Ralph Russo of The Athletic says that with the upcoming 24-team playoff, the polls and committee should rank the top 30 teams. He says, "you need to know who is on the bubble."

Ralph has some influence on the AP poll, but I don't know how much influence he has on the committee.

Still, he has influenced me. I will be providing my top 30 from here on out.

Solid Vergal Top 12

1. Miami
2. Utah
3. Georgia
4. UCLA
5. Notre Dame
6. Kentucky
7. Indiana
8. Alabama
9. Texas
10. Ohio State
11. LSU
12. Ole Miss

and the rest:

13. BYU
14. Wake Forest
15. Texas Tech
16. Tennessee 17., Houston
17. Missouri
18. USC
19. Iowa
20. Boise State
21. South Carolina
22. Arizona
23. Florida
24. Northwestern
25. Oregon
26. New Mexico
27. UTSA
28. SMU
29. Duke.

The UCLA Bruins are now 8-0, and the computer has them favored in all the rest of their games. Could the Bruins win the Big Ten and go 12-0?

Very possible.

Undefeated chances as of this morning:

• #55 Stephen F. Austin Lumberjacks (9-0) 51%
• #4 UCLA Bruins (8-0) 50.8%
• #49 Tarleton State Texans (9-0) 37.6%
• #2 Utah Utes (8-0) 16.6%
• #6 Miami Hurricanes (8-0) 11.7%

The Hurricanes chances improve dramatically if they win this week @ Notre Dame.

UPDATE: There was a bug in my ratings. The corrected undefeated chances are:

• #56 Stephen F. Austin Lumberjacks (9-0) 63.5%
• #1 Utah Utes (8-0) 34%
• #82 Tarleton State Texans (9-0) 28.5%
• #7 UCLA Bruins (8-0) 25.3%
• #2 Miami Hurricanes (8-0) 21.2%

The Bruins aren't nearly as likely to go 12-0 with the correction.

Here is my preseason top 30:

1. Florida Gators
2. Duke Blue Devils
3. Arizona Wildcats
4. Illinois Fighting Illini
5. UConn Huskies
6. Houston Cougars
7. St. John's Red Storm
8. Arkansas Razorbacks
9. Michigan State Spartans
10. Michigan Woverines
11. Iowa State Cyclones
12. Virginia Cavaliers
13. Tennessee Volunteers
14. Gonzaga Bulldogs
15. Alabama Crimson Tide
16. Purdue Boilermakers
17. Texas Longhorns
18. Vanderbilt Commodores
19. Miami Hurricanes
20. Ohio State Buckeyes
21. Texas Tech Red Raiders
22. UCLA Bruins
23. Kansas Jayhawks
24. Nebraska Cornhuskers
25. Louisville Cardinals
26. Kentucky Wildcats
27. Villanova Wildcats
28. BYU Cougars
29. Missouri Tigers
30. Texas A&M Aggies

I will try to update these every week. Expect the rankings to be pretty volatile the first few weeks.

According to the computer, the #1 Minnesota Vikings have a 1.1% of finishing the regular season undefeated.

So, no. It doesn't seem likely at this point.

Men's College Basketball schedules are mostly loaded. Postseason projections are running. The computer likes the Duke Blue Devils to win it all, although there are 24 teams with at least a 1% of winning the tournament.

Regular season updates will begin as soon as there are games. And there are always a few early season kinks to work out on the site. Please be patient.

As always, good luck to your teams and enjoy the season.

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