Monday, January 2, 2012

2012 TicketCity Bowl

In today's TicketCity Bowl, we have the Penn State Nittany Lions out of the Big 10 against the Houston Cougars from Conference USA.

This season the Penn State Nittany Lions are 9-3 and the NCAA FBS production model's measure of their strength of schedule (SOS) was equal to 59.58. Penn State's best win was against currently ranked #13 Temple, and their worst loss was against currently ranked #57 Nebraska. To date, the Nittany Lions are the #30 ranked team overall, with the #80 ranked offense and the #5 ranked defense.

The Houston Cougars are 12-1 with a strength of schedule equal to 80.85. Houston's best win was against currently ranked #37 Tulsa, and their only loss was against currently ranked #32 Southern Mississippi. To date, the Cougars are the #4 ranked team overall, with the #1 ranked offense and the #68 ranked defense.

The NCAA FBS production model ranks Houston better than Penn State, and hence expect Houston to win the TicketCity Bowl today.