| Savvy Index | 2022 | |||||
| predictions | week | 2 | ||||
| week 1: 74 – 8 90% | rev: 9/5/22 | |||||
| top 25 | season: 82 – 11 88% | wins | losses | game rating | notes | |
| Mississippi St. | 1 | 0 | 34 | |||
| Arizona | 1 | 0 | 24 | |||
| Arizona St. | 1 | 0 | 21 | |||
| 9 | Oklahoma St. | 1 | 0 | 44 | ||
| UNLV | 1 | 0 | 21 | UNLV has a great shot here because of a strong | ||
| California | 1 | 0 | 34 | two-back running attack vs Cal’s 111th ranked rush defense. | ||
| Colorado | 0 | 1 | 14 | Colorado is worst in the nation stopping the rush (9.2 ypc). | ||
| Air Force | 1 | 0 | 45 | Air Force is second in the nation for rushing (9.4 tpc). | ||
| fcs | E Washington | 1 | 0 | 21 | ||
| Oregon | 0 | 1 | 37 | |||
| Oregon St. | 1 | 0 | 24 | Oddsmakers favor OSU by 1. | ||
| Fresno St. | 1 | 0 | 29 | Apart from Savvy, so do I. | ||
| 25 | USC | 1 | 0 | 40 | . . . But Stanford has a history | |
| Stanford | 1 | 0 | 20 | of impressive play vs USC. | ||
| fcs | Alabama St. | 2 | 0 | 7 | ||
| UCLA | 1 | 0 | 50 | UCLA may be the best in the West. | ||
| fcs | S Utah | 1 | 0 | 3 | Southern Utah is beginning to climb | |
| 21 | Utah | 0 | 1 | 56 | in FCS but it won’t show against Utah. | |
| fcs | Portland St. | 0 | 1 | 17 | This is a risky game for UW against | |
| Washington | 1 | 0 | 35 | a red hot PSU outfit. | ||
| Washington St. | 1 | 0 | 10 | Keep an eye on this one because Wisconsin’s | ||
| 11 | Wisconsin | 1 | 0 | 36 | elite defense gave up 243 yards to FCS Illinois St. last week. | |
| 23 | S Carolina | 1 | 0 | 24 | USC’s Spencer Rattler isn’t struggling… | |
| 7 | Arkansas | 1 | 0 | 30 | he’s running for his life behind an awful OL. | |
| UTSA | 0 | 1 | 33 | Oddsmakers say UTSA by 2 with | ||
| Army | 0 | 1 | 27 | 54.5 total pts. Both will be higher. | ||
| San Jose St. | 1 | 0 | 20 | Auburn has big, big qb issues yet | ||
| Auburn | 1 | 0 | 30 | is favored in Vegas by 22.5? | ||
| W Michigan | 0 | 1 | 36 | Ball State looked horrible last week | ||
| Ball St. | 0 | 1 | 24 | If they can’t stretch the field, the Cardinals will look awful again this week. | ||
| fcs | E Kentucky | 0 | 1 | 31 | EKU quarterback Parker McKinney is a true | |
| Bowling Green | 0 | 1 | 34 | dual threat and may reverse this outcome. | ||
| fcs | Holy Cross | 1 | 0 | 24 | Really strong HCU offensive line | |
| Buffalo | 0 | 1 | 27 | raises the upset alert to “very high”. | ||
| 12 | Baylor | 1 | 0 | 31 | Based on Coaches Poll rankings, this would be an upset. | |
| 8 | BYU | 1 | 0 | 33 | Vegas says 53.5 total points. It will be much more. | |
| Maryland | 1 | 0 | 39 | |||
| Charlotte | 0 | 1 | 14 | |||
| fcs | Kennesaw St. | 0 | 1 | 17 | KSU will try to run the ball 70% of the time. | |
| 18 | Cincinnati | 0 | 1 | 42 | UC is 101st against the rush. UC also has some troubling offensive line issues. | |
| fcs | Furman | 1 | 0 | 7 | Yes, Furman won 52-0 last week but that was | |
| 8 | Clemson | 0 | 0 | 47 | against North Greenville Univ. | |
| S Alabama | 1 | 0 | 24 | I think Savvy Index has this spread | ||
| C Michigan | 0 | 1 | 42 | twice as high as it should be. We’ll see. | ||
| fcs | Gardner-Webb | 1 | 0 | 7 | GWU won by 35 last week … against Limestone College. | |
| 17 | Coastal Car | 1 | 0 | 57 | Will CCU’s Grayson McCall be ready? | |
| Middle Tenn | 0 | 1 | 27 | |||
| Colorado St. | 0 | 1 | 31 | |||
| Syracuse | 1 | 0 | 28 | Surprisingly narrow margin for Savvy | ||
| Connecticut | 1 | 1 | 26 | since Vegas says this is 20+. | ||
| Old Dominion | 1 | 0 | 17 | |||
| E Carolina | 0 | 1 | 37 | |||
| 16 | Kentucky | 1 | 0 | 27 | I disagree with Savvy and | |
| Florida | 1 | 0 | 24 | agree with Vegas … Florida wins this. | ||
| fcs | S E Louisiana | 0 | 1 | 30 | Upset. This is SELU’s 2nd FBS | |
| Florida Atl. | 1 | 1 | 27 | opponent this year. | ||
| fcs | Samford | 1 | 0 | 3 | You gotta at least check in on this one and | |
| 2 | Georgia | 1 | 0 | 53 | see sensational Samford receiver Kendall Watson. | |
| N Carolina | 2 | 0 | 39 | UNC has already scored | ||
| Georgia St. | 0 | 1 | 33 | 119 points this season. | ||
| fcs | W Carolina | 1 | 0 | 28 | Carlos Davis of WCU threw | |
| Georgia Tech | 0 | 0 | 40 | six td pases last week. | ||
| Virginia | 1 | 0 | 21 | |||
| Illinois | 1 | 1 | 33 | |||
| fcs | Idaho | 0 | 1 | 17 | Idaho’s second FBS | |
| Indiana | 1 | 0 | 35 | opponent of the year. | ||
| Iowa St. | 1 | 0 | 14 | |||
| 20 | Iowa | 1 | 0 | 24 | ||
| fcs | Norfolk St. | 0 | 1 | 10 | This is Norfolk’s second FBS opponent | |
| James Madison | 1 | 0 | 45 | in as many weeks. | ||
| Missouri | 1 | 0 | 21 | Mizzou will try to win this on the ground | ||
| Kansas St. | 1 | 0 | 34 | but KSU is really tough against the run. | ||
| UAB | 1 | 0 | 31 | |||
| Liberty | 1 | 0 | 27 | |||
| E Michigan | 1 | 0 | 13 | |||
| Louisiana | 1 | 0 | 43 | |||
| fcs | Nicholls | 0 | 1 | 30 | Another FCS upset. | |
| LA Monroe | 0 | 1 | 28 | |||
| fcs | Stephen F Austin | 1 | 1 | 28 | SFAU is an FCS title contender | |
| LA Tech | 0 | 1 | 30 | but so far not showing much. | ||
| fcs | Southern Univ. | 1 | 0 | 14 | Southern U. won last week 86-0 | |
| LSU | 0 | 1 | 42 | . . . over Florida Memorial College. | ||
| S Miss | 0 | 1 | 12 | SoMiss is better this year | ||
| 15 | Miami Fl | 1 | 0 | 46 | but not this week. | |
| fcs | Robert Morris | 0 | 1 | 9 | ||
| Miami Oh | 0 | 1 | 40 | |||
| Hawai’i | 0 | 2 | 12 | |||
| 5 | Michigan | 1 | 0 | 51 | ||
| Akron | 1 | 0 | 7 | |||
| 24 | Michigan St. | 1 | 0 | 37 | ||
| fcs | W Illinois | 0 | 1 | 7 | Western Illinois looked much worse | |
| Minnesota | 1 | 0 | 45 | than expected against Tenn-Martin last week. | ||
| fcs | C Arkansas | 0 | 1 | 10 | ||
| 22 | Mississippi | 1 | 0 | 41 | ||
| Memphis | 0 | 1 | 33 | Navy with an awful upset loss | ||
| Navy | 0 | 1 | 24 | to FCS Delaware last week. | ||
| Georgia So. | 1 | 0 | 32 | Upset | ||
| Nebraska | 1 | 1 | 24 | |||
| fcs | Incarnate Word | 1 | 0 | 24 | Extremely high alerts for | |
| Nevada | 1 | 0 | 32 | this to be an ICU upset. | ||
| Boise St. | 0 | 1 | 36 | BSU is going to climb now that dynamic | ||
| New Mexico | 1 | 0 | 17 | qb Teyvon Green has taken over. | ||
| fcs | Charleston S. | 0 | 1 | 6 | … but lots of negative trends | |
| 10 | N Carolina St. | 1 | 0 | 50 | already for N Carolina St. | |
| Duke | 1 | 0 | 24 | Savvy predicts this upset despite | ||
| Northwestern | 1 | 0 | 17 | bettors favoring NW by 9.5. | ||
| fcs | Texas Southern | 0 | 1 | 7 | ||
| N Texas | 1 | 1 | 54 | |||
| Marshall | 1 | 0 | 14 | Both of these teams looked better last | ||
| Notre Dame | 0 | 1 | 31 | week in their openers than I expected. | ||
| Arkansas St. | 1 | 0 | 7 | I think Arkansas State needs to give | ||
| 3 | Ohio St. | 1 | 0 | 46 | backup qb A. J. Mayer another look. | |
| Kent St. | 0 | 1 | 12 | |||
| 4 | Oklahoma | 1 | 0 | 52 | ||
| Ohio | 1 | 0 | 17 | Over/under is set at 53.5 but | ||
| 13 | Penn St. | 1 | 0 | 46 | it will be much more. | |
| Tennessee | 1 | 0 | 27 | Oddsmakers say Tennessee | ||
| Pittsburgh | 1 | 0 | 34 | will win this by 7. | ||
| fcs | Indiana St. | 1 | 0 | 17 | Purdue is still pretty beat | |
| Purdue | 0 | 1 | 41 | up on defense. | ||
| fcs | McNeese St. | 0 | 1 | 32 | Upset | |
| Rice | 0 | 1 | 31 | |||
| fcs | Wagner | 0 | 1 | 6 | Wagner reciver Naiem Simmons | |
| Rutgers | 1 | 0 | 45 | is fast and will get loose vs Rutgers. | ||
| fcs | Idaho St. | 0 | 1 | 7 | ||
| San Diego St. | 0 | 1 | 45 | |||
| fcs | Lamar | 0 | 1 | 3 | ||
| 14 | SMU | 1 | 0 | 55 | ||
| fcs | Tarleton St | 1 | 0 | 10 | ||
| TCU | 1 | 0 | 39 | |||
| fcs | Lafayette (Penn) | 1 | 0 | 14 | Jeeeeeeze…get ready to be bored stiff. | |
| Temple | 0 | 1 | 37 | Neither team has hit 200 yards of total offense this year. | ||
| 1 | Alabama | 1 | 0 | 37 | Betting lines say Alabama | |
| Texas | 1 | 0 | 24 | by 20+. | ||
| App State | 0 | 1 | 28 | Neither defense is strong. Both offenses are. | ||
| Texas A&M | 1 | 0 | 39 | 53.5 total points is too low. | ||
| Florida Intl. | 1 | 0 | 28 | |||
| Texas St. | 0 | 1 | 30 | |||
| 19 | Houston | 1 | 0 | 39 | Savvy and most others say this is only a one | |
| Texas Tech | 1 | 0 | 34 | possession difference. Total points will be above 65.5. | ||
| Massachusetts | 0 | 1 | 18 | UMass Minutemen . . . that’s about how | ||
| Toledo | 1 | 0 | 40 | long they’ll be in this game. | ||
| fcs | Alabama A&M | 0 | 1 | 14 | AAU has no offense and was | |
| Troy | 0 | 1 | 36 | creamed by UAB last week. | ||
| fcs | Alcorn St. | 0 | 1 | 17 | Both teams were outstanding | |
| Tulane | 1 | 0 | 35 | last week. | ||
| N Illinois | 1 | 0 | 24 | Tulsa drives me crazy . . . | ||
| Tulsa | 0 | 1 | 35 | up and down and hard to predict. | ||
| Louisville | 0 | 1 | 17 | |||
| UCF | 1 | 0 | 39 | |||
| fcs | Howard | 0 | 2 | 14 | USF looked much better than I thought | |
| USF | 0 | 1 | 40 | in the season opener. | ||
| fcs | Weber St. | 1 | 0 | 27 | Weber State is a legit FCS contender. | |
| Utah St. | 1 | 1 | 31 | USU cannot stop the run. | ||
| New Mexico St. | 0 | 2 | 17 | |||
| UTEP | 0 | 1 | 33 | |||
| Wake Forest | 1 | 0 | 39 | Neither team has played a | ||
| Vanderbilt | 2 | 0 | 24 | competitive opponent this year. | ||
| Boston Col | 0 | 1 | 21 | |||
| Virginia Tech | 0 | 1 | 30 | |||
| Kansas | 1 | 0 | 21 | |||
| W Virginia | 0 | 1 | 38 | |||
| fcs | N Colorado | 0 | 1 | 14 | NoCo has two outstanding qbs | |
| Wyoming | 1 | 1 | 41 | but not much defense. | ||
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