Sometimes it is not just the best teams that play in the title game. Who you play and where you play them can sometimes determine teams with the best record. Today we look at the Sun Belt Conference. The Sun Belt plays a 8-game schedule so all teams have 4 home and 4 away games […]
Sometimes it is not just the best teams that play in the title game. Who you play and where you play them can sometimes determine teams with the best record. Today we look at Conference CUSA. CUSA plays an 8-game schedule so all teams have 4 home and 4 away games so there is no […]
The MAC used to have divisions and most years recently the West was the tougher division with more bowl caliber teams. This they scraped the divisional format last year. The MAC plays an 8-game schedule and unlike 3 of the Power 4 conference no team has an edge with extra home games or fewer away […]
Fastest Turnaround Time Ever for Printer! The 2025 College Football Magazine is finished, and the VIP copies are in the mail—just five days after we sent the last page to the press in what is typically a two-week turnaround! Not only was it the fastest turnaround ever at the printer, and printed right here in […]
Read More… from A long 7 Month Journey Some Tough Decisions A few typos.
Home Field Advantage Part Five: Home Field Edge Calculations On every right-hand team page in the magazine, I list that teams’ current home power ratings. These home ratings go from a low of two points to a high of six points. I have nine sets of power ratings and this is the adjustment I give […]
Read More… from Home Field Advantage Part Five: Home Field Edge Calculations
This is a multi-part series of how I grade the home field edges. On the right-hand pages of the magazine for all 136 teams (Delaware and Missouri St added this year), I list the home field advantage. I think college football crowds are the best in sports and some teams have larger home field edges […]
Read More… from Home Field Edges Part Four: Home ATS Records Last 5 Years
In the start of March and the MAC finally put out their 2025 schedule on March 5th so all the teams have their schedules complete for 2025. I would like to thank FBSSchedules.com for having the matchups. I also would like to thank Ken Willinger who proofs the schedules and records for me every year. […]
I mentioned yesterday that this is a multi-part series of how I grade the home field edges. On the right-hand pages of the magazine for all 136 teams (Delaware and Missouri St added this year), I list the home field advantage. I think college football crowds are the best in sports and some teams have […]
Read More… from Home Field Edges Part Three – Home ATS records last 3 years.
CLEVELAND, Ohio – The Mid-American Conference today announced its football schedule for the 2025 season. This marks the second year of the new conference schedule format. This model allows each team to face all 12 conference opponents home and away at least once during a three-year cycle. Additionally, the format incorporates protected opponents based on geographic location […]
BIRMINGHAM, Alabama (December 11, 2024) – The Southeastern Conference today announced the football schedules for all 16 SEC schools for the 2025 season. Each SEC team will play eight conference football games plus at least one required opponent from the ACC, Big Ten, Big 12, Pac 12 or major independent, and each team will have […]
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