And here we go again. I had to make some updates to the spreadsheet thebootfitter made for me to account for conference changes. I think I got it right, but those of you who really follow this can double check to see if something slipped through. The conference changes are that UMass is now an FBS independent and CCU is the only FCS independent. Standard caveat that this doesn't mean much until four to six weeks into the season.
Sagarin's 2016 Week 0 Predictions
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Rank Team Sagarin Predict Result Diff
44 North Dakota State 75.45
145 Charleston Southern 51.00 +27.06
133 Eastern Washington 53.59 +24.47
17 Iowa 85.12 -12.28
97 Illinois State 62.86 +15.20
189 Missouri State 40.27 +32.57
87 South Dakota State 64.67 +13.39
123 Western Illinois 55.77 +17.07
70 Northern Iowa 68.71 +4.13
109 Youngstown State 58.87 +19.19
157 Indiana State 48.04 +30.02
143 South Dakota 51.66 +21.18
140 Southern Illinois 51.93
Total Diff: +0.00
Home Field 2.61
Sagarin FCS Top-25
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Rank SagRank RATING Team
1 44 75.45 North Dakota State
2 70 68.71 Northern Iowa
3 87 64.67 South Dakota State
4 91 63.78 Sam Houston State
5 92 63.77 Chattanooga
6 97 62.86 Illinois State
7 100 62.34 Jacksonville State
8 103 60.96 Richmond
9 104 60.56 Harvard
10 109 58.87 Youngstown State
11 115 57.23 Northern Arizona
12 117 56.92 William & Mary
13 119 55.92 The Citadel
14 123 55.77 Western Illinois
15 124 55.67 McNeese State
16 126 54.99 Montana
17 128 54.86 James Madison
18 130 54.01 Pennsylvania
19 132 53.90 Eastern Kentucky
20 133 53.59 Eastern Washington
21 134 52.91 Villanova
22 136 52.35 Portland State
23 139 51.99 Eastern Illinois
24 140 51.93 Southern Illinois
25 143 51.66 South Dakota
Sagarin Conference Ranking
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Rank Conference CntMean NDSU
1 SEC 82.33 11
2 PAC-12 79.27 9
3 BIG 12 78.55 7
4 ACC 76.89 10
5 BIG TEN 73.80 8
6 I-A INDEPENDENTS 71.85 2
7 AMERICAN ATHLETIC 65.94 2
8 MWC 62.74 2
9 MAC 59.99 1
10 MISSOURI VALLEY 57.69 1
11 CONFERENCE USA 56.93 1
12 SUN BELT 55.82 1
13 I-AA INDEPENDENTS 47.31 1
14 COLONIAL 47.10 1
15 BIG SKY 46.92 1
16 SOUTHERN 45.14 1
17 OHIO VALLEY 44.29 1
18 IVY LEAGUE 44.24 1
19 BIG SOUTH 40.44 1
20 PATRIOT 40.42 1
21 SOUTHLAND 38.02 1
22 NORTHEAST 34.78 1
23 MID-EASTERN 30.40 1
24 SWAC 24.56 1
25 PIONEER 19.57 1