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Georgia volition astir apt ne'er person a clearer way to the nationalist rubric than close now.
The Westgate SuperBook rates the Bulldogs six points higher than their closest contention — and that team, Ohio State, volition not marque the College Football Playoff aft losing 42-27 to Michigan past week.
Georgia tin besides wide retired the Westgate’s No. 3 team, Alabama, by handing the Crimson Tide a 2nd nonaccomplishment Saturday successful the Southeastern Conference title game.
That could permission the Bulldogs rated astatine slightest 2 touchdowns amended than immoderate of their imaginable opponents successful the playoff — 14 implicit Michigan, 18 implicit Cincinnati, 19 implicit Notre Dame and 21 implicit Oklahoma State.
Here are the Westgate’s powerfulness ratings of each 130 Football Bowl Subdivision teams, from No. 1 Georgia to No. 130 Massachusetts:
WESTGATE RATINGS
1. Georgia, 110.5
2. Ohio State, 104.5
3. Alabama, 103.5
4. Michigan, 96.5
5. Cincinnati, 92.5
6. Notre Dame, 91.5
7. Pittsburgh, 90.5
8. Wisconsin, 90.5
9. Utah, 90.5
10. Texas A&M, 90.5
11. Oklahoma State, 89.5
12. Mississippi, 89.5
13. Penn State, 88.5
14. Oklahoma, 88.5
15. Iowa State, 88.5
16. Oregon, 88.5
17. Arkansas, 88.5
18. Clemson, 87.5
19. North Carolina State, 87.5
20. North Carolina, 86.5
21. Wake Forest, 86.5
22. Michigan State, 86.5
23. Baylor, 86.5
24. Mississippi State, 86.5
25. Tennessee, 86.5
26. Houston, 85.5
27. Brigham Young, 85.5
28. Miami (Fla.), 84.5
29. Nebraska, 84.5
30. UCLA, 84.5
31. Appalachian State, 84.5
32. Kentucky, 84.5
33. Iowa, 83.5
34. Minnesota, 83.5
35. Arizona State, 83.5
36. Florida, 83.5
37. Auburn, 83.5
38. Purdue, 82.5
39. Western Kentucky, 82.5
40. Fresno State, 82.5
41. LSU, 82.5
42. Texas, 81.5
43. Kansas State, 81.5
44. Air Force, 81.5
45. Oregon State, 81.5
46. West Virginia, 80.5
47. Boise State, 80.5
48. Coastal Carolina, 80.5
49. Virginia, 79.5
50. Louisville, 79.5
51. UAB, 79.5
52. Army, 79.5
53. UNR, 79.5
54. San Diego State, 79.5
55. Washington State, 79.5
56. Florida State, 78.5
57. Louisiana (Lafayette), 78.5
58. SMU, 77.5
59. East Carolina, 77.5
60. Virginia Tech, 77.5
61. Boston College, 77.5
62. Maryland, 77.5
63. Marshall, 77.5
64. UTSA, 77.5
65. Liberty, 77.5
66. California, 77.5
67. Central Florida, 76.5
68. Tulsa, 76.5
69. Toledo, 76.5
70. Texas Tech, 75.5
71. Western Michigan, 75.5
72. Southern California, 75.5
73. Memphis, 74.5
74. Illinois, 74.5
75. Central Michigan, 74.5
76. Syracuse, 73.5
77. Rutgers, 73.5
78. Miami (Ohio), 73.5
79. Utah State, 73.5
80. Georgia State, 73.5
81. Kent State, 72.5
82. Washington, 72.5
83. Missouri, 72.5
84. South Carolina, 72.5
85. Tulane, 71.5
86. Georgia Tech, 71.5
87. Wyoming, 71.5
88. Navy, 70.5
89. TCU, 70.5
90. Northern Illinois, 69.5
91. Colorado, 69.5
92. San Jose State, 68.5
93. Stanford, 67.5
94. Florida Atlantic, 66.5
95. Old Dominion, 66.5
96. Ball State, 66.5
97. Eastern Michigan, 66.5
98. Hawaii, 66.5
99. Colorado State, 66.5
100. Indiana, 65.5
101. Middle Tennessee, 65.5
102. Troy, 65.5
103. South Florida, 64.5
104. Northwestern, 64.5
105. North Texas, 63.5
106. Ohio, 63.5
107. Buffalo, 63.5
108. Arizona, 63.5
109. South Alabama, 63.5
110. UTEP, 62.5
111. UNLV, 62.5
112. Louisiana Tech, 61.5
113. Kansas, 60.5
114. Rice, 59.5
115. Bowling Green, 59.5
116. Charlotte, 58.5
117. Georgia Southern, 58.5
118. Duke, 57.5
119. Southern Mississippi, 57.5
120. Vanderbilt, 57.5
121. Arkansas State, 56.5
122. Texas State, 55.5
123. Louisiana-Monroe, 54.5
124. Temple, 52.5
125. New Mexico, 52.5
126. New Mexico State, 46.5
127. Connecticut, 45.5
128. Akron, 45.5
129. Florida International, 39.5
130. Massachusetts, 38.5
BIGGEST RISE
— UNR gained 3 points to 79.5, moving from No. 68 to No. 53, aft beating Colorado State 52-10.
— Kansas gained 3 points to 60.5, moving from No. 118 to No. 113, aft losing 34-28 to West Virginia.
BIGGEST FALL
— Florida International dropped 5 points to 39.5, staying astatine No. 129, aft losing 37-17 to Southern Mississippi.
WEEK 14 POINT SPREAD COMPARISON
Here is simply a examination of Week 14 constituent spreads to spreads created by 2 fashionable powerfulness standing services, ESPN’s FPI and Jeff Sagarin, on with the earthy numbers from the Westgate SuperBook (which sometimes disagree from existent spreads).
Notes: Power standing spreads are rounded to the nearest half-point and bespeak 3 points added for home-field advantage. ESPN FPI does not nutrient ratings for Football Championship Subdivision teams. Teams are listed with Associated Press canvass ranking wherever applicable.
Friday
— Conference USA rubric game: Western Kentucky (-3, 73) astatine UTSA, 4 p.m.
ESPN FPI: Western Kentucky PK
Sagarin: UTSA PK
Westgate: Western Kentucky -2
— Pac-12 rubric game: No. 10 Oregon vs. No. 14 Utah (-3, 58), 5 p.m. (at Las Vegas)
ESPN FPI: Utah -3
Sagarin: Utah -1½
Westgate: Utah -2
Saturday
— Big 12 rubric game: No. 9 Baylor vs. No. 5 Oklahoma State (-5, 46½), 9 a.m. (at Arlington, Texas)
ESPN FPI: Oklahoma State -5
Sagarin: Oklahoma State -4½
Westgate: Oklahoma State -3
— MAC rubric game: Kent State (-3½, 73½) vs. Northern Illinois, 9 a.m. (at Detroit)
ESPN FPI: Kent State -1
Sagarin: Kent State PK
Westgate: Kent State -2
— Mountain West rubric game: Utah State vs. No. 19 San Diego State (-5½, 50½), noon (at Carson, Calif.)
ESPN FPI: San Diego State -7½
Sagarin: San Diego State -9
Westgate: San Diego State -8
— Sun Belt rubric game: Appalachian State (-3, 53½) astatine No. 20 Louisiana (Lafayette), 12:30 p.m.
ESPN FPI: Appalachian State -3½
Sagarin: Appalachian State -1
Westgate: Appalachian State -3
— SEC rubric game: No. 1 Georgia (-6½, 50) vs. No. 4 Alabama, 1 p.m. (at Atlanta)
ESPN FPI: Georgia -5½
Sagarin: Georgia -4
Westgate: Georgia -7
— American Athletic rubric game: No. 16 Houston astatine No. 3 Cincinnati (-10½, 52), 1 p.m.
ESPN FPI: Cincinnati -12½
Sagarin: Cincinnati -12
Westgate: Cincinnati -10
— Big Ten rubric game: No. 2 Michigan (-11, 43½) vs. No. 15 Iowa, 5 p.m. (at Indianapolis)
ESPN FPI: Michigan -9½
Sagarin: Michigan -7½
Westgate: Michigan -13
— ACC rubric game: No. 17 Pittsburgh (-3, 72½) vs. No. 18 Wake Forest, 5 p.m. (at Charlotte, N.C.)
ESPN FPI: Pitt -4
Sagarin: Wake Forest PK
Westgate: Pitt -4
— Regular-season constitution game: Southern California astatine California (-4, 57½), 8 p.m.
ESPN FPI: California PK
Sagarin: California -1½
Westgate: California -5
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