Prophecies for the second week of November - professional division!

Yesterday, we posted the Following Football ACNC predictions for the college games of the week (since the MAC starts on Tuesday for a few weeks, giving us something like 26 days of non-stop football! WHOOPEE!). Today, let's dive into the pros on our normal Wednesday edition of Prophecies In Phootball!

CANADIAN FOOTBALL LEAGUE - Playoff edition!

Here's the playoff grid for the CFL, having just played twenty-two weeks to eliminate three teams...

EASTERN division)   BC Lions @ Calgary Stampeders Saturday. The odds favor Calgary by, and we like them by even more: a 7-11 team travels to a 14-4 defending champion? Take Calgary plus the points.

Next Saturday, the winner goes to Edmonton to play the division champion Eskimos.

WESTERN division)   Toronto Argonauts @ Hamilton TigerCats Saturday. Again, the home team is favored by, and even so we're going to take Hamilton plus the points. The TiCats were the best team in the league for most of the season, and really didn't fade as much as have quarterback injury issues, while Ottawa nipped them at the wire in that spectacular home-and-home series the last two weeks. The Argos get their starting QB back, but we like the experience of Hamilton.

Next Saturday, the winner of this game goes to Ottawa to play the second-year RedBlacks for the division title!

Then, on November 29th, the 103rd Grey Cup will match the division champions for the title!


NATIONAL FOOTBALL LEAGUE - week ten

Here's our grid for the week - DEN+ means we like Denver to win by MORE than the point spread, and MIN- means that we like Minnesota to do better than losing by the point spread (either lose by less or win outright):

Week 10		(Nov 12-16)
Home		Away		Vegas Line	FF Ratings	My Pick
Jets		Bills		NJ -3	E/D -1	BUF -
Ravens		Jaguars		B -5.5	E/G -7	BAL +
Packers		Lions		GB -11.5	B/H -15	GB +
Eagles		Dolphins		PH -6.5	D/F -7	PHI +
Steelers		Browns		PT -4.5	C/H -13	PIT +
Rams		Bears		SL -8.5	C/F -9	CHI -
Buccaneers		Cowboys		TB -1.5	G/F -1	TB +
Titans		Panthers		CA -4.5	A/G -15	CAR +
Redskins		Saints		NO -1.5	F/F +3	WAS -
Raiders		Vikings		OAK -3	D/C+ 0	MIN -
Broncos		Chiefs		DN -6.5	B/C- -6	DEN +
Giants		Patriots		NE -7	E-/A -6	NE +
Seahawks		Cardinals		SE -3	B/B -3	no pick
Bengals		Texans		CN -10.5	A/G- -16	CIN +

And because we hadn't had a chance to publish them yet, here are the current tiers and rankings:

Tier A) 1. New England. 2. Cincinnati. 3. Carolina.

Tier B) 4. Denver. 5. Green Bay. 6. Arizona. 7. Seattle.

Tier C) 8. Minnesota. 9. St. Louis. 10. Pittsburgh. 11. Kansas City.

Tier D) 12. Atlanta. 13. Buffalo. 14. Philadelphia. 15. Oakland.

Tier E) 16. New York Jets. 17. Baltimore. 18. New York Giants.

Tier F) 19. New Orleans. 20. Washington. 21. Dallas. 22. Chicago. 23. San Diego. 24. Miami.

Tier G) 25. San Francisco. 26. Tampa Bay. 27. Indianapolis. 28. Tennessee. 29. Jacksonville. 30. Houston.

Tier H) 31. Cleveland. 32. Detroit. 

College football rankings following Week 10 - FCS

And here are the full tiers and rankings for Division 1-AA, aka the FCS, all 125 teams. The highest tier for any team is #1 Jacksonville State's tier K, the highest tier reached by any FCS team this season (recall they use the same tiers as the FBS teams this season, so we can compare across divisions). And we can locate the Bottom Eight here as well, just as we did for the FBS, all the way down to the team which has occupied the #125 spot all year, the Davidson Wildcats, who are trying to avoid the first negative Sagarin rating in memory (they were at 0.60 last week - for comparison, JSU was at 65.3, and Alabama was at 95.6 last week).

FF tier	Team	Conf	CfRec		OvRec
K1	Jacksonville State	ovc	6	0	8	1
L2	North Dakota State	mvc	5	1	7	2
M3	Illinois State	mvc	5	1	7	2
M4	Northern Iowa	mvc	3	3	5	4
N5	McNeese State	s-land	8	0	9	0
N6	Southern Utah	b-sky	6	0	7	2
N7	Coastal Carolina	b-sou	3	1	8	1
N8	South Dakota State	mvc	4	2	7	2
N9	Youngstown State	mvc	3	3	5	4
O10	William & Mary	caa	5	1	7	2
O11	James Madison	caa	4	2	7	2
P12	Harvard	ivy	5	0	8	0
P13	Portland State	b-sky	4	2	7	2
P14	Sam Houston St	s-land	5	2	6	3
P15	The Citadel	sthrn	6	0	7	2
P16	Western Illinois	mvc	3	3	4	5
P17	Southern Illinois	mvc	2	4	3	6
Q18	Charleston Southern	b-sou	5	0	8	1
Q19	Chattanooga	sthrn	5	1	7	2
Q20	South Dakota	mvc	3	3	5	4
Q21	UT-Martin	ovc	5	1	6	3
Q22	Northern Arizona	b-sky	4	2	6	3
R23	Eastern Illinois	ovc	5	1	5	4
R24	Indiana State	mvc	2	4	4	5
R25	Dartmouth	ivy	3	1	7	1
R26	Eastern Kentucky	ovc	4	2	5	4
R27	Montana State	b-sky	2	5	4	5
R28	Cal Poly SLO	b-sky	1	4	2	6
R29	Montana	b-sky	4	2	5	4
S30	Eastern Washington	b-sky	6	1	6	3
S31	Richmond	caa	5	1	7	2
S32	NC A&T	meac	6	0	8	1
S33	Central Arkansas	s-land	6	1	6	3
S34	Towson	caa	4	2	6	3
S35	New Hampshire	caa	3	3	5	4
S36	Fordham	patr	4	1	8	2
S37	Bethune-Cookman	meac	6	1	8	2
T38	Villanova	caa	4	2	5	4
T39	Western Carolina	sthrn	4	2	6	3
T40	SC State	meac	4	2	5	4
T41	North Dakota	b-sky	3	3	5	4
T42	SE Missouri State	ovc	3	2	4	5
T43	Liberty	b-sou	2	2	5	4
U44	Grambling St	swacW	7	0	7	2
U45	Weber State	b-sky	5	3	5	5
U46	Furman	sthrn	2	3	4	5
U47	Dayton	pion	6	0	9	0
V48	Penn	ivy	4	0	5	3
V49	Bryant	nec	3	1	5	4
V50	Prairie View A&M	swacW	6	1	7	2
V51	SE Louisiana	s-land	3	4	4	5
V52	Princeton	ivy	2	3	5	3
V53	Yale	ivy	2	3	5	3
V54	Alcorn State	swacE	4	2	5	3
V55	Samford	sthrn	1	4	4	5
V56	Mercer	sthrn	1	4	4	5
V57	Jacksonville	pion	4	2	7	2
V58	Lamar	s-land	3	4	4	5
V59	Tennessee State	ovc	1	5	4	5
W60	Wofford	sthrn	2	3	4	5
W61	Hampton	meac	4	3	5	5
W62	Colgate	patr	3	0	5	4
W63	Northwestern St	s-land	3	4	3	6
W64	Stephen F Austin	s-land	3	4	3	6
W65	San Diego	pion	5	1	7	2
W66	Northern Colorado	b-sky	3	4	5	4
W67	Southern	swacW	5	2	5	4
W68	Stony Brook	caa	1	5	3	5
W69	Elon	caa	2	4	3	6
X70	Duquesne	nec	4	1	7	3
X71	Lehigh	patr	3	1	5	4
X72	Murray State	ovc	2	4	3	6
X73	Idaho State	b-sky	1	5	2	7
X74	NC Central	meac	5	1	6	3
X75	Maine	caa	3	3	3	6
X76	Albany	caa	2	4	3	6
X77	Holy Cross	patr	1	3	4	5
X78	Monmouth	b-sou	1	3	3	6
Y79	Bucknell	patr	1	3	4	5
Y80	Kennesaw St	b-sou	2	2	6	3
Y81	Delaware	caa	2	4	3	6
Y82	St. Francis - PA	nec	3	1	6	3
Y83	Abilene Christian	s-land	2	6	2	7
Y84	Sacramento State	b-sky	1	5	2	6
Y85	Tennessee Tech	ovc	1	5	2	7
Y86	Columbia	ivy	1	4	2	6
Y87	Morgan State	meac	3	3	4	5
Z88	Alabama State	swacE	5	3	5	4
Z89	Incarnate Word	s-land	4	3	5	4
Z90	Marist	pion	4	2	5	4
Z91	Norfolk State	meac	3	3	3	6
Z92	Georgetown	patr	2	1	4	5
Z93	Drake	pion	3	3	4	5
Z94	Rhode Island	caa	1	5	1	8
a095	Central Connecticut	nec	3	2	4	6
a096	Morehead State	pion	4	2	5	4
a097	VMI	sthrn	1	5	2	8
a098	Campbell	pion	3	4	5	5
a099	UC Davis	b-sky	1	5	1	8
a100	Sacred Heart	nec	1	3	4	5
b101	Missouri State	mvc	0	6	1	8
b102	Jackson State	swacE	3	4	3	6
b103	Butler	pion	3	3	5	4
b104	Presbyterian	b-sou	0	4	1	8
b105	Nicholls State	s-land	2	5	2	7
b106	Brown	ivy	2	3	4	4
b107	Gardner-Webb	b-sou	2	3	3	6
b108	Alabama A&M	swacE	2	4	2	6
b109	Howard	meac	1	5	1	8
b110	Texas Southern	swacW	2	5	3	5
c111	Cornell	ivy	0	5	0	8
d112	Lafayette	patr	0	5	1	9
d113	Austin Peay	ovc	0	7	0	10
d114	Miss Valley St	swacE	1	7	1	9
d115	Florida A&M	meac	1	5	1	8
e116	Robert Morris	nec	1	3	3	6
e117	Savannah State	meac	1	5	1	7
e118	Wagner	nec	0	4	0	9
e119	Delaware State	meac	0	6	0	9
f120	Houston Baptist	s-land	0	6	2	7
f121	East Tennessee St*	sthrn	0	0	1	8
f122	Stetson	pion	1	6	2	7
f123	Ark-Pine Bluff	swacW	0	7	1	8
f124	Valparaiso	pion	1	5	2	7
g125	Davidson	pion	0	6	1	8

College football rankings following Week 10 - FBS

Here are the updated Following Football ACNC tiers and rankings for the FBS teams following the games of November 3-7...Alabama takes over the #1 spot, despite their early season loss to Mississippi State - and if that's a problem for you, ask yourself what the betting odds would look like were they to play any of the undefeated teams on a neutral field! (They were 6 1/2 point favorites against #1 LSU Saturday - and justified it in spades!). In fact, three of our four playoff teams have a loss, but more important is how you're playing NOW. Big movers include OU, moving up from #9; Stanford (#11 to #5), North Carolina (from #28 to #21); falling somewhat were LSU (just to #7) and TCU (to #13).

Notice that we've now ranked ALL 128 teams, all the way down to our Bottom Eight, with Eastern Michigan at the very bottom, losing to almost-equally pathetic Miami of Ohio.

FF tier	Team	Conf	CfRec		OvRec
A1	Alabama	secW	5	1	8	1
A2	Clemson	accA	6	0	9	0
A3	Notre Dame	ind			8	1
A4	Oklahoma	b12	5	1	8	1
B5	Stanford	pacN	7	0	8	1
B6	Ohio St	b10e	5	0	9	0
B7	LSU	secW	4	1	7	1
B8	Oklahoma St	b12	6	0	9	0
B9	Baylor	b12	5	0	8	0
C10	Mississippi St	secW	3	2	7	2
C11	Iowa	b10w	5	0	9	0
C12	Florida	secE	6	1	8	1
C13	TCU	b12	5	1	8	1
C14	Utah	pacS	5	1	8	1
C15	Michigan	b10e	4	1	7	2
D16	Michigan St	b10e	4	1	8	1
D17	UCLA	pacS	4	2	7	2
D18	Ole Miss	secW	4	2	7	3
D19	Temple	aacE	5	0	8	1
D20	Georgia	secE	4	3	6	3
E21	North Carolina	accC	5	0	8	1
E22	Houston	aacW	5	0	9	0
E23	Florida St	accA	5	2	7	2
E24	Auburn	secW	2	4	5	4
E25	Texas A&M	secW	3	3	6	3
E26	Navy	aacW	5	0	7	1
E27	Wisconsin	b10w	5	1	8	2
F28	Memphis	aacW	4	1	8	1
F29	USC	pacS	4	2	6	3
F30	Toledo	macW	4	1	7	1
F31	BYU	ind			7	2
G32	North Carolina St	accA	2	3	6	3
G33	Arkansas	secW	3	2	5	4
G34	Oregon	pacN	4	2	6	3
G35	Boise St	mwM	4	1	7	2
G36	Northwestern	b10w	3	2	7	2
G37	Tennessee	secE	3	3	5	4
G38	Northern Illinois	macW	4	1	6	3
G39	Washington	pacN	2	4	4	5
G40	Virginia Tech	accC	2	3	4	5
G41	Western Kentucky	cusaE	6	0	8	2
G42	Bowling Green	macE	5	0	7	2
G43	Duke	accC	3	2	6	3
H44	Pitt	accC	4	1	6	3
H45	Louisville	accA	4	2	5	4
H46	West Virginia	b12	1	4	4	4
H47	Louisiana Tech	cusaW	5	1	7	3
H48	California	pacN	2	4	5	4
H49	Appalachian St	sun	4	1	7	2
H50	Miami-FL	accC	3	2	6	3
I51	Washington St	pacN	4	2	6	3
I52	Georgia Tech	accC	1	5	3	6
I53	Minnesota	b10w	1	4	4	5
I54	Cincinnati	aacE	2	3	5	4
I55	Penn St	b10e	4	2	7	3
I56	Vanderbilt	secE	1	4	3	6
I57	Kansas St	b12	0	5	3	5
I58	Arizona St	pacS	2	4	4	5
I59	Missouri	secE	1	5	4	5
J60	Kentucky	secE	2	5	4	5
J61	Texas	b12	3	3	4	5
J62	Western Michigan	macW	5	0	5	3
J63	Texas Tech	b12	2	5	5	5
J64	Arizona	pacS	2	5	5	5
J65	San Diego St	mwW	5	0	6	3
J66	South Carolina	secE	1	6	3	6
J67	Nebraska	b10w	2	4	4	6
K68	Arkansas St	sun	5	0	6	3
K69	Illinois	b10w	2	3	5	4
K70	Indiana	b10e	0	5	4	5
K71	Central Michigan	macW	4	1	5	4
K72	Air Force	mwM	4	1	6	3
K73	South Florida	aacE	3	2	5	4
K74	Boston College	accA	0	7	3	7
L75	East Carolina	aacE	2	4	4	6
L76	Georgia Southern	sun	4	1	6	2
L77	Iowa St	b12	2	4	3	6
L78	Marshall	cusaE	5	1	8	2
L79	Southern Miss	cusaW	4	1	6	3
L80	U Conn	aacE	3	3	5	5
L81	Utah St	mwM	4	2	5	4
M82	Middle Tennessee	cusaE	3	2	4	5
M83	Virginia	accC	2	3	3	6
N84	Purdue	b10w	1	4	2	7
N85	Akron	macE	2	3	4	5
N86	Syracuse	accA	1	4	3	6
N87	Wake Forest	accA	1	5	3	6
N88	Tulsa	aacW	2	3	5	4
N89	Colorado	pacS	1	5	4	6
O90	Maryland	b10e	0	5	2	7
O91	Rutgers	b10e	1	5	3	6
O92	Ohio	macE	2	3	5	4
O93	Nevada	mwW	3	2	5	4
O94	Buffalo	macE	3	2	5	4
O95	Colorado St	mwM	2	3	4	5
P96	UNLV	mwW	2	3	3	6
P97	San Jose St	mwW	3	2	4	5
P98	Oregon St	pacN	0	6	2	7
Q099	New Mexico	mwM	3	2	5	4
Q100	Troy	sun	2	3	3	6
Q101	UL-Lafayette	sun	3	1	4	4
Q102	Rice	cusaW	2	3	4	5
Q103	Florida International	cusaE	3	3	5	5
Q104	SMU	aacW	0	5	1	8
R105	Tulane	aacW	1	5	2	7
R106	Ball St	macW	2	4	3	7
R107	Florida Atlantic	cusaE	2	4	2	7
S108	Idaho	sun	2	4	3	6
S109	Kent St	macE	2	3	3	6
S110	Hawai'i	mwW	0	6	2	8
S111	New Mexico St	sun	2	3	2	7
T112	Texas St	sun	1	3	2	6
T113	South Alabama	sun	2	2	4	4
T114	Old Dominion	cusaE	2	3	4	5
T115	Fresno St	mwW	1	5	2	7
T116	U Massachusetts	macE	0	5	1	8
U117	Kansas	b12	0	6	0	9
U118	Wyoming	mwM	1	5	1	9
U119	Army	ind			2	7
U120	UTEP	cusaW	2	3	4	5
U121	Miami-OH	macE	1	5	2	8
U122	North Texas	cusaW	1	5	1	8
U123	UT-San Antonio	cusaW	1	4	1	8
V124	Georgia St	sun	1	3	2	6
V125	UNC-Charlotte	cusaE	0	6	2	7
V126	Central Florida	aacE	0	6	0	10
V127	UL-Monroe	sun	0	5	1	8
W128	Eastern Michigan	macW	0	6	1	9