers have no spread or points | |
| 1 | Alabama | 0 | 0 | 41 | declared as of Monday afternoon. |
| N Carolina | 0 | 0 | 20 | Both of these programs have | |
| App State | 0 | 0 | 37 | a lot of negative trend lines. | |
| 11 | Cincinnati | 0 | 0 | 27 | This will be exciting and many |
| 17 | Arkansas | 0 | 0 | 28 | will call the Arkansas win an upset. |
| fcs | Grambling St. | 0 | 0 | 14 | |
| Arkansas St. | 0 | 0 | 41 | ||
| fcs | Mercer | 0 | 0 | 12 | |
| Auburn | 0 | 0 | 44 | ||
| fcs | Albany | 0 | 0 | 6 | |
| 16 | Baylor | 0 | 0 | 54 | |
| Rutgers | 0 | 0 | 24 | Betting lines are too low and Savvy too high | |
| Boston Col | 0 | 0 | 29 | in total points. Should finish at 52. | |
| fcs | William & Mary | 0 | 0 | 27 | FCS upset prediction |
| Charlotte | 0 | 0 | 24 | ||
| Army | 0 | 0 | 17 | … but Coastal Carolina is showing | |
| 14 | Coastal Car | 0 | 0 | 34 | significant signs of erosion. |
| fcs | C Conn St. | 0 | 0 | 24 | UConn looked so good against Utah State last week |
| Connecticut | 0 | 0 | 38 | that I’m now wondering about Utah State. | |
| Temple | 0 | 0 | 24 | Oddsmakers say total points will | |
| Duke | 0 | 0 | 32 | be about 51. It will be at least 57. | |
| 12 | N Carolina St. | 0 | 0 | 35 | Yup, E Carolina has come this far in the |
| E Carolina | 0 | 0 | 24 | past 2 years to be within 7 of NCSU. | |
| fcs | E Kentucky | 0 | 0 | 21 | |
| E Michigan | 0 | 0 | 30 | ||
| fcs | Bryant | 0 | 0 | 20 | Bryant will get on the scoreboard |
| Florida Intl. | 1 | 0 | 38 | often but not enough to win. | |
| fcs | Cal Poly | 0 | 0 | 0 | New FSU coach Jeff Tedford |
| Fresno St. | 1 | 0 | 54 | will have the Bulldogs ready. | |
| fcs | Morgan St. | 0 | 0 | 3 | How will Clay Helton’s program |
| Georgia So. | 0 | 0 | 52 | renovation look in week 1? | |
| 6 | Clemson | 0 | 0 | 52 | This game is a money maker for bettors because |
| Georgia Tech | 0 | 0 | 10 | Vegas set total points at just 49. | |
| W Kentucky | 0 | 0 | 32 | Worst played game of the | |
| Hawai’i | 0 | 0 | 21 | week? Probably. | |
| Illinois | 0 | 0 | 35 | I’m amazed that betting odds | |
| Indiana | 0 | 0 | 24 | say Indiana will win. | |
| fcs | S Dakota St. | 0 | 0 | 10 | I think the Savvy spread is too high |
| 10 | Iowa | 0 | 0 | 42 | by two touchdowns. |
| fcs | S E Missouri St. | 0 | 0 | 13 | |
| Iowa St. | 0 | 0 | 42 | ||
| Middle Tenn | 0 | 0 | 27 | Madison’s first game as | |
| James Madison | 0 | 0 | 30 | an FBS team. | |
| fcs | Tenn Tech | 0 | 0 | 24 | Tenn Tech is pretty darned good |
| Kansas | 0 | 0 | 33 | but KU has better pieces this year. | |
| fcs | S Dakota | 0 | 0 | 14 | |
| Kansas St. | 0 | 0 | 38 | ||
| Miami Oh | 0 | 0 | 13 | I don’t think Kentucky has enough at qb | |
| 19 | Kentucky | 0 | 0 | 35 | or returning production to stay in the rankings all year. |
| fcs | S E Louisiana | 0 | 0 | 17 | |
| Louisiana | 0 | 0 | 46 | ||
| Florida St. | 1 | 0 | 17 | ||
| LSU | 0 | 0 | 32 | ||
| fcs | Norfolk St. | 0 | 0 | 7 | Marshall will look good this week. But next week is Notre Dame |
| Marshall | 0 | 0 | 45 | and the Herd will realize how much they miss qb Grant Wells. | |
| Buffalo | 0 | 0 | 17 | I don’t see any way total points get | |
| Maryland | 0 | 0 | 41 | above 61 like betting lines suggest. | |
| fcs | Bethune-Cookman | 0 | 0 | 3 | |
| 20 | Miami Fl | 0 | 0 | 52 | |
| Colorado St. | 0 | 0 | 10 | CSU will make a game of it for | |
| 7 | Michigan | 0 | 0 | 45 | one half but just not enough talent yet. |
| W Michigan | 0 | 0 | 17 | Betting odds call for a 20+ point spread but not with Savvy | |
| 22 | Michigan St. | 0 | 0 | 36 | because WMU carries a high history of upsets. |
| New Mexico St. | 0 | 2 | 10 | You KNOW Jerry Kill of NMSU wants to beat | |
| Minnesota | 1 | 0 | 44 | his former employer after their bitter, bitter separration. | |
| Troy | 0 | 0 | 17 | ||
| 23 | Mississippi | 0 | 0 | 41 | |
| Memphis | 0 | 0 | 27 | I like betting odds at a 15 pt spread. | |
| Mississippi St. | 0 | 0 | 30 | Miss St. returns A LOT of production. | |
| LA Tech | 0 | 1 | 24 | LA Tech lost seven of it’s final | |
| Missouri | 1 | 0 | 33 | eight games last year. | |
| fcs | Delaware | 0 | 0 | 27 | Extremely high upset |
| Navy | 0 | 0 | 35 | trend lines on this one. | |
| fcs | N Dakota | 0 | 0 | 24 | If Nebraska loses this after losing in upset |
| Nebraska | 0 | 0 | 33 | to Northwestern, is Frost finished? | |
| Texas St. | 0 | 0 | 17 | Nevada is in for a long | |
| Nevada | 0 | 0 | 33 | and losing season. | |
| fcs | Maine | 0 | 0 | 28 | Maine will be one of the better |
| New Mexico | 0 | 0 | 33 | FCS teams this year. | |
| fcs | E Illinois | 0 | 1 | 0 | Almost 100% certainty that |
| N Illinois | 1 | 0 | 57 | NIU wins this game. | |
| SMU | 0 | 0 | 37 | ||
| N Texas | 0 | 0 | 24 | ||
| Florida Atl. | 0 | 0 | 24 | Upset | |
| Ohio | 0 | 0 | 33 | ||
| Notre Dame | 0 | 0 | 24 | This game will get a lot of hype | |
| 3 | Ohio St. | 0 | 0 | 36 | but OSU is clearly better. |
| UTEP | 0 | 0 | 20 | … but UTEP is still dangerous. | |
| 4 | Oklahoma | 0 | 0 | 47 | |
| C Michigan | 0 | 0 | 20 | CMU won 7 of its last 8 games in 2021 | |
| 9 | Oklahoma St. | 1 | 0 | 37 | including a bowl win over Wash St. |
| Virginia Tech | 0 | 0 | 38 | High upset potential because ODU | |
| Old Dominion | 0 | 0 | 24 | has tremendous upward trends. | |
| W Virginia | 0 | 1 | 24 | The battle of former USC | |
| Pittsburgh | 1 | 0 | 39 | transfer quarterbacks. | |
| 24 | Penn St. | 1 | 0 | 31 | Hard to believe PSU still has Sean Clifford at |
| Purdue | 0 | 1 | 24 | qb. Doesn’t he ever graduate? | |
| fcs | Portland St. | 0 | 1 | 10 | San Jose State quarterback Chevon Cordeiro |
| San Jose St. | 1 | 0 | 46 | will put up some big numbers here. | |
| fcs | Nicholls | 0 | 0 | 27 | |
| S Alabama | 0 | 0 | 33 | ||
| Georgia St. | 0 | 0 | 27 | Expect S Carolina to get a slow start | |
| S Carolina | 0 | 0 | 34 | in 2022 but finish strong. | |
| Liberty | 0 | 0 | 38 | Is Charlie Brewer really the | |
| S Miss | 0 | 0 | 17 | answer at Liberty? | |
| Louisville | 0 | 0 | 28 | ||
| Syracuse | 0 | 0 | 38 | ||
| Ball St. | 0 | 1 | 20 | Both the spread and total points | |
| Tennessee | 1 | 0 | 34 | are too high in the gambling lines. | |
| LA Monroe | 0 | 0 | 14 | … but ULM showed some encouraging | |
| Texas | 0 | 0 | 44 | up trends to end the 2021 season. | |
| fcs | Sam Houston St. | 0 | 0 | 14 | This is a risky, risky game for Texas A&M because |
| Texas A&M | 0 | 0 | 43 | Sam Houston is a loaded, FCS contender. | |
| fcs | Murray St. | 0 | 0 | 14 | |
| Texas Tech | 0 | 0 | 48 | ||
| fcs | Long Island | 0 | 1 | 6 | This will be worth watching because of Toledo’s |
| Toledo | 1 | 0 | 59 | dynamic quarterback Dequann Finn.. | |
| Massachusetts | 0 | 0 | 27 | Don Brown is a great hire for UMass. I can’t see this | |
| Tulane | 0 | 0 | 36 | game getting to the betting spread of 28.5. | |
| fcs | Alabama A&M | 0 | 1 | 6 | |
| UAB | 1 | 0 | 46 | ||
| fcs | S Carolina St | 0 | 1 | 10 | FCS teams struggle against |
| UCF | 1 | 0 | 48 | UCF’s Knights. | |
| fcs | Idaho St. | 0 | 0 | 17 | |
| UNLV | 0 | 0 | 41 | ||
| 8 | BYU | 0 | 0 | 45 | How betting lines have this as a 12-point game |
| USF | 0 | 0 | 7 | is mystifying because this is a blow out. | |
| Houston | 0 | 0 | 28 | I agree with the gamblers … | |
| 21 | UTSA | 0 | 0 | 34 | Houston wins this. |
| fcs | Elon | 0 | 0 | 24 | I know, I know— Vandy beat Hawai’i by 53 last week |
| Vanderbilt | 0 | 0 | 32 | but it also lost to FCS last year. | |
| fcs | Richmond | 0 | 0 | 19 | |
| Virginia | 0 | 0 | 35 | ||
| fcs | VMI | 0 | 1 | 10 | |
| Wake Forest | 1 | 0 | 51 | ||
| fcs | Illinois St. | 0 | 0 | 7 | I know ISU can score but I doubt |
| 13 | Wisconsin | 0 | 0 | 48 | they get to 12 against Wisconsin. |
| Tulsa | 0 | 0 | 34 | Wyoming looked awful last week, | |
| Wyoming | 0 | 0 | 17 | much worse than I expected. | |
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