$05/W/2207/4 1997 COLLEGE FOOTBALL TEAM VALUE INDEX POWER RATINGS (updated 10/20/97) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- POINTSPREAD VALUE INDEX | OVER/UNDER VALUE INDEX TEAM HOME AWAY NEUTRAL | HOME AWAY NEUTRAL -------------------------------------|------------------------ AIR FORCE 52.0 48.5 49.5 | 22.5 22.0 22.5 -------------------------------------|------------------------ AKRON 29.5 26.0 27.5 | 26.5 26.0 26.5 -------------------------------------|------------------------ ALABAMA 57.0 53.0 55.0 | 23.0 23.0 23.0 -------------------------------------|------------------------ ALABAMA BIRM 29.5 26.0 27.5 | 19.5 18.5 19.0 -------------------------------------|------------------------ ARIZONA 52.5 48.5 50.5 | 20.5 20.5 20.5 -------------------------------------|------------------------ ARIZONA ST 59.0 56.0 58.0 | 21.0 20.0 20.5 -------------------------------------|------------------------ ARKANSAS 43.5 40.5 44.0 | 20.5 21.0 21.0 -------------------------------------|------------------------ ARKANSAS ST 28.0 24.0 26.0 | 23.5 23.0 23.0 -------------------------------------|------------------------ ARMY 44.5 41.5 42.5 | 28.5 28.0 28.0 -------------------------------------|------------------------ AUBURN 63.0 61.0 62.0 | 22.5 22.0 22.0 -------------------------------------|------------------------ BALL ST 37.5 34.0 35.5 | 19.0 18.5 19.0 -------------------------------------|------------------------ BAYLOR 37.0 35.0 36.0 | 23.5 23.5 23.5 -------------------------------------|------------------------ BOISE ST 27.0 23.0 25.5 | 24.5 23.5 24.0 -------------------------------------|------------------------ BOSTON COLLEGE 46.5 43.0 44.5 | 30.5 29.5 30.0 -------------------------------------|------------------------ BOWLING GREEN 35.0 31.0 33.0 | 25.5 25.5 25.5 -------------------------------------|------------------------ BRIGHAM YOUNG 54.0 50.0 52.0 | 26.0 26.0 26.0 -------------------------------------|------------------------ CENTRL FLORIDA 52.0 48.5 49.5 | 31.5 30.0 30.5 -------------------------------------|------------------------ C MICHIGAN 34.0 30.5 32.5 | 25.0 24.5 24.5 -------------------------------------|------------------------ CALIFORNIA 43.0 40.0 42.0 | 29.0 29.5 29.5 -------------------------------------|------------------------ CINCINNATI 46.5 43.5 44.0 | 23.0 23.0 23.0 -------------------------------------|------------------------ CLEMSON 57.0 54.0 55.0 | 23.0 23.0 23.0 -------------------------------------|------------------------ COLORADO 58.5 55.5 57.0 | 23.0 23.0 23.0 -------------------------------------|------------------------ COLORADO ST 56.5 53.5 54.5 | 26.0 27.0 26.5 -------------------------------------|------------------------ DUKE 45.0 42.5 44.0 | 22.0 22.0 22.0 -------------------------------------|------------------------ E MICHIGAN 31.5 28.0 29.0 | 20.0 20.0 20.0 -------------------------------------|------------------------ EAST CAROLINA 44.5 41.0 42.0 | 18.0 18.0 18.0 -------------------------------------|------------------------ FLORIDA 77.5 73.5 75.5 | 26.5 26.0 26.5 -------------------------------------|------------------------ FLORIDA ST 76.5 72.5 74.5 | 29.0 30.0 29.5 -------------------------------------|------------------------ FRESNO ST 45.5 42.5 43.5 | 29.0 29.0 29.0 -------------------------------------|------------------------ GEORGIA 61.5 57.0 59.0 | 25.5 25.0 25.0 -------------------------------------|------------------------ GEORGIA TECH 55.0 52.0 53.0 | 22.0 22.0 22.0 -------------------------------------|------------------------ HAWAII 37.0 32.0 35.0 | 24.0 23.5 23.5 -------------------------------------|------------------------ HOUSTON 45.0 41.5 43.5 | 30.5 30.5 30.5 -------------------------------------|------------------------ IDAHO 41.0 38.0 39.0 | 21.5 21.5 21.5 -------------------------------------|------------------------ ILLINOIS 42.0 39.0 40.0 | 19.5 19.0 19.0 -------------------------------------|------------------------ INDIANA 39.0 36.0 37.0 | 22.0 22.5 22.5 -------------------------------------|------------------------ IOWA 66.5 61.5 66.0 | 28.5 27.5 28.0 -------------------------------------|------------------------ IOWA ST 36.0 32.5 34.5 | 29.5 30.5 30.0 -------------------------------------|------------------------ KANSAS 40.0 38.0 39.0 | 22.0 22.5 22.5 -------------------------------------|------------------------ KANSAS ST 59.0 54.5 57.5 | 23.5 23.0 23.5 -------------------------------------|------------------------ KENT 27.5 24.5 25.5 | 21.0 20.0 20.5 -------------------------------------|------------------------ KENTUCKY 54.0 50.0 52.5 | 28.5 28.0 28.5 -------------------------------------|------------------------ LOUISIANA ST 59.0 56.0 57.0 | 25.0 25.0 25.0 -------------------------------------|------------------------ LOUISIANA TECH 46.5 43.5 44.5 | 31.5 31.0 31.5 -------------------------------------|------------------------ LOUISVILLE 40.5 37.5 38.5 | 27.5 27.5 27.5 -------------------------------------|------------------------ MARSHALL 52.0 47.5 50.0 | 31.5 30.5 31.0 -------------------------------------|------------------------ MARYLAND 42.0 38.0 39.5 | 25.5 25.5 25.5 -------------------------------------|------------------------ MEMPHIS 42.0 39.0 40.0 | 18.5 17.5 18.0 -------------------------------------|------------------------ MIAMI 54.0 50.0 51.5 | 24.0 24.0 24.0 -------------------------------------|------------------------ MIAMI OHIO 55.5 51.5 54.5 | 25.0 24.5 25.0 -------------------------------------|------------------------ MICHIGAN 69.0 65.5 67.5 | 22.5 22.0 22.0 -------------------------------------|------------------------ MICHIGAN ST 64.5 60.5 63.0 | 26.5 26.0 26.0 -------------------------------------|------------------------ MINNESOTA 44.5 41.0 42.5 | 28.5 26.5 27.5 -------------------------------------|------------------------ MISSISSIPPI 56.5 52.5 53.5 | 18.0 18.0 18.0 -------------------------------------|------------------------ MISSISSIPPI ST 53.5 49.0 52.5 | 19.0 19.0 19.0 -------------------------------------|------------------------ MISSOURI 49.0 46.0 47.0 | 26.5 26.0 26.0 -------------------------------------|------------------------ NAVY 50.5 47.0 48.0 | 29.5 29.5 29.5 -------------------------------------|------------------------ NEBRASKA 78.0 74.0 76.0 | 31.5 30.5 31.0 -------------------------------------|------------------------ NEV LAS VEGAS 45.5 42.5 43.5 | 26.0 25.5 26.0 -------------------------------------|------------------------ NEVADA 47.5 44.0 45.5 | 29.5 28.5 29.0 -------------------------------------|------------------------ NEW MEXICO 50.0 46.0 48.0 | 25.0 25.0 25.0 -------------------------------------|------------------------ NEW MEXICO ST 25.5 22.5 23.5 | 27.0 27.5 27.0 -------------------------------------|------------------------ NORTH CAROLINA 71.0 66.0 69.0 | 21.0 20.5 20.5 -------------------------------------|------------------------ N CAROLINA ST 54.0 50.0 52.0 | 24.5 24.0 24.0 -------------------------------------|------------------------ NORTH TEXAS 33.0 30.0 31.5 | 21.5 21.5 21.5 -------------------------------------|------------------------ N ILLINOIS 21.0 18.0 19.5 | 25.5 26.5 26.0 -------------------------------------|------------------------ NE LOUISIANA 29.5 26.5 28.0 | 23.0 23.5 23.0 -------------------------------------|------------------------ NORTHWESTERN 53.5 49.5 52.5 | 24.5 24.5 24.5 -------------------------------------|------------------------ NOTRE DAME 55.0 52.0 53.0 | 22.0 22.5 22.0 -------------------------------------|------------------------ OHIO U 52.5 48.5 51.0 | 22.0 22.0 22.0 -------------------------------------|------------------------ OHIO ST 72.5 68.5 70.5 | 24.5 25.0 24.5 -------------------------------------|------------------------ OKLAHOMA 50.5 46.5 48.5 | 24.5 24.0 24.5 -------------------------------------|------------------------ OKLAHOMA ST 56.5 52.5 54.5 | 21.5 21.0 21.0 -------------------------------------|------------------------ OREGON 49.5 46.0 47.0 | 24.5 25.0 25.0 -------------------------------------|------------------------ OREGON ST 41.5 38.0 40.0 | 24.5 24.0 24.5 -------------------------------------|------------------------ PENN STATE 73.0 69.0 71.5 | 26.5 25.5 26.0 -------------------------------------|------------------------ PITTSBURGH 46.0 42.0 45.0 | 26.5 26.0 26.5 -------------------------------------|------------------------ PURDUE 55.5 51.5 53.5 | 27.5 27.5 27.5 -------------------------------------|------------------------ RICE 53.0 50.5 52.0 | 29.5 29.5 29.5 -------------------------------------|------------------------ RUTGERS 28.0 25.0 27.0 | 32.0 32.5 32.5 -------------------------------------|------------------------ S MISSISSIPPI 57.0 54.0 55.0 | 22.5 21.5 22.0 -------------------------------------|------------------------ SAN DIEGO ST 47.5 43.5 45.0 | 28.0 27.5 28.0 -------------------------------------|------------------------ SAN JOSE ST 30.5 27.5 29.0 | 29.0 28.0 28.5 -------------------------------------|------------------------ SMU 46.0 43.0 44.5 | 26.5 26.5 26.5 -------------------------------------|------------------------ SOUTH CAROLINA 53.5 50.5 51.5 | 21.0 21.5 21.5 -------------------------------------|------------------------ SOUTHERN CAL 56.0 53.0 54.0 | 21.0 22.0 21.5 -------------------------------------|------------------------ STANFORD 56.0 53.5 55.0 | 24.5 24.0 24.0 -------------------------------------|------------------------ SW LOUISIANA 29.5 27.0 28.0 | 28.5 28.5 28.5 -------------------------------------|------------------------ SYRACUSE 59.0 54.5 56.5 | 29.0 28.0 28.5 -------------------------------------|------------------------ TCU 38.0 34.0 36.0 | 23.5 23.5 23.5 -------------------------------------|------------------------ TEMPLE 40.0 36.0 37.0 | 27.0 27.0 27.0 -------------------------------------|------------------------ TENNESSEE 73.0 68.5 71.5 | 30.0 29.0 29.5 -------------------------------------|------------------------ TEXAS 54.5 50.5 52.0 | 28.5 28.5 28.5 -------------------------------------|------------------------ TEXAS A & M 60.0 55.5 57.0 | 24.5 24.0 24.0 -------------------------------------|------------------------ TEXAS EL PASO 27.0 24.0 25.5 | 29.0 29.5 29.5 -------------------------------------|------------------------ TEXAS TECH 48.5 44.5 46.5 | 25.5 25.0 25.0 -------------------------------------|------------------------ TOLEDO 51.5 47.5 50.5 | 23.5 23.0 23.5 -------------------------------------|------------------------ TULANE 53.0 50.5 51.0 | 25.5 26.0 25.5 -------------------------------------|------------------------ TULSA 36.0 32.5 34.0 | 28.5 28.5 28.5 -------------------------------------|------------------------ UCLA 67.5 63.0 65.5 | 31.5 30.5 31.0 -------------------------------------|------------------------ UTAH 48.5 44.5 47.0 | 22.5 22.0 22.5 -------------------------------------|------------------------ UTAH ST 46.0 44.0 45.0 | 26.0 26.0 26.0 -------------------------------------|------------------------ VANDERBILT 43.5 41.5 42.5 | 17.5 17.5 17.5 -------------------------------------|------------------------ VIRGINIA 51.0 49.0 50.0 | 20.0 20.0 20.0 -------------------------------------|------------------------ VIRGINIA TECH 60.0 56.0 58.0 | 24.0 24.0 24.0 -------------------------------------|------------------------ W MICHIGAN 37.5 33.5 35.5 | 22.5 22.5 22.5 -------------------------------------|------------------------ WAKE FOREST 50.0 46.0 48.0 | 27.5 27.0 27.5 -------------------------------------|------------------------ WASHINGTON 70.5 66.5 68.5 | 28.5 28.0 28.0 -------------------------------------|------------------------ WASHINGTON ST 64.5 60.0 63.5 | 30.5 29.5 30.0 -------------------------------------|------------------------ WEST VIRGINIA 58.0 53.5 55.5 | 24.5 24.5 24.5 -------------------------------------|------------------------ WISCONSIN 54.5 50.0 52.5 | 27.0 27.5 27.0 -------------------------------------|------------------------ WYOMING 54.0 51.0 52.5 | 24.0 23.0 23.5 -------------------------------------|------------------------ EXPLANATION: The POINTSPREAD VALUE INDEX is based on a scale where 50.0 is average. HOME, AWAY, and NEUTRAL ratings are displayed to calculate a pointspread for any game location. To calculate a predicted pointspread for a game, compare the HOME and AWAY ratings for the appropriate teams and subtract the lower team's rating from the higher team's rating. Use the NEUTRAL category if the game is being played on a neutral field. To calculate the predicted total points to be scored in a game, add the away team's OVER/UNDER VALUE INDEX to the home team's OVER/UNDER VALUE INDEX. Use the NEUTRAL category if the game is being played on a neutral field. The Value Index was created by Mike Seba of Computer Sports World. Copyright 1997 Data Broadcasting Corp.