Predicting the College Football Season: Part One

There was Pete Rose's record amount of hits. Then there was the undefeated 1972 Dolphins. Who could forget the Chicago Bulls' 72-win season in 1995-96?  

Of course, we also have Wilt "the Stilt" Chamberlain scoring 100 points in one single game of hoops.

And then we have the granddaddy of them all.

Just five days ago, a young man by the age of 16 had a daunting task in front of him:  to predict every single game of the 2008 college football season.

He took the challenge head-on and crushed any and all things that confronted his magical journey. And today, that journey is complete.

Ladies and gentlemen, boys and girls, here it is, Mitchell Morse's (mj122345mcm's to some) complete college football prediction. It's right here. The double dashes after an opponent on a team's schedule indicates a win. A loss has no dashes. Simple enough.

I did do some conference previews with predictions, but the records in this blog override the previous ones, because I have researched both teams in every single game. 

Now there may be some mistakes in this blog, as I may have been tired during a lot of this. If there is an FCS team beating an FBS team, it is an error and I would appreciate if you helped me out in correcting this by posting it in the comments below.

All feedback is greatly appreciated; please, please, please, leave a comment. If I don't get enough comments this year, I will not likely do this again. If I get loads of comments, I very well may do it next year. 

But let's get to the point. Here are the predictions, starting with the ACC and Boston College, and ending with the WAC and Utah State, with every other FBS team in between:

ACC

Boston College

@ Kent St.

Georgia Tech --

UCF--

Rhode Island--

@ North Carolina St.

Virginia Tech

@ North Carolina

Clemson--

Notre Dame--

@ Florida St.

@ Wake Forest

Maryland--

Record:  6-6

Clemson

Alabama--

Citadel--

North Carolina St.--

South Carolina St.--

Maryland--

@ Wake Forest--

Georgia Tech

@ Boston College

@ Florida St.--

Duke--

@ Virginia--

South Carolina

Record:  9-3

Duke

James Madison--

Northwestern

Navy--

Virginia

@ Georgia Tech

Miami (FL)

@ Vanderbilt--

@ Wake Forest

North Carolina St.

@Clemson

@ Virginia Tech

North Carolina

Record:  3-9

Florida State

Western Carolina--

Chattanooga--

Wake Forest

Colorado--

@ Miami (FL)

@ North Carolina St.--

Virginia Tech--

@ Georgia Tech

Clemson

Boston College--

@ Maryland--

Florida

Record:  7-5

Georgia Tech

Jacksonville St.--

@ Boston College

@ Virginia Tech

Mississippi St.--

Duke--

Gardner-Webb--

@Clemson--

Virginia

Florida St.--

@ North Carolina

Miami (FL)--

@ Georgia

Record:  7-5

Maryland

Delaware--

@ Middle Tennessee--

California

Eastern Michigan--

@ Clemson

@ Virginia--

Wake Forest

North Carolina St.--

@ Virginia Tech

North Carolina--

Florida State

@ Boston College

Record:  6-6

Miami (FL)

Charleston Southern--

@ Florida

@ Texas A&M

North Carolina

Florida St.--

UCF

@ Duke--

Wake Forest

@ Virginia

Virginia Tech--

@ Georgia Tech

@ North Carolina St.--

Record:  5-7

North Carolina

McNeese St.--

@ Rutgers--

Virginia Tech--

@ Miami (FL)--

Connecticut

Notre Dame--

@ Virginia--

Boston College--

Georgia Tech--

@ Maryland

North Carolina St.--

@ Duke--

Record:  10-2

North Carolina State

@ South Carolina

William & Mary--

@ Clemson

East Carolina --

South Florida

Boston College--

Florida St.

@ Maryland

@ Duke--

Wake Forest

@ North Carolina

Miami (FL)

Record:  4-8

Virginia

USC

Richmond

@ Connecticut

@ Duke--

Maryland

East Carolina--

North Carolina

@ Georgia Tech--

Miami (FL)--

@ Wake Forest

Clemson

@ Virginia Tech

Record:  4-8

Virginia Tech

@ East Carolina--

Furman--

Georgia Tech--

@ North Carolina

@ Nebraska--

Western Kentucky--

@ Boston College--

@ Florida St.

Maryland--

@ Miami (FL)

Duke--

Virginia--

Record:  9-3

Wake Forest

@ Baylor--

Mississippi--

@ Florida St.--

Navy --

Clemson

@ Maryland--

@ Miami (FL)--

Duke--

Virginia--

@ North Carolina St.--

Boston College--

Vanderbilt--

Record:  11-1

BIG EAST

Cincinnati

Eastern Kentucky--

@ Oklahoma

Miami (OH)--

@ Akron --

@ Marshall--

Rutgers--

@ Connecticut--

South Florida--

@ West Virginia

@ Louisville--

Pittsburgh

Syracuse--

@ Hawaii--

Record:  10-3

Connecticut

Hofstra--

@ Temple--

Virginia

Baylor--

@ Louisville--

@ North Carolina--

@ Rutgers

Cincinnati

West Virginia

@ Syracuse--

@ South Florida

Pittsburgh

Record:  6-6

Louisville

Kentucky

Tennessee Tech--

Kansas St.--

Connecticut

@ Memphis--

Middle Tennessee--

South Florida

@ Syracuse

@ Pittsburgh

Cincinnati

West Virginia

@ Rutgers

Record:  4-8

Pittsburgh

Bowling Green--

Buffalo--

Iowa--

@ Syracuse--

@ South Florida

@ Navy--

Rutgers--

@ Notre Dame--

Louisville--

@ Cincinnati--

West Virginia

@ Connecticut--

Record:  10-2

Rutgers

Fresno St.

North Carolina

@ Navy --

Morgan St.--

@ West Virginia

@ Cincinnati

Connecticut--

@ Pittsburgh

Syracuse--

@ South Florida

Army--

Louisville--

Record:  6-6

S. Florida

Tennessee-Martin--

@ UCF--

Kansas--

@ Florida International--

@ North Carolina St.--

Pittsburgh--

Syracuse--

@ Louisville--

@Cincinnati

Rutgers--

Connecticut--

@ West Virginia

Record:  10-2

Syracuse

@ Northwestern

Akron--

Penn St.

Northeastern--

Pittsburgh

@ West Virginia

@ South Florida

Louisville--

@ Rutgers

Connecticut

@ Notre Dame

@ Cincinnati

Record:  3-9

W. Virginia

Villanova--

@ East Carolina--

@ Colorado--

Marshall--

Rutgers --

Syracuse--

Auburn

@ Connecticut--

Cincinnati--

@ Louisville--

@ Pittsburgh--

South Florida--

Record:  11-1

BIG TEN

Illinois

@ Missouri

Eastern Illinois--

Louisiana-Lafayette--

@ Penn St.--

@ Michigan--

Minnesota--

Indiana--

@ Wisconsin

Iowa--

@ Western Michigan

Ohio St.

@ Northwestern

Record:  7-5

Indiana

Western Kentucky--

Murray St.--

Ball St.--

Michigan St.--

@ Minnesota

Iowa--

@ Illinois

Northwestern--

Central Michigan--

Wisconsin

@ Penn St.

@ Purdue

Record:  7-5

Iowa

Maine--

Florida International--

Iowa St.

@ Pittsburgh

Northwestern

@ Michigan St.

@ Indiana

Wisconsin

@ Illinois

Penn State

Purdue

@ Minnesota--

Record:  3-9

Michigan

Utah

Miami (OH)--

@ Notre Dame

Wisconsin

Illinois

Toledo--

@ Penn St.--

Michigan St.--

@ Purdue

@ Minnesota--

Northwestern--

@ Ohio St.

Record:  6-6

Michigan St.

@ California

Eastern Michigan--

Florida Atlantic

Notre Dame--

@ Indiana

Iowa--

@ Northwestern

Ohio St.

@ Michigan

Wisconsin

Purdue--

@ Penn St.

Record:  4-8

Minnesota

Northern Illinois--

@ Bowling Green--

Montana St.--

Florida Atlantic

@ Ohio St.

Indiana--

@ Illinois

@ Purdue

Northwestern

Michigan

@ Wisconsin

Iowa

Record:  4-8

Northwestern

Syracuse--

@ Duke--

Southern Illinois--

Ohio--

@ Iowa--

Michigan St.--

Purdue

@ Indiana

@ Minnesota--

Ohio St.

@ Michigan

Illinois--

Record:  8-4

Ohio St.

Youngstown St.--

Ohio--

@ USC--

Troy--

Minnesota--

@ Wisconsin--

Purdue--

@ Michigan St.--

Penn St.--

@ Northwestern--

@ Illinois--

Michigan--

Record:  12-0

Penn St.

Coastal Carolina--

Oregon St.--

@ Syracuse--

Temple--

Illinois

@ Purdue--

@ Wisconsin

Michigan

@ Ohio St.

@ Iowa--

Indiana--

Michigan St.--

Record:  8-4

Purdue

Northern Colorado--

Oregon

Central Michigan--

@ Notre Dame--

Penn St.

@ Ohio St.

@ Northwestern--

Minnesota--

Michigan--

@ Michigan St.

@ Iowa--

Indiana--

Record:  8-4

Wisconsin

Akron--

Marshall--

@ Fresno St.

@ Michigan--

Ohio St.

Penn St.--

@ Iowa--

Illinois--

@ Michigan St.--

@ Indiana--

Minnesota--

Cal Poly--

Record:  10-2

BIG 12

Baylor

Wake Forest

Northwestern St.--

Washington St.--

@ Connecticut

Oklahoma

Iowa St.

@ Oklahoma St.

@ Nebraska

Missouri

@ Texas

Texas A&M--

@ Texas Tech

Record:  3-9

Colorado

Colorado St.--

Eastern Washington--

West Virginia

@ Florida St.

Texas

@ Kansas

Kansas St.--

@ Missouri

@ Texas A&M--

Iowa St.--

Oklahoma St.--

@ Nebraska--

Record:  7-5

Iowa St.

South Dakota St.--

Kent St.--

@ Iowa--

@ UNLV

Kansas

@ Baylor--

Nebraska

Texas A&M--

@ Oklahoma St.

@ Colorado

Missouri

@ Kansas St.

Record:  5-7

Kansas

Florida International--

Louisiana Tech--

@ South Florida

Sam Houston St.--

@ Iowa St.--

Colorado--

@ Oklahoma

Texas Tech

Kansas St.--

@ Nebraska--

Texas--

@ Missouri

Record:  8-4

Kansas St.

North Texas

Montana St.--

@ Louisville

Louisiana-Lafayette--

Texas Tech

@ Texas A&M

@ Colorado--

Oklahoma

@ Kansas

@ Missouri

Nebraska--

Iowa St.--

Record:  5-7

Missouri

Illinois--

Southeast Missouri St.--

Nevada--

Buffalo--

@ Nebraska--

Oklahoma St.--

@ Texas

Colorado--

@ Baylor--

Kansas St.--

@ Iowa St.--

Kansas--

Record:  11-1

Nebraska

Western Michigan--

San Jose St.--

New Mexico St.--

Virginia Tech

Missouri

@ Texas Tech

@ Iowa St.--

Baylor--

@ Oklahoma

Kansas

@ Kansas St.

Colorado

Record:  5-7

Oklahoma

Chattanooga--

Cincinnati--

@ Washington--

TCU--

@ Baylor--

Texas

Kansas--

@ Kansas St.--

Nebraska--

@ Texas A&M--

Texas Tech--

@ Oklahoma St.--

Record:  11-1

Oklahoma St.

@ Washington St.--

Houston--

Missouri St.--

Troy--

Texas A&M--

@ Missouri

Baylor--

@ Texas

Iowa St.--

@ Texas Tech

@ Colorado

Oklahoma

Record:  7-5

Texas

Florida Atlantic--

@ UTEP--

Arkansas--

Rice--

@ Colorado--

@ Oklahoma--

Missouri--

Oklahoma St.--

@ Texas Tech

Baylor--

@ Kansas

Texas A&M--

Record:  10-2

Texas A&M

Arkansas St.--

@ New Mexico--

Miami (FL)--

Army--

@ Oklahoma St.

Kansas St.--

Texas Tech

@ Iowa St.

Colorado

Oklahoma

@ Baylor

@ Texas

Record:  6-6

Texas Tech

Eastern Washington--

@ Nevada--

Southern Methodist--

Massachusetts--

@ Kansas St.--

Nebraska--

@ Texas A&M--

@ Kansas--

Texas--

Oklahoma St.--

@ Oklahoma

Baylor--

Record:  11-1