This is the very first edition of Bodak’s Picks. Below are the predictions using last year’s stats as ‘feature’ (or match-up) data of all FBS games this weekend. (This does not include any games versus a FCS team.)
Predicted winners are in bold, and the predicted winning margin is in square brackets.
| Date | Teams | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| 2012-08-30 | Central Florida [30] @ Akron | |
| 2012-08-30 | Eastern Michigan [3] @ Ball State | |
| 2012-08-30 | Washington State @ Brigham Young [18] | |
| 2012-08-30 | Texas A&M @ Louisiana Tech [3] | |
| 2012-08-30 | Minnesota [5] @ Nevada-Las Vegas | |
| 2012-08-30 | UCLA @ Rice [4] | |
| 2012-08-30 | South Carolina [4] @ Vanderbilt | |
| 2012-08-31 | Boise State [8] @ Michigan State | |
| 2012-08-31 | San Jose State @ Stanford [31] | |
| 2012-08-31 | North Carolina State [4] vs. Tennessee | Atlanta GA |
| 2012-09-01 | Troy [1] @ Alabama-Birmingham | |
| 2012-09-01 | Toledo [9] @ Arizona | |
| 2012-09-01 | Clemson [3] vs. Auburn | Atlanta GA |
| 2012-09-01 | Miami (FL) [9] @ Boston College | |
| 2012-09-01 | Nevada @ California [2] | |
| 2012-09-01 | Colorado vs. Colorado State [11] | Denver CO |
| 2012-09-01 | Florida International [10] @ Duke | |
| 2012-09-01 | Bowling Green State @ Florida [11] | |
| 2012-09-01 | Buffalo @ Georgia [24] | |
| 2012-09-01 | Western Michigan @ Illinois [2] | |
| 2012-09-01 | Tulsa [10] @ Iowa State | |
| 2012-09-01 | North Texas @ Louisiana State [33] | |
| 2012-09-01 | Alabama [9] vs. Michigan | Arlington TX |
| 2012-09-01 | Notre Dame [5] vs. Navy | Dublin Ireland |
| 2012-09-01 | Southern Mississippi [7] @ Nebraska | |
| 2012-09-01 | Iowa vs. Northern Illinois [8] | Chicago IL |
| 2012-09-01 | Miami (OH) @ Ohio State [8] | |
| 2012-09-01 | Arkansas State @ Oregon [13] | |
| 2012-09-01 | Ohio [3] @ Penn State | |
| 2012-09-01 | Hawaii @ Southern California [16] | |
| 2012-09-01 | Northwestern [2] @ Syracuse | |
| 2012-09-01 | Wyoming @ Texas [12] | |
| 2012-09-01 | Oklahoma [16] @ Texas-El Paso | |
| 2012-09-01 | Rutgers [20] @ Tulane | |
| 2012-09-01 | San Diego State [2] @ Washington | |
| 2012-09-01 | Marshall @ West Virginia [21] | |
| 2012-09-02 | Southern Methodist @ Baylor [9] | |
| 2012-09-02 | Kentucky @ Louisville [14] | |
| 2012-09-03 | Georgia Tech @ Virginia Tech [7] |
Once again, this is using last year’s end-of-season stats. So these predictions are as if the 2011 teams matched up.
Also, LSU is marked as Louisiana State in my source data. Sorry for any confusion – I’ll adjust that at some point.
You should post a recap each week of how accurate the predictions were.
I plan to post the week 1 results and week 2 predictions by tomorrow evening!