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NCAA Top 30 by Power Rating

The first week is in the books and it's the same list usual suspects at the top of the list of most powerful college teams in the land. In spite of Miami's loss to Florida State, they are rated above the Seminoles due to a very strong road rating. The Irish are going to be in the mix for the whole year and Oregon is going to be the biggest challenge to USC, not California.

1. Louisville 129.9

2. Ohio State 126.8

2. Michigan 126.0

4. LSU 125.4

5. USC 123.1

6. West Virginia 122.9

7. Auburn 122.7

8. Clemson 121.8

9. Oregon 120.3

10. Texas 119.4

11. Oklahoma 119.2

12. Florida 118.5

12. Nebraska 118.5

14. California 117.8

15. Florida State 116.9

16. Virginia Tech 116. 5

17. Iowa 116.1

18. Notre Dame 115.1

19. Miami, Fl 114.7

20. Georgia 114.2

21. Boise State 113.5

22. Texas Tech 113.3

23. Minnesota 112.9

24. Arizona State 112.6

25. Michigan State 110.9

26. Tennessee 110.5

27. TCU 110.4

28. Wisconsin 110.3

29. Penn State 109.9

30. Utah 109.2

NCAA POWER RATING PICKS

Look for the games highlighted in red. These games have a different projected winner than the betting line indicates. Look for the underdogs to have a winning record vs the line in theses highlighted contests.

Thursday, September 28, 2006

BYU 99.1 TCU 113.2 TCU 14

Auburn 123.0 South Carolina 100.1 Auburn 23

Friday, September 29, 2006

Rutgers 103.1 South Florida 107.0 South Florida 4

Saturday, September 30, 2006

EAST

Northwestern 98.8 Penn State 113.1 Penn State 14

Toledo 91.9 Pittsburgh 107.1 Pittsburgh 15

Wyoming 94.7 Syracuse 106.1 Syracuse 11

Navy 106.5 Connecticut 102.2 Navy 4

Rice 85.1 Army 87.5 Army 2

SOUTH

Houston 107.6 Miami, Fla 116.3 Miami, Fla 9

Virginia 88.7 Duke 81.8 Virginia 7

La Tech 81.2 Clemson 133.6 Clemson 52

Alabama 104.7 Florida 123.8 Florida 19

Central Mich 94.2 Kentucky 95.0 Kentucky 1

Miss State 93.0 LSU 130.4 LSU 37

Georgia 115.6 Mississippi 87.3 Georgia 28

Temple 63.7 Vanderbilt 95.7 Vanderbilt 32

Ga. Tech 108.9 Virginia Tech 115.6 Va Tech 7

Tennessee 108.1 Memphis 94.1 Tennessee 14

SMU 73.6 Tulane 91.0 Tulane 17

Eastern Mich 80.9 La-Lafayette 79.9 Eastern Mich 1

Arkansas State 56.0 Fla International 64.0 Fla Int 8

Troy 85.7 UAB 90.4 UAB 5

Fla Atlantic 65.1 La-Monroe 69.2 La-Monroe 4

MIDWEST

Kansas 91.1 Nebraska 127.5 Nebraska 36

Wisconsin 109.0 Indiana 95.8 Wisconsin 13

Illinois 84.7 Michigan St 106.1 Michigan St 21

Bowling Green 89.3 Ohio 93.1 Phio 4

Purdue 106.4 Notre Dame 120.2 Notre Dame 14

Miami, Ohio 87.7 Cincinnati 87.8 Cincinnati 0

Northern Ill 102.4 Ball State 97.7 Northern Ill 5

Colorado 97.3 Missouri 118.4 Missouri 21

Akron 101.6 Kent State 74.5 Akron 27

Ohio State 128.1 Iowa 123.2 Ohio State 5

Michigan 132.3 Minnesota 119.8 Michigan 13

SOUTHWEST

Kansas St 97.8 Baylor 89.6 Kansas St 8

Texas Tech 109.6 Texas A&M 115.9 Texas A&M 6

New Mex State 65.0 UTEP 106.8 UTEP 42

Mid Tenn St 73.7 North Texas 75.9 North Texas 2

WEST

Utah State 75.0 BYU 109.4 BYU 34

New Mexico 90.6 Air Force 109.5 Air Force 19

Idaho 76.3 Utah State 70.3 Idaho 6

Boise State 106.8 Utah 109.7 Utah 3

USC 124.9 Wash State 109.6 USC 15

California 108.5 Oregon St 110.3 Oregon ST 2

Stanford 83.7 UCLA 110.4 UCLA 27

San Diego St 99.3 San Jose St 90.6 San Diego St 9

New Mex St 65.0 UTEP 106.8 UTEP 42

Colorado St 92.1 Fresno St 105.5 Fresno St 13

Nevada 92.3 UNLV 83.0 Nevada 9

Washington 102.1 Arizona 108.4 Arizona 6

Oregon 112.8 Arizona St. 118.9 Arizona St 6

LAST WEEK: 39-10 79.6% SEASON: 142-41 77.6%

LINE PLAYS: 4-3 57.1 % SEASON LINE PLAYS: 11-6 64.7%

NFL Power Rating Picks Week 3

Sunday, October 1, 2006 1:00pm ET

Indianapolis 165.2 NY Jets 154.3 Indianapolis 11

San Diego 164.5 Baltimore 162.1 San Diego 2

Minnesota 150.8 Buffalo 147.0 Minnesota 4

Dallas 152.2 Tennessee 145.0 Dallas 7

San Francisco 141.5 Kansas City 158.1 Kansas City 17

New Orleans 150.9 Carolina 150.0 New Orleans 1

Arizona 147.4 Atlanta 154.2 Atlanta 7

Miami 149.3 Houston 136.0 Miami 13

Sunday, October 1, 2006 4:05pm ET

Detroit 139.2 St. Louis 152.4 St. Louis 13

Sunday, October 1, 2006 4:15pm ET

New England 160.3 Cincinnati 157.9 New England 2

Jacksonville 155.0 Washington 153.3 Jacksonville 2

Cleveland 144.6 Oakland 141.9 Cleveland 3

Sunday, October 1, 2006 8:15pm ET

Seattle 155.3 Chicago 161.3 Chicago 6

Monday, October 2, 2006 7:00pm ET

Atlanta 158.2 New Orleans 151.9 Atlanta 6

Green Bay 148.9 Philadelphia 147.6 Green Bay 1

LAST WEEK: 10-4 68.8% SEASON: 31-15 67.4%

The following top plays for College and the NFL are derived from Mercury trends. This week Mercury is in Libra.

NCAA TOP Plays

Nevada(-7.0) over Northwestern

The Wolf Pack is 8-1 as a home favorite when Mercury is transiting Libra. There are no Wildcats here,

just pussycats. Lay the fur and watch the Wolves skin the Cats. NEVADA!

Minnesota(+2.5) over Purdue

The Gophers will be running and running up the score. The vermin are 19-15 as a road dog while the homers are just

11-21 as a home chalk. Take the point or two and "Go-Pher" the payout window. MINNESOTA!

Wake Forest(+3.0) over Mississippi

When was the last time The Demon Deacons started a season 4-0? I don't know now, but I may know after this

game. Wake is 8-0 as a road dog of 3-4 points while the Rebels are 1-3 as a home favorite of 2-3 points. Wake Up! Take the trio and re-bel against your book. WAKE!

Tulsa(+5.5) over Navy

The Midshipmen haven't done well as a home fave when Mercury is "scaling" through the heavens

compiling a 3-9 record vs the line. The Golden Hurricane has blown by their opposition 5 of 7 times as a road woofer of 3-5 points. Take the nickels and TULSA!

Ohio(+20.0) over Missouri

The Bobcats have one of the best road records versus the spread when Mercury visits Libra.

They are 15-6 and 6-0 as a road dog of 19-21 points. Mizzou isn't bad as a home chalk(17-13) but the cats have a lot of points to work with and the Tigers have their first conference game at home next week with Colorado. Take the points and play 20 WON. OHIO U!

Connecticut(+2.0) over Indiana

The Huskies are used to playing major conference competition on the road as a Big East rep and so far

they are a healthy 8-3 as a road Merc-Libra dog. That could well be good enough for a road win at Bloomington. Take the duece and "Hoosier" sportsbook, Daddy? CT!

Alabama(+2.5) over Arkansas

The hottest team in Division 1-A on the road with Merc in Falls' first sign is the Crimson Tide.

"Bama is 9-1 as a road pup while the Hawgs are 20-26 as a home favorite. Take the two and the hook and go "Hog Wild". ALABAMA!

NC State(+7.0) over Boston College

So far the Wolfpack has been toothless but consider this team as a wounded wolf--very dangerous...and

the Eagles had better not be resting on the overtime laurels. Take the points and watch the guy on the sidelines with the funny glasses..he's not going to be as sad as the sportsbook guy. NC STATE!

Washington(+3.5) over UCLA

Willingham has the dogs playing better and they're starting to believe the can beat most anyone that comes to Seattle. Combine this with the fact that they are 10-5 as home puppy during this Mercury trend and 3-1 as a home dog of 3-4 points. WASHINGTON!

South Florida(+5.5) over Kansas

The Bulls are going to be nasty to the Jayhawk rider and you'll have a chance to read about the gory details. Take the points and be bullish with you book. SOUTH FLORIDA!

NFL TOP Plays

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