Vegas Power Ratings Week 0. - Phil Steele
When I worked for ESPN full time, I put out a weekly article entitled the Vegas Power Ratings. I still have all the sources that I used to produce that article as it featured my plus/minus ratings which closely resemble Vegas’s numbers as well as three different casinos including the fine folks...
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(Assume 3 point home field edge)
Two tough games:
2. MI 134.83...Gophs 14 point home dogs
4. OSU 131.69...Gophs 17 point road dogs
Five coin flip games:
19. WI 121.94...Gophs 1 point home dogs
26. IA 118.43....Gophs 4 point road dogs
28. MN 117.59...
29 UNC 117.53....Gophs 3 point road dogs
33 IL 116.83...Gophs 4 point home favorites
54 PU 111.75..Gophs by 3 in WL
two games solid favorites:
52. NE 112.25...Gophs by 8
59, MSU 110.53...Gophs by by 10
three games big favorites:
91. Louisiana 101.94...Gophs by 20
97. NW 101.08...Gophs by 14
106. EMU 98.34...Gophs by 22
Using these numbers, some other West Division and non-con teams have tough non-con:
Iowa slight dogs in Ames
WI by 8 in the Palouse
Illini slight dogs vs KU
Illini by 10 vs Toledo
UNC by 1 vs USC in Charlotte
UNC by 10 vs App State
Purdue by 2 at VaTech
Purdue by 6 hosting Syracuse
Purdue by 4 hosting Fresno
