In the weekly Vegas Rankings, four categories convey what the “experts in the desert” truthfully think about the teams:
TRUE POWER: How good Vegas thinks a team really is.
THE HOME-FIELD ADVANTAGE: The value of each team’s home field.
BETTOR BIAS: How many points the public overvalues (positive numbers) or undervalues (negative numbers) a team.
POINT-SPREAD POWER: The combination of True Power and Bettor Bias.
CFB Vegas Rankings – Early Bowls
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Vegas Rankings – College Football Top 25
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Home
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True
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Bettor
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Spread
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Field
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Power
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Bias
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Power
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1
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Alabama
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5.0
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100.0
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2.0
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102.0
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2
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Oregon
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6.0
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99.5
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1.5
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100.5
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3
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Texas A&M
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4.5
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95.0
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0.0
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94.0
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4
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Georgia
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4.0
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93.0
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0.0
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92.5
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t5
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Kansas State
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4.5
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90.5
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0.5
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91.5
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t5
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LSU
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5.0
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90.5
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0.0
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91.0
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t5
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Notre Dame
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4.0
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90.5
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2.0
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92.5
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t8
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Florida
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4.0
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90.0
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0.0
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91.0
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t8
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Oklahoma
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5.5
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90.0
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0.0
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91.0
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t8
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South Carolina
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4.5
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90.0
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0.0
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90.0
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t8
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Florida State
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4.0
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90.0
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0.0
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89.5
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12
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Stanford
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4.5
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89.5
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0.0
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89.5
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13
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Oklahoma St
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4.5
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88.5
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0.0
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87.5
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14
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Clemson
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5.0
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88.0
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0.0
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87.5
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15
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Ohio State
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5.0
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87.0
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1.5
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88.5
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16
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UCLA
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4.0
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86.0
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0.0
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86.0
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17
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Oregon State
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4.0
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85.0
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0.0
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85.0
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t18
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Nebraska
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4.5
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84.0
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0.0
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84.5
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t18
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Texas
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4.5
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84.0
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0.0
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84.0
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t18
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Wisconsin
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5.0
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84.0
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0.0
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84.0
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21
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Michigan
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4.5
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83.5
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0.0
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83.5
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22
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USC
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3.5
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83.0
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0.0
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84.0
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t23
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Penn State
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5.0
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82.5
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0.0
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82.5
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t23
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Utah State
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3.5
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82.5
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0.0
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82.0
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25
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Boise State
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4.0
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82.0
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0.5
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82.5
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Voters include Chris Andrews, with over 30 years of Nevada bookmaking experience, and “Vegas Runner” – featured by ESPN and CNBC for his professional betting success.
RJ Bell is the founder of Pregame.com - and co-host of FIRST PREVIEW, heard Sunday through Friday night at 11 pm on ESPN 1100/98.9 FM. Follow on twitter: @RJinVegas. NFL Vegas Rankings updated every Tuesday at Pregame.com. Contact RJ at [email protected]
