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North Texas Mean Green 9-4 10-2 Mean Green Logs CUSA SUN 7-2 6-1 TM TEAM --PS RANK-- TM TEAM --PS RANK-- TM +/- +/- TM +/- +/- REC CONF CONF NCAA RANKINGS REC CONF CONF TM DATE SCORE W/L OFF DEF ST OFF DEF ST TM DATE SCORE W/L OFF DEF ST OFF DEF ST 0-0 0-0 98 9/2 Lamar 59-14 W 125 97 81 2017 TEAM RANKINGS 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 105 108 9/2 at Boise St 13-24 L 66 63 85 53 86 113 1-0 1-0 0-0 0-0 101 112 9/9 at SMU 32-54 L 102 98 81 31 101 127 0-1 0-0 105 9/9 Alabama St 34-7 W 98 61 85 1-1 2-0 0-0 0-0 100 123 9/16 at Iowa 14-31 L 85 89 58 64 24 34 North Texas Troy 1-1 1-1 0-0 0-0 103 105 9/16 at New Mexico St 27-24 W 80 55 102 47 99 120 1-2 2-1 0-0 0-0 101 96 9/23 UAB 46-43 W 81 89 89 115 92 112 #53 Rush Off #85 2-1 1-2 1-0 0-0 105 97 9/23 Akron 22-17 W 82 56 97 113 98 114 2-2 2-1 1-0 0-0 100 110 9/30 at Southern Miss 43-28 W 62 88 46 71 70 92 #22 Pass Off #34 3-1 3-1 1-0 0-1 104 126 25 9/30 at LSU 24-21 W 69 55 105 29 5 37 3-2 2-0 105 10/7 61 81 52 #19 Total Off #48 4-1 1-0 109 10/7 68 55 104 3-2 3-1 2-0 0-1 105 111 10/14 UTSA 29-26 W 54 80 16 67 50 42 #20 Off #50 4-1 1-4 1-0 0-1 109 98 10/11 South Alabama 8-19 L 71 56 107 122 86 53 4-2 3-3 3-0 2-0 107 110 10/21 at Florida Atlantic 31-69 L 54 80 27 56 95 38 #109 Sks Allowed #12 4-2 3-2 1-1 2-0 104 101 10/21 at Georgia St 34-10 W 82 53 115 114 111 116 4-3 2-5 3-1 0-3 103 95 10/28 Old Dominion 45-38 W 56 97 14 128 106 113 #107 Rush Def #14 5-2 0-6 2-1 0-2 107 87 10/28 GA Southern 38-16 W 76 43 114 126 119 35 5-3 4-4 4-1 2-2 103 107 11/4 at Louisiana Tech 24-23 W 52 103 12 75 89 85 #64 Pass Def #70 6-2 3-5 3-1 2-2 107 97 11/2 Idaho 24-21 W 68 46 113 107 114 91 6-3 0-9 5-1 0-5 105 88 11/11 UTEP 45-10 W 54 101 20 130 119 91 #97 Total Def #27 7-2 1-8 4-1 105 87 11/11 at Coastal Carolina 42-17 W 59 48 94 125 123 86 7-3 8-2 6-1 1-0 107 117 11/18 Army West Point 52-49 W 50 97 10 67 95 24 #106 Def #11 8-2 1-0 107 11/18 68 43 74 8-3 1-10 6-1 1-6 110 91 11/25 at Rice 30-14 W 51 107 12 113 115 119 #83 Sks By #13 8-2 2-9 1-0 1-6 107 90 11/25 Texas St 62-8 W 66 47 76 120 114 124 9-3 3-3 7-1 2-0 110 110 12/2 at Florida Atlantic 17-41 L 48 103 7 56 95 38 #50 Ypg Diff #32 9-2 7-3 2-0 6-1 111 112 12/2 at Arkansas St 32-25 W 57 47 54 39 44 33 9-4 7-2 108 12/2 78 105 7-8 Total TO's +4 10-2 3-0 114 12/9 71 46 63 10-2 3-0 114 12/16 Troy 71 46 63 9-4 7-2 108 12/16 North Texas 78 105 7 Net Comp Yds Net Comp Yds Yds FD TO's FD RA-RY YPC Att Pass Sks FD RA-RY YPC Att Pass Sks Yds FD TO's FD RA-RY YPC Att Pass Sks FD RA-RY YPC Att Pass Sks Lamar 59-14 402 16 1 31 60-436 7.3 17-24 232 2 15 33-86 2.6 20-41 180 2 at Boise St 13-24 -142-8 -1 11 29-76 2.6 17-34 139 4 19 44-147 3.3 19-32 210 4 at SMU 32-54 0 2-2 22 27-69 2.6 32-47 424 5 20 34-99 2.9 22-41 394 3 Alabama St 34-7 446 18-1 32 36-257 7.1 33-42 354 0 14 32-85 2.7 15-28 80 3 at Iowa 14-31 -130-11 0 17 17-112 6.6 18-29 193 1 28 59-238 4.0 16-27 197 1 at New Mexico St 27-24 94 8 0 26 38-190 5.0 25-41 286 1 18 17-51 3.0 32-45 331 0 UAB 46-43 153 12 0 28 44-287 6.5 15-29 261 1 16 36-74 2.1 17-36 321 4 Akron 22-17 126 1 2 24 29-179 6.2 28-42 314 1 23 35-99 2.8 20-40 268 2 at Southern Miss 43-28 125 6-2 24 46-174 3.8 24-41 366 2 18 29-145 5.0 19-42 270 2 at LSU 24-21 -65-5 2 16 42-206 4.9 16-28 157 3 21 29-162 5.6 21-32 266 0 UTSA 29-26 52 0-1 19 32-87 2.7 20-35 354 3 19 41-174 4.2 13-25 215 1 South Alabama 8-19 75 6-3 18 20-30 1.5 25-47 269 2 12 44-48 1.1 11-20 176 4 at Florida Atlantic 31-69 -384-12 -3 25 33-137 4.2 31-47 283 1 37 48-447 9.3 24-35 357 0 at Georgia St 34-10 150 4-1 20 22-122 5.5 25-36 335 0 16 33-52 1.6 25-40 255 4 Old Dominion 45-38 74 3 1 24 41-151 3.7 25-36 309 1 21 48-205 4.3 21-36 181 1 GA Southern 38-16 74-3 1 16 30-241 8.0 10-20 142 0 19 62-227 3.7 6-12 82 1 at Louisiana Tech 24-23 100 7-1 26 41-204 5.0 23-37 211 2 19 41-147 3.6 16-28 168 2 Idaho 24-21 17-2 -2 20 36-183 5.1 20-31 212 1 22 32-90 2.8 24-35 288 6 UTEP 45-10 241 12 0 27 39-259 6.6 23-35 213 0 15 32-100 3.1 16-32 131 1 at Coastal Carolina 42-17 123 8 1 24 36-122 3.4 21-33 259 1 16 37-94 2.5 14-28 164 5 Army West Point 52-49 -72 0 0 25 33-103 3.1 24-36 386 2 25 67-534 8.0 1-3 27 0 at Rice 30-14 101 12 0 25 44-188 4.3 18-25 195 4 13 42-175 4.2 6-16 107 3 Texas St 62-9 341 8 4 22 31-154 5.0 26-35 487 0 14 45-153 3.4 14-21 147 3 at Florida Atlantic 31-69 -384-12 -3 25 33-137 4.2 31-47 283 1 37 48-447 9.3 24-35 357 0 at Arkansas St 32-25 -313-18 2 14 25-47 1.9 23-41 246 1 32 44-169 3.8 31-50 437 4 Troy North Texas Average 36-34 35.8 3.9-0.6 25 38-176 4.7 63.9% 291 7.1% 21 42-208 4.9 53.3% 223 5.6% Average 30-18 77.2 1.4 0.3 20 31-151 4.8 62.6% 267 3.3% 19 38-115 3.0 60.6% 225 9.4% Conference 34-32 29.6 4.9-0.8 25 39-174 4.4 62.7% 283 7.0% 20 40-194 4.9 53.6% 234 5.7% Conference 33-18 70.1 1.4 0.3 20 30-136 4.6 61.6% 280 2.1% 19 39-111 2.8 62.5% 235 10.8% Away 27-37 -54.9 1.1-1.3 24 35-138 4.0 64.2% 290 8.9% 22 42-219 5.2 55.3% 264 5.9% Home 31-15 179.8 4.7 0.2 22 30-174 5.7 65.4% 296 1.8% 17 42-117 2.8 57.7% 174 12.2% By Game Yardage Leaders Passing Position by Position Edges By Game Yardage Leaders Passing Lamar Mason Fine 15-21-224-3-0 Jeffery Wilson 12-176-14.7-3 Michael Lawrence 3-70-23.3-1 North Texas Troy at Boise St Brandon Silvers 17-33-139-0-1 Jordan Chunn 11-41-3.7-0 Damion Willis 2-27-13.5-0 at SMU Mason Fine 32-47-424-3-2 Jeffery Wilson 13-36-2.8-1 Jalen Guyton 3-109-36.3-2 Alabama St Brandon Silvers 32-40-345-0-1 Jamarius Henderson 8-107-13.4-2 Damion Willis 7-93-13.3-0 North Texas QB/WR at Iowa Mason Fine 16-26-167-0-1 Jeffery Wilson 12-95-7.9-1 Turner Smiley 4-74-18.5-0 1.04 at New Mexico St Brandon Silvers 25-41-286-1-0 Jordan Chunn 20-87-4.4-1 Deondre Douglas 7-101-14.4-0 UAB Mason Fine 15-29-261-3-0 Jeffery Wilson 26-211-8.1-1 Kelvin Smith 4-82-20.5-0 Troy DB's Akron Brandon Silvers 28-41-314-1-0 Jordan Chunn 16-106-6.6-1 Deondre Douglas 7-92-13.1-1 at Southern Miss Mason Fine 24-40-366-2-1 Jeffery Wilson 30-148-4.9-3 Jalen Guyton 14-211-15.1-1 at LSU Brandon Silvers 16-28-157-0-0 Jordan Chunn 30-191-6.4-1 Deondre Douglas 3-46-15.3-0 North Texas RB's 0.44 UTSA Mason Fine 20-34-354-3-1 Jeffery Wilson 16-83-5.2-0 Jalen Guyton 8-182-22.8-2 Troy LB's South Alabama Brandon Silvers 24-46-263-0-1 Jordan Chunn 10-28-2.8-0 Emanuel Thompson 6-67-11.2-0 at Florida Atlantic Mason Fine 31-47-283-2-2 Jeffery Wilson 11-49-4.5-1 Michael Lawrence 11-112-10.2-0 North Texas OL at Georgia St Brandon Silvers 25-35-335-2-1 Josh Anderson 13-57-4.4-1 Tray Eafford 3-67-22.3-0 Old Dominion Mason Fine 25-36-309-1-1 Nic Smith 18-71-3.9-2 Rico Bussey 7-111-15.9-1 1.13 GA Southern Brandon Silvers 9-18-102-1-0 Josh Anderson 15-96-6.4-1 Tray Eafford 3-53-17.7-1 at Louisiana Tech Mason Fine 22-36-203-1-1 Jeffery Wilson 20-165-8.3-2 Michael Lawrence 4-47-11.8-0 Troy DL Idaho Brandon Silvers 20-30-212-1-1 Jordan Chunn 18-113-6.3-2 Damion Willis 3-60-20.0-0 UTEP Mason Fine 23-35-213-4-0 Jeffery Wilson 20-144-7.2-1 Rico Bussey 3-65-21.7-1 North Texas DL at Coastal Carolina Brandon Silvers 18-30-206-1-1 Josh Anderson 9-58-6.4-1 Deondre Douglas 3-66-22.0-1 Army West Point Mason Fine 24-36-386-4-1 Jeffery Wilson 19-72-3.8-2 Turner Smiley 3-123-41.0-2 1.20 at Rice Mason Fine 18-25-195-1-1 Nic Smith 26-178-6.8-1 Rico Bussey 3-71-23.7-1 Troy OL Texas St Brandon Silvers 22-30-380-4-0 Jordan Chunn 10-80-8.0-1 Emanuel Thompson 4-97-24.3-0 at Florida Atlantic Mason Fine 28-44-356-1-2 Nic Smith 14-50-3.6-0 Rico Bussey 8-109-13.6-0 at Arkansas St Brandon Silvers 23-41-246-2-0 Jordan Chunn 13-33-2.5-0 Deondre Douglas 7-74-10.6-1 North Texas LB'S 0.95 Troy Troy RB's North Texas Mason Fine 293-456-3741-28-13 Jeffery Wilson 188-1215-6.5-16 Jalen Guyton 48-764-15.9-9 Brandon Silvers 259-413-2985-13-6 Jordan Chunn 153-770-5.0-10 Deondre Douglas 48-628-13.1-4 North Texas DB's North Texas Leaders Quinn Shanbour 4-6-34-1-0 Nic Smith 131-659-5.0-6 Michael Lawrence 56-749-13.4-3 1.81 Troy Leaders Kaleb Barker 8-13-143-1-0 Josh Anderson 71-331-4.7-4 Damion Willis 31-485-15.6-1 TEAM 0-3-0-0-0 Evan Johnson 37-213-5.8-3 Rico Bussey 43-613-14.3-6 Troy QB/WR John Johnson 2-2-72-1-0 Jamarius Henderson 38-302-7.9-4 Emanuel Thompson 37-404-10.9-0 Last Five Years Meetings (Last 17 years at PhilSteele.com) North Texas ST's Projected Box Rank Line FD Rush Comp-Att-Yds TO's 0.15 Category Team & Margin Phil's Forecast: 2012 Las Vegas Line Troy tied for the SBC title, while NT got to the CUSA title game. I give a slight North Texas - 62.5 7 20 43-186 12-29-236 Troy ST's Troy By 7 Troy - -1.5 14 19 30-108 29-44-274-1 Projected North Texas K at QB to Mason Fine, who improved in his 2nd year as a starter. The Mean Las Vegas Total 138 yards North Texas Troy 164 yards 2.23 62 Points Green has a slight at WR. Notre Dame transfer Jalen Guyton (PS#39), led Projected Passing Troy K +/- Ratings 293 yards North Texas Troy 290 yards Troy By 6.5 North Texas Coaches Projected Yardage Total 0.75 with 749 yards. NT has a good-sized on ST s. NT has faced the tougher sked. With the Mean Green s top RB Jeffery Wilson out, I give Troy the, 430 yards North Texas Troy 454 yards Troy Coaches Troy By 2.2 led by the schools all-time rushing leader, Jordan Chunn. Troy s biggest is Game Grade Projected Final North Texas Pts at DL. Troy has an at LB, DB, and HC Neal Brown is 1-0 in bowls, while Computer Yards 28 points North Texas Troy 36 points 3.27 6.43 Troy 454-430 Seth Littrell is 0-1. I give the Trojans a slight crowd in their second trip to Experience Rankings Troy Pts Computer Points Louisiana this year. I like Troy to win the game as they have a significant 74 North Texas Troy 35 POSITIONAL EDGE AWARDED TO: Troy 35-28 Team Schedule Strength on defense. Troy Phil Steele 103 North Texas Troy 128 Troy by 11 By 3.16 Points Troy 38 North Texas 27 Return to Table of Contents North Texas Mean Green LEADERS & TEAM AVERAGES Troy Trojans Troy Trojans Trojans Logs

TROY (10-2) ATS: 6-6 O/U: 3-9 NEW ORLEANS BOWL Saturday, December 16, 2017 1:00 pm ESPN Mercedez-Benz Superdome New Orleans, LA COMPUTER PROJECTIONS TROY UNT 129 rush yd 171 303 pass yd 277 25 pts 36-8 ytd to +4 #117 sked #94 CHECKLIST TROY UNT QB 1/2 4 RB WR 1/2 OL 444 DL 4 LB 41/2 DB 4 CCH 1/2 SITE 41/2 MTCH INT 4 ST 4 4 SKED 4 OVERALL TROY BY 4 4 s NORTH TEXAS (9-4) ATS: 8-5 O/U: 7-6

Georgia St Panthers 6-5 6-6 Panthers Logs SUN CUSA Hilltoppers Logs TM TEAM --PS RANK-- TM +/- TM DATE SCORE W/L OFF DEF ST OFF DEF ST CONF TM +/- +/- CONF CONF TM +/- 5-3 4-4 TEAM --PS RANK-- REC NCAA RANKINGS REC CONF TM DATE SCORE W/L OFF DEF ST OFF DEF ST 0-0 0-0 96 8/31 Tennessee St 10-17 L 126 112 130 2017 TEAM RANKINGS 0-0 0-0 124 9/2 Eastern Kentucky 31-17 W 52 77 2 0-1 0-0 93 9/9 124 117 130 1-0 1-0 0-0 0-0 121 104 9/9 at Illinois 7-20 L 78 74 2 96 93 99 Georgia St WKU 0-1 2-0 0-0 0-0 93 139 5 9/16 at Penn St 0-56 L 126 118 104 6 9 3 1-1 1-1 0-0 0-0 116 109 9/16 Louisiana Tech 22-23 L 96 79 24 74 100 42 0-2 0-3 0-0 0-0 92 91 9/23 at Charlotte 28-0 W 127 122 129 122 120 104 #117 Rush Off #130 1-2 2-1 0-1 0-0 113 103 9/23 Ball St 33-21 W 114 75 4 95 121 64 1-2 0-0 97 9/30 126 116 123 #31 Pass Off #9 2-2 0-1 113 9/30 114 74 2 1-2 0-0 97 92 10/7 at Coastal Carolina 27-21 W 125 114 129 126 126 112 #86 Total Off #65 2-2 0-5 0-1 0-1 113 88 10/7 at UTEP 15-14 W 116 72 2 130 128 76 2-2 3-2 1-0 3-0 97 101 10/14 at ULM 47-37 W 124 115 122 83 110 83 #119 Off #82 3-2 0-6 1-1 0-2 109 90 10/14 Charlotte 45-14 W 120 76 20 117 121 81 3-2 4-2 2-0 1-1 101 104 10/21 Troy 10-34 L 114 111 116 82 53 115 #58 Sks Allowed #125 4-2 2-4 2-1 0-2 110 93 10/20 at Old Dominion 35-31 W 108 81 19 127 104 113 3-3 3-4 2-1 2-1 98 103 10/26 South Alabama 21-13 W 117 110 118 120 80 49 #46 Rush Def #77 5-2 4-3 3-1 3-0 108 114 10/28 Florida Atlantic 28-42 L 107 92 25 43 89 30 4-3 0-7 3-1 0-3 101 87 11/4 at GA Southern 21-17 W 118 102 118 127 122 39 #93 Pass Def #37 5-3 3-5 3-2 0-5 106 112 11/4 at Vanderbilt 17-31 L 105 94 66 98 65 122 5-3 2-7 4-1 1-4 100 88 11/11 at Texas St 33-30 W 118 105 122 120 110 123 #62 Total Def #50 5-4 6-3 3-2 3-2 105 111 11/11 at Marshall 23-30 L 112 100 76 67 36 34 6-3 5-1 99 11/18 116 102 114 #55 Def #69 5-5 5-5 3-3 3-3 105 102 11/17 Middle Tennessee 41-38 W 112 93 83 107 83 53 6-3 6-4 5-1 5-1 99 103 11/25 Appalachian St 10-31 L 112 102 119 47 64 78 #107 Sks By #129 6-5 6-4 4-3 4-3 105 101 11/25 at FIU 17-41 L 108 95 75 89 115 71 6-4 3-8 5-2 2-5 95 95 12/2 Idaho 10-24 L 112 109 129 118 101 121 #77 Ypg Diff #58 6-6 4-4 100 12/16 109 95 89 6-5 5-3 91 12/9 116 106 128-6 Total TO's -6 6-6 6-5 4-4 5-3 100 91 12/16 Georgia St 110 92 90 116 106 128 6-6 4-4 100 12/16 WKU 110 92 90 Net Comp Yds Net Comp Yds Yds FD TO's FD RA-RY YPC Att Pass Sks FD RA-RY YPC Att Pass Sks Yds FD TO's FD RA-RY YPC Att Pass Sks FD RA-RY YPC Att Pass Sks Tennessee St 10-17 -110-7 -4 14 29-49 1.7 18-23 224 3 21 42-238 5.7 12-25 145 1 Eastern Kentucky 31-17 19-2 -1 20 40-100 2.5 20-31 264 4 22 22-25 1.1 29-48 320 1 at Illinois 7-20 -56-5 -1 14 16-6 0.4 28-43 238 2 19 50-193 3.9 14-25 107 1 at Penn St 0-56 -206 2-5 21 49-150 3.1 18-32 170 3 19 24-166 6.9 21-29 360 1 Louisiana Tech 22-23 -61 3 1 23 41-141 3.4 25-35 226 4 20 30-122 4.1 22-39 306 1 at Charlotte 28-0 96 8 3 22 40-119 3.0 26-37 250 0 14 34-94 2.8 16-29 179 1 Ball St 33-21 -3 5 1 22 30-52 1.7 28-44 319 4 17 31-107 3.5 18-36 267 1 at Coastal Carolina 27-21 -2 5-1 22 40-91 2.3 18-30 273 1 17 32-127 4.0 18-26 239 2 at UTEP 15-14 -5 3 0 18 33-74 2.2 24-37 208 2 15 36-163 4.5 12-22 124 0 at ULM 47-37 239 12 1 31 41-224 5.5 26-35 446 1 19 37-117 3.2 23-37 314 7 Charlotte 45-14 318 25 0 34 34-121 3.6 43-58 506 2 9 34-248 7.3 9-19 61 2 Troy 10-34 -150-4 1 16 33-52 1.6 25-40 255 4 20 22-122 5.5 25-36 335 0 at Old Dominion 35-31 -32 3 2 23 33-73 2.2 25-35 343 3 20 48-268 5.6 17-25 180 0 South Alabama 21-13 -29 1 1 16 34-114 3.4 17-31 195 0 15 23-41 1.8 27-48 297 1 Florida Atlantic 28-42 9 11-3 32 33-99 3.0 32-56 371 2 21 55-368 6.7 10-24 93 0 at GA Southern 21-17 32-4 2 15 24-49 2.0 22-37 319 4 19 50-189 3.8 22-28 147 0 at Vanderbilt 17-31 -45 3 0 22 30--6-0.2 33-53 355 6 19 35-174 5.0 14-21 220 1 at Texas St 33-30 140-2 -1 21 41-162 4.0 26-40 368 2 23 25-75 3.0 35-55 315 1 at Marshall 23-30 34-1 -1 21 19-34 1.8 28-42 334 3 22 49-144 2.9 17-28 190 2 Middle Tennessee 41-38 107-2 -1 25 33-53 1.6 39-54 485 5 27 33-137 4.2 27-46 294 1 Appalachian St 10-31 -138-6 1 14 26-91 3.5 22-35 201 2 20 46-323 7.0 15-23 107 0 at FIU 17-41 28 5-3 23 28-46 1.6 30-49 355 5 18 34-122 3.6 18-27 251 0 Idaho 10-24 60 8-4 26 39-164 4.2 27-45 271 3 18 40-147 3.7 16-30 228 4 Georgia St WKU Average 20-25 -6.2 1.2-0.5 20 36-115 3.2 63.6% 270 6.0% 19 34-149 4.4 62.8% 242 4.9% Average 26-27 26.1 4.0-0.5 23 31-66 2.1 66.1% 334 7.8% 19 38-173 4.5 57.5% 201 2.8% Conference 22-26 19.0 1.3 0.0 20 35-118 3.4 62.5% 291 5.8% 19 34-143 4.1 64.0% 248 5.3% Conference 28-29 49.8 5.9-0.6 25 32-80 2.5 67.2% 354 7.1% 19 40-197 4.9 57.4% 187 2.6% Away 26-27 49.8 3.5-0.2 22 39-133 3.4 64.5% 304 5.2% 19 34-128 3.8 66.2% 259 5.9% Home 33-26 64.8 6.7-0.5 26 35-94 2.7 67.3% 362 7.6% 19 34-168 4.9 54.2% 224 2.8% By Game Yardage Leaders Passing Position by Position Edges By Game Yardage Leaders Passing Tennessee St Conner Manning 14-17-159-0-0 Taz Bateman 11-31-2.8-0 Taz Bateman 6-74-12.3-1 Georgia St WKU Eastern Kentucky Mike White 20-31-264-1-0 Marquez Trigg 16-61-3.8-1 Lucky Jackson 5-144-28.8-1 at Illinois Mike White 28-43-238-0-1 D'Andre Ferby 7-14-2.0-0 Nacarius Fant 10-110-11.0-0 Georgia St QB/WR at Penn St Conner Manning 16-29-133-0-3 Taz Bateman 29-100-3.4-0 Penny Hart 7-56-8.0-0 0.87 Louisiana Tech Mike White 25-35-226-0-0 Quinton Baker 19-79-4.2-1 Xavier Lane 5-54-10.8-0 at Charlotte Conner Manning 26-37-250-1-0 Glenn Smith 31-90-2.9-2 Penny Hart 11-141-12.8-1 WKU DB's Ball St Mike White 28-44-319-1-2 Jakairi Moses 12-56-4.7-1 Xavier Lane 6-86-14.3-0 Georgia St RB's at Coastal Carolina Glenn Smith 0-0-0-0-0 Tra Barnett 0-0-0.0-0 Tra Barnett 0-0-0.0-0 0.68 at UTEP Mike White 24-37-208-0-0 Jakairi Moses 19-50-2.6-0 Lucky Jackson 3-56-18.7-0 at ULM Conner Manning 18-30-273-1-1 Glenn Smith 23-74-3.2-0 Penny Hart 8-132-16.5-1 WKU LB's Charlotte Mike White 33-47-398-5-0 Quinton Baker 14-74-5.3-0 Kylen Towner 6-111-18.5-1 Troy Conner Manning 26-35-446-4-0 Kyler Neal 14-65-4.6-1 Penny Hart 11-190-17.3-3 Georgia St OL at Old Dominion Mike White 24-34-304-5-1 Quinton Baker 14-48-3.4-0 Quin Jernighan 6-81-13.5-1 South Alabama Conner Manning 25-40-255-1-1 Glenn Smith 11-19-1.7-0 Tamir Jones 5-75-15.0-0 0.04 Florida Atlantic Mike White 32-56-371-2-2 Jakairi Moses 11-42-3.8-0 Cameron Echols-Luper 6-70-11.7-1 at GA Southern Conner Manning 17-31-195-2-0 Glenn Smith 17-73-4.3-0 Penny Hart 6-98-16.3-1 WKU DL at Vanderbilt Mike White 31-50-324-0-0 D'Andre Ferby 12-19-1.6-0 Lucky Jackson 7-135-19.3-0 at Texas St Conner Manning 22-37-319-2-1 Glenn Smith 11-49-4.5-0 Penny Hart 8-191-23.9-1 Georgia St DL at Marshall Mike White 28-41-334-3-1 D'Andre Ferby 13-39-3.0-0 Cameron Echols-Luper 9-99-11.0-1 Conner Manning 26-40-368-2-0 Glenn Smith 22-98-4.5-0 Devin Gentry 3-120-40.0-2 0.68 Middle Tennessee Mike White 39-54-485-5-0 D'Andre Ferby 21-64-3.0-0 Lucky Jackson 5-109-21.8-1 Appalachian St Conner Manning 22-35-201-0-1 Tra Barnett 5-42-8.4-0 Penny Hart 5-61-12.2-0 WKU OL at FIU Mike White 30-49-355-2-0 D'Andre Ferby 12-54-4.5-0 Cameron Echols-Luper 8-101-12.6-0 Idaho Conner Manning 27-44-271-0-0 Glenn Smith 18-79-4.4-1 Tamir Jones 6-82-13.7-0 Georgia St LB'S 0.41 Georgia St WKU WKU RB's Conner Manning 239-375-2870-13-7 Glenn Smith 147-521-3.5-3 Penny Hart 73-1094-15.0-8 Georgia St DB's Mike White 342-521-3826-24-7 D'Andre Ferby 112-362-3.2-3 Nacarius Fant 67-634-9.5-4 Georgia St Leaders Aaron Winchester 6-9-102-1-1 Kyler Neal 61-181-3.0-4 Glenn Smith 43-342-8.0-1 2.66 WKU Leaders Drew Eckels 8-11-86-0-1 Jakairi Moses 60-249-4.2-2 Lucky Jackson 37-592-16.0-3 Glenn Smith 0-1-0-0-1 Taz Bateman 52-180-3.5-0 Tamir Jones 30-328-10.9-0 WKU QB/WR Nacarius Fant 2-2-51-1-0 Quinton Baker 65-233-3.6-1 Deon Yelder 47-576-12.3-5 Last Five Years Meetings (Last 17 years at PhilSteele.com) Georgia St ST's Projected Box Rank Line FD Rush Comp-Att-Yds TO's 2.08 Category Team & Margin Phil's Forecast: 2013 Las Vegas Line WKU - -18.5 44 25 46-203 18-29-241 WKU ST's Wku By 6.5 Georgia St - 57 28 18 27-85 26-41-325 0 Projected Georgia St K Both teams got here by beating bad teams as WKU defeated teams that were a Las Vegas Total 120 yards Georgia St WKU 51 yards 0.18 53.5 Points combined 18-53, while GSt vanquished foes that combined for a 16-56 record. Projected Passing WKU K +/- Ratings While both teams come in with 6 wins, the Panthers losses were by an avg of 246 yards Georgia St WKU 373 yards Georgia St Coaches Wku By 9.0 Projected Yardage Total 29 ppg vs FBS foes. WKU avg just 326 ypg and 21.6 ppg their F/5 games, but 366 yards Georgia St WKU 424 yards Game Grade WKU Coaches Wku By 3.2 over the L/7 games, improved to 453 ypg and 29.4 ppg. WKU has the on Projected Final Georgia St Pts OFF, D, and ST s and needs a win to avoid a losing season. GSt is 6-5 and just Computer Yards 21 points Georgia St WKU 26 points 1.96 5.65 Wku 424-366 happy to be in a bowl. WKU was +23 ypg vs the 5 bowl teams they faced, while Experience Rankings WKU Pts Computer Points GSt was -165 ypg vs the 3 bowl teams they faced. 18 Georgia St WKU 80 Wku 26-21 POSITIONAL EDGE AWARDED TO: 126 Team Schedule Strength Georgia St WKU 127 WKU Phil Steele By 3.68 Points WKU by 11 WKU 28 Georgia St 17 Return to Table of Contents Georgia St Panthers LEADERS & TEAM AVERAGES WKU Hilltoppers WKU Hilltoppers

WKU (6-6) ATS: 4-8 O/U: 7-5 CURE BOWL Saturday, December 16, 2017 2:30 pm CBS Camping World Stadium Orlando, FL COMPUTER PROJECTIONS WKU GST 55 rush yd 131 387 pass yd 245 27 pts 21-6 ytd to -7 #128 sked #124 CHECKLIST WKU GST 4 QB RB 4 WR OL 4 DL 4 LB 4 1/2 DB CCH SITE MTCH INT 4 4 ST SKED OVERALL WKU BY 5 4 s GEORGIA ST (6-5) ATS: 4-6-1 O/U: 3-8

Oregon Ducks Ducks Logs 7-5 10-3 PAC 12 MTW Broncos Logs TM TEAM --PS RANK-- 4-5 8-1 TM TEAM --PS RANK-- TM +/- +/- TM +/- +/- REC CONF CONF TM DATE SCORE W/L OFF DEF ST OFF DEF ST NCAA RANKINGS REC CONF CONF TM DATE SCORE W/L OFF DEF ST OFF DEF ST 0-0 0-0 123 9/2 Southern Utah 77-21 W 8 42 19 2017 TEAM RANKINGS 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 108 105 9/2 Troy 24-13 W 53 86 113 66 63 85 1-0 1-0 0-0 0-0 128 115 9/9 Nebraska 42-35 W 1 37 19 50 32 42 1-0 1-0 0-0 0-0 108 124 20 9/9 at Washington St 44-47 L 66 62 113 18 50 73 Oregon Boise St 2-0 1-1 0-0 0-0 127 107 9/16 at Wyoming 49-13 W 1 34 19 114 102 123 1-1 1-1 0-0 0-0 111 103 9/14 New Mexico 28-14 W 69 45 71 65 104 13 3-0 1-2 0-0 0-0 130 113 24 9/23 at Arizona St 35-37 L 3 32 59 60 61 106 #8 Rush Off #90 2-1 2-1 1-0 0-0 111 108 9/22 Virginia 23-42 L 76 45 49 90 60 105 3-1 3-1 0-1 0-1 126 119 9/30 California 45-24 W 5 25 59 83 46 83 #97 Pass Off #44 2-2 1-0 106 9/30 88 61 47 4-1 5-0 1-1 2-0 128 127 11 10/7 Washington St 10-38 L 6 19 50 27 38 61 #25 Total Off #64 2-2 1-4 1-0 0-3 106 102 10/6 at BYU 24-7 W 88 62 54 119 61 91 4-2 4-2 1-2 3-1 123 132 23 10/14 at Stanford 7-49 L 8 17 43 5 32 6 #18 Off #38 3-2 6-0 1-0 2-0 111 122 19 10/14 at San Diego St 31-14 W 94 59 14 85 53 34 4-3 3-3 1-3 1-2 119 116 10/21 at UCLA 14-31 L 14 20 68 15 58 86 #45 Sks Allowed #80 4-2 4-2 2-0 2-0 116 109 10/21 Wyoming 24-14 W 93 48 7 122 88 72 4-4 4-3 1-4 1-3 115 120 10/28 Utah 41-20 W 19 22 76 50 29 13 #26 Rush Def #20 5-2 4-4 3-0 2-2 119 111 10/28 at Utah St 41-14 W 94 51 7 101 94 3 5-4 7-1 2-4 4-1 120 136 12 11/4 at Washington 3-38 L 16 20 84 28 4 37 #76 Pass Def #44 6-2 1-7 4-0 1-3 123 104 11/4 Nevada 41-14 W 83 44 6 88 119 111 5-5 2-5 117 11/11 20 25 98 #41 Total Def #23 7-2 6-4 5-0 4-2 124 112 11/11 at Colorado St 59-52 W 75 52 5 31 105 46 5-5 7-3 2-5 5-2 117 126 11/18 Arizona 48-28 W 19 25 103 6 67 75 #77 Def #35 8-2 4-6 6-0 3-3 124 106 11/18 Air Force 44-19 W 59 60 1 63 124 68 6-5 1-10 3-5 0-8 122 104 11/25 Oregon St 69-10 W 18 21 93 95 110 98 #23 Sks By #31 9-2 8-3 7-0 6-1 124 113 25 11/25 at Fresno St 17-28 L 58 60 7 76 70 47 7-5 4-5 126 12/2 14 20 92 #23 Ypg Diff #38 9-3 8-3 7-1 6-1 120 113 25 12/2 Fresno St 17-14 W 58 61 10 76 70 47 7-5 10-3 4-5 8-1 126 120 12/16 Boise St 10 20 92 73 58 12 +1 Total TO's +12 10-3 8-1 120 25 12/9 73 58 12 7-5 4-5 126 25 12/16 Oregon 10 20 92 Net Comp Yds Net Comp Yds Yds FD TO's FD RA-RY YPC Att Pass Sks FD RA-RY YPC Att Pass Sks Yds FD TO's FD RA-RY YPC Att Pass Sks FD RA-RY YPC Att Pass Sks Southern Utah 77-21 338 12 0 37 52-348 6.7 23-27 355 1 25 38-99 2.6 25-48 266 5 Troy 24-13 142 8 1 19 44-147 3.3 19-32 210 4 11 29-76 2.6 17-34 139 4 Nebraska 42-35 205 3 2 22 44-201 4.6 25-33 365 0 19 29-109 3.8 19-41 252 2 at Washington St 44-47 -54-6 -1 19 44-164 3.7 19-28 237 4 25 27-22 0.8 49-67 433 5 at Wyoming 49-13 375 22-1 32 65-307 4.7 18-30 251 2 10 32-117 3.7 10-25 66 2 New Mexico 28-14 -13-6 2 12 32-127 4.0 15-19 137 1 18 51-198 3.9 8-16 79 1 at Arizona St 35-37 -88-3 0 20 30-120 4.0 19-35 281 2 23 53-142 2.7 24-39 347 4 Virginia 23-42 -57 1-1 22 24-30 1.3 28-53 353 4 21 40-167 4.2 19-29 273 1 California 45-24 196 7 1 24 56-328 5.9 17-22 131 0 17 29-8 0.3 23-43 255 7 Washington St 10-33 -92-7 -1 13 45-132 2.9 15-27 145 4 20 25-87 3.5 24-42 282 4 at BYU 24-7 62 7 1 19 47-158 3.4 13-20 142 0 12 23-66 2.9 20-37 172 1 at Stanford 7-49 -195-13 -1 12 43-276 6.4 5-13 33 2 25 41-248 6.0 21-28 256 0 at San Diego St 31-14 -12-1 1 15 34-186 5.5 14-23 125 0 16 39-83 2.1 12-27 240 5 at UCLA 14-31 -88 2-2 24 62-246 4.0 8-15 74 4 22 37-142 3.8 21-36 266 2 Wyoming 24-14 101 6 2 21 43-166 3.9 18-24 177 3 15 34-111 3.3 12-27 131 4 Utah 41-20 32-1 0 19 49-347 7.1 10-13 69 2 20 30-91 3.0 25-43 293 4 at Utah St 41-14 254 14 0 27 45-163 3.6 24-34 370 3 13 27-93 3.4 18-34 186 0 at Washington 3-38 -173-3 -1 16 55-247 4.5 7-13 31 2 19 39-247 6.3 11-19 204 0 Nevada 41-14 177 7 3 24 35-140 4.0 25-34 339 0 17 29-142 4.9 24-37 160 1 at Colorado St 59-52 71 0 0 33 39-310 7.9 23-45 331 2 33 52-261 5.0 29-43 309 2 Arizona 48-28 258-3 1 24 50-353 7.1 14-21 235 1 27 45-171 3.8 18-35 159 2 Air Force 44-19 132 1 3 19 29-90 3.1 18-26 338 0 18 51-181 3.5 7-13 115 4 Oregon St 69-10 366 13 3 28 49-311 6.3 16-26 266 1 15 36-98 2.7 12-23 113 0 at Fresno St 17-28 -30 1 0 19 31-107 3.5 25-36 294 2 18 30-99 3.3 23-36 332 0 Fresno St 17-28 -30 1 0 19 31-107 3.5 25-36 294 2 18 30-99 3.3 23-36 332 0 Boise St Oregon Average 37-28 94.5 2.4 0.1 23 50-268 5.4 64.4% 186 7.6% 20 36-130 3.6 55.2% 230 7.6% Average 32-22 63.7 2.5 0.9 21 37-146 3.9 63.5% 254 6.7% 18 36-126 3.5 58.5% 211 6.9% Conference 30-30 24.0-0.9 0.0 20 49-262 5.4 60.0% 141 9.7% 21 37-137 3.7 58.1% 242 7.5% Conference 34-20 81.7 2.4 1.3 21 36-155 4.3 65.6% 263 5.5% 19 39-145 3.8 55.8% 192 7.1% Away 22-34 -33.8 1.0-1.0 21 51-239 4.7 53.8% 134 11.3% 20 40-179 4.4 59.2% 228 5.4% Home 31-19 80.3 2.8 1.7 20 35-117 3.4 65.4% 259 6.4% 17 39-146 3.7 55.8% 150 9.6% By Game Yardage Leaders Passing Position by Position Edges By Game Yardage Leaders Passing Southern Utah Justin Herbert 17-21-281-1-0 Royce Freeman 23-150-6.5-4 Charles Nelson 5-99-19.8-0 Oregon Boise St Troy Brett Rypien 13-23-160-0-1 Alex Mattison 13-82-6.3-1 Cedrick Wilson 4-65-16.3-0 Nebraska Justin Herbert 25-33-365-3-1 Royce Freeman 29-153-5.3-2 Charles Nelson 8-117-14.6-1 Oregon QB/WR at Washington St Montell Cozart 12-20-161-2-1 Montell Cozart 14-72-5.1-1 Cedrick Wilson 9-147-16.3-2 at Wyoming Justin Herbert 18-29-251-1-1 Royce Freeman 30-157-5.2-3 Dillon Mitchell 6-65-10.8-0 1.47 New Mexico Montell Cozart 15-19-137-2-0 Montell Cozart 9-71-7.9-1 Cedrick Wilson 3-64-21.3-0 at Arizona St Justin Herbert 19-35-281-3-0 Royce Freeman 15-81-5.4-1 Jacob Breeland 4-95-23.8-0 Boise St DB's Virginia Brett Rypien 24-42-285-0-1 Robert Mahone 3-21-7.0-0 Cedrick Wilson 13-209-16.1-1 California Justin Herbert 7-8-86-1-0 Kani Benoit 18-138-7.7-2 Brenden Schooler 1-37-37.0-1 Oregon RB's Washington St Braxton Burmeister 15-27-145-1-2 Royce Freeman 12-62-5.2-0 Brenden Schooler 5-61-12.2-0 2.52 at BYU Brett Rypien 12-19-125-1-1 Alex Mattison 29-118-4.1-2 Cedrick Wilson 3-43-14.3-0 at Stanford Braxton Burmeister 3-8-23-0-2 Royce Freeman 18-143-7.9-0 Brenden Schooler 2-15-7.5-0 Boise St LB's at San Diego St Brett Rypien 11-19-72-1-0 Alex Mattison 23-128-5.6-1 Cedrick Wilson 2-60-30.0-0 at UCLA Braxton Burmeister 8-15-74-0-1 Royce Freeman 29-160-5.5-0 Charles Nelson 4-40-10.0-0 Oregon OL Wyoming Brett Rypien 12-17-104-0-0 Alex Mattison 17-91-5.4-0 Cedrick Wilson 5-66-13.2-1 Utah Braxton Burmeister 9-12-47-1-0 Royce Freeman 20-139-7.0-0 Jacob Breeland 1-22-22.0-1 0.86 at Utah St Brett Rypien 19-27-260-3-0 Alex Mattison 19-110-5.8-0 Cedrick Wilson 6-94-15.7-1 at Washington Braxton Burmeister 7-13-31-0-1 Royce Freeman 24-122-5.1-0 Charles Nelson 4-18-4.5-0 Boise St DL Nevada Brett Rypien 20-27-258-2-0 Alex Mattison 12-64-5.3-2 Cedrick Wilson 5-80-16.0-1 Oregon DL at Colorado St Brett Rypien 23-43-331-4-1 Alex Mattison 23-242-10.5-3 Cedrick Wilson 3-73-24.3-0 Arizona Justin Herbert 14-21-235-1-1 Royce Freeman 19-135-7.1-4 Charles Nelson 4-74-18.5-0 1.02 Air Force Brett Rypien 16-22-300-3-0 Alex Mattison 17-42-2.5-0 AJ Richardson 3-123-41.0-1 Oregon St Justin Herbert 13-23-251-3-0 Royce Freeman 19-122-6.4-2 Dillon Mitchell 6-119-19.8-2 Boise St OL at Fresno St Brett Rypien 22-31-278-0-0 Alex Mattison 15-63-4.2-1 Cedrick Wilson 7-134-19.1-0 Oregon LB'S Fresno St Brett Rypien 16-30-246-0-0 Ryan Wolpin 11-50-4.5-1 Cedrick Wilson 8-148-18.5-0 Boise St 1.95 Boise St RB's Oregon Justin Herbert 113-170-1750-13-3 Royce Freeman 244-1475-6.0-16 Charles Nelson 30-392-13.1-1 Oregon DB's Brett Rypien 195-308-2495-14-4 Alex Mattison 209-1074-5.1-12 Cedrick Wilson 73-1290-17.7-6 Oregon Leaders Braxton Burmeister 44-77-330-2-6 Kani Benoit 80-573-7.2-10 Dillon Mitchell 33-374-11.3-4 0.02 Boise St Leaders Montell Cozart 61-95-767-10-1 Ryan Wolpin 99-377-3.8-4 AJ Richardson 33-494-15.0-2 Taylor Alie 19-27-134-0-1 Tony Brooks-James 86-485-5.6-2 Jacob Breeland 17-311-18.3-5 Boise St QB/WR Cedrick Wilson 2-2-46-0-0 Montell Cozart 86-361-4.2-4 Jake Roh 39-410-10.5-9 Last Five Years Meetings (Last 17 years at PhilSteele.com) Oregon ST's Category Team & Margin Phil's Forecast: Projected Box 2.27 Las Vegas Line BSt got off to a slow start this year. Their OFF avg just 337 ypg the F/7 games. Over None Boise St ST's Oregon By 7 Projected the L/6 games, BSt improved to 474 ypg overall and won the MWC. Top RB Alex Oregon K 236 yards Oregon Boise St 111 yards Las Vegas Total 0.23 61 Points Mattison inj d his ankle and is questionable. BSt s top WR is the dangerous Cedrick Projected Passing Boise St K Wilson and that is the only position that they have an on OFF or D. BSt does +/- Ratings 198 yards Oregon Boise St 239 yards Oregon Coaches Oregon By 5.0 have a veteran HC in Bryan Harsin, who is 2-1 in bowls. Oregon HC Willie Taggart left Projected Yardage Total 0.25 for FSU, but the new HC was already on staff in Mario Cristobal. He is 1-1 in bowls. Game Grade 434 yards Oregon Boise St 350 yards Oregon By 5.0 While BSt has the statistically on D, the Ducks took on much more potent OFF s. Boise St Coaches Projected Final Oregon Pts Computer Yards I give Oregon a small on the DL with good sized s at LB and DB. The 34 points Oregon Boise St 27 points 7.82 2.77 Oregon 434-350 biggest wild card is QB Justin Herbert, who started the F/5 games, but was inj d and Experience Rankings Boise St Pts Computer Points 21 Oregon Boise St 119 missed 5. Without Herbert, Oregon avg just 15 ppg, but in his 7 games they avg an POSITIONAL EDGE AWARDED TO: Oregon 34-27 63 Team Schedule Strength amazing 52.1 ppg! I like Oregon to win the game. Oregon Phil Steele Oregon Boise St 77 Oregon by 7 By 5.05 Points Oregon 34 Boise St 27 Return to Table of Contents Oregon Ducks LEADERS & TEAM AVERAGES Boise St Broncos Boise St Broncos

BOISE STATE (10-3) ATS: 7-6 O/U: 5-8 LAS VEGAS BOWL Saturday, December 16, 2017 3:30 pm ABC Sam Boyd Stadium Las Vegas, NV COMPUTER PROJECTIONS BOISE OREG 109 rush yd 250 244 pass yd 191 26 pts +35 +12 ytd to +1 #68 sked #58 CHECKLIST BOISE OREG QB 4 RB 44 1/2 1/2 WR OL 44 DL 1/2 LB 41/2 DB 41/2 41/2 CCH SITE MTCH 444 41/2 INT 44 ST SKED 4 OVERALL OREGON BY 7 4 s OREGON (7-5) ATS: 6-6 O/U: 8-4

Marshall Thundering Herd CONF 7-5 Thundering Herd Logs CUSA MTW Rams Logs 4-4 5-3 TM TEAM --PS RANK-- REC TM +/- TM TEAM --PS RANK-- CONF OFF DEF ST OFF TM +/- +/- +/- REC CONF NCAA RANKINGS CONF TM DATE SCORE W/L OFF DEF ST OFF DEF ST TM DATE SCORE W/L DEF ST 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 99 116 9/2 Miami, OH 31-26 W 86 44 55 97 79 92 2017 TEAM RANKINGS 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 119 120 8/26 Oregon St 58-27 W 42 95 47 59 64 104 1-0 0-1 0-0 0-0 104 122 9/9 at NC State 20-37 L 93 43 55 29 19 36 Marshall Colorado St 1-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 123 118 9/1 Colorado 3-17 L 52 96 47 32 71 94 1-1 1-1 0-0 0-0 104 101 9/16 Kent St 21-0 W 92 46 12 129 122 46 1-1 0-0 120 9/9 Abilene Christian 38-10 W 53 96 62 2-1 0-0 106 9/23 91 47 22 #104 Rush Off #29 2-1 2-0 0-0 0-0 119 142 1 9/16 at Alabama 23-41 L 61 93 29 4 1 28 2-1 2-2 0-0 0-1 106 111 9/30 at Cincinnati 38-21 W 95 54 17 111 89 91 #57 Pass Off #24 2-2 0-0 119 9/23 60 93 36 3-1 0-5 0-0 0-1 110 89 10/7 at Charlotte 14-3 W 93 51 38 114 121 114 #94 Total Off #10 2-2 2-2 0-0 0-1 121 98 9/30 at Hawaii 51-21 W 44 94 39 57 119 130 4-1 2-3 1-0 0-1 109 96 10/14 Old Dominion 35-3 W 86 44 32 126 99 89 #81 Off #29 3-2 3-2 1-0 1-0 122 111 10/7 at Utah St 27-14 W 38 87 59 104 104 29 5-1 3-4 2-0 1-2 112 102 10/20 at Middle Tennessee 38-10 W 77 34 40 104 77 55 #2 Sks Allowed #2 4-2 1-5 2-0 1-1 118 100 10/14 Nevada 44-42 W 31 86 45 107 106 109 6-1 4-2 3-0 2-1 116 101 10/28 FIU 30-41 L 74 28 29 96 111 62 #19 Rush Def #86 5-2 3-3 3-0 1-2 117 107 10/20 at New Mexico 27-24 W 31 91 52 76 99 53 6-2 5-3 3-1 4-0 111 116 11/3 at Florida Atlantic 25-30 L 66 38 30 43 85 17 #47 Pass Def #96 6-2 3-4 4-0 2-2 112 108 10/28 Air Force 28-45 L 30 99 47 53 125 40 6-3 5-4 3-2 3-2 111 105 11/11 WKU 30-23 W 67 36 34 112 100 76 #25 Total Def #91 6-3 5-3 4-1 3-1 112 113 11/4 at Wyoming 13-16 L 33 102 46 124 69 64 7-3 5-4 4-2 2-4 111 105 11/18 at UTSA 7-9 L 72 37 19 85 49 30 #17 Def #73 6-4 7-2 4-2 5-0 112 124 11/11 Boise St 52-59 L 31 105 46 75 52 5 7-4 7-4 4-3 5-2 109 104 11/25 Southern Miss 27-28 L 77 35 15 45 67 62 #48 Sks By #61 6-5 1-10 4-3 0-6 111 80 11/18 San Jose St 42-14 W 26 97 54 121 128 45 7-5 4-4 107 12/2 77 38 17 #54 Ypg Diff #33 7-5 5-3 111 11/25 27 100 53 7-5 7-5 4-4 5-3 107 111 12/16 Colorado St 87 37 17 24 101 53-6 Total TO's 0 7-5 7-5 5-3 4-4 111 107 12/16 Marshall 24 101 53 87 37 17 Net Comp Yds Net Comp Yds Yds FD TO's FD RA-RY YPC Att Pass Sks FD RA-RY YPC Att Pass Sks Yds FD TO's FD RA-RY YPC Att Pass Sks FD RA-RY YPC Att Pass Sks Miami, OH 31-26 -162-10 0 15 25-59 2.4 20-30 208 1 25 42-131 3.1 23-44 298 2 Oregon St 58-27 69 8 3 31 43-191 4.4 26-39 334 0 23 29-152 5.2 27-47 304 1 at NC State 20-37 -34-5 -2 18 25-101 4.0 26-43 350 1 23 33-144 4.4 29-36 341 2 Colorado 3-17 52 4-1 23 33-88 2.7 24-47 309 2 19 38-143 3.8 21-29 202 5 Kent St 21-0 122 9 0 23 33-158 4.8 23-43 223 0 14 44-142 3.2 7-17 117 7 Abilene Christian 38-10 272 12 0 30 38-268 7.1 25-40 337 0 18 26-62 2.4 26-45 271 1 at Alabama 23-41 -96-1 -2 22 40-144 3.6 21-38 247 0 23 39-239 6.1 13-21 248 0 at Cincinnati 38-21 17 1 2 22 44-133 3.0 21-34 233 0 21 26-138 5.3 22-45 211 0 at Charlotte 14-3 192 14-1 23 42-212 5.0 19-28 192 0 9 26-80 3.1 10-26 132 2 at Hawaii 51-21 98 4 1 25 37-259 7.0 18-22 351 0 21 21-150 7.1 31-47 362 1 Old Dominion 35-3 174 5 2 18 40-195 4.9 12-23 176 1 13 36-81 2.3 14-27 116 3 at Utah St 27-14 297 15 0 29 52-216 4.2 22-31 293 0 14 29-63 2.2 18-34 149 7 at Middle Tennessee 38-10 93 6 2 21 45-198 4.4 16-24 168 0 15 31-53 1.7 14-33 220 6 Nevada 44-42 44 0-1 23 34-224 6.6 26-37 384 0 23 31-56 1.8 25-42 508 1 FIU 30-41 104 8-3 29 29-142 4.9 33-52 363 0 21 48-224 4.7 14-18 177 1 at New Mexico 27-24 -39 2 1 23 35-180 5.1 17-33 231 1 21 48-318 6.6 7-19 132 2 at Florida Atlantic 25-30 28 4-4 21 41-128 3.1 20-39 253 1 17 45-189 4.2 12-18 164 0 Air Force 28-45 -42-8 -2 22 23-166 7.2 17-31 269 1 30 74-413 5.6 2-4 64 0 WKU 30-23 -34 1 1 22 49-144 2.9 17-28 190 2 21 19-34 1.8 28-42 334 3 at Wyoming 13-16 51 0 1 18 55-235 4.3 8-14 110 2 18 34-156 4.6 10-20 138 1 at UTSA 7-9 -126-11 -1 12 23-40 1.7 16-23 189 1 23 39-88 2.3 26-39 267 1 Boise St 52-59 -71 0 0 33 52-261 5.0 29-43 309 2 33 39-310 7.9 23-45 331 2 Southern Miss 27-28 11 1-2 23 26-74 2.8 26-44 308 1 22 45-201 4.5 16-35 170 0 San Jose St 42-14 267 10 0 26 45-301 6.7 26-32 305 0 16 33-131 4.0 17-33 208 3 Colorado St Marshall Average 26-19 32.1 1.9-0.5 21 35-132 3.8 60.6% 238 1.9% 19 36-125 3.5 56.6% 212 7.1% Average 34-28 75.2 3.8 0.0 25 41-211 5.2 63.6% 290 2.0% 22 37-183 5.0 57.0% 243 6.2% Conference 26-18 55.3 3.5-0.8 21 37-142 3.8 60.9% 230 2.3% 18 36-119 3.3 56.3% 198 6.7% Conference 36-29 75.6 2.9 0.0 25 42-230 5.5 67.1% 282 2.5% 22 39-200 5.2 54.5% 237 7.0% Away 24-18 28.3 1.5-0.7 20 37-135 3.7 61.8% 231 1.6% 18 33-115 3.5 57.4% 223 5.6% Home 44-33 89.8 3.7 0.0 28 39-235 6.0 67.1% 323 1.4% 24 39-187 4.8 55.6% 281 3.7% By Game Yardage Leaders Passing Position by Position Edges By Game Yardage Leaders Passing Miami, OH Chase Litton 20-30-208-1-1 Trey Rodriguez 18-54-3.0-0 Willie Johnson 7-88-12.6-0 Marshall Colorado St Oregon St Nick Stevens 26-39-334-3-1 Dalyn Dawkins 15-67-4.5-1 Michael Gallup 11-134-12.2-0 at NC State Chase Litton 26-43-350-2-1 Keion Davis 8-74-9.3-0 Tyre Brady 11-248-22.5-1 Colorado Nick Stevens 24-47-309-0-2 Dalyn Dawkins 14-43-3.1-0 Detrich Clark 5-72-14.4-0 Marshall QB/WR Kent St Chase Litton 23-43-223-1-1 Tyler King 14-101-7.2-1 Marcel Williams 8-79-9.9-1 1.82 Abilene Christian Nick Stevens 25-40-342-3-1 Izzy Matthews 12-94-7.8-0 Michael Gallup 10-108-10.8-1 at Alabama Nick Stevens 21-38-247-2-2 Dalyn Dawkins 10-59-5.9-0 Michael Gallup 4-70-17.5-0 Colorado St DB's at Cincinnati Chase Litton 21-34-233-4-0 Keion Davis 20-93-4.7-1 Ryan Yurachek 6-77-12.8-3 Marshall RB's at Charlotte Chase Litton 19-28-192-2-0 Keion Davis 23-122-5.3-0 Tyre Brady 6-88-14.7-2 0.49 at Hawaii Nick Stevens 18-22-351-4-0 Dalyn Dawkins 17-130-7.6-1 Michael Gallup 8-212-26.5-1 Old Dominion Chase Litton 12-23-176-3-0 Tyler King 13-77-5.9-1 Tyre Brady 5-76-15.2-2 Colorado St LB's at Utah St Nick Stevens 22-31-293-2-0 Dalyn Dawkins 21-121-5.8-0 Michael Gallup 7-88-12.6-0 at Middle Tennessee Chase Litton 16-24-168-0-0 Tyler King 23-129-5.6-2 Willie Johnson 3-55-18.3-0 Marshall OL Nevada Nick Stevens 26-37-384-4-0 Dalyn Dawkins 17-191-11.2-1 Michael Gallup 13-263-20.2-3 FIU Chase Litton 33-52-363-3-2 Keion Davis 11-85-7.7-0 Tyre Brady 9-101-11.2-1 0.64 at New Mexico Nick Stevens 17-33-231-2-0 Izzy Matthews 21-116-5.5-1 Olabisi Johnson 5-77-15.4-1 at Florida Atlantic Chase Litton 20-39-253-2-4 Tyler King 22-72-3.3-0 Marcel Williams 4-122-30.5-0 Colorado St DL Air Force Nick Stevens 17-31-269-2-3 Dalyn Dawkins 13-141-10.8-1 Michael Gallup 7-161-23.0-1 WKU Chase Litton 17-28-190-0-1 Tyler King 22-102-4.6-1 Willie Johnson 4-48-12.0-0 Marshall DL at Wyoming Nick Stevens 8-14-110-0-0 Dalyn Dawkins 29-154-5.3-0 Dalton Fackrell 2-61-30.5-0 at UTSA Chase Litton 16-23-189-1-1 Keion Davis 12-41-3.4-0 Obi Obialo 6-80-13.3-0 0.08 Boise St Nick Stevens 29-43-309-2-1 Dalyn Dawkins 32-161-5.0-2 Michael Gallup 11-102-9.3-1 Southern Miss Chase Litton 26-44-308-4-1 Tyler King 9-48-5.3-0 Hyleck Foster 5-87-17.4-0 Colorado St OL San Jose St Nick Stevens 26-32-305-3-0 Dalyn Dawkins 24-138-5.8-1 Cameron Butler 3-79-26.3-1 Marshall LB'S Colorado St 0.67 Marshall Colorado St RB's Chase Litton 249-411-2853-23-12 Tyler King 152-714-4.7-6 Tyre Brady 56-777-13.9-7 Marshall DB's Nick Stevens 259-407-3484-27-10 Dalyn Dawkins 216-1349-6.2-8 Michael Gallup 93-1339-14.4-7 Marshall Leaders Keion Davis 161-671-4.2-5 Marcel Williams 41-512-12.5-2 0.87 Colorado St Leaders Izzy Matthews 122-588-4.8-8 Olabisi Johnson 35-476-13.6-2 Anthony Anderson 30-123-4.1-0 Willie Johnson 36-443-12.3-4 Colorado St QB/WR Rashaad Boddie 44-254-5.8-4 Detrich Clark 37-456-12.3-4 Last Five Years Meetings (Last 17 years at PhilSteele.com) Marshall ST's Projected Box 2.87 Category Team & Margin Phil's Forecast: None Las Vegas Line Colorado St ST's Colorado St By 5.5 This game features a couple of teams that started out fast and both had solid Projected Marshall K Las Vegas Total 143 yards Marshall Colorado St 169 yards 1.66 58 Points hopes of winning their conferences, but they combined to finish 3-7 over the Projected Passing Colorado St K L/5 games of the season. CSt has the clear OFF at RB and Biletnikoff +/- Ratings 268 yards Marshall Colorado St 277 yards Colorado St By 6.0 finalist Michael Gallup at WR. Marshall has the clear on D. Marshall also Marshall Coaches Projected Yardage Total 0.80 Game Grade ranks #58 in my pass D rankings (Rams #90). CSt is used to altitude and 411 yards Marshall Colorado St 445 yards Colorado St Coaches Colorado St By 3.1 played in this stadium this year. The final 3 factors all favor the Herd. Marshall Projected Final Marshall Pts Computer Yards faced the tougher sked and is #16 in my ST ratings, while CSt is #55. Doc 27 points Marshall Colorado St 28 points 6.61 3.27 Colorado St 445-411 Experience Rankings Colorado St Pts Holiday is a perfect 4-0 in bowl games and Mike Bobo is 0-2. I will take the Computer Points 61 Marshall Colorado St 22 Colorado St 28-27 points in a possible upset. POSITIONAL EDGE AWARDED TO: 91 Team Schedule Strength Marshall Colorado St 97 Marshall Phil Steele By 3.34 Points Marshall by 1 Best Bet: Marshall 28 (+) Colorado St 27 Return to Table of Contents Marshall Thundering Herd LEADERS & TEAM AVERAGES 7-5 Colorado St Rams Colorado St Rams

MARSHALL (7-5) ATS: 8-4 O/U: 6-6 NEW MEXICO BOWL Saturday, December 16, 2017 4:30 pm ESPN Dreamstyle Stadium Albuquerque, NM COMPUTER PROJECTIONS MAR CSU 148 rush yd 181 257 pass yd 265 26 pts 26-6 ytd to 0 #99 sked #114 CHECKLIST MAR CSU QB 1/2 RB 44 WR 4 OL 4 44 DL 4 LB 41/2 DB 41/2 CCH SITE 44 MTCH INT 4 ST 4 SKED OVERALL MARSHALL BY 1 4 s COLORADO ST (7-5) ATS: 4-8 O/U: 6-6

Middle Tenn Blue Raiders Blue Raiders Logs 6-6 7-4 CUSA SUN Red Wolves Logs TM TEAM --PS RANK-- 4-4 6-2 TM TEAM --PS RANK-- TM +/- +/- TM +/- +/- REC CONF CONF TM DATE SCORE W/L OFF DEF ST OFF DEF ST NCAA RANKINGS REC CONF CONF TM DATE SCORE W/L OFF DEF ST OFF DEF ST 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 98 119 9/2 Vanderbilt 6-28 L 56 88 50 65 54 70 2017 TEAM RANKINGS 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 112 115 9/2 at Nebraska 36-43 L 101 49 63 55 33 42 0-1 1-0 0-0 0-0 98 114 9/9 at Syracuse 30-23 W 92 90 50 67 58 68 0-1 0-0 112 9/9 84 55 63 Middle Tenn Arkansas St 1-1 2-0 0-0 0-0 103 124 9/16 at Minnesota 3-34 L 101 78 41 82 38 10 0-1 0-0 112 9/16 Ark Pine Bluff 48-3 W 75 64 96 1-2 0-3 0-0 0-0 102 96 9/23 Bowling Green 24-13 W 121 86 63 112 126 31 #92 Rush Off #76 1-1 2-1 0-0 0-0 111 113 9/23 at SMU 21-44 L 65 69 66 40 104 124 2-2 1-3 0-0 0-0 102 104 9/30 at Florida Atlantic 20-38 L 108 77 73 75 114 49 #45 Pass Off #6 1-2 0-0 108 9/30 61 73 68 2-3 3-1 0-1 2-0 100 99 10/7 FIU 37-17 W 108 78 73 103 111 80 #68 Total Off #11 1-2 0-3 0-0 0-0 108 92 10/4 at GA Southern 43-25 W 58 75 57 128 120 78 3-3 3-2 1-1 1-1 103 100 10/14 at UAB 23-25 L 102 77 72 110 93 127 #93 Off #15 2-2 1-0 109 92 10/14 Coastal Carolina 51-17 W 65 79 46 125 123 112 3-4 5-1 1-2 2-0 102 112 10/20 Marshall 10-38 L 104 77 55 77 34 40 #64 Sks Allowed #80 3-2 3-3 2-0 2-1 111 100 10/19 Louisiana 47-3 W 51 89 13 94 117 82 3-5 1-3 98 10/28 114 85 46 #34 Rush Def #35 4-2 3-4 3-0 1-2 115 104 10/28 at New Mexico St 37-21 W 39 75 16 40 96 130 3-5 0-8 1-3 0-4 98 91 11/4 UTEP 30-3 W 115 87 45 130 120 107 #46 Pass Def #92 5-2 4-0 116 11/4 42 55 21 4-5 1-8 2-3 1-4 101 91 11/11 at Charlotte 35-21 W 113 80 41 109 113 74 #30 Total Def #56 5-2 3-6 4-0 2-3 116 97 11/11 at South Alabama 19-24 L 40 51 22 122 89 47 5-5 5-5 3-3 3-3 102 105 11/17 at WKU 38-41 L 107 83 53 112 93 83 #45 Def #51 5-3 2-8 4-1 1-5 111 89 11/18 Texas St 30-12 W 55 44 9 119 114 122 5-6 5-6 3-4 3-4 103 98 11/25 Old Dominion 41-10 W 102 79 52 128 104 113 #55 Sks By #19 6-3 4-6 5-1 4-3 110 102 11/25 at ULM 67-50 W 57 40 9 67 122 43 6-6 4-4 107 12/2 89 81 45 #43 Ypg Diff #15 7-3 9-2 6-1 2-0 112 111 12/2 Troy 25-32 L 39 44 33 57 47 54 6-6 7-4 4-4 6-2 107 109 12/16 Arkansas St 81 82 44 37 40 43-12 Total TO's -1 7-4 6-2 109 12/9 37 40 43 6-6 4-4 107 12/16 Middle Tennessee 81 82 44 Net Comp Yds Net Comp Yds Yds FD TO's FD RA-RY YPC Att Pass Sks FD RA-RY YPC Att Pass Sks Yds FD TO's FD RA-RY YPC Att Pass Sks FD RA-RY YPC Att Pass Sks Vanderbilt 6-28 -152-1 -1 14 26-49 1.9 18-31 166 5 15 35-71 2.0 20-28 296 1 at Nebraska 36-43 34 7-2 32 21-82 3.9 46-68 415 1 25 38-225 5.9 19-32 238 1 at Syracuse 30-23 55-5 -1 20 33-94 2.8 22-36 269 1 25 49-126 2.6 27-44 182 6 at Minnesota 3-34 -113-7 -2 11 15-46 3.1 25-42 184 1 18 47-221 4.7 11-18 122 1 Ark Pine Bluff 48-3 213 14 5 26 37-137 3.7 26-34 356 3 12 39-56 1.4 15-26 224 4 Bowling Green 24-13 249 13-3 27 43-243 5.7 24-32 290 1 14 29-1 0.0 21-35 283 3 at SMU 21-44 -150-11 -2 20 29-143 4.9 23-43 284 3 31 54-311 5.8 16-32 266 2 at Florida Atlantic 20-38 15-6 -3 23 24-69 2.9 32-52 385 2 29 50-252 5.0 22-29 187 0 FIU 37-17 120 4 2 25 34-176 5.2 25-31 250 0 21 36-85 2.4 22-34 221 4 at GA Southern 43-25 -112-5 -1 19 35-65 1.9 12-26 316 2 24 63-333 5.3 10-18 160 4 at UAB 23-25 -40 5-1 26 32-131 4.1 24-44 263 2 21 44-260 5.9 16-31 174 0 Coastal Carolina 51-17 47 3 1 27 37-189 5.1 24-37 286 1 24 38-197 5.2 13-29 231 3 Marshall 10-38 -93-6 -2 15 31-53 1.7 14-33 220 6 21 45-198 4.4 16-24 168 0 Louisiana 47-3 301 13 1 30 43-262 6.1 24-40 309 1 17 41-91 2.2 15-36 179 5 at New Mexico St 37-21 161 14 0 27 40-120 3.0 25-40 297 5 13 32-35 1.1 20-40 221 7 UTEP 30-3 263 12-1 18 36-210 5.8 13-30 190 1 6 32-89 2.8 10-23 48 3 at Charlotte 35-21 101 5 1 21 41-202 4.9 18-31 255 2 16 32-98 3.1 18-30 258 2 at South Alabama 19-24 25 5-5 23 33-66 2.0 28-45 299 4 18 32--3-0.1 25-46 343 3 at WKU 38-41 -107 2 1 27 33-137 4.2 27-46 294 1 25 33-53 1.6 39-54 485 5 Texas St 30-12 281 14 1 25 61-240 3.9 20-33 229 1 11 30-85 2.8 8-25 103 2 Old Dominion 41-10 281 16-2 30 50-320 6.4 21-30 266 2 14 33-185 5.6 15-27 120 1 at ULM 67-50 191 4 3 31 44-261 5.9 26-38 520 2 27 39-136 3.5 21-37 454 2 Troy 25-32 313 18-2 32 44-169 3.8 31-50 437 4 14 25-47 1.9 23-41 246 1 Arkansas St Middle Tennessee Average 25-24 48.2 2.7-1.0 21 33-144 4.3 60.0% 253 5.5% 19 39-137 3.5 62.9% 212 6.9% Average 39-25 118.5 6.9-0.1 27 39-158 4.1 62.8% 341 5.9% 20 39-138 3.5 51.1% 242 9.4% Conference 29-24 67.5 4.0-0.6 23 35-162 4.6 58.6% 265 5.4% 19 38-153 4.0 62.7% 208 6.0% Conference 40-23 150.9 8.3-0.3 27 42-172 4.1 61.5% 337 6.5% 19 38-115 3.1 49.6% 242 9.9% Away 25-30 -14.8-1.0-0.8 21 30-113 3.8 59.0% 275 3.6% 22 43-168 4.0 64.6% 235 6.8% Home 35-13 231.0 12.4 1.2 28 44-199 4.5 64.4% 323 5.2% 16 35-95 2.8 47.1% 197 9.6% By Game Yardage Leaders Passing Passing Position by Position Edges By Game Yardage Leaders Vanderbilt Brent Stockstill 18-31-166-1-1 Maurice Gordon 7-26-3.7-0 Richie James 10-112-11.2-1 Middle Tenn Arkansas St at Nebraska Justice Hansen 46-68-415-3-2 Warren Wand 12-69-5.8-0 Kendrick Edwards 8-100-12.5-1 at Syracuse Brent Stockstill 22-36-269-3-1 Ty Lee 18-50-2.8-1 Richie James 8-96-12.0-1 Middle Tenn QB/WR at Minnesota John Urzua 19-34-135-0-2 Richie James 2-25-12.5-0 Patrick Smith 6-46-7.7-0 0.46 Ark Pine Bluff Justice Hansen 24-31-336-5-0 Warren Wand 9-62-6.9-1 Justin McInnis 2-84-42.0-1 Bowling Green John Urzua 24-32-290-2-1 Jocquez Bruce 16-115-7.2-1 Brad Anderson 6-98-16.3-1 at SMU Justice Hansen 16-26-234-2-0 Warren Wand 13-75-5.8-1 Blake Mack 5-102-20.4-1 Arkansas St DB's at Florida Atlantic John Urzua 31-51-359-2-3 Brad Anderson 13-44-3.4-0 Ty Lee 8-136-17.0-1 Middle Tenn RB's FIU John Urzua 25-31-250-1-0 Brad Anderson 11-112-10.2-0 Ty Lee 7-67-9.6-0 0.06 at GA Southern Justice Hansen 12-26-316-4-4 Warren Wand 11-61-5.5-2 Chris Murray 5-188-37.6-2 at UAB John Urzua 23-42-268-1-2 Brad Anderson 15-81-5.4-0 Brad Anderson 9-137-15.2-1 Coastal Carolina Justice Hansen 24-37-286-5-0 Justice Hansen 9-68-7.6-0 Justin McInnis 4-63-15.8-0 Arkansas St LB's Marshall John Urzua 14-30-220-1-1 Brad Anderson 13-51-3.9-0 Ty Lee 4-95-23.8-0 Middle Tenn OL Louisiana Justice Hansen 23-37-275-2-0 Justice Hansen 13-121-9.3-1 Blake Mack 5-65-13.0-0 1.37 at New Mexico St Justice Hansen 25-40-297-4-1 Jamal Jones 7-38-5.4-0 Justin McInnis 7-68-9.7-0 UTEP Brent Stockstill 13-30-190-3-1 Tavares Thomas 9-68-7.6-1 Ty Lee 6-80-13.3-1 Arkansas St DL at Charlotte Brent Stockstill 18-31-255-3-0 Tavares Thomas 29-195-6.7-2 Ty Lee 6-121-20.2-1 Middle Tenn DL at South Alabama Justice Hansen 27-44-285-2-4 Justice Hansen 18-37-2.1-0 Blake Mack 5-94-18.8-0 at WKU Brent Stockstill 27-46-294-1-0 Tavares Thomas 18-92-5.1-2 Ty Lee 11-114-10.4-0 0.03 Texas St Justice Hansen 20-33-229-1-0 Warren Wand 29-145-5.0-1 Omar Bayless 3-45-15.0-0 Old Dominion Brent Stockstill 21-30-266-3-2 Terelle West 26-170-6.5-2 Ty Lee 8-70-8.8-0 Arkansas St OL at ULM Justice Hansen 26-38-520-4-1 Warren Wand 21-173-8.2-1 Justin McInnis 9-211-23.4-0 Troy Justice Hansen 31-50-437-2-3 Johnston White 9-65-7.2-0 Blake Mack 6-104-17.3-0 Middle Tenn LB'S Arkansas St 0.10 Middle Tennessee Arkansas St RB's John Urzua 136-220-1522-7-9 Brad Anderson 89-491-5.5-0 Ty Lee 74-916-12.4-5 Justice Hansen 274-430-3630-34-15 Warren Wand 124-667-5.4-6 Justin McInnis 42-693-16.5-3 Middle Tenn DB's Middle Tenn Leaders Brent Stockstill 119-204-1440-14-5 Tavares Thomas 77-458-5.9-8 Brad Anderson 33-338-10.2-3 2.77 Arkansas St Leaders Logan Bonner 9-21-70-1-1 Johnston White 85-407-4.8-3 Chris Murray 45-645-14.3-9 Kyle Banks 6-11-49-0-0 Terelle West 47-243-5.2-3 Patrick Smith 29-329-11.3-2 Arkansas St QB/WR Chauncey Mason 1-1-34-0-0 Justice Hansen 115-380-3.3-6 Blake Mack 46-609-13.2-7 Last Five Years Meetings (Last 17 years at PhilSteele.com) Middle Tenn ST's Projected Box Rank Line FD Rush Comp-Att-Yds TO's 1.47 Category Team & Margin Phil's Forecast: 2012 Las Vegas Line Middle Tenn - 63 0 12 29-89 15-26-114 Arkansas St ST's Arkansas St By 3.5 Arkansas St - -12 45 26 47-274 19-21-238 2 Projected Middle Tenn K ASt might have been the best team in the SBC, but did not share the title. MT Las Vegas Total 113 yards Middle Tenn Arkansas St 127 yards 1.47 63.5 Points came into the season in great shape with its pass game, but QB Brent Stockstill Projected Passing Arkansas St K +/- Ratings was inj d after 2 games, missed 6, and his top WR Richie James was lost for the 278 yards Middle Tenn Arkansas St 317 yards Arkansas St By 2.0 Middle Tenn Coaches Projected Yardage Total 0.30 year after 8 games. With Stockstill in the lineup, MT avg 30 ppg, but without Game Grade 390 yards Middle Tenn Arkansas St 444 yards Arkansas St By 3.7 him avg just 19.5 ppg. ASt has a legitimate DL led by Javon Rolland-Jones and Arkansas St Coaches Projected Final Middle Tenn Pts Bama transfer Dee Liner. I give MT the at LB, but ASt has the DB Computer Yards 24 points Middle Tenn Arkansas St 31 points 2.09 5.94 Arkansas St 444-390 with a #31 ranking in my pass D rankings (Blue Raiders #94). I like ASt to win Experience Rankings Arkansas St Pts Computer Points the game. 69 Middle Tenn Arkansas St 97 Arkansas St 34-30 POSITIONAL EDGE AWARDED TO: 115 Team Schedule Strength Middle Tenn Arkansas St 130 Arkansas St Phil Steele By 3.85 Points Arkansas St by 7 Arkansas St 37 Middle Tennessee 30 Return to Table of Contents Middle Tenn Blue Raiders LEADERS & TEAM AVERAGES Arkansas St Red Wolves Arkansas St Red Wolves

MIDDLE TENN (6-6) ATS: 6-6 O/U: 4-8 CAMELLIA BOWL Saturday, December 16, 2017 8:00 pm ESPN Crampton Bowl Montgomery, AL COMPUTER PROJECTIONS MTSU A-ST 111 rush yd 161 292 pass yd 326 28 pts 31-12 ytd to -1 #122 sked #130 CHECKLIST MTSU A-ST QB 1/2 RB 1/2 WR 4 OL DL 4 1/2 4 LB DB 4 1/2 CCH SITE MTCH 4 4 INT ST SKED OVERALL ARKANSAS ST BY 4 4 s ARKANSAS ST (7-4) ATS: 6-5 O/U: 4-7

Akron Zips 7-6 10-3 Zips Logs MAC CUSA Owls Logs TM TEAM --PS RANK-- 6-3 9-0 TM TEAM --PS RANK-- TM +/- +/- TM +/- +/- REC CONF CONF TM DATE SCORE W/L OFF DEF ST OFF DEF ST NCAA RANKINGS REC CONF CONF TM DATE SCORE W/L OFF DEF ST OFF DEF ST 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 101 137 6 9/2 at Penn St 0-52 L 89 83 94 4 18 8 2017 TEAM RANKINGS 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 97 117 9/1 Navy 19-42 L 64 113 93 84 101 41 0-1 0-0 99 9/9 Ark Pine Bluff 52-3 W 117 97 94 0-1 1-0 0-0 0-0 96 139 9 9/9 at Wisconsin 14-31 L 76 119 93 41 11 38 Akron FAU 1-1 1-1 0-0 0-0 99 118 9/16 Iowa St 14-41 L 115 97 117 50 82 47 0-2 0-0 100 9/16 Bethune-Cookman 45-0 W 91 120 101 1-2 2-1 0-0 1-0 97 105 9/23 at Troy 17-22 L 113 98 114 82 56 97 #119 Rush Off #6 1-2 1-2 0-0 0-0 104 106 9/23 at Buffalo 31-34 L 78 113 55 108 109 128 1-3 0-4 0-0 0-0 98 96 9/30 at Bowling Green 34-23 W 107 102 121 113 126 28 #74 Pass Off #81 1-3 2-2 0-0 0-0 104 102 9/30 Middle Tennessee 38-20 W 75 114 49 108 77 73 2-3 2-3 1-0 0-1 101 99 10/7 Ball St 31-3 W 118 99 127 105 113 94 #118 Total Off #14 2-3 2-2 1-0 0-0 106 100 10/7 at Old Dominion 58-28 W 63 108 58 124 87 100 3-3 4-2 2-0 2-0 105 117 10/14 at Western Michigan 14-13 W 114 90 123 82 78 7 #103 Off #9 3-3 2-0 110 10/14 64 105 35 4-3 5-1 3-0 2-0 109 117 10/21 at Toledo 21-48 L 119 79 122 53 82 36 #109 Sks Allowed #14 3-3 4-2 2-0 3-0 110 107 10/21 North Texas 69-31 W 56 95 38 54 80 27 4-4 3-5 3-1 1-3 106 105 10/28 Buffalo 21-20 W 118 87 126 109 112 103 #100 Rush Def #66 4-3 5-2 3-0 3-1 114 108 10/28 at WKU 42-28 W 43 89 30 107 92 25 5-4 3-6 4-1 2-3 106 105 11/7 at Miami, OH 14-24 L 119 90 123 100 91 86 #83 Pass Def #94 5-3 6-2 4-0 3-1 116 111 11/3 Marshall 30-25 W 43 85 17 66 38 30 5-5 8-2 4-2 5-1 106 114 11/14 Ohio 37-34 W 116 90 126 45 61 11 #99 Total Def #78 6-3 4-5 5-0 2-3 116 105 11/11 at Louisiana Tech 48-23 W 47 79 18 81 86 73 6-5 2-9 5-2 1-6 105 89 11/21 Kent St 24-14 W 120 91 128 129 109 122 #60 Def #44 7-3 6-3 6-0 4-2 119 102 11/18 FIU 52-24 W 43 80 20 81 112 78 7-5 6-2 109 11/25 119 90 129 #92 Sks By #21 8-3 1-10 7-0 1-6 120 86 11/25 at Charlotte 31-12 W 39 72 18 115 120 72 7-5 5-1 6-2 2-0 107 117 12/2 Toledo 28-45 L 119 83 126 53 82 36 #117 Ypg Diff #29 9-3 4-2 8-0 3-0 118 107 12/2 North Texas 41-17 W 35 69 24 54 80 27 7-6 6-3 107 12/9 119 85 129 +10 Total TO's +13 10-3 9-0 120 12/9 33 63 15 10-3 9-0 120 12/19 at Florida Atlantic 33 63 15 7-6 6-3 107 12/19 Akron 119 85 129 Net Comp Yds Net Comp Yds Return to Table of Contents Projected 89 yards Akron FAU 302 yards Projected Passing 237 yards Akron FAU 226 yards Projected Yardage Total 326 yards Akron FAU 528 yards Projected Final 20 points Akron FAU 38 points Experience Rankings 27 Akron FAU 1 Team Schedule Strength 83 Akron FAU 100 1.29 Akron Zips LEADERS & TEAM AVERAGES Akron K FAU K Akron Pts FAU Owls 11.58 Las Vegas Total +/- Ratings Game Grade Computer Yards 63.5 Points Fau By 15.0 FAU Owls Yds FD TO's FD RA-RY YPC Att Pass Sks FD RA-RY YPC Att Pass Sks Yds FD TO's FD RA-RY YPC Att Pass Sks FD RA-RY YPC Att Pass Sks at Penn St 0-52 -410-12 0 12 34-73 2.1 14-29 86 3 24 34-247 7.3 21-31 322 0 Navy 19-42 -200-7 0 16 24-40 1.7 21-33 286 2 23 68-416 6.1 3-10 110 0 Ark Pine Bluff 52-3 296 15 2 27 44-267 6.1 17-26 197 0 12 34-41 1.2 14-25 127 5 at Wisconsin 14-31 -316-20 2 9 35-106 3.0 9-19 142 5 29 54-357 6.6 17-30 207 0 Iowa St 14-41 -177-4 -3 19 24-38 1.6 27-44 293 5 23 37-191 5.2 24-33 317 0 Bethune-Cookman 45-0 502 25 0 32 58-439 7.6 19-32 180 2 7 33-61 1.8 9-22 56 4 at Troy 17-22 -126-1 -2 23 35-99 2.8 20-40 268 2 24 29-179 6.2 28-42 314 1 at Buffalo 31-34 -46-6 -1 22 37-262 7.1 17-29 150 1 28 57-204 3.6 18-27 254 2 at Bowling Green 34-23 -15 2 1 19 40-178 4.5 14-25 183 1 17 41-181 4.4 24-38 195 2 Middle Tennessee 38-20 -15 6 3 29 50-252 5.0 22-29 187 0 23 24-69 2.9 32-52 385 2 Ball St 31-3 7-3 3 19 31-134 4.3 18-31 249 2 22 44-155 3.5 24-46 221 5 at Old Dominion 58-28 139 9 2 29 69-453 6.6 13-22 97 2 20 36-248 6.9 16-39 163 2 at Western Michigan 14-13 -211-12 0 14 31-88 2.8 13-24 127 2 26 53-244 4.6 17-29 182 2 at Toledo 21-48 -293-12 -1 23 24-42 1.8 23-40 291 1 35 43-303 7.0 18-28 323 0 North Texas 69-31 384 12 3 37 48-447 9.3 24-35 357 0 25 33-137 4.2 31-47 283 1 Buffalo 21-20 -92-9 0 19 25-76 3.0 21-29 286 1 28 34-141 4.1 34-50 313 1 at WKU 42-28 -9-11 3 21 55-368 6.7 10-24 93 0 32 33-99 3.0 32-56 371 2 at Miami, OH 14-24 -147-8 2 18 30-55 1.8 19-38 218 6 26 36-185 5.1 17-30 235 0 Marshall 30-25 -28-4 4 17 45-189 4.2 12-18 164 0 21 41-128 3.1 20-39 253 1 Ohio 37-34 48-5 3 18 32-121 3.8 22-38 322 0 23 43-282 6.6 10-23 113 0 at Louisiana Tech 48-23 -97-13 -1 19 33-194 5.9 14-17 221 0 32 45-186 4.1 30-51 326 2 Kent St 24-14 -55 2 2 15 39-122 3.1 6-20 69 6 13 45-161 3.6 9-19 85 5 FIU 52-24 269 9-1 27 46-333 7.2 18-25 239 1 18 31-85 2.7 20-33 218 4 at Charlotte 31-12 308 21-2 31 63-318 5.0 18-22 245 0 10 30-84 2.8 10-22 171 4 Toledo 21-48 -293-12 -1 23 24-42 1.8 23-40 291 1 35 43-303 7.0 18-28 323 0 North Texas 69-31 384 12 3 37 48-447 9.3 24-35 357 0 25 33-137 4.2 31-47 283 1 at Florida Atlantic Akron Average 24-26 -103.1-4.1 0.8 19 32-108 3.3 54.5% 221 7.7% 23 39-197 5.0 61.0% 235 4.9% Average 40-24 83.6 1.3 1.0 24 47-283 6.1 64.2% 209 4.5% 23 40-166 4.1 56.2% 243 7.0% Conference 25-25 -102.6-5.7 1.4 18 32-103 3.3 53.7% 225 8.0% 24 42-212 5.0 58.7% 219 5.0% Conference 45-23 127.4 2.8 1.3 26 50-315 6.3 67.1% 217 2.3% 23 34-124 3.6 57.0% 281 7.0% Away 18-32 -195.3-7.0 0.4 18 32-93 2.9 50.8% 208 8.0% 25 39-228 5.8 63.0% 268 2.1% Home 42-23 158.3 5.3 1.4 26 45-283 6.3 66.3% 252 3.5% 20 38-140 3.7 57.7% 237 8.5% Position by Position Edges By Game Yardage Leaders By Game Yardage Leaders Passing Passing at Penn St Thomas Woodson 12-23-71-0-1 Kato Nelson 9-39-4.3-0 AJ Coney 2-25-12.5-0 Akron FAU Navy Daniel Parr 19-30-281-2-1 Kerrith Whyte 6-36-6.0-0 Willie Wright 3-92-30.7-1 Ark Pine Bluff Thomas Woodson 15-21-166-1-0 Warren Ball 20-146-7.3-3 Tra'Von Chapman 5-55-11.0-0 Akron QB/WR at Wisconsin Daniel Parr 9-19-142-1-0 Devin Singletary 17-68-4.0-1 De'Andre McNeal 3-103-34.3-1 Iowa St Thomas Woodson 25-40-240-2-1 Warren Ball 11-40-3.6-0 Kwadarrius Smith 3-76-25.3-1 0.44 Bethune-Cookman Daniel Parr 15-26-165-1-1 Gregory Howell Jr 13-175-13.5-1 De'Andre McNeal 4-70-17.5-0 at Troy Thomas Woodson 20-40-268-1-2 Warren Ball 28-112-4.0-1 Kwadarrius Smith 4-103-25.8-1 FAU DB's at Buffalo Jason Driskel 17-29-150-0-1 Devin Singletary 22-156-7.1-3 Willie Wright 4-43-10.8-0 at Bowling Green Thomas Woodson 13-24-168-2-1 Van Edwards 14-70-5.0-1 Austin Wolf 3-68-22.7-1 Akron RB's Middle Tennessee Jason Driskel 22-29-187-1-0 Devin Singletary 24-133-5.5-4 Harrison Bryant 7-93-13.3-1 Ball St Thomas Woodson 17-30-211-2-0 Deltron Sands 6-52-8.7-1 AJ Coney 6-90-15.0-0 1.32 at Old Dominion Jason Driskel 13-22-97-0-1 Devin Singletary 26-194-7.5-2 Harrison Bryant 3-41-13.7-0 at Western Michigan Thomas Woodson 13-24-127-1-1 Manny Morgan 12-53-4.4-1 AJ Coney 3-38-12.7-0 FAU LB's at Toledo Thomas Woodson 18-33-205-2-1 Van Edwards 9-25-2.8-0 Kwadarrius Smith 3-72-24.0-1 Akron OL North Texas Jason Driskel 24-35-357-2-0 Devin Singletary 17-123-7.2-3 Willie Wright 8-141-17.6-1 Buffalo Thomas Woodson 21-29-291-3-1 Deltron Sands 7-70-10.0-0 AJ Coney 7-91-13.0-0 0.99 at WKU Jason Driskel 10-24-93-1-1 Devin Singletary 36-244-6.8-4 Willie Wright 4-63-15.8-1 at Miami, OH Kato Nelson 19-38-218-1-0 Manny Morgan 10-41-4.1-0 Kwadarrius Smith 6-69-11.5-0 FAU DL Marshall Jason Driskel 11-17-104-0-0 Devin Singletary 28-203-7.3-1 Devin Singletary 2-72-36.0-1 Ohio Kato Nelson 22-38-322-4-0 Manny Morgan 14-55-3.9-1 Kwadarrius Smith 2-125-62.5-2 Akron DL at Louisiana Tech Jason Driskel 14-17-221-2-0 Devin Singletary 18-104-5.8-3 Kalib Woods 3-118-39.3-1 Kent St Kato Nelson 6-20-69-1-1 Van Edwards 9-55-6.1-0 Kobie Booker 1-25-25.0-1 2.23 FIU Jason Driskel 18-25-239-4-1 Devin Singletary 25-164-6.6-2 Kalib Woods 7-172-24.6-2 FAU OL at Charlotte Jason Driskel 18-22-245-2-0 Devin Singletary 19-108-5.7-2 Willie Wright 9-103-11.4-1 Toledo Kato Nelson 8-18-177-2-0 Manny Morgan 11-51-4.6-1 Kwadarrius Smith 3-114-38.0-1 Akron LB'S North Texas Jason Driskel 15-27-269-1-0 Devin Singletary 26-164-6.3-3 Kalib Woods 6-208-34.7-1 1.35 at Florida Atlantic FAU RB's Akron Thomas Woodson 159-278-1782-14-9 Manny Morgan 99-393-4.0-4 Kwadarrius Smith 33-719-21.8-7 Akron DB's Jason Driskel 166-253-1977-13-4 Devin Singletary 275-1796-6.5-29 Willie Wright 49-586-12.0-4 Akron Leaders Kato Nelson 61-125-909-8-2 Van Edwards 93-348-3.7-2 AJ Coney 41-523-12.8-3 0.78 FAU Leaders Daniel Parr 43-75-588-4-2 Gregory Howell Jr. 103-690-6.7-5 Kalib Woods 20-540-27.0-4 Robbie Kelley 12-20-186-2-0 Warren Ball 75-332-4.4-4 Tra'Von Chapman 51-463-9.1-2 FAU QB/WR Kamrin Solomon 2-2-82-2-0 Jason Driskel 71-360-5.1-6 Harrison Bryant 32-408-12.8-5 Last Five Years Meetings (Last 17 years at PhilSteele.com) Akron ST's Projected Box 3.02 Category Team & Margin Phil's Forecast: None Las Vegas Line FAU ST's Fau By 22.5 0.85 Akron Coaches FAU Coaches FAU Pts POSITIONAL EDGE AWARDED TO: FAU By 10.28 Points 1.89 Computer Points Phil Steele Fau By 17.9 Fau 528-326 Fau 38-20 FAU by 14 This is the largest point spread in a bowl game in 20+ yrs and it is deserved. FAU won 10 games and 7 were by 24+. FAU outgained conf foes by 127 ypg and Akron, despite going 6-2 versus the weak MAC East, was actually outgained by 103 ypg. Akron QB Thomas Woodson was susp d a couple of games. Kato Nelson completed just 49%. Akron lost their top RB, Ohio St transfer Warren Ball early. FAU RB Devin Singletary will be the best player on the field and my computer calls for the Owls to rush for 301 yards and pass for 226. FAU s biggest is on ST s. Akron does have the of being a huge bowl dog as they should be highly motivated with no one giving them a chance to win. I like the Zips to keep this within the huge spread. Best Bet: Akron 24 (+) FAU 38

AKRON (7-6) ATS: 6-6-1 O/U: 3-10 BOCA RATON BOWL Tuesday, December 19, 2017 7:00 pm ESPN FAU Stadium Boca Raton, FL COMPUTER PROJECTIONS AKRON FAU 80 rush yd 308 245 pass yd 224 21 pts 39 +10 ytd to +13 #81 sked #89 CHECKLIST AKRON FAU QB 1/2 RB 444 WR OL 444 DL 4 LB DB 4 4 CCH SITE 444 MTCH 44 4 INT ST 44444 SKED OVERALL FAU BY 16 4 s FAU (10-3) ATS: 9-3-1 O/U: 6-7

LA Tech Bulldogs 6-6 7-5 Bulldogs Logs CUSA AAC Mustangs Logs 4-4 4-4 TM TM CONF TM +/- +/- TEAM --PS RANK-- TEAM --PS RANK-- TM +/- +/- REC CONF CONF NCAA RANKINGS REC CONF TM DATE SCORE W/L OFF DEF ST OFF DEF ST TM DATE SCORE W/L OFF DEF ST OFF DEF ST 0-0 0-0 114 9/2 Northwestern St 52-24 W 77 87 44 2017 TEAM RANKINGS 0-0 0-0 110 9/2 SF Austin 58-14 W 43 115 127 1-0 1-0 0-0 0-0 113 121 9/9 Miss St 21-57 L 69 87 44 34 34 107 1-0 1-0 0-0 0-0 112 101 9/9 North Texas 54-32 W 31 101 127 102 98 81 LA Tech SMU 1-1 1-1 0-0 0-0 109 116 9/16 at WKU 23-22 W 74 100 42 96 79 24 2-0 2-0 0-0 0-0 113 129 20 9/16 at TCU 36-56 L 36 91 124 13 10 39 2-1 2-1 1-0 1-1 112 118 9/23 at South Carolina 16-17 L 79 101 65 52 23 119 #55 Rush Off #44 2-1 1-1 0-0 0-0 113 111 9/23 Arkansas St 44-21 W 40 104 124 65 69 66 2-2 1-3 1-0 0-1 113 98 9/30 South Alabama 34-16 W 81 95 65 122 91 86 #64 Pass Off #16 3-1 1-2 0-0 0-1 116 92 9/30 Connecticut 49-28 W 28 103 125 82 96 117 3-2 2-2 1-0 0-1 113 97 10/7 at UAB 22-23 L 66 86 71 107 96 115 #57 Total Off #13 4-1 3-1 1-0 1-0 115 123 10/7 at Houston 22-35 L 23 97 122 51 45 63 3-3 1-1 110 10/14 68 88 87 #63 Off #8 4-2 1-1 115 10/14 27 95 101 3-3 4-2 1-1 2-1 110 109 10/21 Southern Miss 27-34 L 69 90 93 49 68 114 #64 Sks Allowed #38 4-2 2-5 1-1 0-3 115 103 10/21 at Cincinnati 31-28 W 29 96 103 109 101 1 3-4 1-6 1-2 1-2 107 92 10/28 at Rice 42-28 W 78 84 75 121 107 103 #80 Rush Def #113 5-2 2-6 2-1 1-3 114 107 10/27 Tulsa 38-34 W 32 100 95 59 128 64 4-4 5-3 2-2 4-1 107 103 11/4 North Texas 23-24 L 75 89 85 52 103 12 #56 Pass Def #121 6-2 7-0 3-1 4-0 113 127 15 11/4 UCF 24-31 L 27 98 90 10 45 23 4-5 6-3 2-3 5-0 105 116 11/11 Florida Atlantic 23-48 L 81 86 73 47 79 18 #64 Total Def #122 6-3 5-3 3-2 3-3 113 113 11/11 at Navy 40-43 L 27 99 89 32 109 70 4-6 0-10 2-4 0-6 102 85 11/18 at UTEP 42-21 W 73 92 99 130 120 109 #66 Def #113 6-4 8-1 3-3 5-1 113 126 18 11/18 at Memphis 45-66 L 28 108 97 29 84 12 5-6 6-4 3-4 3-4 102 107 11/25 UTSA 20-6 W 63 93 103 94 50 31 #97 Sks By #31 6-5 5-6 3-4 3-4 112 108 11/25 Tulane 41-38 W 27 117 104 90 112 101 6-6 4-4 106 12/2 67 84 105 #65 Ypg Diff #69 7-5 4-4 112 12/2 31 118 109 6-6 7-5 4-4 4-4 106 112 12/20 SMU 65 83 106 25 116 109 +7 Total TO's +10 7-5 6-6 4-4 4-4 112 106 12/20 Louisiana Tech 25 116 109 65 83 106 Net Comp Yds Net Comp Yds Yds FD TO's FD RA-RY YPC Att Pass Sks FD RA-RY YPC Att Pass Sks Yds FD TO's FD RA-RY YPC Att Pass Sks FD RA-RY YPC Att Pass Sks Northwestern St 52-24 108 0 0 22 37-221 6.0 18-35 276 1 22 33-133 4.0 20-40 256 3 SF Austin 58-14 246 10 2 25 48-243 5.1 12-23 222 0 15 35-75 2.1 16-31 144 2 Miss St 21-57 -144-1 -2 20 50-152 3.0 13-30 163 4 21 40-327 8.2 13-20 132 0 North Texas 54-32 0-2 2 20 34-99 2.9 22-41 394 3 22 27-69 2.6 32-47 424 5 at WKU 23-22 61-3 -1 20 30-122 4.1 22-39 306 1 23 41-141 3.4 25-35 226 4 at TCU 36-56 -156-11 1 19 30-124 4.1 18-38 339 0 30 49-254 5.2 24-30 365 3 at South Carolina 16-17 -77-6 1 17 28-80 2.9 23-33 281 1 23 32-143 4.5 22-35 295 2 Arkansas St 44-21 150 11 2 31 54-311 5.8 16-32 266 2 20 29-143 4.9 23-43 284 3 South Alabama 34-16 146 10 1 26 33-162 4.9 24-39 317 3 16 22-98 4.5 21-45 235 1 Connecticut 49-28 98 10 1 28 41-218 5.3 27-39 280 3 18 36--8-0.2 22-28 408 8 at UAB 22-23 -3-1 0 21 34-154 4.5 17-29 209 2 22 36-178 4.9 21-32 188 1 at Houston 22-35 81 3 0 30 26-147 5.7 41-59 397 2 27 40-265 6.6 20-28 198 0 Southern Miss 27-34 -136-15 1 15 34-161 4.7 11-28 194 2 30 45-190 4.2 32-53 301 0 at Cincinnati 31-28 -3 0 1 26 44-140 3.2 26-37 295 3 26 42-249 5.9 22-35 189 2 at Rice 42-28 -17 5 4 24 39-180 4.6 21-32 237 2 19 46-247 5.4 7-17 187 1 Tulsa 38-34 123-3 1 19 30-215 7.2 20-34 366 1 22 53-246 4.6 9-25 212 1 North Texas 23-24 -100-7 1 19 41-147 3.6 16-28 168 2 26 41-204 5.0 23-37 211 2 UCF 24-31 -126-2 2 21 37-206 5.6 27-52 283 0 23 36-203 5.6 23-40 412 2 Florida Atlantic 23-48 97 13 1 32 45-186 4.1 30-51 326 2 19 33-194 5.9 14-17 221 0 at Navy 40-43 -133-3 0 21 31-165 5.3 16-30 261 2 24 72-559 7.8 0-1 0 0 at UTEP 42-21 136 10 1 28 49-343 7.0 15-28 203 2 18 36-164 4.6 11-25 246 3 at Memphis 45-66 -187-4 0 28 37-259 7.0 15-35 218 1 32 46-333 7.2 22-28 331 1 UTSA 20-6 93 4 0 19 37-193 5.2 7-21 101 2 15 45-110 2.4 9-16 91 3 Tulane 41-38 -7-3 -2 24 33-103 3.1 24-33 375 2 27 43-171 4.0 18-31 314 3 SMU Louisiana Tech LA Tech Bulldogs LEADERS & TEAM AVERAGES Average 29-27 13.7 0.8 0.6 22 38-175 4.6 55.2% 232 6.1% 21 38-177 4.7 58.6% 216 5.4% Average 40-36 7.2 0.5 0.8 24 37-186 5.0 58.3% 308 4.2% 24 42-213 5.0 62.9% 273 8.2% Conference 28-26 16.4 0.8 0.9 22 39-186 4.8 54.3% 218 5.9% 22 40-179 4.4 61.2% 209 6.0% Conference 36-38 -19.3-0.3 0.4 25 35-182 5.2 61.4% 309 4.4% 25 46-252 5.5 63.0% 258 7.9% Away 29-22 20.0 1.0 1.0 22 36-176 4.9 60.9% 247 5.0% 21 38-175 4.6 59.7% 228 7.6% Home 44-28 69.1 3.0 1.1 24 40-199 5.0 58.3% 312 4.3% 21 37-128 3.5 58.4% 314 9.8% By Game Yardage Leaders Position by Position Edges By Game Yardage Leaders Passing Passing Northwestern St J'Mar Smith 18-35-276-2-0 Jarred Craft 16-86-5.4-2 Boston Scott 4-55-13.8-0 LA Tech SMU SF Austin Ben Hicks 9-19-112-2-0 Braeden West 6-86-14.3-0 Brandon Benson 1-72-72.0-1 Miss St J'Mar Smith 10-23-140-0-1 Boston Scott 13-96-7.4-0 Marcus Gaines 3-104-34.7-0 LA Tech QB/WR North Texas Ben Hicks 20-39-312-4-1 Xavier Jones 13-74-5.7-2 Courtland Sutton 8-163-20.4-4 at WKU J'Mar Smith 22-39-306-1-1 Jarred Craft 14-81-5.8-0 Rhashid Bonnette 3-140-46.7-1 2.49 at TCU Ben Hicks 17-37-305-2-2 Ke'Mon Freeman 12-57-4.8-2 Trey Quinn 7-116-16.6-1 at South Carolina J'Mar Smith 23-33-281-1-1 Jarred Craft 14-48-3.4-0 Teddy Veal 10-110-11.0-1 SMU DB's Arkansas St Ben Hicks 16-32-266-2-0 Xavier Jones 19-146-7.7-0 James Proche 3-131-43.7-2 South Alabama J'Mar Smith 24-39-317-3-0 Boston Scott 6-76-12.7-1 Teddy Veal 5-88-17.6-1 LA Tech RB's Connecticut Ben Hicks 27-37-280-4-0 Xavier Jones 13-72-5.5-1 Trey Quinn 15-116-7.7-2 at UAB J'Mar Smith 17-29-209-2-0 Boston Scott 14-48-3.4-0 Teddy Veal 5-74-14.8-1 1.44 at Houston Ben Hicks 41-58-397-1-2 Xavier Jones 13-99-7.6-0 Courtland Sutton 11-160-14.5-0 SMU LB's Southern Miss J'Mar Smith 11-28-194-0-1 Boston Scott 11-106-9.6-1 Marlon Watts 5-121-24.2-0 LA Tech OL at Cincinnati Ben Hicks 26-37-295-2-1 Xavier Jones 15-80-5.3-1 Trey Quinn 17-186-10.9-0 at Rice J'Mar Smith 21-32-237-1-0 Boston Scott 17-87-5.1-3 Teddy Veal 11-118-10.7-0 1.20 Tulsa Ben Hicks 19-32-338-2-0 Braeden West 2-89-44.5-1 Courtland Sutton 6-136-22.7-0 North Texas J'Mar Smith 16-28-168-0-0 Boston Scott 16-64-4.0-1 Rhashid Bonnette 6-77-12.8-0 SMU DL UCF Ben Hicks 27-51-283-1-0 Xavier Jones 19-84-4.4-1 James Proche 7-173-24.7-1 Florida Atlantic J'Mar Smith 30-51-326-1-0 Boston Scott 19-87-4.6-1 Teddy Veal 6-112-18.7-1 LA Tech DL at Navy Ben Hicks 16-29-261-4-1 Xavier Jones 18-106-5.9-1 Courtland Sutton 7-123-17.6-2 at UTEP J'Mar Smith 15-28-203-2-0 Jaqwis Dancy 15-135-9.0-1 Teddy Veal 6-66-11.0-1 0.48 at Memphis Ben Hicks 15-34-218-4-0 Xavier Jones 20-175-8.8-2 James Proche 4-70-17.5-0 UTSA J'Mar Smith 7-21-101-0-1 Boston Scott 20-138-6.9-1 Rhashid Bonnette 4-64-16.0-0 SMU OL Tulane Ben Hicks 24-33-375-4-2 Ke'Mon Freeman 15-41-2.7-2 Trey Quinn 6-139-23.2-2 LA Tech LB'S SMU 1.22 Louisiana Tech SMU RB's J'Mar Smith 214-386-2758-13-5 Boston Scott 163-937-5.7-8 Teddy Veal 68-828-12.2-5 LA Tech DB's Ben Hicks 257-438-3442-32-9 Xavier Jones 170-1019-6.0-9 Trey Quinn 106-1191-11.2-12 LA Tech Leaders Westin Elliott 3-6-23-1-0 Jarred Craft 111-516-4.6-3 Rhashid Bonnette 32-576-18.0-2 2.19 SMU Leaders Rafe Peavey 4-4-116-1-0 Ke'Mon Freeman 126-527-4.2-11 Courtland Sutton 62-1017-16.4-12 Team 0-1-0-0-0 J'Mar Smith 110-356-3.2-5 Marlon Watts 22-319-14.5-0 SMU QB/WR DJ Gillins 1-4-76-1-0 Braeden West 65-512-7.9-2 James Proche 40-816-20.4-6 Last Five Years Meetings (Last 17 years at PhilSteele.com) LA Tech ST's Category Team & Margin Phil's Forecast: Projected Box 0.51 Las Vegas Line Chad Morris did a great job getting SMU to a bowl for the first time s/ 12. They played None SMU ST's Smu By 5 Projected at just a 79.75 avg game grade the L/4 games. LT needed to win their L/2 to get to 6 LA Tech K 205 yards LA Tech SMU 194 yards Las Vegas Total 0.70 70 Points wins, but only played at an avg game grade of 80.05 the L/4 games. Morris has left Projected Passing SMU K for Arkansas so SMU will be led by former LT HC Sonny Dykes. LT s Skip Holtz is 3-0 +/- Ratings 265 yards LA Tech SMU 311 yards Smu By 7.5 in bowls with the Bulldogs. SMU has the at all 4 areas on OFF. SMU avg 70 ypg LA Tech Coaches Projected Yardage Total 1.20 more than their opponents allow on avg. LT has the on D in all 3 areas. The ST s Game Grade 470 yards LA Tech SMU 505 yards SMU Coaches Smu By 7.5 are even. SMU will have the crowd as they were the first choice of the Frisco Projected Final LA Tech Pts Computer Yards Bowl all season. LT did lead SC almost the entire game, missed a tying PAT vs UAB, 34 points LA Tech SMU 42 points 7.03 4.41 Smu 505-470 led SM by 11 with under 2 minutes left, and led NT late 3Q. SMU did win every game Experience Rankings SMU Pts Computer Points 120 LA Tech SMU 9 they were favored in, and lost every game they were a dog. They were 4-3 ATS as a POSITIONAL EDGE AWARDED TO: Smu 42-34 113 Team Schedule Strength favorite. I like the over 70 in this one. LA Tech Phil Steele LA Tech SMU 72 SMU by 9 By 2.62 Points SMU 44 Louisiana Tech 35 Return to Table of Contents SMU Mustangs SMU Mustangs

LOUISIANA TECH (6-6) ATS: 6-6 O/U: 6-6 FRISCO BOWL Wednesday, December 20, 2017 8:00 pm ESPN Toyota Stadium Frisco, TX COMPUTER PROJECTIONS LT SMU 221 rush yd 190 238 pass yd 313 34 pts 41 +7 ytd to +10 #103 sked #67 CHECKLIST LT SMU QB 4 RB 1/2 WR 44 1/2 OL 1/2 4 DL 4 LB 41/2 DB 4 4 CCH SITE 44 MTCH INT ST SKED 44 OVERALL SMU BY 3 4 s SMU (7-5) ATS: 6-5-1 O/U: 7-5

Temple Owls CONF TM +/- +/- 6-6 8-4 Owls Logs AAC CUSA Golden Panthers Logs 4-4 5-3 TM TM CONF TM +/- +/- TEAM OFF DEF TEAM --PS RANK-- --PS RANK-- REC CONF NCAA RANKINGS REC CONF TM DATE SCORE W/L OFF DEF ST OFF DEF ST TM DATE SCORE W/L ST OFF DEF ST 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 116 130 9/2 at Notre Dame 16-49 L 93 68 23 14 27 49 2017 TEAM RANKINGS 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 103 109 8/31 at UCF 17-61 L 111 99 82 70 67 33 0-1 0-0 114 9/9 Villanova 16-13 W 95 77 23 Temple FIU 0-1 0-0 100 9/9 Alcorn St 17-10 W 115 111 82 1-1 0-3 0-0 0-0 113 97 9/15 UMass 29-21 W 98 90 45 103 108 121 1-1 0-0 100 9/16 118 110 110 2-1 3-0 0-0 0-0 111 125 21 9/21 at USF 7-43 L 96 81 24 42 24 64 #99 Rush Off #65 1-1 1-2 0-0 1-0 100 97 9/23 at Rice 13-7 W 116 115 107 117 100 104 2-2 2-1 0-1 0-0 107 124 9/30 Houston 13-20 L 120 81 52 54 51 60 #46 Pass Off #56 2-1 0-4 1-0 0-0 102 86 9/30 Charlotte 30-29 W 119 106 95 124 121 84 2-3 1-4 0-2 1-1 108 95 10/7 at East Carolina 34-10 W 120 77 36 106 130 128 #79 Total Off #62 3-1 2-3 2-0 0-1 99 100 10/7 at Middle Tennessee 17-37 L 103 111 80 108 78 73 3-3 1-4 1-2 0-3 111 89 10/14 Connecticut 24-28 L 118 74 51 96 111 118 #92 Off #74 3-2 3-2 2-1 1-1 96 114 10/14 Tulane 23-10 W 105 112 80 88 101 79 3-4 5-2 1-3 0-0 106 112 10/21 at Army West Point 28-31 L 117 70 57 85 105 65 #38 Sks Allowed #50 4-2 2-1 101 10/21 99 113 61 3-5 1-3 108 10/28 111 70 82 #84 Rush Def #79 4-2 6-1 2-1 3-0 101 116 10/28 at Marshall 41-30 W 96 111 62 74 28 29 3-5 5-2 1-3 3-2 108 116 11/2 Navy 34-26 W 111 75 100 21 104 95 #42 Pass Def #95 5-2 5-2 3-1 2-2 106 108 11/4 UTSA 14-7 W 90 110 68 70 43 28 4-5 3-6 2-3 1-4 111 106 11/10 at Cincinnati 35-24 W 110 82 107 95 97 111 #63 Total Def #83 6-2 3-6 4-1 1-4 107 95 11/11 Old Dominion 30-37 L 93 104 77 128 107 117 5-5 9-0 3-3 6-0 113 125 14 11/18 UCF 19-45 L 105 85 102 10 51 21 #74 Def #80 6-3 7-3 4-2 6-0 102 119 11/18 at Florida Atlantic 24-52 L 81 112 78 43 80 20 5-6 2-9 3-4 1-6 110 108 11/25 at Tulsa 43-22 W 107 87 96 72 127 70 #23 Sks By #83 6-4 6-5 4-3 4-3 101 105 11/25 WKU 41-17 W 89 115 71 108 95 75 6-6 4-4 115 12/2 104 88 93 #76 Ypg Diff #81 7-4 4-7 5-3 0-2 106 105 12/2 UMass 63-45 W 82 107 66 72 97 126 6-6 8-4 4-4 5-3 115 109 12/21 FIU 97 81 93 77 111 67-6 Total TO's -1 8-4 5-3 109 12/9 77 111 67 6-6 4-4 115 12/21 Temple 97 81 93 Net Comp Yds Net Defense Defense Comp Yds Comp Yds Comp Yds Temple Owls LEADERS & TEAM AVERAGES FIU Golden Panthers FIU Golden Panthers Yds FD TO's FD RA-RY YPC Att Pass Sks FD RA-RY YPC Att Pass Sks Yds FD TO's FD RA-RY YPC Att Pass Sks FD RA-RY YPC Att Pass Sks at Notre Dame 16-49 -276-8 0 18 37-85 2.3 19-35 245 3 26 44-422 9.6 17-30 184 2 at UCF 17-61 -252-18 -2 13 26-134 5.2 18-31 201 1 31 45-148 3.3 26-33 439 0 Villanova 16-13 -49-2 1 17 27-79 2.9 20-34 274 1 19 30-20 0.7 27-41 382 3 Alcorn St 17-10 196 14-1 26 40-137 3.4 21-33 328 2 12 25-78 3.1 22-34 191 2 UMass 29-21 -71-5 1 20 34-119 3.5 24-39 268 2 25 33-81 2.5 23-39 377 9 at USF 7-43 -323-15 -4 7 33--4-0.1 7-25 89 5 22 63-312 5.0 8-20 96 1 at Rice 13-7 23-1 0 18 33-99 3.0 17-28 172 5 19 41-100 2.4 16-27 148 2 Houston 13-20 -64-1 -2 22 37-142 3.8 20-42 182 1 23 31-162 5.2 25-36 226 0 Charlotte 30-29 -29-3 -1 20 41-234 5.7 15-27 241 0 23 49-349 7.1 16-28 155 1 at East Carolina 34-10 236 9 0 24 46-179 3.9 21-33 344 0 15 22-34 1.5 20-38 253 4 at Middle Tennessee 17-37 -120-4 -2 21 36-85 2.4 22-34 221 4 25 34-176 5.2 25-31 250 0 Connecticut 24-28 229 13 0 28 29-117 4.0 33-55 356 2 15 38-139 3.7 18-28 105 2 Tulane 23-10 199 5 0 23 44-218 5.0 17-31 220 0 18 40-203 5.1 5-16 36 3 at Army West Point 28-31 117 5 1 24 37-217 5.9 21-31 289 2 19 50-248 5.0 8-18 141 1 at Marshall 41-30 -104-8 3 21 48-224 4.7 14-18 177 1 29 29-142 4.9 33-52 363 0 Navy 34-26 31 0 0 20 28-104 3.7 22-30 289 0 20 52-136 2.6 13-19 226 5 UTSA 14-7 54-1 -1 18 37-100 2.7 18-25 215 0 19 40-156 3.9 13-22 105 4 at Cincinnati 35-24 24 4-1 25 43-205 4.8 19-30 224 1 21 35-184 5.3 21-37 221 1 Old Dominion 30-37 48 6-2 27 35-164 4.7 35-50 323 2 21 36-199 5.5 17-24 240 3 UCF 19-45 13 2-5 19 35-196 5.6 17-42 201 1 17 40-130 3.3 18-28 254 2 at Florida Atlantic 24-52 -269-9 1 18 31-85 2.7 20-33 218 4 27 46-333 7.2 18-25 239 1 at Tulsa 43-22 82-5 3 20 34-193 5.7 21-29 258 1 25 54-314 5.8 6-19 55 2 WKU 41-17 -28-5 3 18 34-122 3.6 18-27 251 0 23 28-46 1.6 30-49 355 5 UMass 63-45 126 0 1 26 49-379 7.7 20-25 295 3 26 24-156 6.5 34-49 392 1 FIU Temple Average 25-28 -4.3-0.3-0.5 20 35-136 3.9 57.4% 252 4.5% 21 41-182 4.4 57.8% 210 9.1% Average 28-29 -13.0-2.0-0.1 21 38-165 4.4 64.9% 239 6.1% 23 36-174 4.8 65.4% 243 5.6% Conference 26-27 28.5 0.9-1.1 21 36-142 4.0 55.9% 243 3.8% 20 42-176 4.2 57.3% 180 7.6% Conference 26-27 -53.1-3.1 0.1 20 37-139 3.8 65.7% 227 6.6% 23 38-188 5.0 65.1% 232 6.2% Away 27-30 -23.3-1.7-0.2 20 38-146 3.8 59.0% 242 6.6% 21 45-252 5.6 49.4% 158 6.8% Home 31-22 80.9 2.3-0.1 23 40-193 4.8 66.1% 268 3.2% 20 35-170 4.9 61.7% 211 8.6% By Game Yardage Leaders Passing Position by Position Edges By Game Yardage Leaders Passing at Notre Dame Logan Marchi 19-35-245-2-0 Ryquell Armstead 19-67-3.5-0 Isaiah Wright 4-79-19.8-0 Temple FIU at UCF Alex McGough 18-29-201-1-1 Napoleon Maxwell 4-61-15.3-1 Thomas Owens 4-99-24.8-1 Villanova Logan Marchi 20-34-274-0-0 David Hood 4-21-5.3-0 Ventell Bryant 7-79-11.3-0 Temple QB/WR Alcorn St Alex McGough 21-33-328-0-0 Alex Gardner 20-102-5.1-1 Julian Williams 5-129-25.8-0 UMass Logan Marchi 22-37-248-3-0 Ryquell Armstead 17-91-5.4-0 Isaiah Wright 4-69-17.3-1 2.44 at USF Frank Nutile 4-12-57-0-1 Rob Ritrovato 5-24-4.8-0 Adonis Jennings 2-33-16.5-0 FIU DB's at Rice Alex McGough 17-28-172-1-1 Alex Gardner 17-80-4.7-0 Tony Gaiter IV 4-54-13.5-0 Houston Logan Marchi 20-41-182-1-3 Ryquell Armstead 14-63-4.5-0 Isaiah Wright 5-53-10.6-0 Temple RB's Charlotte Alex McGough 14-26-206-1-1 Napoleon Maxwell 5-76-15.2-0 Thomas Owens 7-101-14.4-1 at East Carolina Logan Marchi 19-31-321-2-1 David Hood 20-106-5.3-1 Isaiah Wright 6-91-15.2-1 0.74 at Middle Tennessee Alex McGough 20-31-209-1-1 Alex Gardner 10-42-4.2-0 Thomas Owens 11-162-14.7-1 Connecticut Logan Marchi 33-54-356-1-1 Ryquell Armstead 9-31-3.4-1 David Hood 8-91-11.4-0 FIU LB's Tulane Alex McGough 17-31-220-1-2 Alex Gardner 20-79-4.0-0 Thomas Owens 6-152-25.3-0 at Army West Point Frank Nutile 20-29-290-1-0 Ryquell Armstead 18-151-8.4-2 Isaiah Wright 3-79-26.3-0 Temple OL 0.08 at Marshall Alex McGough 14-18-177-2-0 Napoleon Maxwell 11-93-8.5-1 Thomas Owens 7-114-16.3-2 Navy Frank Nutile 22-30-289-4-1 Isaiah Wright 4-40-10.0-0 Adonis Jennings 5-127-25.4-2 FIU DL UTSA Alex McGough 18-25-215-2-1 Shawndarri Phillips 11-45-4.1-0 Thomas Owens 8-72-9.0-1 at Cincinnati Frank Nutile 19-30-224-1-1 David Hood 23-108-4.7-1 Ventell Bryant 4-62-15.5-0 Temple DL Old Dominion Alex McGough 35-50-323-2-0 Alex Gardner 15-95-6.3-1 Thomas Owens 11-87-7.9-0 UCF Frank Nutile 17-40-201-2-4 David Hood 12-81-6.8-0 Adonis Jennings 2-88-44.0-1 0.54 at Florida Atlantic Alex McGough 20-32-218-2-0 Alex Gardner 10-56-5.6-1 Sherman Thornton 2-55-27.5-1 at Tulsa Frank Nutile 20-28-262-3-0 David Hood 14-84-6.0-1 Adonis Jennings 3-89-29.7-1 FIU OL WKU Alex McGough 17-26-227-1-0 Shawndarri Phillips 17-69-4.1-2 Pharoah McKever 3-62-20.7-1 Temple LB'S UMass Alex McGough 20-25-295-3-1 Alex McGough 11-108-9.8-1 Bryce Singleton 6-111-18.5-3 FIU 0.18 FIU RB's Temple Logan Marchi 136-245-1658-9-8 David Hood 116-562-4.8-4 Adonis Jennings 39-691-17.7-7 Temple DB's Alex McGough 231-354-2791-17-8 Alex Gardner 171-765-4.5-6 Thomas Owens 59-887-15.0-6 Temple Leaders Frank Nutile 104-171-1346-11-7 Ryquell Armstead 141-553-3.9-4 Isaiah Wright 41-595-14.5-3 1.93 FIU Leaders Thomas Owens 1-1-35-1-0 Shawndarri Phillips 98-453-4.6-4 Pharoah McKever 26-294-11.3-3 Todd Centeio 2-2-20-0-0 Isaiah Wright 23-194-8.4-1 Keith Kirkwood 39-575-14.7-7 FIU QB/WR Stone Wilson 1-1-24-1-0 Napoleon Maxwell 70-425-6.1-5 Tony Gaiter IV 31-293-9.5-1 Last Five Years Meetings (Last 17 years at PhilSteele.com) Temple ST's Projected Box 0.35 Category Team & Margin Phil's Forecast: Las Vegas Line FIU ST's Temple By 7.5 Temple looked like they were going to miss the postseason in their first year Projected Temple K Las Vegas Total 162 yards Temple FIU 142 yards 0.47 56 Points under new HC Geoff Collins. QB Frank Nutile started the L/5 and the Owls won Projected Passing FIU K 3 of their L/4 games. They avg 19.8 ppg the F7, but 31.8 ppg in Nutile s starts. +/- Ratings 250 yards Temple FIU 244 yards Temple Coaches Temple By 4.0 Butch Davis did a great job his first year as FIU doubled its win total and pulled Projected Yardage Total 1.50 Game Grade off 5 outright upsets. The Panthers veteran QB Alex McGough opened slow, but 412 yards Temple FIU 385 yards FIU Coaches Temple By 3.0 had a 12-2 ratio his L/6 games. Temple has the at WR, while FIU has the Projected Final Temple Pts Computer Yards slight at RB. Temple has the on D in all 3 areas, but FIU doesn t 31 points Temple FIU 28 points 3.80 4.43 Temple 412-385 Experience Rankings FIU Pts have to leave the state and will have the crowd. FIU also has the ST s Computer Points 111 Temple FIU 4 Temple 31-28. Despite getting over a td, FIU could pull the upset. POSITIONAL EDGE AWARDED TO: 79 Team Schedule Strength Temple FIU 110 FIU Phil Steele By 0.64 Points FIU by 1 Best Bet: H FIU 31 (+) Temple 30 Return to Table of Contents

TEMPLE (6-6) ATS: 6-6 O/U: 6-6 GASPARILLA BOWL Thursday, December 21, 2017 8:00 pm ESPN Tropical Field St Petersburg, FL COMPUTER PROJECTIONS TEMP FIU 169 rush yd 160 256 pass yd 227 34 pts 30-6 ytd to -1 #78 sked #105 CHECKLIST TEMP FIU QB 1/2 RB 4 41/2 WR OL 1/2 4 DL 1/2 LB 41/2 DB CCH 44 SITE 41/2 4 MTCH INT ST 4 4 SKED OVERALL EVEN 4 s FIU (8-4) ATS: 6-6 O/U: 8-4

UAB Blazers 8-4 8-4 Ohio Bobcats Blazers Logs CUSA MAC Bobcats Logs 6-2 5-3 TM TEAM --PS RANK-- CONF OFF DEF ST OFF TM +/- +/- TM CONF TM +/- +/- TEAM --PS RANK-- REC CONF NCAA RANKINGS REC CONF TM DATE SCORE W/L DEF ST TM DATE SCORE W/L OFF DEF ST OFF DEF ST 0-0 0-0 95 9/2 Alabama A&M 38-7 W 128 114 121 2017 TEAM RANKINGS 0-0 0-0 109 9/2 Hampton 59-0 W 94 66 22 1-0 0-1 0-0 0-0 97 101 9/9 at Ball St 31-51 L 128 95 121 109 124 59 1-0 0-1 0-0 0-0 114 113 9/8 at Purdue 21-44 L 87 47 22 83 63 79 1-1 1-0 0-0 0-0 95 96 9/16 Coastal Carolina 30-23 W 124 94 127 125 127 100 UAB Ohio 1-1 1-1 0-0 0-0 110 103 9/16 Kansas 42-30 W 89 59 17 87 98 97 2-1 1-2 0-0 0-0 96 101 9/23 at North Texas 43-46 L 115 92 112 81 89 89 #37 Rush Off #17 2-1 2-0 0-0 0-0 110 109 9/23 at Eastern Michigan 27-20 W 77 66 11 99 83 96 2-2 0-1 97 9/30 110 98 128 #106 Pass Off #96 3-1 0-5 1-0 0-1 112 101 9/30 at UMass 58-50 W 76 66 14 97 110 119 2-2 3-2 0-1 1-0 97 113 10/7 Louisiana Tech 23-22 W 107 96 115 66 86 71 #98 Total Off #39 4-1 2-3 1-0 0-1 112 100 10/7 Central Michigan 23-26 L 71 67 16 73 91 121 3-2 3-3 1-1 1-1 100 103 10/14 Middle Tennessee 25-23 W 110 93 127 102 77 72 #55 Off #14 4-2 1-5 1-1 1-1 108 98 10/14 at Bowling Green 48-30 W 66 66 3 103 126 31 4-2 0-7 2-1 0-3 100 89 10/21 at Charlotte 24-25 L 97 85 128 113 122 98 #58 Sks Allowed #20 5-2 2-5 2-1 1-2 110 98 10/21 Kent St 48-3 W 60 63 10 130 103 95 4-3 5-2 2-2 3-1 98 105 10/28 at Southern Miss 30-12 W 89 82 127 45 59 92 #72 Rush Def #10 6-2 3-5 3-1 2-2 114 105 10/31 Miami, OH 45-28 W 51 64 6 99 90 88 5-3 1-7 3-2 1-3 103 89 11/4 Rice 52-21 W 86 80 128 114 117 108 #22 Pass Def #109 7-2 8-1 4-1 5-0 114 123 11/8 Toledo 38-10 W 46 66 7 28 69 7 6-3 5-3 4-2 2-3 106 107 11/11 at UTSA 24-19 W 80 84 129 79 46 39 #36 Total Def #49 8-2 5-5 5-1 4-2 114 106 11/14 at Akron 34-37 L 45 61 11 116 90 126 7-3 3-6 5-2 3-5 108 115 11/18 at Florida 7-36 L 88 79 124 62 40 54 #46 Def #57 8-3 5-2 119 11/18 41 56 14 7-4 0-11 5-2 0-7 105 84 11/25 UTEP 28-7 W 97 80 125 130 121 107 #101 Sks By #39 8-3 5-6 5-2 3-4 115 105 11/24 at Buffalo 24-31 L 42 61 6 79 106 102 8-4 6-2 105 12/2 100 80 122 #70 Ypg Diff #39 8-4 5-3 112 12/2 43 64 9 8-4 8-4 6-2 5-3 105 112 12/22 Ohio 105 76 123 52 66 9 +4 Total TO's -4 8-4 8-4 5-3 6-2 112 105 12/22 UAB 52 66 9 105 76 123 Net Comp Yds Net Comp Yds Yds FD TO's FD RA-RY YPC Att Pass Sks FD RA-RY YPC Att Pass Sks Yds FD TO's FD RA-RY YPC Att Pass Sks FD RA-RY YPC Att Pass Sks Alabama A&M 38-7 240 14 0 23 59-258 4.4 12-22 165 3 9 33-45 1.4 13-29 138 3 Hampton 59-0 312 15 1 22 53-248 4.7 13-19 172 0 7 32-47 1.5 6-24 61 3 at Ball St 31-51 127 0-2 24 49-336 6.9 15-24 168 3 24 44-160 3.6 23-35 217 0 at Purdue 21-44 -162-2 -2 23 38-173 4.6 17-29 223 1 25 44-263 6.0 16-24 295 1 Coastal Carolina 30-23 -53-5 2 18 47-169 3.6 8-15 105 2 23 49-227 4.6 9-23 100 1 Kansas 42-30 -1-1 0 22 42-196 4.7 16-22 254 1 23 32-108 3.4 30-47 343 5 at North Texas 43-46 -153-12 0 16 36-74 2.1 17-36 321 4 28 44-287 6.5 15-29 261 1 at Eastern Michigan 27-20 18 4-1 19 46-171 3.7 19-31 197 4 15 27-45 1.7 29-49 305 2 at UMass 58-50 -71-5 2 25 40-298 7.5 13-24 181 2 30 37-147 4.0 33-58 403 2 Louisiana Tech 23-22 3 1 0 22 36-178 4.9 21-32 188 1 21 34-154 4.5 17-29 209 2 Central Michigan 23-26 33 3-3 21 39-190 4.9 17-31 160 2 18 31-68 2.2 25-35 249 2 Middle Tennessee 25-23 40-5 1 21 44-260 5.9 16-31 174 0 26 32-131 4.1 24-44 263 2 at Bowling Green 48-30 19-4 2 18 43-335 7.8 7-22 105 0 22 47-229 4.9 17-43 192 2 at Charlotte 24-25 -32 3 0 18 33-162 4.9 21-29 182 0 15 49-222 4.5 14-28 154 0 Kent St 48-3 308 16 1 23 43-336 7.8 9-20 138 3 7 37-102 2.8 7-17 64 4 at Southern Miss 30-12 70 7 1 21 49-209 4.3 16-29 208 3 14 26-81 3.1 19-38 266 0 Miami, OH 45-28 -5 5 2 26 36-149 4.1 21-33 294 0 21 23-98 4.3 28-51 350 1 Rice 52-21 -24 4 3 21 36-242 6.7 20-21 197 0 17 35-236 6.7 14-24 227 1 Toledo 38-10 216 9-1 23 56-393 7.0 7-15 139 1 14 23-53 2.3 24-35 263 4 at UTSA 24-19 -34-2 1 16 53-216 4.1 8-13 49 2 18 36-137 3.8 17-37 162 3 at Akron 34-37 -48 5-3 23 43-282 6.6 10-23 113 0 18 32-121 3.8 22-38 322 0 at Florida 7-36 -229-17 -4 8 18-3 0.2 14-20 177 3 25 50-257 5.1 15-30 152 2 UTEP 28-7 126 13 2 23 45-175 3.9 15-25 159 2 10 30-101 3.4 8-20 107 4 at Buffalo 24-31 74 4-2 20 43-159 3.7 15-30 265 2 16 26-56 2.2 19-30 294 2 Ohio UAB UAB Blazers LEADERS & TEAM AVERAGES Average 30-24 6.7 0.1 0.3 19 42-190 4.5 61.6% 174 7.7% 19 39-170 4.4 51.4% 188 5.2% Average 39-26 57.7 4.1-0.3 22 44-244 5.6 54.8% 187 5.4% 18 33-111 3.4 56.8% 262 6.2% Conference 31-22 -0.5 1.1 1.0 20 42-190 4.6 62.0% 185 5.6% 19 36-169 4.7 51.4% 206 5.2% Conference 36-23 76.9 5.3-0.6 22 44-252 5.8 51.2% 176 5.9% 16 31-97 3.1 57.4% 255 5.7% Away 27-32 -41.8-3.5-0.7 17 40-167 4.2 60.3% 184 9.9% 21 42-191 4.6 52.3% 202 3.0% Home 43-16 143.8 7.8 0.0 23 45-252 5.6 59.3% 193 5.0% 15 30-79 2.7 57.4% 222 9.1% By Game Leaders Passing By Game Leaders Passing Yardage Position by Position Edges Yardage Alabama A&M AJ Erdely 11-20-152-2-0 Carlos Stephens 15-76-5.1-0 Collin Lisa 3-43-14.3-0 UAB Ohio Hampton Quinton Maxwell 7-9-100-1-1 AJ Ouellette 12-63-5.3-0 Cameron Odom 4-75-18.8-0 at Ball St AJ Erdely 15-24-168-0-0 Spencer Brown 17-151-8.9-0 Sederian Copeland 2-45-22.5-0 UAB QB/WR at Purdue Nathan Rourke 16-23-224-1-0 Julian Ross 9-55-6.1-1 Papi White 6-98-16.3-0 Coastal Carolina AJ Erdely 7-14-102-0-0 Spencer Brown 16-51-3.2-2 Collin Lisa 2-43-21.5-0 0.89 Kansas Nathan Rourke 11-16-152-2-0 AJ Ouellette 10-102-10.2-1 Brendan Cope 5-104-20.8-0 at North Texas AJ Erdely 17-36-321-4-1 Spencer Brown 17-50-2.9-1 Andre Wilson 5-150-30.0-2 Ohio DB's at Eastern Michigan Nathan Rourke 19-32-197-2-0 AJ Ouellette 26-145-5.6-0 Cameron Odom 5-56-11.2-1 UAB RB's at UMass Nathan Rourke 13-24-181-2-0 AJ Ouellette 12-125-10.4-1 Brendan Cope 7-126-18.0-1 Louisiana Tech AJ Erdely 21-32-188-0-0 Spencer Brown 25-165-6.6-1 Andre Wilson 8-105-13.1-0 0.06 Central Michigan Nathan Rourke 17-31-160-0-1 Nathan Rourke 13-105-8.1-3 Brendan Cope 6-58-9.7-0 Middle Tennessee AJ Erdely 16-31-174-1-1 Spencer Brown 31-167-5.4-1 Ronnie Turner Jr. 6-54-9.0-0 Ohio LB's at Bowling Green Nathan Rourke 7-22-105-1-2 Nathan Rourke 8-143-17.9-3 Andrew Meyer 3-84-28.0-1 at Charlotte AJ Erdely 21-29-182-1-0 Spencer Brown 16-71-4.4-0 Sederian Copeland 2-47-23.5-0 UAB OL Kent St Nathan Rourke 8-17-132-2-0 Dorian Brown 13-108-8.3-1 Papi White 2-82-41.0-0 at Southern Miss AJ Erdely 16-29-208-1-0 Spencer Brown 33-209-6.3-1 Xavier Ubosi 1-60-60.0-0 0.62 Miami, OH Nathan Rourke 21-33-294-3-0 AJ Ouellette 20-80-4.0-0 Brendan Cope 5-89-17.8-1 Rice AJ Erdely 20-21-197-3-0 Spencer Brown 17-140-8.2-3 Donnie Lee 5-84-16.8-1 Ohio DL Toledo Nathan Rourke 7-15-139-1-1 Dorian Brown 17-142-8.4-2 Papi White 3-91-30.3-0 at UTSA AJ Erdely 8-13-49-1-1 Spencer Brown 27-128-4.7-0 Ronnie Turner Jr. 2-16-8.0-1 UAB DL at Akron Nathan Rourke 9-22-110-0-2 Nathan Rourke 15-165-11.0-2 Papi White 6-68-11.3-0 at Florida AJ Erdely 14-19-177-1-1 Spencer Brown 8-17-2.1-0 Xavier Ubosi 1-74-74.0-1 1.73 UTEP AJ Erdely 15-25-159-2-0 Spencer Brown 22-98-4.5-0 Collin Lisa 7-76-10.9-1 Ohio OL at Buffalo Nathan Rourke 15-30-265-1-1 Julian Ross 19-81-4.3-0 Cameron Odom 2-85-42.5-1 UAB LB'S Ohio 0.49 UAB Ohio RB's AJ Erdely 181-293-2077-16-4 Spencer Brown 236-1289-5.5-10 Andre Wilson 48-619-12.9-6 UAB DB's Nathan Rourke 149-275-2031-15-7 AJ Ouellette 185-985-5.3-7 Papi White 31-520-16.8-2 UAB Leaders Tyler Johnston III 1-2-13-0-0 AJ Erdely 116-297-2.6-13 Collin Lisa 29-384-13.2-1 0.60 Ohio Leaders Quinton Maxwell 14-24-220-2-2 Nathan Rourke 134-877-6.5-21 Brendan Cope 35-494-14.1-4 Collin Lisa 1-1-3-0-0 James Noble III 49-271-5.5-0 Xavier Ubosi 9-208-23.1-1 Ohio QB/WR Brendan Cope 1-1-3-1-0 Dorian Brown 99-592-6.0-7 Andrew Meyer 29-433-14.9-2 Last Five Years Meetings (Last 17 years at PhilSteele.com) UAB ST's Projected Box 3.81 Category Team & Margin Phil's Forecast: None Las Vegas Line Ohio ST's Ohio By 5 Projected UAB K Bill Clark is up for most national COY awards. OU turned the OFF over to Las Vegas Total 213 yards UAB Ohio 215 yards 0.70 58 Points Canadian Nathan Rourke in week 2. OU WR Papi White will be the most Projected Passing Ohio K +/- Ratings explosive player on the field. OU has the on both the OL and DL s, and at 135 yards UAB Ohio 193 yards UAB Coaches Ohio By 7.0 Projected Yardage Total 1.00 LB. UAB has the in 1 area, the DB s, where they were #38 in my pass D 348 yards UAB Ohio 407 yards Game Grade Ohio Coaches Ohio By 11.6 numbers, led by first team CUSA Darious Williams. Frank Solich has the bowl Projected Final UAB Pts game experience, but it must be noted that he is just 4-9 in bowl games. Computer Yards 28 points UAB Ohio 34 points 0.89 9.02 Ohio 407-348 OU s biggest in this game is ST s. UAB pulled 5 outright upsets and is Experience Rankings Ohio Pts Computer Points getting over a td. 130 UAB Ohio 76 POSITIONAL EDGE AWARDED TO: Ohio 34-28 129 Team Schedule Strength UAB Ohio 116 Ohio Phil Steele By 8.13 Points Ohio by 3 Best Bet: UAB 28 (+) Ohio 31 Return to Table of Contents Ohio Bobcats

UAB (8-4) ATS: 8-3-1 O/U: 4-8 BAHAMAS BOWL Friday, December 22, 2017 12:30 pm ESPN Thomas Robinson Stadium Nassau Bahamas COMPUTER PROJECTIONS UAB OHIO 114 rush yd 237 190 pass yd 178 27 pts 35 +4 ytd to -4 #129 sked #119 CHECKLIST UAB OHIO QB 1/2 RB WR 1/2 OL 41/2 DL 4 LB 1/2 41/2 DB CCH 4 SITE MTCH 4 INT ST 4441/2 SKED 1/2 OVERALL OHIO BY 6 4 s OHIO (8-4) ATS: 8-4 O/U: 8-4

C Michigan Chippewas Chippewas Logs 8-4 7-5 MAC MTW Cowboys Logs TM TEAM --PS RANK-- 6-2 5-3 TM TEAM --PS RANK-- TM +/- +/- TM +/- +/- REC CONF CONF TM DATE SCORE W/L OFF DEF ST OFF DEF ST NCAA RANKINGS REC CONF CONF TM DATE SCORE W/L OFF DEF ST OFF DEF ST 0-0 0-0 106 8/31 Rhode Island 30-27 W 75 90 110 2017 TEAM RANKINGS 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 109 120 9/2 at Iowa 3-24 L 98 85 119 69 30 40 1-0 1-0 0-0 0-0 103 108 9/9 at Kansas 45-27 W 71 89 110 89 94 100 0-1 0-0 108 9/9 Gardner-Webb 27-0 W 111 91 119 C Michigan Wyoming 2-0 1-1 0-0 0-0 108 109 9/16 at Syracuse 14-41 L 57 83 115 70 56 49 1-1 2-0 0-0 0-0 107 127 9/16 Oregon 13-49 L 114 102 123 1 34 19 2-1 1-2 0-0 0-0 104 108 9/23 Miami, OH 14-31 L 56 88 108 109 84 80 #93 Rush Off #120 1-2 2-1 0-0 0-0 104 101 9/23 Hawaii 28-21 W 124 100 94 66 115 130 2-2 1-3 0-1 0-2 101 111 9/30 at Boston College 8-28 L 64 90 118 94 50 66 #48 Pass Off #101 2-2 1-3 1-0 0-1 104 86 9/30 Texas St 45-10 W 121 104 96 127 119 120 2-3 4-1 0-1 1-0 100 112 10/7 at Ohio 26-23 W 73 91 121 71 67 16 #71 Total Off #126 3-2 1-0 106 10/7 121 93 93 3-3 4-1 1-1 1-0 104 115 10/14 Toledo 10-30 L 81 89 130 53 96 26 #53 Off #108 3-2 3-3 1-0 1-1 106 110 10/14 at Utah St 28-23 W 123 92 62 108 103 4 3-4 2-4 1-2 0-2 102 95 10/21 at Ball St 56-9 W 90 87 127 121 108 99 #32 Sks Allowed #58 4-2 4-2 2-0 2-0 109 116 10/21 at Boise St 14-24 L 122 88 72 93 48 7 4-4 2-2 106 10/28 91 73 123 #91 Rush Def #75 4-3 3-4 2-1 1-3 109 108 10/28 New Mexico 42-3 W 125 81 68 70 95 58 4-4 5-3 2-2 3-1 106 114 11/1 at Western Michigan 35-28 W 92 70 126 57 67 8 #23 Pass Def #5 5-3 6-3 3-1 4-1 113 112 11/4 Colorado St 16-13 W 124 69 64 33 102 46 5-4 3-6 3-2 1-4 110 115 11/8 Eastern Michigan 42-30 W 86 66 127 104 87 120 #54 Total Def #21 6-3 4-5 4-1 3-2 113 108 11/11 at Air Force 28-14 W 124 64 48 62 128 66 6-4 2-8 4-2 1-5 113 89 11/14 at Kent St 42-23 W 86 62 127 129 103 112 #68 Def #13 7-3 7-3 5-1 5-1 115 110 11/18 Fresno St 7-13 L 124 64 50 71 71 55 7-4 8-3 5-2 6-1 113 117 11/24 Northern Illinois 31-24 W 82 68 127 87 37 77 #27 Sks By #39 7-4 1-11 5-2 0-7 112 85 11/25 at San Jose St 17-20 L 122 66 49 123 124 41 8-4 6-2 115 12/2 80 63 123 #66 Ypg Diff #95 7-5 5-3 107 12/2 121 60 57 8-4 7-5 6-2 5-3 115 107 12/22 Wyoming 76 68 124 118 62 56 +8 Total TO's +16 7-5 8-4 5-3 6-2 107 115 12/22 Central Michigan 118 62 56 76 68 124 Net Comp Yds Net Comp Yds Yds FD TO's FD RA-RY YPC Att Pass Sks FD RA-RY YPC Att Pass Sks Yds FD TO's FD RA-RY YPC Att Pass Sks FD RA-RY YPC Att Pass Sks Rhode Island 30-27 107 9 2 24 50-246 4.9 28-54 253 2 15 31-108 3.5 21-40 284 1 at Iowa 3-24 -30-1 2 15 30-59 2.0 23-40 174 3 16 41-138 3.4 8-15 125 2 at Kansas 45-27 120-3 1 26 35-123 3.5 28-37 467 0 29 34-147 4.3 32-62 323 2 Gardner-Webb 27-0 198 7 1 19 28-65 2.3 22-32 328 0 12 52-173 3.3 2-7 22 3 at Syracuse 17-41 -197 4 0 22 34-105 3.1 23-46 277 0 18 44-300 6.8 19-35 279 0 Oregon 13-49 -375-22 1 10 32-117 3.7 10-25 66 2 32 65-307 4.7 18-30 251 2 Miami, OH 14-31 -49-1 -2 19 38-117 3.1 20-39 228 0 20 40-177 4.4 11-19 217 2 Hawaii 28-21 -181-13 2 11 29-177 6.1 9-19 92 2 24 38-170 4.5 29-40 280 2 at Boston College 8-28 -13 1-1 18 33-116 3.5 22-43 180 3 17 53-224 4.2 14-21 85 0 Texas St 45-10 71 2 1 18 35-84 2.4 15-26 249 2 16 52-135 2.6 11-23 127 4 at Ohio 26-23 -33-3 3 18 31-68 2.2 25-35 249 2 21 39-190 4.9 17-31 160 2 Toledo 10-30 -155-5 -2 12 21-62 3.0 17-38 182 0 17 56-310 5.5 10-18 89 1 at Utah St 28-23 -70-9 4 14 36-85 2.4 18-26 208 3 23 37-131 3.5 20-39 232 3 at Ball St 56-9 247 8 0 22 45-256 5.7 16-23 199 2 14 41-81 2.0 20-34 127 8 at Boise St 14-24 -101-6 -2 15 34-111 3.3 12-27 131 4 21 43-166 3.9 18-24 177 3 New Mexico 42-3 125 5 7 18 32-75 2.3 16-28 234 0 13 40-115 2.9 10-25 69 2 at Western Michigan 35-28 50-2 2 15 35-164 4.7 12-31 243 1 17 54-315 5.8 6-18 42 3 Colorado St 16-13 -51 0-1 18 34-156 4.6 10-20 138 1 18 55-235 4.3 8-14 110 2 Eastern Michigan 42-30 4-10 4 12 42-177 4.2 11-18 155 4 22 36-124 3.4 23-39 204 2 at Air Force 28-14 -149-6 2 16 43-100 2.3 11-15 129 3 22 61-203 3.3 10-22 175 2 at Kent St 42-23 -44-9 0 16 30-152 5.1 15-23 298 1 25 47-174 3.7 16-30 320 7 Fresno St 7-13 -25-3 -1 12 28-77 2.8 20-33 231 1 15 45-147 3.3 14-23 186 1 Northern Illinois 31-24 121-3 1 16 33-139 4.2 20-39 247 3 19 40-137 3.4 20-36 128 3 at San Jose St 17-20 37 3 0 17 43-187 4.3 18-38 170 2 14 43-146 3.4 15-29 174 2 Wyoming Central Michigan C Michigan Chippewas LEADERS & TEAM AVERAGES Average 30-27 13.2-1.2 0.7 18 36-144 4.0 55.6% 248 4.2% 20 43-191 4.4 54.6% 188 8.1% Average 22-18 -45.9-3.6 1.3 15 34-108 3.2 55.9% 179 7.0% 19 48-172 3.6 56.0% 161 9.6% Conference 32-25 17.6-3.1 0.8 16 34-142 4.1 55.3% 225 5.3% 19 44-189 4.3 54.7% 161 12.4% Conference 23-16 -51.9-3.6 1.4 15 35-121 3.5 55.3% 167 7.8% 19 45-164 3.6 57.4% 175 7.9% Away 33-26 18.6-0.6 0.7 20 35-141 4.0 59.2% 273 3.8% 20 45-204 4.6 53.7% 191 9.5% Home 25-16 -34.0-3.4 1.4 15 31-107 3.4 55.7% 191 4.4% 19 50-183 3.7 56.8% 149 9.9% Position by Position Edges By Game Yardage Leaders By Game Yardage Leaders Passing Passing Rhode Island Shane Morris 25-49-226-1-1 Jonathan Ward 19-147-7.7-1 Mark Chapman 5-88-17.6-0 C Michigan Wyoming at Iowa Josh Allen 23-40-174-0-2 Milo Hall 9-30-3.3-0 Austin Conway 7-47-6.7-0 at Kansas Shane Morris 28-37-467-5-0 Jonathan Ward 11-59-5.4-0 Mark Chapman 8-168-21.0-3 Gardner-Webb Josh Allen 22-32-328-2-0 Kellen Overstreet 14-33-2.4-1 Austin Conway 11-135-12.3-1 C Michigan QB/WR at Syracuse Shane Morris 22-45-279-2-2 Kumehnnu Gwilly 6-44-7.3-0 Cameron Cole 3-75-25.0-1 0.85 Oregon Josh Allen 9-24-64-0-1 Milo Hall 11-43-3.9-0 Austin Conway 4-27-6.8-0 Miami, OH Shane Morris 15-33-195-1-2 Jonathan Ward 22-56-2.5-0 Eric Cooper 6-81-13.5-1 Wyoming DB's Hawaii Josh Allen 9-19-92-1-0 Trey Woods 15-135-9.0-1 Tyree Mayfield 2-27-13.5-0 at Boston College Shane Morris 21-42-171-0-3 Kumehnnu Gwilly 12-61-5.1-1 Tony Poljan 3-61-20.3-0 C Michigan RB's Texas St Josh Allen 14-24-219-3-0 Trey Woods 21-53-2.5-0 CJ Johnson 4-57-14.3-2 at Ohio Shane Morris 25-35-249-2-1 Tony Poljan 5-24-4.8-0 Tyler Conklin 10-136-13.6-2 0.40 Toledo Shane Morris 17-37-182-1-2 Jonathan Ward 10-32-3.2-0 Mark Chapman 5-71-14.2-0 Wyoming LB's at Utah St Josh Allen 18-26-208-1-1 Trey Woods 15-40-2.7-0 James Price 4-72-18.0-0 at Ball St Shane Morris 16-21-199-4-0 Jonathan Ward 13-97-7.5-2 Corey Willis 5-98-19.6-3 C Michigan OL at Boise St Josh Allen 12-27-131-1-2 Josh Allen 18-62-3.4-1 Austin Conway 5-33-6.6-0 0.03 New Mexico Josh Allen 16-28-234-4-0 Trey Woods 11-25-2.3-0 James Price 4-68-17.0-0 at Western Michigan Shane Morris 12-30-243-2-0 Jonathan Ward 18-130-7.2-1 Corey Willis 5-148-29.6-1 Wyoming DL Colorado St Josh Allen 10-20-138-0-0 Josh Allen 12-60-5.0-0 CJ Johnson 2-35-17.5-0 Eastern Michigan Shane Morris 11-18-155-3-0 Jonathan Ward 19-159-8.4-2 Corey Willis 6-71-11.8-2 C Michigan DL at Air Force Josh Allen 8-11-70-1-0 Trey Woods 11-47-4.3-1 Trey Woods 1-38-38.0-0 at Kent St Shane Morris 14-22-297-2-1 Jonathan Ward 13-80-6.2-1 Tyler Conklin 4-104-26.0-0 0.83 Fresno St Nick Smith 20-32-231-1-0 Kellen Overstreet 10-31-3.1-0 Austin Conway 7-105-15.0-0 Northern Illinois Shane Morris 19-37-247-3-1 Jonathan Ward 21-159-7.6-1 Mark Chapman 3-74-24.7-1 Wyoming OL at San Jose St Nick Smith 17-37-171-1-2 Kellen Overstreet 17-139-8.2-0 CJ Johnson 4-106-26.5-1 C Michigan LB'S Wyoming 0.81 Central Michigan Wyoming RB's Shane Morris 225-406-2910-26-13 Jonathan Ward 167-988-5.9-9 Mark Chapman 54-805-14.9-5 C Michigan DB's Josh Allen 141-251-1658-13-6 Trey Woods 133-474-3.6-2 Austin Conway 58-520-9.0-2 C Michigan Leaders Tony Poljan 10-17-61-0-0 Kumehnnu Gwilly 52-202-3.9-2 Corey Willis 42-625-14.9-9 0.05 Wyoming Leaders Nick Smith 40-74-471-2-2 Kellen Overstreet 88-386-4.4-3 CJ Johnson 26-459-17.7-6 Jonathan Ward 1-2-9-0-0 Romello Ross 51-197-3.9-1 Tyler Conklin 28-406-14.5-5 Wyoming QB/WR Austin Conway 2-2-22-0-0 Josh Allen 84-207-2.5-5 James Price 16-254-15.9-1 Last Five Years Meetings (Last 17 years at PhilSteele.com) C Michigan ST's Projected Box 1.46 Category Team & Margin Phil's Forecast: None Las Vegas Line Wyoming ST's Even Projected The big question for this bowl is whether NFL prospect Josh Allen will be healthy C Michigan K 128 yards C Michigan Wyoming 123 yards Las Vegas Total 1.15 44.5 Points enough to play. CM has the on OFF. Wyoming has a slight on D. Wyoming s Projected Passing Wyoming K biggest s is with their ST s unit, and the site. Wyoming is used to altitude and +/- Ratings 225 yards C Michigan Wyoming 167 yards C Michigan Coaches C Michigan By 6.0 played at this stadium this year. This game looks like a toss-up and that is where the Projected Yardage Total 0.35 line is. 2 factors will have me leaning with the MAC squad. Over the L/4 games, CM Game Grade 353 yards C Michigan Wyoming 290 yards C Michigan By 3.3 played to an avg game grade of 82.2 and Wyoming to just a 74.7 grade. Wyoming Wyoming Coaches Projected Final C Michigan Pts Computer Yards beat 2 bowl teams, but trailed in the 4Q in those wins. CM beat a Big 12 team on the 21 points C Michigan Wyoming 20 points 2.52 3.41 C Michigan 353-290 road, while also beating 3 bowl teams. CM was -6 ypg vs the 5 bowl teams they Experience Rankings Wyoming Pts Computer Points 55 C Michigan Wyoming 45 C Michigan 21-20 faced, while Wyoming was -109 ypg vs their 6 bowl foes. POSITIONAL EDGE AWARDED TO: 95 Team Schedule Strength C Michigan Wyoming 111 Wyoming Phil Steele By 0.89 Points C Michigan by 3 Central Michigan 21 Wyoming 18 Return to Table of Contents Wyoming Cowboys Wyoming Cowboys

CENTRAL MICH (8-4) ATS: 7-5 O/U: 6-5-1 FAMOUS IDAHO POTATO Friday, December 22, 2017 4:00 pm ESPN Albertson s Stadium Boise, ID COMPUTER PROJECTIONS CM WYO 142 rush yd 133 224 pass yd 174 24 pts 19 +8 ytd to +16 #107 sked #111 CHECKLIST CM WYO 41/2 QB 4 RB 4 WR OL DL LB 4 4 DB CCH 4 SITE 44 MTCH INT ST 441/2 1/2 SKED OVERALL WYOMING BY 1 4 s WYOMING (7-5) ATS: 7-5 O/U: 3-9

Texas Tech Red Raiders 6-6 9-2 Red Raiders Logs BIG 12 AAC Bulls Logs TM --PS RANK-- TM TM +/- +/- REC CONF CONF TM +/- +/- TEAM 3-6 6-2 TEAM --PS RANK-- TM DATE SCORE W/L OFF DEF ST OFF DEF ST NCAA RANKINGS REC CONF CONF TM DATE SCORE W/L OFF DEF ST OFF DEF ST 0-0 0-0 120 9/2 Eastern Washington 56-10 W 47 105 59 2017 TEAM RANKINGS 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 120 103 19 8/26 at San Jose St 42-22 W 38 36 48 115 111 52 1-0 0-0 125 9/9 40 79 59 1-0 0-0 119 19 9/2 Stony Brook 31-17 W 53 36 48 Texas Tech USF 1-0 1-1 0-0 0-0 125 111 9/16 Arizona St 52-45 W 31 66 129 61 57 121 2-0 0-0 119 21 9/9 52 36 92 2-0 2-0 0-0 0-0 123 121 9/23 at Houston 27-24 W 29 70 53 50 49 72 #96 Rush Off #9 2-0 2-0 0-0 0-0 121 109 22 9/15 Illinois 47-23 W 44 37 86 102 65 68 3-0 3-1 0-0 0-1 124 136 15 9/30 Oklahoma St 34-41 L 23 63 69 6 35 97 #11 Pass Off #54 3-0 2-1 0-0 0-0 125 111 21 9/21 Temple 43-7 W 42 24 64 96 81 24 3-1 1-3 0-1 0-1 124 102 10/7 at Kansas 65-19 W 32 63 81 69 112 82 #17 Total Off #9 4-0 1-3 1-0 1-0 125 95 18 9/30 at East Carolina 61-31 W 31 20 40 105 130 127 4-1 3-2 1-1 1-1 128 122 24 10/14 at West Virginia 35-46 L 26 57 82 9 64 100 #26 Off #16 5-0 2-0 125 18 10/7 35 22 57 4-2 4-2 1-2 2-1 125 125 10/21 Iowa St 13-31 L 21 52 97 67 47 41 #72 Sks Allowed #32 5-0 2-4 2-0 0-2 126 104 18 10/14 Cincinnati 33-3 W 32 17 42 106 98 104 4-3 6-1 1-3 3-1 120 133 10 10/28 at Oklahoma 27-49 L 25 58 90 3 32 80 #53 Rush Def #22 6-0 3-3 3-0 1-1 125 109 16 10/21 at Tulane 34-28 W 30 20 51 88 110 92 4-4 4-4 1-4 2-3 119 121 11/4 Kansas St 35-42 L 25 76 99 44 40 1 #124 Pass Def #58 7-0 4-3 4-0 2-2 121 117 17 10/28 Houston 24-28 L 31 22 65 52 49 73 4-5 1-8 1-5 1-5 117 114 11/11 Baylor 38-24 W 21 77 112 74 91 52 #100 Total Def #28 7-1 3-5 4-1 2-3 120 95 11/4 at Connecticut 37-20 W 25 21 30 114 112 117 5-5 8-2 2-5 5-2 119 133 11 11/18 TCU 3-27 L 24 78 92 21 8 32 #94 Def #37 8-1 5-1 120 22 11/11 25 22 28 5-6 6-5 2-6 5-3 116 131 11/25 at Texas 27-23 W 28 78 97 33 10 36 #107 Sks By #21 8-1 2-8 5-1 1-5 118 105 23 11/16 Tulsa 27-20 W 25 23 30 61 129 58 6-6 3-6 121 12/2 33 72 99 #51 Ypg Diff #7 9-1 10-0 6-1 7-0 119 128 22 13 11/24 at UCF 42-49 L 24 25 51 14 45 17 6-6 9-2 3-6 6-2 121 119 12/23 USF 29 72 101 30 26 51 +11 Total TO's +10 9-2 6-2 119 23 12/2 30 26 51 6-6 3-6 121 23 12/23 Texas Tech 29 72 101 Net Comp Yds Net Comp Yds Yds FD TO's FD RA-RY YPC Att Pass Sks FD RA-RY YPC Att Pass Sks Yds FD TO's FD RA-RY YPC Att Pass Sks FD RA-RY YPC Att Pass Sks Eastern Washington 56-10 325 13 3 32 40-177 4.4 31-35 449 2 19 36-81 2.3 23-36 220 1 at San Jose St 42-22 161 11 3 29 74-315 4.3 13-26 233 3 18 38-109 2.9 25-50 278 1 Stony Brook 31-17 110 7 1 21 49-153 3.1 19-32 186 2 14 36-92 2.6 17-34 137 5 Arizona St 52-45 121 6 0 33 29-72 2.5 37-50 543 3 27 44-168 3.8 27-41 326 3 at Houston 27-24 94-8 4 17 33-200 6.1 29-45 321 2 25 31-110 3.5 32-52 317 2 Illinois 47-23 326 23 2 38 66-376 5.7 17-32 304 3 15 15-67 4.5 20-40 287 2 Oklahoma St 34-41 -213-7 0 25 26-54 2.1 29-46 330 1 32 44-221 5.0 27-38 376 1 Temple 43-7 323 15 4 22 63-312 5.0 8-20 96 1 7 33--4-0.1 7-25 89 5 at Kansas 65-19 235 13 2 30 52-313 6.0 22-27 290 3 17 33-112 3.4 23-43 256 1 at East Carolina 61-31 161 2 1 25 50-390 7.8 13-21 185 1 23 36-108 3.0 21-46 306 1 at West Virginia 35-46 117-1 0 27 33-190 5.8 24-39 323 2 28 29-44 1.5 32-41 352 4 Iowa St 13-31 -64 4-2 24 41-129 3.1 31-41 207 2 20 36-208 5.8 22-36 192 0 Cincinnati 33-3 129 4 2 25 53-212 4.0 17-30 190 0 21 33-95 2.9 21-37 178 3 at Oklahoma 27-49 -180-7 0 24 34-115 3.4 22-36 322 2 31 47-336 7.1 22-34 281 1 at Tulane 34-28 90 4 0 25 52-378 7.3 10-24 127 0 21 47-194 4.1 9-19 221 2 Kansas St 35-42 119 2 0 26 31-122 3.9 34-53 405 1 24 36-145 4.0 18-28 263 2 Houston 24-28 65 5 1 21 55-137 2.5 23-38 325 4 16 48-255 5.3 14-25 142 5 Baylor 38-24 -186-13 3 18 30-91 3.0 24-29 246 2 31 29-106 3.7 43-63 417 1 at Connecticut 37-20 278 6-1 28 40-217 5.4 24-37 385 1 22 41-148 3.6 21-28 176 4 TCU 3-27 38 4-1 21 41-174 4.2 18-36 153 3 17 42-204 4.9 6-17 85 1 at Texas 27-23 7-2 2 16 34-62 1.8 20-45 333 3 18 33-116 3.5 29-51 272 1 Tulsa 27-20 64-1 -2 21 45-279 6.2 11-28 142 0 22 55-166 3.0 14-28 191 5 at UCF 42-49 120-5 -1 27 39-150 3.8 24-45 503 3 32 40-160 4.0 29-44 373 0 USF Texas Tech Average 34-32 34.4 0.3 0.9 24 35-142 4.0 66.6% 327 5.4% 24 37-154 4.2 63.3% 280 3.8% Average 38-23 166.1 6.5 0.9 26 53-265 5.0 53.8% 243 5.4% 19 38-126 3.3 52.7% 216 8.8% Conference 31-34 -14.1-0.8 0.4 23 36-139 3.9 63.6% 290 5.4% 24 37-166 4.5 63.2% 277 3.4% Conference 38-23 153.8 3.8 0.5 24 50-259 5.2 53.5% 244 4.1% 21 42-140 3.4 54.0% 210 9.9% Away 37-31 14.5-3.0 1.8 22 36-162 4.5 63.8% 306 6.3% 25 34-137 4.1 63.7% 316 3.5% Home 34-16 169.5 8.8 1.3 25 55-245 4.4 52.8% 207 5.6% 16 37-112 3.1 49.2% 171 13.2% By Game Leaders Passing By Game Leaders Passing Yardage Position by Position Edges Yardage Eastern Washington Nic Shimonek 26-30-384-3-0 Desmond Nisby 6-57-9.5-0 Derrick Willies 4-126-31.5-1 Texas Tech USF at San Jose St Quinton Flowers 11-22-212-2-0 D'Ernest Johnson 22-99-4.5-2 Marquez Scantling 6-91-15.2-0 Stony Brook Quinton Flowers 19-32-186-2-1 Quinton Flowers 18-67-3.7-0 Tyre McCants 2-74-37.0-1 Texas Tech QB/WR Arizona St Nic Shimonek 37-50-543-6-0 Justin Stockton 12-47-3.9-0 Keke Coutee 12-186-15.5-1 0.87 at Houston Nic Shimonek 29-45-321-2-1 Justin Stockton 10-102-10.2-0 Keke Coutee 11-161-14.6-1 USF DB's Illinois Quinton Flowers 15-27-280-4-1 Quinton Flowers 25-106-4.2-1 Marquez Scantling 4-96-24.0-1 Oklahoma St Nic Shimonek 29-46-330-1-1 Justin Stockton 12-28-2.3-1 Cameron Batson 6-84-14.0-0 Texas Tech RB's Temple Quinton Flowers 8-20-96-0-0 Darius Tice 15-117-7.8-2 Tyre McCants 2-29-14.5-0 at Kansas Nic Shimonek 19-24-233-2-1 Justin Stockton 15-161-10.7-1 Keke Coutee 8-87-10.9-1 0.29 at East Carolina Quinton Flowers 10-18-160-2-0 D'Ernest Johnson 16-111-6.9-2 Marquez Scantling 6-94-15.7-1 at West Virginia Nic Shimonek 24-39-323-4-1 Justin Stockton 15-96-6.4-0 T.J Vasher 2-113-56.5-2 USF LB's Iowa St Nic Shimonek 31-41-207-0-1 Tre King 20-82-4.1-0 Keke Coutee 8-72-9.0-0 Texas Tech OL Cincinnati Quinton Flowers 16-29-184-0-0 Quinton Flowers 15-80-5.3-1 Deange Antoine 3-50-16.7-0 at Oklahoma Nic Shimonek 22-36-322-4-1 Tre King 24-113-4.7-0 T.J Vasher 5-98-19.6-0 0.54 at Tulane Quinton Flowers 10-24-127-2-1 Darius Tice 13-141-10.8-1 Darnel Salomon 3-50-16.7-1 Kansas St Nic Shimonek 34-53-405-4-1 Tre King 16-71-4.4-1 Keke Coutee 12-189-15.8-2 USF DL Houston Quinton Flowers 23-38-325-0-0 Darius Tice 26-92-3.5-0 Marquez Scantling 10-186-18.6-0 Baylor Nic Shimonek 24-29-246-2-0 Tre King 20-67-3.4-1 Dylan Cantrell 11-94-8.5-0 Texas Tech DL at Connecticut Quinton Flowers 24-37-385-3-1 Quinton Flowers 16-131-8.2-0 Marquez Scantling 6-152-25.3-1 TCU Nic Shimonek 17-33-137-0-1 Justin Stockton 21-124-5.9-0 Dylan Cantrell 7-55-7.9-0 1.20 at Texas McLane Carter 16-37-237-0-2 Justin Stockton 7-45-6.4-0 Keke Coutee 9-168-18.7-0 USF OL Tulsa Quinton Flowers 11-28-142-2-1 Quinton Flowers 17-119-7.0-0 Darnel Salomon 2-44-22.0-1 Texas Tech LB'S at UCF Quinton Flowers 24-45-503-4-1 Quinton Flowers 20-102-5.1-1 Tyre McCants 9-227-25.2-1 USF 0.14 USF RB's Texas Tech Nic Shimonek 296-434-3547-30-8 Justin Stockton 114-694-6.1-4 Keke Coutee 82-1242-15.1-9 Texas Tech DB's Quinton Flowers 171-320-2600-21-6 Quinton Flowers 182-972-5.3-10 Marquez Scantling 50-746-14.9-5 Texas Tech Leaders McLane Carter 23-46-359-2-2 Tre King 121-588-4.9-4 Dylan Cantrell 67-790-11.8-6 1.97 USF Leaders Brett Kean 7-11-64-0-0 Darius Tice 162-878-5.4-11 Tyre McCants 30-598-19.9-5 Jett Duffey 2-2-16-0-0 Desmond Nisby 61-274-4.5-7 Cameron Batson 55-464-8.4-5 USF QB/WR Chris Oladokun 1-1-12-0-0 D'Ernest Johnson 177-745-4.2-7 Darnel Salomon 28-465-16.6-4 Last Five Years Meetings (Last 17 years at PhilSteele.com) Texas Tech ST's Projected Box 1.09 Category Team & Margin Phil's Forecast: None Las Vegas Line USF ST's Usf By 2.5 Projected Texas Tech K After a slow start, USF dominated 4 straight foes, but lost their L/4 regular Las Vegas Total 133 yards Texas Tech USF 231 yards 2.46 67 Points season games ATS. USF has a nice matchup with my #18 rated pass D vs Projected Passing USF K +/- Ratings the pass heavy TT OFF. Nik Shimonek is your typical first year TT QB. USF QB 334 yards Texas Tech USF 228 yards Texas Tech By 2.0 Texas Tech Coaches Projected Yardage Total 0.50 Quinton Flowers is dangerous. TT has a slight on OFF and USF a slight Game Grade 467 yards Texas Tech USF 459 yards USF Coaches Texas Tech By 2.2 on D. Charlie Strong and his Tx squad was 2-1 vs Kingsbury. USF has the Projected Final Texas Tech Pts on ST s. USF went just 1-2 vs bowl teams. TT beat AZSt, Hou, and Tx, Computer Yards 34 points Texas Tech USF 33 points 2.60 6.45 Texas Tech 467-459 and had close losses to OKSt, WV (blew 35-17 lead) and KSt (OT). I will go Experience Rankings USF Pts Computer Points with the more battle tested team to pull off the upset. 118 Texas Tech USF 36 Texas Tech 34-33 POSITIONAL EDGE AWARDED TO: 13 Team Schedule Strength Texas Tech USF 112 USF Phil Steele By 3.85 Points Texas Tech by 1 Texas Tech 36 USF 35 Return to Table of Contents Texas Tech Red Raiders LEADERS & TEAM AVERAGES USF Bulls USF Bulls

TEXAS TECH (6-6) ATS: 6-5-1 O/U: 5-7 BIRMINGHAM BOWL Saturday, December 23, 2017 12:00 pm ESPN Legion Field Birmingham, AL COMPUTER PROJECTIONS TTECH USF 150 rush yd 226 326 pass yd 229 36 pts 33 +11 ytd to +9 #14 sked #120 CHECKLIST TTECH USF QB 1/2 RB 4 WR OL 1/2 DL 4 LB 1/2 DB 4 1/2 CCH SITE MTCH 4 INT ST 41/2 44444 SKED OVERALL USF BY 1 4 s SOUTH FLORIDA (9-2) ATS: 5-6 O/U: 4-7

San Diego St Aztecs Aztecs Logs 10-2 9-3 MTW IND Black Knights Logs TM TEAM --PS RANK-- 6-2 2-0 TM TEAM --PS RANK-- TM +/- +/- TM +/- +/- REC CONF CONF TM DATE SCORE W/L OFF DEF ST OFF DEF ST NCAA RANKINGS REC CONF CONF TM DATE SCORE W/L OFF DEF ST OFF DEF ST 0-0 0-0 117 9/2 UC Davis 38-17 W 92 41 10 2017 TEAM RANKINGS 0-0 0-0 110 9/1 Fordham 64-6 W 62 100 116 1-0 1-0 0-0 0-0 116 112 9/9 at Arizona St 30-20 W 79 49 10 47 48 90 1-0 0-1 0-0 0-0 115 102 9/9 Buffalo 21-17 W 42 92 116 123 108 125 San Diego St Army 2-0 1-1 0-0 0-1 117 127 19 9/16 Stanford 20-17 W 73 50 6 12 28 16 2-0 1-1 0-0 1-0 113 133 8 9/16 at Ohio St 7-38 L 76 93 78 7 4 22 3-0 1-1 0-0 0-0 120 112 22 9/23 at Air Force 28-24 W 83 51 9 57 107 62 #12 Rush Off #1 2-1 1-2 0-0 0-1 112 110 9/23 at Tulane 17-21 L 88 105 98 94 96 68 4-0 2-1 1-0 0-0 120 115 19 9/30 Northern Illinois 34-28 W 87 60 34 103 62 101 #118 Pass Off #130 2-2 0-4 0-0 0-1 112 86 9/30 UTEP 35-21 W 101 110 72 129 128 89 5-0 2-2 1-0 1-0 120 101 19 10/7 at UNLV 41-10 W 90 58 17 38 127 113 #55 Total Off #85 3-2 1-4 0-0 1-1 109 91 10/7 at Rice 49-12 W 82 109 87 116 104 108 6-0 3-2 2-0 1-0 122 111 19 10/14 Boise St 14-31 L 85 53 34 94 59 14 #48 Off #52 4-2 2-3 0-0 0-2 113 110 10/14 Eastern Michigan 28-27 W 92 107 55 115 68 105 6-1 4-2 2-1 3-0 117 112 10/21 Fresno St 3-27 L 87 55 44 72 84 77 #95 Sks Allowed #1 5-2 3-4 0-0 1-3 112 106 10/21 Temple 31-28 W 85 105 65 117 70 57 6-2 3-4 2-2 1-3 112 95 10/28 at Hawaii 28-7 W 95 61 41 56 128 130 #8 Rush Def #67 6-2 0-0 111 10/28 81 109 50 7-2 1-8 3-2 0-4 113 83 11/4 at San Jose St 52-7 W 93 47 56 123 126 26 #27 Pass Def #24 6-2 4-4 0-0 3-2 111 113 11/4 at Air Force 21-0 W 76 108 35 45 125 42 8-2 4-2 117 11/11 83 42 69 #11 Total Def #35 7-2 4-5 1-0 1-5 116 116 11/11 Duke 21-16 W 69 103 31 82 28 96 8-2 2-8 4-2 2-4 117 107 11/18 Nevada 42-23 W 78 42 67 84 116 96 #15 Def #28 8-2 7-3 1-0 6-1 117 107 11/18 at North Texas 49-52 L 67 95 24 50 97 10 9-2 3-8 5-2 1-6 118 97 11/25 New Mexico 35-10 W 71 44 56 99 108 46 #68 Sks By #68 8-3 1-0 114 11/25 62 96 32 10-2 6-2 118 12/2 61 45 56 #19 Ypg Diff #56 8-3 6-5 1-0 4-4 114 115 12/9 Navy 14-13 W 60 96 30 40 102 79 10-2 9-3 6-2 2-0 118 114 12/23 Army West Point 58 44 55 42 96 46 +8 Total TO's +4 9-3 2-0 114 12/16 42 96 46 10-2 6-2 118 12/23 San Diego St 58 44 55 Net Comp Yds Net Comp Yds Yds FD TO's FD RA-RY YPC Att Pass Sks FD RA-RY YPC Att Pass Sks Yds FD TO's FD RA-RY YPC Att Pass Sks FD RA-RY YPC Att Pass Sks UC Davis 38-17 198 11 1 27 52-276 5.3 17-23 237 2 16 27-57 2.1 19-24 258 1 Fordham 64-6 207 2 0 22 47-513 10.9 0-2 0 0 20 34-66 1.9 28-41 240 3 at Arizona St 30-20 10-1 1 14 43-279 6.5 9-18 73 4 15 31-44 1.4 20-33 298 5 Buffalo 21-17 27 8 2 19 66-322 4.9 2-8 17 0 11 23-119 5.2 9-16 193 2 Stanford 20-17 99 11 3 21 49-166 3.4 21-29 187 6 10 22-174 7.9 10-21 80 4 at Ohio St 7-38 -308-14 -1 16 58-259 4.5 2-8 19 0 30 32-270 8.4 29-37 316 2 at Air Force 28-24 114 5 0 19 41-187 4.6 10-16 180 1 14 60-220 3.7 2-6 33 0 at Tulane 17-21 15 7-2 22 69-371 5.4 0-5 0 0 15 30-253 8.4 10-22 103 2 Northern Illinois 34-28 -154-12 4 10 36-127 3.5 10-20 136 1 22 45-155 3.4 23-38 262 4 UTEP 35-21 171 6-1 22 50-353 7.1 3-7 80 0 16 37-152 4.1 9-18 110 2 at UNLV 41-10 191 15-1 27 46-302 6.6 14-24 172 1 12 31-106 3.4 12-28 177 3 at Rice 49-12 81 4 5 21 65-418 6.4 1-3 9 0 17 37-200 5.4 9-21 146 2 Boise St 14-31 12 1-1 16 39-83 2.1 12-27 240 5 15 34-186 5.5 14-23 125 0 Eastern Michigan 28-27 49 0 1 21 61-413 6.8 0-5 0 0 21 26-135 5.2 19-27 229 0 Fresno St 3-27 -120-1 -1 14 39-165 4.2 11-23 90 5 15 38-199 5.2 10-16 176 0 Temple 31-28 -117-5 -1 19 50-248 5.0 8-18 141 1 24 37-217 5.9 21-31 289 2 at Hawaii 28-7 222 9-1 21 53-334 6.3 5-11 83 1 12 23-35 1.5 19-33 160 3 at San Jose St 52-7 448 23 2 31 71-554 7.8 6-7 94 1 8 21-33 1.6 12-22 167 2 at Air Force 21-0 202 8 0 20 59-392 6.6 0-0 0 0 12 34-95 2.8 6-13 95 2 Duke 21-16 15-5 1 17 57-226 4.0 1-1 42 0 22 33-89 2.7 19-30 164 4 Nevada 42-23 46 7 1 25 48-289 6.0 15-23 205 0 18 18-34 1.9 33-55 414 1 at North Texas 49-52 72 0 0 25 67-534 8.0 1-3 27 0 25 33-103 3.1 24-36 386 2 New Mexico 35-10 214 8 0 19 37-265 7.2 14-21 198 3 11 34-82 2.4 16-30 167 0 Navy 14-13 -55 3 0 15 49-221 4.5 1-1 20 0 12 46-294 6.4 1-2 2 0 Army West Point San Diego St Average 30-18 106.7 6.3 0.7 20 46-252 5.5 59.5% 158 12.4% 14 32-110 3.5 57.8% 193 7.0% Average 30-21 29.9 1.2 0.3 20 58-356 6.1 31.1% 30 1.6% 19 34-166 5.0 62.6% 189 7.8% Conference 30-17 140.9 8.4-0.1 22 47-272 5.8 57.2% 158 11.2% 13 32-112 3.5 55.4% 177 4.2% Conference 18-7 73.5 5.5 0.0 18 54-307 5.7 100.0% 10 0.0% 12 40-195 4.9 46.7% 49 13.3% Away 36-14 197.0 10.2 0.2 22 51-331 6.5 57.9% 120 10.5% 12 33-88 2.6 53.3% 167 10.7% Home 33-19 58.7 1.0 0.3 20 55-346 6.3 34.1% 47 2.4% 19 32-130 4.1 64.4% 204 8.0% By Game Yardage Leaders Passing Position by Position Edges By Game Yardage Leaders Passing UC Davis Christian Chapman 16-21-220-2-1 Rashaad Penny 21-197-9.4-2 Kahale Warring 5-74-14.8-1 San Diego St Army Fordham Ahmad Bradshaw 0-2-0.001-0-0 Ahmad Bradshaw 9-177-19.7-2 Zach Saum 0-0-0.0-0 at Arizona St Christian Chapman 9-18-73-1-0 Rashaad Penny 18-216-12.0-1 Rashaad Penny 4-38-9.5-1 San Diego QB/WR Buffalo Ahmad Bradshaw 2-8-17-0-0 Ahmad Bradshaw 25-147-5.9-1 Jordan Asberry 1-18-18.0-0 St Stanford Christian Chapman 21-29-187-1-0 Rashaad Penny 32-175-5.5-1 Mikah Holder 7-85-12.1-0 1.29 at Ohio St Ahmad Bradshaw 2-7-19-0-0 Darnell Woolfolk 15-74-4.9-1 Kell Walker 1-10-10.0-0 at Air Force Christian Chapman 10-16-180-1-0 Rashaad Penny 20-128-6.4-3 Mikah Holder 2-46-23.0-0 Army DB's at Tulane Ahmad Bradshaw 0-3-0.001-0-1 Andy Davidson 26-130-5.0-0 Zach Saum 0-0-0.0-0 Northern Illinois Christian Chapman 10-19-136-2-0 Rashaad Penny 25-107-4.3-0 Kahale Warring 3-39-13.0-1 UTEP Ahmad Bradshaw 3-5-80-1-0 Andy Davidson 14-100-7.1-1 Jordan Asberry 1-42-42.0-1 San Diego St RB's at UNLV Christian Chapman 14-24-172-0-0 Rashaad Penny 27-170-6.3-2 Mikah Holder 9-144-16.0-0 1.95 at Rice Kelvin Hopkins 1-1-9-0-0 Kell Walker 10-127-12.7-3 Kjetil Cline 1-9-9.0-0 Boise St Christian Chapman 12-27-240-1-0 Rashaad Penny 21-53-2.5-1 Fred Trevillion 2-128-64.0-1 Army LB's Eastern Michigan Ahmad Bradshaw 0-3-0.001-0-0 Ahmad Bradshaw 19-171-9.0-1 Zach Saum 0-0-0.0-0 Fresno St Christian Chapman 10-20-77-0-0 Rashaad Penny 15-69-4.6-0 Mikah Holder 4-35-8.8-0 San Diego St OL Temple Ahmad Bradshaw 3-5-74-0-0 Darnell Woolfolk 18-132-7.3-3 Kell Walker 3-59-19.7-0 at Hawaii Christian Chapman 5-11-83-1-1 Rashaad Penny 30-253-8.4-2 Mikah Holder 3-55-18.3-1 1.06 at San Jose St Christian Chapman 4-5-77-1-1 Rashaad Penny 20-234-11.7-3 Fred Trevillion 1-40-40.0-0 Army DL at Air Force Ahmad Bradshaw 0-0-0.001-0-0 Ahmad Bradshaw 23-265-11.5-1 Zach Saum 0-0-0.0-0 San Diego St DL Duke Ahmad Bradshaw 1-1-42-0-0 Ahmad Bradshaw 20-96-4.8-1 Kell Walker 1-42-42.0-0 Nevada Christian Chapman 15-23-205-1-0 Rashaad Penny 24-222-9.3-2 Mikah Holder 5-85-17.0-1 1.71 at North Texas Ahmad Bradshaw 1-3-27-0-0 Ahmad Bradshaw 27-244-9.0-2 John Trainor 1-27-27.0-0 New Mexico Christian Chapman 14-21-198-2-1 Rashaad Penny 22-203-9.2-2 Fred Trevillion 2-67-33.5-1 Army OL Navy Ahmad Bradshaw 1-1-20-0-0 Ahmad Bradshaw 21-94-4.5-1 Calen Holt 1-20-20.0-0 San Diego St LB'S Army West Point 0.16 Army RB's San Diego St Christian Chapman 140-234-1848-13-4 Rashaad Penny 275-2027-7.4-19 Mikah Holder 43-602-14.0-2 Ahmad Bradshaw 13-40-279.004-1-2 Ahmad Bradshaw 210-1566-7.5-12 Kell Walker 5-111-22.2-0 San Diego St DB's San Diego St Leaders Ryan Agnew 4-7-47-0-0 Juwan Washington 122-715-5.9-7 Fred Trevillion 9-293-32.6-2 0.18 Army Leaders Kelvin Hopkins 6-18-76-1-1 Darnell Woolfolk 136-725-5.3-12 Jordan Asberry 3-78-26.0-1 Team 0-1-0-0-0 Chase Jasmin 33-137-4.2-2 Kahale Warring 18-248-13.8-3 Army QB/WR Zach Potter 0-1-0.1-0-0 Kell Walker 81-592-7.3-6 Jeff Ejekam 2-48-24.0-0 Last Five Years Meetings (Last 17 years at PhilSteele.com) San Diego St ST's Projected Box Rank Line FD Rush Comp-Att-Yds TO's 2.08 Category Team & Margin Phil's Forecast: 2012 Las Vegas Line San Diego St - -6 42 21 42-228 14-21-215 Army ST's San Diego St By 6.5 Army has a nice of having played just 2 weeks ago. Army did win their first CIC Army West Point - 49.5 7 18 62-282 3-9-50-3 Projected San Diego St K Las Vegas Total trophy s/ 96 and is attempting to get a rare 10 win season. Army has the in only 214 yards San Diego St Army 285 yards 1.68 46.5 Points 2 areas. Rashaad Penny will have success vs an Army D allowing 5.0 ypc. Army 141 yards Projected Passing Army K +/- Ratings figures to have the crowd, with a good portion of their roster originating from San Diego St Army 42 yards San Diego St Coaches San Diego St By 3.0 Projected Yardage Total Tx. SDSt is the more talented team, but their biggest is that Rocky Long s D s 0.70 355 yards San Diego St Army 328 yards Game Grade Army Coaches San Diego St By 1.6 always do well vs the option. He is 11-1 SU and 8-4 ATS vs option teams. This year Projected Final the Aztecs held AF to 178 yards below their season avg, and then held NM to 121 San Diego St Pts Computer Yards 24 points San Diego St Army 22 points 6.85 3.97 San Diego St 355-328 yards below their season avg. They have the bowl practices to help prep for the option Experience Rankings Army Pts and in the 14 bowl held Navy to a season low 271 yards, which was 161 ypg below Computer Points 115 San Diego St Army 8 the Middies season avg. POSITIONAL EDGE AWARDED TO: San Diego St 24-22 102 Team Schedule Strength San Diego St Army 87 San Diego St Phil Steele By 2.88 Points San Diego St by 10 San Diego St 27 Army 17 Return to Table of Contents San Diego St Aztecs LEADERS & TEAM AVERAGES Army Black Knights Army Black Knights

SAN DIEGO ST (10-2) ATS: 8-4 O/U: 4-7-1 ARMED FORCES BOWL Saturday, December 23, 2017 3:30 pm ESPN Amon G Carter Stadium Fort Worth, TX COMPUTER PROJECTIONS SDST ARMY 208 rush yd 288 150 pass yd 55 27 pts 24 +8 ytd to +4 #97 sked #100 CHECKLIST SDST ARMY QB 44 RB 4 WR OL 44 41/2 DL 4 LB 44 DB 1/2 CCH SITE 4 444 MTCH INT 4 ST 4 SKED OVERALL SAN DIEGO ST BY 6 4 s ARMY (9-3) ATS: 5-7 O/U: 6-6

11-2 8-4 Rockets Logs MAC SUN Mountaineers Logs TM TEAM --PS RANK-- 8-1 7-1 TM TEAM --PS RANK-- TM +/- +/- TM +/- +/- REC CONF CONF TM DATE SCORE W/L OFF DEF ST OFF DEF ST NCAA RANKINGS REC CONF CONF TM DATE SCORE W/L OFF DEF ST OFF DEF ST 0-0 0-0 112 8/31 Elon 47-13 W 44 91 56 2017 TEAM RANKINGS 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 113 125 15 9/2 at Georgia 10-31 L 49 61 85 9 7 58 1-0 0-1 0-0 0-0 114 110 9/9 at Nevada 37-24 W 49 73 56 112 113 109 0-1 0-0 112 9/9 Savannah State 54-7 W 63 66 85 Toledo Appalachian St 2-0 1-1 0-0 0-0 116 116 9/16 Tulsa 54-51 W 54 75 16 43 117 85 1-1 1-1 0-0 0-0 113 83 9/16 at Texas St 20-13 W 60 70 98 130 123 119 3-0 1-0 0-0 0-0 116 131 14 9/23 at Miami, Fl 30-52 L 47 85 26 9 21 12 #26 Rush Off #28 2-1 3-0 1-0 1-0 109 126 9/23 Wake Forest 19-20 L 68 79 60 69 46 21 3-1 0-0 116 9/30 51 97 22 #21 Pass Off #72 2-2 1-0 111 9/30 77 76 78 3-1 2-2 0-0 0-1 116 109 10/7 Eastern Michigan 20-15 W 50 103 22 112 73 79 #8 Total Off #33 2-2 2-3 1-0 0-1 111 103 10/7 New Mexico St 45-31 W 75 74 84 41 92 116 4-1 3-3 1-0 1-1 115 104 10/14 at Central Michigan 30-10 W 53 96 26 81 89 130 #11 Off #33 3-2 2-3 2-0 1-1 110 100 10/14 at Idaho 23-20 W 72 70 73 104 113 93 5-1 4-3 2-0 3-0 117 109 10/21 Akron 48-21 W 53 82 36 119 79 122 #32 Sks Allowed #2 4-2 3-0 110 90 10/21 Coastal Carolina 37-29 W 75 59 85 123 123 124 6-1 2-5 3-0 0-3 120 91 10/26 at Ball St 58-17 W 38 79 17 124 113 85 #68 Rush Def #44 5-2 1-6 4-0 0-1 107 105 10/28 at UMass 27-30 L 62 60 108 72 95 124 7-1 6-2 4-0 4-0 123 116 11/2 Northern Illinois 27-17 W 33 72 5 94 37 120 #49 Pass Def #45 5-3 3-5 4-0 3-3 107 96 11/4 at ULM 45-52 L 58 60 101 71 121 49 8-1 7-2 5-0 4-1 123 114 11/8 at Ohio 10-38 L 28 69 7 46 66 7 #55 Total Def #39 5-4 0-8 4-1 0-4 103 88 11/9 GA Southern 27-6 W 51 67 92 127 118 37 8-2 2-8 5-1 2-4 118 98 11/15 at Bowling Green 66-37 W 34 81 8 100 123 11 #56 Def #33 6-4 5-1 103 11/18 46 63 77 9-2 6-5 6-1 4-3 120 111 11/24 Western Michigan 37-10 W 30 75 10 85 69 21 #83 Sks By #19 6-4 6-3 5-1 5-1 103 99 11/25 at Georgia St 31-10 W 47 64 78 112 102 119 10-2 4-3 7-1 3-0 122 109 12/2 Akron 45-28 W 30 70 8 119 79 122 #13 Ypg Diff #31 7-4 5-6 6-1 4-3 107 96 12/2 Louisiana 63-14 W 47 58 70 81 108 85 11-2 8-1 122 12/2 28 71 8 +5 Total TO's +8 8-4 7-1 111 12/9 39 51 66 8-4 7-1 111 12/23 Appalachian St 39 51 66 11-2 8-1 122 12/23 Toledo 28 71 8 Net Comp Yds Net Comp Yds Toledo Rockets Yds FD TO's FD RA-RY YPC Att Pass Sks FD RA-RY YPC Att Pass Sks Yds FD TO's FD RA-RY YPC Att Pass Sks FD RA-RY YPC Att Pass Sks Elon 47-13 378 18-1 25 41-239 5.8 19-34 314 2 7 40-128 3.2 3-14 47 1 at Georgia 10-31 -84-6 2 12 32-136 4.3 21-32 148 1 18 44-221 5.0 11-20 147 1 at Nevada 37-24 40 6 2 28 60-194 3.2 19-27 232 0 22 24-109 4.5 19-37 277 1 Savannah State 54-7 505 21-2 27 47-274 5.8 16-22 345 1 6 33-77 2.3 5-18 37 3 Tulsa 54-51 131 0-1 29 33-221 6.7 22-33 458 1 29 68-423 6.2 12-20 125 2 at Texas St 20-13 -102-2 0 19 29-116 4.0 17-28 167 1 21 37-125 3.4 23-35 260 4 at Miami, Fl 30-52 -158-4 0 23 35-85 2.4 29-50 344 4 27 26-254 9.8 27-36 333 2 Wake Forest 19-20 150 9 0 27 35-122 3.5 26-52 372 0 18 40-168 4.2 14-27 176 1 Eastern Michigan 20-15 93 3 2 24 42-130 3.1 23-34 289 4 21 23-73 3.2 24-40 253 0 New Mexico St 45-31 -107-11 3 17 38-350 9.2 11-22 75 0 28 42-176 4.2 27-50 356 4 at Central Michigan 30-10 155 5 2 17 56-310 5.5 10-18 89 1 12 21-62 3.0 17-38 182 0 at Idaho 23-20 -36 0 0 14 38-121 3.2 19-26 155 1 14 36-112 3.1 15-28 200 6 Akron 48-21 293 12 1 35 43-303 7.0 18-28 323 0 23 24-42 1.8 23-40 291 1 Coastal Carolina 37-29 115 9 2 27 35-122 3.5 23-39 427 1 18 30-102 3.4 17-29 332 2 at Ball St 58-17 293 0-1 16 34-335 9.9 8-18 267 0 16 46-204 4.4 18-37 105 3 at UMass 27-30 -32-1 1 15 47-234 5.0 14-29 133 0 16 39-209 5.4 20-33 190 4 Northern Illinois 27-17 97-2 1 23 40-166 4.2 23-31 361 1 25 40-185 4.6 24-44 245 2 at ULM 45-52 -61-3 0 25 36-169 4.7 20-29 339 3 28 38-213 5.6 24-32 356 1 at Ohio 10-38 -216-9 1 14 23-53 2.3 24-35 263 4 23 56-393 7.0 7-15 139 1 GA Southern 27-6 226 4 0 19 47-256 5.4 7-14 161 0 15 38-111 2.9 10-18 80 3 at Bowling Green 66-37 246 12 1 32 53-389 7.3 14-20 248 0 20 33-82 2.5 18-31 309 4 Western Michigan 37-10 180 7 1 22 38-155 4.1 19-29 300 1 15 31-95 3.1 13-29 180 1 at Georgia St 31-10 138 6-1 20 46-323 7.0 15-23 107 0 14 26-91 3.5 22-35 201 2 Toledo Rockets LEADERS & TEAM AVERAGES Akron 48-21 293 12 1 35 43-303 7.0 18-28 323 0 23 24-42 1.8 23-40 291 1 Louisiana 63-14 239 9 3 27 47-357 7.6 18-23 251 0 18 35-162 4.6 15-26 207 3 Appalachian St Toledo Average 39-26 130.5 4.2 0.4 24 41-218 5.3 63.7% 292 4.6% 20 36-166 4.7 52.7% 213 5.2% Average 33-22 79.3 2.9 0.7 21 40-215 5.4 61.1% 223 2.4% 18 37-147 4.0 57.8% 212 9.7% Conference 38-21 145.1 3.8 0.6 23 41-233 5.7 64.8% 272 4.4% 19 34-139 4.1 51.3% 221 5.1% Conference 36-22 51.5 1.5 0.9 21 40-227 5.7 63.7% 210 2.9% 20 35-137 3.9 60.5% 249 9.9% Away 39-29 75.0 2.3 0.3 22 43-231 5.4 62.0% 250 4.4% 20 34-174 5.1 52.5% 233 6.4% Home 41-18 188.0 6.8 1.0 24 42-247 5.9 58.7% 272 1.2% 17 36-133 3.7 52.4% 198 9.5% Return to Table of Contents Appalachian St Mountaineers Appalachian St Mountaineers

PALACHIAN ST (8-4) ATS: 5-7 O/U: 5-7 DOLLAR GENERAL BOWL Saturday, December 23, 2017 7:00 pm ESPN Ladd-Peebles Stadium Mobile, AL COMPUTER PROJECTIONS P ST TOL 218 rush yd 184 172 pass yd 276 26 pts 33 +8 ytd to +5 #126 sked #102 CHECKLIST P ST TOL QB 1/2 RB WR 4 OL 4 DL LB DB 1/2 CCH 4 1/2 SITE MTCH INT ST 44 SKED 4 OVERALL TOLEDO BY 1 4 s TOLEDO (11-2) ATS: 7-6 O/U: 7-6

Houston Cougars 7-4 9-4 Fresno St Bulldogs Cougars Logs AAC MTW Bulldogs Logs TM TEAM --PS RANK-- 5-3 7-2 TM TEAM --PS RANK-- TM +/- +/- TM +/- +/- REC CONF CONF TM DATE SCORE W/L OFF DEF ST OFF DEF ST NCAA RANKINGS REC CONF CONF TM DATE SCORE W/L OFF DEF ST OFF DEF ST 0-0 0-0 119 9/2 at 39 52 71 2017 TEAM RANKINGS 0-0 0-0 99 9/2 Incarnate Word 66-0 W 110 121 39 0-0 1-0 0-0 0-0 119 115 9/9 at Arizona 19-16 W 43 54 71 22 102 97 1-0 1-0 0-0 0-0 103 144 1 9/9 at Alabama 10-41 L 88 103 39 9 1 24 Houston Fresno St 1-0 1-1 0-0 1-0 119 99 9/16 Rice 38-3 W 48 58 30 110 106 95 1-1 2-0 0-0 0-0 105 138 6 9/16 at Washington 16-48 L 88 107 37 17 18 53 2-0 2-0 0-0 0-0 121 123 9/23 Texas Tech 24-27 L 50 49 72 29 70 53 #54 Rush Off #79 1-2 0-0 105 9/23 92 110 50 2-1 2-2 0-0 0-1 124 107 9/30 at Temple 20-13 W 54 51 60 120 81 52 #38 Pass Off #66 1-2 0-4 0-0 0-0 105 100 9/30 Nevada 41-21 W 93 113 62 118 101 79 3-1 4-1 1-0 1-0 123 115 10/7 SMU 35-22 W 51 45 63 23 97 122 #35 Total Off #83 2-2 1-5 1-0 0-2 107 88 10/7 at San Jose St 27-10 W 81 106 72 121 118 56 4-1 1-5 2-0 0-2 123 107 10/14 at Tulsa 17-45 L 47 49 68 45 129 67 #67 Off #78 3-2 3-2 2-0 1-1 107 112 10/14 New Mexico 38-0 W 84 100 69 73 91 48 4-2 5-1 2-1 2-1 118 118 25 10/19 Memphis 38-42 L 62 51 73 37 83 8 #14 Sks Allowed #5 4-2 6-1 3-0 2-1 112 117 10/21 at San Diego St 27-3 W 72 84 77 87 55 44 4-3 7-0 2-2 4-0 117 121 17 10/28 at USF 28-24 W 52 49 73 31 22 65 #47 Rush Def #15 5-2 2-5 4-0 1-3 117 96 10/28 UNLV 16-26 L 66 77 57 55 129 122 5-3 2-6 3-2 1-3 120 96 11/4 East Carolina 52-27 W 47 42 63 109 130 114 #119 Pass Def #38 5-3 2-7 4-1 0-4 112 100 11/4 BYU 20-13 W 73 79 60 119 71 102 6-3 4-2 120 11/11 39 44 62 #84 Total Def #16 6-3 3-6 4-1 1-5 110 95 11/11 at Hawaii 31-21 W 72 78 43 75 126 125 6-3 4-6 4-2 2-4 120 105 11/18 at Tulane 17-20 L 42 46 61 92 111 115 #39 Def #9 7-3 7-3 5-1 5-1 110 115 11/18 at Wyoming 13-7 W 71 71 55 124 64 50 6-4 6-4 4-3 4-3 116 116 11/24 Navy 24-14 W 37 52 63 38 101 68 #83 Sks By #23 8-3 9-2 6-1 7-0 113 124 25 11/25 Boise St 28-17 W 76 70 47 58 60 7 7-4 5-3 117 12/2 40 50 64 #63 Ypg Diff #36 9-3 9-2 7-1 7-0 117 124 25 12/2 at Boise St 14-17 L 83 71 40 58 60 7 7-4 9-4 5-3 7-2 117 117 12/24 Fresno St 38 48 64 96 67 45-2 Total TO's +8 9-4 7-2 117 12/9 96 67 45 7-4 5-3 117 12/24 Houston 38 48 64 Net Comp Yds Net Comp Yds Yds FD TO's FD RA-RY YPC Att Pass Sks FD RA-RY YPC Att Pass Sks Yds FD TO's FD RA-RY YPC Att Pass Sks FD RA-RY YPC Att Pass Sks at Incarnate Word 66-0 488 18 2 26 40-199 5.0 23-37 414 0 8 27--30-1.1 15-31 155 2 at Arizona 19-16 12-3 0 18 37-158 4.3 25-32 225 0 21 39-152 3.9 22-37 219 1 at Alabama 10-41 -224-10 -1 18 22-57 2.6 26-41 216 2 28 39-305 7.8 20-27 192 1 Rice 38-3 242 8 3 22 37-130 3.5 34-38 354 2 14 35-129 3.7 11-25 113 3 at Washington 16-48 -107-3 1 18 31-119 3.8 21-36 194 1 21 30-92 3.1 25-28 328 1 Texas Tech 24-27 -94 8-4 25 31-110 3.5 32-52 317 2 17 33-200 6.1 29-45 321 2 at Temple 20-13 64 1 2 23 31-162 5.2 25-36 226 0 22 37-142 3.8 20-42 182 1 Nevada 41-21 190 6 0 22 38-192 5.1 25-33 312 1 16 23-61 2.7 31-49 253 3 SMU 35-22 -81-3 0 27 40-265 6.6 20-28 198 0 30 26-147 5.7 41-59 397 2 at San Jose St 27-10 143 5 4 17 51-212 4.2 15-26 136 0 12 33-108 3.3 15-26 97 4 at Tulsa 17-45 -12 5-2 25 47-146 3.1 25-41 258 3 20 53-288 5.4 9-18 128 1 New Mexico 38-0 204 3 1 17 36-227 6.3 13-23 299 1 14 37-109 2.9 15-30 213 2 Memphis 38-42 53-3 -1 25 54-239 4.4 29-41 315 1 28 23-30 1.3 33-53 471 2 at San Diego St 27-3 120 1 1 15 38-199 5.2 10-16 176 0 14 39-165 4.2 11-23 90 5 at USF 28-24 -65-5 -1 16 48-255 5.3 14-25 142 5 21 55-137 2.5 23-38 325 4 UNLV 16-26 -36-3 -1 19 34-140 4.1 16-27 152 1 22 44-173 3.9 17-29 155 0 East Carolina 52-27 -32-17 3 16 26-142 5.5 15-22 330 0 33 24-36 1.5 54-74 468 1 BYU 20-13 -26-5 1 16 40-136 3.4 14-20 174 0 21 27-122 4.5 23-43 214 2 at Hawaii 31-21 129 8 0 24 36-175 4.9 19-36 226 0 16 37-118 3.2 18-31 154 5 at Tulane 17-20 28-1 -1 22 33-220 6.7 18-26 225 0 23 47-166 3.5 17-25 251 2 at Wyoming 13-7 25 3 1 15 45-147 3.3 14-23 186 1 12 28-77 2.8 20-33 231 1 Navy 24-14 89-3 -1 16 32-103 3.2 21-27 277 2 19 60-217 3.6 3-8 74 3 Boise St 28-17 30-1 0 18 30-99 3.3 23-36 332 0 19 31-107 3.5 25-36 294 2 at Boise St 28-17 30-1 0 18 30-99 3.3 23-36 332 0 19 31-107 3.5 25-36 294 2 Fresno St Houston Average 28-23 18.5-1.2-0.2 21 38-175 4.6 70.1% 261 4.1% 23 39-149 3.8 61.8% 268 5.2% Average 27-17 67.8 1.7 0.6 19 37-157 4.3 60.6% 230 2.3% 17 33-117 3.5 60.3% 202 7.7% Conference 29-26 5.5-3.3-0.1 21 39-192 4.9 67.9% 246 4.5% 25 41-145 3.6 63.1% 287 5.0% Conference 26-14 83.3 2.4 0.6 18 38-170 4.5 59.4% 221 2.4% 16 34-114 3.3 58.5% 194 9.0% Away 20-24 5.4-0.6-0.4 21 39-188 4.8 66.9% 215 5.0% 21 46-177 3.8 56.9% 221 5.6% Home 35-13 141.7 3.0 0.5 20 36-166 4.6 64.8% 281 1.7% 17 32-90 2.9 57.8% 214 5.0% By Game Yardage Leaders Passing Position by Position Edges By Game Yardage Leaders Passing at Houston Fresno St Incarnate Word Chason Virgil 16-29-246-1-0 Ronnie Rivers 9-60-6.7-1 KeeSean Johnson 7-120-17.1-0 at Arizona Kyle Allen 25-32-225-1-2 Dillon Birden 14-83-5.9-1 Steven Dunbar 6-72-12.0-0 at Alabama Chason Virgil 21-34-180-1-1 Ronnie Rivers 9-29-3.2-0 Da'Mari Scott 7-67-9.6-0 Houston QB/WR Rice Kyle Allen 31-33-309-2-0 Mulbah Car 11-59-5.4-1 Linell Bonner 10-132-13.2-0 1.88 at Washington Chason Virgil 11-20-98-1-1 Ronnie Rivers 10-29-2.9-0 KeeSean Johnson 4-51-12.8-0 Texas Tech Kyle Allen 24-39-217-1-2 Kyle Postma 4-52-13.0-1 Steven Dunbar 6-83-13.8-0 Fresno St DB's at Temple Kyle Postma 25-36-226-1-1 Kyle Postma 15-81-5.4-0 Steven Dunbar 6-78-13.0-0 Houston RB's Nevada Marcus McMaryion 24-32-296-2-1 Ronnie Rivers 12-82-6.8-1 KeeSean Johnson 7-104-14.9-3 SMU Kyle Postma 19-27-176-2-2 Duke Catalon 22-177-8.0-2 Steven Dunbar 6-65-10.8-0 0.21 at San Jose St Marcus McMaryion 15-26-136-0-0 Ronnie Rivers 19-105-5.5-2 KeeSean Johnson 2-52-26.0-0 at Tulsa Kyle Postma 25-41-258-0-2 Dillon Birden 11-82-7.5-1 Steven Dunbar 10-107-10.7-0 Fresno St LB's New Mexico Marcus McMaryion 13-23-299-3-0 Josh Hokit 14-70-5.0-1 Jamire Jordan 3-108-36.0-2 Memphis Kyle Postma 29-40-315-1-1 Dillon Birden 21-106-5.0-1 Linell Bonner 8-121-15.1-0 Houston OL at San Diego St Marcus McMaryion 10-16-176-0-0 Jordan Mims 21-112-5.3-0 Da'Mari Scott 3-57-19.0-0 at USF D'Eriq King 12-20-137-1-0 Mulbah Car 18-137-7.6-1 Courtney Lark 2-69-34.5-1 0.12 UNLV Marcus McMaryion 16-27-152-0-0 Jordan Mims 12-68-5.7-2 Derrion Grim 4-68-17.0-0 East Carolina D'Eriq King 15-21-330-3-0 Duke Catalon 9-77-8.6-1 Steven Dunbar 6-171-28.5-1 Fresno St DL BYU Marcus McMaryion 14-20-174-0-0 Josh Hokit 13-59-4.5-0 Da'Mari Scott 4-61-15.3-0 Houston DL at Hawaii Marcus McMaryion 19-36-226-4-2 Jordan Mims 12-55-4.6-0 KeeSean Johnson 6-91-15.2-2 at Tulane D'Eriq King 18-26-225-0-1 D'Eriq King 10-141-14.1-2 Linell Bonner 7-100-14.3-0 0.66 at Wyoming Marcus McMaryion 14-23-186-1-0 Josh Hokit 21-69-3.3-0 KeeSean Johnson 6-48-8.0-0 Navy D'Eriq King 21-27-277-1-0 D'Eriq King 16-57-3.6-2 Steven Dunbar 8-142-17.8-1 Fresno St OL Boise St Marcus McMaryion 23-36-332-2-0 Jordan Mims 11-43-3.9-1 KeeSean Johnson 6-119-19.8-2 Houston LB'S at Boise St Marcus McMaryion 16-34-172-0-1 Josh Hokit 9-46-5.1-0 KeeSean Johnson 5-58-11.6-0 Fresno St 1.52 Fresno St RB's Houston Kyle Postma 111-167-1125-5-6 Duke Catalon 138-621-4.5-8 Steven Dunbar 67-882-13.2-3 Houston DB's Marcus McMaryion 185-303-2384-14-4 Jordan Mims 142-604-4.3-6 KeeSean Johnson 69-918-13.3-8 Houston Leaders D'Eriq King 67-96-991-6-1 Mulbah Car 73-372-5.1-3 Linell Bonner 73-850-11.6-4 1.15 Fresno St Leaders Chason Virgil 48-83-524-3-2 Josh Hokit 117-519-4.4-7 Da'Mari Scott 53-543-10.2-1 Kyle Allen 80-105-751-4-4 D'Eriq King 63-341-5.4-8 D'Eriq King 29-264-9.1-2 Fresno St QB/WR Josh Hokit 2-2-81-2-0 Ronnie Rivers 95-473-5.0-5 Jamire Jordan 21-482-23.0-3 Last Five Years Meetings (Last 17 years at PhilSteele.com) Houston ST's Category Team & Margin Phil's Forecast: None Return to Table of Contents Projected Box 0.21 Houston Cougars LEADERS & TEAM AVERAGES Fresno St Bulldogs Las Vegas Line Fresno St ST's Houston By 2.5 Projected Houston K Las Vegas Total 125 yards Houston Fresno St 87 yards 0.66 49.5 Points Projected Passing Fresno St K +/- Ratings 250 yards Houston Fresno St 277 yards Fresno St By 0.0 Houston Coaches Projected Yardage Total 1.50 Game Grade 374 yards Houston Fresno St 364 yards Houston By 0.5 Fresno St Coaches Projected Final Houston Pts Computer Yards 18 points Houston Fresno St 17 points 4.60 3.32 Houston 374-364 Experience Rankings Fresno St Pts Computer Points 41 Houston Fresno St 28 POSITIONAL EDGE AWARDED TO: Houston 18-17 Team Schedule Strength Houston Phil Steele 70 Houston Fresno St 90 Houston by 1 By 1.28 Points Jeff Tedford did an incredible job as FSt won just 1 game last year and played in the MW title game this year. DC Orlando Steinhauer came over from the CFL, but had no problems adjusting to the college game as his D held foes to 53 ypg below their season avg. Despite using 3 QB s, the Cougars completed 70% of their passes. The top NFL prospect in this game is Nagurski Award winning DT Ed Oliver, who is just a true soph. The D s are even. Houston has the on OFF, while FSt has the on ST s and played at this site 6 weeks ago. The game is a toss-up. Houston s OFF gains 12 ypg less than their foes allow on avg, and FSt is -8 ypg in that category as well. Houston limits foes to 30 ypg below their season avg, and FSt is even better at 53 ypg below. My computer is calling for 35 total points scored. I like the under 50 in this one. Houston 18 Fresno St 17

FRESNO STATE (9-4) ATS: 9-2-2 O/U: 4-9 HAWAII BOWL Sunday, December 24, 2017 8:30 pm ESPN Aloha Stadium Honolulu, HI COMPUTER PROJECTIONS FSU HOU 86 rush yd 137 284 pass yd 230 16 pts 15 +8 ytd to -2 #76 sked #84 CHECKLIST FSU HOU QB 4 RB 4 1/2 WR OL 1/2 DL 4 LB 1/2 DB 4 1/2 CCH 4 SITE MTCH INT 1/2 ST SKED OVERALL HOUSTON BY 1/2 4 s HOUSTON (7-4) ATS: 6-5 O/U: 2-9

Phil Steele's 2017 Bowl Confidence Picks Team Rank FAU-Boca Raton 41 Auburn-Peach 40 Northwestern-Music City 39 Florida St-Independence 38 Louisville-Taxslayer 37 Michigan-Outback 36 Oklahoma St-Camping World 35 Troy-New Orleans 34 Utah-Heart of Dallas 33 Utah St-Arizona 32 Kansas St-Cactus 31 Oregon-Vegas 30 Penn St-Fiesta 29 WKU-Cure 28 North Carolina A&T 27 Ohio St-Cotton 26 San Diego St-Armed Forces 25 Texas-Texas 24 Ohio-Bahamas 23 Atkansas St-Camellia 22 Champ Game Winner 21 SMU-Frisco 20 TCU-Alamo 19 Duke-Quick Lane 18 Wisconsin-Orange 17 Alabama-Sugar 16 Toledo-Dollar General 15 Purdue-Foster Farms 14 Central Michigan-Idaho Potato 13 Boston College-Pinstripe 12 TexasTech-Birmingham 11 Michigan St-Holiday 10 Wake Forest-Belk 9 Notre Dame-Citrus 8 Marshall-New Mexico 7 FIU-Gasparilla 6 Arizona St-Sun 5 Houston-Hawaii 4 Navy-Military 3 Memphis-Liberty 2 Oklahoma-Rose 1

West Virginia Mountainers 7-5 6-6 Mountainers Logs BIG 12 PAC 12 TM TEAM --PS RANK-- 5-4 3-6 TM TEAM --PS RANK-- TM +/- +/- TM +/- +/- REC CONF CONF TM DATE SCORE W/L OFF DEF ST OFF DEF ST NCAA RANKINGS REC CONF CONF TM DATE SCORE W/L OFF DEF ST OFF DEF ST 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 118 127 22 21 9/2 Virginia Tech 24-31 L 35 58 75 91 9 18 2017 TEAM RANKINGS 0-0 0-0 117 8/31 North Dakota 37-16 W 81 24 27 0-1 0-1 0-0 0-0 118 99 9/9 East Carolina 56-20 W 27 65 75 110 129 129 1-0 1-1 0-0 0-1 117 116 9/9 at BYU 19-13 W 59 25 27 83 40 31 West Virginia Utah 1-1 0-0 120 9/16 Delaware St 59-16 W 22 53 88 2-0 1-2 0-0 0-0 119 96 9/16 San Jose St 54-16 W 56 25 60 120 111 43 2-1 1-2 0-0 0-0 119 103 9/23 at Kansas 56-34 W 14 62 88 85 102 91 #72 Rush Off #70 3-0 2-1 0-0 0-0 121 119 23 9/22 at Arizona 30-24 W 48 18 8 16 80 77 3-1 1-0 120 23 9/30 11 65 88 #12 Pass Off #43 4-0 1-0 123 20 9/30 47 20 5 3-1 4-0 1-0 1-0 120 134 23 8 10/7 at TCU 24-31 L 10 64 95 12 14 15 #16 Total Off #46 4-0 3-2 1-0 2-1 123 128 20 10/7 Stanford 20-23 L 43 23 3 5 28 8 3-2 4-1 1-1 1-1 122 128 24 10/14 Texas Tech 46-35 W 9 64 100 26 57 82 #19 Off #57 4-1 5-1 1-1 3-1 123 132 13 10/14 at USC 27-28 L 46 24 6 13 6 30 4-2 0-6 2-1 0-3 125 112 23 10/21 at Baylor 38-36 W 11 69 96 52 93 35 #26 Sks Allowed #104 4-2 3-3 1-2 2-1 125 123 10/21 Arizona St 10-30 L 43 29 12 58 56 107 5-2 6-1 3-1 3-1 124 139 22 12 10/28 Oklahoma St 39-50 L 10 67 89 7 21 107 #104 Rush Def #36 4-3 4-4 1-3 1-4 120 115 10/28 at Oregon 20-41 L 50 29 13 19 22 76 5-3 6-2 3-2 4-1 124 132 14 11/4 Iowa St 20-16 W 13 62 93 74 34 78 #101 Pass Def #54 4-4 4-4 1-4 2-3 115 119 11/3 UCLA 48-17 W 50 33 18 22 59 76 6-3 5-4 4-2 3-3 126 123 23 11/11 at Kansas St 28-23 W 10 56 103 43 37 1 #111 Total Def #32 5-4 8-2 2-4 5-2 119 125 19 11/11 Washington St 25-33 L 42 31 12 37 22 72 7-3 5-5 5-2 4-3 127 127 24 11/18 Texas 14-28 L 12 48 121 35 12 35 #92 Def #42 5-5 8-2 2-5 5-2 118 135 16 11/18 at Washington 30-33 L 47 28 16 23 11 38 7-4 10-1 5-3 7-1 123 140 3 11/25 at Oklahoma 31-59 L 16 56 114 3 26 89 #107 Sks By #68 5-6 5-6 2-6 2-6 121 117 11/25 Colorado 34-13 W 53 29 13 60 73 25 7-5 5-4 122 12/2 19 66 118 #53 Ypg Diff #37 6-6 3-6 123 12/2 45 19 13 7-5 6-6 5-4 3-6 122 123 12/26 Utah 36 69 119 46 24 11-5 Total TO's -1 6-6 7-5 3-6 5-4 123 122 12/26 West Virginia 46 24 11 36 69 119 Net Comp Yds Net Comp Yds West Virginia Mountainers Yds FD TO's FD RA-RY YPC Att Pass Sks FD RA-RY YPC Att Pass Sks Yds FD TO's FD RA-RY YPC Att Pass Sks FD RA-RY YPC Att Pass Sks Virginia Tech 24-31 123 8-1 29 35-221 6.3 31-54 371 2 21 45-234 5.2 15-27 235 1 North Dakota 37-16 257 15 0 27 47-272 5.8 23-32 227 3 12 28-55 2.0 14-31 187 1 East Carolina 56-20 144 10 2 31 47-211 4.5 24-34 403 1 21 32-142 4.4 23-47 328 0 at BYU 19-13 197 5 1 18 36-116 3.2 28-37 314 0 13 24-63 2.6 21-39 170 3 Delaware St 59-16 237 11 0 23 35-204 5.8 24-34 334 1 12 44-161 3.7 10-16 140 3 San Jose St 54-16 238 13 2 29 40-160 4.0 30-44 341 1 16 37-30 0.8 17-35 233 5 at Kansas 56-34 71 7 2 31 43-288 6.7 25-39 347 1 24 50-367 7.3 17-34 197 1 at Arizona 30-24 -107-3 3 21 38-112 2.9 17-28 229 2 24 42-200 4.8 24-42 248 2 at TCU 24-31 102 12-2 28 39-142 3.6 25-45 366 2 16 36-170 4.7 16-29 236 0 Stanford 20-23 -2 11-2 25 33-144 4.4 20-40 238 2 14 31-196 6.3 13-24 188 0 Texas Tech 46-35 -117 1 0 28 29-44 1.5 32-41 352 4 27 33-190 5.8 24-39 323 2 at USC 27-28 -96-10 2 20 41-169 4.1 17-28 267 4 30 33-174 5.3 27-50 358 0 at Baylor 38-36 -4-7 0 23 29-118 4.1 26-37 375 1 30 42-127 3.0 24-40 370 6 Arizona St 10-30 -80-3 -3 18 25-110 4.4 19-35 155 2 21 46-205 4.5 19-29 140 1 Oklahoma St 39-50 -115-8 -1 19 30-62 2.1 20-42 285 1 27 56-246 4.4 20-34 216 0 at Oregon 20-41 -32 1 0 20 30-91 3.0 25-43 293 4 19 49-347 7.1 10-13 69 2 Iowa St 20-16 174 0 0 23 47-208 4.4 20-25 316 0 23 29-101 3.5 27-40 249 1 UCLA 48-17 257 12 1 24 50-272 5.4 15-22 234 2 12 32-134 4.2 11-16 115 1 at Kansas St 28-23 160 6-2 20 26-120 4.6 27-46 372 2 14 42-173 4.1 13-26 159 4 Washington St 25-33 29 7-5 27 36-62 1.7 21-40 305 7 20 17-27 1.6 40-69 311 1 Texas 14-28 -125-1 -1 17 29-56 1.9 20-34 239 2 18 42-233 5.5 17-27 187 0 at Washington 30-33 -67-1 -1 22 45-117 2.6 19-27 293 3 23 32-123 3.8 26-35 354 2 at Oklahoma 31-59 -258-3 -2 24 50-251 5.0 10-20 137 0 27 35-313 8.9 16-19 333 0 Colorado 34-13 172 12 1 29 52-310 6.0 15-24 181 2 17 35-124 3.5 14-28 195 5 Utah West Virginia LEADERS & TEAM AVERAGES Average 36-32 32.7 3.0-0.4 25 37-160 4.4 63.0% 325 3.8% 22 41-205 5.1 58.7% 248 4.8% Average 30-24 63.8 4.9-0.1 23 39-161 4.1 62.3% 256 8.0% 18 34-140 4.1 57.4% 214 5.6% Conference 33-35 -12.4 0.8-0.7 24 36-143 4.0 62.3% 310 4.0% 23 41-213 5.3 60.4% 252 4.9% Conference 27-27 8.2 2.9-0.4 23 39-154 4.0 58.5% 244 9.8% 20 35-170 4.8 60.1% 220 4.6% Away 34-36 32.3 3.8-0.8 26 37-190 5.1 59.8% 328 3.3% 22 42-231 5.5 57.7% 255 6.9% Home 33-21 124.4 9.6-0.9 26 40-190 4.7 60.3% 240 8.0% 16 32-110 3.4 55.2% 196 6.0% By Game Leaders Passing By Game Leaders Passing Yardage Position by Position Edges Yardage Virginia Tech Will Grier 31-53-371-3-1 Justin Crawford 13-106-8.2-0 Gary Jennings 13-189-14.5-1 Utah North Dakota Tyler Huntley 23-32-227-1-1 Zack Moss 22-128-5.8-1 Darren Carrington 10-127-12.7-1 West Virginia East Carolina Will Grier 19-25-352-5-0 Justin Crawford 15-118-7.9-2 David Sills 7-153-21.9-3 at BYU Tyler Huntley 27-36-300-0-0 Tyler Huntley 19-89-4.7-1 Darren Carrington 7-129-18.4-0 West Virginia QB/WR Delaware St Will Grier 19-27-304-3-1 Justin Crawford 15-102-6.8-3 Gary Jennings 6-128-21.3-0 0.12 San Jose St Tyler Huntley 30-43-341-4-1 Tyler Huntley 14-53-3.8-0 Darren Carrington 9-153-17.0-3 at Kansas Will Grier 25-39-347-2-1 Justin Crawford 18-125-6.9-1 David Sills 8-130-16.3-2 Utah DB's at Arizona Troy Williams 9-18-131-0-0 Zack Moss 14-73-5.2-0 Darren Carrington 4-76-19.0-0 West Virginia RB's at TCU Will Grier 25-45-366-3-1 Justin Crawford 19-111-5.8-0 Ka'Raun White 6-138-23.0-1 0.01 Stanford Troy Williams 20-39-238-1-2 Zack Moss 15-79-5.3-1 Darren Carrington 7-99-14.1-1 Texas Tech Will Grier 32-41-352-5-1 Justin Crawford 14-47-3.4-1 Ka'Raun White 8-114-14.3-2 Utah LB's at USC Troy Williams 16-27-262-1-1 Zack Moss 20-141-7.1-0 Demari Simpkins 4-58-14.5-1 at Baylor Will Grier 26-37-375-5-0 Kennedy McKoy 7-55-7.9-0 David Sills 7-136-19.4-3 Arizona St Tyler Huntley 19-35-155-0-4 Zack Moss 12-49-4.1-0 Darren Carrington 6-56-9.3-0 West Virginia OL Oklahoma St Will Grier 20-42-285-2-4 Justin Crawford 13-45-3.5-0 Marcus Simms 3-80-26.7-1 0.26 at Oregon Tyler Huntley 25-43-293-2-0 Zack Moss 10-53-5.3-0 Darren Carrington 9-130-14.4-0 Iowa St Will Grier 20-25-316-2-1 Justin Crawford 25-102-4.1-0 Ka'Raun White 4-167-41.8-1 Utah DL UCLA Tyler Huntley 15-22-234-4-0 Zack Moss 23-153-6.7-2 Troy McCormick 2-88-44.0-2 at Kansas St Will Grier 27-46-372-4-2 Justin Crawford 17-113-6.6-0 Ka'Raun White 8-168-21.0-2 West Virginia DL Washington St Tyler Huntley 21-39-305-1-3 Tyler Huntley 20-51-2.6-0 Demari Simpkins 4-99-24.8-0 Texas Chris Chugunov 14-26-189-1-0 Justin Crawford 15-64-4.3-0 Gary Jennings 10-78-7.8-0 0.95 at Washington Tyler Huntley 19-27-293-2-1 Zack Moss 17-55-3.2-0 Raelon Singleton 5-81-16.2-2 at Oklahoma Chris Chugunov 10-20-137-0-0 Kennedy McKoy 25-137-5.5-3 David Sills 3-77-25.7-0 Utah OL Colorado Troy Williams 15-24-181-0-0 Zack Moss 26-196-7.5-2 Darren Carrington 6-64-10.7-0 West Virginia LB'S Utah 0.16 West Virginia Utah RB's Will Grier 250-388-3490-34-12 Justin Crawford 191-1060-5.5-7 Gary Jennings 94-1030-11.0-1 Tyler Huntley 187-286-2246-15-10 Zack Moss 194-1023-5.3-9 Darren Carrington 66-918-13.9-6 West Virginia DB's West Virginia Leaders Chris Chugunov 34-62-407-2-0 Kennedy McKoy 111-570-5.1-7 David Sills 60-980-16.3-18 1.08 Utah Leaders Troy Williams 60-110-812-2-4 Tyler Huntley 143-480-3.4-4 Raelon Singleton 34-479-14.1-4 Team 0-1-0-0-0 Martell Pettaway 41-145-3.5-2 Ka'Raun White 58-978-16.9-11 Utah QB/WR Demari Simpkins 2-3-19-1-0 Devonta'e Henry-Cole 53-266-5.0-2 Siaosi Wilson 20-393-19.7-1 Last Five Years Meetings (Last 17 years at PhilSteele.com) West Virginia ST's Projected Box 1.39 Category Team & Margin Phil's Forecast: None Las Vegas Line Utah ST's Utah By 6.5 The big news in this game is that WV QB Will Grier inj d his finger and is Projected West Virginia K Las Vegas Total 144 yards West Virginia Utah 190 yards 2.02 56.5 Points doubtful. Utah switched to more of a pass OFF this year and the unit operated Projected Passing Utah K at its best with Tyler Huntley under center. WV has the on the OL. Utah +/- Ratings 272 yards West Virginia Utah 252 yards Utah By 1.0 has a large on D. The biggest is on ST s as Utah is #15 in my West Virginia Coaches Projected Yardage Total 0.85 Game Grade rankings and WV is at the other end of the spectrum at #120. The Utah DL is 1 416 yards West Virginia Utah 442 yards Utah Coaches W Virginia By 0.8 of the best in the country led by Lowell Lotulelei and Filipo Mokofisi. Dana Projected Final West Virginia Pts Computer Yards Holgorson is 2-3 in bowl games, while Kyle Whittingham is 1 of the best at 9-1 27 points West Virginia Utah 32 points 0.17 6.67 Utah 442-416 Experience Rankings Utah Pts SU and 7-3 ATS. With a HC that knows how to win along with the D and ST s Computer Points 125 West Virginia Utah 122 Utah 32-27 s, I will side with the Utes. POSITIONAL EDGE AWARDED TO: 33 Team Schedule Strength West Virginia Utah 53 Utah Phil Steele By 6.50 Points Utah by 11 Utah 34 West Virginia 23 Return to Table of Contents Utah Utes Utah Utes Utes Logs

UTAH (6-6) ATS: 9-3 O/U: 6-6 HEART OF DALLAS BOWL Tuesday, December 26, 2017 1:20 pm ESPN Cotton Bowl Stadium Dallas, TX COMPUTER PROJECTIONS UTAH WVU 192 rush yd 149 244 pass yd 255 23 pts 30-1 ytd to -5 #41 sked #39 CHECKLIST UTAH WVU 441/2 QB RB 4 WR 41/2 OL 1/2 441/2 DL LB 4 DB 4 CCH SITE MTCH INT 4 4441/2 ST SKED OVERALL UTAH BY 6 4 s WEST VIRGINIA (7-5) ATS: 6-6 O/U: 8-4

TM DATE SCORE W/L OFF DEF ST OFF DEF ST TM DATE SCORE W/L OFF DEF ST OFF DEF ST REC TM CONF CONF TM +/- +/- Duke Blue Devils Blue Devils Logs TEAM 0-0 0-0 119 9/2 NC Central 60-7 W 61 55 110 2017 TEAM RANKINGS 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 109 116 9/1 Boston College 20-23 L 102 89 75 68 29 67 1-0 1-0 0-0 0-0 123 123 9/9 Northwestern 41-1 W 51 51 110 26 28 115 0-1 0-0 110 9/9 Eastern Illinois 38-10 W 103 86 75 Duke N Illinois 2-0 0-2 0-0 0-0 127 112 9/16 Baylor 34-20 W 44 37 113 24 68 73 1-1 1-1 0-0 0-0 112 116 9/16 at Nebraska 21-17 W 97 77 64 55 42 27 3-0 1-2 0-0 0-1 127 119 9/23 at North Carolina 27-17 W 43 27 102 53 43 52 #61 Rush Off #40 2-1 0-0 115 9/23 106 65 99 4-0 2-0 1-0 0-0 128 131 14 9/29 Miami, Fl 6-31 L 50 19 116 3 15 15 #80 Pass Off #89 2-1 4-0 0-0 1-0 115 120 19 9/30 at San Diego St 28-34 L 103 62 101 87 60 34 4-1 3-1 1-1 0-0 124 113 10/7 at Virginia 21-28 L 53 22 92 74 44 102 #92 Total Off #90 2-2 1-4 0-0 0-1 115 95 10/7 Kent St 24-3 W 99 61 110 129 122 109 4-2 1-3 1-2 1-2 120 131 10/14 Florida St 10-17 L 60 20 106 58 9 29 #86 Off #49 3-2 3-3 1-0 1-1 115 108 10/14 at Buffalo 14-13 W 100 51 115 90 114 102 4-3 2-5 1-3 0-3 120 115 10/21 Pittsburgh 17-24 L 65 25 101 91 76 34 #80 Sks Allowed #68 4-2 1-6 2-0 1-2 115 96 10/21 at Bowling Green 48-17 W 103 42 117 98 126 25 4-4 6-1 1-4 2-1 116 132 13 10/28 at Virginia Tech 3-24 L 68 31 99 35 12 11 #58 Rush Def #11 5-2 2-5 3-0 0-3 118 110 10/26 Eastern Michigan 30-27 W 93 41 116 115 83 121 4-5 1-5 116 11/4 78 28 98 #12 Pass Def #56 6-2 7-1 4-0 4-0 116 123 11/2 at Toledo 17-27 L 94 37 120 33 72 5 4-5 7-2 1-5 1-0 116 116 11/11 at Army West Point 16-21 L 82 28 96 69 103 31 #22 Total Def #18 6-3 2-7 4-1 0-5 116 85 11/9 Ball St 63-17 W 99 40 113 126 124 125 4-6 5-4 1-5 4-3 116 127 11/18 Georgia Tech 43-20 W 82 31 119 52 34 108 #25 Def #26 7-3 6-4 5-1 4-2 118 110 11/15 Western Michigan 35-31 W 90 36 76 79 69 7 5-6 7-4 2-5 4-3 121 129 11/25 at Wake Forest 31-23 W 74 38 108 35 63 73 #48 Sks By #4 8-3 7-4 6-1 5-2 117 113 11/24 at Central Michigan 24-31 L 87 37 77 82 68 127 6-6 3-5 125 12/2 74 33 111 #47 Ypg Diff #40 8-4 6-2 115 12/2 97 37 75 6-6 ACC 6-6 8-4 3-5 6-2 125 115 12/26 Northern Illinois 67 27 111 95 38 76 +1 Total TO's -3 8-4 6-6 6-2 3-5 115 125 12/26 Duke 95 38 76 67 27 111 8-4 MAC --PS RANK-- 3-5 6-2 NCAA RANKINGS REC TM CONF CONF TM +/- +/- N Illinois Huskies Huskies Logs TEAM --PS RANK-- Net Defense Net Defense Comp Yds Comp Yds Comp Yds Comp Yds Yds FD TO's FD RA-RY YPC Att Pass Sks FD RA-RY YPC Att Pass Sks Yds FD TO's FD RA-RY YPC Att Pass Sks FD RA-RY YPC Att Pass Sks NC Central 60-7 366 22 1 30 47-243 5.2 26-34 281 1 8 31-64 2.1 11-18 94 3 Boston College 20-23 28-3 0 18 35-164 4.7 16-39 203 0 21 50-148 3.0 26-42 191 2 Northwestern 41-17 347 19 1 34 59-233 3.9 29-45 305 1 15 21-22 1.0 14-33 169 4 Eastern Illinois 38-10 312 10 0 26 47-230 4.9 24-35 269 1 16 45-60 1.3 14-32 127 3 Baylor 34-20 110 15 2 24 51-246 4.8 20-35 184 5 9 27-57 2.1 12-34 263 4 at Nebraska 21-17 -171-5 2 13 31-85 2.7 15-23 128 2 18 36-85 2.4 25-47 299 3 at North Carolina 27-17 11 5 1 20 45-186 4.1 18-34 202 3 15 33-118 3.6 17-32 259 4 Miami, Fl 6-31 -60 5-1 24 46-183 4.0 21-42 166 6 19 35-139 4.0 15-26 270 3 at San Diego St 28-34 154 12-4 22 45-155 3.4 23-38 262 4 10 36-127 3.5 10-20 136 1 at Virginia 21-28 -55-4 0 17 32-131 4.1 14-42 124 2 21 38-128 3.4 24-43 182 1 Kent St 24-3 135 6 1 15 50-152 3.0 13-22 114 4 9 43-102 2.4 6-17 29 7 Florida St 10-17 -110-6 1 17 25-111 4.4 22-37 204 1 23 40-228 5.7 18-21 197 2 at Buffalo 14-13 58 13-1 28 56-217 3.9 20-31 224 3 15 27-39 1.4 21-34 344 4 Pittsburgh 17-24 -126 2-2 22 26-76 2.9 16-34 283 2 20 57-336 5.9 8-18 149 3 at Bowling Green 48-17 210 11 4 29 55-338 6.1 21-34 239 2 18 44-192 4.4 13-23 175 3 at Virginia Tech 3-24 -204-13 -2 10 35-101 2.9 10-24 82 1 23 48-187 3.9 13-28 200 1 Eastern Michigan 30-27 -11 3-1 18 36-114 3.2 23-40 278 2 15 33-96 2.9 23-45 307 2 at Toledo 17-27 -97 2-1 25 40-185 4.6 24-44 245 2 23 40-166 4.2 23-31 361 1 at Army West Point 16-21 -15 5-1 22 33-89 2.7 19-30 164 4 17 57-226 4.0 1-1 42 0 Ball St 63-17 188 4 0 20 45-222 4.9 11-24 211 2 16 43-83 1.9 19-30 162 7 Georgia Tech 43-20 141 15 1 30 51-319 6.3 19-28 181 1 15 47-277 5.9 3-14 82 0 Western Michigan 35-31 -9 0-2 17 49-248 5.1 6-11 64 0 17 44-110 2.5 15-27 211 5 at Wake Forest 31-23 107 8 0 22 45-97 2.2 25-44 346 0 14 35-145 4.1 16-34 191 2 at Central Michigan 24-31 -121 3-1 19 40-137 3.4 20-36 128 3 16 33-139 4.2 20-39 247 3 Northern Illinois Duke Duke Blue Devils LEADERS & TEAM AVERAGES N Illinois Huskies Average 26-21 42.7 6.1 0.1 23 41-168 4.1 55.7% 210 6.3% 17 39-161 4.1 50.3% 175 8.9% Average 30-21 56.3 4.7-0.3 21 44-187 4.2 57.3% 197 6.6% 16 40-112 2.8 55.6% 216 10.6% Conference 20-23 -37.0 1.5-0.3 20 38-151 3.9 50.9% 199 5.6% 19 42-195 4.7 52.8% 191 7.4% Conference 32-21 44.1 5.3-0.1 21 46-202 4.3 57.0% 188 7.4% 16 38-116 3.0 56.9% 230 13.0% Away 20-23 -31.2 0.2-0.4 18 38-121 3.2 49.4% 184 5.7% 18 42-161 3.8 51.4% 175 5.8% Home 35-19 107.2 3.3-0.3 19 44-188 4.3 54.4% 190 5.3% 16 43-100 2.3 53.4% 171 13.5% NC Central Daniel Jones 19-25-213-2-0 Brittain Brown 10-120-12.0-1 Aaron Young 5-89-17.8-1 Duke N Illinois Boston College Ryan Graham 15-38-190-2-1 Ryan Graham 12-99-8.3-0 Chad Beebe 6-93-15.5-0 Northwestern Daniel Jones 29-45-305-2-1 Daniel Jones 16-108-6.8-2 TJ Rahming 12-127-10.6-0 Duke QB/WR Eastern Illinois Daniel Santacaterina 23-34-252-3-1 Jordan Huff 11-88-8.0-0 DJ Brown 7-88-12.6-0 Baylor Daniel Jones 20-35-184-0-1 Shaun Wilson 18-176-9.8-2 Brittain Brown 4-71-17.8-0 0.49 at Nebraska Daniel Santacaterina 15-22-128-0-0 Jordan Huff 16-105-6.6-1 Christian Blake 5-77-15.4-0 at North Carolina Daniel Jones 18-34-202-1-0 Brittain Brown 10-90-9.0-0 TJ Rahming 6-73-12.2-0 N Illinois DB's Miami, Fl Daniel Jones 21-41-166-0-1 Shaun Wilson 9-63-7.0-0 Johnathan Lloyd 9-82-9.1-0 Duke RB's at San Diego St Daniel Santacaterina 24-39-269-3-3 Jordan Huff 25-148-5.9-0 Christian Blake 13-160-12.3-2 at Virginia Daniel Jones 14-42-124-1-2 Brittain Brown 10-54-5.4-0 TJ Rahming 2-39-19.5-0 0.21 Kent St Marcus Childers 13-21-114-3-1 Marcus Childers 17-65-3.8-0 Shane Wimann 4-53-13.3-1 Florida St Daniel Jones 22-35-204-0-0 Shaun Wilson 13-66-5.1-0 TJ Rahming 8-111-13.9-0 N Illinois LB's at Buffalo Marcus Childers 20-31-224-1-0 Marcus Childers 27-79-2.9-1 DJ Brown 5-53-10.6-0 Pittsburgh Daniel Jones 15-33-272-2-1 Shaun Wilson 11-42-3.8-0 TJ Rahming 8-142-17.8-1 Duke OL at Bowling Green Marcus Childers 21-33-239-3-0 Tommy Mister 17-115-6.8-1 Chad Beebe 6-124-20.7-1 at Virginia Tech Daniel Jones 10-24-82-0-1 Daniel Jones 17-65-3.8-0 Johnathan Lloyd 2-43-21.5-0 0.79 Eastern Michigan Marcus Childers 23-40-278-2-0 Marcus Childers 16-54-3.4-1 DJ Brown 7-104-14.9-1 N Illinois DL at Toledo Marcus Childers 23-43-235-0-2 Marcus Jones 14-80-5.7-0 Spencer Tears 3-63-21.0-0 at Army West Point Daniel Jones 19-29-164-0-1 Shaun Wilson 7-46-6.6-0 TJ Rahming 3-40-13.3-0 Duke DL Ball St Marcus Childers 10-22-141-4-0 Jordan Huff 6-57-9.5-1 Jauan Wesley 1-70-70.0-1 Georgia Tech Daniel Jones 18-26-177-2-0 Brittain Brown 14-116-8.3-1 Johnathan Lloyd 5-57-11.4-0 0.07 Western Michigan Marcus Childers 6-11-64-1-0 Jordan Huff 25-185-7.4-2 Mitch Brinkman 1-26-26.0-1 at Wake Forest Daniel Jones 25-44-346-2-3 Shaun Wilson 17-38-2.2-0 TJ Rahming 8-90-11.3-0 N Illinois OL at Central Michigan Marcus Childers 20-36-128-1-2 Tre Harbison 9-52-5.8-1 Spencer Tears 5-41-8.2-0 Duke LB'S Northern Illinois 1.33 Duke None By Game Yardage Leaders Duke Leaders Passing Daniel Jones 230-413-2439-12-11 Shaun Wilson 146-743-5.1-5 TJ Rahming 61-733-12.0-1 Duke DB's Marcus Childers 137-239-1440-15-5 Jordan Huff 127-740-5.8-4 Spencer Tears 39-461-11.8-4 Quentin Harris 7-10-73-1-0 Brittain Brown 117-660-5.6-6 Johnathan Lloyd 37-364-9.8-1 0.68 N Illinois Leaders Daniel Santacaterina 63-99-719-7-5 Marcus Childers 132-454-3.4-5 Christian Blake 39-421-10.8-4 Parker Boehme 1-2-6-0-0 Daniel Jones 145-432-3.0-6 Chris Taylor 20-284-14.2-1 N Illinois QB/WR Ryan Graham 15-38-190-2-1 Marcus Jones 82-347-4.2-3 Chad Beebe 28-417-14.9-1 Last Five Years Meetings (Last 17 years at PhilSteele.com) Return to Table of Contents 141 yards 217 yards 25 points Duke Duke 358 yards Duke 82 41 Projected Yardage Total Duke N Illinois Experience Rankings Duke N Illinois N Illinois Projected Final Duke Projected Box Projected N Illinois Projected Passing N Illinois Team Schedule Strength N Illinois 146 yards 152 yards 298 yards 18 points 114 94 0.90 1.25 Position by Position Edges N Illinois RB's Duke ST's N Illinois ST's Duke K N Illinois K Duke Coaches N Illinois Coaches Duke Pts 2.33 4.72 3.34 N Illinois Pts POSITIONAL EDGE AWARDED TO: Duke By 1.38 Points By Game Yardage Leaders Category Las Vegas Line Las Vegas Total +/- Ratings Game Grade Computer Yards Computer Points Phil Steele Team & Margin Duke By 5.5 47.5 Points Duke By 8.5 Duke By 4.9 Duke 358-298 Duke 25-18 Duke by 3 Passing Phil's Forecast: Duke has won a grand total of 1 bowl game s/ 61. NIU HC Rod Carey is 0-3 in bowls both SU and ATS. NIU was in contention for the MAC West into the final week. The Duke OFF was dynamic early with Daniel Jones throwing for 226 ypg and having a 5-2 ratio the F/4 games, but he struggled the rest of the year. He finished strong, including 346 yards in the penultimate win over WF. Duke has my #22 rated D, and holds foes to 41 ypg below their season avg. NIU switched QB s mid-year. NIU is #8 in the country, allowing just 4.9 yards per play. Their D is led by Sutton Smith, who had 14 sks. NIU has the on the DL, but Duke has s at LB and DB. NIU has the of playing in the MAC title game 6 of the L8Y at this site. I think this will be a lower scoring game with the two solid D s. These teams are very close talent wise, so I will take the points with the Huskies. Duke 20 Northern Illinois 17

DUKE (6-6) ATS: 6-5-1 O/U: 2-10 QUICK LANE BOWL Tuesday, December 26, 2017 5:15 pm ESPN Ford Field Detroit, MI COMPUTER PROJECTIONS DUKE NIU 145 rush yd 142 224 pass yd 131 27 pts 16 +1 ytd to -3 #57 sked #106 CHECKLIST DUKE NIU 1/2 QB RB 1/2 WR OL DL 41/2 4 LB 1/2 DB 41/2 CCH SITE 41/2 MTCH INT ST 4 441/2 SKED OVERALL DUKE BY 2 4 s NORTHERN ILLINOIS (8-4) ATS: 6-6 O/U: 6-6

TM DATE SCORE W/L OFF DEF ST OFF DEF ST TM DATE SCORE W/L OFF DEF ST OFF DEF ST TM TM +/- +/- REC CONF CONF UCLA Bruins Bruins Logs TEAM 6-6 7-5 PAC 12 BIG 12 --PS RANK-- 4-5 5-4 NCAA RANKINGS REC 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 118 119 9/3 Texas A&M 45-44 W 17 25 85 31 21 6 2017 TEAM RANKINGS 0-0 0-0 133 20 9/2 Central Arkansas 55-19 W 37 40 1 1-0 2-0 0-0 0-0 118 101 9/9 Hawaii 56-23 W 25 22 85 71 115 116 1-0 0-1 0-0 0-0 133 91 19 9/9 Charlotte 55-7 W 33 68 1 120 118 123 UCLA Kansas St 2-0 1-0 0-0 0-0 121 120 25 9/16 at Memphis 45-48 L 20 27 81 33 73 7 2-0 2-0 0-0 0-0 133 120 18 9/16 at Vanderbilt 7-14 L 29 62 2 59 29 54 2-1 1-2 0-0 0-1 121 129 9/23 at Stanford 34-58 L 17 31 71 10 31 11 #112 Rush Off #42 2-1 0-0 129 9/23 37 54 1 2-2 3-1 0-1 0-1 118 116 9/30 Colorado 27-23 W 14 37 82 57 53 53 #5 Pass Off #99 2-1 0-4 0-0 0-1 129 116 9/30 Baylor 33-20 W 33 57 1 34 83 19 3-2 1-1 118 10/7 13 41 74 #20 Total Off #96 3-1 2-2 1-0 1-0 129 125 10/7 at Texas 34-40 L 33 49 1 20 16 24 3-2 3-2 1-1 1-1 118 119 10/14 at Arizona 30-47 L 14 40 76 15 72 92 #31 Off #36 3-2 5-0 1-1 2-0 127 132 6 10/14 TCU 6-26 L 36 46 1 12 16 17 3-3 4-3 1-2 1-3 116 119 10/21 Oregon 31-14 W 15 58 86 14 20 68 #88 Sks Allowed #58 3-3 5-1 1-2 2-1 124 133 9 10/21 Oklahoma 35-42 L 44 38 2 3 22 78 4-3 6-1 2-2 3-1 119 136 10/28 at Washington 23-44 L 16 52 71 29 6 60 #129 Rush Def #18 3-4 1-6 1-3 0-4 124 95 10/28 at Kansas 30-20 W 44 42 1 104 115 86 4-4 4-4 2-3 1-4 119 115 11/3 at Utah 17-48 L 22 59 76 50 33 18 #40 Pass Def #129 4-4 4-4 2-3 1-4 121 119 11/4 at Texas Tech 42-35 W 44 40 1 25 76 99 4-5 5-4 2-4 4-2 116 123 11/11 Arizona St 44-37 W 22 63 78 48 47 82 #123 Total Def #98 5-4 6-3 3-3 4-2 123 126 23 11/11 West Virginia 23-28 L 43 37 1 10 56 103 5-5 9-2 3-4 7-1 119 132 12 11/18 at USC 23-28 L 18 61 98 8 10 52 #118 Def #59 5-5 8-2 3-4 5-2 121 136 10 11/18 at Oklahoma St 45-40 W 53 38 2 7 21 88 5-6 5-6 3-5 2-6 121 118 11/24 California 30-27 W 20 55 120 109 54 53 #101 Sks By #61 6-5 7-4 4-4 5-3 126 129 11/25 Iowa St 20-19 W 46 34 1 65 49 65 6-6 4-5 121 12/2 22 53 114 #85 Ypg Diff #101 7-5 5-4 126 12/2 51 36 1 6-6 7-5 4-5 5-4 121 126 12/26 Kansas St 20 52 114 59 35 1-9 Total TO's +10 7-5 6-6 5-4 4-5 126 121 12/26 UCLA 59 35 1 20 52 114 TM CONF CONF TM +/- +/- Kansas St Wildcats Wildcats Logs TEAM --PS RANK-- Net Comp Yds Net Comp Yds Yds FD TO's FD RA-RY YPC Att Pass Sks FD RA-RY YPC Att Pass Sks Yds FD TO's FD RA-RY YPC Att Pass Sks FD RA-RY YPC Att Pass Sks Texas A&M 45-44 83 6-3 29 25-63 2.5 35-59 491 3 23 63-382 6.1 9-30 89 6 Central Arkansas 55-19 98-12 3 16 31-186 6.0 10-16 333 1 28 55-223 4.1 27-35 198 4 Hawaii 56-23 -10 0 1 25 26-132 5.1 24-29 373 3 25 42-281 6.7 24-39 234 1 Charlotte 55-7 325 18 3 28 51-304 6.0 17-23 189 1 10 28-110 3.9 10-25 58 0 at Memphis 45-48 73 5 0 31 35-170 4.9 34-56 463 1 26 37-162 4.4 23-39 398 2 at Vanderbilt 7-14 7 2-1 13 35-201 5.7 10-28 76 2 11 32-65 2.0 14-23 205 1 at Stanford 34-58 42 4-3 27 15-115 7.7 40-60 480 1 23 45-405 9.0 16-24 148 0 Colorado 27-23 33 1-1 25 35-95 2.7 28-45 372 1 24 38-191 5.0 17-38 243 0 Baylor 33-20 -31 1 1 19 43-225 5.2 7-17 119 0 18 27-84 3.1 26-44 291 3 at Texas 34-40 -152-16 0 16 39-140 3.6 14-23 254 3 32 40-166 4.2 30-51 380 0 at Arizona 30-47 -196 1-4 28 38-190 5.0 20-34 219 5 27 61-457 7.5 9-13 148 0 TCU 6-26 -179-7 0 10 29-70 2.4 11-30 146 2 17 36-98 2.7 27-37 297 1 Oregon 31-14 88-2 2 22 37-142 3.8 21-36 266 2 24 62-246 4.0 8-15 74 4 Oklahoma 35-42 -207-10 0 18 42-268 6.4 12-14 144 0 28 38-209 5.5 32-41 410 2 at Washington 23-44 -210-9 1 15 28-62 2.2 19-33 170 4 24 58-333 5.7 9-12 109 0 at Kansas 30-20 -142-5 1 15 43-202 4.7 8-13 138 4 20 28-64 2.3 23-48 418 4 at Utah 17-48 -257-12 -1 12 32-134 4.2 11-16 115 1 24 50-272 5.4 15-22 234 2 at Texas Tech 42-35 -119-2 0 24 36-145 4.0 18-28 263 2 26 31-122 3.9 34-53 405 1 Arizona St 44-37 -11-4 0 25 33-192 5.8 25-45 381 0 29 61-294 4.8 21-37 290 2 West Virginia 23-28 -160-6 2 14 42-173 4.1 13-26 159 4 20 26-120 4.6 27-46 372 2 at USC 23-28 84 4-1 28 31-80 2.6 32-52 421 4 24 41-153 3.7 17-28 264 1 at Oklahoma St 45-40 -89-12 1 18 49-217 4.4 10-13 204 3 30 31-85 2.7 32-53 425 4 California 30-27 4-2 0 24 37-69 1.9 27-36 393 4 26 42-216 5.1 25-41 242 1 Iowa St 20-19 -115-6 0 12 30-109 3.6 16-22 155 1 18 30-115 3.8 24-36 264 2 Kansas St UCLA UCLA Bruins LEADERS & TEAM AVERAGES Kansas St Wildcats Average 34-37 -23.1-0.7-0.8 24 31-120 3.9 63.1% 345 5.8% 25 50-283 5.7 57.1% 206 5.6% Average 32-26 -63.7-4.6 0.8 17 39-187 4.8 57.7% 182 9.1% 22 34-122 3.6 62.2% 310 4.9% Conference 29-36 -47.0-2.1-0.8 23 32-120 3.8 62.5% 313 6.2% 25 51-285 5.6 59.6% 195 4.3% Conference 30-30 -132.7-7.0 0.6 16 39-172 4.4 58.6% 176 10.2% 23 32-118 3.7 62.3% 362 4.6% Away 29-46 -77.3-1.2-1.3 24 30-125 4.2 62.2% 311 6.4% 25 49-297 6.1 64.5% 217 3.6% Home 32-23 -38.4-3.1 1.3 17 38-191 5.0 58.1% 178 6.1% 20 34-137 4.0 65.5% 270 5.3% By Game Yardage Leaders Texas A&M Josh Rosen 35-59-491-4-0 Soso Jamabo 7-46-6.6-1 Caleb Wilson 15-203-13.5-0 UCLA Kansas St Central Arkansas Jesse Ertz 10-16-333-4-0 Skylar Thompson 3-49-16.3-0 Byron Pringle 3-121-40.3-1 Hawaii Josh Rosen 22-25-329-5-0 Nate Starks 7-42-6.0-0 Theo Howard 7-110-15.7-1 UCLA QB/WR Charlotte Jesse Ertz 16-21-178-0-0 Alex Barnes 16-99-6.2-1 Isaiah Zuber 7-73-10.4-0 at Memphis Josh Rosen 34-56-463-4-2 Bolu Olorunfunmi 13-77-5.9-0 Darren Andrews 10-175-17.5-1 1.89 at Vanderbilt Jesse Ertz 10-28-76-0-2 Jesse Ertz 24-126-5.3-1 Isaiah Zuber 4-37-9.3-0 at Stanford Josh Rosen 40-60-480-3-2 Soso Jamabo 12-100-8.3-1 Jordan Lasley 11-158-14.4-1 Kansas St DB's Colorado Josh Rosen 28-45-372-1-1 Soso Jamabo 21-70-3.3-1 Jordan Lasley 7-146-20.9-0 UCLA RB's Baylor Jesse Ertz 7-17-119-1-0 Jesse Ertz 12-95-7.9-1 Isaiah Zuber 4-79-19.8-1 0.20 at Texas Jesse Ertz 12-18-224-2-1 Alex Delton 12-79-6.6-2 Dalton Schoen 5-128-25.6-2 at Arizona Josh Rosen 20-34-219-0-3 Bolu Olorunfunmi 10-102-10.2-2 Jordan Lasley 6-77-12.8-0 Kansas St LB's TCU Alex Delton 11-29-146-0-0 Alex Delton 19-39-2.1-0 Byron Pringle 3-80-26.7-0 Oregon Josh Rosen 21-36-266-2-0 Bolu Olorunfunmi 13-76-5.8-1 Christian Pabico 4-99-24.8-1 UCLA OL Oklahoma Alex Delton 12-14-144-1-1 Alex Delton 27-142-5.3-3 Byron Pringle 2-70-35.0-0 at Washington Josh Rosen 12-21-93-1-0 Soso Jamabo 9-28-3.1-0 Darren Andrews 8-73-9.1-1 0.74 at Kansas Alex Delton 4-7-98-0-0 Alex Barnes 23-128-5.6-2 Byron Pringle 3-92-30.7-0 at Utah Devon Modster 8-12-103-1-0 Bolu Olorunfunmi 16-63-3.9-0 Darren Andrews 3-66-22.0-1 Kansas St DL at Texas Tech Alex Delton 13-20-167-1-1 Justin Silmon 2-45-22.5-0 Dalton Schoen 5-103-20.6-0 Arizona St Josh Rosen 25-45-381-1-1 Bolu Olorunfunmi 15-79-5.3-1 Jordan Lasley 7-162-23.1-1 UCLA DL West Virginia Skylar Thompson 13-26-159-0-2 Dalvin Warmack 14-96-6.9-0 Isaiah Zuber 4-45-11.3-0 at USC Josh Rosen 32-52-421-3-1 Soso Jamabo 9-62-6.9-0 Jordan Lasley 10-204-20.4-3 0.95 at Oklahoma St Skylar Thompson 10-13-204-3-0 Skylar Thompson 17-93-5.5-1 Byron Pringle 4-166-41.5-3 California Josh Rosen 13-18-202-2-0 Brandon Stephens 20-83-4.2-1 Jordan Lasley 12-227-18.9-1 Kansas St OL Iowa St Skylar Thompson 15-21-152-1-0 Dalvin Warmack 10-42-4.2-0 Isaiah Zuber 7-56-8.0-1 UCLA LB'S Kansas St 0.07 UCLA UCLA Leaders Passing Josh Rosen 282-451-3717-26-10 Bolu Olorunfunmi 105-542-5.2-5 Jordan Lasley 61-1136-18.6-8 UCLA DB's Jesse Ertz 55-100-930-7-3 Alex Barnes 134-702-5.2-6 Byron Pringle 28-705-25.2-6 Devon Modster 30-45-376-2-0 Soso Jamabo 88-447-5.1-6 Darren Andrews 60-778-13.0-10 0.02 Kansas St Leaders Skylar Thompson 48-76-662-5-2 Alex Delton 80-342-4.3-5 Isaiah Zuber 51-510-10.0-4 Caleb Wilson 1-1-39-0-0 Brandon Stephens 44-183-4.2-1 Caleb Wilson 38-485-12.8-1 Kansas St QB/WR Alex Delton 42-75-585-2-2 Jesse Ertz 65-336-5.2-3 Dalton Schoen 23-470-20.4-3 Last Five Years Meetings (Last 17 years at PhilSteele.com) 2014 Rank Line FD Rush Comp-Att-Yds TO's Kansas St 11 60 35 27 32-31 31-49-338 UCLA 14-1.5 40 16 39-331 12-24-136 1 Return to Table of Contents 364 yards Projected Box 84 yards UCLA Projected Kansas St Projected Passing UCLA Kansas St 169 yards Projected Yardage Total 448 yards UCLA Kansas St 433 yards Projected Final 28 points UCLA Kansas St 35 points 1.96 11.55 Experience Rankings 43 UCLA Kansas St Team Schedule Strength 7 UCLA Kansas St 264 yards 60 38 Position by Position Edges Kansas St RB's UCLA ST's Kansas St ST's UCLA K Kansas St K UCLA Coaches Kansas St Coaches UCLA Pts Kansas St Pts Kansas St By 9.59 Points 5.42 1.12 3.10 POSITIONAL EDGE AWARDED TO: By Game Yardage Leaders +/- Ratings Phil Steele Category Las Vegas Line Las Vegas Total Game Grade Computer Yards Computer Points Team & Margin Kansas St By 2.5 64.5 Points Kansas St By 6.5 Kansas St By 0.5 Ucla 448-433 Kansas St 35-28 Kansas St by 7 Passing Phil's Forecast: Bill Snyder is 1 of the greatest head coaches in the country, so it is a surprise to me that he is just 8-10 in bowl games SU. UCLA is led by interim HC Jedd Fisch, who called all the plays as the OC. The UCLA D suffered a bunch of inj s to the front 7 and allowed a ridiculous 283 rush ypg and 5.7 ypc. KSt was down to their third string QB Skylar Thompson over the L/3 games, but he acquitted himself well. The Wildcats matchup well as they like to run the ball and go vs that porous rush D. While KSt is further away, they usually travel better to bowl games. I was already leaning with KSt with the D and coaching, but then tossed in the ST s. I rate KSt with the #1 ST s unit, while UCLA is way down at #116. I am surprised that KSt is favored by less than fg. Best Bet: Kansas St 35 UCLA 28

KANSAS ST (7-5) ATS: 6-6 O/U: 6-6 CACTUS BOWL Tuesday, December 26, 2017 9:00 pm ESPN Chase Field Phoenix, AZ COMPUTER PROJECTIONS K-ST UCLA 251 rush yd 78 185 pass yd 353 35 pts 27 +11 ytd to -9 #59 sked #8 CHECKLIST K-ST UCLA QB 444 RB 1/2 WR 1/2 1/2 OL 44 DL 4 LB DB 1/2 444 CCH 41/2 SITE MTCH INT 44444 ST SKED 44 OVERALL KANSAS ST BY 6 4 s UCLA (6-6) ATS: 4-8 O/U: 8-4

TM DATE SCORE W/L OFF DEF ST OFF DEF ST TM DATE SCORE W/L OFF DEF ST OFF DEF ST 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 138 141 3 1 9/2 Alabama 7-24 L 11 1 11 1 2 24 2017 TEAM RANKINGS 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 104 121 9/2 Kentucky 17-24 L 82 93 66 51 35 31 0-1 0-0 136 10 9/9 28 3 11 0-1 0-0 106 9/9 Southern 45-0 W 91 85 66 Florida St Southern Miss 0-1 0-0 136 11 9/16 45 5 108 1-1 0-1 0-0 0-0 109 100 9/16 at ULM 28-17 W 84 74 50 120 105 130 NC State Rush Off 0-1 2-1 0-0 0-0 136 121 12 9/23 21-27 L 59 5 110 30 30 76 #84 #39 2-1 0-0 110 9/23 73 72 93 0-2 4-0 0-1 1-0 131 124 9/30 at Wake Forest 26-19 W 58 9 43 65 45 25 #92 Pass Off #47 2-1 2-2 0-0 1-0 110 100 9/30 North Texas 28-43 L 71 70 92 62 88 46 1-2 3-0 1-1 1-0 131 136 13 10/7 Miami, Fl 20-24 L 65 12 14 5 13 27 #107 Total Off #33 2-2 3-0 0-1 0-0 105 115 10/7 at UTSA 31-29 W 79 76 108 62 37 53 1-3 4-2 1-2 1-2 131 120 10/14 at Duke 17-10 W 58 9 29 60 20 106 #79 Off #47 3-2 0-6 1-1 0-2 108 92 10/14 UTEP 24-0 W 61 75 114 129 127 119 2-3 4-3 2-2 1-3 131 118 10/21 Louisville 28-31 L 48 11 58 7 45 67 #104 Sks Allowed #12 4-2 3-3 2-1 1-1 109 110 10/21 at Louisiana Tech 34-27 W 49 68 114 69 90 93 at Boston College Rush Def UAB 2-4 4-4 2-3 2-3 126 121 10/27 3-35 L 47 13 37 72 36 78 #33 #28 5-2 4-3 3-1 2-2 105 98 10/28 12-30 L 45 59 92 89 82 127 2-5 4-4 2-4 2-2 121 121 11/4 Syracuse 24-21 W 59 16 59 60 71 11 #36 Pass Def #25 5-3 3-5 3-2 0-5 100 115 11/4 at Tennessee 10-24 L 48 68 83 79 50 20 3-5 8-1 3-4 6-1 121 137 11/11 at Clemson 14-31 L 53 16 54 14 3 116 #24 Total Def #17 5-4 1-8 3-2 1-4 100 89 11/11 at Rice 43-34 W 65 62 80 117 119 113 Delaware St Def Charlotte 3-6 3-5 121 11/18 77-6 W 66 16 42 #33 #39 6-4 1-9 4-2 1-5 100 90 11/18 66-21 W 57 68 56 115 115 79 4-6 4-6 3-5 3-5 123 118 11/25 at Florida 38-22 W 50 13 29 61 39 22 #36 Sks By #61 7-4 7-4 5-2 4-3 104 109 11/25 at Marshall 28-27 W 45 67 62 77 35 15 ULM Ypg Diff 5-6 4-7 3-5 4-4 125 100 12/2 42-10 W 46 13 25 70 127 15 #71 #17 8-4 6-2 106 12/2 44 68 71 6-6 3-5 125 12/9 32 8 16-7 Total TO's 0 8-4 6-6 6-2 3-5 106 125 12/27 Florida St 61 59 69 32 8 16 8-4 6-2 106 12/27 Southern Miss 61 59 69 Comp Yds Net Comp Yds Yds FD TO's FD RA-RY YPC Att Pass Sks FD RA-RY YPC Att Pass Sks Yds FD TO's FD RA-RY YPC Att Pass Sks FD RA-RY YPC Att Pass Sks Alabama 7-24 -19 2-3 15 27-40 1.5 19-33 210 3 13 42-173 4.1 10-18 96 2 Kentucky 17-24 110 7-2 19 38-55 1.4 22-40 309 2 12 35-78 2.2 11-20 176 1 Southern 45-0 337 20 1 27 44-197 4.5 20-32 280 2 7 26-62 2.4 10-26 78 3 at ULM 28-17 204 8 0 23 48-284 5.9 17-32 250 3 15 37-218 5.9 11-27 112 1 NC State 21-27 17-6 -1 15 26-104 4.0 22-39 278 4 21 37-110 3.0 23-33 255 1 at Wake Forest 26-19 -97-2 1 15 43-149 3.5 11-21 121 5 17 34-96 2.8 24-35 271 2 North Texas 28-43 -125-6 2 18 29-145 5.0 19-42 270 2 24 46-174 3.8 24-41 366 2 Miami, Fl 20-24 69 2-1 22 43-203 4.7 17-28 203 4 20 29-83 2.9 19-44 254 3 at UTSA 31-29 -11-9 -1 18 30-246 8.2 15-21 212 1 27 33-102 3.1 27-43 367 3 at Duke 17-10 110 6-1 23 40-228 5.7 18-21 197 2 17 25-111 4.4 22-37 204 1 UTEP 24-0 276 14 0 20 45-202 4.5 16-27 221 0 6 22-17 0.8 14-28 130 2 Louisville 28-31 -46 1-2 23 38-155 4.1 16-28 248 2 22 44-293 6.7 13-21 156 2 at Louisiana Tech 34-27 136 15-1 30 45-190 4.2 32-53 301 0 15 34-161 4.7 11-28 194 2 at Boston College 3-35 -116-9 -3 10 29-64 2.2 12-27 149 2 19 55-241 4.4 7-21 88 0 UAB 12-30 -70-7 -1 14 26-81 3.1 19-38 266 0 21 49-209 4.3 16-29 208 3 Syracuse 27-24 -120-8 0 13 37-207 5.6 12-19 136 3 21 40-149 3.7 31-55 314 3 at Tennessee 10-24 69 4-2 18 42-118 2.8 13-34 161 4 14 38-95 2.5 10-21 115 2 at Clemson 14-31 -149-12 0 12 24-21 0.9 13-32 208 5 24 52-227 4.4 20-30 151 2 at Rice 43-34 136 2 0 28 36-186 5.2 22-31 331 0 26 49-254 5.2 10-16 127 4 Delaware St 77-6 290 17 2 23 32-246 7.7 18-24 236 0 6 24-15 0.6 13-33 177 6 Charlotte 66-21 346 13 2 27 42-363 8.6 20-27 221 0 14 38-142 3.7 9-25 96 0 at Florida 38-22 -64-5 3 12 34-88 2.6 10-21 128 2 17 34-96 2.8 18-39 184 5 at Marshall 28-27 -11-1 2 22 45-201 4.5 16-35 170 0 23 26-74 2.8 26-44 308 1 ULM 42-10 204 9-2 26 45-305 6.8 15-23 199 0 17 22-38 1.7 28-47 262 2 Southern Miss Average 27-22 6.6-0.4-0.6 17 35-151 4.3 57.9% 193 10.1% 18 37-136 3.7 55.2% 201 7.0% Average 31-23 116.4 5.0 0.0 22 39-189 4.8 56.1% 249 3.4% 17 36-132 3.7 51.4% 190 6.9% Conference 20-25 -41.5-3.5-0.9 17 35-141 4.0 56.3% 193 12.6% 20 40-164 4.1 57.6% 212 5.1% Conference 33-26 84.6 2.6 0.4 22 37-202 5.4 58.0% 249 1.1% 20 37-142 3.8 53.9% 225 6.7% Away 18-24 -55.8-3.3-0.5 15 33-98 3.0 53.5% 169 12.3% 18 40-157 3.9 56.1% 166 6.7% Home 32-20 145.7 6.8 0.3 21 37-174 4.7 56.3% 261 2.9% 14 36-114 3.2 49.7% 176 6.5% Alabama Deondre Francois 19-33-210-1-2 Cam Akers 10-30-3.0-0 Keith Gavin 8-61-7.6-0 Florida St Southern Miss Kentucky Kwadra Griggs 15-26-222-2-0 Ito Smith 16-37-2.3-0 Korey Robertson 7-111-15.9-2 Florida St QB/WR Southern Kwadra Griggs 15-23-209-2-0 T-Rod Daniels 10-83-8.3-1 Allenzae Staggers 5-62-12.4-1 1.02 at ULM Kwadra Griggs 17-32-250-3-1 Ito Smith 27-219-8.1-1 Allenzae Staggers 4-75-18.8-1 NC State James Blackman 22-38-278-1-0 Cam Akers 12-56-4.7-0 Auden Tate 9-138-15.3-1 Southern Miss DB's at Wake Forest James Blackman 11-21-121-1-0 Jacques Patrick 19-120-6.3-1 Auden Tate 2-47-23.5-1 Florida St RB's North Texas Kwadra Griggs 19-42-270-1-0 Ito Smith 13-102-7.8-2 Allenzae Staggers 5-112-22.4-1 Miami, Fl James Blackman 17-28-203-2-2 Cam Akers 20-121-6.1-0 Auden Tate 3-56-18.7-1 1.35 at UTSA Keon Howard 15-20-212-3-0 Ito Smith 17-178-10.5-1 Quez Watkins 5-78-15.6-1 at Duke James Blackman 18-21-197-1-2 Cam Akers 15-115-7.7-1 Nyqwan Murray 5-81-16.2-0 Southern Miss LB's UTEP Keon Howard 16-27-221-1-2 Ito Smith 28-120-4.3-2 Jaylond Adams 2-104-52.0-1 Louisville James Blackman 16-28-248-2-2 Cam Akers 16-75-4.7-0 Nyqwan Murray 4-95-23.8-1 Florida St OL at Louisiana Tech Keon Howard 32-53-301-3-2 Tez Parks 15-77-5.1-0 Korey Robertson 9-127-14.1-2 at Boston College James Blackman 11-26-102-0-1 Cam Akers 18-42-2.3-0 Nyqwan Murray 3-102-34.0-0 0.28 UAB Keon Howard 14-25-207-1-0 Ito Smith 12-36-3.0-0 Ito Smith 3-93-31.0-1 Syracuse James Blackman 12-19-136-1-0 Cam Akers 22-199-9.0-2 Nyqwan Murray 3-60-20.0-1 Southern Miss DL at Tennessee Keon Howard 7-22-100-0-1 Ito Smith 20-51-2.6-0 Korey Robertson 8-122-15.3-0 at Clemson James Blackman 13-32-208-1-1 Cam Akers 12-40-3.3-0 Nyqwan Murray 4-73-18.3-0 Florida St DL at Rice Kwadra Griggs 22-31-331-3-0 Ito Smith 24-150-6.3-2 Korey Robertson 8-159-19.9-2 Delaware St James Blackman 11-15-179-3-0 Ryan Green 7-96-13.7-2 Keith Gavin 4-78-19.5-0 1.21 Charlotte Kwadra Griggs 20-27-221-1-0 Ito Smith 15-153-10.2-3 Korey Robertson 6-91-15.2-1 at Florida James Blackman 10-21-128-2-1 Jacques Patrick 15-67-4.5-0 Ermon Lane 1-39-39.0-0 Southern Miss OL at Marshall Kwadra Griggs 16-35-170-3-0 Ito Smith 29-150-5.2-1 Korey Robertson 7-118-16.9-1 ULM James Blackman 14-22-197-1-2 Jacques Patrick 19-155-8.2-2 Ermon Lane 3-45-15.0-0 Florida St LB'S Florida St 0.91 Florida St Southern Miss None REC TM CONF Florida St Leaders CONF By Game Yardage Leaders TM +/- +/- Net Passing James Blackman 155-271-1997-15-11 Cam Akers 181-931-5.1-7 Nyqwan Murray 40-604-15.1-4 Florida St DB's Kwadra Griggs 135-240-1793-15-2 Ito Smith 232-1321-5.7-13 Korey Robertson 72-1070-14.9-11 Deondre Francois 19-33-210-1-2 Jacques Patrick 118-687-5.8-6 Auden Tate 35-464-13.3-7 1.54 Southern Miss Leaders Keon Howard 96-170-1199-8-5 Tez Parks 51-278-5.5-1 Allenzae Staggers 43-469-10.9-5 J.J Cosentino 7-8-53-1-0 Amir Rasul 26-127-4.9-0 Keith Gavin 27-276-10.2-0 Southern Miss QB/WR Allenzae Staggers 0-1-0.1-0-0 Kwadra Griggs 75-231-3.1-2 Ito Smith 36-370-10.3-2 Last Five Years Meetings (Last 17 years at PhilSteele.com) Florida St Seminoles Seminoles Logs TEAM --PS RANK-- 3-5 6-2 TM TM +/- +/- NCAA RANKINGS REC CONF CONF Return to Table of Contents Projected Box Projected 146 yards Florida St Southern Miss 109 yards 186 yards Florida St Projected Passing Southern Miss Projected Yardage Total 332 yards Florida St Southern Miss 33 points Projected Final Florida St Southern Miss Experience Rankings 208 yards 317 yards 18 points 44 Florida St Southern Miss 85 POSITIONAL EDGE AWARDED TO: Team Schedule Strength Florida St 20 Florida St Southern Miss 123 8.22 Florida St Seminoles LEADERS & TEAM AVERAGES Florida St K 0.25 Category Las Vegas Total +/- Ratings 49 Points 0.70 Game Grade Southern Miss Coaches Florida St By 8.2 Florida St Pts 6-6 8-4 ACC 1.91 CUSA Southern Miss Golden Eagles 0.95 Southern Miss Golden Eagles Golden Eagles Logs Position by Position Edges By Game Yardage Leaders Passing Southern Miss RB's Florida St ST's Southern Miss ST's Southern Miss K Florida St Coaches Southern Miss Pts By 7.27 Points Las Vegas Line Computer Yards Computer Points Phil Steele Team & Margin Florida St By 16.5 Florida St By 16.5 Florida St 332-317 Florida St 33-18 Florida St by 9 Phil's Forecast: TEAM --PS RANK-- FSU may be 6-6, but that was vs the 13th toughest sked, while SM faced the #127 sked (4th easiest). One of the main things to look for when trying to find value in a bowl game is finding a team that is excited and wants to be there vs a team that will find it hard to get fired up for their opponent. This gm has that. FSU played well in the ssn finale to get to 6 wins and keep their bowl streak alive. Interim HC Haggins is well liked, but is just keeping the seat warm for Taggart. Play this game during the ssn at FSU and have it mean something and the Seminoles would roll, but that is not the case here. FS James is sitting out the bowl. SM will have the crowd and be far more excited to be here and they have weapons like RB Smith QB Griggs. I ll call for FSU to win by just over a td as SM keeps it closer than expected. Florida St 30 Southern Miss 21

SOUTHERN MISS (8-4) ATS: 8-4 O/U: 6-6 INDEPENDENCE BOWL Wednesday, December 27, 2017 1:30 pm ESPN Independence Stadium Shreveport, LA COMPUTER PROJECTIONS SMISS FSU 128 rush yd 157 212 pass yd 161 20 pts 35 0 ytd to -7 #127 sked #13 CHECKLIST SMISS FSU QB 4 RB 1/2 WR 1/2 4 OL DL 41/2 LB 41/2 DB 44 4 CCH 441/2 SITE MTCH 44 INT ST 44 SKED 44444 OVERALL FLORIDA ST BY 7 4 s FLORIDA ST (6-6) ATS: 3-7-2 O/U: 4-8

TM DATE SCORE W/L OFF DEF ST OFF DEF ST TM DATE SCORE W/L OFF DEF ST OFF DEF ST TM TM +/- +/- REC CONF CONF Iowa Hawkeyes 7-5 Hawkeyes Logs BIG 10 ACC Eagles Logs TEAM --PS RANK-- 4-5 4-4 TM NCAA RANKINGS REC CONF CONF TM +/- +/- 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 120 109 9/2 Wyoming 24-3 W 69 30 40 98 85 119 2017 TEAM RANKINGS 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 116 109 9/1 at Northern Illinois 23-20 W 68 29 67 102 89 75 1-0 1-0 0-0 0-0 121 120 9/9 at Iowa St 44-41 W 68 23 40 48 78 29 1-0 1-0 0-0 0-0 116 120 9/9 Wake Forest 10-34 L 75 30 67 81 59 30 Iowa Boston College 2-0 1-1 0-0 0-0 123 100 9/16 North Texas 31-14 W 64 24 34 85 89 58 1-1 1-1 0-1 0-1 112 131 9/16 Notre Dame 20-49 L 81 33 63 11 22 70 3-0 3-0 0-0 0-0 122 140 4 9/23 Penn St 19-21 L 58 29 13 8 8 7 #94 Rush Off #24 1-2 3-0 0-1 1-0 110 142 2 9/23 at Clemson 7-34 L 84 50 32 4 2 103 3-1 2-1 0-1 0-0 124 117 9/30 at Michigan St 10-17 L 59 33 18 36 18 111 #88 Pass Off #115 1-3 2-2 0-2 0-1 111 101 9/30 Central Michigan 28-8 W 94 50 66 64 90 118 3-2 2-2 0-2 0-1 121 104 10/7 Illinois 45-16 W 77 32 18 115 83 91 #108 Total Off #81 2-3 4-1 0-2 0-1 112 128 16 10/7 Virginia Tech 10-23 L 91 47 56 42 10 26 4-2 1-2 122 10/14 76 34 21 #68 Off #82 2-4 4-2 0-3 1-2 112 122 10/14 at Louisville 45-42 W 93 43 60 11 32 58 4-2 3-3 1-2 1-2 122 124 10/21 at Northwestern 10-17 L 79 37 20 46 31 60 #50 Sks Allowed #11 3-4 5-1 1-3 2-0 116 118 10/21 at Virginia 41-10 W 84 46 74 74 26 100 4-3 4-3 1-3 1-3 123 116 10/28 Minnesota 17-10 W 85 35 61 100 53 81 #37 Rush Def #102 4-4 2-4 2-3 2-3 121 126 10/27 Florida St 35-3 W 72 36 78 47 13 37 5-3 7-1 2-3 5-0 123 144 3 11/4 Ohio St 55-24 W 91 27 25 2 5 57 #50 Pass Def #32 5-4 3-3 126 11/4 69 26 82 6-3 9-0 3-3 6-0 128 134 25 6 11/11 at Wisconsin 14-38 L 78 24 29 26 8 55 #34 Total Def #69 5-4 6-3 3-3 4-1 126 128 11/11 NC State 14-17 L 68 26 85 29 33 101 6-4 4-6 3-4 2-5 125 117 11/18 Purdue 15-24 L 97 29 34 76 53 82 #20 Def #36 5-5 3-7 3-4 2-5 125 98 11/18 Connecticut 39-16 W 77 26 104 118 117 117 6-5 4-7 3-5 3-5 120 114 11/25 at Nebraska 56-14 W 101 32 24 68 83 44 #48 Sks By #68 6-5 4-7 3-4 2-5 124 114 11/25 at Syracuse 42-14 W 69 27 99 55 91 28 7-5 4-5 124 12/2 90 26 35 #83 Ypg Diff #80 7-5 4-4 128 12/2 55 31 100 7-5 7-5 4-5 4-4 124 128 12/27 Boston College 94 25 32 51 29 99 +4 Total TO's +8 7-5 7-5 4-4 4-5 128 124 12/27 Iowa 51 29 99 94 25 32 7-5 Boston College Eagles TEAM --PS RANK-- Net Defense Net Defense Comp Yds Comp Yds Comp Yds Comp Yds Yds FD TO's FD RA-RY YPC Att Pass Sks FD RA-RY YPC Att Pass Sks Yds FD TO's FD RA-RY YPC Att Pass Sks FD RA-RY YPC Att Pass Sks Wyoming 24-3 30 1-2 16 41-138 3.4 8-15 125 2 15 30-59 2.0 23-40 174 3 at Northern Illinois 23-20 -28 3 0 21 50-148 3.0 26-42 191 2 18 35-164 4.7 16-39 203 0 at Iowa St 44-41 30 7 1 29 41-164 4.0 27-41 333 1 22 26-120 4.6 25-46 347 1 Wake Forest 10-34 -4 4-4 19 41-142 3.5 18-41 163 1 15 52-158 3.0 13-19 151 3 North Texas 31-14 130 11 0 28 59-238 4.0 16-27 197 1 17 17-112 6.6 18-29 193 1 Notre Dame 20-49 -211 3-1 22 44-185 4.2 24-41 215 1 19 51-515 10.1 11-27 96 1 Penn St 19-21 -306-18 1 11 23-82 3.6 13-22 191 1 29 51-295 5.8 31-48 284 4 at Clemson 7-34 -244-15 0 12 34-97 2.9 15-32 141 1 27 58-342 5.9 17-26 140 2 at Michigan St 10-17 -69-8 -2 11 25-19 0.8 17-32 212 3 19 40-88 2.2 18-28 212 2 Central Michigan 28-8 13-1 1 17 53-224 4.2 14-21 85 0 18 33-116 3.5 22-43 180 3 Illinois 45-16 -5 0 2 20 38-191 5.0 18-34 250 1 20 30-200 6.7 22-45 246 1 Virginia Tech 10-23 -87-4 1 16 33-153 4.6 14-33 191 0 20 48-109 2.3 22-33 322 5 at Louisville 45-42 -70 2 1 27 59-364 6.2 12-28 191 2 25 36-293 8.1 19-39 332 0 at Northwestern 10-17 -27-7 -1 14 33-89 2.7 19-33 223 2 21 46-147 3.2 21-36 192 3 at Virginia 41-10 265 0 3 19 47-237 5.0 19-24 275 0 19 26-95 3.7 19-42 152 3 Minnesota 17-10 34 0-1 15 33-125 3.8 15-27 190 0 15 43-142 3.3 9-29 139 4 Florida St 35-3 116 9 3 19 55-241 4.4 7-21 88 0 10 29-64 2.2 12-27 149 2 Ohio St 55-24 116 4 4 24 38-243 6.4 21-32 244 1 20 30-163 5.4 18-34 208 1 at Wisconsin 14-38 -316-13 1 5 26-25 1.0 8-24 41 4 18 49-247 5.0 11-18 135 2 NC State 14-17 -20 3 0 20 54-236 4.4 10-22 111 5 17 40-217 5.4 14-33 150 1 Purdue 15-24 -36-3 -2 17 38-82 2.2 16-33 176 6 20 29-65 2.2 22-37 229 4 Connecticut 39-16 -27-1 2 14 49-330 6.7 7-15 55 0 15 41-171 4.2 14-33 241 2 at Nebraska 56-14 238 11 3 23 47-313 6.7 13-20 192 0 12 21-67 3.2 23-42 200 1 at Syracuse 42-14 164 5 2 24 56-333 5.9 16-20 248 1 19 28-137 4.9 24-34 280 1 Boston College Iowa Iowa Hawkeyes LEADERS & TEAM AVERAGES Boston College Eagles Average 28-20 -15.1-1.3 0.3 18 37-142 3.9 56.2% 198 6.5% 19 34-142 4.1 55.8% 213 6.3% Average 26-23 -11.1 0.7 0.7 19 48-224 4.7 53.5% 163 3.8% 19 40-198 5.0 51.4% 200 5.8% Conference 27-20 -41.2-3.8 0.6 16 33-130 3.9 54.5% 191 7.0% 19 38-157 4.2 55.2% 205 6.9% Conference 26-22 15.0 0.5 0.8 20 47-225 4.8 50.2% 176 4.5% 19 40-177 4.5 55.3% 210 6.7% Away 27-25 -28.8-2.0 0.4 16 34-122 3.5 56.0% 200 6.7% 18 36-134 3.7 57.6% 217 5.3% Home 20-22 -32.2 2.3 0.0 19 47-197 4.2 48.6% 142 3.9% 17 42-197 4.7 51.6% 175 8.2% Wyoming Nate Stanley 8-15-125-3-1 Akrum Wadley 24-116-4.8-0 Nick Easley 4-77-19.3-1 Iowa Boston College at Northern Illinois Anthony Brown 26-42-191-2-1 Jon Hilliman 25-58-2.3-0 Kobay White 6-76-12.7-0 at Iowa St Nate Stanley 27-41-333-5-0 Akrum Wadley 28-118-4.2-1 Akrum Wadley 4-72-18.0-1 Iowa QB/WR Wake Forest Anthony Brown 11-29-119-1-3 Thadd Smith 5-46-9.2-0 Jeff Smith 5-56-11.2-0 North Texas Nate Stanley 16-27-197-2-0 Toren Young 19-78-4.1-0 Akrum Wadley 2-80-40.0-0 1.55 Notre Dame Anthony Brown 24-40-215-2-2 Jon Hilliman 22-122-5.5-0 Charlie Callinan 7-82-11.7-2 Penn St Nate Stanley 13-22-191-2-0 Akrum Wadley 19-80-4.2-1 Akrum Wadley 4-75-18.8-1 Boston College DB's at Clemson Anthony Brown 14-30-133-0-1 AJ Dillon 18-57-3.2-1 Jeff Smith 4-58-14.5-0 at Michigan St Nate Stanley 16-31-197-0-0 Akrum Wadley 17-30-1.8-1 T.J Hockenson 3-46-15.3-0 Iowa RB's Central Michigan Anthony Brown 14-21-85-1-0 AJ Dillon 25-120-4.8-1 Jeff Smith 2-35-17.5-0 Illinois Nate Stanley 17-32-247-3-1 Akrum Wadley 23-115-5.0-1 Noah Fant 3-78-26.0-0 0.40 Virginia Tech Anthony Brown 13-30-166-0-0 Anthony Brown 7-51-7.3-0 Travis Levy 3-42-14.0-0 Boston College LB's at Louisville Anthony Brown 5-17-100-1-1 AJ Dillon 39-272-7.0-4 Tommy Sweeney 4-57-14.3-0 at Northwestern Nate Stanley 19-33-223-1-1 Akrum Wadley 26-90-3.5-0 Matt Vandeberg 3-90-30.0-0 Iowa OL at Virginia Anthony Brown 19-24-275-3-0 AJ Dillon 24-89-3.7-0 Kobay White 3-85-28.3-1 Minnesota Nate Stanley 15-27-190-1-1 Akrum Wadley 16-70-4.4-1 Noah Fant 3-67-22.3-1 0.06 Florida St Anthony Brown 6-20-54-1-0 AJ Dillon 33-149-4.5-1 Kobay White 2-46-23.0-1 Ohio St Nate Stanley 20-31-226-5-0 Akrum Wadley 20-118-5.9-0 T.J Hockenson 5-71-14.2-2 Boston College DL at Wisconsin Nate Stanley 8-24-41-0-1 James Butler 8-30-3.8-0 Nick Easley 2-19-9.5-0 Iowa DL NC State Darius Wade 8-15-82-0-0 AJ Dillon 36-196-5.4-1 Tommy Sweeney 4-55-13.8-0 Purdue Nate Stanley 16-33-176-1-1 Akrum Wadley 22-78-3.5-1 Nick Easley 5-60-12.0-0 0.31 Connecticut Darius Wade 7-15-55-1-0 AJ Dillon 24-200-8.3-2 Tommy Sweeney 2-42-21.0-0 at Nebraska Nate Stanley 13-20-192-2-0 Akrum Wadley 19-159-8.4-3 Noah Fant 3-116-38.7-2 Boston College OL at Syracuse Darius Wade 16-20-248-1-0 AJ Dillon 23-193-8.4-3 Travis Levy 2-51-25.5-1 Iowa LB'S Boston College 0.29 Iowa None By Game Yardage Leaders Iowa Leaders Passing Nate Stanley 188-336-2338-25-6 Akrum Wadley 230-1021-4.4-9 Nick Easley 50-498-10.0-4 Iowa DB's Anthony Brown 134-258-1367-11-9 AJ Dillon 268-1432-5.3-13 Kobay White 32-396-12.4-2 Colten Rastetter 2-2-33-0-0 James Butler 81-364-4.5-1 Noah Fant 28-486-17.4-10 0.90 Boston College Leaders Darius Wade 46-75-528-2-1 Jon Hilliman 163-622-3.8-5 Tommy Sweeney 29-375-12.9-3 Tyler Wiegers 1-2-3-1-0 Toren Young 45-193-4.3-2 Matt Vandeberg 27-375-13.9-2 Boston College QB/WR Jeff Smith 2-4-59-2-0 Thadd Smith 35-287-8.2-2 Jeff Smith 23-278-12.1-0 Last Five Years Meetings (Last 17 years at PhilSteele.com) Return to Table of Contents 174 yards Iowa 66 Projected Passing 143 yards Iowa Boston College 139 yards Projected Yardage Total 316 yards Iowa Boston College 23 points Projected Box Projected Boston College Projected Final Iowa Boston College 19 points Experience Rankings Iowa Boston College Team Schedule Strength 214 yards 353 yards 21 Iowa Boston College 5 0.74 1.20 0.75 3.59 Position by Position Edges By Game Yardage Leaders Passing Boston College RB's Iowa ST's Boston College ST's Iowa K Boston College K Iowa Coaches Boston College Coaches Iowa Pts Boston College Pts 46 POSITIONAL EDGE AWARDED TO: Iowa By 0.98 Points 2.61 +/- Ratings Category Las Vegas Line Las Vegas Total Game Grade Computer Yards Computer Points Phil Steele Team & Margin Iowa By 2.5 45.5 Points Boston College By 5.0 Boston College By 0.3 Boston College 353-316 Iowa 23-19 Boston College by 3 Phil's Forecast: BC lost 3 of their F/4 gms, losing each by 24+. AJ Dillon took over as the feature RB and BC went 6-2 down the stretch beating FSU by 32 and topping L Ville on the road. Dillon rushed for 1099 yds in just the L/6 gms alone. BC did lose QB Brown (inj) and Darius Wade took over the L/3 gms. Iowa rates the at QB with Stanley, but BC has the better run game. Iowa allows 4.1 ypc and BC 5.0. BC has my #1 rated pass eff D, but Iowa is not far behind at #7. Iowa rates the on ST s, but BC will have the crowd only 210 miles away from NY and has experience playing in this bowl game in 14. While the teams are similar in both talent and style, BC is +15 ypg in conf play and Iowa is -41 ypg & I ll call for BC to pull off the outright upset. Boston College 23 Iowa 20

IOWA (7-5) ATS: 5-5-2 O/U: 5-7 PINSTRIPE BOWL Wednesday, December 27, 2017 5:15 pm ESPN Yankee Stadium Bronx, NY COMPUTER PROJECTIONS IOWA BC 185 rush yd 210 120 pass yd 134 24 pts 17 +4 ytd to +8 #5 sked #9 CHECKLIST IOWA BC 4 QB RB 4 WR OL 41/2 4 DL 1/2 LB DB 1/2 4 CCH SITE 41/2 MTCH INT 4 44 ST SKED OVERALL EVEN BOSTON COLLEGE (7-5) ATS: 9-3 O/U: 4-7-1

TM DATE SCORE W/L OFF DEF ST OFF DEF ST TM DATE SCORE W/L OFF DEF ST OFF DEF ST Missouri Tigers 7-5 6-6 Texas Longhorns Tigers Logs SEC BIG 12 Longhorns Logs CONF TM +/- CONF TM +/- +/- TEAM --PS RANK-- 4-4 5-4 TEAM --PS RANK-- TM TM +/- REC CONF REC CONF NCAA RANKINGS Missouri St 2017 TEAM RANKINGS 117 Maryland 0-0 0-0 9/2 72-43 W 16 53 77 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 118 106 23 9/2 41-51 L 12 13 20 58 39 35 1-0 1-0 0-0 0-0 117 118 9/9 South Carolina 13-31 L 12 64 77 32 26 126 0-1 1-1 0-0 0-0 114 99 9/9 San Jose St 56-0 W 16 29 20 110 113 40 Missouri Texas 1-1 1-1 0-1 0-0 112 117 9/16 Purdue 3-35 L 10 71 80 77 72 93 1-1 2-0 0-0 1-0 118 138 4 9/16 at USC 24-27 L 9 30 56 3 14 77 1-2 2-1 0-1 0-0 108 126 15 9/23 Auburn 14-51 L 22 78 46 24 9 23 #35 Rush Off #95 1-2 0-0 122 9/23 18 24 48 1-3 0-2 104 9/30 24 82 44 #14 Pass Off #36 1-2 2-1 0-0 0-0 122 120 9/28 at Iowa St 17-7 W 18 22 63 45 72 39 1-3 4-1 0-2 1-1 104 119 10/7 at Kentucky 34-40 L 26 85 49 78 35 37 #7 Total Off #56 2-2 3-1 1-0 1-0 125 129 10/7 Kansas St 40-34 W 20 16 24 33 49 1 1-4 6-0 0-3 3-0 106 139 4 10/14 at Georgia 28-53 L 22 83 36 18 4 22 #10 Off #60 3-2 4-1 2-0 1-1 127 134 12 10/14 Oklahoma 24-29 L 20 14 61 2 23 88 1-5 2-4 0-4 1-2 108 100 10/21 Idaho 68-21 W 27 97 37 110 109 90 #7 Sks Allowed #104 3-3 5-1 2-1 2-1 128 140 10 10/21 Oklahoma St 10-13 L 22 16 54 4 28 83 2-5 3-4 0-4 2-3 112 99 10/28 at Connecticut 52-12 W 22 93 26 103 104 115 #60 Rush Def #6 3-4 0-7 2-2 0-4 130 113 10/28 at Baylor 38-7 W 28 15 20 54 99 28 3-5 3-4 0-4 3-3 116 119 11/4 Florida 45-16 W 19 82 24 67 36 53 #109 Pass Def #108 4-4 7-1 3-2 4-1 133 133 10 11/4 at TCU 7-24 L 29 13 33 20 7 15 4-5 4-5 1-4 0-5 120 115 11/11 Tennessee 50-17 W 16 74 19 88 38 24 #89 Total Def #42 4-5 1-8 3-3 0-6 131 94 11/11 Kansas 42-27 W 34 11 35 111 114 95 5-5 4-6 2-4 0-6 124 108 11/18 at Vanderbilt 45-17 W 14 65 15 94 59 120 #94 Def #31 5-5 7-3 4-3 5-2 127 127 24 11/18 at West Virginia 28-14 W 35 12 35 12 48 121 6-5 4-7 3-4 1-6 126 109 11/25 at Arkansas 48-45 W 12 57 19 40 84 74 #27 Sks By #31 6-5 5-6 5-3 2-6 131 116 11/24 Texas Tech 23-27 L 33 10 36 28 78 97 7-5 4-4 124 12/2 13 56 14 #26 Ypg Diff #46 6-6 5-4 126 12/2 34 9 26 7-5 6-6 4-4 5-4 124 126 12/27 Texas 14 54 14 49 12 26-4 Total TO's +4 6-6 7-5 5-4 4-4 126 124 12/27 Missouri 49 12 26 14 54 14 Net Defense Net Defense Comp Yds Comp Yds Comp Yds Comp Yds Yds FD TO's FD RA-RY YPC Att Pass Sks FD RA-RY YPC Att Pass Sks Yds FD TO's FD RA-RY YPC Att Pass Sks FD RA-RY YPC Att Pass Sks Missouri St 72-43 323 14 0 35 41-294 7.2 21-34 521 1 21 39-139 3.6 24-35 353 4 Maryland 41-51 -9 8-1 26 31-98 3.2 34-53 375 5 18 43-263 6.1 12-15 219 1 South Carolina 13-31 64 1-3 21 37-178 4.8 14-32 245 1 20 40-172 4.3 18-28 187 1 San Jose St 56-0 452 24 2 32 59-406 6.9 16-29 217 0 8 23-42 1.8 15-29 129 1 Purdue 3-35 -274-16 -2 10 24-70 2.9 12-28 133 0 26 50-205 4.1 26-34 272 3 at USC 24-27 -102-8 -2 17 35-68 1.9 21-40 298 5 25 37-71 1.9 28-51 397 3 Auburn 14-51 -142-1 -4 21 31-124 4.0 23-39 216 2 22 53-263 5.0 16-21 219 1 at Iowa St 17-7 56 1 1 19 52-141 2.7 19-26 171 2 18 15-10 0.7 24-49 246 4 at Kentucky 34-40 82 2-1 24 33-213 6.5 22-43 355 1 22 39-188 4.8 22-37 298 1 Kansas St 40-34 152 16 0 32 40-166 4.2 30-51 380 0 16 39-140 3.6 14-23 254 3 at Georgia 28-53 -384-14 0 10 24-59 2.5 15-25 253 0 24 51-370 7.3 18-26 326 1 Oklahoma 24-29 -90 3 1 23 39-139 3.6 21-43 289 3 20 39-174 4.5 18-28 344 2 Idaho 68-21 380 13 0 28 30-183 6.1 24-34 475 1 15 38-81 2.1 22-36 197 5 Oklahoma St 10-13 -145-13 0 13 33-42 1.3 22-36 241 3 26 51-146 2.9 25-38 282 2 at Connecticut 52-12 229 8 0 31 34-175 5.1 34-43 408 2 23 41-121 3.0 22-52 233 5 at Baylor 38-7 178 7 2 19 35-171 4.9 27-36 256 3 12 37-31 0.8 21-38 218 3 Florida 45-16 106 9 1 26 46-227 4.9 15-21 228 0 17 31-93 3.0 20-29 256 1 at TCU 7-24 -80-3 0 14 26-9 0.3 21-44 254 7 17 46-177 3.8 19-27 166 2 Tennessee 50-17 374 13 3 29 53-433 8.2 14-30 226 1 16 36-146 4.1 16-32 139 5 Kansas 42-27 7-1 2 18 40-113 2.8 24-34 258 3 19 35-96 2.7 27-43 268 4 at Vanderbilt 45-17 27-8 3 17 39-191 4.9 10-25 235 0 25 30-51 1.7 28-52 348 2 at West Virginia 28-14 125 1 1 18 42-233 5.5 17-27 187 0 17 29-56 1.9 20-34 239 2 at Arkansas 48-45 250 16-1 35 60-248 4.1 25-42 448 3 19 31-133 4.3 14-30 313 2 Texas Tech 23-27 -7 2-2 18 33-116 3.5 29-51 272 1 16 34-62 1.8 20-45 333 3 Texas Missouri Missouri Tigers LEADERS & TEAM AVERAGES Texas Longhorns Average 39-32 86.3 3.1-0.3 24 38-200 5.3 57.8% 312 3.0% 21 40-164 4.1 59.7% 262 7.5% Average 29-22 44.8 3.1 0.3 21 39-142 3.7 59.8% 267 6.8% 18 36-106 3.0 57.9% 258 7.1% Conference 35-34 47.1 2.3-0.3 23 40-209 5.2 53.7% 276 3.1% 21 39-177 4.6 59.6% 261 5.5% Conference 25-20 21.8 1.4 0.6 19 38-126 3.3 60.3% 256 6.3% 18 36-99 2.7 57.8% 261 7.7% Away 41-33 40.8 0.8 0.2 23 38-177 4.7 59.6% 340 3.4% 23 38-173 4.5 52.8% 304 5.6% Home 35-25 75.0 6.0 0.2 23 39-157 4.0 61.0% 291 4.7% 17 38-125 3.3 58.5% 248 7.3% By Game Yardage Leaders Passing Missouri St Drew Lock 21-34-521-7-1 Damarea Crockett 18-202-11.2-2 J'Mon Moore 4-187-46.8-2 Missouri Texas Maryland Shane Buechele 34-52-375-2-1 Chris Warren 6-31-5.2-0 Collin Johnson 7-125-17.9-1 South Carolina Drew Lock 14-32-245-1-2 Damarea Crockett 18-97-5.4-0 Jason Reese 2-88-44.0-1 Missouri QB/WR San Jose St Sam Ehlinger 15-27-222-1-0 Chris Warren 16-166-10.4-2 Armanti Foreman 5-51-10.2-1 Purdue Drew Lock 12-28-133-0-2 Ish Witter 7-25-3.6-0 J'Mon Moore 3-61-20.3-0 0.39 at USC Sam Ehlinger 21-40-298-2-2 Chris Warren 4-15-3.8-0 Collin Johnson 7-191-27.3-0 Auburn Drew Lock 23-39-216-2-1 Damarea Crockett 13-57-4.4-0 Johnathon Johnson 10-85-8.5-0 Texas DB's Missouri RB's at Iowa St Shane Buechele 19-26-171-1-1 Chris Warren 16-44-2.8-1 Lil'Jordan Humphrey 4-36-9.0-0 at Kentucky Drew Lock 22-42-355-3-0 Ish Witter 17-139-8.2-0 Emanuel Hall 4-129-32.3-1 1.17 Kansas St Sam Ehlinger 30-50-380-2-1 Sam Ehlinger 20-107-5.4-0 Reggie Hemphill 12-121-10.1-0 at Georgia Drew Lock 15-25-253-4-1 Damarea Crockett 9-32-3.6-0 Emanuel Hall 4-141-35.3-2 Texas LB's Oklahoma Sam Ehlinger 19-39-278-1-0 Sam Ehlinger 22-106-4.8-1 Chris Warren 4-55-13.8-0 Idaho Drew Lock 23-33-467-6-1 Larry Rountree 12-97-8.1-0 J'Mon Moore 11-174-15.8-1 Missouri OL Oklahoma St Sam Ehlinger 22-36-241-0-1 Chris Warren 12-33-2.8-0 John Burt 2-99-49.5-0 at Connecticut Drew Lock 31-37-377-5-0 Ish Witter 10-73-7.3-1 Johnathon Johnson 5-128-25.6-1 0.04 at Baylor Shane Buechele 27-34-256-1-1 Toneil Carter 15-70-4.7-1 Lil'Jordan Humphrey 5-55-11.0-1 Florida Drew Lock 15-20-228-3-1 Larry Rountree 15-83-5.5-3 Emanuel Hall 5-113-22.6-0 Texas DL at TCU Shane Buechele 21-44-254-1-0 Daniel Young 12-31-2.6-0 Lil'Jordan Humphrey 6-109-18.2-0 Tennessee Drew Lock 13-28-217-4-1 Ish Witter 24-216-9.0-1 Emanuel Hall 5-102-20.4-2 Missouri DL Kansas Shane Buechele 22-32-249-1-1 Daniel Young 21-67-3.2-0 Lorenzo Joe 5-98-19.6-1 at Vanderbilt Drew Lock 10-25-235-3-0 Ish Witter 16-102-6.4-0 Albert Okwuegbunam 5-116-23.2-2 0.52 at West Virginia Sam Ehlinger 12-19-136-2-1 Daniel Young 12-85-7.1-1 Reggie Hemphill 2-58-29.0-0 at Arkansas Drew Lock 25-42-448-5-2 Ish Witter 39-170-4.4-1 J'Mon Moore 10-160-16.0-1 Texas OL Texas Tech Sam Ehlinger 26-47-239-1-2 Daniel Young 13-55-4.2-1 Armanti Foreman 5-78-15.6-1 Missouri LB'S Texas 0.06 Missouri Missouri Leaders Drew Lock 224-385-3695-43-12 Ish Witter 171-992-5.8-5 J'Mon Moore 60-1017-17.0-10 Missouri DB's Sam Ehlinger 147-260-1803-10-7 Sam Ehlinger 103-364-3.5-2 Collin Johnson 51-725-14.2-2 Micah Wilson 5-10-48-0-1 Larry Rountree 112-629-5.6-6 Emanuel Hall 33-817-24.8-8 1.64 Texas Leaders Shane Buechele 131-199-1350-6-4 Daniel Young 69-325-4.7-3 Lil'Jordan Humphrey 37-431-11.6-2 Team 0-1-0-0-0 Damarea Crockett 80-481-6.0-2 Johnathon Johnson 38-639-16.8-5 Texas QB/WR Lil'Jordan Humphrey 1-3-27-0-0 Chris Warren 71-314-4.4-6 Reggie Hemphill 36-400-11.1-0 Last Five Years Meetings (Last 17 years at PhilSteele.com) Return to Table of Contents 140 yards Projected Box Projected Projected Passing 281 yards Missouri Texas 421 yards Missouri 28 points Missouri 19 Missouri Experience Rankings Missouri Texas Projected Yardage Total Texas Projected Final Texas 140 yards 327 yards 467 yards 32 points Texas 10 Team Schedule Strength 68 Missouri Texas 14 1.57 2.52 Position by Position Edges By Game Yardage Leaders Passing Texas RB's Missouri ST's Texas ST's Missouri K Texas K Missouri Coaches Texas Coaches Missouri Pts Texas Pts 1.15 1.00 5.02 POSITIONAL EDGE AWARDED TO: Texas By 2.50 Points Category Las Vegas Line Las Vegas Total +/- Ratings Game Grade Computer Yards Computer Points Phil Steele Team & Margin Missouri By 2.5 60.5 Points Texas By 4.0 Texas By 6.8 Texas 467-421 Texas 32-28 Texas by 7 Phil's Forecast: This is the 1st bowl gm for each s/ 14 & as B12 rivals, Tx won 6 of the L/7 mtgs. TX will be w/o DB Elliot & OL Williams (both sitting out). MO comes in on a 6 gm win streak which they outscored their foes 54-24. While that is impressive, not a single one of their 7 wins came over a FBS team that was bowl eligible (0-5 in those games). LY Drew Lock had a 12-0 ratio vs non P5 tms & just 11-10 vs the SEC. TY he has an amazing 33-6 ratio vs non bowl teams & 10-6 vs bowl teams. He completed just 54% vs the SEC. After losing to TT to fall to 6-6, Tom Herman said it was important to win the bowl game. The clincher is Herman is 9-1 ATS as a dog and won 6 of those outright so I ll call for the Horns to pull off the minor outright upset, making this a Best Bet selection. Best Bet: Texas 34 (+) Missouri 27

TEXAS (6-6) ATS: 7-5 O/U: 3-9 TEXAS BOWL Wednesday, December 27, 2017 9:00 pm ESPN NRG Stadium Houston, TX COMPUTER PROJECTIONS TEXAS MIZZ 134 rush yd 153 327 pass yd 283 30 pts 30 +4 ytd to -4 #29 sked #82 CHECKLIST TEXAS MIZZ QB 4 RB 4 WR 1/2 OL 4 4 DL 44 LB 44 DB 41/2 CCH 44 SITE MTCH INT ST 1/2 44 1/2 SKED OVERALL TEXAS BY 7 4 s MISSOURI (7-5) ATS: 7-5 O/U: 7-5

TM DATE SCORE W/L OFF DEF ST OFF DEF ST TM DATE SCORE W/L OFF DEF ST OFF DEF ST TM REC CONF Purdue Boilermakers Boilermakers Logs BIG 10 PAC 12 Wildcats Logs TEAM CONF TM +/- +/- --PS RANK-- 6-6 7-5 4-5 5-4 NCAA RANKINGS TM TM +/- +/- REC CONF CONF 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 111 123 16 9/2 Louisville 28-35 L 79 62 79 19 17 34 2017 TEAM RANKINGS 0-0 0-0 113 9/2 Northern Arizona 62-24 W 40 106 97 0-1 1-0 0-0 0-0 113 114 9/8 Ohio 44-21 W 83 63 79 87 47 22 1-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 115 119 9/9 Houston 16-19 L 22 102 97 43 54 71 Purdue Arizona 1-1 1-1 0-0 0-1 117 112 9/16 at Missouri 35-3 W 77 72 93 10 71 80 1-1 0-2 0-0 0-1 115 91 9/15 at UTEP 63-16 W 23 92 76 127 128 107 2-1 3-0 0-0 0-0 121 129 8 9/23 Michigan 10-28 L 72 64 113 42 3 15 #83 Rush Off #3 2-1 3-0 0-0 0-0 119 121 23 9/22 Utah 24-30 L 16 80 77 48 18 8 2-2 0-1 119 9/30 86 58 109 #55 Pass Off #110 2-2 0-1 117 9/30 19 69 100 2-2 3-1 0-1 0-1 119 120 10/7 Minnesota 31-17 W 84 59 106 87 39 7 #74 Total Off #12 2-2 3-2 0-1 0-2 117 116 10/7 at Colorado 45-42 W 18 70 105 59 48 44 3-2 5-0 1-1 2-0 121 136 7 10/14 at Wisconsin 9-17 L 80 62 103 21 12 65 #97 Off #6 3-2 3-2 1-1 1-1 119 118 10/14 UCLA 47-30 W 15 72 92 14 40 76 3-3 2-4 1-2 1-2 123 107 10/21 at Rutgers 12-14 L 86 65 81 83 64 56 #95 Sks Allowed #14 4-2 4-3 2-1 1-3 121 121 10/21 at California 45-44 W 9 67 102 115 40 87 3-4 3-4 1-3 2-2 119 112 10/28 Nebraska 24-25 L 80 62 119 60 63 38 #30 Rush Def #88 5-2 7-1 3-1 4-1 122 129 15 10/28 Washington St 58-37 W 9 57 101 36 19 66 3-5 2-6 1-4 0-5 116 105 11/4 Illinois 29-10 W 77 63 81 117 83 58 #86 Pass Def #122 6-2 7-2 4-1 5-1 127 131 23 17 11/4 at USC 35-49 L 4 57 71 11 14 40 4-5 6-3 2-4 4-2 117 125 11/11 at Northwestern 13-23 L 70 54 71 49 29 59 #47 Total Def #117 6-3 1-8 4-2 0-6 126 109 11/11 Oregon St 49-28 W 8 68 79 87 99 85 4-6 6-4 2-5 3-4 117 125 11/18 at Iowa 24-15 W 76 53 82 97 29 34 #18 Def #110 7-3 5-5 5-2 2-5 126 117 11/18 at Oregon 28-48 L 6 67 75 19 25 103 5-6 5-6 3-5 2-6 122 118 11/25 Indiana 31-24 W 78 48 80 93 36 50 #58 Sks By #39 7-4 6-5 5-3 5-3 121 121 11/25 at Arizona St 30-42 L 6 77 82 34 41 60 6-6 4-5 122 12/2 71 43 78 #62 Ypg Diff #55 7-5 5-4 120 12/2 10 74 52 6-6 7-5 4-5 5-4 122 120 12/27 Arizona 69 41 78 12 75 52 +3 Total TO's +4 7-5 6-6 5-4 4-5 120 122 12/27 Purdue 12 75 52 69 41 78 Arizona Wildcats TEAM --PS RANK-- Net Defense Net Defense Comp Yds Comp Yds Comp Yds Comp Yds Yds FD TO's FD RA-RY YPC Att Pass Sks FD RA-RY YPC Att Pass Sks Yds FD TO's FD RA-RY YPC Att Pass Sks FD RA-RY YPC Att Pass Sks Louisville 28-35 -180-2 -1 25 21-51 2.4 33-57 293 4 27 33-146 4.4 30-46 378 0 Northern Arizona 62-24 33-6 3 23 47-506 10.8 7-14 89 1 29 42-185 4.4 27-50 377 2 Ohio 44-21 162 2 2 25 44-263 6.0 16-24 295 1 23 38-173 4.6 17-29 223 1 Houston 16-19 -12 3 0 21 39-152 3.9 22-37 219 1 18 37-158 4.3 25-32 225 0 at Missouri 35-3 274 16 2 26 50-205 4.1 26-34 272 3 10 24-70 2.9 12-28 133 0 at UTEP 63-16 283 17 1 29 65-326 5.0 20-23 175 1 12 14-17 1.2 18-39 201 2 Michigan 10-28 -234-15 1 9 20-30 1.5 13-30 159 5 24 44-139 3.2 21-31 284 4 Utah 24-30 107 3-3 24 42-200 4.8 24-42 248 2 21 38-112 2.9 17-28 229 2 Minnesota 31-17 111 6-2 22 29-132 4.6 25-36 307 4 16 47-227 4.8 11-25 101 0 at Colorado 45-42 16-4 -1 25 42-413 9.8 12-14 154 0 29 58-300 5.2 19-32 251 4 at Wisconsin 9-17 -273-10 2 14 26-66 2.5 13-29 155 3 24 53-295 5.6 13-18 199 1 UCLA 47-30 196-1 4 27 61-457 7.5 9-13 148 0 28 38-190 5.0 20-34 219 5 at Rutgers 12-14 257 17-2 25 41-279 6.8 23-44 195 0 8 37-130 3.5 9-18 87 1 at California 45-44 38-7 1 24 46-345 7.5 10-15 166 0 31 47-172 3.7 29-49 301 2 Nebraska 24-25 -108-5 0 20 38-199 5.2 16-28 164 1 25 27-40 1.5 32-50 431 3 Washington St 58-37 -68-19 1 13 34-310 9.1 10-17 275 0 32 17-51 3.0 58-84 602 1 Illinois 29-10 185 10 0 25 44-209 4.8 18-28 226 1 15 35-80 2.3 12-27 170 5 at USC 35-49 -262-5 -2 25 43-234 5.4 14-31 146 5 30 52-331 6.4 20-26 311 1 at Northwestern 13-23 48 0-1 22 22-40 1.8 38-61 398 3 22 38-94 2.5 26-46 296 1 Oregon St 49-28 242 4 0 26 55-534 9.7 5-7 68 0 22 40-151 3.8 16-28 209 4 at Iowa 24-15 36 3 2 20 29-65 2.2 22-37 229 4 17 38-82 2.2 16-33 176 6 at Oregon 28-48 -258 3-1 27 45-171 3.8 18-35 159 2 24 50-353 7.1 14-21 235 1 Indiana 31-24 -44 2 0 22 43-272 6.3 16-30 181 1 20 32-124 3.9 32-60 373 3 at Arizona St 30-42 49 6 1 24 51-245 4.8 15-21 194 3 18 49-227 4.6 11-17 163 4 Arizona Purdue Purdue Boilermakers LEADERS & TEAM AVERAGES Arizona Wildcats Average 24-19 19.5 2.0 0.3 21 34-151 4.4 59.1% 240 6.8% 19 37-133 3.6 56.2% 238 6.1% Average 42-34 30.3-0.5 0.3 24 48-324 6.8 61.7% 170 5.6% 25 40-187 4.7 62.3% 277 6.4% Conference 20-19 -2.4 0.9 0.0 20 32-144 4.4 57.0% 224 6.8% 19 39-135 3.5 55.8% 235 7.8% Conference 40-39 6.7-2.2 0.0 24 47-323 6.9 60.0% 173 6.2% 26 43-210 4.9 63.9% 280 7.5% Away 20-18 27.0 4.0 0.3 22 32-118 3.7 59.2% 257 6.5% 18 37-136 3.7 56.1% 212 4.8% Home 43-28 83.0-2.7 0.8 22 46-360 7.8 59.2% 175 3.1% 25 35-141 4.0 63.7% 310 5.5% Louisville David Blough 18-26-175-2-2 Tario Fuller 8-29-3.6-0 Jackson Anthrop 7-82-11.7-2 Purdue Arizona Northern Arizona Brandon Dawkins 7-13-89-1-0 Brandon Dawkins 7-92-13.1-2 Tony Ellison 5-79-15.8-1 Ohio David Blough 11-13-235-3-0 Tario Fuller 16-142-8.9-1 Cole Herdman 2-87-43.5-1 Purdue QB/WR Houston Brandon Dawkins 17-29-178-0-0 JJ Taylor 17-87-5.1-0 Shun Brown 4-79-19.8-0 at Missouri David Blough 22-28-187-1-0 Tario Fuller 19-90-4.7-1 Cole Herdman 1-54-54.0-0 0.46 at UTEP Brandon Dawkins 18-21-155-3-0 Brandon Dawkins 14-133-9.5-3 Tyrell Johnson 4-45-11.3-0 Michigan Elijah Sindelar 7-16-103-1-0 Richie Worship 2-18-9.0-0 Terry Wright 4-64-16.0-0 Arizona DB's Utah Brandon Dawkins 24-42-248-1-3 Brandon Dawkins 18-90-5.0-1 Tony Ellison 6-78-13.0-1 Purdue RB's Minnesota Elijah Sindelar 19-26-248-1-0 DJ Knox 7-56-8.0-0 Anthony Mahoungou 2-76-38.0-0 0.57 at Colorado Khalil Tate 11-12-142-1-0 Khalil Tate 14-327-23.4-4 Tony Ellison 1-60-60.0-0 at Wisconsin Elijah Sindelar 13-29-155-0-1 DJ Knox 7-31-4.4-0 Brycen Hopkins 2-48-24.0-0 Arizona LB's UCLA Khalil Tate 9-13-148-1-0 Khalil Tate 15-230-15.3-2 Shun Brown 3-61-20.3-0 at Rutgers Elijah Sindelar 15-29-138-0-2 DJ Knox 13-84-6.5-0 Anthony Mahoungou 4-47-11.8-1 Purdue OL at California Khalil Tate 10-15-166-2-1 Khalil Tate 17-137-8.1-1 Shun Brown 2-57-28.5-1 Nebraska David Blough 16-28-164-1-0 Richie Worship 18-89-4.9-1 Jackson Anthrop 6-55-9.2-1 0.82 Washington St Khalil Tate 10-17-275-2-1 JJ Taylor 13-152-11.7-2 Jamie Nunley 2-116-58.0-1 Illinois David Blough 16-24-194-0-0 DJ Knox 14-85-6.1-1 Brycen Hopkins 3-53-17.7-0 Arizona DL at USC Khalil Tate 14-31-146-2-2 Khalil Tate 26-161-6.2-1 Shun Brown 8-78-9.8-1 at Northwestern Elijah Sindelar 37-60-376-2-1 DJ Knox 6-22-3.7-0 Jared Sparks 11-130-11.8-0 Purdue DL Oregon St Khalil Tate 5-7-68-0-1 Khalil Tate 16-206-12.9-2 Tyrell Johnson 3-44-14.7-0 at Iowa Elijah Sindelar 22-37-229-3-0 Markell Jones 14-74-5.3-0 Anthony Mahoungou 7-135-19.3-2 1.78 at Oregon Khalil Tate 18-35-159-1-2 Nick Wilson 17-73-4.3-2 Tony Ellison 6-52-8.7-1 Indiana Elijah Sindelar 15-29-159-2-0 Markell Jones 31-217-7.0-0 Anthony Mahoungou 2-88-44.0-1 Arizona OL at Arizona St Khalil Tate 11-13-132-0-0 JJ Taylor 12-74-6.2-1 Shawn Poindexter 2-53-26.5-0 Purdue LB'S Arizona 0.13 Purdue None By Game Yardage Leaders Passing Position by Position Edges By Game Yardage Leaders Passing Purdue Leaders Arizona RB's Elijah Sindelar 153-275-1703-14-6 Markell Jones 92-480-5.2-1 Anthony Mahoungou 33-560-17.0-6 Purdue DB's Khalil Tate 93-152-1277-9-8 Khalil Tate 133-1353-10.2-12 Shun Brown 38-499-13.1-5 David Blough 102-157-1103-9-4 DJ Knox 79-460-5.8-1 Jackson Anthrop 44-391-8.9-5 1.48 Arizona Leaders Brandon Dawkins 70-114-732-5-4 JJ Taylor 135-827-6.1-5 Tony Ellison 33-496-15.0-3 Joe Schopper 2-2-44-0-0 Tario Fuller 43-261-6.1-2 Brycen Hopkins 23-324-14.1-3 Arizona QB/WR Rhett Rodriguez 1-1-10.1-0-0 Nick Wilson 120-585-4.9-6 Tyrell Johnson 21-261-12.4-0 Last Five Years Meetings (Last 17 years at PhilSteele.com) Return to Table of Contents Projected Box Purdue ST's By 3.06 Points Category Team & Margin Phil's Forecast: 0.49 Las Vegas Line Arizona ST's Arizona By 3 In bowl games Rich Rod is 5-5 SU & 2-8 ATS and Jeff Brohm is 2-0 SU & 1-1. Projected Purdue K QB Tate came in for an inj d Dawkins in the 1Q vs Colorado with the Cats at 2- Las Vegas Total 204 yards Purdue Arizona 251 yards 0.29 65.5 Points 2. He guided them to a 5-3 finish & even earned some Heisman attention after Projected Passing Arizona K rushing for 327 & 230 yds his F/2 gms. He did avg just 110 ypg the L/6. AZ +/- Ratings 261 yards Purdue Arizona 205 yards Purdue Coaches Purdue By 2.0 rates the s at QB & on the OL and has my #10 rated OFF w/pu at just Projected Yardage Total 1.00 #54. PU has an even larger on D with their biggest s on the DL and Game Grade 465 yards Purdue Arizona 456 yards Arizona Coaches Purdue By 3.4 at LB. PU has my #30 rated D & AZ comes in at #94, all g foes 50 ypg more Projected Final Purdue Pts Computer Yards than their ssn avg. PU has also faced my #23 toughest sked & AZ just #68, but 34 points Purdue Arizona 30 points 1.98 5.04 Purdue 465-456 they are even statistically. I rate Purdue the stronger team and they are getting Experience Rankings Arizona Pts Computer Points points & I ll make this a Best Bet selection by calling for the Boilermakers to 39 Purdue Arizona 42 POSITIONAL EDGE AWARDED TO: Purdue 34-30 pull off the outright upset. Team Schedule Strength Arizona Phil Steele 18 Purdue Arizona 59 Purdue by 4 Best Bet: Purdue 34 (+) Arizona 30

ARIZONA (7-5) ATS: 5-6-1 O/U: 9-3 FOSTER FARMS BOWL Wednesday, December 27, 2017 8:30 pm FOX Levi s Stadium Santa Clara, CA COMPUTER PROJECTIONS ARIZ PUR 261 rush yd 220 193 pass yd 242 31 pts 36 +4 ytd to +3 #70 sked #22 CHECKLIST ARIZ PUR 44 QB 1/2 RB WR 1/2 OL DL 41/2 LB 41/2 DB 1/2 CCH SITE MTCH INT 4 4 ST SKED 44 OVERALL PURDUE BY 1/2 4 s PURDUE (6-6) ATS: 8-4 O/U: 3-9

TM DATE SCORE W/L OFF DEF ST OFF DEF ST TM DATE SCORE W/L OFF DEF ST OFF DEF ST William & Mary 2017 TEAM RANKINGS at Florida Atlantic 0-0 0-0 111 9/2 28-10 W 108 47 83 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 117 97 9/1 42-19 W 84 101 41 64 113 93 1-0 0-1 0-0 0-1 112 113 9/9 Indiana 17-34 L 106 57 83 85 42 32 1-0 1-0 0-0 0-0 119 109 9/9 Tulane 23-21 W 70 84 41 80 81 77 Virginia Navy 1-1 1-0 0-0 0-0 108 94 9/16 Connecticut 38-18 W 112 51 105 103 76 114 2-0 1-0 117 9/16 72 88 52 at Boise St Rush Off Cincinnati 2-1 2-1 0-0 1-0 108 111 9/22 42-23 W 90 60 105 76 45 49 #126 #2 2-0 2-1 1-0 0-0 117 111 9/23 42-32 W 71 87 87 107 71 100 3-1 0-0 113 9/30 78 44 108 #41 Pass Off #129 3-0 1-3 2-0 0-0 117 112 9/30 at Tulsa 31-21 W 46 84 94 44 127 48 3-1 4-1 0-0 1-1 113 124 10/7 Duke 28-21 W 74 44 102 53 22 92 #100 Total Off #42 4-0 1-3 3-0 0-2 118 107 10/7 Air Force 48-45 W 34 90 101 89 123 19 4-1 1-5 1-0 0-3 117 114 10/14 at North Carolina 20-14 W 79 35 94 55 54 38 #101 Off #61 5-0 4-1 3-0 1-1 116 118 25 10/14 at Memphis 27-30 L 23 97 86 37 81 9 5-1 3-4 2-0 1-3 118 116 10/21 Boston College 10-41 L 74 26 100 84 46 74 #95 Sks Allowed #7 5-1 5-0 3-1 3-0 116 126 20 10/21 UCF 21-31 L 25 100 80 17 35 31 at Pittsburgh Rush Def 5-2 3-5 2-1 1-3 113 119 10/28 14-31 L 83 34 79 87 65 44 #81 #63 5-2 3-2 116 10/28 23 103 84 5-3 4-3 2-2 3-2 112 129 11/4 Georgia Tech 40-36 W 89 35 88 41 39 79 #15 Pass Def #62 5-2 3-5 3-2 1-3 116 108 11/2 at Temple 26-34 L 21 104 95 111 75 100 at Louisville Total Def SMU 6-3 5-4 3-2 2-4 116 122 11/11 21-38 L 85 34 68 5 58 87 #36 #58 5-3 6-3 3-3 3-2 113 113 11/11 43-40 W 32 109 70 27 99 89 6-4 9-0 3-3 6-0 115 138 2 11/18 at Miami, Fl 28-44 L 95 35 70 17 6 37 #66 Def #75 6-3 8-2 4-3 6-2 113 135 9 11/18 at Notre Dame 17-24 L 32 109 63 4 17 118 Virginia Tech Sks By at Houston 6-5 8-3 3-4 4-3 117 126 24 11/24 0-10 L 92 33 69 54 15 4 #48 #116 6-4 6-4 4-3 4-3 116 116 11/24 14-24 L 38 101 68 37 52 63 6-6 3-5 117 12/2 102 35 77 #75 Ypg Diff #48 6-5 4-4 115 12/2 52 102 80 at Navy Total TO's Army West Point 6-6 6-6 3-5 4-4 117 115 12/28 106 34 77 40 102 79 +2-6 6-5 8-3 4-4 1-0 115 114 12/9 13-14 L 40 102 79 60 96 30 6-6 3-5 117 12/28 Virginia 106 34 77 Net Comp Yds Net Comp Yds Yds FD TO's FD RA-RY YPC Att Pass Sks FD RA-RY YPC Att Pass Sks Yds FD TO's FD RA-RY YPC Att Pass Sks FD RA-RY YPC Att Pass Sks William & Mary 28-10 114 7 1 19 32-92 2.9 27-40 262 3 12 41-168 4.1 7-13 72 2 at Florida Atlantic 42-19 200 7 0 23 68-416 6.1 3-10 110 0 16 24-40 1.7 21-33 286 2 Indiana 17-34 6 3 1 22 25-55 2.2 39-66 259 1 19 41-111 2.7 19-30 197 4 Tulane 23-21 64 4-2 15 52-194 3.7 4-12 132 3 11 46-191 4.2 8-13 71 1 Connecticut 38-18 192 4 1 27 31-171 5.5 30-40 455 1 23 41-207 5.0 18-26 227 2 at Boise St 42-23 57-1 1 21 40-167 4.2 19-29 273 1 22 24-30 1.3 28-53 353 4 Cincinnati 42-32 183 9 0 31 72-569 7.9 2-3 53 0 22 23-58 2.5 28-46 381 2 at Tulsa 31-21 167 12-1 24 68-421 6.2 3-4 90 0 12 39-229 5.9 12-18 115 0 Duke 28-21 55 4 0 21 38-128 3.4 24-43 182 1 17 32-131 4.1 14-42 124 2 Air Force 48-45 -64-5 2 22 57-471 8.3 4-12 86 0 27 55-340 6.2 10-17 281 2 at North Carolina 20-14 148 11 2 23 47-156 3.3 19-31 249 4 12 35-211 6.0 7-18 46 2 at Memphis 27-30 -63-5 -4 19 68-314 4.6 1-8 20 1 24 29-118 4.1 24-40 279 2 Boston College 10-41 -265 0-3 19 26-95 3.7 19-42 152 3 19 47-237 5.0 19-24 275 0 UCF 21-31 -64-3 -2 19 59-248 4.2 5-14 171 0 22 42-247 5.9 16-24 236 1 at Pittsburgh 14-31 4 1 0 20 31-102 3.3 22-42 212 3 19 40-176 4.4 10-18 134 1 Georgia Tech 40-36 -42-1 0 15 25-97 3.9 21-43 260 0 16 52-220 4.2 6-22 179 5 at Temple 26-34 -31 0 0 20 52-136 2.6 13-19 226 5 20 28-104 3.7 22-30 289 0 at Louisville 21-38 -216-11 0 16 28-63 2.3 19-36 214 4 27 43-298 6.9 15-26 195 2 SMU 43-40 133 3 0 24 72-559 7.8 0-1 0 0 21 31-165 5.3 16-30 261 2 at Miami, Fl 28-44 81 3-1 18 28-55 2.0 28-37 384 5 15 32-148 4.6 15-28 210 3 at Notre Dame 17-24 -9 7 0 23 72-277 3.8 3-8 41 0 16 31-163 5.3 9-18 164 1 Virginia Tech 0-10 -154-11 0 9 20-5 0.3 17-34 186 4 20 53-202 3.8 14-21 143 0 at Houston 14-24 -89 3 1 19 60-217 3.6 3-8 74 3 16 32-103 3.2 21-27 277 2 at Navy Army West Point 13-14 55-3 0 12 46-294 6.4 1-2 2 0 15 49-221 4.5 1-1 20 0 Average 24-27 -1.7 0.8 0.2 19 31-99 3.2 58.8% 257 6.2% 18 40-178 4.4 53.6% 180 8.4% Average 29-28 40.2 2.4-0.2 21 62-343 5.5 41.6% 84 11.9% 19 36-165 4.6 63.3% 222 5.1% Conference 20-29 -48.6-0.5-0.3 18 30-88 2.9 54.9% 230 7.8% 18 42-203 4.9 50.3% 163 7.5% Conference 28-29 37.5 2.9-1.0 21 63-332 5.3 44.9% 96 17.4% 19 34-152 4.5 64.5% 239 4.4% Away 25-30 14.8 0.6 0.4 20 35-109 3.1 61.1% 266 9.7% 19 35-173 5.0 52.4% 188 8.4% Home 35-34 50.4 1.6-0.4 22 62-408 6.5 35.7% 88 7.1% 21 39-200 5.1 60.0% 246 6.2% William & Mary Kurt Benkert 27-39-262-3-0 Jordan Ellis 20-80-4.0-1 Doni Dowling 6-76-12.7-0 Virginia Navy at Florida Atlantic Zach Abey 3-10-110-1-1 Zach Abey 32-235-7.3-2 Tyler Carmona 1-56-56.0-0 Indiana Kurt Benkert 39-66-259-1-0 Jordan Ellis 14-44-3.1-1 Olamide Zaccheaus 12-72-6.0-0 Virginia QB/WR Tulane Zach Abey 4-12-132-1-1 Zach Abey 29-108-3.7-0 Tyler Carmona 1-79-79.0-1 Connecticut Kurt Benkert 30-40-455-3-1 Jordan Ellis 20-95-4.8-1 Doni Dowling 6-136-22.7-1 2.54 at Boise St Kurt Benkert 19-29-273-3-0 Jordan Ellis 24-93-3.9-2 Andre Levrone 5-141-28.2-2 Navy DB's Cincinnati Zach Abey 2-3-53-1-0 Zach Abey 20-128-6.4-2 Tyler Carmona 2-53-26.5-1 Virginia RB's at Tulsa Zach Abey 3-4-90-0-0 Zach Abey 36-185-5.1-3 Malcolm Perry 2-53-26.5-0 Duke Kurt Benkert 24-43-182-3-2 Jordan Ellis 25-96-3.8-0 Olamide Zaccheaus 8-69-8.6-1 0.39 Air Force Zach Abey 4-11-86-2-0 Zach Abey 29-214-7.4-2 Malcolm Perry 2-45-22.5-1 at North Carolina Kurt Benkert 19-31-249-2-0 Jordan Ellis 27-136-5.0-0 Olamide Zaccheaus 5-100-20.0-1 Navy LB's at Memphis Zach Abey 1-7-20-0-2 Zach Abey 37-146-3.9-3 Darryl Bonner 1-20-20.0-0 Boston College Kurt Benkert 17-33-126-0-1 Jordan Ellis 12-58-4.8-0 Olamide Zaccheaus 6-57-9.5-0 Virginia OL UCF Zach Abey 2-4-115-1-1 Zach Abey 25-126-5.0-1 Malcolm Perry 1-75-75.0-1 at Pittsburgh Kurt Benkert 22-42-212-2-1 Jordan Ellis 15-58-3.9-0 Olamide Zaccheaus 8-80-10.0-0 0.06 Georgia Tech Kurt Benkert 21-43-260-3-1 Jordan Ellis 13-48-3.7-0 Olamide Zaccheaus 9-98-10.9-0 Navy DL at Temple Zach Abey 6-9-111-0-1 Zach Abey 25-60-2.4-0 Malcolm Perry 4-94-23.5-0 at Louisville Kurt Benkert 19-36-214-1-1 Jordan Ellis 13-58-4.5-1 Andre Levrone 6-92-15.3-0 Virginia DL SMU Zach Abey 0-0-0-0-0 Malcolm Perry 33-282-8.5-4 Zach Abey 0-0-0.0-0 at Miami, Fl Kurt Benkert 28-37-384-4-1 Olamide Zaccheaus 5-29-5.8-0 Joe Reed 2-81-40.5-1 0.75 at Notre Dame Zach Abey 3-6-41-1-1 Zach Abey 29-87-3.0-1 Anthony Gargiulo 1-21-21.0-0 Virginia Tech Kurt Benkert 17-34-186-0-0 Jordan Ellis 10-9-0.9-0 Andre Levrone 2-59-29.5-0 Navy OL at Houston Zach Abey 2-4-45-0-0 Malcolm Perry 15-82-5.5-1 Tyler Carmona 1-40-40.0-0 Virginia LB'S Zach Abey 1-1-2-0-0 Malcolm Perry 30-250-8.3-1 Malcolm Perry 1-2-2.0-0 at Navy 0.21 Army West Point None REC TM CONF Virginia Leaders CONF TM +/- +/- Kurt Benkert 282-473-3062-25-8 Jordan Ellis 204-799-3.9-6 Olamide Zaccheaus 80-833-10.4-5 Virginia DB's Zach Abey 31-71-805-7-7 Zach Abey 280-1325-4.7-14 Tyler Carmona 14-381-27.2-4 Lindell Stone 2-9-26-0-2 Lamont Atkins 27-182-6.7-1 Andre Levrone 31-662-21.4-7 0.18 Navy Leaders Garret Lewis 10-23-195-2-2 Malcolm Perry 122-1068-8.8-9 Malcolm Perry 13-303-23.3-2 TEAM 0-1-0-0-0 Olamide Zaccheaus 19-101-5.3-1 Doni Dowling 48-632-13.2-5 Navy QB/WR Malcolm Perry 1-2-5-1-1 Chris High 125-520-4.2-2 Darryl Bonner 7-182-26.0-1 Last Five Years Meetings (Last 17 years at PhilSteele.com) Virginia Cavaliers Cavaliers Logs Virginia Navy 364 yards ACC 0.35 Virginia Cavaliers LEADERS & TEAM AVERAGES Navy RB's Virginia ST's Virginia Virginia Category 0.29 Las Vegas Line Navy ST's Navy By 1 Virginia K Virginia Coaches Navy Coaches 6-6 6-6 AAC Navy Midshipmen 1.25 Las Vegas Total +/- Ratings Team & Margin 55 Points Navy By 1.0 Navy Midshipmen Midshipmen Logs 3-5 4-4 TEAM --PS RANK-- --PS RANK-- TEAM TM TM +/- +/- REC CONF CONF NCAA RANKINGS By Game Yardage Leaders Passing Position by Position Edges By Game Yardage Leaders Passing Return to Table of Contents Projected Box Projected 56 yards Virginia Navy 330 yards 265 yards 321 yards 23 points Projected Passing Virginia Navy Projected Yardage Total Projected Final 34 yards Virginia Navy 26 points 3.27 Navy K Virginia Pts 2.75 Game Grade Computer Yards Navy By 2.9 Navy 364-321 Experience Rankings Navy Pts Computer Points 77 Virginia Navy 102 POSITIONAL EDGE AWARDED TO: Navy 26-23 Team Schedule Strength Virginia Phil Steele 43 Virginia Navy 62 Navy by 1 By 0.52 Points Phil's Forecast: This is Navy s 6th str bowl and they ve covered their L/4 incl a win in the Military Bowl in 15. UVA has not been to a bowl game in 6Y and opened 5-1, but then went 1-5 and were outg d by 99 ypg down the stretch with their 5 losses by an avg of 15.1 ppg and no loss closer than 10. Navy got here in similar fashion, opening 5-0 then 1-6, but the Middies 6 losses were all by 10 or less and all vs bowl tms. Navy looks like the stronger team, but HC Mendenhall knows how to defend the option. Dating back to his days at BYU he is 9-1 SU/ATS vs option tms, incl their lone win the L/6 gms when they beat GT. All 9 sets of my power ratings call for a close game, but also for a score in the 40 s. Mendenhall knows the option & Navy s D is holding foes to 62 ypg below their avg & I ll call for this game to be a low scoring affair. Navy 24 Virginia 23

VIRGINIA (6-6) ATS: 6-6 O/U: 5-7 MILITARY BOWL Thursday, December 28, 2017 1:30 pm ESPN Navy-Marine Corps Stadium Annapolis, MD COMPUTER PROJECTIONS VIRG NAVY 66 rush yd 331 244 pass yd 43 24 pts 28 +3 ytd to -6 #49 sked #50 CHECKLIST VIRG NAVY QB 1/2 RB 441/2 4 WR OL 41/2 4 DL 41/2 LB 444 DB CCH 1/2 SITE 444 441/2 MTCH INT 4 ST 1/2 SKED OVERALL VIRGINIA BY 1/2 4 s NAVY (6-6) ATS: 4-8 O/U: 4-8

TM DATE SCORE W/L OFF DEF ST OFF DEF ST TM DATE SCORE W/L OFF DEF ST OFF DEF ST TM TM +/- +/- REC CONF CONF Virginia Tech Hokies Hokies Logs TEAM --PS RANK-- 9-3 9-3 ACC BIG 12 5-3 6-3 NCAA RANKINGS REC 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 127 118 21 22 9/3 West Virginia 31-24 W 91 9 18 35 58 75 2017 TEAM RANKINGS 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 133 116 10 9/2 Tulsa 59-24 W 10 43 98 48 73 53 1-0 0-0 126 18 9/9 Delaware 27-0 W 77 14 18 1-0 0-1 0-0 0-0 137 97 11 9/9 at South Alabama 44-7 W 5 41 98 118 109 96 Virginia Tech Oklahoma St 2-0 0-2 0-0 0-0 124 97 16 9/16 at East Carolina 64-17 W 79 16 8 106 130 128 2-0 1-1 0-0 0-0 137 120 9 9/16 at Pittsburgh 59-21 W 2 35 106 49 60 48 3-0 2-1 0-0 0-0 128 101 13 9/23 Old Dominion 38-0 W 54 13 19 101 82 92 #63 Rush Off #48 3-0 3-0 0-0 0-0 141 129 6 16 9/23 TCU 31-44 L 2 34 83 11 12 41 4-0 4-0 0-0 2-0 129 141 12 2 9/30 Clemson 17-31 L 41 11 10 7 2 102 #61 Pass Off #1 3-1 3-0 0-1 0-0 136 124 15 9/30 at Texas Tech 41-34 W 6 35 97 23 63 69 4-1 2-3 0-1 0-2 128 112 16 10/7 at Boston College 23-10 W 42 10 26 91 47 56 #61 Total Off #2 4-1 1-1 136 15 10/7 7 33 83 5-1 1-1 128 15 10/14 44 13 18 #63 Off #3 4-1 0-5 1-1 0-2 136 116 14 10/14 Baylor 59-16 W 6 27 85 43 82 41 5-1 1-6 1-1 0-4 128 112 14 10/21 North Carolina 59-7 W 38 14 17 61 57 43 #45 Sks Allowed #45 5-1 3-3 2-1 2-1 140 128 10 10/21 at Texas 13-10 W 4 28 83 22 16 54 6-1 4-4 2-1 1-4 132 116 13 10/28 Duke 24-3 W 35 12 11 68 31 99 #16 Rush Def #27 6-1 5-2 3-1 3-1 139 124 11 22 10/28 at West Virginia 50-39 W 7 21 107 10 67 89 7-1 7-0 3-1 5-0 132 130 13 9 11/4 at Miami, Fl 10-28 L 36 9 10 15 17 44 #21 Pass Def #120 7-1 7-1 4-1 4-1 139 134 11 8 11/4 Oklahoma 52-62 L 9 18 102 3 32 97 7-2 4-4 3-2 3-3 129 125 17 11/11 at Georgia Tech 22-28 L 41 13 6 52 35 97 #12 Total Def #73 7-2 6-3 4-2 4-2 135 130 12 24 11/11 at Iowa St 49-42 W 7 19 104 76 39 57 7-3 4-6 3-3 2-4 128 116 11/18 Pittsburgh 20-14 W 48 15 6 83 57 81 #5 Def #86 8-2 5-5 5-2 3-4 136 121 10 11/18 Kansas St 40-45 L 7 21 88 53 38 2 8-3 6-5 4-3 3-4 126 117 24 11/24 at Virginia 10-0 W 54 15 4 92 33 69 #36 Sks By #39 8-3 1-10 5-3 0-8 131 98 18 11/25 Kansas 58-17 W 8 31 91 117 105 94 9-3 5-3 126 22 12/2 56 14 3 #22 Ypg Diff #4 9-3 6-3 132 18 12/2 8 32 94 9-3 9-3 5-3 6-3 126 132 22 17 12/28 Oklahoma St 54 15 3 6 31 94 +7 Total TO's +1 9-3 9-3 6-3 5-3 132 126 17 22 12/28 Virginia Tech 6 31 94 54 15 3 TM CONF Oklahoma St Cowboys Cowboys Logs CONF TM +/- +/- TEAM --PS RANK-- Net Defense Net Defense Comp Yds Comp Yds Comp Yds Comp Yds Yds FD TO's FD RA-RY YPC Att Pass Sks FD RA-RY YPC Att Pass Sks Yds FD TO's FD RA-RY YPC Att Pass Sks FD RA-RY YPC Att Pass Sks West Virginia 31-24 -123-8 1 21 45-234 5.2 15-27 235 1 29 35-221 6.3 31-54 371 2 Tulsa 59-24 208-1 0 25 37-332 9.0 21-26 308 2 26 60-244 4.1 20-38 188 1 Delaware 27-0 80 3 1 15 28-81 2.9 16-29 222 1 12 46-107 2.3 8-17 116 4 at South Alabama 44-7 330 17 2 29 37-163 4.4 26-41 342 1 12 27-41 1.5 14-24 134 4 at East Carolina 64-17 394 22 3 34 62-287 4.6 25-33 388 1 12 31-40 1.3 11-30 241 2 at Pittsburgh 59-21 285 10 0 27 35-104 3.0 26-37 572 1 17 34-103 3.0 20-35 288 2 Old Dominion 38-0 433 25 0 32 57-271 4.8 21-32 311 1 7 24-64 2.7 8-26 85 1 TCU 31-44 33-6 -3 26 31-101 3.3 22-42 398 3 32 52-238 4.6 22-33 228 2 Clemson 17-31 10 3-3 17 28-90 3.2 30-45 252 2 14 43-146 3.4 12-21 186 3 at Texas Tech 41-34 213 7 0 32 44-221 5.0 27-38 376 1 25 26-54 2.1 29-46 330 1 at Boston College 23-10 77 4-1 20 48-109 2.3 22-33 322 5 16 33-163 4.9 14-33 191 0 Baylor 59-16 360 7 1 29 38-276 7.3 20-33 471 0 22 46-219 4.8 14-36 168 1 North Carolina 59-7 211 10 3 21 46-181 3.9 15-27 202 1 11 42-54 1.3 8-22 118 6 at Texas 13-10 145 13 0 26 51-146 2.9 25-38 282 2 13 33-42 1.3 22-36 241 3 Duke 24-3 204 13 2 23 48-187 3.9 13-28 200 1 10 35-101 2.9 10-24 82 1 at West Virginia 50-39 115 8 1 27 56-246 4.4 20-34 216 0 19 30-62 2.1 20-42 285 1 at Miami, Fl 10-28 -130 1-1 22 43-102 2.4 20-32 197 4 21 34-210 6.2 12-24 219 2 Oklahoma 52-62 -124 2-1 32 34-213 6.3 28-54 448 3 30 40-187 4.7 24-36 598 5 at Georgia Tech 22-28 -143-5 1 14 36-105 2.9 14-26 153 2 19 57-261 4.6 2-8 140 0 at Iowa St 49-42 31-7 1 23 37-146 3.9 25-31 376 2 30 29-105 3.6 30-47 386 2 Pittsburgh 20-14 9 2 1 18 40-157 3.9 17-37 218 2 16 30-55 1.8 20-33 311 4 Kansas St 40-45 89 12-1 30 31-85 2.7 32-53 425 4 18 49-217 4.4 10-13 204 3 at Virginia 10-0 154 11 0 20 53-202 3.8 14-21 143 0 9 20-5 0.3 17-34 186 4 Kansas 58-17 420 18 1 29 42-167 4.0 32-44 494 2 11 30-69 2.3 17-32 172 3 Oklahoma St Virginia Tech Virginia Tech Hokies LEADERS & TEAM AVERAGES Oklahoma St Cowboys Average 29-14 98.0 6.8 0.6 21 45-167 3.8 60.0% 237 5.7% 15 36-119 3.3 46.9% 187 8.9% Average 46-30 175.4 6.7 0.1 28 39-183 4.7 64.5% 392 4.5% 21 38-132 3.5 57.9% 269 6.7% Conference 23-15 49.0 4.9 0.3 19 43-142 3.3 58.2% 211 6.8% 15 37-124 3.4 47.7% 179 10.1% Conference 44-34 142.4 6.0-0.1 28 40-178 4.4 62.9% 387 4.6% 22 37-133 3.6 58.6% 290 6.5% Away 27-18 38.2 4.2 0.5 22 48-173 3.6 64.0% 240 7.6% 18 35-150 4.3 47.5% 225 5.5% Home 50-35 164.3 5.3-0.5 29 36-196 5.5 61.5% 424 5.6% 23 46-196 4.2 56.9% 260 8.0% West Virginia Josh Jackson 15-26-235-1-0 Josh Jackson 11-101-9.2-1 Cam Phillips 7-138-19.7-1 Virginia Tech Oklahoma St Tulsa Mason Rudolph 20-24-303-3-0 Justice Hill 15-132-8.8-1 James Washington 6-145-24.2-2 Delaware Josh Jackson 16-28-222-2-0 Jalen Holston 8-32-4.0-0 Cam Phillips 6-90-15.0-1 Virginia Tech QB/WR at South Alabama Mason Rudolph 25-38-335-3-0 JD King 8-64-8.0-0 James Washington 2-98-49.0-1 at East Carolina Josh Jackson 24-31-372-5-0 Travon McMillian 11-72-6.5-0 Cam Phillips 14-189-13.5-3 0.43 at Pittsburgh Mason Rudolph 23-32-497-5-1 Justice Hill 11-91-8.3-2 Jalen McCleskey 7-162-23.1-3 Old Dominion Josh Jackson 20-30-298-3-1 Coleman Fox 11-66-6.0-0 Cam Phillips 7-106-15.1-0 Oklahoma St DB's TCU Mason Rudolph 22-41-398-2-2 Justice Hill 25-102-4.1-1 James Washington 6-153-25.5-1 Clemson Josh Jackson 29-44-251-1-2 Coleman Fox 5-39-7.8-0 Cam Phillips 7-74-10.6-0 Virginia Tech RB's at Texas Tech Mason Rudolph 27-38-376-3-1 Justice Hill 30-164-5.5-0 James Washington 9-127-14.1-1 at Boston College Josh Jackson 22-33-322-1-1 Travon McMillian 17-88-5.2-1 Sean Savoy 9-139-15.4-1 0.50 Oklahoma St LB's Baylor Mason Rudolph 19-31-459-3-0 Justice Hill 14-117-8.4-1 James Washington 6-235-39.2-1 North Carolina Josh Jackson 10-20-132-3-0 Coleman Fox 7-58-8.3-0 Cam Phillips 5-49-9.8-1 Virginia Tech OL at Texas Mason Rudolph 25-38-282-0-0 Justice Hill 33-117-3.5-0 Marcell Ateman 4-87-21.8-0 Duke Josh Jackson 13-27-200-1-0 Deshawn McClease 15-75-5.0-1 Chris Cunningham 3-48-16.0-0 0.66 at West Virginia Mason Rudolph 20-34-216-3-1 JD King 36-142-3.9-1 James Washington 7-91-13.0-2 at Miami, Fl Josh Jackson 20-32-197-0-2 Travon McMillian 15-52-3.5-0 Cam Phillips 7-101-14.4-0 Oklahoma St DL Oklahoma Mason Rudolph 28-54-448-5-2 Justice Hill 30-228-7.6-2 James Washington 7-128-18.3-1 at Georgia Tech Josh Jackson 14-26-153-0-0 Sean Savoy 3-32-10.7-1 Eric Kumah 6-82-13.7-0 Virginia Tech DL at Iowa St Mason Rudolph 25-31-376-3-0 Justice Hill 25-134-5.4-3 Jalen McCleskey 5-109-21.8-0 Pittsburgh Josh Jackson 17-37-218-1-1 Deshawn McClease 14-70-5.0-0 Cam Phillips 8-117-14.6-1 0.60 Kansas St Mason Rudolph 32-53-425-3-2 Justice Hill 23-91-4.0-1 James Washington 8-159-19.9-2 at Virginia Josh Jackson 14-21-143-1-1 Steven Peoples 22-71-3.2-0 Hezekiah Grimsley 5-56-11.2-0 Oklahoma St OL Kansas Mason Rudolph 31-43-438-2-0 Justice Hill 16-58-3.6-1 Dillon Stoner 4-113-28.3-1 Virginia Tech LB'S Oklahoma St 0.89 Virginia Tech None By Game Yardage Leaders Passing Position by Position Edges By Game Yardage Leaders Passing Virginia Tech Leaders Josh Jackson 214-355-2743-19-8 Travon McMillian 104-439-4.2-2 Cam Phillips 71-964-13.6-7 Virginia Tech DB's Mason Rudolph 297-457-4553-35-9 Justice Hill 245-1347-5.5-14 James Washington 69-1423-20.6-12 A.J Bush 7-11-99-1-0 Deshawn McClease 90-406-4.5-3 Sean Savoy 39-454-11.6-4 1.23 Oklahoma St Leaders Taylor Cornelius 6-10-148-0-0 JD King 97-466-4.8-4 Marcell Ateman 54-1049-19.4-8 Oscar Bradburn 1-1-1-0-0 Josh Jackson 108-274-2.5-4 Eric Kumah 23-252-11.0-1 Oklahoma St QB/WR Keondre Wudtee 1-3-7-0-0 LD Brown 33-211-6.4-3 Jalen McCleskey 49-633-12.9-5 Last Five Years Meetings (Last 17 years at PhilSteele.com) Return to Table of Contents Projected Box Projected 143 yards Virginia Tech Oklahoma St 252 yards 395 yards Virginia Tech Projected Passing Oklahoma St 116 yards Virginia Tech Oklahoma St 372 yards Projected Yardage Total Projected Final 488 yards 4.18 29 points Virginia Tech Oklahoma St 35 points 6.10 Oklahoma St RB's Virginia Tech ST's Category Las Vegas Line Oklahoma St ST's Oklahoma St By 4 Virginia Tech K Oklahoma St K Virginia Tech Coaches Oklahoma St Coaches Virginia Tech Pts 0.51 1.00 Las Vegas Total +/- Ratings Game Grade Team & Margin 63 Points Oklahoma St By 6.0 Oklahoma St By 6.7 Computer Yards 3.90 Oklahoma St 488-395 Experience Rankings Oklahoma St Pts Computer Points 103 Virginia Tech Oklahoma St 25 POSITIONAL EDGE AWARDED TO: Oklahoma St 35-29 Team Schedule Strength Virginia Tech Phil Steele 61 Virginia Tech Oklahoma St 22 Oklahoma St by 8 By 2.20 Points Phil's Forecast: It s no surprise that OSU has a huge on OFF as they avg 576 ypg w/qb Rudolph having a 35-9 ratio throwing to perhaps the best set of WR s in the country led by Biletnikoff winner Washington & a run game that powers for 4.7 ypc. VT QB Jackson has a 9-7 ratio vs P5 tms & the Hokies topped 24 pts just once vs P5 teams and OSU avg 45 ppg vs the big boys. VT has the on D all g almost 100 ypg less & has my #3 rated ST s vs the Pokes #94 unit. All ssn I have felt OSU is close to the elite teams & VT has been more middle of the road. Here is a stat that shows my thinking. OSU has outgained their 10 P5 foes (8 are in bowls) by 156 ypg. VT has only outg d their P5 foes by 30 ypg & only faced 6 bowl teams. I ll call for OSU to win by over a td, making this a Best Bet selection. Best Bet: Oklahoma St 35 Virginia Tech 27

VIRGINIA TECH (9-3) ATS: 6-6 O/U: 3-8-1 CAMPING WORLD BOWL Thursday, December 28, 2017 5:15 pm ESPN Camping World Stadium Orlando, FL COMPUTER PROJECTIONS VT OSU 145 rush yd 104 239 pass yd 369 29 pts 34 +7 ytd to +1 #66 sked #56 CHECKLIST VT OSU QB 441/2 RB 41/2 WR 441/2 OL 4 1/2 DL 4 LB 4 DB CCH 4 SITE MTCH 4 INT 4441/2 ST SKED 4 OVERALL OKLAHOMA ST BY 4 4 s OKLAHOMA ST (9-3) ATS: 6-5-1 O/U: 9-3

TM DATE SCORE W/L OFF DEF ST OFF DEF ST TM DATE SCORE W/L OFF DEF ST OFF DEF ST 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 127 102 14 8/26 Rice 62-7 W 21 8 43 113 103 85 2017 TEAM RANKINGS 0-0 0-0 123 9/2 Jackson St 63-0 W 13 15 26 1-0 0-0 131 14 9/2 13 6 43 1-0 1-0 0-0 0-0 126 120 23 9/9 at Arkansas 28-7 W 10 15 26 21 45 102 Stanford TCU 1-0 1-0 0-0 0-0 130 137 14 6 9/9 at USC 24-42 L 8 19 38 8 13 25 2-0 2-0 0-0 0-0 129 113 20 9/16 SMU 56-36 W 13 10 39 36 91 124 1-1 2-0 0-1 0-0 127 117 19 9/16 at San Diego St 17-20 L 12 28 16 73 50 6 #32 Rush Off #52 3-0 3-0 0-0 0-0 129 141 16 6 9/23 at Oklahoma St 44-31 W 11 12 41 2 34 83 1-2 2-1 0-1 0-0 129 121 9/23 UCLA 58-34 W 10 31 11 17 31 71 #98 Pass Off #58 4-0 1-0 134 9 9/30 12 12 16 2-2 2-2 1-1 1-0 128 117 9/30 Arizona St 34-24 W 8 30 9 55 64 106 #75 Total Off #52 4-0 3-1 1-0 1-0 134 120 8 23 10/7 West Virginia 31-24 W 12 14 15 10 64 95 3-2 4-0 2-1 1-0 128 123 20 10/7 at Utah 23-20 W 5 28 8 43 23 3 #39 Off #34 5-0 3-2 2-0 1-1 132 127 6 10/14 at Kansas St 26-6 W 12 16 17 36 46 1 4-2 4-2 3-1 1-2 132 123 23 10/14 Oregon 49-7 W 5 32 6 8 17 43 #20 Sks Allowed #32 6-0 1-5 3-0 0-3 135 95 4 10/21 Kansas 43-0 W 18 13 23 89 118 64 5-2 4-1 132 22 10/21 4 33 5 #73 Rush Def #4 7-0 5-2 4-0 3-1 135 130 4 25 10/28 at Iowa St 7-14 L 18 9 18 64 39 55 5-2 1-6 4-1 0-4 128 110 20 10/26 at Oregon St 15-14 W 8 29 4 85 92 92 #73 Pass Def #75 7-1 4-4 4-1 3-2 133 133 10 11/4 Texas 24-7 W 20 7 15 29 13 33 6-2 7-2 5-1 4-2 127 124 18 25 11/4 at Washington St 21-24 L 11 23 3 35 24 72 #72 Total Def #19 8-1 8-1 5-1 5-1 135 138 8 5 11/11 at Oklahoma 20-38 L 19 4 28 3 32 93 6-3 8-1 5-2 5-1 131 139 9 11/10 Washington 30-22 W 13 23 5 24 6 33 #30 Def #12 8-2 5-5 5-2 2-5 133 119 11 11/18 at Texas Tech 27-3 W 21 8 32 24 78 92 California Sks By Baylor 7-3 5-5 6-2 2-5 128 116 20 11/18 17-14 W 13 22 5 109 54 62 #23 #4 9-2 1-10 6-2 1-7 136 112 10 11/24 45-22 W 22 8 16 70 89 64 8-3 9-2 7-2 6-2 132 132 20 9 11/25 Notre Dame 38-20 W 12 21 6 5 19 111 #79 Ypg Diff #27 10-2 8-1 7-2 5-1 135 138 10 2 12/2 Oklahoma 17-41 L 20 8 23 3 32 93 USC Total TO's 9-3 1-0 7-2 0-0 130 137 14 11 12/2 28-31 L 13 22 5 8 13 25 +15 +4 10-3 7-3 132 13 12/9 23 10 24 10-3 7-3 132 15 13 12/28 TCU 23 10 24 9-4 7-3 130 13 15 12/28 Stanford 13 22 5 Net Comp Yds Net Comp Yds Yds FD TO's FD RA-RY YPC Att Pass Sks FD RA-RY YPC Att Pass Sks Yds FD TO's FD RA-RY YPC Att Pass Sks FD RA-RY YPC Att Pass Sks Rice 62-7 415 13 2 27 36-287 8.0 21-37 369 2 14 38-146 3.8 10-24 95 2 Jackson St 63-0 477 17 1 24 36-242 6.7 23-30 300 0 7 42-24 0.6 7-14 41 5 at Arkansas 28-7 94 11-1 24 42-195 4.6 21-31 166 1 13 31-129 4.2 9-23 138 3 at USC 24-42 -281-12 2 16 26-170 6.5 15-28 172 2 28 48-307 6.4 21-26 316 1 SMU 56-36 156 11-1 30 49-254 5.2 24-30 365 3 19 30-124 4.1 18-38 339 0 at San Diego St 17-20 -99-11 -3 10 22-174 7.9 10-21 80 4 21 49-166 3.4 21-29 187 6 at Oklahoma St 44-31 -33 6 3 32 52-238 4.6 22-33 228 2 26 31-101 3.3 22-42 398 3 UCLA 58-34 -42-4 3 23 45-405 9.0 16-24 148 0 27 15-115 7.7 40-60 480 1 Arizona St 34-24 95-5 1 17 33-331 10.0 15-24 173 0 22 46-214 4.7 16-25 195 3 West Virginia 31-24 -102-12 2 16 36-170 4.7 16-29 236 0 28 39-142 3.6 25-45 366 2 at Utah 23-20 2-11 2 14 31-196 6.3 13-24 188 0 25 33-144 4.4 20-40 238 2 at Kansas St 26-6 179 7 0 17 36-98 2.7 27-37 297 1 10 29-70 2.4 11-30 146 2 Oregon 49-7 195 13 1 25 41-248 6.0 21-28 256 0 12 43-276 6.4 5-13 33 2 Kansas 43-0 454 18 0 22 42-191 4.5 20-28 284 1 4 31--25-0.8 8-18 46 4 at Iowa St 7-14 52-3 -2 14 34-172 5.1 12-25 135 1 17 33-53 1.6 21-35 202 2 at Oregon St 15-14 -42-8 2 12 27-81 3.0 16-33 141 1 20 41-138 3.4 13-22 126 2 Texas 24-7 80 3 0 17 46-177 3.8 19-27 166 2 14 26-9 0.3 21-44 254 7 at Washington St 21-24 -232-16 0 9 27-93 3.4 9-20 105 2 25 29-93 3.2 34-48 337 3 at Oklahoma 20-38 -109-2 0 19 32-155 4.8 14-29 269 2 21 41-200 4.9 18-27 333 1 Washington 30-22 81 1 1 21 44-195 4.4 16-27 211 1 20 33-135 4.1 17-23 190 2 at Texas Tech 27-3 -38-4 1 17 42-204 4.9 6-17 85 1 21 41-174 4.2 18-36 153 3 California 17-14 41 2 0 21 38-193 5.1 17-26 185 0 19 28-155 5.5 20-29 182 1 Baylor 45-22 44 11 3 25 36-112 3.1 26-36 325 3 14 29-79 2.7 21-34 314 8 Notre Dame 38-20 -87 1 3 18 38-152 4.0 14-22 176 2 17 44-154 3.5 12-29 261 6 Oklahoma 20-38 -109-2 0 19 32-155 4.8 14-29 269 2 21 41-200 4.9 18-27 333 1 USC 24-42 -281-12 2 16 26-170 6.5 15-28 172 2 28 48-307 6.4 21-26 316 1 TCU Stanford Average 32-21 -8.6-3.2 1.2 18 34-206 6.0 57.4% 184 4.8% 21 38-171 4.5 62.8% 228 8.2% Average 33-18 85.4 4.7 0.3 21 39-176 4.5 66.1% 238 4.6% 17 34-100 2.9 52.3% 229 10.0% Conference 30-23 -34.1-4.4 1.3 18 35-206 5.9 57.8% 177 3.1% 22 36-175 4.9 65.5% 242 5.8% Conference 28-19 38.3 2.2 0.5 20 38-160 4.2 63.4% 226 4.7% 18 34-102 3.0 53.9% 246 9.9% Away 27-23 -56.4-7.0 0.9 15 30-165 5.6 50.8% 178 7.0% 22 40-167 4.2 63.8% 232 8.0% Home 44-15 184.8 8.0 0.8 22 41-191 4.7 71.1% 279 5.0% 14 33-59 1.8 51.8% 227 13.5% Rice Keller Chryst 14-24-253-2-0 Bryce Love 13-180-13.8-1 Connor Wedington 6-82-13.7-0 Stanford TCU Jackson St Kenny Hill 18-23-206-4-1 Darius Anderson 13-67-5.2-0 TreVontae Hights 1-56-56.0-1 Stanford QB/WR at Arkansas Kenny Hill 21-31-166-0-1 Darius Anderson 15-106-7.1-1 John Diarse 4-36-9.0-0 at USC Keller Chryst 15-28-172-2-0 Bryce Love 17-160-9.4-1 JJ Arcega-Whiteside 4-67-16.8-1 0.27 SMU Kenny Hill 24-30-365-4-0 Darius Anderson 14-89-6.4-2 KaVontae Turpin 7-88-12.6-1 at San Diego St Keller Chryst 8-19-56-0-2 Bryce Love 13-184-14.2-2 Trenton Irwin 6-49-8.2-0 TCU DB's at Oklahoma St Kenny Hill 22-33-228-1-1 Darius Anderson 26-160-6.2-3 Jaelan Austin 1-43-43.0-0 UCLA KJ Costello 13-19-123-2-0 Bryce Love 30-263-8.8-1 JJ Arcega-Whiteside 5-62-12.4-0 Stanford RB's Arizona St KJ Costello 15-24-173-1-0 Bryce Love 25-301-12.0-3 JJ Arcega-Whiteside 4-63-15.8-1 0.61 West Virginia Kenny Hill 15-28-188-1-0 Kyle Hicks 11-71-6.5-0 John Diarse 4-70-17.5-0 at Utah Keller Chryst 7-14-106-0-0 Bryce Love 20-152-7.6-1 Kaden Smith 2-57-28.5-0 TCU LB's at Kansas St Kenny Hill 27-37-297-0-0 Kyle Hicks 16-58-3.6-0 KaVontae Turpin 5-70-14.0-0 Oregon Keller Chryst 15-21-181-3-1 Bryce Love 17-147-8.6-2 JJ Arcega-Whiteside 6-112-18.7-2 Stanford OL Kansas Kenny Hill 19-26-278-5-0 Darius Anderson 12-62-5.2-0 John Diarse 4-130-32.5-1 0.25 at Iowa St Kenny Hill 12-25-135-0-2 Darius Anderson 12-95-7.9-0 Jaelan Austin 3-39-13.0-0 at Oregon St Keller Chryst 16-33-141-1-1 Cameron Scarlett 17-72-4.2-0 Kaden Smith 2-37-18.5-0 TCU DL Texas Kenny Hill 18-26-146-0-0 Darius Anderson 18-99-5.5-1 John Diarse 2-37-18.5-0 at Washington St KJ Costello 9-20-105-0-1 Bryce Love 16-69-4.3-1 JJ Arcega-Whiteside 3-52-17.3-0 Stanford DL at Oklahoma Kenny Hill 13-28-270-1-0 Darius Anderson 7-42-6.0-1 Kyle Hicks 3-71-23.7-1 Washington KJ Costello 16-27-211-0-0 Bryce Love 30-166-5.5-3 JJ Arcega-Whiteside 5-130-26.0-0 0.42 at Texas Tech Shawn Robinson 6-17-85-1-0 Shawn Robinson 10-84-8.4-0 Sewo Olonilua 1-28-28.0-0 California KJ Costello 17-26-185-1-1 Bryce Love 14-101-7.2-1 JJ Arcega-Whiteside 7-79-11.3-0 TCU OL Baylor Kenny Hill 26-36-325-3-0 Sewo Olonilua 10-71-7.1-1 Jarrison Stewart 6-72-12.0-1 Notre Dame KJ Costello 14-22-176-4-0 Bryce Love 20-125-6.3-0 Kaden Smith 3-65-21.7-1 Stanford LB'S Oklahoma Kenny Hill 27-37-234-2-1 Kenny Hill 13-51-3.9-0 John Diarse 5-66-13.2-1 USC KJ Costello 10-22-192-2-0 Bryce Love 22-125-5.7-1 JJ Arcega-Whiteside 2-87-43.5-0 0.77 TCU TCU RB's Stanford None REC TM CONF CONF TM +/- +/- Stanford Cardinal Cardinal Logs KJ Costello 110-185-1386-11-2 Bryce Love 237-1973-8.3-17 JJ Arcega-Whiteside 43-720-16.7-6 Stanford DB's Kenny Hill 242-360-2838-21-6 Darius Anderson 128-768-6.0-8 John Diarse 33-543-16.5-3 Keller Chryst 76-142-921-8-4 Cameron Scarlett 86-385-4.5-8 Trenton Irwin 40-444-11.1-2 0.50 TCU Leaders Shawn Robinson 13-27-184-3-0 Kyle Hicks 133-597-4.5-4 Jalen Reagor 28-407-14.5-7 Ryan Burns 5-7-57-1-0 Trevor Speights 34-127-3.7-0 Kaden Smith 23-414-18.0-5 TCU QB/WR KaVontae Turpin 2-2-68-1-0 Sewo Olonilua 59-272-4.6-7 Desmon White 38-390-10.3-4 293 yards Stanford 49 Stanford 8 Projected 146 yards Stanford TCU 166 yards Projected Passing Team Schedule Strength PAC 12 BIG 12 Stanford Cardinal LEADERS & TEAM AVERAGES 9-4 10-3 By Game Yardage Leaders Passing Position by Position Edges By Game Yardage Leaders Passing Stanford Leaders Last Five Years Meetings (Last 17 years at PhilSteele.com) Return to Table of Contents TCU Horned Frogs Category Stanford Pts Computer Yards 25 points 2.59 1.44 Tcu 392-293 TCU Horned Frogs Horned Frogs Logs TEAM --PS RANK-- 7-3 7-3 TM TEAM CONF TM +/- +/- --PS RANK-- NCAA RANKINGS REC CONF 147 yards Stanford TCU 225 yards 17 points Projected Box 0.99 Projected Yardage Total Stanford TCU Projected Final TCU Experience Rankings TCU 392 yards Stanford TCU 32 3 0.22 Stanford ST's Las Vegas Line TCU ST's Tcu By 2.5 Stanford K TCU K Stanford Coaches TCU Coaches TCU Pts POSITIONAL EDGE AWARDED TO: Stanford By 1.15 Points Las Vegas Total +/- Ratings Game Grade Computer Points Phil Steele Team & Margin 49 Points Tcu By 4.0 Tcu By 7.6 Tcu 25-17 TCU by 8 Phil's Forecast: HC s Shaw & Patterson get the most out of their teams and are 2 of my favorite coaches. The star player is Heisman runner up RB Love who despite playing the 2H of the yr on a bum ankle rushed for 1,973 (8.3). The tms were almost dead even in my OFF rankings with Stanford better running it & the Frogs better thru the air w/qb Hill completing 67%. This is not your typical Stanford D as they are allowing 4.5 ypc. The L5Y they have held P12 foes to 103 ypg below their ssn avg, but just 13 ypg TY despite the presence of AA s DT Phillips & S Reid. TCU allows just 2.9 ypc & 52% completions despite playing in the wide open B12 and facing OU twice. TCU has held foes to 122 ypg below their avg. I will go with the tougher D of the Frogs, they will also have a decent crowd as well and I ll call for TCU to win by over a td. TCU 25 Stanford 17

STANFORD (9-4) ATS: 6-7 O/U: 7-6 ALAMO BOWL Thursday, December 28, 2017 9:00 pm ESPN Alamodome San Antonio, TX COMPUTER PROJECTIONS STAN TCU 127 rush yd 166 141 pass yd 212 13 pts 26 +15 ytd to +4 #4 sked #32 CHECKLIST STAN TCU QB 41/2 41/2 RB WR 1/2 OL DL 41/2 LB 1/2 DB 4 CCH SITE 44 MTCH 4 INT 4 ST 4 SKED OVERALL TCU BY 3 4 s TCU (10-3) ATS: 6-6-1 O/U: 3-10

TM DATE SCORE W/L OFF DEF ST OFF DEF ST TM DATE SCORE W/L OFF DEF ST OFF DEF ST TM REC CONF CONF TM +/- +/- Wash St Cougars Cougars Logs PAC 12 BIG 10 Spartans Logs 9-3 9-3 TEAM --PS RANK-- 6-3 7-2 TM NCAA RANKINGS REC CONF Michigan St Spartans TEAM --PS RANK-- CONF TM +/- +/- 0-0 0-0 124 24 9/2 Montana St 31-0 W 15 46 73 2017 TEAM RANKINGS 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 112 106 9/2 Bowling Green 35-10 W 67 60 118 99 118 65 1-0 1-0 0-0 0-0 124 108 20 9/9 Boise St 47-44 W 18 50 73 66 62 113 1-0 0-1 0-0 0-0 115 119 9/9 Western Michigan 28-14 W 58 35 118 108 72 85 Wash St Michigan St 2-0 1-2 0-0 0-0 121 106 21 9/16 Oregon St 52-23 W 26 52 75 74 94 101 2-0 0-0 118 9/16 41 26 126 3-0 0-3 1-0 0-0 123 103 18 9/23 Nevada 45-7 W 28 57 81 102 103 75 #129 Rush Off #67 2-0 2-1 0-0 1-1 118 133 9/23 Notre Dame 18-38 L 41 16 127 7 22 70 4-0 4-0 1-0 2-0 125 134 16 5 9/29 USC 30-27 W 27 41 67 13 8 33 #2 Pass Off #77 2-1 3-1 0-0 0-1 117 124 9/30 Iowa 17-10 W 36 18 111 59 33 18 5-0 4-1 2-0 1-1 127 128 11 10/7 at Oregon 33-10 W 27 38 61 6 19 50 #32 Total Off #91 3-1 4-0 1-0 1-0 120 131 7 10/7 at Michigan 14-10 W 39 21 111 45 2 13 6-0 3-3 3-0 0-3 132 116 8 10/13 at California 3-37 L 31 31 52 111 52 96 #41 Off #106 4-1 3-2 2-0 0-2 124 118 21 10/14 at Minnesota 30-27 W 39 18 121 99 42 25 6-1 4-3 3-1 1-3 127 114 15 10/21 Colorado 28-0 W 36 27 70 47 71 47 #127 Sks Allowed #42 5-1 3-3 3-0 0-3 124 119 18 10/21 Indiana 17-9 W 40 15 112 92 44 26 7-1 5-2 4-1 3-1 129 122 15 10/28 at Arizona 37-58 L 36 19 66 9 57 101 #42 Rush Def #5 6-1 4-3 4-0 2-2 124 124 16 10/28 at Northwestern 31-39 L 48 16 124 58 27 97 7-2 6-2 4-2 5-1 124 127 25 18 11/4 Stanford 24-21 W 35 24 72 11 23 3 #9 Pass Def #31 6-2 7-1 4-1 4-1 123 143 24 7 11/4 Penn St 27-24 W 39 19 110 17 11 9 8-2 5-4 5-2 2-4 125 119 19 11/11 at Utah 33-25 W 37 22 72 42 31 12 #15 Total Def #9 7-2 7-2 5-1 5-1 128 139 13 11 11/11 at Ohio St 3-48 L 38 18 99 1 15 53 9-2 6-2 126 15 11/18 40 18 80 #47 Def #23 7-3 4-6 5-2 2-5 124 110 22 11/18 Maryland 17-7 W 51 19 100 91 76 66 9-2 9-2 6-2 6-2 126 132 14 15 11/25 at Washington 14-41 L 41 17 83 21 12 42 #13 Sks By #39 8-3 4-7 6-2 3-5 123 108 21 11/25 at Rutgers 40-7 W 52 18 92 110 76 40 9-3 6-3 124 21 12/2 50 22 82 #12 Ypg Diff #30 9-3 7-2 127 19 12/2 49 17 87 9-3 9-3 6-3 7-2 124 127 21 18 12/28 Michigan St 43 21 81 47 17 87-2 Total TO's +2 9-3 9-3 7-2 6-3 127 124 18 21 12/28 Washington St 47 17 87 43 21 81 Net Defense Net Defense Comp Yds Comp Yds Comp Yds Comp Yds Yds FD TO's FD RA-RY YPC Att Pass Sks FD RA-RY YPC Att Pass Sks Yds FD TO's FD RA-RY YPC Att Pass Sks FD RA-RY YPC Att Pass Sks Montana St 31-0 368 20 0 27 25-150 6.0 40-48 361 2 7 32-115 3.6 5-12 28 3 Bowling Green 35-10 253 16-2 25 46-215 4.7 22-36 250 0 9 24-67 2.8 10-31 145 1 Boise St 47-44 54 6 1 25 27-22 0.8 49-67 433 5 19 44-164 3.7 19-28 237 4 Western Michigan 28-14 262 10-1 21 49-296 6.0 13-21 161 2 11 36-116 3.2 12-27 79 4 Oregon St 52-23 137 6 2 27 16-60 3.8 42-58 431 3 21 33-155 4.7 24-37 199 3 Nevada 45-7 409 18 1 31 34-55 1.6 38-50 505 4 13 24-46 1.9 14-30 105 5 Notre Dame 18-38 141 5-3 26 32-151 4.7 32-53 345 2 21 40-182 4.6 14-20 173 1 USC 30-27 135 8 1 23 30-122 4.1 34-51 340 5 15 29-163 5.6 15-29 164 2 Iowa 17-10 69 8 2 19 40-88 2.2 18-28 212 2 11 25-19 0.8 17-32 212 3 at Oregon 33-10 92 7 1 20 25-87 3.5 24-42 282 4 13 45-132 2.9 15-27 145 4 at Michigan 14-10 -48-4 5 13 40-158 4.0 11-22 94 0 17 39-102 2.6 16-35 198 4 at California 3-37 -28-2 -7 16 26-23 0.9 32-48 314 9 18 32-106 3.3 21-38 259 2 at Minnesota 30-27 75 5-1 19 50-245 4.9 9-18 120 0 14 27-74 2.7 16-32 216 3 Colorado 28-0 232 8-1 21 35-194 5.5 20-43 212 2 13 40-80 2.0 13-34 94 3 Indiana 17-9 22 5-1 19 44-89 2.0 16-30 185 3 14 35-94 2.7 22-34 158 2 at Arizona 37-58 68 19-1 32 17-51 3.0 58-84 602 1 13 34-310 9.1 10-17 275 0 at Northwestern 31-39 108 0-1 28 31-95 3.1 39-57 445 1 28 28-64 2.3 34-50 368 1 Stanford 24-21 232 16 0 25 29-93 3.2 34-48 337 3 9 27-93 3.4 9-20 105 2 Penn St 27-24 8 3 2 25 24-74 3.1 33-56 400 2 22 21-65 3.1 27-48 401 3 at Utah 33-25 -29-7 5 20 17-27 1.6 40-69 311 1 27 36-62 1.7 21-40 305 7 at Ohio St 3-48 -329-10 -1 15 34-64 1.9 18-36 131 6 25 42-335 8.0 15-23 189 0 Maryland 17-7 87 7 0 19 51-271 5.3 2-14 20 0 12 31-83 2.7 13-25 121 4 at Washington 14-41 -76-1 -4 19 14--24-1.7 37-55 369 5 20 45-328 7.3 11-17 93 1 at Rutgers 40-7 319 22 3 27 58-209 3.6 21-31 222 2 5 12-14 1.2 6-19 98 2 Michigan St Washington St Wash St Cougars LEADERS & TEAM AVERAGES Michigan St Spartans Average 31-24 132.8 8.2-0.2 24 25-72 2.9 67.6% 375 6.6% 16 35-146 4.2 53.8% 167 10.9% Average 23-20 80.6 5.6 0.2 21 42-163 3.9 58.2% 215 5.0% 16 30-101 3.4 53.7% 197 7.4% Conference 28-27 84.8 6.0-0.4 23 23-70 3.0 64.5% 355 6.6% 17 36-159 4.5 53.7% 182 9.3% Conference 22-20 34.6 4.0 0.9 20 41-144 3.5 57.2% 203 5.5% 16 29-94 3.3 55.7% 218 7.4% Away 24-34 5.4 3.2-1.2 21 20-33 1.7 64.1% 376 6.7% 18 38-188 4.9 56.1% 215 10.1% Home 23-16 120.3 7.7-0.4 22 41-169 4.1 57.1% 225 4.6% 14 30-89 3.0 53.0% 184 8.3% Montana St Luke Falk 33-39-311-3-0 Jamal Morrow 10-89-8.9-1 James Williams 13-163-12.5-2 Wash St Michigan St Bowling Green Brian Lewerke 22-33-250-3-0 Brian Lewerke 8-69-8.6-0 Darrell Stewart 6-85-14.2-0 Boise St Tyler Hilinski 25-33-240-3-1 James Williams 14-31-2.2-0 Renard Bell 7-107-15.3-0 Wash St QB/WR Western Michigan Brian Lewerke 13-21-161-1-1 LJ Scott 18-86-4.8-1 Felton Davis 4-69-17.3-0 Oregon St Luke Falk 37-49-396-6-0 James Williams 5-46-9.2-0 Tavares Martin Jr. 10-194-19.4-3 0.64 Nevada Luke Falk 36-47-478-5-0 Jamal Morrow 11-73-6.6-0 Tavares Martin Jr. 4-114-28.5-2 Michigan St DB's Notre Dame Brian Lewerke 31-51-340-2-1 LJ Scott 11-61-5.5-0 Hunter Rison 4-73-18.3-0 USC Luke Falk 34-51-340-2-1 Jamal Morrow 6-91-15.2-1 Renard Bell 3-101-33.7-0 Wash St RB's Iowa Brian Lewerke 18-28-212-2-0 Brian Lewerke 12-42-3.5-0 Felton Davis 9-114-12.7-2 at Oregon Luke Falk 24-42-282-3-0 Gerard Wicks 7-58-8.3-0 Kyle Sweet 7-86-12.3-0 1.31 at Michigan Brian Lewerke 11-22-94-1-0 Brian Lewerke 15-61-4.1-1 Darrell Stewart 3-42-14.0-0 at California Luke Falk 28-43-286-0-5 Jamal Morrow 8-51-6.4-0 Isaiah Johnson-Mack 6-59-9.8-0 Michigan St LB's at Minnesota Brian Lewerke 9-18-120-0-1 LJ Scott 25-194-7.8-2 Felton Davis 2-35-17.5-0 Colorado Luke Falk 17-34-197-3-0 Jamal Morrow 11-73-6.6-1 Tay Martin 4-78-19.5-1 Wash St OL Indiana Brian Lewerke 16-29-185-1-0 LJ Scott 22-87-4.0-1 Cody White 6-99-16.5-0 at Arizona Tyler Hilinski 45-61-509-2-4 James Williams 6-28-4.7-0 Tavares Martin Jr. 11-136-12.4-0 1.63 at Northwestern Brian Lewerke 39-57-445-4-1 Brian Lewerke 9-30-3.3-0 Cody White 9-165-18.3-2 Stanford Luke Falk 34-48-337-3-1 Jamal Morrow 16-66-4.1-0 Tavares Martin Jr. 7-67-9.6-1 Michigan St DL Penn St Brian Lewerke 33-56-400-2-1 LJ Scott 14-43-3.1-1 Felton Davis 12-181-15.1-1 at Utah Luke Falk 40-69-311-3-2 Jamal Morrow 7-32-4.6-0 Tavares Martin Jr. 10-64-6.4-1 Wash St DL at Ohio St Brian Lewerke 18-36-131-0-2 LJ Scott 8-30-3.8-0 Cody White 5-42-8.4-0 0.22 Maryland Brian Lewerke 2-14-20-0-0 LJ Scott 29-147-5.1-1 Matt Sokol 1-12-12.0-0 at Washington Luke Falk 37-55-369-1-3 Jamal Morrow 5-11-2.2-1 Jamal Morrow 10-76-7.6-0 Michigan St OL at Rutgers Brian Lewerke 21-31-222-1-0 Gerald Holmes 10-59-5.9-1 Felton Davis 6-72-12.0-0 Wash St LB'S Michigan St 0.99 Washington St None By Game Yardage Leaders Passing Wash St Leaders Luke Falk 357-534-3593-30-13 Jamal Morrow 86-522-6.1-4 Tavares Martin Jr. 70-831-11.9-9 Wash St DB's Brian Lewerke 233-396-2580-17-7 LJ Scott 182-785-4.3-6 Felton Davis 51-658-12.9-8 Tyler Hilinski 91-129-904-5-6 James Williams 89-381-4.3-1 Isaiah Johnson-Mack 60-555-9.3-5 0.45 Michigan St Leaders Trishton Jackson 1-1-5-0-0 Brian Lewerke 110-489-4.4-5 Darrell Stewart 48-486-10.1-2 Last Five Years Meetings (Last 17 years at PhilSteele.com) Gerard Wicks 32-156-4.9-1 Renard Bell 36-525-14.6-3 Michigan St QB/WR Connor Heyward 0-1-0.1-0-0 Madre London 79-287-3.6-3 Cody White 32-449-14.0-2 Return to Table of Contents -21 yards Projected Wash St Michigan St Projected Passing 368 yards Wash St Michigan St 173 yards 347 yards Projected Box 19 points Wash St Projected Yardage Total Wash St Michigan St 319 yards Projected Final Michigan St Experience Rankings 15 Wash St Michigan St Team Schedule Strength 44 Wash St Michigan St Category Wash St K Las Vegas Total 145 yards 0.75 46 Points 21 points 11 2.84 Position by Position Edges By Game Yardage Leaders Passing Michigan St RB's Wash St ST's Michigan St K Wash St Coaches Michigan St Coaches Michigan St By 1.73 Points 0.75 +/- Ratings Game Grade Computer Yards Team & Margin 0.65 Las Vegas Line Michigan St ST's Wash St By 1.5 Wash St Pts 4.56 Michigan St Pts Computer Points 129 POSITIONAL EDGE AWARDED TO: Michigan St 21-19 Phil Steele Michigan St By 3.5 Wash St By 2.0 Wash St 347-319 Michigan St by 3 Phil's Forecast: This is the 2nd straight yr that Wazzu is in this bowl. LY vs a depleted MN D but managed just 12 pts & 303 ttl yds. TY the Cougars are depleted as they are without their top 2 WR s who are off the tm & star DL Mata afa must sit the 1H. HC Leach is 7-5 in bowls, but just 4-8 ATS. MSU has my #23 rated pass eff D to battle Wazzu s talented QB Falk. Wazzu won their home games by 20 ppg & were +224 ypg in those. They were just 2-3 away from home & outscored by 10 ppg. The Cougars D, led by DC Grinch is underrated, holding foes to 96 ypg below their ssn avg and I rate as the #20 D. The Spartans took on the tougher sked & have my #11 rated D. HC Dantonio is 5-5 in bowls, but won his L/4 non playoff bowl games outright all as a dog. I ll call for Sparty to pull off the minor outright upset. Michigan St 23 Washington St 20

WASHINGTON ST (9-3) ATS: 7-5 O/U: 5-7 HOLIDAY BOWL Thursday, December 28, 2017 9:00 pm ESPN SDCCU Stadium San Diego, CA COMPUTER PROJECTIONS WSU MSU -19 rush yd 157 380 pass yd 169 20 pts 23-2 ytd to +2 #34 sked #17 CHECKLIST WSU MSU 41/2 QB RB 1/2 WR OL 1/2 DL 1/2 LB 4 4 DB CCH 1/2 SITE 1/2 MTCH INT ST SKED 4 OVERALL MICHIGAN ST BY 1 4 s MICHIGAN ST (9-3) ATS: 7-5 O/U: 5-7

TM DATE SCORE W/L OFF DEF ST OFF DEF ST TM DATE SCORE W/L OFF DEF ST OFF DEF ST REC Texas A&M Aggies Aggies Logs TM TEAM --PS RANK-- TM +/- +/- CONF CONF 7-5 7-5 SEC ACC Demon Deacons Logs 4-4 4-4 NCAA RANKINGS REC TEAM --PS RANK-- TM +/- +/- CONF 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 119 118 9/3 at UCLA 44-45 L 31 21 6 17 25 85 2017 TEAM RANKINGS 0-0 0-0 119 8/31 Presbytrian 51-7 W 96 50 30 0-1 0-0 120 9/9 Nicholls 24-14 W 36 17 6 1-0 1-0 0-0 0-0 120 116 9/9 at Boston College 34-10 W 81 59 30 75 30 67 Texas A&M Wake Forest 1-1 1-1 0-0 0-0 116 100 9/16 Louisiana 45-21 W 35 17 11 78 111 44 2-0 1-1 1-0 0-0 124 105 9/16 Utah St 46-10 W 86 61 36 111 116 55 2-1 1-1 0-0 0-0 117 117 9/23 Arkansas 50-43 W 36 15 3 34 39 122 #74 Rush Off #46 3-0 2-1 1-0 1-0 126 109 9/23 at Appalachian St 20-19 W 69 46 21 68 79 60 3-1 3-1 1-0 1-1 120 117 9/30 South Carolina 24-17 W 30 17 4 53 26 113 #65 Pass Off #35 4-0 0-2 1-0 0-1 124 131 9/30 Florida St 19-26 L 65 45 25 58 9 43 4-1 5-0 2-0 2-0 120 149 1 10/7 Alabama 12-27 L 22 17 4 1 1 11 #76 Total Off #29 4-1 5-0 1-1 3-0 124 142 2 10/7 at Clemson 14-28 L 64 46 34 11 3 107 4-2 3-2 2-1 3-1 123 124 10/14 at Florida 19-17 W 30 19 5 41 30 19 #43 Off #32 4-2 1-2 125 10/14 69 45 64 5-2 3-1 125 10/21 33 21 3 #80 Sks Allowed #26 4-2 3-2 1-2 2-1 125 129 10/21 at Georgia Tech 24-38 L 71 43 69 34 36 119 5-2 5-2 3-1 2-2 125 125 10/28 Miss St 14-35 L 34 23 2 21 30 21 #64 Rush Def #93 4-3 5-3 1-3 2-3 124 123 10/28 Louisville 42-32 W 71 54 63 6 45 70 5-3 6-2 3-2 4-1 120 133 16 11/4 Auburn 27-42 L 40 23 3 12 8 50 #68 Pass Def #104 5-3 7-1 2-3 5-1 125 141 5 11/4 at Notre Dame 37-48 L 63 49 69 5 15 116 5-4 3-6 3-3 1-5 119 101 11/11 New Mexico 55-14 W 44 27 4 94 98 42 #60 Total Def #107 5-4 4-5 2-3 2-3 126 121 11/11 at Syracuse 64-43 W 46 65 84 57 73 15 6-4 5-5 3-3 2-4 121 116 11/18 at Mississippi 31-24 W 39 24 4 15 77 33 #82 Def #62 6-4 7-3 3-3 5-1 129 129 25 11/18 NC State 30-24 W 33 66 73 30 32 90 7-4 8-3 4-3 5-2 122 130 19 11/25 at LSU 21-45 L 36 24 3 31 6 81 #6 Sks By #55 7-4 5-6 4-3 2-5 129 121 11/25 Duke 23-31 L 35 63 73 74 38 108 7-5 4-4 120 12/2 41 29 4 #74 Ypg Diff #72 7-5 4-4 125 12/2 37 62 55 7-5 7-5 4-4 4-4 120 125 12/29 Wake Forest 41 30 4 35 60 54 +4 Total TO's +7 7-5 7-5 4-4 4-4 125 120 12/29 Texas A&M 35 60 54 41 30 4 TM CONF Wake Forest Demon Deacons Net Comp Yds Net Comp Yds Yds FD TO's FD RA-RY YPC Att Pass Sks FD RA-RY YPC Att Pass Sks Yds FD TO's FD RA-RY YPC Att Pass Sks FD RA-RY YPC Att Pass Sks at UCLA 44-45 -83-6 3 23 63-382 6.1 9-30 89 6 29 25-63 2.5 35-59 491 3 Presbytrian 51-7 239 16 0 28 45-248 5.5 20-27 239 1 12 45-207 4.6 2-9 41 3 Nicholls 24-14 55 14 2 27 47-195 4.1 24-36 198 4 13 31-74 2.4 13-25 264 2 at Boston College 34-10 4-4 4 15 52-158 3.0 13-19 151 3 19 41-142 3.5 18-41 163 1 Louisiana 45-21 171 10 3 27 40-179 4.5 21-34 301 1 17 29-93 3.2 28-44 216 2 Utah St 46-10 321 15 1 26 59-291 4.9 16-27 297 1 11 31-42 1.4 15-37 225 2 Arkansas 50-43 44-1 0 20 42-285 6.8 14-27 216 1 21 45-226 5.0 13-27 231 6 at Appalachian St 20-19 -150-9 0 18 40-168 4.2 14-27 176 1 27 35-122 3.5 26-52 372 0 South Carolina 24-17 117 6 0 20 49-237 4.8 19-27 159 1 14 26-23 0.9 17-30 256 7 Florida St 19-26 97 2-1 17 34-96 2.8 24-35 271 2 15 43-149 3.5 11-21 121 5 Alabama 19-27 -47 0-2 16 40-71 1.8 19-29 237 4 16 44-232 5.3 13-22 123 3 at Clemson 14-28 -117-9 2 16 35-133 3.8 14-30 203 3 25 48-190 4.0 29-41 263 1 at Florida 19-17 -108-7 1 10 38-83 2.2 8-24 180 2 17 42-242 5.8 17-26 129 5 at Georgia Tech 24-38 -133-9 -1 20 31-110 3.5 17-30 252 1 29 66-427 6.5 5-11 68 3 Miss St 14-35 -84-4 -2 15 28-96 3.4 16-41 189 3 19 52-228 4.4 12-21 141 2 Louisville 42-32 102-4 0 26 39-164 4.2 28-34 461 1 30 42-191 4.5 28-46 332 7 Auburn 27-42 -153-10 0 13 34-143 4.2 16-33 200 1 23 52-228 4.4 20-27 268 2 at Notre Dame 37-48 -123 4-1 34 40-239 6.0 30-48 348 1 30 46-380 8.3 23-38 330 1 New Mexico 55-14 418 14 1 25 23-63 2.7 30-43 499 1 11 42-120 2.9 7-17 24 1 at Syracuse 64-43 113 0 1 33 51-371 7.3 25-38 363 1 33 32-178 5.6 38-67 443 2 at Mississippi 31-24 0-1 1 18 44-119 2.7 19-32 272 1 19 39-202 5.2 19-34 189 3 NC State 30-24 -168-10 2 18 28-87 3.1 19-28 247 0 28 42-175 4.2 34-52 327 1 at LSU 21-45 -319-13 -3 14 27-55 2.0 16-30 227 2 27 56-250 4.5 20-31 351 4 Duke 23-31 -107-8 0 14 35-145 4.1 16-34 191 2 22 45-97 2.2 25-44 346 0 Wake Forest Texas A&M Average 31-29 0.9 0.2 0.3 19 40-159 4.0 54.7% 231 7.0% 19 40-165 4.1 59.0% 224 11.0% Average 34-26 6.5-1.3 0.6 22 41-184 4.5 62.6% 267 4.5% 23 43-192 4.5 55.3% 253 5.7% Conference 26-31 -68.8-3.8-0.6 16 38-136 3.6 52.3% 210 6.2% 20 45-204 4.6 60.1% 211 14.7% Conference 31-29 -26.1-5.3 0.9 20 38-158 4.1 62.9% 267 5.2% 25 45-194 4.3 58.2% 258 6.2% Away 33-35 -93.2-5.6 0.4 17 43-185 4.3 46.2% 197 8.4% 23 41-197 4.7 58.8% 278 11.9% Home 35-22 80.7 1.8 0.3 22 40-172 4.3 66.5% 284 3.8% 20 41-144 3.5 55.0% 232 8.6% at UCLA Nick Starkel 6-13-62-0-0 Trayveon Williams 22-203-9.2-2 Christian Kirk 5-60-12.0-0 Texas A&M Wake Forest Presbytrian Kendall Hinton 7-8-124-2-0 Arkeem Byrd 7-75-10.7-0 Greg Dortch 4-55-13.8-2 Nicholls Kellen Mond 12-21-105-1-0 Kendall Bussey 15-97-6.5-1 Christian Kirk 6-47-7.8-1 Texas A&M QB/WR at Boston College John Wolford 13-19-151-1-0 John Wolford 20-92-4.6-1 Greg Dortch 6-56-9.3-1 Louisiana Kellen Mond 21-34-301-3-1 Jacob Kibodi 4-101-25.3-1 Damion Ratley 2-86-43.0-0 1.13 Utah St John Wolford 12-22-242-2-0 Arkeem Byrd 19-120-6.3-1 Tabari Hines 5-129-25.8-0 Arkansas Kellen Mond 14-27-216-2-1 Kellen Mond 10-109-10.9-0 Christian Kirk 5-110-22.0-2 Wake Forest DB's at Appalachian St John Wolford 14-27-176-2-0 John Wolford 13-77-5.9-0 Scotty Washington 4-79-19.8-0 South Carolina Kellen Mond 19-27-159-0-0 Kellen Mond 16-95-5.9-0 Jhamon Ausbon 3-43-14.3-0 Texas A&M RB's Florida St John Wolford 24-34-271-0-1 John Wolford 19-63-3.3-1 Greg Dortch 10-110-11.0-0 Alabama Kellen Mond 19-29-237-1-1 Trayveon Williams 15-38-2.5-0 Trayveon Williams 4-60-15.0-0 0.37 at Clemson Kendall Hinton 14-30-203-2-0 Kendall Hinton 24-92-3.8-0 Greg Dortch 5-78-15.6-0 at Florida Kellen Mond 8-24-180-0-1 Kellen Mond 15-52-3.5-1 Damion Ratley 2-72-36.0-0 Wake Forest LB's Texas A&M OL at Georgia Tech John Wolford 17-30-252-2-1 Cade Carney 19-92-4.8-0 Greg Dortch 8-125-15.6-0 Miss St Nick Starkel 8-15-133-1-1 Trayveon Williams 10-32-3.2-0 Camron Buckley 2-88-44.0-1 0.56 Louisville John Wolford 28-34-461-5-0 Matt Colburn II 24-134-5.6-0 Greg Dortch 10-167-16.7-4 Auburn Nick Starkel 11-22-184-2-0 Trayveon Williams 15-103-6.9-0 Damion Ratley 4-82-20.5-2 Wake Forest DL at Notre Dame John Wolford 28-45-331-2-1 Matt Colburn II 20-120-6.0-1 Alex Bachman 8-116-14.5-1 New Mexico Nick Starkel 21-30-416-4-0 Trayveon Williams 7-28-4.0-1 Roshauud Paul 7-129-18.4-0 Texas A&M DL at Syracuse John Wolford 25-38-363-3-0 Matt Colburn II 31-237-7.6-2 Tabari Hines 9-124-13.8-0 at Mississippi Nick Starkel 19-32-272-1-1 Trayveon Williams 26-75-2.9-0 Damion Ratley 5-111-22.2-1 0.50 NC State John Wolford 19-28-247-3-1 Matt Colburn II 12-38-3.2-1 Tabari Hines 8-139-17.4-3 at LSU Nick Starkel 16-30-227-2-3 Trayveon Williams 17-55-3.2-1 Christian Kirk 7-78-11.1-1 Wake Forest OL Duke John Wolford 16-33-191-2-2 John Wolford 12-48-4.0-0 Alex Bachman 3-90-30.0-1 Texas A&M LB'S Wake Forest 1.32 Texas A&M None By Game Yardage Leaders Texas A&M Leaders Passing Kellen Mond 117-227-1375-8-6 Trayveon Williams 166-733-4.4-7 Christian Kirk 58-730-12.6-7 Texas A&M DB's John Wolford 207-325-2792-25-6 Matt Colburn II 145-754-5.2-6 Greg Dortch 53-722-13.6-9 Nick Starkel 81-142-1294-10-5 Keith Ford 122-493-4.0-11 Damion Ratley 26-603-23.2-6 1.32 Wake Forest Leaders Kendall Hinton 27-47-399-4-0 John Wolford 125-615-4.9-10 Tabari Hines 45-625-13.9-5 Jake Hubenak 13-17-98-0-0 Kellen Mond 89-340-3.8-3 Jhamon Ausbon 38-459-12.1-2 Wake Forest QB/WR Jamie Newman 2-4-8-0-1 Arkeem Byrd 74-378-5.1-1 Scotty Washington 36-573-15.9-2 Last Five Years Meetings (Last 17 years at PhilSteele.com) Return to Table of Contents Projected Box 121 Texas A&M Projected 129 yards Texas A&M Wake Forest 298 yards Projected Passing Texas A&M Wake Forest Projected Yardage Total 427 yards Texas A&M Wake Forest Projected Final Experience Rankings 182 yards 294 yards 476 yards 30 points Texas A&M Wake Forest 37 points 32 55 Texas A&M Wake Forest 10 2.32 6.22 Texas A&M Aggies Position by Position Edges By Game Yardage Leaders Passing Wake Forest Team Schedule Strength 0.01 LEADERS & TEAM AVERAGES Wake Forest RB's Texas A&M ST's Texas A&M Pts Wake Forest Pts POSITIONAL EDGE AWARDED TO: Category Las Vegas Line Wake Forest ST's Wake Forest By 3 Texas A&M K Wake Forest K Texas A&M Coaches Wake Forest Coaches Texas A&M By 3.15 Points Wake Forest Demon Deacons 1.75 3.07 Las Vegas Total +/- Ratings Game Grade Computer Yards Computer Points Phil Steele Team & Margin 64.5 Points Wake Forest By 6.5 Wake Forest By 8.6 Wake Forest 476-427 Wake Forest 37-30 Wake Forest by 7 Phil's Forecast: WF had an ugly start on OFF under HC Clawson took over as the horrible OL avg just 216 ypg in 14 & in 15 he went to 4 frosh starters on the OL & had just 330 & 311 ypg the L2Y. The unit has now become a strength, going from 3.6 ypc & 39 sacks in 16 to 4.5 ypc & 17 sacks. Not coincidentally, Wolford has become a better QB, having a negative ratio each of his F3Y & 25-6 TY. WF avg 451 ypg & 34 ppg. The Deacons D is allowing 444 ypg & 38 yards above what their foes come in avg & the L/4 weeks they allowed 569 ypg. A&M was just 1-5 vs bowl teams, while WF was 4-5 vs a tougher sked. A&M fired Sumlin. QB Starkel returned from inj & in his 5 starts, the Aggies avg 36 ppg. The D allowed the L/5 P5 foes 37 ppg. I ll call for WF to win by a td. Wake Forest 37 Texas A&M 30

WAKE FOREST (7-5) ATS: 8-3-1 O/U: 6-6 BELK BOWL Friday, December 29, 2017 1:00 pm ESPN Bank of America Charlotte, NC COMPUTER PROJECTIONS WF A&M 202 rush yd 113 286 pass yd 330 38 pts 31 +7 ytd to +4 #19 sked #45 CHECKLIST WF A&M 4 QB RB 4 WR 1/2 1/2 OL DL 4 LB 4 DB 44 CCH 41/2 SITE MTCH INT 41/2 ST 44 SKED OVERALL WAKE FOREST BY 1 4 s TEXAS A&M (7-5) ATS: 7-4-1 O/U: 6-6

TM DATE SCORE W/L OFF DEF ST OFF DEF ST TM DATE SCORE W/L OFF DEF ST OFF DEF ST TM TM +/- +/- REC CONF CONF NC State Wolfpack 8-4 7-5 Arizona St Sun Devils Wolfpack Logs ACC PAC 12 Sun Devils Logs TEAM --PS RANK-- 6-2 6-3 TM TEAM --PS RANK-- TM +/- +/- NCAA RANKINGS REC CONF CONF 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 127 113 9/2 South Carolina 28-35 L 26 20 36 22 32 126 2017 TEAM RANKINGS 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 113 102 8/31 New Mexico St 37-31 W 33 48 90 60 94 110 0-1 1-0 0-0 0-0 122 104 9/9 Marshall 37-20 W 29 19 36 93 43 55 1-0 1-0 0-0 0-0 112 116 9/9 San Diego St 20-30 L 47 48 90 79 49 10 NC State Arizona St 1-1 0-0 122 9/16 Furman 49-16 W 34 20 103 1-1 1-0 0-0 0-0 111 125 9/16 at Texas Tech 45-52 L 61 57 121 31 66 129 2-1 0-1 0-0 0-0 121 136 12 9/23 at Florida St 27-21 W 30 30 76 59 5 110 #51 Rush Off #50 1-2 3-0 0-0 0-0 113 130 24 9/23 Oregon 37-35 W 60 61 106 3 32 59 3-1 2-2 1-0 0-0 126 114 9/30 Syracuse 33-25 W 32 27 103 63 68 27 #29 Pass Off #49 2-2 2-2 1-0 1-1 117 128 9/30 at Stanford 24-34 L 55 64 106 8 30 9 4-1 4-1 2-0 1-1 125 124 24 17 10/5 Louisville 39-25 W 29 26 69 9 27 33 #30 Total Off #40 2-3 1-1 118 10/7 55 66 86 5-1 2-4 3-0 0-2 127 117 20 10/14 at Pittsburgh 35-17 W 28 26 110 78 73 13 #45 Off #40 2-3 6-0 1-1 3-0 118 141 5 10/14 Washington 13-7 W 51 69 117 19 11 45 6-1 4-0 129 16 10/21 26 24 94 #7 Sks Allowed #122 3-3 4-2 2-1 1-2 123 125 10/21 at Utah 30-10 W 58 56 107 43 29 12 6-1 6-1 4-0 4-1 129 140 14 9 10/28 at Notre Dame 14-35 L 26 25 98 5 17 91 #29 Rush Def #82 4-3 6-2 3-1 4-1 128 126 21 10/28 USC 17-48 L 57 44 83 17 14 43 6-2 7-1 4-0 5-1 128 137 20 6 11/4 Clemson 31-38 L 32 30 87 14 2 112 #97 Pass Def #118 4-4 5-4 3-2 2-4 123 117 11/4 Colorado 41-30 W 62 53 77 51 64 26 6-3 5-4 4-1 3-3 128 126 11/11 at Boston College 17-14 W 29 33 101 68 26 85 #52 Total Def #109 5-4 4-5 4-2 2-4 123 116 11/11 at UCLA 37-44 L 48 47 82 22 63 78 7-3 6-4 5-1 3-3 129 129 25 11/18 at Wake Forest 24-30 L 30 32 90 33 66 73 #49 Def #88 5-5 1-9 4-3 0-7 120 108 11/18 at Oregon St 40-24 W 38 47 71 88 99 88 7-4 3-8 5-2 1-6 129 118 11/25 North Carolina 33-21 W 32 30 90 64 53 23 #48 Sks By #17 6-5 7-4 5-3 5-3 121 121 11/25 Arizona 42-30 W 34 41 60 6 77 82 8-4 6-2 129 12/2 29 28 101 #34 Ypg Diff #84 7-5 6-3 122 12/2 32 42 36 8-4 7-5 6-2 6-3 129 122 12/29 Arizona St 26 28 102 27 45 33 +5 Total TO's +5 7-5 8-4 6-3 6-2 122 129 12/29 NC State 27 45 33 26 28 102 Net Comp Yds Net Comp Yds Yds FD TO's FD RA-RY YPC Att Pass Sks FD RA-RY YPC Att Pass Sks Yds FD TO's FD RA-RY YPC Att Pass Sks FD RA-RY YPC Att Pass Sks South Carolina 28-35 258 17-1 29 35-89 2.5 45-64 415 4 12 21-31 1.5 17-29 215 3 New Mexico St 37-31 -149-8 2 19 40-79 2.0 24-30 321 7 27 30-151 5.0 40-58 398 6 Marshall 37-20 34 5 2 23 33-144 4.4 29-36 341 2 18 25-101 4.0 26-43 350 1 San Diego St 20-30 -10 1-1 15 31-44 1.4 20-33 298 5 14 43-279 6.5 9-18 73 4 Furman 49-16 161 9 3 25 39-242 6.2 24-30 248 1 16 47-133 2.8 11-19 196 2 at Texas Tech 45-52 -121-6 0 27 44-168 3.8 27-41 326 3 33 29-72 2.5 37-50 543 3 at Florida St 27-21 -17 6 1 21 37-110 3.0 23-33 255 1 15 26-104 4.0 22-39 278 4 Oregon 37-35 88 3 0 23 53-142 2.7 24-39 347 4 20 30-120 4.0 19-35 281 2 Syracuse 33-25 18 9 1 29 47-256 5.4 21-34 206 0 20 30-59 2.0 30-48 385 3 at Stanford 24-34 -95 5-1 22 46-214 4.7 16-25 195 3 17 33-331 10.0 15-24 173 0 Louisville 39-25 50-2 0 23 39-153 3.9 20-32 367 0 25 29-116 4.0 26-48 354 4 at Pittsburgh 35-17 120-2 2 18 38-248 6.5 14-25 198 0 20 32-95 3.0 24-45 231 1 Washington 13-7 55 3 0 17 32-40 1.3 29-41 245 2 14 31-91 2.9 17-30 139 5 at Utah 30-10 80 3 3 21 46-205 4.5 19-29 140 1 18 25-110 4.4 19-35 155 2 at Notre Dame 14-35 -159-11 -1 14 24-50 2.1 17-37 213 1 25 54-318 5.9 10-19 104 2 USC 17-48 -250-14 0 15 30-79 2.6 18-31 278 6 29 46-341 7.4 19-35 266 3 Clemson 31-38 76 8-1 27 34-153 4.5 31-50 338 1 19 35-224 6.4 20-38 191 0 Colorado 41-30 129 4 1 27 54-381 7.1 18-34 202 0 23 39-109 2.8 23-41 345 5 at Boston College 17-14 20-3 0 17 40-217 5.4 14-33 150 1 20 54-236 4.4 10-22 111 5 at UCLA 37-44 11 4 0 29 61-294 4.8 21-37 290 2 25 33-192 5.8 25-45 381 0 at Wake Forest 24-30 168 10-2 28 42-175 4.2 34-52 327 1 18 28-87 3.1 19-28 247 0 at Oregon St 40-24 78 1 2 24 49-286 5.8 12-19 167 1 23 33-106 3.2 26-37 269 2 North Carolina 33-21 136 3 1 25 45-292 6.5 20-30 204 0 22 24-83 3.5 21-45 277 2 Arizona 42-30 -49-6 -1 18 49-227 4.6 11-17 163 4 24 51-245 4.8 15-21 194 3 Arizona St NC State NC State Wolfpack LEADERS & TEAM AVERAGES Arizona St Sun Devils Average 31-25 72.1 4.1 0.4 23 38-177 4.7 64.0% 272 2.6% 19 34-132 3.9 55.8% 245 6.4% Average 32-31 -19.4-0.8 0.4 21 45-180 4.0 63.6% 248 10.1% 22 35-179 5.1 61.5% 268 8.2% Conference 30-24 71.4 3.6 0.3 24 40-201 5.0 61.2% 256 1.4% 20 32-126 3.9 55.0% 259 6.1% Conference 31-29 5.2 0.3 0.4 22 47-208 4.4 61.8% 225 8.5% 21 36-183 5.1 58.7% 245 7.3% Away 24-25 65.0 2.8-0.2 21 36-148 4.1 60.2% 260 3.3% 18 36-145 4.1 56.0% 198 8.2% Home 30-30 -26.6-2.4 0.1 19 41-142 3.4 64.0% 265 12.4% 22 39-191 4.9 59.7% 242 11.8% South Carolina Ryan Finley 45-64-415-2-0 Nyheim Hines 15-81-5.4-1 Kelvin Harmon 10-114-11.4-0 NC State Arizona St New Mexico St Manny Wilkins 22-27-300-2-0 Kalen Ballage 18-79-4.4-2 John Humphrey 7-123-17.6-1 Marshall Ryan Finley 29-36-341-3-0 Reggie Gallaspy 12-61-5.1-2 Kelvin Harmon 9-121-13.4-1 NC State QB/WR San Diego St Manny Wilkins 20-33-298-2-0 Kalen Ballage 15-44-2.9-1 Frank Darby 3-111-37.0-1 Furman Ryan Finley 22-27-231-1-0 Nyheim Hines 11-92-8.4-1 Jaylen Samuels 6-75-12.5-0 1.10 at Texas Tech Manny Wilkins 27-41-326-3-0 Kalen Ballage 16-56-3.5-1 N'Keal Harry 13-148-11.4-1 at Florida St Ryan Finley 22-32-230-2-0 Nyheim Hines 24-94-3.9-0 Jakobi Meyers 5-112-22.4-1 Arizona St DB's Oregon Manny Wilkins 24-39-347-1-0 Demario Richard 21-64-3.0-1 N'Keal Harry 7-170-24.3-1 Syracuse Ryan Finley 20-33-186-1-0 Nyheim Hines 19-115-6.1-1 Stephen Louis 4-67-16.8-1 NC State RB's at Stanford Manny Wilkins 15-24-181-0-2 Demario Richard 22-80-3.6-2 Demario Richard 3-57-19.0-0 Louisville Ryan Finley 20-31-367-1-0 Nyheim Hines 18-102-5.7-2 Kelvin Harmon 6-133-22.2-1 0.30 at Pittsburgh Ryan Finley 14-25-198-1-0 Nyheim Hines 16-135-8.4-1 Kelvin Harmon 3-113-37.7-0 Arizona St LB's Washington Manny Wilkins 29-41-245-0-0 Demario Richard 8-23-2.9-0 N'Keal Harry 9-79-8.8-0 NC State OL at Utah Manny Wilkins 19-29-140-0-1 Demario Richard 18-93-5.2-1 N'Keal Harry 8-72-9.0-0 at Notre Dame Ryan Finley 17-37-213-1-1 Reggie Gallaspy 11-47-4.3-0 Kelvin Harmon 7-97-13.9-1 0.45 USC Manny Wilkins 17-29-259-1-0 Demario Richard 15-70-4.7-0 Kyle Williams 7-121-17.3-1 Clemson Ryan Finley 31-50-338-3-2 Reggie Gallaspy 6-46-7.7-0 Kelvin Harmon 8-155-19.4-1 Arizona St DL Colorado Manny Wilkins 18-34-202-2-0 Demario Richard 25-189-7.6-1 N'Keal Harry 6-81-13.5-1 at Boston College Ryan Finley 13-32-146-0-1 Nyheim Hines 19-110-5.8-1 Kelvin Harmon 5-68-13.6-0 NC State DL at UCLA Manny Wilkins 21-37-290-1-1 Demario Richard 21-125-6.0-1 N'Keal Harry 6-95-15.8-1 at Wake Forest Ryan Finley 34-52-327-1-1 Jaylen Samuels 7-50-7.1-1 Kelvin Harmon 8-105-13.1-0 1.14 at Oregon St Manny Wilkins 12-19-167-2-0 Demario Richard 17-119-7.0-3 N'Keal Harry 3-68-22.7-0 North Carolina Ryan Finley 20-30-204-0-1 Nyheim Hines 22-196-8.9-2 Jakobi Meyers 7-101-14.4-0 Arizona St OL Arizona Manny Wilkins 11-17-163-3-1 Demario Richard 22-165-7.5-2 Frank Darby 1-48-48.0-0 NC State LB'S Arizona St 0.31 NC State None By Game Yardage Leaders Passing Position by Position Edges By Game Yardage Leaders NC State Leaders Ryan Finley 287-449-3196-16-6 Nyheim Hines 181-1040-5.7-9 Kelvin Harmon 65-993-15.3-4 NC State DB's Manny Wilkins 235-370-2918-17-5 Demario Richard 185-977-5.3-12 N'Keal Harry 73-1000-13.7-7 Jaylen Samuels 1-2-25-0-0 Reggie Gallaspy 105-436-4.2-5 Jakobi Meyers 56-651-11.6-4 1.30 Arizona St Leaders Blake Barnett 3-5-40-0-1 Kalen Ballage 153-657-4.3-6 Kyle Williams 59-678-11.5-6 Gavin Locklear 1-1-20-0-0 Jaylen Samuels 72-387-5.4-11 Jaylen Samuels 68-547-8.0-4 Arizona St QB/WR N'Keal Harry 1-1-14-1-0 Manny Wilkins 130-269-2.1-6 Jalen Harvey 33-558-16.9-1 Last Five Years Meetings (Last 17 years at PhilSteele.com) Return to Table of Contents 281 yards NC State Arizona St 261 yards NC State Coaches 7 Projected Box Projected 188 yards NC State Arizona St 121 yards 470 yards NC State 32 points NC State Projected Passing Projected Yardage Total Projected Final Team Schedule Strength 16 NC State Experience Rankings NC State Arizona St 26 points 2.99 NC State ST's NC State K Arizona St K Arizona St 382 yards Arizona St Coaches Arizona St 54 Arizona St 28 Arizona St RB's Arizona St ST's NC State Pts Arizona St Pts 0.35 1.63 POSITIONAL EDGE AWARDED TO: Arizona St By 0.60 Points 3.59 Category Las Vegas Line Las Vegas Total +/- Ratings Game Grade Computer Yards Computer Points Phil Steele Team & Margin NC State By 6.5 59.5 Points NC State By 6.0 NC State By 7.4 NC State 470-382 NC State 32-27 Arizona St by 1 Passing Phil's Forecast: The P12 his historically good in this bowl, winning 5 of the L/6 & usually has the crowd. NCSt has one of the nation s best DL, led by Nagurski winner B. Chubb. The OFF s are close, but the Wolfpack has my #23 D & the Sun Devils check in at #55. ASt has a large on ST s. ASt faced 11 bowl teams & went 5-2-1 ATS as a dog, including 4 outright upsets. I was very high on the Wolfpack TY & they didn t disappoint, outgaining both Clemson & SC in losses & getting stopped at the WF GL down 7 at the end. The Wolfpack were just 1-7 ATS as a favorite. The talent gap isn t big and ASt will be playing 1 final game for HC Graham, who in his 6th yr brought in all these recruits & I ll call for the outright upset, making this a Best Bet selection. Best Bet: Arizona St 28 (+) NC State 27

NC STATE (8-4) ATS: 4-8 O/U: 4-8 SUN BOWL Friday, December 29, 2017 2:00 pm CBS Sun Bowl Stadium El Paso, TX COMPUTER PROJECTIONS NCST ASU 200 rush yd 131 272 pass yd 223 32 pts 24 +5 ytd to +5 #23 sked #25 CHECKLIST NCST ASU QB RB 4 WR 1/2 4 OL 41/2 DL LB 1/2 DB CCH SITE 4 4 MTCH INT 444 ST 44 SKED OVERALL ARIZONA ST BY 3 4 s ARIZONA ST (7-5) ATS: 7-4-1 O/U: 5-7

TM DATE SCORE W/L OFF DEF ST OFF DEF ST TM DATE SCORE W/L OFF DEF ST OFF DEF ST TM REC CONF CONF Northwestern Wildcats Wildcats Logs 9-3 7-5 BIG 10 SEC TEAM --PS RANK-- 7-2 4-4 TM TM +/- +/- TM +/- +/- NCAA RANKINGS REC CONF CONF Kentucky Wildcats Wildcats Logs TEAM --PS RANK-- 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 124 108 9/2 Nevada 31-20 W 24 26 115 90 108 109 2017 TEAM RANKINGS 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 121 104 9/2 at Southern Miss 24-17 W 51 35 31 82 93 66 1-0 1-0 0-0 0-0 123 123 9/9 at Duke 17-41 L 26 28 115 51 51 110 1-0 0-0 119 9/9 Eastern Kentucky 27-16 W 64 27 31 Northwestern Kentucky 1-1 0-2 0-0 0-0 119 100 9/16 Bowling Green 49-7 W 39 31 74 105 121 43 2-0 2-0 0-0 1-0 116 123 7 9/16 at South Carolina 23-13 W 67 32 25 37 23 65 2-1 0-0 123 9/23 35 35 82 #71 Rush Off #58 3-0 1-1 1-0 1-0 121 126 20 9/23 Florida 27-28 L 70 33 30 66 26 6 2-1 3-0 0-0 0-0 123 138 10 9/30 at Wisconsin 24-33 L 35 34 77 17 13 55 #51 Pass Off #100 3-1 2-1 1-1 0-1 121 107 9/30 Eastern Michigan 24-20 W 68 36 31 106 80 75 2-2 5-0 0-1 2-0 125 139 4 10/7 Penn St 7-31 L 47 34 85 15 9 12 #59 Total Off #103 4-1 1-3 1-1 0-2 119 104 10/7 Missouri 40-34 W 78 35 37 26 85 49 2-3 3-2 0-2 1-1 123 112 10/14 at Maryland 37-21 W 52 29 74 57 58 66 #53 Off #86 5-1 2-1 117 10/14 77 37 11 3-3 4-2 1-2 1-2 124 122 10/21 Iowa 17-10 W 46 31 60 79 37 20 #88 Sks Allowed #88 5-1 4-2 2-1 1-2 117 121 10/21 at Miss St 7-45 L 78 39 11 24 33 29 4-3 6-1 2-2 4-0 124 124 16 10/28 Michigan St 39-31 W 58 27 97 48 16 124 #9 Rush Def #59 5-2 3-4 2-2 0-4 113 116 10/28 Tennessee 29-26 W 86 47 19 82 46 8 5-3 4-4 3-2 3-2 125 115 11/4 at Nebraska 31-24 W 49 31 46 54 61 27 #100 Pass Def #113 6-2 3-5 3-2 1-4 113 112 11/4 Mississippi 34-37 L 80 51 19 18 78 51 6-3 4-5 4-2 2-4 125 117 11/11 Purdue 23-13 W 49 29 59 70 54 71 #38 Total Def #90 6-3 4-5 3-3 0-5 111 113 11/11 at Vanderbilt 44-21 W 71 57 25 90 50 119 7-3 5-5 5-2 2-5 125 118 11/18 Minnesota 39-0 W 45 30 48 111 58 44 #19 Def #81 7-3 9-1 4-3 6-1 116 134 7 11/18 at Georgia 13-42 L 64 50 18 9 14 13 8-3 2-9 6-2 0-8 129 104 23 11/25 at Illinois 42-7 W 44 25 39 123 81 67 #31 Sks By #39 7-4 7-4 4-4 4-4 115 127 11/25 Louisville 17-44 L 73 58 14 4 42 87 9-3 7-2 131 20 12/2 38 23 49 #44 Ypg Diff #107 7-5 4-4 112 12/2 69 67 19 9-3 7-5 7-2 4-4 131 112 20 12/29 Kentucky 34 18 49 68 70 20 +5 Total TO's +5 7-5 9-3 4-4 7-2 112 131 12/29 Northwestern 68 70 20 34 18 49 Net Defense Net Defense Comp Yds Comp Yds Comp Yds Comp Yds Yds FD TO's FD RA-RY YPC Att Pass Sks FD RA-RY YPC Att Pass Sks Yds FD TO's FD RA-RY YPC Att Pass Sks FD RA-RY YPC Att Pass Sks Nevada 31-20 167 8 0 27 50-156 3.1 28-38 352 1 19 26-142 5.5 16-37 199 0 at Southern Miss 24-17 -110-7 2 12 35-78 2.2 11-20 176 1 19 38-55 1.4 22-40 309 2 at Duke 17-41 -347-19 -1 15 21-22 1.0 14-33 169 4 34 59-233 3.9 29-45 305 1 Eastern Kentucky 27-16 118 5 2 22 39-207 5.3 16-24 229 3 17 20-62 3.1 31-43 256 1 Bowling Green 49-7 326 9-1 30 43-303 7.0 24-31 375 2 21 30-96 3.2 27-44 256 3 at South Carolina 23-13 -5 6 0 20 47-184 3.9 16-26 169 1 14 20-54 2.7 24-37 304 2 Florida 27-28 -55 1 1 21 32-120 3.8 18-27 220 4 20 36-186 5.2 17-27 209 1 at Wisconsin 24-33 -62 7 1 20 34-25 0.7 29-45 219 8 13 37-109 2.9 11-20 197 2 Eastern Michigan 24-20 -84-4 2 16 37-53 1.4 18-27 175 5 20 27-13 0.5 27-47 299 5 Penn St 7-31 -116-8 -3 15 30-67 2.2 23-43 198 4 23 38-95 2.5 29-41 286 5 Missouri 40-34 -82-2 1 22 39-188 4.8 22-37 298 1 24 33-213 6.5 22-43 355 1 at Maryland 37-21 191 11-2 30 44-238 5.4 27-49 293 1 19 31-85 2.7 17-38 255 2 Iowa 17-10 27 7 1 21 46-147 3.2 21-36 192 3 14 33-89 2.7 19-33 223 2 at Miss St 7-45 -181-11 -2 14 29-115 4.0 14-30 145 3 25 48-282 5.9 19-27 159 0 Michigan St 39-31 -108 0 1 28 28-64 2.3 34-50 368 1 28 31-95 3.1 39-57 445 1 Tennessee 29-26 -74-10 -4 17 36-289 8.0 7-16 82 0 27 55-203 3.7 18-23 242 7 at Nebraska 31-24 138 5 1 26 45-232 5.2 19-35 243 0 21 31-112 3.6 21-38 225 1 Mississippi 34-37 -18-2 0 23 45-219 4.9 20-25 236 4 25 26-91 3.5 31-41 382 3 Purdue 23-13 -48 0 1 22 38-94 2.5 26-46 296 1 22 22-40 1.8 38-61 398 3 at Vanderbilt 44-21 59 0 3 21 47-232 4.9 13-17 195 1 21 20-60 3.0 30-43 308 5 Minnesota 39-0 181 15 5 22 55-277 5.0 9-13 86 2 7 38-139 3.7 2-11 43 6 at Georgia 13-42 -242-8 0 17 37-124 3.4 12-23 138 3 25 44-381 8.7 9-14 123 1 at Illinois 42-7 207 10 2 21 47-306 6.5 13-21 140 2 11 33-100 3.0 14-31 139 4 Louisville 17-44 -224-12 0 20 43-228 5.3 8-19 110 3 32 43-346 8.0 15-21 216 0 Kentucky Northwestern Northwestern Wildcats LEADERS & TEAM AVERAGES Kentucky Wildcats Average 30-20 46.3 3.8 0.4 23 40-161 4.0 60.7% 244 6.6% 19 34-111 3.3 57.5% 248 6.6% Average 26-29 -74.8-3.7 0.4 19 39-170 4.4 60.1% 181 10.0% 22 34-162 4.7 65.3% 264 6.9% Conference 29-19 45.6 5.2 0.8 23 41-161 4.0 59.5% 226 6.5% 18 33-96 2.9 57.6% 246 7.9% Conference 27-31 -74.8-3.3-0.1 19 39-184 4.7 60.7% 185 8.5% 23 35-184 5.2 66.7% 260 7.8% Away 30-25 25.4 2.8 0.2 22 38-165 4.3 55.7% 213 8.2% 20 38-128 3.3 53.5% 224 5.8% Home 28-29 -59.9-3.4 0.3 20 39-186 4.8 62.3% 193 11.4% 24 34-159 4.6 65.7% 280 7.3% Nevada Clayton Thorson 28-38-352-2-1 Justin Jackson 30-109-3.6-0 Bennett Skowronek 8-123-15.4-0 Northwestern Kentucky at Southern Miss Stephen Johnson 11-20-176-1-0 Benny Snell 20-67-3.4-0 C.J Conrad 3-97-32.3-1 at Duke Clayton Thorson 11-29-120-0-2 Justin Jackson 7-18-2.6-1 Riley Lees 2-31-15.5-1 Northwestern QB/WR Eastern Kentucky Stephen Johnson 15-22-224-1-0 Benny Snell 19-103-5.4-1 Blake Bone 3-93-31.0-0 Bowling Green Clayton Thorson 23-30-370-2-0 Justin Jackson 18-121-6.7-3 Garrett Dickerson 9-150-16.7-0 1.35 at South Carolina Stephen Johnson 16-25-169-0-1 Benny Snell 32-102-3.2-2 Garrett Johnson 4-41-10.3-0 Kentucky DB's Florida Stephen Johnson 17-25-196-3-0 Sihiem King 5-64-12.8-0 Garrett Johnson 4-56-14.0-1 at Wisconsin Clayton Thorson 29-45-219-3-2 Jeremy Larkin 7-37-5.3-0 Flynn Nagel 5-52-10.4-0 Northwestern RB's Eastern Michigan Stephen Johnson 18-27-175-2-0 Benny Snell 21-75-3.6-1 Garrett Johnson 8-61-7.6-0 Penn St Clayton Thorson 19-36-142-0-2 Justin Jackson 16-66-4.1-0 Macan Wilson 4-39-9.8-0 0.74 Missouri Stephen Johnson 22-36-298-2-1 Benny Snell 20-117-5.9-2 Garrett Johnson 7-111-15.9-1 at Maryland Clayton Thorson 27-49-293-1-2 Justin Jackson 28-171-6.1-2 Macan Wilson 5-74-14.8-0 Kentucky LB's Iowa Clayton Thorson 21-36-192-0-0 Justin Jackson 25-93-3.7-0 Macan Wilson 5-47-9.4-0 Northwestern OL at Miss St Stephen Johnson 13-28-117-0-2 Stephen Johnson 6-54-9.0-0 Lynn Bowden Jr. 3-38-12.7-0 Michigan St Clayton Thorson 33-48-356-2-0 Justin Jackson 17-41-2.4-1 Flynn Nagel 8-87-10.9-1 0.55 Tennessee Stephen Johnson 6-15-46-0-0 Benny Snell 27-180-6.7-3 Tavin Richardson 3-52-17.3-0 at Nebraska Clayton Thorson 19-35-243-0-2 Justin Jackson 31-154-5.0-1 Macan Wilson 5-107-21.4-0 Kentucky DL Mississippi Stephen Johnson 19-24-204-1-0 Benny Snell 28-176-6.3-3 C.J Conrad 5-75-15.0-1 Purdue Clayton Thorson 26-46-296-1-0 Justin Jackson 25-46-1.8-0 Bennett Skowronek 7-117-16.7-1 Northwestern DL at Vanderbilt Stephen Johnson 13-17-195-0-0 Benny Snell 17-116-6.8-3 Lynn Bowden Jr. 3-79-26.3-0 Minnesota Clayton Thorson 9-13-86-3-0 Justin Jackson 31-166-5.4-0 Garrett Dickerson 2-26-13.0-2 1.21 at Georgia Stephen Johnson 12-22-138-0-0 Benny Snell 22-94-4.3-1 Blake Bone 1-45-45.0-0 at Illinois Clayton Thorson 13-21-140-1-1 Justin Jackson 18-144-8.0-1 Bennett Skowronek 1-52-52.0-0 Kentucky OL Louisville Stephen Johnson 8-19-110-0-0 Benny Snell 29-211-7.3-2 Kayaune Ross 3-44-14.7-0 Northwestern LB'S Kentucky 0.67 Northwestern None By Game Yardage Leaders Passing Position by Position Edges By Game Yardage Leaders Passing Northwestern Leaders Clayton Thorson 258-426-2809-15-12 Justin Jackson 255-1154-4.5-9 Bennett Skowronek 42-619-14.7-5 Northwestern DB's Stephen Johnson 170-280-2048-10-4 Benny Snell 256-1318-5.1-18 Garrett Johnson 46-500-10.9-2 Matt Alviti 7-11-105-1-0 Jeremy Larkin 75-391-5.2-5 Flynn Nagel 46-474-10.3-2 0.40 Kentucky Leaders Lynn Bowden Jr 3-4-92-0-1 Stephen Johnson 97-358-3.7-3 C.J Conrad 16-286-17.9-4 Justin Jackson 1-1-12-1-0 Corey Acker 4-88-22.0-1 Macan Wilson 32-446-13.9-1 Kentucky QB/WR Drew Barker 2-4-33-0-0 Sihiem King 72-334-4.6-2 Tavin Richardson 22-282-12.8-1 Last Five Years Meetings (Last 17 years at PhilSteele.com) Return to Table of Contents Projected Box 173 yards Northwestern Projected Kentucky Projected Passing 124 yards 253 yards Northwestern Kentucky 201 yards Projected Yardage Total 427 yards Northwestern Kentucky 325 yards Projected Final 30 points Northwestern Kentucky 16 points Experience Rankings 17 Northwestern Kentucky Team Schedule Strength 20 45 Northwestern Kentucky 56 1.15 6.08 Kentucky RB's Northwestern ST's Category 0.22 Las Vegas Line Kentucky ST's Northwestern By 7.5 Northwestern K Northwestern Pts 0.80 1.02 Las Vegas Total Computer Yards Team & Margin 51 Points Kentucky K +/- Ratings Northwestern Coaches Northwestern By 17.5 Kentucky Coaches Kentucky Pts Computer Points POSITIONAL EDGE AWARDED TO: Northwestern 30-16 Northwestern By 5.06 Points Game Grade Phil Steele Northwestern By 10.1 Northwestern 427-325 Northwestern by 15 Phil's Forecast: If KY holds the rush, they usually win. If they outrushed their opponent they were 6-1. They lost 3 games by 38, 29 & 27, being outrushed by 181 ypg. 2 of those rush D s were in the Top 25. Here they run into the #10 rush D in NW. NW has career rush leader in Jackson, and in the L/4 games rushed for 227 ypg & 4.9 ypc. I always think of HC Fitzgerald as great as a dog & poor as a favorite. He opened his career just 14-30-1 in the favorites role, but is actually 13-7 ATS the L3Y as a favorite. KY is -75 ypg & NW is + 46 ypg. NW will have the rush & come into this as the hottest team in college football, winning their L/7 both SU & ATS. NW has s at almost every position with KY s only being the crowd with Lexington just 214 miles away. I ll call for NW to win by over 2 td s. Northwestern 31 Kentucky 16

KENTUCKY (7-5) ATS: 3-9 O/U: 6-6 MUSIC CITY BOWL Friday, December 29, 2017 4:30 pm ESPN Nissan Stadium Nashville, TN COMPUTER PROJECTIONS UK NW 129 rush yd 203 195 pass yd 218 16 pts 33 +5 ytd to +5 #52 sked #61 CHECKLIST UK NW QB 1/2 RB 1/2 WR 4 OL DL 44 LB 41/2 DB 44 CCH 4 41/2 SITE MTCH 44 INT 4 ST SKED OVERALL NORTHWESTERN BY 8 4 s NORTHWESTERN(9-3) ATS: 9-3 O/U: 6-6

TM DATE SCORE W/L OFF DEF ST OFF DEF ST TM DATE SCORE W/L OFF DEF ST OFF DEF ST REC at Wisconsin 2017 TEAM RANKINGS at Arizona St 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 104 137 9 9/1 10-59 L 118 109 101 46 10 38 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 102 113 8/31 31-37 L 60 94 110 33 48 90 Idaho St at New Mexico 0-1 0-0 103 9/7 51-13 W 119 120 101 0-1 1-0 0-0 0-0 103 105 9/9 30-28 W 56 104 110 62 121 14 Utah St New Mexico St at Wake Forest Troy 1-1 2-0 0-0 1-0 105 124 9/16 10-46 L 111 116 55 86 61 36 1-1 1-1 0-0 0-0 105 103 9/16 24-27 L 47 99 120 80 55 102 at San Jose St Rush Off UTEP 1-2 1-3 0-0 0-0 103 92 9/23 61-10 W 118 117 54 123 118 54 #56 #125 1-2 0-3 0-1 0-1 103 87 9/23 41-14 W 49 95 116 129 129 85 BYU Pass Off at Arkansas 2-2 1-3 1-0 0-3 107 107 9/29 40-24 W 100 108 29 113 60 47 #71 #4 2-2 1-2 0-1 0-1 104 114 9/30 24-42 L 40 85 119 31 56 122 Colorado St Total Off at Appalachian St 3-2 3-2 1-0 1-0 111 122 10/7 14-27 L 104 104 29 38 87 59 #70 #27 2-3 2-2 0-1 1-0 103 111 10/7 31-45 L 41 92 116 75 74 84 Wyoming Off at GA Southern 3-3 3-2 1-1 1-0 110 106 10/14 23-28 L 108 103 4 123 92 62 #44 #55 2-4 0-4 0-2 0-1 104 91 10/14 35-27 W 40 94 124 127 116 99 at UNLV Sks Allowed 3-4 2-4 1-2 1-2 107 100 10/21 52-28 W 112 94 4 55 128 110 #68 #101 3-4 1-2 104 10/21 39 98 130 Boise St Rush Def Arkansas St 4-4 5-2 2-2 3-0 111 119 10/28 14-41 L 101 94 3 94 51 7 #117 #62 3-4 4-2 1-2 3-0 104 115 10/28 21-37 L 40 96 130 39 75 16 4-5 3-5 2-3 1-4 107 104 11/4 at New Mexico 24-10 W 102 96 2 87 97 38 #17 Pass Def #78 3-5 2-6 1-3 1-3 103 88 11/4 at Texas St 45-35 W 55 93 129 123 106 127 Total Def 5-5 3-3 109 11/11 108 96 2 #75 #67 4-5 2-3 103 11/11 50 95 130 Hawaii Def at Louisiana 5-5 3-7 3-3 1-6 109 91 11/18 38-0 W 108 98 3 81 126 126 #70 #87 4-5 4-5 2-3 3-2 103 98 11/18 34-47 L 44 96 129 98 104 69 at Air Force Sks By Idaho 6-5 4-7 4-3 3-4 113 106 11/25 35-38 L 105 94 2 75 123 55 #68 #6 4-6 3-7 2-4 2-4 99 95 11/25 17-10 W 48 98 123 111 110 118 6-6 4-4 111 12/2 94 94 2 #78 Ypg Diff #41 5-6 4-7 3-4 3-4 99 97 12/2 South Alabama 22-17 W 53 93 124 125 90 59 New Mexico St Total TO's 6-6 6-6 4-4 4-4 111 99 12/29 104 90 2 64 84 122 +4-1 6-6 4-4 99 12/9 64 84 122 TM CONF CONF TEAM --PS RANK-- 4-4 4-4 TM TM +/- +/- TM +/- +/- NCAA RANKINGS REC CONF CONF 6-6 4-4 111 12/29 Utah St 104 90 2 Net Comp Yds Net Comp Yds Yds FD TO's FD RA-RY YPC Att Pass Sks FD RA-RY YPC Att Pass Sks Yds FD TO's FD RA-RY YPC Att Pass Sks FD RA-RY YPC Att Pass Sks at Wisconsin 10-59 -174-9 -2 16 27-85 3.1 25-41 219 1 25 45-234 5.2 15-23 244 3 at Arizona St 31-37 149 8-2 27 30-151 5.0 40-58 398 6 19 40-79 2.0 24-30 321 7 Idaho St 51-13 293 15 0 30 49-255 5.2 27-32 341 2 15 38-113 3.0 17-31 190 2 at New Mexico 30-28 70 2 2 23 26-99 3.8 34-57 401 1 21 37-176 4.8 20-38 254 1 at Wake Forest 10-46 -321-15 -1 11 31-42 1.4 15-37 225 2 26 59-291 4.9 16-27 297 1 Troy 24-27 -94-8 0 18 17-51 3.0 32-45 331 0 26 38-190 5.0 25-41 286 1 at San Jose St 61-10 427 19 2 29 57-318 5.6 28-41 271 4 10 37-108 2.9 8-22 54 3 UTEP 41-14 235 6 3 21 29-179 6.2 26-43 283 0 15 36-135 3.8 10-34 92 3 BYU 40-24 -108-6 6 14 44-112 2.5 16-30 176 4 20 46-210 4.6 12-29 186 0 at Arkansas 24-42 -139-11 -1 18 14-11 0.8 23-38 344 2 29 51-230 4.5 19-26 264 0 Colorado St 14-27 -297-15 0 14 29-63 2.2 18-34 149 7 29 52-216 4.2 22-31 293 0 at Appalachian St 31-45 107 11-3 28 42-176 4.2 27-50 356 4 17 38-350 9.2 11-22 75 0 Wyoming 23-28 70 9-4 23 37-131 3.5 20-39 232 3 14 36-85 2.4 18-26 208 3 at GA Southern 35-27 226 12-2 25 26-92 3.5 32-53 399 3 13 50-192 3.8 6-9 73 2 at UNLV 52-28 128 0 1 25 47-265 5.6 20-29 323 1 25 53-375 7.1 13-30 85 2 Boise St 14-41 -254-14 0 13 27-93 3.4 18-34 186 0 27 45-163 3.6 24-34 370 3 Arkansas St 21-37 -161-14 0 13 32-35 1.1 20-40 221 7 27 40-120 3.0 25-40 297 5 at New Mexico 24-10 -97-9 2 12 24-129 5.4 13-24 114 0 21 57-265 4.6 12-22 75 1 at Texas St 45-35 59-4 2 26 33-119 3.6 31-49 503 1 30 36-163 4.5 33-53 400 4 Hawaii 38-0 157 0 0 20 39-311 8.0 12-20 164 0 20 47-172 3.7 19-35 146 4 at Louisiana 34-47 -103-3 -3 26 19-89 4.7 32-44 313 2 29 47-279 5.9 21-35 226 1 at Air Force 35-38 81-9 0 19 29-237 8.2 17-30 284 1 28 82-407 5.0 4-12 33 1 Idaho 17-10 188 7 1 23 37-172 4.6 31-49 231 2 16 38-41 1.1 19-35 174 11 South Alabama 22-17 138 5 2 26 23-40 1.7 40-61 451 3 21 24-22 0.9 26-46 331 5 New Mexico St Average 31-27 -7.9-2.8 0.3 19 37-170 4.6 58.6% 224 6.4% 22 50-220 4.4 55.9% 182 7.1% Average 30-31 56.3 0.9-0.1 23 27-101 3.7 62.7% 353 5.3% 22 40-165 4.2 58.4% 233 9.8% Conference 33-23 26.9-2.4 0.1 19 36-193 5.4 58.2% 215 6.4% 22 51-224 4.4 56.6% 158 8.0% Conference 29-31 45.0 0.8-0.4 23 29-97 3.4 62.7% 351 5.6% 22 39-170 4.4 59.1% 233 10.3% Away 32-32 7.3-3.8 0.3 19 36-179 5.0 58.4% 239 4.5% 23 56-280 5.0 50.0% 131 8.1% Home 25-21 61.2-0.8 1.2 20 28-95 3.5 62.6% 303 5.0% 21 35-102 2.9 53.6% 236 12.8% at Wisconsin Kent Myers 25-41-219-0-3 Tonny Lindsey 6-28-4.7-0 Jaren Colston-Green 1-40-40.0-0 Utah St New Mexico St at Arizona St Tyler Rogers 40-57-398-3-2 Jason Huntley 5-84-16.8-1 Jaleel Scott 8-149-18.6-2 Idaho St Kent Myers 24-26-323-2-1 Eltoro Allen 19-103-5.4-1 Ron'Quavion Tarver 7-75-10.7-1 Utah St QB/WR at New Mexico Tyler Rogers 34-57-401-4-1 Larry Rose III 21-99-4.7-0 Izaiah Lottie 2-98-49.0-2 at Wake Forest Jordan Love 6-13-171-1-0 Eltoro Allen 13-20-1.5-0 Zach Van Leeuwen 2-77-38.5-0 1.41 Troy Tyler Rogers 32-45-331-3-0 Larry Rose III 12-69-5.8-0 Izaiah Lottie 4-93-23.3-2 at San Jose St Kent Myers 18-24-181-2-1 Eltoro Allen 18-89-4.9-0 Dax Raymond 3-47-15.7-0 New Mexico St DB's UTEP Tyler Rogers 26-43-283-2-1 Larry Rose III 17-144-8.5-2 Jaleel Scott 4-74-18.5-0 BYU Kent Myers 16-27-176-2-1 LaJuan Hunt 18-65-3.6-0 Ron'Quavion Tarver 6-76-12.7-1 Utah St RB's at Arkansas Tyler Rogers 23-38-344-2-1 Larry Rose III 8-25-3.1-0 Jaleel Scott 9-174-19.3-1 Colorado St Kent Myers 17-29-152-1-0 LaJuan Hunt 8-19-2.4-0 Eltoro Allen 5-45-9.0-0 0.78 at Appalachian St Tyler Rogers 27-50-356-2-6 Jason Huntley 10-96-9.6-0 Jason Huntley 3-111-37.0-1 Wyoming Jordan Love 8-18-109-0-3 LaJuan Hunt 18-73-4.1-0 Dax Raymond 5-72-14.4-0 New Mexico St LB's at GA Southern Tyler Rogers 31-51-382-3-2 Jason Huntley 16-99-6.2-0 Anthony Muse 5-106-21.2-0 at UNLV Jordan Love 19-27-316-2-0 LaJuan Hunt 16-101-6.3-3 Jordan Nathan 3-92-30.7-1 Utah St OL Boise St Jordan Love 17-32-168-1-0 Tre Miller 7-40-5.7-0 Ron'Quavion Tarver 3-77-25.7-1 0.29 Arkansas St Tyler Rogers 20-40-221-1-2 Larry Rose III 18-55-3.1-1 OJ Clark 7-113-16.1-0 at New Mexico Jordan Love 13-24-114-0-1 LaJuan Hunt 14-117-8.4-2 Ron'Quavion Tarver 2-40-20.0-0 New Mexico St DL at Texas St Tyler Rogers 29-46-474-3-0 Larry Rose III 19-81-4.3-1 Jaleel Scott 7-130-18.6-1 Utah St DL Tyler Rogers 17-24-184-1-0 Jason Huntley 6-58-9.7-0 Larry Rose III 7-101-14.4-1 Hawaii Jordan Love 9-14-113-1-1 LaJuan Hunt 13-111-8.5-1 Braelon Roberts 2-55-27.5-1 1.04 at Louisiana Nick Jeanty 31-49-231-0-1 Larry Rose III 22-100-4.5-2 Jaleel Scott 8-77-9.6-0 at Air Force Jordan Love 17-30-284-2-0 Gerold Bright 9-102-11.3-1 Ron'Quavion Tarver 4-86-21.5-2 New Mexico St OL Idaho Tyler Rogers 40-61-451-2-1 Larry Rose III 12-52-4.3-0 Jaleel Scott 9-134-14.9-0 Utah St LB'S South Alabama New Mexico St 0.30 Jordan Love 103-189-1380-8-6 LaJuan Hunt 149-695-4.7-10 Ron'Quavion Tarver 40-472-11.8-7 Utah St DB's Tyler Rogers 319-512-3825-26-16 Larry Rose III 170-792-4.7-9 Jaleel Scott 73-1042-14.3-8 Utah St Leaders Kent Myers 125-199-1275-8-7 Kent Myers 80-291-3.6-5 Dax Raymond 36-414-11.5-1 1.24 New Mexico St Leaders Nick Jeanty 48-72-389-1-4 Jason Huntley 65-432-6.6-1 OJ Clark 44-492-11.2-3 Aaren Vaughns 1-2-29-1-0 Eltoro Allen 68-284-4.2-1 Jordan Nathan 25-324-13.0-2 New Mexico St QB/WR Conner Cramer 1-1-17-1-0 Nick Jeanty 11-44-4.0-0 Larry Rose III 49-474-9.7-2 Last Five Years Meetings (Last 17 years at PhilSteele.com) Utah St - -31 41 20 36-256 17-27-260 2 Utah St Aggies Aggies Logs By Game Yardage Leaders Passing Return to Table of Contents Projected Box 164 yards Utah St New Mexico St 233 yards Utah St New Mexico St 397 yards Utah St New Mexico St 450 yards 107 Utah St Projected Projected Passing Projected Yardage Total Projected Final Experience Rankings Team Schedule Strength 306 yards 35 points Utah St New Mexico St 28 points 104 Utah St New Mexico St 144 yards 14 New Mexico St 118 MTW 2.14 1.00 7.92 6-6 New Mexico St RB's Utah St ST's New Mexico St K Utah St Coaches New Mexico St Coaches Utah St Pts 6-6 AAC Position by Position Edges 3.36 Utah St By Game Yardage Leaders Utah St +/- Ratings Category Las Vegas Total Game Grade Computer Yards Team & Margin 2012 Rank Line FD Rush Comp-Att-Yds TO's 3.08 Las Vegas Line New Mexico St - 56.5 7 21 34-132 20-38-189 New Mexico St ST's Utah St By 4 Utah St Aggies LEADERS & TEAM AVERAGES Utah St K New Mexico St Aggies 61 Points Utah St By 11.0 N Mexico St By 0.5 N Mexico St 450-397 New Mexico St Pts Computer Points POSITIONAL EDGE AWARDED TO: Utah St 35-28 Passing New Mexico St Aggies Aggies Logs TEAM --PS RANK-- Utah St Phil Steele Utah St by 7 By 4.56 Points Utah St 35 New Mexico St 28 Phil's Forecast: NMSt is playing in its 1st bowl s/ 60, winning the last 2 to get to 6 wins. They will be everyone s sentimental favorite. UTSt has been to bowls in 6 of the L7Y, but is hungry off a 3-9 season in 16. The teams are close statistically with UTSt having faced the tougher sked. The biggest for either team is on ST s. HC Wells is 2-1 in bowl games and this is HC Martins 1st. Most of my 9 sets of power ratings have UTSt by a touchdown or more & I agree.

NEW MEXICO ST (6-6) ATS: 6-6 O/U: 5-7 ARIZONA BOWL Friday, December 29, 2017 5:30 pm CBS Arizona Stadium Tucson, AZ COMPUTER PROJECTIONS NMST UT ST 149 rush yd 178 304 pass yd 226 26 pts 37-1 ytd to +4 #121 sked #98 CHECKLIST NMST USU 1/2 QB 4 RB 1/2 WR OL 1/2 4 DL LB DB 41/2 CCH 41/2 4 SITE MTCH INT ST 44444 SKED 4 OVERALL UTAH STATE BY 5 4 s UTAH ST (6-6) ATS: 6-6 O/U: 7-5

TM DATE SCORE W/L OFF DEF ST OFF DEF ST TM DATE SCORE W/L OFF DEF ST OFF DEF ST Western Michigan 2017 TEAM RANKINGS at Indiana 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 137 118 4 9/2 49-31 W 5 6 25 106 59 85 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 135 113 2 8/31 49-21 W 3 4 46 74 31 32 Stanford Oklahoma 1-0 1-0 0-0 0-0 137 130 6 14 9/9 42-24 W 8 13 25 8 19 38 1-0 1-0 1-0 0-0 137 140 2 5 9/9 16-31 L 3 2 46 2 20 12 USC Ohio St Texas Army West Point 2-0 1-1 1-0 0-0 138 118 4 9/16 27-24 W 3 14 77 9 30 56 1-1 2-0 1-0 0-0 133 113 8 9/16 38-7 W 7 4 22 76 93 78 at California Rush Off UNLV 3-0 3-0 1-0 0-0 134 119 5 9/23 30-20 W 10 10 37 75 53 78 #36 #15 2-1 1-1 1-0 0-0 134 95 10 9/23 54-21 W 6 6 28 31 128 73 at Washington St Pass Off at Rutgers 4-0 4-0 2-0 1-0 134 125 5 16 9/29 27-30 L 13 8 33 27 41 67 #20 #28 3-1 1-3 1-0 0-1 132 108 11 9/30 56-0 W 4 6 21 90 59 45 Oregon St Total Off Maryland 4-1 1-4 2-1 0-2 132 106 14 10/7 38-10 W 14 7 10 89 102 97 #15 #6 4-1 3-1 2-0 1-0 136 116 10 10/7 62-14 W 3 6 30 40 53 48 Utah Off at Nebraska 5-1 4-1 3-1 1-1 132 123 13 10/14 28-27 W 13 6 30 46 24 6 #24 #5 5-1 3-3 3-0 2-1 140 116 9 10/14 56-14 W 3 5 47 70 48 39 at Notre Dame Sks Allowed 6-1 5-1 4-1 3-1 130 136 11 13 10/21 14-49 L 12 7 30 6 18 88 #50 #38 6-1 4-0 144 6 10/21 2 5 52 at Arizona St Rush Def Penn St 6-2 4-3 4-1 3-1 126 128 21 10/28 48-17 W 17 14 43 57 44 83 #56 #7 6-1 7-0 4-0 4-0 144 143 6 2 10/28 39-38 W 2 5 47 14 4 4 7-2 6-2 5-1 4-1 131 127 17 23 11/4 Arizona 49-35 W 11 14 40 4 57 71 #98 Pass Def #18 7-1 5-3 5-0 2-3 144 123 3 11/4 at Iowa 24-55 L 2 5 57 91 27 25 at Colorado Total Def Michigan St 8-2 5-5 6-1 2-5 132 117 15 11/11 38-24 W 9 10 32 56 72 16 #76 #8 7-2 7-2 5-1 5-1 139 128 11 13 11/11 48-3 W 1 15 53 38 18 99 UCLA Def Illinois 9-2 5-5 7-1 3-4 132 119 12 11/18 28-23 W 8 10 52 18 61 98 #60 #22 8-2 2-8 6-1 0-7 143 104 8 11/18 52-14 W 1 9 47 121 82 59 Sks By at Michigan 10-2 8-1 130 11 11/25 10 11 33 #2 #12 9-2 8-3 7-1 5-3 143 129 8 11/25 31-20 W 1 7 48 43 5 51 10-2 1-0 8-1 0-0 130 130 11 14 12/2 Stanford 31-28 W 7 12 32 8 19 38 #28 Ypg Diff #1 10-2 12-0 8-1 9-0 143 138 8 3 12/2 Wisconsin 27-21 W 2 7 38 25 3 37 Total TO's 11-2 9-1 132 8 12/9 7 14 35 +1 +1 11-2 9-1 143 12/9 3 7 38 11-2 9-1 143 8 5 12/29 Ohio St 3 7 38 11-2 9-1 132 5 8 12/29 USC 7 14 35 Net Comp Yds Net Comp Yds Yds FD TO's FD RA-RY YPC Att Pass Sks FD RA-RY YPC Att Pass Sks Yds FD TO's FD RA-RY YPC Att Pass Sks FD RA-RY YPC Att Pass Sks Western Michigan 49-31 164 1-1 25 34-232 6.8 23-33 289 2 24 48-263 5.5 12-23 94 1 at Indiana 49-21 159 1 3 26 51-292 5.7 20-35 304 1 25 27-17 0.6 42-68 420 5 Stanford 42-24 281 12-2 28 48-307 6.4 21-26 316 1 16 26-170 6.5 15-28 172 2 Oklahoma 16-31 -140-6 1 21 34-167 4.9 19-35 183 3 27 37-104 2.8 27-35 386 2 Texas 27-24 102 8 2 25 37-71 1.9 28-51 397 3 17 35-68 1.9 21-40 298 5 Army West Point 38-7 308 14 1 30 32-270 8.4 29-37 316 2 16 58-259 4.5 2-8 19 0 at California 30-20 -60 1 4 22 38-133 3.5 26-38 223 1 21 33-113 3.4 22-52 303 3 UNLV 54-21 400 17-1 34 40-190 4.8 31-44 474 3 17 41-176 4.3 11-20 88 4 at Washington St 27-30 -135-8 -1 15 29-163 5.6 15-29 164 2 23 30-122 4.1 34-51 340 5 at Rutgers 56-0 419 11 2 24 37-275 7.4 20-31 353 2 13 41-117 2.9 11-27 92 1 Oregon St 38-10 193 10 0 26 37-184 5.0 24-36 328 1 16 36-122 3.4 16-29 197 2 Maryland 62-14 518 27 0 33 50-281 5.6 23-36 303 0 6 42-50 1.2 3-13 16 6 Utah 28-27 96 10-2 30 33-174 5.3 27-50 358 0 20 41-169 4.1 17-28 267 4 at Nebraska 56-14 240 26 0 41 47-279 5.9 31-39 354 1 15 16-44 2.8 27-47 349 0 at Notre Dame 14-49 -161-5 -3 18 31-76 2.5 25-36 260 5 23 47-377 8.0 9-22 120 1 at Arizona St 48-17 250 14 0 29 46-341 7.4 19-35 266 3 15 30-79 2.6 18-31 278 6 Penn St 39-38 246 10-2 27 39-201 5.2 33-39 328 2 17 35-91 2.6 17-29 192 2 Arizona 49-35 262 5 2 30 52-331 6.4 20-26 311 1 25 43-234 5.4 14-31 146 5 at Iowa 24-55 -116-4 -4 20 30-163 5.4 18-34 208 1 24 38-243 6.4 21-32 244 1 at Colorado 38-24 36 0 2 23 38-193 5.1 21-34 329 1 23 34-110 3.2 27-49 376 3 Michigan St 48-3 329 10 1 25 42-335 8.0 15-23 189 0 15 34-64 1.9 18-36 131 6 UCLA 28-23 -84-4 1 24 41-153 3.7 17-28 264 1 28 31-80 2.6 32-52 421 4 Illinois 52-14 438 22 0 27 59-325 5.5 16-29 218 1 5 28-89 3.2 4-14 16 2 at Michigan 31-20 55 1 1 17 48-226 4.7 9-15 124 3 16 36-100 2.8 17-32 195 5 Stanford 42-24 281 12-2 28 48-307 6.4 21-26 316 1 16 26-170 6.5 15-28 172 2 Wisconsin 27-21 151 0-1 16 42-238 5.7 12-26 211 0 16 32-60 1.9 20-41 238 3 Ohio St USC Average 35-26 84.8 3.7 0.1 24 39-195 5.0 63.5% 295 4.9% 21 36-158 4.4 53.9% 246 9.4% Average 42-20 231.3 9.9 0.1 26 42-249 5.9 65.2% 274 4.5% 16 36-109 3.0 54.7% 184 9.2% Conference 36-24 99.7 4.4 0.3 25 41-216 5.3 63.5% 288 3.7% 21 34-135 3.9 55.0% 269 9.7% Conference 44-20 243.9 10.4 0.0 26 45-262 5.9 64.2% 259 3.6% 15 33-88 2.7 53.1% 189 9.1% Away 31-28 14.7 1.0 0.2 22 38-180 4.8 62.8% 261 6.6% 21 35-159 4.5 52.9% 268 8.8% Home 44-18 299.9 13.4 0.0 28 42-253 6.0 68.3% 287 4.5% 15 39-119 3.0 52.9% 121 14.2% Western Michigan Sam Darnold 23-33-289-0-2 Ronald Jones 18-159-8.8-3 Deontay Burnett 7-142-20.3-0 USC Ohio St at Indiana JT Barrett 20-35-304-3-0 JK Dobbins 29-181-6.2-0 Parris Campbell 6-136-22.7-1 Stanford Sam Darnold 21-26-316-4-2 Stephen Carr 11-119-10.8-0 Deontay Burnett 9-121-13.4-2 USC QB/WR Oklahoma JT Barrett 19-35-183-0-1 JK Dobbins 13-72-5.5-1 KJ Hill 5-44-8.8-0 Texas Sam Darnold 28-49-397-3-2 Ronald Jones 18-47-2.6-0 Deontay Burnett 8-123-15.4-2 0.25 Army West Point JT Barrett 25-33-270-2-0 JK Dobbins 13-172-13.2-2 KJ Hill 8-74-9.3-0 at California Sam Darnold 26-38-223-2-1 Stephen Carr 20-82-4.1-1 Deontay Burnett 9-76-8.4-1 Ohio St DB's UNLV Dwayne Haskins 15-23-228-2-1 JK Dobbins 14-95-6.8-0 Parris Campbell 3-105-35.0-1 at Washington St Sam Darnold 15-29-164-0-1 Ronald Jones 14-128-9.1-1 Tyler Vaughns 6-89-14.8-0 USC RB's at Rutgers JT Barrett 14-22-275-3-0 Demario McCall 11-103-9.4-1 Johnnie Dixon 3-115-38.3-2 Oregon St Sam Darnold 23-35-316-3-1 Ronald Jones 12-79-6.6-1 Tyler Vaughns 5-68-13.6-1 0.08 Maryland JT Barrett 20-31-261-3-0 JK Dobbins 13-96-7.4-1 Binjimen Victor 4-55-13.8-1 Utah Sam Darnold 27-50-358-3-0 Ronald Jones 17-111-6.5-1 Deontay Burnett 8-99-12.4-0 Ohio St LB's at Nebraska JT Barrett 27-33-325-5-0 JK Dobbins 12-106-8.8-1 KJ Hill 7-80-11.4-2 at Notre Dame Sam Darnold 20-28-229-2-1 Ronald Jones 12-32-2.7-0 Deontay Burnett 8-113-14.1-1 USC OL at Arizona St Sam Darnold 19-35-266-3-0 Ronald Jones 18-216-12.0-2 Tyler Vaughns 6-126-21.0-2 0.88 Penn St JT Barrett 33-39-328-4-0 JT Barrett 17-95-5.6-0 KJ Hill 12-102-8.5-0 Arizona Sam Darnold 20-26-311-2-1 Ronald Jones 27-194-7.2-3 Tyler Vaughns 4-59-14.8-1 Ohio St DL at Iowa JT Barrett 18-34-208-3-4 JT Barrett 14-63-4.5-0 Johnnie Dixon 4-81-20.3-2 at Colorado Sam Darnold 21-34-329-2-0 Ronald Jones 25-142-5.7-1 Steven Mitchell 4-91-22.8-0 USC DL Michigan St JT Barrett 14-21-183-2-2 Mike Weber 9-162-18.0-2 Binjimen Victor 2-65-32.5-1 UCLA Sam Darnold 17-28-264-0-1 Ronald Jones 28-122-4.4-2 Steven Mitchell 4-56-14.0-0 0.57 Illinois JT Barrett 11-19-141-2-0 Mike Weber 11-108-9.8-2 Parris Campbell 3-59-19.7-0 Ohio St OL at Michigan Dwayne Haskins 6-7-94-0-0 JK Dobbins 15-101-6.7-1 KJ Hill 2-53-26.5-0 Stanford Sam Darnold 17-24-325-2-0 Ronald Jones 30-140-4.7-2 Michael Pittman 7-146-20.9-1 USC LB'S Wisconsin JT Barrett 12-26-211-2-2 JK Dobbins 17-174-10.2-0 Terry McLaurin 2-92-46.0-1 0.69 Ohio St Ohio St RB's USC None REC TM CONF CONF TM +/- +/- USC Trojans Trojans Logs By Game Yardage Leaders Passing Position by Position Edges USC Leaders TEAM --PS RANK-- 11-2 USC Trojans LEADERS & TEAM AVERAGES 11-2 Ohio St Buckeyes Sam Darnold 277-435-3787-26-12 Ronald Jones 242-1486-6.1-18 Deontay Burnett 74-975-13.2-9 USC DB's JT Barrett 228-353-2928-35-9 JK Dobbins 181-1364-7.5-7 Parris Campbell 38-576-15.2-3 Matt Fink 6-9-43-0-0 Stephen Carr 63-363-5.8-3 Tyler Vaughns 51-690-13.5-5 0.20 Ohio St Leaders Dwayne Haskins 40-57-565-4-1 JT Barrett 150-743-5.0-10 KJ Hill 55-546-9.9-3 Team 0-2-0-0-0 Vavae Malepeai 48-259-5.4-0 Steven Mitchell 41-644-15.7-4 Ohio St QB/WR Joe Burrow 7-11-61-0-0 Mike Weber 96-608-6.3-10 Terry McLaurin 28-434-15.5-6 Last Five Years Meetings (Last 17 years at PhilSteele.com) Return to Table of Contents Projected Box Category Ohio St Buckeyes PAC 12 BIG 10 Buckeyes Logs 9-1 9-1 TM TEAM --PS RANK-- TM +/- +/- NCAA RANKINGS REC CONF CONF USC ST's By Game Yardage Leaders Passing Team & Margin Phil's Forecast: 0.40 Las Vegas Line Ohio St ST's Ohio St By 7.5 Projected USC K OSU will have the crowd as their fans travel better. OSU is off the charts Las Vegas Total 104 yards USC Ohio St 239 yards 0.34 64.5 Points on computer numbers & has played to a 111.7 in my avg game grades, while Projected Passing Ohio St K USC has played to an avg grade of 98.0. OSU has not dominated their toughest +/- Ratings 270 yards USC Ohio St 280 yards USC Coaches Ohio St By 13.0 foes. Against their top 4 opponents, they went 3-1 with the only win by more Projected Yardage Total 1.50 than 6 being against UM, when they got a TD with under 2 min left. USC had Game Grade 374 yards USC Ohio St 519 yards Ohio St Coaches Ohio St By 15.6 over 20 players inj when they limped into ND & lost by 35. USC has lost 3 DL, a Projected Final USC Pts Computer Yards K & an OL for the season, but has gotten healthier each week. With Darnold, 25 points USC Ohio St 39 points 0.67 4.24 Ohio St 519-374 Jones, Burnett & co., they have the talent to take this to the wire. I ll call for Experience Rankings Ohio St Pts Computer Points USC to keep it closer than expected. 72 USC Ohio St 38 POSITIONAL EDGE AWARDED TO: Ohio St 39-25 Team Schedule Strength Ohio St Phil Steele 15 USC Ohio St 25 Ohio St by 14 By 3.57 Points Ohio St 31 USC 28

USC (11-2) ATS: 4-9 O/U: 6-7 COTTON BOWL Friday, December 29, 2017 8:30 pm ESPN AT&T Stadium Arlington, TX COMPUTER PROJECTIONS USC OSU 105 rush yd 231 262 pass yd 270 26 pts 41 +1 ytd to +1 #24 sked #18 CHECKLIST USC OSU 1/2 QB 1/2 RB 1/2 WR OL 4 DL 4 LB DB CCH 41/2 SITE 44 MTCH 4 INT ST SKED OVERALL OHIO STATE BY 6 4 s OHIO STATE (11-2) ATS: 7-6 O/U: 9-4

Louisville Cardinals Cardinals Logs 8-4 8-4 ACC SEC Miss St Bulldogs TM TEAM --PS RANK-- 4-4 4-4 TM TEAM --PS RANK-- TM +/- +/- TM +/- +/- REC CONF CONF TM DATE SCORE W/L OFF DEF ST OFF DEF ST NCAA RANKINGS REC CONF CONF TM DATE SCORE W/L OFF DEF ST OFF DEF ST 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 123 111 16 9/2 Purdue 35-28 W 19 17 34 79 62 79 2017 TEAM RANKINGS 0-0 0-0 117 9/2 Charleston Southern 49-0 W 36 45 107 1-0 0-1 0-0 0-0 123 116 17 9/9 at North Carolina 47-35 W 24 10 34 61 31 63 1-0 1-0 0-0 0-0 121 113 9/9 at Louisiana Tech 57-21 W 34 34 107 69 87 44 Louisville Miss St 2-0 2-0 1-0 0-0 124 140 14 3 9/16 Clemson 21-47 L 15 12 90 12 2 86 2-0 2-0 0-0 0-0 125 132 12 9/16 LSU 37-7 W 27 28 72 21 3 18 2-1 1-2 1-1 0-0 122 98 19 9/23 Kent St 43-3 W 13 25 45 128 119 111 #13 Rush Off #14 3-0 3-0 1-0 0-0 130 127 17 11 9/23 at Georgia 3-31 L 20 19 69 19 7 58 3-1 1-1 124 17 9/30 Murray St 55-10 W 15 28 61 #15 Pass Off #109 3-1 3-1 1-1 1-0 125 130 24 13 9/30 at Auburn 10-49 L 22 21 58 21 7 13 4-1 4-1 1-1 2-0 124 125 17 24 10/5 at NC State 25-39 L 9 27 33 29 26 69 #3 Total Off #45 3-2 1-2 121 10/7 30 29 59 4-2 2-4 1-2 0-3 122 112 10/14 Boston College 42-45 L 11 32 58 93 43 60 #13 Off #36 3-2 1-5 1-2 0-3 121 102 10/14 BYU 35-10 W 34 33 24 124 73 91 4-3 2-3 1-3 2-2 118 131 10/21 at Florida St 31-28 W 7 45 67 48 11 58 #80 Sks Allowed #6 4-2 5-1 1-2 2-1 121 117 10/21 Kentucky 45-7 W 24 33 29 78 39 11 5-3 4-3 2-3 1-3 123 124 10/28 at Wake Forest 32-42 L 6 45 70 71 54 63 #52 Rush Def #24 5-2 5-2 2-2 3-1 125 125 10/28 at Texas A&M 35-14 W 21 30 21 34 23 2 5-4 2-4 122 11/4 6 56 80 #79 Pass Def #13 6-2 2-6 3-2 0-1 130 108 21 11/4 UMass 34-23 W 23 21 34 73 94 124 5-4 6-3 2-4 3-2 122 116 11/11 Virginia 38-21 W 5 58 87 85 34 68 #59 Total Def #10 7-2 9-0 3-2 6-0 127 143 18 1 11/11 Alabama 24-31 L 23 20 23 2 1 21 6-4 4-6 3-4 2-4 122 121 11/18 Syracuse 56-10 W 5 52 86 49 86 17 #71 Def #24 7-3 4-6 3-3 1-5 127 108 17 11/18 at Arkansas 28-21 W 22 20 23 36 87 91 7-4 7-4 4-4 4-4 123 116 11/25 at Kentucky 44-17 W 4 42 87 73 58 14 #58 Sks By #31 8-3 5-6 4-3 2-5 128 116 16 11/23 Mississippi 28-31 L 24 20 37 15 71 38 8-4 4-4 127 12/2 4 40 79 #5 Ypg Diff #16 8-4 4-4 123 24 12/2 28 18 20 8-4 8-4 4-4 4-4 130 123 12/30 Miss St 4 39 80 53 19 21 +3 Total TO's -2 8-4 8-4 4-4 4-4 123 130 24 12/30 Louisville 53 19 21 4 39 80 Bulldogs Logs Net Comp Yds Net Comp Yds Yds FD TO's FD RA-RY YPC Att Pass Sks FD RA-RY YPC Att Pass Sks Yds FD TO's FD RA-RY YPC Att Pass Sks FD RA-RY YPC Att Pass Sks Purdue 35-28 180 2 1 27 33-146 4.4 30-46 378 0 25 21-51 2.4 33-57 293 4 Charleston Southern 49-0 522 27 0 29 50-281 5.6 20-36 274 0 2 39-18 0.5 3-8 15 1 at North Carolina 47-35 304 15 0 35 44-312 7.1 25-39 393 2 20 23-17 0.7 29-38 384 2 at Louisiana Tech 57-21 144 1 2 21 40-327 8.2 13-20 132 0 20 50-152 3.0 13-30 163 4 Clemson 21-47 -180-4 -1 21 27-116 4.3 21-42 317 5 25 48-297 6.2 23-33 316 4 LSU 37-7 195 12 0 25 48-285 5.9 15-23 180 1 13 29-133 4.6 13-29 137 2 Kent St 42-3 389 12-1 23 27-165 6.1 23-30 374 1 11 54-139 2.6 2-5 11 2 at Georgia 3-31 -124 0-1 15 37-177 4.8 15-33 103 0 15 42-203 4.8 9-12 201 0 Murray St 55-10 596 33-1 38 46-312 6.8 32-45 364 3 5 22-19 0.9 10-21 61 0 at Auburn 10-49 -160 4 0 18 47-194 4.1 13-37 157 2 14 39-244 6.3 14-17 267 2 at NC State 25-39 -50 2 0 25 29-116 4.0 26-48 354 4 23 39-153 3.9 20-32 367 0 Boston College 42-45 70-2 -1 25 36-293 8.1 19-39 332 0 27 59-364 6.2 12-28 191 2 BYU 35-10 370 27-1 35 53-306 5.8 20-31 240 0 8 17-29 1.7 17-29 147 1 at Florida St 31-28 46-1 2 22 44-293 6.7 13-21 156 2 23 38-155 4.1 16-28 248 2 Kentucky 45-7 181 11 2 25 48-282 5.9 19-27 159 0 14 29-115 4.0 14-30 145 3 at Wake Forest 32-42 -102 4 0 30 42-191 4.5 28-46 332 7 26 39-164 4.2 28-34 461 1 at Texas A&M 35-14 84 4 2 19 52-228 4.4 12-21 141 2 15 28-96 3.4 16-41 189 3 UMass 34-23 43 9-2 21 45-254 5.6 14-26 139 0 12 32-127 4.0 15-28 223 1 Virginia 38-21 216 11 0 27 43-298 6.9 15-26 195 2 16 28-63 2.3 19-36 214 4 Alabama 24-31 -114 3 0 22 49-172 3.5 13-24 158 1 19 38-202 5.3 10-18 242 5 Syracuse 56-10 392 5 4 27 42-411 9.8 17-30 316 1 22 45-197 4.4 13-34 138 1 at Arkansas 28-21 127 7-1 19 48-195 4.1 12-23 153 2 12 34-97 2.9 12-18 124 4 at Kentucky 44-17 224 12 0 32 43-346 8.0 15-21 216 0 20 43-228 5.3 8-19 110 3 Mississippi 28-31 146 16-3 27 62-294 4.7 14-32 207 3 11 32-108 3.4 10-22 247 4 Miss St Louisville Louisville Cardinals LEADERS & TEAM AVERAGES Miss St Bulldogs Average 39-27 173.8 7.4 0.3 28 38-250 6.6 61.0% 311 6.2% 20 38-154 4.0 58.4% 233 6.8% Average 32-20 117.8 10.1-0.2 23 48-250 5.2 54.1% 170 3.3% 13 34-127 3.7 51.8% 175 10.6% Conference 37-33 87.0 3.8 0.5 27 38-254 6.6 56.4% 299 7.9% 23 40-176 4.4 60.8% 290 6.1% Conference 26-24 41.9 7.1-0.1 21 49-228 4.7 51.4% 157 5.0% 14 34-150 4.4 52.4% 194 12.3% Away 36-32 100.3 5.7 0.5 29 39-234 6.0 62.0% 305 6.8% 23 34-128 3.8 64.4% 311 5.8% Home 36-16 191.9 15.0-0.6 26 51-268 5.3 57.8% 194 2.5% 11 31-105 3.4 50.0% 165 10.4% By Game Yardage Leaders Passing Purdue Lamar Jackson 30-46-378-2-0 Lamar Jackson 21-107-5.1-0 Jay Smith 8-117-14.6-0 Louisville Miss St Charleston Southern Nick Fitzgerald 16-29-239-2-0 Aeris Williams 16-83-5.2-1 Farrod Green 2-68-34.0-0 at North Carolina Lamar Jackson 25-39-393-3-0 Malik Williams 13-149-11.5-0 Jaylen Smith 9-183-20.3-1 Louisville QB/WR at Louisiana Tech Nick Fitzgerald 12-18-124-3-1 Nick Fitzgerald 10-111-11.1-2 Aeris Williams 1-28-28.0-0 Clemson Lamar Jackson 21-42-317-3-1 Lamar Jackson 17-64-3.8-0 Traveon Samuel 2-100-50.0-0 1.96 LSU Nick Fitzgerald 15-23-180-2-0 Aeris Williams 23-146-6.3-0 Keith Mixon 6-97-16.2-1 Kent St Lamar Jackson 18-22-299-2-2 Malik Williams 9-47-5.2-2 Seth Dawkins 4-75-18.8-1 Miss St DB's at Georgia Nick Fitzgerald 14-29-83-0-2 Nick Gibson 5-52-10.4-0 Deddrick Thomas 2-41-20.5-0 Murray St Lamar Jackson 18-26-249-3-0 Lamar Jackson 7-100-14.3-1 Corey Reed 4-94-23.5-0 Louisville RB's at Auburn Nick Fitzgerald 13-33-157-1-2 Nick Fitzgerald 13-56-4.3-0 Jamal Couch 2-60-30.0-0 at NC State Lamar Jackson 26-47-354-1-1 Lamar Jackson 19-73-3.8-2 Dez Fitzpatrick 10-134-13.4-0 0.68 Boston College Lamar Jackson 19-39-332-2-1 Lamar Jackson 22-180-8.2-3 Dez Fitzpatrick 7-127-18.1-1 Miss St LB's BYU Nick Fitzgerald 19-30-241-2-2 Aeris Williams 23-114-5.0-1 Keith Mixon 5-69-13.8-0 at Florida St Lamar Jackson 13-21-156-1-0 Lamar Jackson 23-178-7.7-1 Jaylen Smith 5-49-9.8-0 Louisville OL Kentucky Nick Fitzgerald 18-26-155-1-0 Nick Fitzgerald 12-115-9.6-2 Donald Gray 6-51-8.5-0 at Wake Forest Lamar Jackson 27-44-330-1-1 Lamar Jackson 27-161-6.0-3 Jaylen Smith 6-73-12.2-0 0.79 at Texas A&M Nick Fitzgerald 12-21-141-2-1 Nick Fitzgerald 18-105-5.8-1 Farrod Green 3-51-17.0-0 Miss St DL UMass Nick Fitzgerald 14-25-139-0-2 Nick Fitzgerald 17-135-7.9-2 Jesse Jackson 4-36-9.0-0 Virginia Lamar Jackson 15-26-195-3-0 Lamar Jackson 15-147-9.8-1 Jaylen Smith 5-84-16.8-2 Louisville DL Alabama Nick Fitzgerald 13-24-158-0-0 Aeris Williams 22-97-4.4-2 Deddrick Thomas 2-30-15.0-0 Syracuse Lamar Jackson 14-26-270-2-0 Malik Williams 9-180-20.0-2 Jaylen Smith 3-95-31.7-1 1.22 at Arkansas Nick Fitzgerald 12-23-153-2-0 Nick Fitzgerald 22-101-4.6-1 Reggie Todd 3-50-16.7-1 at Kentucky Lamar Jackson 15-21-216-2-0 Lamar Jackson 18-156-8.7-0 Jaylen Smith 6-75-12.5-1 Miss St OL Mississippi Keytaon Thompson 13-27-195-1-1 Keytaon Thompson 26-121-4.7-1 Jordan Thomas 4-65-16.3-0 Louisville LB'S Miss St 0.67 Louisville Louisville Leaders Miss St RB's By Game Yardage Leaders Lamar Jackson 241-399-3489-25-6 Lamar Jackson 208-1443-6.9-17 Jay Smith 53-873-16.5-6 Louisville DB's Nick Fitzgerald 159-286-1782-15-11 Aeris Williams 224-1019-4.5-5 Keith Mixon 18-275-15.3-1 Jawon Pass 23-33-238-2-0 Malik Williams 62-518-8.4-4 Dez Fitzpatrick 45-699-15.5-9 0.08 Miss St Leaders Keytaon Thompson 21-46-261-2-1 Nick Fitzgerald 162-984-6.1-14 Jesse Jackson 24-238-9.9-0 Reggie Bonnafon 0-1-0-0-0 Reggie Bonnafon 86-446-5.2-7 Seth Dawkins 39-604-15.5-4 Miss St QB/WR Reggie Todd 0-1-0-0-1 Kylin Hill 70-364-5.2-2 Deddrick Thomas 20-234-11.7-4 Last Five Years Meetings (Last 17 years at PhilSteele.com) Louisville ST's Projected Box Category Team & Margin Phil's Forecast: None 2.36 Las Vegas Line Miss St ST's Louisville By 6.5 Projected Louisville K LY the Card s did great early and finished poorly. TY they were 5-4, but played Las Vegas Total 222 yards Louisville Miss St 240 yards 0.42 63 Points their best in a 3-0 finish with an avg game grade of 110.6. QB Jackson helped Projected Passing Miss St K the OFF avg 176 ypg above what their opponents normally allow, which is 2nd in +/- Ratings 266 yards Louisville Miss St 170 yards Louisville By 7.0 the country. The D allowed 410 ypg the F/9 games, but just 315 ypg the L/3. Louisville Coaches Projected Yardage Total 2.75 MSt lost QB Fitzgerald vs Ole Miss. True frosh Thompson has 299 yards rushing. Game Grade 488 yards Louisville Miss St 410 yards Miss St Coaches Louisville By 2.9 MSt has my #19 rated D & L Ville is just #44. MSt also lost their HC Mullen, both Projected Final Louisville Pts coordinators & will be led by interim HC Knox. Petrino needs a solid finish after Computer Yards 34 points Louisville Miss St 29 points 6.59 4.33 Louisville 488-410 an unexpected 4 losses & I ll call for L Ville to win by over 2 td s, making this a Experience Rankings Miss St Pts Computer Points Best Bet selection. 63 Louisville Miss St 86 Louisville 35-25 POSITIONAL EDGE AWARDED TO: Team Schedule Strength Louisville Phil Steele 54 Louisville Miss St 46 Louisville by 15 By 2.26 Points Best Bet: Louisville 35 Mississippi St 20 Return to Table of Contents Position by Position Edges Passing

LOUISVILLE (8-4) ATS: 5-7 O/U: 6-6 TAXSLAYER BOWL Saturday, December 30, 2017 12:00 pm ESPN Everbank Field Jacksonville, FL COMPUTER PROJECTIONS L VILL MSU 246 rush yd 242 240 pass yd 158 35 pts 25 +3 ytd to -2 #71 sked #21 CHECKLIST L VILL MSU 4444 QB RB 44 WR OL DL 4 LB DB 4 444 CCH SITE MTCH 4 INT ST 44 SKED 44 OVERALL LOUISVILLE BY 4 4 s MISSISSIPPI ST (8-4) ATS: 7-5 O/U: 4-8

REC TM CONF --PS RANK-- TM CONF TM +/- +/- TEAM 5-4 7-2 TEAM --PS RANK-- TM DATE SCORE W/L OFF DEF ST OFF DEF ST NCAA RANKINGS CONF CONF TM +/- +/- REC TM DATE SCORE W/L OFF DEF ST OFF DEF ST 0-0 0-0 120 9/2 Northern Iowa 42-24 W 50 72 29 2017 TEAM RANKINGS 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 122 96 8/31 ULM 37-29 W 30 74 17 120 119 106 1-0 1-0 0-0 0-0 120 121 9/9 Iowa 41-44 L 48 78 29 68 23 40 1-0 0-0 120 9/9 30 69 17 Iowa St Memphis 1-1 1-1 0-0 0-0 118 99 9/16 at Akron 41-14 W 50 82 47 115 97 117 1-0 2-0 0-0 0-0 120 121 25 9/16 UCLA 48-45 W 33 73 7 20 27 81 2-1 0-0 120 9/23 45 74 25 #114 Rush Off #31 2-0 0-0 120 9/23 Southern Illinois 44-31 W 33 73 10 2-1 1-2 0-0 0-0 120 122 9/28 Texas 7-17 L 45 72 39 18 22 63 #32 Pass Off #8 3-0 2-0 0-0 0-0 118 118 9/30 at UCF 13-40 L 39 71 7 38 52 71 2-2 4-0 0-1 1-0 117 139 3 10/7 at Oklahoma 38-31 W 56 65 55 2 18 46 #78 Total Off #4 3-1 1-3 0-1 0-2 114 93 10/6 at Connecticut 70-31 W 49 82 6 96 98 118 3-2 1-4 1-1 0-2 122 98 10/14 Kansas 45-0 W 56 65 44 74 117 63 #51 Off #2 4-1 5-0 1-1 3-0 118 116 25 10/14 Navy 30-27 W 37 81 9 23 97 86 4-2 4-2 2-1 1-2 125 125 10/21 at Texas Tech 31-13 W 67 47 41 21 52 97 #20 Sks Allowed #14 5-1 4-2 2-1 2-1 118 118 25 10/19 at Houston 42-38 W 37 83 8 62 51 73 5-2 7-0 3-1 4-0 130 135 25 4 10/28 TCU 14-7 W 64 39 55 18 9 18 #31 Rush Def #99 6-1 3-4 3-1 1-2 120 110 24 10/27 Tulane 56-26 W 37 88 45 88 108 106 6-2 5-3 4-1 3-2 132 124 14 11/4 at West Virginia 16-20 L 74 34 78 13 62 93 #82 Pass Def #123 7-1 2-7 4-1 1-4 123 108 22 11/3 at Tulsa 41-14 W 34 88 13 53 129 61 6-3 7-2 4-2 4-2 130 135 24 12 11/11 Oklahoma St 42-49 L 76 39 57 7 19 104 #46 Total Def #121 8-1 5-1 126 20 11/11 30 81 9 6-4 1-9 4-3 1-6 130 114 11/18 at Baylor 23-13 W 70 45 72 65 90 64 #29 Def #104 8-1 6-4 5-1 3-3 126 113 18 11/18 SMU 66-45 W 29 84 12 28 108 97 7-4 6-5 5-3 4-4 129 121 11/25 at Kansas St 19-20 L 65 49 65 46 34 1 #97 Sks By #68 9-1 3-8 6-1 2-5 126 96 17 11/25 East Carolina 70-13 W 23 85 8 100 130 95 7-5 5-4 129 12/2 66 48 69 #61 Ypg Diff #35 10-1 2-0 7-1 0-0 127 118 16 12 12/2 at UCF 55-62 L 18 76 5 38 52 71 7-5 10-2 5-4 7-2 129 130 12/30 at Memphis 48 47 68 17 78 6 +11 Total TO's +14 10-2 7-2 131 19 12/8 17 78 6 Net 10-2 7-5 7-2 5-4 131 129 19 12/30 Iowa St 17 78 6 48 47 68 Comp Yds Net Comp Yds Yds FD TO's FD RA-RY YPC Att Pass Sks FD RA-RY YPC Att Pass Sks Yds FD TO's FD RA-RY YPC Att Pass Sks FD RA-RY YPC Att Pass Sks Northern Iowa 42-24 27 3 2 24 35-134 3.8 27-36 271 0 21 22-119 5.4 23-38 259 2 ULM 37-29 -9-9 2 16 39-319 8.2 10-25 97 1 25 49-146 3.0 21-37 279 2 Iowa 41-44 -30-7 -1 22 26-120 4.6 25-46 347 1 29 41-164 4.0 27-41 333 1 at Akron 41-14 177 4 3 23 37-191 5.2 24-33 317 0 19 24-38 1.6 27-44 293 5 UCLA 48-45 -73-5 0 26 37-162 4.4 23-39 398 2 31 35-170 4.9 34-56 463 1 Southern Illinois 44-31 71 1 1 24 36-176 4.9 22-36 288 0 23 37-103 2.8 30-49 290 0 Texas 7-17 -56-1 -1 18 15-10 0.7 24-49 246 4 19 52-141 2.7 19-26 171 2 at UCF 13-40 -207-2 -3 25 24-75 3.1 27-49 321 2 27 49-350 7.1 19-31 253 0 at Oklahoma 38-31 -64-7 1 21 32-81 2.5 20-27 368 1 28 35-190 5.4 25-34 323 2 at Connecticut 70-31 234 10 3 34 45-231 5.1 39-55 480 1 24 34-167 4.9 21-35 310 4 Kansas 45-0 212 10 2 15 43-106 2.5 18-30 212 3 5 33-62 1.9 11-26 44 0 Navy 30-27 63 5 4 24 29-118 4.1 24-40 279 2 19 68-314 4.6 1-8 20 1 at Texas Tech 31-13 64-4 2 20 36-208 5.8 22-32 192 0 24 41-129 3.1 31-41 207 2 at Houston 42-38 -53 3 1 28 23-30 1.3 33-53 471 2 25 54-239 4.4 29-41 315 1 TCU 14-7 -52 3 2 17 33-53 1.6 21-35 202 2 14 34-172 5.1 12-25 135 1 Tulane 56-26 232 0 0 18 32-259 8.1 18-31 298 0 18 52-122 2.3 15-31 203 7 at West Virginia 16-20 -174 0 0 23 29-101 3.5 27-40 249 1 23 47-208 4.4 20-25 316 0 at Tulsa 41-14 222 11 1 28 37-191 5.2 28-40 333 0 17 35-145 4.1 18-31 157 3 Oklahoma St 42-49 -31 7-1 30 29-105 3.6 30-47 386 2 23 37-146 3.9 25-31 376 2 at Baylor 23-13 63-4 2 21 40-214 5.4 14-28 180 0 25 38-133 3.5 26-36 198 2 SMU 66-45 187 4 0 32 46-333 7.2 22-28 331 1 28 37-259 7.0 15-35 218 1 at Kansas St 19-20 115 6 0 18 30-115 3.8 24-36 264 2 12 30-109 3.6 16-22 155 1 East Carolina 70-13 169-4 3 23 34-333 9.8 10-15 302 0 27 37-115 3.1 28-54 351 2 at UCF 13-40 -207-2 -3 25 24-75 3.1 27-49 321 2 27 49-350 7.1 19-31 253 0 at Memphis Average 30-21 20.9 0.8 0.9 21 32-120 3.7 62.9% 270 3.6% 20 36-134 3.7 67.4% 234 5.1% Average 48-33 71.9 1.2 1.2 26 36-209 5.9 62.9% 339 3.3% 25 44-197 4.5 57.8% 279 5.1% Conference 26-19 8.6 1.1 0.8 20 32-110 3.5 61.7% 255 4.6% 19 39-143 3.7 69.5% 214 4.5% Conference 49-33 97.1 3.0 1.2 27 35-206 5.9 65.1% 365 3.4% 24 45-216 4.8 56.9% 258 6.5% Away 28-19 30.2-0.8 1.3 21 34-152 4.5 66.8% 262 2.0% 22 36-135 3.8 71.8% 249 5.9% Home 50-31 91.4-1.1 1.4 23 36-243 6.7 60.3% 285 2.8% 24 45-176 3.9 53.3% 261 5.2% By Game Yardage Leaders Passing Northern Iowa Jacob Park 27-35-271-2-1 David Montgomery 14-82-5.9-2 Allen Lazard 8-108-13.5-0 Iowa St Memphis ULM Riley Ferguson 10-25-97-0-1 Darrell Henderson 12-169-14.1-2 Anthony Miller 2-23-11.5-0 Iowa Jacob Park 25-46-347-4-1 David Montgomery 20-112-5.6-1 Hakeem Butler 5-128-25.6-2 Iowa St QB/WR at Akron Jacob Park 24-33-317-2-0 David Montgomery 22-127-5.8-1 Trever Ryen 6-80-13.3-0 1.48 UCLA Riley Ferguson 23-38-398-6-1 Darrell Henderson 14-105-7.5-0 Anthony Miller 9-185-20.6-2 Memphis DB's Southern Illinois Riley Ferguson 22-36-288-2-0 Patrick Taylor 16-77-4.8-1 John Williams 2-74-37.0-0 Texas Jacob Park 24-48-246-1-3 David Montgomery 9-34-3.8-0 Allen Lazard 5-63-12.6-0 Iowa St RB's at UCF Riley Ferguson 27-49-321-1-3 Darrell Henderson 6-48-8.0-0 Tony Pollard 3-75-25.0-0 at Oklahoma Kyle Kempt 18-24-343-3-0 David Montgomery 17-55-3.2-1 Trever Ryen 4-99-24.8-1 0.26 at Connecticut Riley Ferguson 34-48-431-7-0 Doroland Dorceus 22-122-5.5-2 Anthony Miller 15-224-14.9-4 Kansas Kyle Kempt 13-20-122-1-0 David Montgomery 21-68-3.2-3 Allen Lazard 3-40-13.3-0 Memphis LB's Navy Riley Ferguson 24-40-279-3-0 Darrell Henderson 12-94-7.8-0 Anthony Miller 10-90-9.0-2 at Texas Tech Kyle Kempt 22-32-192-3-1 David Montgomery 28-164-5.9-0 Marchie Murdock 4-68-17.0-0 Iowa St OL at Houston Riley Ferguson 33-53-471-1-1 Patrick Taylor 14-39-2.8-4 Anthony Miller 10-178-17.8-0 TCU Kyle Kempt 21-35-202-2-1 David Montgomery 25-74-3.0-0 Allen Lazard 6-106-17.7-0 0.66 Tulane Riley Ferguson 18-31-298-3-1 Darrell Henderson 10-112-11.2-1 Anthony Miller 6-75-12.5-1 at West Virginia Kyle Kempt 27-40-249-1-1 David Montgomery 26-115-4.4-0 Hakeem Butler 4-62-15.5-0 Memphis DL at Tulsa Riley Ferguson 27-39-298-4-0 Darrell Henderson 14-123-8.8-0 Phil Mayhue 4-74-18.5-0 Oklahoma St Zeb Noland 17-28-263-0-1 David Montgomery 21-105-5.0-3 Allen Lazard 9-126-14.0-2 Iowa St DL at Baylor Zeb Noland 14-28-180-2-0 David Montgomery 27-144-5.3-0 Hakeem Butler 1-67-67.0-1 0.73 SMU Riley Ferguson 21-27-320-2-1 Darrell Henderson 10-147-14.7-2 Anthony Miller 8-163-20.4-2 at Kansas St Kyle Kempt 24-36-264-2-0 Sheldon Croney 13-63-4.8-0 Allen Lazard 6-95-15.8-0 Memphis OL East Carolina Riley Ferguson 9-13-299-3-0 Patrick Taylor 6-127-21.2-2 Anthony Miller 3-144-48.0-1 Iowa St LB'S at UCF Riley Ferguson 30-42-471-4-1 Darrell Henderson 15-109-7.3-1 Anthony Miller 14-195-13.9-3 at Memphis 0.01 Iowa St Leaders Iowa St Cyclones Iowa St Cyclones LEADERS & TEAM AVERAGES Kyle Kempt 137-205-1473-13-3 David Montgomery 234-1094-4.7-11 Allen Lazard 61-799-13.1-9 Iowa St DB's Riley Ferguson 278-441-3971-36-9 Darrell Henderson 130-1154-8.9-9 Anthony Miller 92-1407-15.3-17 Jacob Park 100-162-1181-9-5 Sheldon Croney 29-151-5.2-1 Hakeem Butler 36-586-16.3-6 1.90 Memphis Leaders Riley Patterson 5-8-49-1-1 Patrick Taylor 140-798-5.7-13 Tony Pollard 34-501-14.7-4 Zeb Noland 36-66-533-2-1 Joel Lanning 34-115-3.4-1 Marchie Murdock 37-475-12.8-5 Anthony Miller 1-3-35-0-0 Tony Pollard 29-222-7.7-2 Phil Mayhue 30-436-14.5-2 Memphis QB/WR Last Five Years Meetings (Last 17 years at PhilSteele.com) Iowa St ST's Projected Box Category Team & Margin Phil's Forecast: None 2.53 Las Vegas Line Memphis ST's Memphis By 3.5 Projected Iowa St K Memphis has a balanced OFF that avg 548 ypg, 5.9 ypc & the super passing Las Vegas Total 145 yards Iowa St Memphis 181 yards 0.10 66 Points combo of Ferguson & Miller. They avg 91ypg more than their opponents allow & Projected Passing Memphis K ISU avg 24 ypg less. Memphis is also playing in their home stadium & will have a +/- Ratings 303 yards Iowa St Memphis 281 yards Memphis By 4.0 large crowd. Memphis has my #6 ST s & ISU is just #69. ISU has a large Iowa St Coaches Projected Yardage Total 0.50 on D as they allow over 100 ypg less. The Clones have also taken on the Game Grade 448 yards Iowa St Memphis 462 yards Iowa St By 2.9 #20 toughest sked, facing 10 P5 teams, including 9 in bowls. Memphis has faced Memphis Coaches Projected Final Iowa St Pts just 1 P5 team & just 6 bowl teams overall. The Clones D did hold OU to just 31 Computer Yards 32 points Iowa St Memphis 34 points 2.99 5.17 Memphis 462-448 points. This game is a tossup & I ll call for Memphis to win by the slimmest of Experience Rankings Memphis Pts Computer Points margins. 71 Iowa St Memphis 5 Memphis 34-32 POSITIONAL EDGE AWARDED TO: Team Schedule Strength Memphis Phil Steele 12 Iowa St Memphis 82 Memphis by 1 By 2.18 Points Memphis 32 Iowa St 31 Memphis Tigers Position by Position Edges Memphis RB's Iowa St By Game Yardage Leaders Iowa St Memphis Tigers 7-5 10-2 Cyclones Logs BIG 12 AAC Tigers Logs Return to Table of Contents Passing

IOWA STATE (7-5) ATS: 8-3-1 O/U: 4-8 LIBERTY BOWL Saturday, December 30, 2017 12:30 pm ESPN Liberty Bowl Stadium Memphis, TN COMPUTER PROJECTIONS ISU MEMP 146 rush yd 194 302 pass yd 274 30 pts 35 +11 ytd to +14 #20 sked #88 CHECKLIST ISU MEMP QB 41/2 RB 1/2 WR 1/2 OL 4 DL 4 LB DB 4 CCH SITE 444 MTCH INT ST 4441/2 SKED 441/2 OVERALL MEMPHIS BY 2 4 s MEMPHIS (10-2) ATS: 7-4-1 O/U: 9-3

TM REC CONF CONF Washington Huskies Penn St Nittany Lions 10-2 10-2 Huskies Logs PAC 12 BIG 10 Nittany Lions Logs 7-2 7-2 TEAM --PS RANK-- TEAM --PS RANK-- TM TM +/- +/- TM +/- +/- REC CONF CONF NCAA RANKINGS TM DATE SCORE W/L OFF DEF ST OFF DEF ST TM DATE SCORE W/L OFF DEF ST OFF DEF ST 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 138 102 8 9/1 at Rutgers 30-14 W 6 16 73 104 84 69 2017 TEAM RANKINGS 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 137 101 6 9/2 Akron 52-0 W 4 18 8 89 83 94 1-0 0-0 136 7 9/9 Montana 63-7 W 15 21 73 1-0 1-0 0-0 0-0 139 120 4 9/9 Pittsburgh 33-14 W 4 12 8 37 71 28 Washington Penn St 2-0 1-1 0-0 0-0 138 105 6 9/16 Fresno St 48-16 W 17 18 53 88 107 37 2-0 0-1 0-0 0-0 139 93 5 9/16 Georgia St 56-0 W 6 9 3 126 118 104 3-0 3-0 0-0 0-0 138 118 7 9/23 at Colorado 37-10 W 21 17 38 51 42 47 #38 Rush Off #62 3-0 3-0 0-0 0-0 140 122 4 9/23 at Iowa 21-19 W 8 8 7 58 29 13 4-0 1-3 1-0 0-1 140 106 6 9/30 at Oregon St 42-7 W 20 14 38 83 102 89 #73 Pass Off #26 4-0 2-1 1-0 0-1 138 119 4 9/30 Indiana 45-14 W 9 10 8 92 48 12 5-0 3-2 2-0 0-2 140 117 6 10/7 California 38-7 W 16 15 66 98 56 88 #54 Total Off #28 5-0 2-2 2-0 0-1 139 125 4 10/7 at Northwestern 31-7 W 15 9 12 47 34 85 6-0 2-3 3-0 1-1 141 118 5 10/14 at Arizona St 7-13 L 19 11 45 51 69 117 #17 Off #7 6-0 3-0 141 3 10/14 16 7 2 6-1 3-1 136 12 10/21 28 6 62 #20 Sks Allowed #85 6-0 5-1 3-0 2-1 141 127 2 19 10/21 Michigan 42-13 W 16 4 5 41 2 22 6-1 4-3 3-1 2-2 136 119 12 10/28 UCLA 44-23 W 29 6 60 16 52 71 #1 Rush Def #17 7-0 6-1 4-0 4-0 143 144 2 6 10/28 at Ohio St 38-39 L 14 4 4 2 5 47 7-1 5-4 4-1 2-4 136 120 12 11/4 Oregon 38-3 W 28 4 37 16 20 84 #19 Pass Def #43 7-1 6-2 4-1 4-1 143 123 7 24 11/4 at Michigan St 24-27 L 17 11 9 39 19 110 8-1 6-3 5-1 5-2 139 131 9 11/10 at Stanford 22-30 L 24 6 33 13 23 5 #5 Total Def #20 7-2 4-5 4-2 3-3 138 112 16 11/11 Rutgers 35-6 W 18 12 10 98 76 44 8-2 5-5 5-2 2-5 135 118 16 11/18 Utah 33-30 W 23 11 38 47 28 16 #6 Def #7 8-2 4-6 5-2 3-4 138 111 13 11/18 Nebraska 56-44 W 20 13 22 69 73 40 9-2 9-2 6-2 6-2 132 126 15 14 11/25 Washington St 41-14 W 21 12 42 41 17 83 #10 Sks By #10 9-2 4-7 6-2 2-6 138 110 12 11/25 at Maryland 66-3 W 17 16 26 98 74 79 10-2 7-2 134 13 12/16 21 11 39 #11 Ypg Diff #14 10-2 7-2 135 9 12/16 15 16 27 10-2 10-2 7-2 7-2 134 139 12 9 12/30 Penn St 21 9 36 11 16 27 +11 Total TO's +14 10-2 10-2 7-2 7-2 139 134 9 12 12/30 Washington 11 16 27 21 9 36 Net Comp Yds Net Comp Yds Yds FD TO's FD RA-RY YPC Att Pass Sks FD RA-RY YPC Att Pass Sks Yds FD TO's FD RA-RY YPC Att Pass Sks FD RA-RY YPC Att Pass Sks at Rutgers 30-14 59-2 2 17 24-84 3.5 17-30 284 1 19 42-131 3.1 24-35 178 1 Akron 52-0 410 12 0 24 34-247 7.3 21-31 322 0 12 34-73 2.1 14-29 86 3 Montana 63-7 343 15 3 25 37-213 5.8 24-28 293 0 10 33-31 0.9 19-31 132 6 Pittsburgh 33-14 -30-10 2 14 24-148 6.2 15-28 164 1 24 45-155 3.4 24-41 187 5 Fresno St 48-16 107 3-1 21 30-92 3.1 25-28 328 1 18 31-119 3.8 21-36 194 1 Georgia St 56-0 206-2 5 19 24-166 6.9 21-29 360 1 21 49-150 3.1 18-32 170 3 at Colorado 37-10 103 0 2 20 39-254 6.5 11-21 160 0 20 43-120 2.8 22-30 191 5 at Iowa 21-19 306 18-1 29 51-295 5.8 31-48 284 4 11 23-82 3.6 13-22 191 1 at Oregon St 42-7 325 24 1 32 41-216 5.3 26-34 293 3 8 28-110 3.9 11-22 74 0 Indiana 45-14 18 1 3 20 37-39 1.1 24-37 331 5 19 47-177 3.8 15-32 175 1 California 38-7 284 13 0 22 38-162 4.3 27-42 215 1 9 26--40-1.5 16-26 133 8 at Northwestern 31-7 116 8 3 23 38-95 2.5 29-41 286 5 15 30-67 2.2 23-43 198 4 at Arizona St 7-13 -55-3 0 14 31-91 2.9 17-30 139 5 17 32-40 1.3 29-41 245 2 Michigan 42-13 237 9 0 25 35-224 6.4 17-26 282 2 16 42-103 2.5 16-28 166 7 UCLA 44-23 210 9-1 24 58-333 5.7 9-12 109 0 15 28-62 2.2 19-33 170 4 at Ohio St 38-39 -246-10 2 17 35-91 2.6 17-29 192 2 27 39-201 5.2 33-39 328 2 Oregon 38-3 173 3 1 19 39-247 6.3 11-19 204 0 16 55-247 4.5 7-13 31 2 at Michigan St 24-27 -8-3 -2 22 21-65 3.1 27-48 401 3 25 24-74 3.1 33-56 400 2 at Stanford 22-30 -81-1 -1 20 33-135 4.1 17-23 190 2 21 44-195 4.4 16-27 211 1 Rutgers 35-6 104 8 1 18 31-90 2.9 16-21 214 2 10 39-157 4.0 7-20 43 1 Utah 33-30 67 1 1 23 32-123 3.8 26-35 354 2 22 45-117 2.6 19-27 293 3 Nebraska 56-44 143 11-1 32 35-263 7.5 26-39 346 2 21 26-67 2.6 26-41 399 4 Washington St 41-14 76 1 4 20 45-328 7.3 11-17 93 1 19 14--24-1.7 37-55 369 5 at Maryland 66-3 231 17 2 28 48-286 6.0 25-40 248 1 11 25-124 5.0 21-37 179 5 Penn St Washington Washington Huskies LEADERS & TEAM AVERAGES Penn St Nittany Lions Average 37-15 134.3 5.3 0.9 21 37-190 5.1 69.3% 222 5.0% 16 35-92 2.6 63.8% 185 10.1% Average 42-16 123.9 4.9 1.2 23 34-167 4.9 64.5% 286 6.7% 18 35-119 3.4 57.9% 210 9.0% Conference 34-15 122.4 5.2 0.8 22 40-210 5.3 66.5% 195 6.0% 16 35-92 2.6 64.2% 191 10.9% Conference 40-19 100.1 6.6 0.8 24 37-161 4.4 64.4% 287 7.9% 17 33-117 3.6 58.8% 231 8.5% Away 28-15 70.2 3.6 0.8 21 34-156 4.6 63.8% 213 8.0% 17 38-119 3.2 65.8% 180 5.8% Home 46-13 155.4 4.1 1.4 22 31-168 5.4 66.4% 288 6.2% 18 40-126 3.1 53.8% 175 10.8% By Game Yardage Leaders Passing at Rutgers Jake Browning 17-30-284-2-0 Myles Gaskin 7-59-8.4-0 Dante Pettis 3-85-28.3-0 Washington Penn St Akron Trace McSorley 18-25-280-2-1 Saquon Barkley 14-172-12.3-2 Juwan Johnson 4-84-21.0-0 Montana Jake Browning 22-26-259-2-1 Salvon Ahmed 9-54-6.0-1 Will Dissly 5-79-15.8-2 Washington QB/WR Pittsburgh Trace McSorley 15-28-164-3-1 Saquon Barkley 14-88-6.3-1 Saquon Barkley 4-45-11.3-1 Fresno St Jake Browning 19-22-255-4-0 Myles Gaskin 8-56-7.0-2 Hunter Bryant 3-99-33.0-0 0.12 Georgia St Trace McSorley 18-23-309-4-0 Saquon Barkley 10-47-4.7-0 Saquon Barkley 4-142-35.5-1 at Colorado Jake Browning 11-21-160-1-1 Myles Gaskin 27-202-7.5-2 Dante Pettis 3-54-18.0-0 Penn St DB's at Iowa Trace McSorley 31-48-284-1-1 Saquon Barkley 28-211-7.5-1 Saquon Barkley 12-94-7.8-0 at Oregon St Jake Browning 26-34-293-3-1 Myles Gaskin 15-113-7.5-1 Dante Pettis 12-105-8.8-3 Washington RB's Indiana Trace McSorley 23-36-315-2-1 Saquon Barkley 20-56-2.8-0 DaeSean Hamilton 9-122-13.6-3 California Jake Browning 27-40-215-2-0 Myles Gaskin 24-91-3.8-2 Hunter Bryant 9-121-13.4-1 0.15 at Northwestern Trace McSorley 25-34-245-1-0 Saquon Barkley 16-75-4.7-2 Saeed Blacknall 4-74-18.5-0 at Arizona St Jake Browning 17-30-139-0-0 Myles Gaskin 14-67-4.8-0 Dante Pettis 7-56-8.0-0 Penn St LB's Washington OL Michigan Trace McSorley 17-26-282-1-1 Saquon Barkley 15-108-7.2-2 DaeSean Hamilton 6-115-19.2-0 UCLA Jake Browning 8-11-98-0-1 Myles Gaskin 27-169-6.3-1 Lavon Coleman 2-46-23.0-0 0.51 at Ohio St Trace McSorley 17-29-192-2-0 Trace McSorley 13-49-3.8-1 Mike Gesicki 6-57-9.5-0 Oregon Jake Browning 11-19-204-2-1 Myles Gaskin 17-123-7.2-1 Dante Pettis 4-87-21.8-1 Penn St DL at Michigan St Trace McSorley 26-47-381-3-3 Saquon Barkley 14-63-4.5-0 DaeSean Hamilton 7-112-16.0-1 at Stanford Jake Browning 17-23-190-0-0 Myles Gaskin 18-120-6.7-3 Aaron Fuller 4-53-13.3-0 Washington DL Rutgers Trace McSorley 16-21-214-2-0 Trace McSorley 13-44-3.4-1 Juwan Johnson 5-78-15.6-0 Utah Jake Browning 26-35-354-2-0 Myles Gaskin 17-52-3.1-2 Myles Gaskin 6-114-19.0-1 0.88 Nebraska Trace McSorley 24-36-325-3-0 Saquon Barkley 17-158-9.3-3 Juwan Johnson 5-105-21.0-0 Washington St Jake Browning 11-17-93-0-0 Myles Gaskin 25-192-7.7-4 Ty Jones 2-23-11.5-0 Penn St OL at Maryland Trace McSorley 22-33-237-2-0 Tommy Stevens 12-113-9.4-3 Juwan Johnson 6-63-10.5-0 Washington LB'S Penn St 0.22 Washington Washington Leaders Position by Position Edges Jake Browning 212-308-2544-18-5 Myles Gaskin 208-1282-6.2-19 Dante Pettis 62-721-11.6-7 Washington DB's Trace McSorley 252-386-3228-26-8 Saquon Barkley 199-1134-5.7-16 DaeSean Hamilton 48-747-15.6-7 KJ Carta-Samuels 8-10-82-0-0 Lavon Coleman 85-396-4.7-4 Hunter Bryant 22-331-15.0-1 0.54 Penn St Leaders Tommy Stevens 14-27-158-3-0 Trace McSorley 132-431-3.3-11 Juwan Johnson 48-635-13.2-1 Dante Pettis 1-1-36-0-0 Salvon Ahmed 60-387-6.5-3 Will Dissly 19-230.1-12.1-2 Penn St QB/WR Saquon Barkley 2-2-36-1-0 Tommy Stevens 27-190-7.0-4 Saquon Barkley 47-594-12.6-3 Last Five Years Meetings (Last 17 years at PhilSteele.com) Washington ST's Category Team & Margin Phil's Forecast: Projected Box None 0.30 Las Vegas Line Penn St ST's Penn St By 2 Return to Table of Contents Projected 136 yards Washington Penn St Projected Passing 225 yards 361 yards Washington Penn St Projected Final 24 points Washington Penn St Projected Yardage Total Washington Penn St Experience Rankings 13 Washington Penn St Team Schedule Strength 134 yards 250 yards 384 yards 32 points 11 64 Washington Penn St 48 0.40 1.62 Penn St RB's Washington K Penn St K Washington Coaches Penn St Coaches Washington Pts Penn St Pts Washington By 0.09 Points 0.04 1.53 POSITIONAL EDGE AWARDED TO: By Game Yardage Leaders Las Vegas Total +/- Ratings Game Grade Computer Yards Computer Points Phil Steele 55 Points Penn St By 6.0 Penn St By 4.4 Penn St 384-361 Penn St 32-24 Penn St by 8 Passing PSU would be in the playoffs had they held onto an 11 point 4Q lead with 5 min to go at OSU. UW has the D, holding foes to 121 ypg below their season avg with 2 AA s in DT Vea & LB Victor. PSU has a solid D, allowing just 329 ypg. PSU has a good-sized on OFF w/barkley & McSorley, and avg 96 ypg more than their foes normally allowed, while UW s OFF avg exactly what their opponents allowed. PSU played the tougher sked & 8 of my 9 sets of power ratings has them winning by 4+. PSU gets the call as a Best Bet selection as they ll win by over a td. Best Bet: Penn St 32 Washington 24

WASHINGTON (10-2) ATS: 7-5 O/U: 6-6 FIESTA BOWL Saturday, December 30, 2017 4:00 pm ESPN University of Phoenix Stadium Glendale, AZ COMPUTER PROJECTIONS WASH PSU 153 rush yd 143 228 pass yd 252 25 pts 35 +11 ytd to +14 #65 sked #48 CHECKLIST WASH PSU QB 1/2 RB 1/2 WR 4 OL 4 DL LB DB CCH SITE 4 MTCH INT ST SKED 4 OVERALL PENN STATE BY 3 4 s PENN STATE (10-2) ATS: 7-5 O/U: 6-6

REC TM CONF +/- TEAM --PS RANK-- 9-1 7-2 TM TM DATE SCORE W/L OFF DEF ST OFF DEF ST CONF TM +/- +/- TEAM --PS RANK-- NCAA RANKINGS REC CONF TM DATE SCORE W/L OFF DEF ST OFF DEF ST 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 137 104 9 9/1 Utah St 59-10 W 46 10 38 118 109 101 2017 TEAM RANKINGS 0-0 0-0 133 18 9/2 Bethune-Cookman 41-13 W 34 5 16 1-0 0-1 0-0 0-0 139 96 9 9/9 Florida Atlantic 31-14 W 41 11 38 76 119 93 1-0 0-0 131 16 9/9 20 8 16 Wisconsin Miami, Fl 2-0 1-2 0-0 0-2 135 111 10 9/16 at BYU 40-6 W 30 11 57 105 58 35 1-0 0-0 131 17 9/16 14 15 14 3-0 0-0 138 9 9/23 23 11 56 #21 Rush Off #73 1-0 3-0 0-0 0-0 131 116 14 9/23 Toledo 52-30 W 9 21 12 47 85 26 3-0 2-1 0-0 0-0 138 123 10 9/30 Northwestern 33-24 W 17 13 55 35 34 77 #94 Pass Off #50 2-0 4-0 0-0 1-0 131 128 14 9/29 at Duke 31-6 W 3 15 15 50 19 116 4-0 3-2 1-0 2-0 136 116 9 10/7 at Nebraska 38-17 W 21 11 64 70 36 41 #50 Total Off #58 3-0 1-2 1-0 1-1 136 131 13 10/7 at Florida St 24-20 W 5 13 27 65 12 14 5-0 3-2 2-0 1-1 136 121 7 10/14 Purdue 17-9 W 21 12 65 80 62 103 #30 Off #57 4-0 3-1 2-0 2-0 136 127 11 10/14 Georgia Tech 25-24 W 7 15 15 25 36 129 6-0 3-3 3-0 1-2 134 111 5 10/21 Maryland 38-13 W 20 10 66 68 61 76 #42 Sks Allowed #72 5-0 4-3 3-0 2-1 134 120 8 10/21 Syracuse 27-19 W 10 19 18 57 72 33 7-0 2-5 4-0 0-4 134 102 5 10/28 at Illinois 24-10 W 20 11 67 113 86 110 #2 Rush Def #41 6-0 1-7 4-0 0-5 133 108 8 10/28 at North Carolina 24-19 W 11 18 32 77 56 56 8-0 3-5 5-0 0-5 131 117 4 11/4 at Indiana 45-17 W 26 12 62 97 41 43 #4 Pass Def #52 7-0 7-1 5-0 3-1 130 132 9 13 11/4 Virginia Tech 28-10 W 15 17 44 36 9 10 9-0 6-3 6-0 3-3 134 128 6 25 11/11 Iowa 38-14 W 26 8 55 78 24 29 #1 Total Def #40 8-0 8-1 6-0 6-1 133 140 7 3 11/11 Notre Dame 41-8 W 17 14 38 4 17 114 10-0 8-2 7-0 5-2 136 129 5 19 11/18 Michigan 24-10 W 26 4 49 37 3 39 #3 Def #20 9-0 6-4 6-0 3-3 138 115 2 11/18 Virginia 44-28 W 17 6 37 95 35 70 11-0 5-6 8-0 2-6 136 118 5 11/25 at Minnesota 31-0 W 29 3 34 113 65 58 #8 Sks By #2 10-0 4-7 7-0 2-5 138 116 2 11/24 at Pittsburgh 14-24 L 19 9 61 86 51 100 12-0 10-2 9-0 8-1 136 143 3 8 12/2 Ohio St 21-27 L 25 3 37 2 7 38 #8 Ypg Diff #45 10-1 11-1 7-1 7-1 136 137 7 1 12/2 Clemson 3-38 L 23 10 68 11 2 108 12-1 9-1 138 6 12/9 22 3 34 +3 Total TO's +15 10-2 7-2 131 11 12/9 31 11 74 12-1 10-2 9-1 7-2 138 127 6 11 12/30 at Miami, Fl 22 3 34 31 11 74 10-2 12-1 7-2 9-1 127 138 11 6 12/30 Wisconsin 31 11 74 22 3 34 Comp Yds Net Comp Yds Yds FD TO's FD RA-RY YPC Att Pass Sks FD RA-RY YPC Att Pass Sks Yds FD TO's FD RA-RY YPC Att Pass Sks FD RA-RY YPC Att Pass Sks Utah St 59-10 174 9 2 25 45-234 5.2 15-23 244 3 16 27-85 3.1 25-41 219 1 Bethune-Cookman 41-13 200 8 2 28 34-317 9.3 18-31 233 0 20 30-121 4.0 25-39 229 1 Florida Atlantic 31-14 316 20-2 29 54-357 6.6 17-30 207 0 9 35-106 3.0 9-19 142 5 at BYU 40-6 299 17 2 28 49-235 4.8 18-19 256 1 11 26-81 3.1 11-20 111 2 Toledo 52-30 158 4 0 27 26-254 9.8 27-36 333 2 23 35-85 2.4 29-50 344 4 Northwestern 33-24 62-7 -1 13 37-109 2.9 11-20 197 2 20 34-25 0.7 29-45 219 8 at Duke 31-6 60-5 2 19 35-139 4.0 15-26 270 3 24 46-183 4.0 21-42 166 6 at Nebraska 38-17 85 3 1 19 49-353 7.2 9-17 113 1 16 26-110 4.2 18-35 271 1 at Florida St 24-20 -69-2 1 20 29-83 2.9 19-44 254 3 22 43-203 4.7 17-28 203 4 Purdue 17-9 273 10-2 24 53-295 5.6 13-18 199 1 14 26-66 2.5 13-29 155 3 Georgia Tech 25-24 200 8 1 24 36-184 5.1 23-38 297 3 16 53-226 4.3 3-8 55 2 Maryland 38-13 172 5 0 23 41-215 5.2 16-24 225 0 18 35-143 4.1 13-30 125 2 Syracuse 27-19 81-1 3 22 32-136 4.3 26-43 344 0 23 51-264 5.2 14-42 135 4 at Illinois 24-10 17 2 2 19 45-168 3.7 10-19 135 1 17 33-134 4.1 9-31 152 5 at North Carolina 24-19 -13-11 2 16 32-59 1.8 17-41 356 2 27 46-176 3.8 20-46 252 3 at Indiana 45-17 141 8 2 24 52-237 4.6 15-22 170 3 16 21-40 1.9 20-34 226 4 Virginia Tech 28-10 130-1 1 21 34-210 6.2 12-24 219 2 22 43-102 2.4 20-32 197 4 Iowa 38-14 316 13-1 18 49-247 5.0 11-18 135 2 5 26-25 1.0 8-24 41 4 Notre Dame 41-8 113 5 4 18 42-237 5.6 15-24 137 0 13 36-109 3.0 13-27 152 5 Michigan 24-10 91 1 0 14 40-182 4.6 9-19 143 3 13 37-58 1.6 11-26 176 2 Virginia 44-28 -81-3 1 15 32-148 4.6 15-28 210 3 18 28-55 2.0 28-37 384 5 at Minnesota 31-0 323 12-1 20 39-287 7.4 17-21 169 0 8 39-93 2.4 3-9 40 2 at Pittsburgh 14-24 -113-6 1 14 23-45 2.0 15-36 187 4 20 45-152 3.4 18-29 193 1 Ohio St 21-27 -151 0 1 16 32-60 1.9 20-41 238 3 16 42-238 5.7 12-26 211 0 Clemson 3-38 -117-8 -2 10 30-104 3.5 14-29 110 4 18 41-77 1.9 25-34 254 4 at Miami, Fl Wisconsin Average 34-13 162.9 7.2 0.2 21 45-229 5.1 62.2% 187 6.9% 14 31-93 3.0 49.1% 161 10.6% Average 30-20 45.8-1.0 1.3 20 32-160 5.0 54.0% 246 6.5% 21 41-146 3.5 56.3% 214 10.4% Conference 31-14 132.9 4.7 0.1 19 44-215 4.9 59.8% 172 7.3% 14 32-93 2.9 47.1% 162 10.7% Conference 24-21 8.7-3.2 1.0 18 31-123 3.9 50.5% 250 7.8% 21 44-160 3.6 55.7% 204 11.1% Away 33-13 119.0 7.0 1.2 21 44-223 5.0 64.0% 180 6.5% 14 31-116 3.7 47.1% 169 9.0% Home 37-19 114.4 2.9 1.7 22 34-212 6.3 60.7% 253 4.5% 19 39-137 3.5 56.2% 214 10.6% By Game Yardage Leaders Passing Utah St Alex Hornibrook 15-23-244-3-0 Jonathan Taylor 9-87-9.7-1 Troy Fumagalli 5-105-21.0-1 Wisconsin Miami, Fl Bethune-Cookman Malik Rosier 17-28-217-3-0 Mark Walton 16-148-9.3-2 Darrell Langham 3-65-21.7-1 Florida Atlantic Alex Hornibrook 16-28-201-1-1 Jonathan Taylor 26-223-8.6-3 Troy Fumagalli 8-92-11.5-1 Wisconsin QB/WR at BYU Alex Hornibrook 18-19-256-4-0 Jonathan Taylor 18-128-7.1-1 Danny Davis 2-67-33.5-0 0.51 Miami, Fl DB's Toledo Malik Rosier 27-36-333-3-1 Mark Walton 11-204-18.5-1 Braxton Berrios 5-105-21.0-1 Northwestern Alex Hornibrook 11-20-197-1-2 Jonathan Taylor 19-80-4.2-2 Quintez Cephus 4-99-24.8-0 Wisconsin RB's at Duke Malik Rosier 15-26-270-2-1 Mark Walton 17-51-3.0-0 Ahmmon Richards 3-106-35.3-1 at Nebraska Alex Hornibrook 9-17-113-1-1 Jonathan Taylor 25-249-10.0-2 Quintez Cephus 4-68-17.0-1 0.29 at Florida St Malik Rosier 19-44-254-3-1 Travis Homer 3-29-9.7-0 Braxton Berrios 8-90-11.3-2 Purdue Alex Hornibrook 13-18-199-1-2 Jonathan Taylor 30-219-7.3-1 Quintez Cephus 5-100-20.0-1 Miami, Fl LB's Georgia Tech Malik Rosier 23-37-297-1-0 Travis Homer 20-170-8.5-1 Darrell Langham 5-100-20.0-0 Maryland Alex Hornibrook 16-24-225-2-1 Jonathan Taylor 22-126-5.7-1 Troy Fumagalli 7-83-11.9-0 Wisconsin OL Syracuse Malik Rosier 26-43-344-2-0 Travis Homer 20-95-4.8-1 Ahmmon Richards 6-99-16.5-0 at Illinois Alex Hornibrook 10-19-135-0-1 Jonathan Taylor 12-73-6.1-0 Kendric Pryor 2-37-18.5-0 0.63 at North Carolina Malik Rosier 16-38-356-3-1 Travis Homer 16-40-2.5-0 Jeff Thomas 3-101-33.7-1 at Indiana Alex Hornibrook 13-20-158-2-1 Jonathan Taylor 29-183-6.3-1 AJ Taylor 3-63-21.0-0 Miami, Fl DL Virginia Tech Malik Rosier 10-21-193-2-3 Travis Homer 14-95-6.8-1 Christopher Herndon 2-61-30.5-1 Iowa Alex Hornibrook 11-18-135-2-3 Jonathan Taylor 29-157-5.4-0 Danny Davis 4-74-18.5-0 Wisconsin DL Notre Dame Malik Rosier 15-24-137-1-0 Travis Homer 18-146-8.1-0 Lawrence Cager 2-45-22.5-0 Michigan Alex Hornibrook 9-19-143-1-1 Jonathan Taylor 19-132-6.9-0 AJ Taylor 3-79-26.3-1 0.55 Virginia Malik Rosier 15-28-210-3-2 Travis Homer 17-96-5.6-1 Ahmmon Richards 4-51-12.8-1 at Minnesota Alex Hornibrook 15-19-151-3-0 Jonathan Taylor 20-149-7.5-1 Kendric Pryor 3-51-17.0-0 Miami, Fl OL at Pittsburgh Malik Rosier 15-34-187-2-0 Malik Rosier 12-31-2.6-0 Braxton Berrios 4-61-15.3-1 Ohio St Alex Hornibrook 19-40-229-0-2 Jonathan Taylor 15-41-2.7-0 Danny Davis 3-50-16.7-0 Wisconsin LB'S Clemson Malik Rosier 14-29-110-0-2 Deejay Dallas 6-44-7.3-0 Braxton Berrios 7-51-7.3-0 1.88 at Miami, Fl Miami, Fl RB's Wisconsin Wisconsin Leaders CONF TM +/- Net Wisconsin Badgers Badgers Logs Wisconsin Badgers LEADERS & TEAM AVERAGES Miami, Fl Hurricanes Alex Hornibrook 175-284-2386-21-15 Jonathan Taylor 273-1847-6.8-13 Troy Fumagalli 43-516-12.0-4 Wisconsin DB's Malik Rosier 212-388-2908-25-11 Travis Homer 151-902-6.0-7 Braxton Berrios 51-625-12.3-9 Jack Coan 5-5-36-0-0 Bradrick Shaw 96-365-3.8-4 Quintez Cephus 30-501-16.7-6 0.40 Miami, Fl Leaders Braxton Berrios 1-1-17-0-0 Mark Walton 56-428-7.6-3 Christopher Herndon 40-477-11.9-4 Return to Table of Contents 12-1 BIG 10 10-2 Miami, Fl Hurricanes ACC Hurricanes Logs Position by Position Edges By Game Yardage Leaders Passing Garrett Groshek 1-1-9-0-0 Garrett Groshek 57-294-5.2-2 AJ Taylor 23-370-16.1-4 Evan Shirrefs 2-7-16-0-0 Malik Rosier 122-427-3.5-5 Ahmmon Richards 24-439-18.3-3 Miami, Fl QB/WR Last Five Years Meetings (Last 17 years at PhilSteele.com) Wisconsin ST's Projected Box 0.47 Category Team & Margin Phil's Forecast: None Las Vegas Line Miami, Fl ST's Wisconsin By 6 I picked Miami as my #2 Surprise team in my magazine. They got as high as #2 Projected Wisconsin K Las Vegas Total in the Playoff rankings, but lost their star TE & one of their top WR s prior to the 186 yards Wisconsin Miami, Fl 76 yards 0.58 45 Points ACC title game. Rosier completed just 49% the L/6 games. Miami s D comes to Projected Passing Miami, Fl K +/- Ratings play in big games as they held VT, ND & Clemson to 90 ypg below their season 189 yards Wisconsin Miami, Fl 203 yards Wisconsin Coaches Wisconsin By 9.5 avg. Clemson only had 331 yards. UW has the nation s top D statistically, Projected Yardage Total 0.25 Game Grade allowing just 253 ypg. The Badgers took on a light sked, but held foes to 136 375 yards Wisconsin Miami, Fl 279 yards Miami, Fl Coaches Wisconsin By 8.4 Projected Final ypg below their season avg, which is 4th best. While UW comes in avg 5.1 ypc, Wisconsin Pts 26 points Wisconsin Miami, Fl 16 points Computer Yards 4.17 1.39 Wisconsin 375-279 keep in mind ND was at 7.0 ypc & Miami held them to 109 rush yards. Both have Experience Rankings Miami, Fl Pts gread D s & can be stopped on OFF. I ll call for Miami to keep this game close in Computer Points 33 Wisconsin Miami, Fl 73 Wisconsin 26-16 a lower than expected scoring game. POSITIONAL EDGE AWARDED TO: Team Schedule Strength Wisconsin Phil Steele 47 Wisconsin Miami, Fl 31 Wisconsin by 3 By 2.78 Points Wisconsin 20 Miami, FL 17

WISCONSIN (12-1) ATS: 8-5 O/U: 7-6 ORANGE BOWL Saturday, December 30, 2017 8:00 pm ESPN Hard Rock Stadium Miami Gardens, FL COMPUTER PROJECTIONS WISC MIA 175 rush yd 59 195 pass yd 189 26 pts 12 +4 ytd to +15 #51 sked #33 CHECKLIST WISC MIA 441/2 QB 1/2 1/2 RB WR OL DL 1/2 LB 4 DB CCH SITE 41/2 44 MTCH INT 1/2 41/2 ST SKED 1/2 OVERALL WISCONSIN BY 5 4 s MIAMI (10-2) ATS: 5-7 O/U: 2-10

South Carolina Gamecocks Gamecocks Logs Michigan Wolverines 8-4 8-4 SEC BIG 10 Wolverines Logs TM TEAM --PS RANK-- 5-3 5-4 TM TEAM --PS RANK-- TM +/- +/- TM +/- +/- REC CONF CONF TM DATE SCORE W/L OFF DEF ST OFF DEF ST NCAA RANKINGS REC CONF CONF TM DATE SCORE W/L OFF DEF ST OFF DEF ST 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 113 127 9/2 NC State 35-28 W 22 32 126 26 20 36 2017 TEAM RANKINGS 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 125 128 11 17 9/2 Florida 33-17 W 41 22 37 25 14 3 1-0 1-0 0-0 0-0 118 117 9/9 at Missouri 31-13 W 32 26 126 12 64 77 1-0 1-0 0-0 0-0 130 108 8 9/9 Cincinnati 36-14 W 44 9 37 101 75 91 South Carolina Michigan 2-0 2-0 1-0 0-0 123 116 9/16 Kentucky 13-23 L 37 23 65 67 32 25 2-0 1-0 0-0 0-0 130 110 7 9/16 Air Force 29-13 W 42 6 83 40 106 26 2-1 2-1 1-1 1-0 118 112 9/23 Louisiana Tech 17-16 W 52 23 119 79 101 65 #108 Rush Off #43 3-0 2-1 0-0 0-0 129 121 8 9/23 at Purdue 28-10 W 42 3 15 72 64 113 3-1 3-1 1-1 1-0 117 120 9/30 at Texas A&M 17-24 L 53 26 113 30 17 4 #79 Pass Off #112 4-0 1-0 131 8 9/30 48 3 23 3-2 2-2 1-2 0-1 117 115 10/7 Arkansas 48-22 W 60 28 120 24 54 126 #109 Total Off #101 4-0 3-1 1-0 1-0 131 120 7 10/7 Michigan St 10-14 L 45 2 13 39 21 111 4-2 3-2 2-2 0-2 121 115 10/14 at Tennessee 15-9 W 62 25 78 59 47 10 #98 Off #86 4-1 3-2 1-1 0-2 127 118 17 10/14 at Indiana 27-20 W 42 2 12 87 38 37 5-2 3-2 122 10/21 64 23 79 #72 Sks Allowed #114 5-1 6-0 2-1 3-0 127 141 19 2 10/21 at Penn St 13-42 L 41 2 22 16 4 5 5-2 3-4 3-2 0-4 122 111 10/28 Vanderbilt 34-27 W 69 24 65 102 55 120 #43 Rush Def #21 5-2 3-4 2-2 2-2 125 111 10/28 Rutgers 35-14 W 49 3 23 92 66 42 6-2 8-0 4-2 5-0 121 140 2 11/4 at Georgia 10-24 L 61 25 48 7 6 14 #72 Pass Def #1 6-2 4-4 3-2 1-4 125 116 11/4 Minnesota 33-10 W 38 3 32 108 52 55 6-3 3-5 4-3 3-4 122 114 11/11 Florida 28-20 W 63 30 51 58 41 56 #51 Total Def #3 7-2 4-5 4-2 2-4 127 112 21 11/11 at Maryland 35-10 W 36 2 61 89 75 40 7-3 5-3 121 11/18 Wofford 31-10 W 58 27 60 #26 Def #14 8-2 10-0 5-2 7-0 129 136 19 5 11/18 at Wisconsin 10-24 L 37 3 39 26 4 49 8-3 10-1 5-3 7-1 121 137 4 11/25 Clemson 10-34 L 56 28 59 11 2 106 #61 Sks By #8 8-3 9-2 5-3 7-1 129 143 8 11/25 Ohio St 20-31 L 43 5 51 1 7 48 8-4 5-3 123 12/2 78 30 58 #89 Ypg Diff #25 8-4 5-4 129 12/2 42 6 65 8-4 8-4 5-3 5-4 121 129 1/1 Michigan 56 33 59 44 4 65 +9 Total TO's -2 8-4 8-4 5-4 5-3 129 121 1/1 South Carolina 44 4 65 56 33 59 Net Comp Yds Net Comp Yds Yds FD TO's FD RA-RY YPC Att Pass Sks FD RA-RY YPC Att Pass Sks Yds FD TO's FD RA-RY YPC Att Pass Sks FD RA-RY YPC Att Pass Sks NC State 35-28 -258-17 1 12 21-31 1.5 17-29 215 3 29 35-89 2.5 45-64 415 4 Florida 33-17 241 10 1 19 49-215 4.4 12-26 218 5 9 27-11 0.4 14-26 181 6 at Missouri 31-13 -64-1 3 20 40-172 4.3 18-28 187 1 21 37-178 4.8 14-32 245 1 Cincinnati 36-14 214 3 0 16 37-193 5.2 17-29 221 1 13 30-68 2.3 15-40 132 4 Kentucky 13-23 5-6 0 14 20-54 2.7 24-37 304 2 20 47-184 3.9 16-26 169 1 Air Force 29-13 127 2 0 17 42-190 4.5 14-23 169 2 15 49-168 3.4 1-9 64 3 Louisiana Tech 17-16 77 6-1 23 32-143 4.5 22-35 295 2 17 28-80 2.9 23-33 281 1 at Purdue 28-10 234 15-1 24 44-139 3.2 21-31 284 4 9 20-30 1.5 13-30 159 5 at Texas A&M 17-24 -117-6 0 14 26-23 0.9 17-30 256 7 20 49-237 4.8 19-27 159 1 Arkansas 48-22 28 0 4 19 36-159 4.4 16-31 199 1 19 32-106 3.3 20-37 224 2 Michigan St 10-14 48 4-5 17 39-102 2.6 16-35 198 4 13 40-158 4.0 11-22 94 0 at Tennessee 15-9 70 3 0 19 40-194 4.9 15-24 129 1 16 39-120 3.1 11-19 133 7 at Indiana 27-20 51 3 2 17 44-271 6.2 10-20 58 0 14 29-80 2.8 21-43 198 2 at Penn St 13-42 -237-9 0 16 42-103 2.5 16-28 166 7 25 35-224 6.4 17-26 282 2 Vanderbilt 34-27 -54-1 1 26 37-212 5.7 19-29 174 1 27 23-107 4.7 27-49 333 0 Rutgers 35-14 276 16-1 25 51-334 6.5 13-20 137 1 9 31-94 3.0 8-16 101 5 at Georgia 10-24 -168-12 -1 14 17-43 2.5 21-36 227 2 26 53-242 4.6 16-22 196 1 Minnesota 33-10 263 1 1 14 37-371 10.0 8-13 56 3 13 44-90 2.0 5-12 74 5 Florida 28-20 168 12-1 24 47-220 4.7 19-29 249 3 12 22-78 3.5 17-39 223 4 at Maryland 35-10 -35 1 2 16 38-160 4.2 9-18 145 0 15 32-180 5.6 18-38 160 1 Wofford 31-10 162 9 3 23 38-195 5.1 22-28 194 2 14 41-155 3.8 5-9 72 1 at Wisconsin 10-24 -91-1 0 13 37-58 1.6 11-26 176 2 14 40-182 4.6 9-19 143 3 Clemson 10-34 -262-17 0 10 25-81 3.2 16-29 126 1 27 45-184 4.1 25-38 285 1 Ohio St 20-31 -55-1 -1 16 36-100 2.8 17-32 195 5 17 48-226 4.7 9-15 124 3 Michigan South Carolina Average 24-21 -34.4-2.5 0.8 18 32-127 4.0 61.9% 213 7.1% 21 38-147 3.9 60.3% 228 6.1% Average 26-18 86.3 3.7-0.2 18 41-186 4.5 54.5% 169 11.3% 14 35-126 3.6 47.6% 143 13.2% Conference 25-20 -16.5-1.4 0.8 19 33-135 4.1 61.1% 216 7.4% 20 38-157 4.1 55.8% 210 6.8% Conference 23-19 50.4 3.2-0.3 18 41-182 4.5 54.3% 157 11.7% 14 35-140 4.0 50.2% 148 11.8% Away 22-20 -107.4-6.6 0.6 16 29-93 3.2 59.9% 203 9.5% 22 43-173 4.1 64.0% 230 8.5% Home 27-16 145.5 4.2-1.0 18 40-215 5.3 55.9% 163 10.5% 13 40-134 3.3 43.0% 98 17.5% By Game Yardage Leaders Passing Position by Position Edges By Game Yardage Leaders Passing NC State Jake Bentley 17-29-215-3-1 Rico Dowdle 12-27-2.3-1 Deebo Samuel 5-83-16.6-2 South Carolina Michigan Florida Wilton Speight 11-25-181-1-2 Ty Isaac 11-114-10.4-0 Tarik Black 2-83-41.5-1 at Missouri Jake Bentley 18-28-187-1-0 Ty'Son Williams 14-78-5.6-0 Hayden Hurst 3-69-23.0-1 South Carolina QB/WR Cincinnati Wilton Speight 17-29-221-2-0 Ty Isaac 20-133-6.7-0 Kekoa Crawford 4-83-20.8-1 Kentucky Jake Bentley 24-36-304-2-2 Rico Dowdle 8-23-2.9-0 Deebo Samuel 5-122-24.4-1 0.95 Air Force Wilton Speight 14-23-169-0-0 Ty Isaac 16-89-5.6-0 Tarik Black 5-55-11.0-0 Louisiana Tech Jake Bentley 22-34-295-1-1 Ty'Son Williams 13-95-7.3-1 Bryan Edwards 6-122-20.3-0 Michigan DB's at Purdue John O'Korn 18-26-270-1-1 Chris Evans 14-97-6.9-2 Sean McKeon 5-82-16.4-0 at Texas A&M Jake Bentley 17-30-256-2-0 Ty'Son Williams 14-73-5.2-0 Shi Smith 3-86-28.7-1 South Carolina RB's Arkansas Jake Bentley 16-31-199-3-0 Rico Dowdle 11-61-5.5-0 Hayden Hurst 2-76-38.0-1 1.72 Michigan St John O'Korn 16-35-198-0-3 Karan Higdon 12-65-5.4-0 Grant Perry 5-61-12.2-0 at Tennessee Jake Bentley 15-24-129-0-0 AJ Turner 14-86-6.1-1 Bryan Edwards 6-63-10.5-0 Michigan LB's at Indiana John O'Korn 10-20-58-0-0 Karan Higdon 25-200-8.0-3 Donovan Peoples-Jones 4-34-8.5-0 South Carolina OL at Penn St John O'Korn 16-28-166-0-0 Karan Higdon 15-45-3.0-1 Grant Perry 3-46-15.3-0 Vanderbilt Jake Bentley 19-29-174-1-0 AJ Turner 15-121-8.1-1 Shi Smith 5-76-15.2-1 1.38 Rutgers Brandon Peters 10-14-124-1-0 Karan Higdon 18-158-8.8-2 Sean McKeon 3-31-10.3-0 at Georgia Jake Bentley 21-35-227-1-2 AJ Turner 8-35-4.4-0 Hayden Hurst 7-93-13.3-0 Michigan DL Minnesota Brandon Peters 8-13-56-1-0 Karan Higdon 16-200-12.5-2 Sean McKeon 3-30-10.0-1 Florida Jake Bentley 19-29-249-0-3 AJ Turner 22-136-6.2-0 OrTre Smith 5-60-12.0-0 South Carolina DL at Maryland Brandon Peters 9-18-145-2-0 Chris Evans 15-80-5.3-2 Zach Gentry 3-63-21.0-1 Wofford Jake Bentley 22-28-194-1-0 AJ Turner 11-69-6.3-1 Bryan Edwards 8-90-11.3-1 0.20 at Wisconsin Brandon Peters 9-18-157-0-0 Chris Evans 11-25-2.3-0 Donovan Peoples-Jones 4-64-16.0-0 Clemson Jake Bentley 16-29-126-1-2 Ty'Son Williams 13-53-4.1-0 Bryan Edwards 6-70-11.7-1 Michigan OL Ohio St John O'Korn 17-32-195-1-1 Chris Evans 11-67-6.1-0 Kekoa Crawford 2-57-28.5-0 South Carolina LB'S Michigan 0.68 South Carolina South Carolina Leaders Jake Bentley 226-362-2555-16-11 AJ Turner 92-517-5.6-3 Bryan Edwards 59-705-11.9-4 South Carolina DB's John O'Korn 83-156-956-2-6 Karan Higdon 147-929-6.3-11 Grant Perry 25-307-12.3-1 Hayden Hurst 0-1-0.1-0-0 Ty'Son Williams 92-460-5.0-1 Hayden Hurst 41-518-12.6-2 0.01 Michigan Leaders Wilton Speight 44-81-581-3-2 Chris Evans 126-661-5.2-6 Sean McKeon 29-285-9.8-3 Team 0-2-0-0-0 Rico Dowdle 60-206-3.4-1 Shi Smith 26-350-13.5-2 Michigan QB/WR Brandon Peters 37-64-486-4-0 Ty Isaac 88-548-6.2-3 Zach Gentry 15-276-18.4-2 Last Five Years Meetings (Last 17 years at PhilSteele.com) South Carolina ST's Category Team & Margin Phil's Forecast: Projected Box 2012 Rank Line FD Rush Comp-Att-Yds TO's 1.53 Las Vegas Line Michigan 19 46.5 28 24 45-141 18-37-214 Michigan ST's Michigan By 8 South Carolina 11-5 33 17 17-85 25-36-341 1 Return to Table of Contents 81 yards 152 yards 12 points Projected South Carolina Michigan Projected Passing South Carolina Michigan Projected Yardage Total 233 yards South Carolina Michigan Projected Final 178 yards 195 yards 26 South Carolina Michigan 127 Team Schedule Strength 52 South Carolina Michigan 373 yards South Carolina Michigan 23 points Experience Rankings 17 1.73 South Carolina Gamecocks LEADERS & TEAM AVERAGES Michigan RB's South Carolina K Michigan K South Carolina Coaches Michigan Wolverines 1.25 Las Vegas Total +/- Ratings 43 Points Michigan By 17.5 1.30 Game Grade Michigan Coaches Michigan By 10.6 South Carolina Pts Michigan Pts POSITIONAL EDGE AWARDED TO: Michigan By 5.56 Points 7.29 Computer Yards Computer Points Phil Steele Michigan 373-233 Michigan 23-12 Michigan by 14 Michigan 24 South Carolina 10 SC is 6-1 ATS as a dog with 4 outright wins. HC Harbaugh is just 5-10 ATS as a favorite. SC overachieved, winning 8 games & playing in the weak SEC East. They avoided LSU, Bama & Aub out of the West. Their win over NCSt was misleading as they were outgained by 258 yds. On the ssn, SC was outgained by 34 ypg. UM won the same amount of games, but outgained their foes by 86 ypg. UM s D allowed just 269 ypg, while SC allowed 375 ypg. UM has the potential to be a top 10 team to open up 18 and will finish off the season with an impressive win by 2 td s.

MICHIGAN (8-4) ATS: 7-5 O/U: 6-5-1 OUTBACK BOWL Monday, January 1, 2018 12:00 pm ESPN2 Raymond James Stadium Tampa, FL COMPUTER PROJECTIONS MICH S CAR 179 rush yd 98 201 pass yd 133 24 pts 10-2 ytd to +9 #35 sked #42 CHECKLIST MICH S CAR QB 41/2 44 RB WR 1/2 1/2 OL 4 DL 41/2 LB 44 DB 4 CCH SITE 4 MTCH INT 4 ST 1/2 SKED OVERALL MICHIGAN BY 6 4 s SOUTH CAROLINA (8-4) ATS: 8-4 O/U: 4-8

REC UCF Knights 12-0 10-3 Knights Logs AAC SEC Tigers Logs TEAM --PS RANK-- TM TEAM TM +/- +/- CONF TM +/- +/- 9-0 7-2 --PS RANK-- TM DATE SCORE W/L OFF DEF ST OFF DEF ST NCAA RANKINGS REC CONF CONF TM DATE SCORE W/L OFF DEF ST OFF DEF ST 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 109 103 8/31 FIU 61-17 W 70 67 33 111 99 82 2017 TEAM RANKINGS 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 128 95 12 9/2 GA Southern 41-7 W 7 12 7 124 126 62 1-0 0-0 113 9/9 65 67 33 1-0 1-0 0-0 0-0 129 141 13 3 9/9 at Clemson 6-14 L 6 7 7 14 4 83 UCF Auburn 1-0 0-0 113 9/16 51 67 21 1-1 0-0 130 15 9/16 Mercer 24-10 W 18 8 9 1-0 2-0 0-0 0-0 113 116 9/23 at Maryland 38-10 W 46 67 44 15 48 57 #34 Rush Off #22 2-1 1-2 0-0 0-1 126 108 15 9/23 at Missouri 51-14 W 24 9 23 22 78 46 2-0 3-0 0-0 0-0 118 118 9/30 Memphis 40-13 W 38 52 71 39 71 7 #7 Pass Off #68 3-1 3-1 1-0 1-1 130 125 13 24 9/30 Miss St 49-10 W 21 7 13 22 21 58 3-0 2-3 1-0 0-1 122 107 25 10/7 at Cincinnati 51-23 W 35 42 51 110 88 117 #5 Total Off #26 4-1 2-2 2-0 0-1 134 110 12 10/7 Mississippi 44-23 W 19 5 28 36 57 70 4-0 1-5 2-0 1-2 125 92 22 10/14 East Carolina 63-21 W 24 41 50 109 130 120 #1 Off #25 5-1 4-2 3-0 1-1 133 124 10 10/14 at LSU 23-27 L 17 8 27 29 10 71 5-0 5-1 3-0 3-1 126 116 20 10/21 at Navy 31-21 W 17 35 31 25 100 80 #7 Sks Allowed #95 5-2 2-4 3-1 0-3 130 112 21 10/21 at Arkansas 52-20 W 19 9 28 35 62 109 6-0 4-0 126 18 10/28 Austin Peay 73-33 W 12 40 27 #65 Rush Def #32 6-2 4-1 133 19 10/28 13 7 33 7-0 6-2 4-0 3-1 127 113 15 11/4 at SMU 31-24 W 10 45 23 27 98 90 #111 Pass Def #14 6-2 5-3 4-1 3-2 133 120 16 11/4 at Texas A&M 42-27 W 12 8 50 40 23 3 8-0 3-6 5-0 2-4 127 96 14 11/11 Connecticut 49-24 W 12 43 27 117 115 115 #94 Total Def #14 7-2 9-0 5-1 6-0 134 139 10 2 11/11 Georgia 40-17 W 13 9 60 6 7 14 9-0 5-5 6-0 3-3 125 113 14 11/18 at Temple 45-19 W 10 51 21 105 85 102 #53 Def #10 8-2 4-5 6-1 4-3 139 99 6 11/18 ULM 42-14 W 11 7 57 54 122 45 10-0 9-1 7-0 6-1 125 118 13 22 11/24 USF 49-42 W 14 45 17 24 25 51 #92 Sks By #13 9-2 11-0 6-1 7-0 137 143 6 1 11/25 Alabama 26-14 W 9 4 66 2 1 27 11-0 3-0 8-0 0-0 128 118 12 16 12/2 Memphis 62-55 W 18 61 13 39 71 7 #18 Ypg Diff #10 10-2 9-0 7-1 6-0 139 139 4 6 12/2 Georgia 7-28 L 9 5 70 6 7 14 12-0 9-0 129 10 12/2 18 61 13 +15 Total TO's +1 10-3 7-2 136 7 12/9 9 5 70 12-0 10-3 9-0 7-2 129 136 10 7 1/1 Auburn 18 61 13 9 5 70 10-3 12-0 7-2 9-0 136 129 7 10 1/1 UCF 9 5 70 18 61 13 TM CONF Net Comp Yds Net Comp Yds Yds FD TO's FD RA-RY YPC Att Pass Sks FD RA-RY YPC Att Pass Sks Yds FD TO's FD RA-RY YPC Att Pass Sks FD RA-RY YPC Att Pass Sks FIU 61-17 252 18 2 31 45-148 3.3 26-33 439 0 13 26-134 5.2 18-31 201 1 GA Southern 41-7 457 17-2 25 53-351 6.6 15-26 184 3 8 47-70 1.5 4-9 8 6 at Clemson 6-14 -164-5 2 13 42-38 0.9 13-24 79 11 18 36-96 2.7 20-31 185 4 Mercer 24-10 264 14-5 26 43-146 3.4 32-37 364 1 12 35-100 2.9 20-32 146 0 at Maryland 38-10 231 0 2 18 39-250 6.4 18-30 178 0 18 37-42 1.1 17-28 155 5 at Missouri 51-14 142 1 4 22 53-263 5.0 16-21 219 1 21 31-124 4.0 23-39 216 2 Memphis 40-13 207 2 3 27 49-350 7.1 19-31 253 0 25 24-75 3.1 27-49 321 2 Miss St 49-10 160-4 0 14 39-244 6.3 14-17 267 2 18 47-194 4.1 13-37 157 2 at Cincinnati 51-23 124 2 1 23 21-141 6.7 16-19 374 1 21 26-113 4.3 23-40 278 1 Mississippi 44-23 132 2 0 25 51-326 6.4 14-21 235 1 23 30-83 2.8 34-51 346 1 East Carolina 63-21 256 17 0 33 42-238 5.7 25-31 365 2 16 37-187 5.1 15-33 160 1 at LSU 23-27 -9 3 1 17 44-189 4.3 9-26 165 3 14 39-157 4.0 13-25 206 4 at Navy 31-21 64 3 2 22 42-247 5.9 16-24 236 1 19 59-248 4.2 5-14 171 0 at Arkansas 52-20 295 7 1 26 47-345 7.3 21-30 284 0 19 42-171 4.1 15-26 163 6 Austin Peay 73-33 137 9 2 27 36-142 3.9 28-31 347 1 18 44-143 3.3 12-19 209 0 at SMU 31-24 126 2-2 23 36-203 5.6 23-40 412 2 21 37-206 5.6 27-52 283 0 at Texas A&M 42-27 153 10 0 23 52-228 4.4 20-27 268 2 13 34-143 4.2 16-33 200 1 Connecticut 49-24 106-1 1 22 35-173 4.9 25-38 346 2 23 45-212 4.7 18-31 201 3 Georgia 40-17 258 12 1 25 46-237 5.2 17-25 251 2 13 32-46 1.4 13-29 184 4 at Temple 45-19 -13-2 5 17 40-130 3.3 18-28 254 2 19 35-196 5.6 17-42 201 1 ULM 42-14 222 9 1 25 48-317 6.6 18-24 235 0 16 41-116 2.8 16-36 214 2 USF 49-42 -120 5 1 32 40-160 4.0 29-44 373 0 27 39-150 3.8 24-45 503 3 Alabama 26-14 94 7 0 25 49-168 3.4 22-29 240 1 18 38-211 5.6 13-23 103 2 Memphis 40-13 207 2 3 27 49-350 7.1 19-31 253 0 25 24-75 3.1 27-49 321 2 Georgia 40-17 258 12 1 25 46-237 5.2 17-25 251 2 13 32-46 1.4 13-29 184 4 Auburn UCF Average 49-25 111.9 4.6 1.3 26 39-201 5.2 69.7% 339 3.1% 21 38-166 4.4 54.4% 263 4.9% Average 34-17 141.7 5.5 0.1 22 46-228 5.0 67.0% 226 8.8% 16 38-135 3.5 55.0% 178 9.2% Conference 47-27 80.3 3.1 1.0 26 38-208 5.4 67.5% 345 3.7% 23 39-185 4.8 53.1% 288 4.3% Conference 37-20 118.1 4.0 0.6 22 46-235 5.1 65.4% 230 6.6% 18 37-152 4.1 54.7% 195 8.4% Away 39-19 106.4 1.0 1.6 21 36-194 5.5 64.5% 291 4.3% 20 39-161 4.1 50.6% 218 4.0% Home 38-14 226.7 8.1-0.7 24 47-256 5.4 73.7% 254 5.6% 15 39-117 3.0 52.1% 165 7.8% By Game Yardage Leaders Passing Position by Position Edges By Game Yardage Leaders Passing FIU McKenzie Milton 16-21-360-4-1 Jawon Hamilton 12-56-4.7-1 Dredrick Snelson 4-98-24.5-0 UCF Auburn GA Southern Jarrett Stidham 14-24-185-2-1 Kerryon Johnson 16-136-8.5-1 Will Hastings 4-68-17.0-1 UCF QB/WR at Clemson Jarrett Stidham 13-24-79-0-0 Kamryn Pettway 22-74-3.4-0 Ryan Davis 8-32-4.0-0 0.45 Mercer Jarrett Stidham 32-37-364-0-1 Kamryn Pettway 34-128-3.8-3 Will Hastings 3-71-23.7-0 at Maryland McKenzie Milton 18-30-178-1-0 McKenzie Milton 6-94-15.7-0 Jordan Akins 3-57-19.0-1 Auburn DB's at Missouri Jarrett Stidham 13-17-218-1-0 Kam Martin 9-74-8.2-0 Nate Craig-Myers 2-61-30.5-1 Memphis McKenzie Milton 19-31-253-3-1 Adrian Killins 9-115-12.8-1 Tre'Quan Smith 3-71-23.7-2 UCF RB's Miss St Jarrett Stidham 13-16-264-2-0 Kerryon Johnson 23-116-5.0-3 Eli Stove 2-75-37.5-0 at Cincinnati McKenzie Milton 16-19-374-5-0 Marlon Williams 1-47-47.0-0 Tre'Quan Smith 5-165-33.0-3 1.43 Mississippi Jarrett Stidham 14-21-235-2-0 Kerryon Johnson 28-204-7.3-3 Ryan Davis 2-75-37.5-1 East Carolina McKenzie Milton 21-27-324-2-0 Greg McCrae 5-64-12.8-1 Tre'Quan Smith 5-93-18.6-0 Auburn LB's at LSU Jarrett Stidham 9-26-165-1-0 Kerryon Johnson 31-156-5.0-1 Ryan Davis 2-67-33.5-0 at Navy McKenzie Milton 15-23-233-1-1 Adrian Killins 15-122-8.1-2 Dredrick Snelson 3-72-24.0-0 UCF OL at Arkansas Jarrett Stidham 19-28-218-0-1 Kamryn Pettway 11-90-8.2-3 Darius Slayton 4-146-36.5-1 Austin Peay McKenzie Milton 24-26-275-3-0 Noah Vedral 5-37-7.4-1 Dredrick Snelson 5-90-18.0-2 1.43 at SMU McKenzie Milton 23-40-412-1-2 Adrian Killins 14-145-10.4-2 Tre'Quan Smith 7-141-20.1-0 Auburn DL at Texas A&M Jarrett Stidham 20-27-268-3-0 Kerryon Johnson 29-145-5.0-1 Darius Slayton 2-99-49.5-1 Connecticut McKenzie Milton 24-36-311-2-0 Otis Anderson 9-84-9.3-2 Tre'Quan Smith 7-120-17.1-1 UCF DL Georgia Jarrett Stidham 16-23-214-3-0 Kerryon Johnson 32-167-5.2-0 Kerryon Johnson 2-66-33.0-1 at Temple McKenzie Milton 16-23-208-4-0 Otis Anderson 5-58-11.6-0 Tre'Quan Smith 4-89-22.3-1 1.63 ULM Jarrett Stidham 18-24-235-2-1 Kerryon Johnson 22-137-6.2-1 Darius Slayton 4-89-22.3-1 USF McKenzie Milton 29-44-373-4-1 Adrian Killins 15-82-5.5-1 Dredrick Snelson 4-81-20.3-2 Auburn OL Alabama Jarrett Stidham 21-28-237-0-0 Kerryon Johnson 30-104-3.5-1 Ryan Davis 11-139-12.6-0 Memphis McKenzie Milton 28-40-494-5-3 Otis Anderson 15-113-7.5-1 Tre'Quan Smith 6-161-26.8-2 UCF LB'S Georgia Jarrett Stidham 16-32-145-1-0 Kerryon Johnson 13-44-3.4-0 Ryan Davis 7-65-9.3-0 1.25 Auburn Auburn RB's UCF UCF Leaders UCF Knights LEADERS & TEAM AVERAGES Auburn Tigers Auburn Tigers McKenzie Milton 249-360-3795-35-9 Adrian Killins 111-762-6.9-10 Tre'Quan Smith 54-1082-20.0-13 UCF DB's Jarrett Stidham 218-327-2827-17-4 Kerryon Johnson 263-1320-5.0-17 Ryan Davis 76-768-10.1-5 Noah Vedral 22-29-276-1-0 McKenzie Milton 93-497-5.3-7 Dredrick Snelson 42-656-15.6-7 1.77 Auburn Leaders Ryan Davis 1-2-62-1-0 Kam Martin 68-429-6.3-2 Darius Slayton 24-574-23.9-5 Otis Anderson 58-456-7.9-4 Jordan Akins 30-459-15.3-4 Auburn QB/WR Malik Willis 6-7-45-1-0 Kamryn Pettway 76-305-4.0-6 Will Hastings 20-408-20.4-3 Last Five Years Meetings (Last 17 years at PhilSteele.com) UCF ST's Projected Box 2.30 Category Team & Margin Phil's Forecast: None Las Vegas Line Auburn ST's Auburn By 9.5 Projected UCF K UCF s explosive OFF scored 49 ppg & avg 540 ypg. Upon closer inspection, UCF Las Vegas Total 107 yards UCF Auburn 236 yards 0.39 67 Points took on 1 of the weakest slates of D s any team faced. The highest ranked D Projected Passing Auburn K they opposed was #49 in my rankings & just 3 of their 13 foes ranked higher +/- Ratings 269 yards UCF Auburn 300 yards UCF Coaches Auburn By 8.5 than #85. Auburn comes in with my #7 rated D & 1 of the best front 7 s in the Projected Yardage Total 0.80 country. The G5 NYD bowl team is 3-1 SU/ATS & is always more motivated. The Game Grade 376 yards UCF Auburn 536 yards Auburn Coaches Auburn By 9.6 lone loss was LY & that was when WM came in unbeaten. UCF comes in Projected Final UCF Pts unbeaten & Auburn has knocked off a pair of undefeated #1 teams, each by Computer Yards 27 points UCF Auburn 37 points 2.75 8.70 Auburn 536-376 DD s. While those wins were at home, Bama & UGA are a lot stronger than this Experience Rankings Auburn Pts Computer Points UCF squad & I ll call for the Tigers to win by over 2 td s. 53 UCF Auburn 6 Auburn 37-27 POSITIONAL EDGE AWARDED TO: Team Schedule Strength Auburn Phil Steele 78 UCF Auburn 19 Auburn by 17 By 5.95 Points Auburn 40 UCF 23 Return to Table of Contents

UCF (12-0) ATS: 6-4-1 O/U: 7-4 PEACH BOWL Monday, January 1, 2018 12:30 pm ESPN Mercedez-Benz Stadium Atlanta, GA COMPUTER PROJECTIONS UCF AUB 107 rush yd 256 282 pass yd 317 28 pts 39 +15 ytd to +1 #79 sked #3 CHECKLIST UCF AUB 1/2 QB RB 41/2 WR OL 1/2 DL 444 LB 44 DB 4 CCH 4 SITE 41/2 MTCH 44 INT 41/2 ST SKED 4441/2 OVERALL AUBURN BY 10 4 s AUBURN (10-3) ATS: 5-6-2 O/U: 7-6

Notre Dame Fighting Irish Fighting Irish Logs 9-3 9-3 IND SEC LSU Tigers TEAM --PS RANK-- 6-3 6-2 TEAM --PS RANK-- TM TM REC CONF REC CONF NCAA RANKINGS TM DATE SCORE W/L OFF DEF ST OFF DEF ST TM DATE SCORE W/L OFF DEF ST OFF DEF ST 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 130 116 9/2 Temple 49-16 W 14 27 49 93 68 23 2017 TEAM RANKINGS 0-0 1-0 0-0 0-0 130 118 13 9/2 BYU 27-0 W 18 11 9 73 33 15 1-0 1-0 0-0 0-0 134 126 24 15 9/9 Georgia 19-20 L 7 24 49 11 16 58 1-0 0-0 132 12 9/9 Chattanooga 45-10 W 19 5 9 Notre Dame LSU 1-1 1-1 0-1 0-1 131 112 9/16 at Boston College 49-20 W 11 22 70 81 33 63 2-0 2-0 0-0 0-0 132 125 12 9/16 at Miss St 7-37 L 21 3 18 27 28 72 2-1 2-0 1-1 0-0 133 118 9/23 at Michigan St 38-18 W 7 22 70 41 16 127 #7 Rush Off #30 2-1 2-1 0-1 0-0 127 113 25 9/23 Syracuse 35-26 W 27 4 14 63 52 36 3-1 2-2 2-1 1-0 134 111 22 9/30 Miami, OH 52-17 W 8 23 70 109 75 98 #104 Pass Off #85 3-1 3-1 0-1 1-0 126 104 25 9/30 Troy 21-24 L 29 5 37 69 55 105 4-1 1-4 2-1 0-3 135 115 21 10/7 at North Carolina 33-10 W 4 24 75 54 52 60 #24 Total Off #53 3-2 3-1 0-1 3-0 121 127 21 10/7 at Florida 17-16 W 25 8 20 48 25 8 5-1 3-1 136 16 10/14 4 21 84 #22 Off #72 4-2 5-1 1-1 3-0 124 133 10 10/14 Auburn 27-23 W 29 10 71 17 8 27 5-1 6-1 3-1 4-1 136 130 13 11 10/21 USC 49-14 W 6 18 88 12 7 30 #72 Sks Allowed #85 5-2 3-3 2-1 1-2 127 116 24 10/21 at Mississippi 40-24 W 30 12 49 23 66 75 6-1 6-1 4-1 4-0 140 129 9 14 10/28 NC State 35-14 W 5 17 91 26 25 98 #49 Rush Def #23 6-2 3-1 128 23 10/28 27 10 59 7-1 5-3 5-1 2-3 141 125 5 11/4 Wake Forest 48-37 W 5 15 116 63 49 69 #51 Pass Def #20 6-2 8-0 3-1 5-0 128 144 19 1 11/4 at Alabama 10-24 L 24 10 73 1 1 29 8-1 8-0 6-1 6-0 140 133 3 7 11/11 at Miami, Fl 8-41 L 4 17 114 17 14 38 #44 Total Def #13 6-3 4-5 3-2 1-4 129 108 11/11 Arkansas 33-10 W 31 5 90 35 88 88 8-2 6-3 6-2 4-3 135 113 9 11/18 Navy 24-17 W 4 17 118 32 109 63 #32 Def #16 7-3 4-6 4-2 0-6 129 111 21 11/18 at Tennessee 30-10 W 27 5 84 96 41 26 9-2 8-3 6-2 7-2 135 128 9 11/25 at Stanford 20-38 L 5 19 111 12 21 6 #83 Sks By #17 8-3 7-4 5-2 4-3 130 122 19 11/25 Texas A&M 45-21 W 31 6 81 36 24 3 9-3 6-3 132 15 12/2 9 24 112 #24 Ypg Diff #20 132 17 12/2 9-3 9-3 6-3 6-2 128 132 14 16 1/1 LSU 8 23 112 19 6 86 +5 Total TO's +8 9-3 9-3 6-2 6-3 132 128 16 14 1/1 Notre Dame 19 6 86 8 23 112 Tigers Logs Net Comp Yds Net Comp Yds Yds FD TO's FD RA-RY YPC Att Pass Sks FD RA-RY YPC Att Pass Sks Yds FD TO's FD RA-RY YPC Att Pass Sks FD RA-RY YPC Att Pass Sks Temple 49-16 276 8 0 26 44-422 9.6 17-30 184 2 18 37-85 2.3 19-35 245 3 BYU 27-0 382 20 1 26 57-296 5.2 15-18 183 0 6 14--5-0.4 12-24 102 3 Georgia 19-20 -61 2 0 18 37-55 1.5 20-40 210 3 16 43-185 4.3 16-29 141 2 Chattanooga 45-10 212 10 2 22 46-222 4.8 9-18 232 2 12 27-68 2.5 15-32 174 5 at Boston College 49-20 211-3 1 19 51-515 10.1 11-27 96 1 22 44-185 4.2 24-41 215 1 at Miss St 7-37 -195-12 0 13 29-133 4.6 13-29 137 2 25 48-285 5.9 15-23 180 1 at Michigan St 38-18 -141-5 3 21 40-182 4.6 14-20 173 1 26 32-151 4.7 32-53 345 2 Syracuse 35-26 30-6 0 18 38-151 4.0 14-23 263 2 24 27-76 2.8 34-55 308 3 Miami, OH 52-17 126 2 2 21 39-333 8.5 10-23 170 2 19 33-115 3.5 19-37 262 3 Troy 21-24 65 5-2 21 29-162 5.6 21-32 266 0 16 42-206 4.9 16-28 157 3 at North Carolina 33-10 222 14 1 27 57-341 6.0 17-31 146 1 13 28-86 3.1 19-42 179 2 at Florida 17-16 39 2 0 18 48-216 4.5 9-16 125 2 16 38-194 5.1 10-16 108 5 Auburn 27-23 9-3 -1 14 39-157 4.0 13-25 206 4 17 44-189 4.3 9-26 165 3 USC 49-14 161 5 3 23 47-377 8.0 9-22 120 1 18 31-76 2.5 25-36 260 5 at Mississippi 40-24 246 5 3 26 55-393 7.1 9-13 200 3 21 28-153 5.5 17-34 194 3 NC State 35-14 159 11 1 25 54-318 5.9 10-19 104 2 14 24-50 2.1 17-37 213 1 Wake Forest 48-37 123-4 1 30 46-380 8.3 23-38 330 1 34 40-239 6.0 30-48 348 1 at Alabama 10-24 7 2-1 16 42-151 3.6 15-31 155 6 14 36-116 3.2 11-24 183 4 at Miami, Fl 8-41 -113-5 -4 13 36-109 3.0 13-27 152 5 18 42-237 5.6 15-24 137 0 Arkansas 33-10 97 4 1 21 39-198 5.1 11-16 217 2 17 34-142 4.2 16-33 176 1 Navy 24-17 9-7 0 16 31-163 5.3 9-18 164 1 23 72-277 3.8 3-8 41 0 at Tennessee 30-10 -6 5 2 17 43-200 4.7 11-15 81 1 12 34-38 1.1 14-25 249 2 at Stanford 20-38 87-1 -3 17 44-154 3.5 12-29 261 6 18 38-152 4.0 14-22 176 2 Texas A&M 45-21 319 13 3 27 56-250 4.5 20-31 351 4 14 27-55 2.0 16-30 227 2 LSU Notre Dame Average 35-22 88.3 1.4 0.4 21 44-279 6.4 50.9% 176 8.0% 20 39-153 4.0 56.6% 214 5.3% Average 28-19 100.4 3.8 0.7 20 43-211 4.9 59.9% 201 10.5% 16 33-126 3.8 52.9% 185 10.0% Conference 33-24 72.0 1.6 0.3 21 46-270 5.9 51.0% 177 8.3% 20 36-151 4.2 57.8% 224 4.8% Conference 26-21 64.5 2.0 0.9 19 44-212 4.8 57.4% 184 13.6% 17 36-147 4.1 51.2% 185 10.0% Away 30-25 53.2 0.0-0.4 19 46-260 5.7 50.0% 166 10.4% 19 37-162 4.4 57.1% 210 3.8% Home 34-19 122.0 3.8 0.5 21 41-190 4.6 60.7% 256 9.7% 17 34-123 3.7 52.0% 201 8.3% Temple Brandon Wimbush 17-30-184-2-1 Josh Adams 19-161-8.5-2 Equanimeous St. Brown 4-80-20.0-1 Notre Dame LSU BYU Danny Etling 14-17-173-0-0 Derrius Guice 27-120-4.4-2 DJ Chark 4-77-19.3-0 Georgia Brandon Wimbush 20-40-210-0-0 Josh Adams 19-53-2.8-0 Josh Adams 6-60-10.0-0 Notre Dame QB/WR Chattanooga Danny Etling 8-14-227-1-0 Derrius Guice 15-102-6.8-2 DJ Chark 3-103-34.3-0 at Boston College Brandon Wimbush 11-24-96-0-1 Josh Adams 18-229-12.7-0 Alize Mack 5-43-8.6-0 0.67 at Miss St Danny Etling 13-29-137-0-0 Derrius Guice 15-76-5.1-0 Darrel Williams 2-37-18.5-0 at Michigan St Brandon Wimbush 14-20-173-1-0 Josh Adams 9-56-6.2-0 Equanimeous St. Brown 4-61-15.3-0 LSU DB's Syracuse Danny Etling 10-17-188-2-0 Darrel Williams 16-92-5.8-1 Drake Davis 2-98-49.0-1 Miami, OH Brandon Wimbush 7-18-119-3-0 Josh Adams 8-159-19.9-2 Miles Boykin 1-54-54.0-1 Notre Dame RB's Troy Danny Etling 17-25-198-2-1 Darrel Williams 17-69-4.1-0 DJ Chark 4-105-26.3-0 at North Carolina Ian Book 17-31-146-1-2 Deon McIntosh 12-124-10.3-2 Alize Mack 6-38-6.3-0 0.34 at Florida Danny Etling 9-16-125-1-0 Russell Gage 6-52-8.7-1 DJ Chark 1-47-47.0-0 LSU LB's Auburn Danny Etling 13-24-206-1-0 Russell Gage 2-71-35.5-0 DJ Chark 5-150-30.0-0 USC Brandon Wimbush 9-19-120-2-0 Josh Adams 19-191-10.1-3 Kevin Stepherson 3-58-19.3-1 Notre Dame OL at Mississippi Danny Etling 9-13-200-2-0 Derrius Guice 22-276-12.5-1 Darrel Williams 4-105-26.3-0 NC State Brandon Wimbush 10-19-104-2-0 Josh Adams 27-202-7.5-1 Durham Smythe 3-52-17.3-1 0.92 Wake Forest Brandon Wimbush 15-30-280-1-0 Brandon Wimbush 12-110-9.2-2 Chase Claypool 9-180-20.0-1 LSU DL at Alabama Danny Etling 12-26-137-0-1 Darrel Williams 7-83-11.9-1 DJ Chark 3-53-17.7-0 at Miami, Fl Brandon Wimbush 10-21-119-1-2 Josh Adams 16-40-2.5-0 Equanimeous St. Brown 4-68-17.0-0 Notre Dame DL Arkansas Danny Etling 11-16-217-2-0 Derrius Guice 21-147-7.0-3 DJ Chark 4-130-32.5-2 Navy Brandon Wimbush 9-18-164-2-0 Josh Adams 18-106-5.9-0 Kevin Stepherson 5-103-20.6-2 0.00 at Tennessee Danny Etling 11-15-81-0-0 Derrius Guice 24-97-4.0-1 Darrel Williams 3-30-10.0-0 at Stanford Brandon Wimbush 11-28-249-2-2 Brandon Wimbush 17-61-3.6-0 Kevin Stepherson 3-112-37.3-1 LSU OL Texas A&M Danny Etling 19-30-347-3-0 Derrius Guice 28-127-4.5-1 DJ Chark 5-86-17.2-1 Notre Dame LB'S LSU 0.97 Notre Dame Notre Dame Fighting Irish By Game Yardage Leaders Passing Position by Position Edges By Game Yardage Leaders Passing Notre Dame Leaders LEADERS & TEAM AVERAGES LSU RB's Brandon Wimbush 133-267-1818-16-6 Josh Adams 191-1386-7.3-9 Equanimeous St. Brown31-468-15.1-4 Notre Dame DB's Danny Etling 146-242-2236-14-2 Derrius Guice 216-1151-5.3-11 DJ Chark 35-811-23.2-3 Ian Book 32-56-292-2-3 Brandon Wimbush 137-765-5.6-14 Chase Claypool 28-391-14.0-2 0.14 LSU Leaders Myles Brennan 14-24-182-1-2 Darrel Williams 136-776-5.7-9 Darrel Williams 22-327-14.9-0 TEAM 0-1-0-0-0 Deon McIntosh 65-368-5.7-5 Kevin Stepherson 19-359-18.9-5 LSU QB/WR Russell Gage 0-1-0-0-0 Russell Gage 27-217-8.0-1 Russell Gage 19-270-14.2-3 Last Five Years Meetings (Last 17 years at PhilSteele.com) Comp-Att-Yds Projected Box Notre Dame ST's Category Team & Margin Phil's Forecast: 2014 Rank Line FD Rush TO's 0.98 Las Vegas Line Notre Dame - 52 31 23 51-263 18-26-186 LSU ST's Lsu By 3 ND has the best OL in the nation, capped off by winning the Joe Moore Awd. LSU 22-8 28 17 38-285 7-14-151-1 Projected Notre Dame K Las Vegas Total 224 yards Notre Dame LSU 178 yards 0.72 51.5 Points Projected Passing LSU K +/- Ratings They have 2 AA s in Nelson & McGlinchey. The unit will need to live up to that billing for the Irish to win. ND was avg 7.0 ypc in the Miami game, but their powerful rush attack was grounded the L/3 games, avg just 142 rushing ypg & 173 yards Notre Dame LSU 200 yards Notre Dame Coaches Lsu By 4.0 3.8 ypc. ND lost their L/4 games ATS. LSU took the opposite tact. They lost 2 of Projected Yardage Total 1.00 Game Grade their F/5 games, but covered their L/7 games. The LSU D held foes to 88 ypg 397 yards Notre Dame LSU 377 yards LSU Coaches Notre Dame By 9.8 Projected Final below their season avg & ND held foes to 50 ypg below. ND took on my #2 Notre Dame Pts 28 points Notre Dame LSU 23 points Computer Yards 2.65 3.11 Notre Dame 397-377 toughest sked, while LSU only faced my #55 toughest so the Irish is more battle Experience Rankings LSU Pts tested. I ll call for ND to pull off the outright upset by the slimmest of margin in 84 Notre Dame LSU 95 Computer Points a lower than expected scoring game. POSITIONAL EDGE AWARDED TO: Notre Dame 28-23 Team Schedule Strength LSU Phil Steele 2 Notre Dame LSU 51 Notre Dame by 1 By 0.46 Points Notre Dame 21 (+) LSU 20 Return to Table of Contents LSU Tigers

NOTRE DAME (9-3) ATS: 7-5 O/U: 6-6 CITRUS BOWL Monday, January 1, 2018 1:00 pm ABC Camping World Stadium Orlando, FL COMPUTER PROJECTIONS ND LSU 190 rush yd 183 177 pass yd 203 25 pts 27 +3 ytd to +6 #2 sked #55 CHECKLIST ND LSU 1/2 QB RB WR 41/2 OL DL 41/2 LB 4 DB 41/2 41/2 CCH SITE MTCH 1/2 INT ST 1/2 441/2 SKED OVERALL NOTRE DAME BY 1 4 s LSU (9-3) ATS: 8-4 O/U: 5-7

Georgia Bulldogs Bulldogs Logs SEC BIG 12 TM REC CONF CONF TM +/- +/- TEAM --PS RANK-- 8-1 9-1 TM TEAM --PS RANK-- TM DATE SCORE W/L OFF DEF ST OFF DEF ST NCAA RANKINGS REC CONF CONF TM +/- +/- TM DATE SCORE W/L OFF DEF ST OFF DEF ST 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 125 113 15 9/2 Appalachian St 31-10 W 9 7 58 49 61 85 2017 TEAM RANKINGS 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 139 93 7 9/2 UTEP 56-7 W 2 19 12 119 116 117 1-0 1-0 0-0 0-0 126 134 15 24 9/9 at Notre Dame 20-19 W 11 16 58 7 24 49 1-0 1-0 0-0 1-0 140 137 5 2 9/9 at Ohio St 31-16 W 2 20 12 3 2 46 Georgia Oklahoma 2-0 0-0 129 13 9/16 Samford 42-14 W 16 7 32 2-0 1-1 0-0 0-1 142 111 2 9/16 Tulane 56-14 W 5 13 67 90 87 82 3-0 3-0 0-0 1-0 127 130 11 17 9/23 Miss St 31-3 W 19 7 58 20 19 69 #11 Rush Off #27 3-0 0-3 0-0 0-0 143 112 3 9/23 at Baylor 49-41 W 5 14 42 39 76 20 4-0 3-1 1-0 0-1 131 119 7 9/30 at Tennessee 41-0 W 16 4 41 37 43 3 #111 Pass Off #3 4-0 1-0 139 3 9/30 2 16 56 5-0 3-2 2-0 0-2 135 120 5 10/7 at Vanderbilt 45-14 W 17 4 45 86 31 96 #36 Total Off #1 4-0 2-2 1-0 0-1 139 117 3 10/7 Iowa St 31-38 L 2 18 46 56 65 55 6-0 1-4 3-0 0-3 139 106 4 10/14 Missouri 53-28 W 18 4 22 22 83 36 #23 Off #4 4-1 3-2 1-1 2-0 134 127 12 10/14 Texas 29-24 W 2 23 88 20 14 61 7-0 4-0 137 3 10/21 8 8 14 #20 Sks Allowed #45 5-1 3-3 2-1 1-2 133 124 9 10/21 at Kansas St 42-35 W 3 22 78 44 38 2 7-0 3-3 4-0 3-2 137 122 3 10/28 Florida 42-7 W 8 8 10 46 26 34 #12 Rush Def #40 6-1 4-3 3-1 1-3 133 120 10 10/28 Texas Tech 49-27 W 3 32 80 25 58 90 8-0 6-2 5-0 4-2 140 121 2 11/4 South Carolina 24-10 W 7 6 14 61 25 48 #2 Pass Def #88 7-1 7-1 4-1 4-1 134 139 8 11 11/4 at Oklahoma St 62-52 W 3 32 97 9 18 102 9-0 7-2 6-0 5-1 139 134 2 10 11/11 at Auburn 17-40 L 6 7 14 13 9 60 #4 Total Def #57 8-1 8-1 5-1 5-1 138 135 5 8 11/11 TCU 38-20 W 3 32 93 19 4 28 9-1 7-3 6-1 4-3 134 116 7 11/18 Kentucky 42-13 W 9 14 13 64 50 18 #4 Def #52 9-1 1-9 6-1 0-7 138 94 3 11/18 at Kansas 41-3 W 2 33 87 113 110 94 10-1 5-5 7-1 4-4 135 122 7 11/25 at Georgia Tech 38-7 W 7 14 11 49 46 105 #55 Sks By #61 10-1 7-4 7-1 5-3 140 127 3 11/25 West Virginia 59-31 W 3 26 89 16 56 114 7-2 5-1 142 134 6 4 12/2 Auburn 28-7 W 5 15 11 13 9 60 #9 Ypg Diff #3 11-1 8-1 8-1 5-1 140 135 2 10 12/2 TCU 41-17 W 1 27 76 19 4 28 12-1 8-1 139 3 12/2 5 13 10 +5 Total TO's +5 12-1 9-1 141 2 12/9 1 32 75 12-1 12-1 8-1 9-1 139 144 3 2 1/1 Oklahoma 5 13 10 1 32 75 12-1 12-1 9-1 8-1 144 142 2 3 1/1 Georgia 1 32 75 5 13 10 Net Comp Yds Net Comp Yds Yds FD TO's FD RA-RY YPC Att Pass Sks FD RA-RY YPC Att Pass Sks Yds FD TO's FD RA-RY YPC Att Pass Sks FD RA-RY YPC Att Pass Sks Appalachian St 31-10 84 6-2 18 44-221 5.0 11-20 147 1 12 32-136 4.3 21-32 148 1 UTEP 56-7 509 24 1 35 38-180 4.7 32-36 496 1 11 21-73 3.5 16-27 94 1 at Notre Dame 20-19 61-2 0 16 43-185 4.3 16-29 141 2 18 37-55 1.5 20-40 210 3 at Ohio St 31-16 140 6-1 27 37-104 2.8 27-35 386 2 21 34-167 4.9 19-35 183 3 Samford 42-14 210 6 0 22 54-284 5.3 9-15 175 0 16 23-22 1.0 26-35 227 3 Tulane 56-14 340 4 0 24 32-197 6.2 20-30 434 1 20 62-237 3.8 6-12 54 3 Miss St 31-3 124 0 1 15 42-203 4.8 9-12 201 0 15 37-177 4.8 15-33 103 0 at Baylor 49-41 102-2 0 20 40-342 8.6 13-19 283 2 22 35-60 1.7 33-50 463 4 at Tennessee 41-0 236 13 3 20 55-294 5.3 7-17 84 2 7 29-62 2.1 11-23 80 3 at Vanderbilt 45-14 313 16-1 27 54-423 7.8 10-14 126 2 11 22-64 2.9 17-31 172 0 Iowa St 31-38 64 7-1 28 35-190 5.4 25-34 323 2 21 32-81 2.5 20-27 368 1 Missouri 53-28 384 14 0 24 51-370 7.3 18-26 326 1 10 24-59 2.5 15-25 253 0 Texas 29-24 90-3 -1 20 39-174 4.5 18-28 344 2 23 39-139 3.6 21-43 289 3 at Kansas St 42-35 207 10 0 28 38-209 5.5 32-41 410 2 18 42-268 6.4 12-14 144 0 Florida 42-7 144-1 1 14 35-292 8.3 4-7 101 0 15 41-183 4.5 10-25 66 5 Texas Tech 49-27 180 7 0 31 47-336 7.1 22-34 281 1 24 34-115 3.4 22-36 322 2 South Carolina 24-10 168 12 1 26 53-242 4.6 16-22 196 1 14 17-43 2.5 21-36 227 2 at Oklahoma St 62-52 124-2 1 30 40-187 4.7 24-36 598 5 32 34-213 6.3 28-54 448 3 at Auburn 17-40 -258-12 -1 13 32-46 1.4 13-29 184 4 25 46-237 5.2 17-25 251 2 TCU 38-20 109 2 0 21 41-200 4.9 18-27 333 1 19 32-155 4.8 14-29 269 2 Kentucky 42-13 242 8 0 25 44-381 8.7 9-14 123 1 17 37-124 3.4 12-23 138 3 at Kansas 41-3 314 14 2 24 36-157 4.4 23-35 312 1 10 27-32 1.2 19-34 123 1 at Georgia Tech 38-7 245 11 1 23 43-247 5.7 12-17 224 0 12 46-188 4.1 2-9 38 1 West Virginia 59-31 258 3 2 27 35-313 8.9 16-19 333 0 24 50-251 5.0 10-20 137 0 Auburn 17-40 -258-12 -1 13 32-46 1.4 13-29 184 4 25 46-237 5.2 17-25 251 2 TCU 38-20 109 2 0 21 41-200 4.9 18-27 333 1 19 32-155 4.8 14-29 269 2 Oklahoma Georgia Average 35-13 162.7 5.6 0.4 20 45-264 5.8 61.5% 170 6.6% 15 32-113 3.5 55.0% 158 7.0% Average 45-25 198.5 5.5 0.4 26 39-216 5.6 71.8% 367 5.3% 20 36-144 4.0 59.1% 241 5.7% Conference 36-14 168.3 5.8 0.7 20 45-277 6.1 62.6% 169 8.0% 15 32-118 3.7 53.0% 159 7.1% Conference 44-29 159.2 3.8 0.5 25 39-233 5.9 69.6% 346 5.7% 21 35-140 4.0 59.9% 280 4.9% Away 33-13 129.0 3.9 0.7 19 43-246 5.7 57.8% 149 8.9% 15 36-129 3.6 50.3% 137 9.2% Home 48-23 243.3 7.8 0.3 28 38-236 6.2 73.9% 367 3.3% 20 39-152 3.9 58.3% 207 6.0% By Game Yardage Leaders Passing Appalachian St Jake Fromm 10-15-143-1-0 Nick Chubb 15-96-6.4-2 Javon Wims 3-81-27.0-1 Georgia Oklahoma UTEP Baker Mayfield 19-20-329-3-0 Abdul Adams 7-53-7.6-0 Mark Andrews 7-134-19.1-1 at Notre Dame Jake Fromm 16-29-141-1-1 Sony Michel 13-73-5.6-1 Terry Godwin 2-36-18.0-1 Georgia QB/WR at Ohio St Baker Mayfield 27-35-386-3-0 Trey Sermon 17-62-3.6-0 Dimitri Flowers 7-98-14.0-1 Samford Jake Fromm 8-13-165-3-0 Nick Chubb 16-131-8.2-2 Terry Godwin 4-98-24.5-2 0.76 Tulane Baker Mayfield 17-27-331-4-0 Abdul Adams 8-93-11.6-0 Marquise Brown 6-155-25.8-1 Miss St Jake Fromm 9-12-201-2-0 Nick Chubb 15-81-5.4-2 Terry Godwin 2-80-40.0-1 Oklahoma DB's at Baylor Baker Mayfield 13-19-283-3-0 Abdul Adams 11-164-14.9-1 Mark Andrews 3-72-24.0-1 at Tennessee Jake Fromm 7-15-84-1-1 Nick Chubb 16-109-6.8-0 Terry Godwin 2-43-21.5-0 Georgia RB's at Vanderbilt Jake Fromm 7-11-102-2-0 Sony Michel 12-150-12.5-1 Terry Godwin 2-70-35.0-1 2.06 Iowa St Baker Mayfield 24-33-306-2-0 Trey Sermon 18-90-5.0-0 Dimitri Flowers 7-95-13.6-0 Missouri Jake Fromm 18-26-326-2-1 D'Andre Swift 6-94-15.7-0 Javon Wims 5-95-19.0-0 Oklahoma LB's Texas Baker Mayfield 17-27-302-2-1 Trey Sermon 20-96-4.8-0 Mark Andrews 4-104-26.0-1 Georgia OL at Kansas St Baker Mayfield 32-41-410-2-1 Rodney Anderson 19-147-7.7-1 Marquise Brown 6-126-21.0-0 Florida Jake Fromm 4-7-101-1-1 Sony Michel 6-137-22.8-2 D'Andre Swift 3-84-28.0-0 0.79 Texas Tech Baker Mayfield 22-34-281-4-1 Rodney Anderson 24-181-7.5-1 CeeDee Lamb 9-147-16.3-2 South Carolina Jake Fromm 16-22-196-2-0 Nick Chubb 20-102-5.1-0 Terry Godwin 3-53-17.7-0 Oklahoma DL at Oklahoma St Baker Mayfield 24-36-598-5-2 Rodney Anderson 21-111-5.3-1 Marquise Brown 9-265-29.4-2 at Auburn Jake Fromm 13-28-184-1-0 Nick Chubb 11-27-2.5-1 Javon Wims 3-96-32.0-0 Georgia DL TCU Baker Mayfield 18-27-333-3-0 Rodney Anderson 23-151-6.6-2 Rodney Anderson 5-139-27.8-2 Kentucky Jake Fromm 9-14-123-1-1 Nick Chubb 15-151-10.1-2 Javon Wims 6-83-13.8-1 0.97 at Kansas Baker Mayfield 20-30-257-3-0 Rodney Anderson 16-77-4.8-0 Grant Calcaterra 4-67-16.8-0 at Georgia Tech Jake Fromm 12-16-224-2-0 Sony Michel 13-85-6.5-1 Ahkil Crumpton 2-78-39.0-1 Oklahoma OL West Virginia Baker Mayfield 14-17-281-3-0 Rodney Anderson 13-118-9.1-4 CeeDee Lamb 4-92-23.0-1 Auburn Jake Fromm 16-22-183-2-0 D'Andre Swift 7-88-12.6-1 Mecole Hardman 4-67-16.8-0 Georgia LB'S TCU Baker Mayfield 15-23-243-4-0 Rodney Anderson 24-93-3.9-0 Marquise Brown 3-87-29.0-1 0.46 Oklahoma Oklahoma RB's Georgia Georgia Leaders Georgia Bulldogs LEADERS & TEAM AVERAGES Position by Position Edges By Game Yardage Leaders Jake Fromm 145-230-2173-21-5 Nick Chubb 191-1175-6.2-13 Javon Wims 38-631-16.6-6 Georgia DB's Baker Mayfield 262-369-4340-41-5 Rodney Anderson 162-960-5.9-11 Marquise Brown 49-981-20.0-6 Jacob Eason 4-7-28-0-0 Sony Michel 131-948-7.2-13 Terry Godwin 29-540-18.6-6 1.60 Oklahoma Leaders Kyler Murray 18-21-359-3-0 Trey Sermon 119-710-6.0-5 Mark Andrews 58-906-15.6-8 Brice Ramsey 1-4-10-0-2 D'Andre Swift 73-597-8.2-3 Mecole Hardman 22-323-14.7-3 Trey Sermon 1-1-42-0-0 Abdul Adams 59-542-9.2-1 CeeDee Lamb 40-741-18.5-7 Oklahoma QB/WR Last Five Years Meetings (Last 17 years at PhilSteele.com) Georgia ST's Projected Box 2.59 Category Team & Margin Phil's Forecast: None Las Vegas Line Oklahoma ST's Georgia By 2 The Granddaddy of them all is a battle of OFF vs D. OU has 1 of the nation s Projected Georgia K Las Vegas Total best OL s, a deep set of RB s, a Mackey Awd winning TE, dangerous WR s & the 256 yards Georgia Oklahoma 147 yards 0.23 60 Points Heisman winner. Despite facing 9 bowl teams, they avg 199 ypg more than what Projected Passing Oklahoma K +/- Ratings their opponents allowed on avg. OU s much maligned D did hold foes to 33 ypg 173 yards Georgia Oklahoma 323 yards Georgia Coaches Oklahoma By 2.0 below their season avg. UGA has my #4 rated D, led by SEC DPOY Smith. The Projected Yardage Total 1.50 Game Grade Bulldogs D held foes to 158 ypg below their season avg. UGA also has the ST s 429 yards Georgia Oklahoma 470 yards Oklahoma Coaches Oklahoma By 4.7 Projected Final. I find it tough to go against each. I normally side with the team that has Georgia Pts 33 points Georgia Oklahoma 31 points Computer Yards 8.17 2.80 Oklahoma 470-429 the stronger D & ST s, but OU has taken on the tougher sked and the majority of Experience Rankings Oklahoma Pts UGA s foes had below avg passing attacks. I ll call for OU to advance to the Nat l Computer Points 12 Georgia Oklahoma 29 Georgia 33-31 Champ by the slimmest of margins. POSITIONAL EDGE AWARDED TO: Team Schedule Strength Georgia Phil Steele 36 Georgia Oklahoma 3 Oklahoma by 1 By 5.37 Points Oklahoma 34 (+) Georgia 33 Return to Table of Contents 12-1 12-1 Oklahoma Sooners Passing Oklahoma Sooners Sooners Logs

GEORGIA (12-1) ATS: 9-4 O/U: 5-8 ROSE BOWL Monday, January 1, 2018 5:00 pm ESPN Rose Bowl Pasadena, CA COMPUTER PROJECTIONS UGA OKLA 269 rush yd 141 163 pass yd 296 35 pts 27 +5 ytd to +5 #38 sked #16 CHECKLIST UGA OKLA QB 441/2 4 RB WR 4 OL 4 DL 44 LB 41/2 DB 4 CCH SITE MTCH INT 4 44 ST SKED 4 OVERALL GEORGIA BY 1 4 s OKLAHOMA (12-1) ATS: 9-4 O/U: 7-5-1

REC Alabama Crimson Tide TEAM --PS RANK-- 7-1 8-1 TM TM DATE SCORE W/L OFF DEF ST OFF DEF ST CONF TM +/- +/- TEAM --PS RANK-- NCAA RANKINGS REC CONF TM DATE SCORE W/L OFF DEF ST OFF DEF ST 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 141 138 1 3 9/2 Florida St 24-7 W 1 2 24 11 1 11 2017 TEAM RANKINGS 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 138 102 5 9/2 Kent St 56-3 W 27 3 83 127 92 114 1-0 1-0 0-0 0-0 144 103 1 9/9 Fresno St 41-10 W 9 1 24 88 103 39 1-0 1-0 0-0 0-0 141 129 3 13 9/9 Auburn 14-6 W 14 4 83 6 7 7 Alabama Clemson 2-0 2-1 0-0 0-0 142 119 1 9/16 Colorado St 41-23 W 4 1 28 61 93 29 2-0 2-0 0-0 1-0 140 124 3 14 9/16 at Louisville 47-21 W 12 2 86 15 12 90 3-0 3-0 0-0 0-0 141 124 1 9/23 at Vanderbilt 59-0 W 1 1 17 62 20 118 #10 Rush Off #33 3-0 1-2 1-0 0-1 142 110 2 9/23 Boston College 34-7 W 4 2 103 84 50 32 4-0 2-1 1-0 0-0 145 114 1 9/30 Mississippi 66-3 W 1 1 24 25 38 26 #86 Pass Off #52 4-0 4-0 2-0 0-0 141 129 2 12 9/30 at Virginia Tech 31-17 W 7 2 102 41 11 10 5-0 4-1 2-0 2-0 149 120 1 10/7 at Texas A&M 27-12 W 1 1 11 22 17 4 #21 Total Off #31 5-0 4-1 3-0 1-1 142 124 2 10/7 Wake Forest 28-14 W 11 3 107 64 46 34 6-0 2-3 3-0 0-2 146 111 1 10/14 Arkansas 41-9 W 1 1 23 32 55 116 #12 Off #21 6-0 3-3 4-0 1-1 141 115 2 10/13 at Syracuse 24-27 L 10 3 111 63 71 28 7-0 3-3 4-0 0-3 145 115 1 10/21 Tennessee 45-7 W 1 1 21 66 41 9 #50 Sks Allowed #72 6-1 4-1 136 7 10/21 13 3 111 8-0 5-0 144 1 10/28 1 1 24 #3 Rush Def #13 6-1 4-2 4-1 3-1 136 130 7 10/28 Georgia Tech 24-10 W 15 2 112 33 37 102 8-0 6-2 5-0 3-1 144 128 1 19 11/4 LSU 24-10 W 1 1 29 24 10 73 #7 Pass Def #8 7-1 6-2 5-1 4-0 137 128 6 20 11/4 at NC State 38-31 W 14 2 112 32 30 87 9-0 7-2 6-0 3-2 143 127 1 18 11/11 at Miss St 31-24 W 2 1 21 23 20 23 #2 Total Def #6 8-1 3-5 6-1 3-4 137 121 4 11/11 Florida St 31-14 W 14 3 116 53 16 54 10-0 7-0 142 11/18 Mercer 56-0 W 3 1 27 #1 Def #2 9-1 7-1 137 4 11/18 The Citadel 61-3 W 16 2 107 11-0 9-2 7-0 6-1 143 137 1 6 11/25 at Auburn 14-26 L 2 1 27 9 4 66 #27 Sks By #1 10-1 8-3 7-1 5-3 137 121 4 11/25 at South Carolina 34-10 W 11 2 106 56 28 59 11-1 5 #2 Ypg Diff #6 11-1 10-1 7-1 7-1 139 136 1 7 12/2 Miami, Fl 38-3 W 11 2 108 23 10 68 11-1 12-1 7-1 8-1 140 143 4 1 1/1 Clemson 2 1 22 15 2 100 +12 Total TO's +5 12-1 8-1 143 1 12/2 15 2 100 TM CONF 12-1 0-0 8-1 0-0 143 140 1 4 11/1 Alabama 15 2 100 2 1 22 Net Comp Yds Net Comp Yds Yds FD TO's FD RA-RY YPC Att Pass Sks FD RA-RY YPC Att Pass Sks Yds FD TO's FD RA-RY YPC Att Pass Sks FD RA-RY YPC Att Pass Sks Florida St 24-7 19-2 3 13 42-173 4.1 10-18 96 2 15 27-40 1.5 19-33 210 3 Kent St 56-3 545 29-1 34 43-353 8.2 25-35 312 0 5 44-119 2.7 1-5 1 0 Fresno St 41-10 224 10 1 28 39-305 7.8 20-27 192 1 18 22-57 2.6 26-41 216 2 Auburn 14-6 164 5-2 18 36-96 2.7 20-31 185 4 13 42-38 0.9 13-24 79 11 Colorado St 41-23 96 1 2 23 39-239 6.1 13-21 248 0 22 40-144 3.6 21-38 247 0 at Louisville 47-21 180 4 1 25 48-297 6.2 23-33 316 4 21 27-116 4.3 21-42 317 5 at Vanderbilt 59-0 599 35 2 38 66-496 7.5 17-27 181 1 3 16-40 2.5 7-22 38 0 Boston College 34-7 244 15 0 27 58-342 5.9 17-26 140 2 12 34-97 2.9 15-32 141 1 Mississippi 66-3 360 15 2 26 51-365 7.2 15-24 248 0 11 26-88 3.4 14-29 165 5 at Virginia Tech 31-17 -10-3 3 14 43-146 3.4 12-21 186 3 17 28-90 3.2 30-45 252 2 at Texas A&M 27-19 47 0 2 16 44-232 5.3 13-22 123 3 16 40-71 1.8 19-29 237 4 Wake Forest 28-14 117 9-2 25 48-190 4.0 29-41 263 1 16 35-133 3.8 14-30 203 3 Arkansas 41-9 269 8-1 23 43-308 7.2 13-21 188 2 15 29-27 0.9 23-43 200 5 at Syracuse 24-27 -123-12 1 16 25-113 4.5 22-32 204 4 28 50-162 3.2 20-33 278 6 Tennessee 45-7 496 28-1 35 53-272 5.1 22-33 332 2 7 30-64 2.1 9-16 44 4 Georgia Tech 24-10 198 11 0 21 45-221 4.9 22-33 207 0 10 43-198 4.6 3-13 32 4 LSU 24-10 -7-2 1 14 36-116 3.2 11-24 183 4 16 42-151 3.6 15-31 155 6 at NC State 38-31 -76-8 1 19 35-224 6.4 20-38 191 0 27 34-153 4.5 31-50 338 1 at Miss St 31-24 114-3 0 19 38-202 5.3 10-18 242 5 22 49-172 3.5 13-24 158 1 Florida St 31-14 149 12 0 24 52-227 4.4 20-30 151 2 12 24-21 0.9 13-32 208 5 Mercer 56-0 369 13 1 22 42-265 6.3 14-18 265 0 9 39-107 2.7 7-22 54 0 The Citadel 61-3 446 17 2 27 26-183 7.0 31-41 479 1 10 54-155 2.9 1-8 61 1 at Auburn 14-26 -94-10 0 15 38-211 5.6 13-23 103 2 25 49-168 3.4 22-29 240 1 at South Carolina 34-10 262 17 0 27 45-184 4.1 25-38 285 1 10 25-81 3.2 16-29 126 1 Miami, Fl 38-3 117 8 2 18 41-77 1.9 25-34 254 4 10 30-104 3.5 14-29 110 4 Clemson Average 39-12 207.7 7.8 1.0 23 44-265 6.0 62.0% 200 8.0% 15 34-94 2.8 54.6% 164 8.7% Average 35-13 170.2 8.0 0.4 23 42-204 4.9 67.2% 244 6.0% 15 36-113 3.1 51.6% 165 11.8% Conference 38-12 223.0 8.9 0.6 23 46-275 6.0 59.4% 200 9.9% 14 35-98 2.8 54.7% 155 11.7% Conference 33-16 88.4 4.0 0.7 21 44-204 4.7 66.0% 212 6.9% 17 34-119 3.5 52.6% 209 10.1% Away 31-15 137.0 4.0 1.4 20 46-263 5.8 58.3% 149 12.0% 16 36-98 2.7 58.4% 177 6.6% Home 35-8 266.1 14.0-0.4 25 44-230 5.2 69.2% 248 4.2% 11 39-109 2.8 41.7% 104 17.4% Florida St Jalen Hurts 10-18-96-1-0 Damien Harris 9-73-8.1-1 Calvin Ridley 7-82-11.7-1 Alabama Clemson Kent St Kelly Bryant 16-22-236-1-1 Travis Etienne 8-81-10.1-1 Milan Richard 2-70-35.0-0 Fresno St Jalen Hurts 14-18-128-1-0 Jalen Hurts 10-154-15.4-2 Calvin Ridley 5-45-9.0-0 Alabama QB/WR Auburn Kelly Bryant 19-29-181-0-0 Kelly Bryant 19-59-3.1-2 Ray-Ray McCloud 6-81-13.5-0 Colorado St Jalen Hurts 12-17-248-2-0 Jalen Hurts 11-103-9.4-1 Calvin Ridley 3-92-30.7-1 0.21 at Louisville Kelly Bryant 22-32-316-1-0 Travis Etienne 6-98-16.3-1 Ray-Ray McCloud 7-115-16.4-1 at Vanderbilt Tua Tagovailoa 8-10-103-2-0 Damien Harris 12-151-12.6-3 Jerry Jeudy 3-68-22.7-1 Clemson DB's Boston College Kelly Bryant 17-26-140-0-2 Travis Etienne 9-113-12.6-2 Hunter Renfrow 6-53-8.8-0 Mississippi Jalen Hurts 12-19-197-2-0 Jalen Hurts 10-101-10.1-1 Cam Sims 1-60-60.0-0 Alabama RB's at Virginia Tech Kelly Bryant 12-21-186-1-0 Kelly Bryant 19-94-4.9-0 Tavien Feaster 2-63-31.5-1 at Texas A&M Jalen Hurts 13-22-123-1-0 Damien Harris 14-124-8.9-1 Jalen Hurts 5-68-13.6-0 1.42 Wake Forest Kelly Bryant 21-29-200-1-1 Travis Etienne 15-67-4.5-1 Hunter Renfrow 6-61-10.2-0 Arkansas Jalen Hurts 12-19-155-1-1 Damien Harris 9-125-13.9-2 Calvin Ridley 4-51-12.8-0 Clemson LB's at Syracuse Kelly Bryant 12-17-116-0-0 Travis Etienne 5-68-13.6-1 Hunter Renfrow 5-64-12.8-0 Tennessee Jalen Hurts 13-21-198-1-0 Damien Harris 13-72-5.5-1 Calvin Ridley 8-82-10.3-0 Alabama OL 0.29 Georgia Tech Kelly Bryant 22-33-207-2-0 Kelly Bryant 12-67-5.6-0 Deon Cain 4-57-14.3-1 LSU Jalen Hurts 11-24-183-1-0 Jalen Hurts 14-44-3.1-1 Calvin Ridley 3-61-20.3-0 Clemson DL at NC State Kelly Bryant 20-38-191-1-1 Tavien Feaster 7-105-15.0-1 Deon Cain 9-84-9.3-1 at Miss St Jalen Hurts 10-19-242-1-0 Damien Harris 8-93-11.6-1 Calvin Ridley 5-171-34.2-0 Alabama DL Florida St Kelly Bryant 20-30-151-0-0 Travis Etienne 14-97-6.9-2 Hunter Renfrow 4-35-8.8-0 Mercer Jalen Hurts 7-7-180-3-0 Bo Scarbrough 5-54-10.8-0 Calvin Ridley 3-103-34.3-1 0.79 The Citadel Kelly Bryant 17-22-230-3-0 Tavien Feaster 4-69-17.3-1 Tee Higgins 6-178-29.7-2 at Auburn Jalen Hurts 13-23-177-1-0 Jalen Hurts 17-80-4.7-0 Cam Sims 1-65-65.0-0 Clemson OL at South Carolina Kelly Bryant 23-34-272-2-1 Travis Etienne 9-41-4.6-1 Tee Higgins 3-84-28.0-0 Alabama LB'S Miami, Fl Kelly Bryant 23-29-252-1-0 Travis Etienne 6-24-4.0-1 Ray-Ray McCloud 6-100-16.7-0 Clemson 1.17 Alabama Crimson Tide LEADERS & TEAM AVERAGES Clemson RB's Jalen Hurts 136-224-2005-15-1 Damien Harris 110-906-8.2-11 Calvin Ridley 50-828-16.6-3 Alabama DB's Kelly Bryant 244-362-2678-13-6 Travis Etienne 103-736-7.1-12 Deon Cain 52-659-12.7-6 Tua Tagovailoa 35-53-470-8-1 Jalen Hurts 136-766-5.6-8 Cam Sims 14-259-18.5-1 0.67 Clemson Leaders Zerrick Cooper 25-41-256-2-0 Tavien Feaster 103-667-6.5-8 Hunter Renfrow 55-571-10.4-3 JK Scott 1-1--9-0-0 Bo Scarbrough 108-549-5.1-8 Jerry Jeudy 13-244-18.8-2 Hunter Johnson 21-27-234-2-1 Kelly Bryant 173-646-3.7-11 Ray-Ray McCloud 46-502-10.9-1 Clemson QB/WR Last Five Years Meetings (Last 17 years at PhilSteele.com) Alabama ST's Projected Box Comp-Att-Yds 1.30 Category Team & Margin Phil's Forecast: 2016 Rank Line FD Rush TO's Las Vegas Line Alabama 1-6.5 31 16 34-221 14-32-155 Clemson ST's Alabama By 3 Clemson has the nation s best DL & the D has held foes to 138 ypg below their ssn avg. Clemson 3 51 35 31 42-91 36-57-420-2 Projected Alabama K Clemson has a solid rush attack & is 8-4-1 ATS. HC Swinney is 7-3 SU/8-2 ATS in his Las Vegas Total 177 yards Alabama Clemson 135 yards 1.07 47 Points L/10 postssn gms. Clemson beat 5 ranked foes, while Bama beat 3. Despite that, I feel Comp-Att-Yds 2015 Rank Line FD Rush TO's Alabama 2-6.5 45 18 46-138 16-25-335 Projected Passing Clemson K the perfect storm will see the Tide crash in & win. Bama s D was beat up down the +/- Ratings Clemson 1 50.5 40 31 38-145 30-47-405-1 172 yards Alabama Clemson 203 yards Clemson By 3.0 stretch. They not only get back most of the LB s that missed the end of the ssn, but Alabama Coaches Projected Yardage Total 0.50 also Miller & Lewis. Bama has a great OL with my #1 set of RB s that avg 6.0 ypc. Game Grade 348 yards Alabama Clemson 339 yards Alabama By 0.6 Ridley is a top NFL prospect. Hurts should be highly motivated after LY s poor title Clemson Coaches Projected Final Alabama Pts game & his rating is 19 pts higher than Bryant. I give Bama the on OFF along Computer Yards 25 points Alabama Clemson 22 points 7.14 0.29 Alabama 348-339 with a slight on D. defense. Bama feels like the dog as they barely made the Experience Rankings Clemson Pts playoffs. They are playing with legit revenge & enter off a loss. I ll call for Bama to win Computer Points 67 Alabama Clemson 108 Alabama 25-22 by over a td, making this a Best Bet selection. POSITIONAL EDGE AWARDED TO: Team Schedule Strength Alabama Phil Steele 57 Alabama Clemson 29 Alabama by 8 By 6.85 Points Best Bet: Alabama 28 Clemson 20 11-1 12-1 By Game Yardage Leaders Passing Position by Position Edges By Game Yardage Leaders Passing Alabama Leaders CONF TM +/- +/- Crimson Tide Logs Return to Table of Contents SEC ACC Clemson Tigers Alabama Alabama Clemson Tigers Tigers Logs

ALABAMA (11-1) ATS: 5-6-1 O/U: 5-7 SUGAR BOWL Monday, January 1, 2018 8:45 pm ESPN Mercedes-Benz Superdome New Orleans, LA COMPUTER PROJECTIONS BAMA CLEM 175 rush yd 125 170 pass yd 212 23 pts 24 +12 ytd to +5 #54 sked #28 CHECKLIST BAMA CLEM 1/2 QB 44 RB WR 4 OL DL 4 LB 4 DB 1/2 CCH SITE MTCH 1/2 INT 441/2 ST SKED 4 OVERALL ALABAMA BY 6 4 s CLEMSON (12-1) ATS: 8-4-1 O/U: 5-8