Wednesday, January 4, 2012

2012 Orange Bowl

In today's Orange Bowl we have the West Virginia Mountaineers out of the Big East facing the Clemson Tigers out of the ACC.

This season the West Virginia Mountaineers are 9-3 and the NCAA FBS production model's measure of their strength of schedule (SOS) was equal to 67.33. West Virginia's best win was against currently ranked #19 Cincinnati, and their worst loss was against currently ranked #82 Syracuse. To date, the Mountaineers are the #25 ranked team overall, with the #33 ranked offense and the #29 ranked defense.

The Clemson Tigers are 10-3 with a strength of schedule equal to 51.77. Clemson 's best win was against currently ranked #9 Florida State, and their worst loss was against currently ranked #24 North Carolina State. To date, the Tigers are the #68 ranked team overall, with the #46 ranked offense and the #76 ranked defense.

The NCAA FBS production model ranks West Virginia better than Clemson, and hence expect West Virginia to win the Orange Bowl today.