Tag: college football
Week 11 AMSTS Computer Rankings Are Out!
What a week at the top of the FBS. Nobody in the top 5 stayed in the same spot they occupied the previous week. And for the first time, we project Western Michigan in the College Football Playoff, big news for the Broncs and #RowTheBoat. But there’s a lot more this week, and the week 11 full…
Week 10 NCAA Football Attendance – A New Season Low!
We’re back again this week, and with it a shocking new season low for Division 1 attendance. In fact, the number is so low it would be in the bottom 1% of college BASKETBALL attendance last year. So let’s take a look, shall we? Worst overall Division 1 attendance last week: 471 – Jacksonville vs Drake on Saturday. Can…
Week 10 AMSTS College Football Rankings Are Out!
As is the weekly tradition, the week 10 full Division 1 AMSTS Computer Rankings have been released. The highlights this week: FBS Top 5: Michigan (+1) Alabama (-1) Clemson Ohio State (+1) Washington (-1) FCS Top 5: North Dakota State Eastern Washington The Citadel James Madison Central Arkansas Top gainers (all Division 1): Charlotte…
NCAA Football Week 9 Attendance In Review
With college football season in full swing, we here at AMSTS figured it was worth it to take a look at how attendance was working out around Division I. Of course, nobody cares that Ohio State filled the house with over 102,000, right? So let’s take a look at the other side: Worst overall…
We FCS Now!
The totally awesome AMSTS Computer College Football Rankings now include FCS teams. Even more, you can view all of Division I together by selecting the “All” button. Some week 7 numbers: #1 NDSU, which puts them at #101 in the combined Division I. #2 Eastern Washington, #112 in D-I #3 Richmond, #115 in…
The Longest Yard: A Look at How Far Every FBS College Football Team Will Travel in 2016
Every fall, the college football season fires up and gives fans an opportunity to eschew responsibility in favor of sitting on the couch every Saturday for 15 weeks. Beautiful. With 825 games on the docket for the regular season, plus conference championships and bowls, all of our couch time comes at the expense of plenty of travel for…
Wednesday Web Roundup for February 9, 2016
Another week, another Wednesday Web Roundup. We hope you’ve recovered from your Super Bowl hangovers. First this week, some light reading on everybody’s favorite discussion: College conference realignment. Apparently, the Big XII is thinking about, well, becoming XII again, up from their current X. Rumor has it that BYU, Cincinnati, UConn, or the directional…
Best and worst of the 2015 NCAA Football season: statistics for all 128 teams
Your team is the best! Your team is the worst! You may experience these swings mid-game during the season, but I took some time this week to figure out what every single one of the 128 FBS teams is ranked first at, and what they’re ranked last at. To clarify, if you are ranked first,…
NCAA Football Conference Championship week: Lowest attended games
Not much action this week, but still more than 3 games, which means there were 3 lowest attended games. Here they are, and as always, numbers are ANNOUNCED figures only. 3. Northern Illinois vs Bowling Green– The MAC has made plenty of appearances on these lists and it should be no surprise that their…
The Case for Ohio State to make the CFB Playoff
Let me begin by pointing out that I hate Ohio State with every fiber of my being. I grew up a Michigan fan, I attended Purdue, there was no space for appreciation of the Buckeyes in my mind. But even while blinded by hatred, I can tell you one simple thing: Ohio State is…
NCAA Football Championship Week: Games that will/won’t suck
Rivalry week is done. There were some goodies, and some not so goodies. Let’s see how I did last week: Suck: Clemson 37, South Carolina 32. Not suck but not as close as the final score leads you to believe South Florida 44, UCF 3. Definitely suck Memphis 63, SMU 0. Woof. Major suck Clemson trying their best…
Least attended NCAA Football games: Rivalry week
Since you guys seem to love this, we’ll take a look at attendances from rivalry week. The three lowest attended FBS football games this week, per announced figures as always: 3. UTEP at North Texas– UNT to their credit even kept this one close! They only lost 20-17 to the Miners. But in case you…