Using the 2012 College Football Entertainment Index beta as a guide, let's look ahead and try to project the most exciting games of the upcoming 2013 season.
It's a formula that aims to find good teams who tend to play shootouts against other good teams. These numbers are just a guide, and by the time many of these games happen, the rankings will probably look different. Also, not everybody likes the same kind of football, and several of these teams have made significant coaching changes. But hey, let's take a look anyway.
First, let's break down the top games by conference:
Big 12
Mark D. Smith, US Presswire
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Rk |
Road |
CFBEI |
Home |
CFBEI |
Avg. CFBEI |
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1 |
Oklahoma State |
5 |
West Virginia |
6 |
5.5 |
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2 |
Baylor |
8 |
Oklahoma State |
5 |
6.5 |
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3 |
West Virginia |
6 |
Baylor |
8 |
7 |
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4 |
Oklahoma State |
5 |
Texas Tech |
16 |
10.5 |
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5 |
Texas Tech |
16 |
West Virginia |
6 |
11 |
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6 |
Oklahoma |
19 |
Oklahoma State |
5 |
12 |
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7 |
Baylor |
8 |
Texas Tech |
16 |
12 |
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8 |
West Virginia |
6 |
Oklahoma |
19 |
12.5 |
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9 |
Oklahoma State |
5 |
Texas |
21 |
13 |
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10 |
Oklahoma |
19 |
Baylor |
8 |
13.5 |
Big Ten
Jerry Lai, US Presswire
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Rk |
Road |
CFBEI |
Home |
CFBEI |
Avg. CFBEI |
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1 |
Northwestern |
31 |
Nebraska |
7 |
19 |
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2 |
Nebraska |
7 |
Penn State |
41 |
24 |
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3 |
Ohio State |
23 |
Northwestern |
31 |
27 |
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4 |
Michigan State |
53 |
Nebraska |
7 |
30 |
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5 |
Ohio State |
23 |
Indiana |
39 |
31 |
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6 |
Nebraska |
7 |
Purdue |
56 |
31.5 |
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7 |
Ohio State |
23 |
Penn State |
41 |
32 |
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8 |
Ohio State |
23 |
Purdue |
56 |
39.5 |
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9 |
Nebraska |
7 |
Michigan |
72 |
39.5 |
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10 |
Penn State |
41 |
Indiana |
39 |
40 |
ACC
Kevin C. Cox, Getty
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Rk |
Road |
CFBEI |
Home |
CFBEI |
Avg. CFBEI |
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1 |
Georgia Tech |
18 |
Clemson |
4 |
11 |
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2 |
Clemson |
4 |
Syracuse |
24 |
14 |
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3 |
North Carolina |
22 |
Georgia Tech |
18 |
20 |
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4 |
Clemson |
4 |
N.C. State |
37 |
20.5 |
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5 |
Syracuse |
24 |
Georgia Tech |
18 |
21 |
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6 |
Florida State |
45 |
Clemson |
4 |
24.5 |
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7 |
North Carolina |
22 |
N.C. State |
37 |
29.5 |
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8 |
Syracuse |
24 |
N.C. State |
37 |
30.5 |
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9 |
Georgia Tech |
18 |
Duke |
47 |
32.5 |
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10 |
Duke |
47 |
North Carolina |
22 |
34.5 |
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10 |
Syracuse |
24 |
Florida State |
45 |
34.5 |
Pac-12
Scott Olmos, US Presswire
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Rk |
Road |
CFBEI |
Home |
CFBEI |
Avg. CFBEI |
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1 |
Oregon |
1 |
Arizona |
2 |
1.5 |
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2 |
UCLA |
9 |
Oregon |
1 |
5 |
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3 |
UCLA |
9 |
Arizona |
2 |
5.5 |
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4 |
Arizona |
2 |
Arizona State |
12 |
7 |
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5 |
Arizona State |
12 |
UCLA |
9 |
10.5 |
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6 |
Oregon State |
35 |
Oregon |
1 |
18 |
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7 |
Oregon State |
35 |
Arizona State |
12 |
23.5 |
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8 |
Arizona |
2 |
USC |
63 |
32.5 |
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9 |
USC |
63 |
UCLA |
9 |
36 |
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10 |
USC |
63 |
Arizona State |
12 |
37.5 |
SEC
Stacy Revere, Getty
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Rk |
Road |
CFBEI |
Home |
CFBEI |
Avg. CFBEI |
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1 |
Texas A&M |
3 |
Ole Miss |
20 |
11.5 |
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2 |
Georgia |
46 |
Tennessee |
14 |
30 |
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3 |
Alabama |
59 |
Texas A&M |
3 |
31 |
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4 |
Texas A&M |
3 |
Missouri |
62 |
32.5 |
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5 |
Texas A&M |
3 |
LSU |
64 |
33.5 |
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6 |
Tennessee |
14 |
Alabama |
59 |
36.5 |
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7 |
Tennessee |
14 |
Missouri |
62 |
38 |
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8 |
Vanderbilt |
75 |
Texas A&M |
3 |
39 |
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9 |
Ole Miss |
20 |
Alabama |
59 |
39.5 |
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10 |
Mississippi State |
77 |
Texas A&M |
3 |
40
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The best of the rest
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Conference |
Road |
CFBEI |
Home |
CFBEI |
Avg. CFBEI |
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C-USA |
Marshall |
11 |
Tulsa |
17 |
14 |
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MWC |
Nevada |
13 |
Fresno State |
15 |
14 |
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MAC |
Ball State |
10 |
Northern Illinois |
28 |
19 |
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Sun Belt |
ULM |
30 |
Troy |
26 |
28 |
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American |
Houston |
32 |
Louisville |
42 |
37 |
The top 25 overall
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Rk |
Road |
CFBEI |
Home |
CFBEI |
Avg. CFBEI |
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1 |
Oregon |
1 |
Arizona |
2 |
1.5 |
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2 |
UCLA |
9 |
Oregon |
1 |
5 |
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3 |
UCLA |
9 |
Arizona |
2 |
5.5 |
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4 |
Oklahoma State |
5 |
West Virginia |
6 |
5.5 |
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5 |
Baylor |
8 |
Oklahoma State |
5 |
6.5 |
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6 |
Arizona |
2 |
Arizona State |
12 |
7 |
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7 |
West Virginia |
6 |
Baylor |
8 |
7 |
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8 |
Tennessee |
14 |
Oregon |
1 |
7.5 |
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9 |
Oklahoma State |
5 |
Texas Tech |
16 |
10.5 |
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10 |
Arizona State |
12 |
UCLA |
9 |
10.5 |
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11 |
Georgia Tech |
18 |
Clemson |
4 |
11 |
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12 |
Texas Tech |
16 |
West Virginia |
6 |
11 |
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13 |
Nevada |
13 |
UCLA |
9 |
11 |
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14 |
Texas A&M |
3 |
Ole Miss |
20 |
11.5 |
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15 |
Oklahoma |
19 |
Oklahoma State |
5 |
12 |
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16 |
Baylor |
8 |
Texas Tech |
16 |
12 |
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17 |
West Virginia |
6 |
Oklahoma |
19 |
12.5 |
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18 |
Oklahoma State |
5 |
Texas |
21 |
13 |
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19 |
Oklahoma |
19 |
Baylor |
8 |
13.5 |
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20 |
Texas |
21 |
West Virginia |
6 |
13.5 |
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21 |
Marshall |
11 |
Tulsa |
17 |
14 |
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22 |
Clemson |
4 |
Syracuse |
24 |
14 |
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23 |
Nevada |
13 |
Fresno State |
15 |
14 |
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24 |
Texas |
21 |
Baylor |
8 |
14.5 |
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25 |
Oregon State |
35 |
Oregon |
1 |
18
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And, of course, the worst for each conference
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Conference |
Road |
CFBEI |
Home |
CFBEI |
Avg. CFBEI |
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Big 12 |
Kansas |
111 |
Iowa State |
60 |
85.5 |
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Sun Belt |
Western Kentucky |
78 |
South Alabama |
108 |
93 |
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Big Ten |
Iowa |
98 |
Minnesota |
95 |
96.5 |
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American |
Temple |
101 |
Memphis |
99 |
100 |
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Pac-12 |
California |
103 |
Colorado |
116 |
109.5 |
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ACC |
Wake Forest |
114 |
Boston College |
107 |
110.5 |
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SEC |
Auburn |
117 |
Arkansas |
104 |
110.5 |
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MWC |
Colorado State |
113 |
Hawaii |
112 |
112.5 |
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MAC |
Miami (OH) |
105 |
UMass |
121 |
113 |
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C-USA |
Florida Atlantic |
110 |
Southern Miss |
119 |
114.5 |
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Overall |
Idaho |
124 |
New Mexico State |
123 |
123.5 |
Which games do you see that'll be the most boosted or dropped by coaching changes or new players?
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