Sentences with phrase «ranked teams playing»

In the last ten years, ranked teams playing their first game at home after starting the year on the road have gone 23 - 39 (37.1 %) ATS, -17.1 units.

If you are going to watch college football this weekend, there is value betting against ranked teams playing their home opener.

It is uncommon to see a favorite receiving such a low betting percentage, however with two ranked teams playing it is easy to understand the public's mentality.

Public bettors are prone to taking the underdog when two ranked teams play each other, and Saturday's game has been no different.

The world number one ranked team play Portugal in a friendly in Lisbon on Tuesday — a fixture rearranged from Brussels following last week's terrorist attacks in Belgium.

My research found that when two ranked teams play each other, the favorite has gone 276 - 231 ATS (54.4 %) with a 6.3 % return on investment (ROI).

Casual bettors place far too much value on the AP Top 25, and they seem to believe the best course of action is simply taking the points and hoping for a competitive game when two ranked teams play each other.

When two ranked teams play, the favorite has gone 250 - 208 ATS (54.6 %).

We found that when two ranked teams play each other, the underdog has gone 68 - 49 ATS (+15.45 units) and the road team has gone 56 - 47 ATS (+5.99 units).

This is also interesting because when two ranked teams play each other, the favorite has historically been vastly undervalued.

Since 2003, the favorites has gone 251 - 209 ATS when two ranked teams play each other.

But hey at least the Michigan fans showed up to see their nationally ranked team play.

Not exact matches

But under the newly proposed rules, teams ranked seven through ten would compete in a play - in tournament to determine the final two playoff spots in each conference.

He played for basketball powerhouse Midwest City High School in Oklahoma from his sophomore to senior years, a team that was ranked as high as third in the nation during his time, and played competition featuring Carmelo Anthony, Chris Bosh and Tyson Chandler.

If the Group of 5 team were on the cusp of the minimum ranking (e.g. No. 15), it could play into the committees discussion on where to rank them, if they prefer to include a third at - large team.

You will have the chance to play with a top - ranked pro golfer before they join the PGA Tour, with their score contributing to the success of your team.

It is particularly difficult for strikers to break through the ranks into the first - team at the bigger clubs at present, with most sides opting to play only one striker in the starting XI, and Arsenal is no different on that front.

OSU's played two teams that could rank in the top 10 (Penn State and Wisconsin).

Texas has played what 5 ranked teams so far?

Between the halves, U.S. Coach Buzz Bennett, an earnest young man but hardly closer to first - rank as a coach than his players, tried to goad his men to better performances by saying, «Don't you guys realize that's a high school team you're playing against?

That Oklahoma team played only one team that was ranked at the time of the matchup — and that was number 2 Texas.

Finding a way to near the.500 mark in conference play or against top 25 teams would help; last year, they went 3 - 6 in the Big XII and were just 2 - 5 against ranked teams.

Please remember that the Top Whatever ranks only the teams that played this week.

Jut imagine if our strikers would have added those finishing touch in thier ranks apart from good team play, where we would have been now Its not late at all, if Sanchez and Giroud discovers their form, I am sure we will win the league

Depending on the conference affiliation, a No. 1 team might not have to play a top - ranked team in its bowl, and the only way a No. 2 team (which, in many years, might be just as deserving as No. 1) might have a shot at the title is if No. 1 loses to somebody else.

The Method: The current bowls are maintained with their automatic bids and allocations (sans the BCS national championship game), and after all bowls are played, the top two teams (according to, presumably, the BCS rankings) would play in the title game.

The Cyclones» 33 - 31 victory over the host Sooners in 1990 played out in startlingly similar fashion: a ranked OU went up 14 - 0 in the first quarter against an ISU team dealing with a quarterback injury, then threw it into cruise too early.

The Bulls played four teams that ranked 52nd or better overall and allowed an average of 47 points in those games.

TITANIC CLASH Illinois is home to two of the nation's top - ranked girls» basketball teams, but they had never played each other until Saturday, when No. 9 Bolingbrook defeated previously unbeaten No. 2 Fenwick 54 — 48.

Of a team, that despite claims of having 2 superstars, ranks dead last in ISO and is 6th to the last in ISO points per play.

It looked as if Team Zimmerman was actually going to run away this this one and send # 1 on down the Rankings but they battled back and played smart, team basketball down the stretch to pull it Team Zimmerman was actually going to run away this this one and send # 1 on down the Rankings but they battled back and played smart, team basketball down the stretch to pull it team basketball down the stretch to pull it out.

Rare is the team that has enough time to let downfield passing plays develop against Georgia's defense, which ranks second nationally behind Alabama with just 5.58 yards allowed per pass attempt.

Next week they will play # 1 Team Lazarov in Flag Football for # 1 in the Power Rankings!

Just looking at the Power Rankings from this week — they've already played 3 of the top 6 teams so far in 2013.

Team Goldin did not play but because a bunch of teams ahead of them in the rankings lost, by doing nothing they really gained some ground!

ECU plays six teams projected 80th or worse and is only two years removed from ranking in the 70s.

They played # 1 ranked Team Darcy in what many have said was the Game of the Night.

Exiting the Rankings, however is the Team that played Team Zimmerman in the Championship a season ago..

No wins against top - 10 teams or ranked wins besides Stanford and Stanford [Sanford and Son theme plays], though both of those Stanford wins might still outrank any of Bama's.

This is one of the younger squads in the field, and as I said in the Week 1 Power Rankings — it just takes some time to mesh for younger teams as they haven't had as many opportunities to play with each other just yet.

Team Shamberg should really be ranked at this point of the season and this is more of an issue of having no where to put them because Teams behind them won than an indictment on their play as of late.

So one of the Teams that got a W had to be ranked # 6 this week and just so you know I'm not playing any favorites, that Team is Team Holzman..

They hit a hard part of their schedule as in the past two weeks, they've played the Teams currently ranked # 1 and # 2 in the League..

Four of the six rivalries on the bottom of the unpredictability ranking involve SEC teams and are all played on the last weekend of the regular season, now after the annual SEC - SoCon Challenge.

After that they'll have already faced all but one of the Top 7 Teams in the Rankings (they'll play Team Lalez to close the Regular Season).

It was particularly emotional for Shepherd and Sarah Arnaudon, who played as freshmen on the varsity team that went unbeaten and ranked No. 1 in the U.S., only to lose to Liberty in the NCS championship game.

UVA plays the slowest tempo in college basketball: out of 351 DI teams, Virginia ranks last in pace.

The only ranked team 2014 Ohio State played between Virginia Tech and Wisconsin was a strong Michigan State that hosted the Buckeyes in early November.

I firmly remember talking to some buddies when Maryland got a pre-season # 1 ranking from ESPN and I remarked how ridiculous it was given that most of the team hadn't played together in a real game before.

According to the study that was just recently conducted by the Soccerex Football Finance 100, which ranks the world's top teams based on both their playing and fixed assets, money in the bank, owner potential investment and debt, Arsenal has more financial power than those big clubs: