Friday, January 6, 2012

2012 Cotton Bowl

The Cotton Bowl pits Kansas State Wildcats of the Big 12 against Arkansas Razorbacks of the SEC.

This season the Kansas State Wildcats are 10-2 and the NCAA FBS production model's measure of their strength of schedule (SOS) was equal to 57.83. Kansas State's best win was against currently ranked #22 Missouri, and their worst loss was against currently ranked #16 Oklahoma. To date, the Wildcats are the #51 ranked team overall, with the #57 ranked offense and the #35 ranked defense.

The Arkansas Razorbacks are 10-2 with a strength of schedule equal to 62.50. Arkansas's best win was against currently ranked #7 South Carolina, and their worst loss was against currently ranked #3 LSU (yes, there worst loss was to LSU - the other was to #1 Alabama. To date, the Razorbacks are the #27 ranked team overall, with the #21 ranked offense and the #53 ranked defense.

The NCAA FBS production model ranks Arkansas better than Kansas State, and hence expect Arkansas to win the Cotton Bowl today.