Northern Illinois vs. Boston College Notes: Northern Illinois is 5-9 overall against teams from Power 5 conferences since 2010.     Since 2006, Northern Illinois is 1-6 overall week one of the season against teams from the Power 5 conferences (Ohio State, Iowa (twice), Minnesota, Wisconsin and Iowa State). The …

Akron vs. Penn State Notes: Akron has faced Penn State three times since 2006 and is 0-3 in those games losing by a total score of 86-26 or 20.0 points per game. The last meeting was in 2014 in Happy Valley with Penn State winning 21-3. Akron lost 7 games …

Western Michigan vs. USC Notes: Western Michigan had 12 wins against FBS schools in 2016 with a combined overall record of 64-84 or .426%.   Former Western Michigan quarterback, Tim Lester, new head coach taking over for P.J Fleck (New Head Coach at Minnesota).     Since 2006, the Broncos …

  Wyoming vs Iowa Notes: Wyoming finished the 2016 season with an 8-6 overall record. The Cowboys defeated 7 FBS teams with a combined overall record of 51-38 or .573% (Northern Illinois, Colorado State, Air Force, Nevada, Boise State, Utah State and San Diego State).       The Cowboys …

South Carolina vs. North Carolina State Notes: Since 2006, South Carolina is 14-5 against FBS teams from the Carolinas and has won those games by an average margin of victory of 16 points per game. All five losses have come to the Clemson Tigers in that span.     South …

CAL vs. North Carolina Notes: CAL finished with a 5-7 overall record in 2016 and lost those games to opponents with a combined overall record of 60-31 or .659% (San Diego St., Arizona St., Oregon St. , USC, Washington, Washington St. and Stanford). The Bears lost four of five games …

Louisville vs. Purdue Notes: Louisville won nine games in 2016 and outscored those opponents (Charlotte, Syracuse, Florida State, Marshall, Duke, N.C State, Virginia, Boston College and Wake Forest) by a combined margin of 460-161 or 33.2 points per game.   Those opponents had a combined overall record of 48-64 overall …

Temple vs. Notre Dame   Notes: Temple lost four games in 2016 to Army, Penn State, Memphis and Wake Forest (all bowl teams) and lost those games by a total of 37 points or 9.25 points per game.   Those opponents had a combined record of 34-19 or .641%. Three …

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Michigan vs. Florida   Notes: Florida was 9-4 in 2016, however, the Gators lost four games to Tennessee, Arkansas, Florida and Alabama all on the road or on neutral field sites. Florida was outscored by a margin of 154-67 in those games or 21.7 points per game.   Those four …