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The Book Top 20 - Week of November 30, 2013

Florida State still on top with Bama #2. Eagles two point dog at 'Cuse. Nate can take care of that though.

By John Fidler
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For the past month or so, I have been sharing with you the Top 20 and point spreads generated by "The Book" and have been mild in my comments, waiting for the big crash where The Book has a horrible week vs the spread, but still it hasn't happened.  This week, The Book posted another solid week going 28-23 .549 with two games the same against the Vegas spread, mirroring its results year to date.  Heading into the final week of the regular season, The Book is now 323-265-8 .549 with 36 games the same.

Once again though, it didn't pick the BC game correctly, taking the Terps at even, making its mark in games featuring the Eagles just 2-6 on the year, with two spreads the same and one game (Villanova) that it didn't select.

Looking for win number five in a row, BC travels to the Carrier Dome, where the Book has them a 2 point underdog to the Orange.

Interesting to note that just two weeks ago, the spread for BC-Syracuse was SU -10, with Vegas having BC and early 2 1/2 point favorite.

The Book correctly picked Florida State to cover the 56 points vs Idaho (FSU -69) and that kept the Noles atop the weekly top 20 for the fourth consecutive week, followed now by Alabama, Oklahoma State, Ohio State and Wisconsin.  Of note, an FSU/Alabama title matchup would find the Seminoles an unthinkable 10 point favorite over the Tide on a neutral field at this time.  The two big upset victims this week, took a tumble, but not huge ones.  Baylor dropped from #2 to #6 and Oregon from #4 to #7.

New entries into the poll this week included Washington, Georgia, Oklahoma and Bowling Green replacing Texas A&M, Louisville, Brigham Young and Boise State.  Teams in the AP top 25 not in our poll are #16 Fresno State (#21 in the Book), #17 Central Florida (#27), #18 Northern Illinois (#24), #19 Texas A&M (#22), #21 Louisville (#23), #22 UCLA (#25), #24 Duke (#34) and #25 Notre Dame (#31).

BC rises up to #58 in the country and #9 in the ACC, up a good chunk nationwide, but only one spot in the ACC.

Top 20

  1. Florida State 11-0
  2. Alabama 11-0
  3. Oklahoma State 10-1
  4. Ohio State 11-0
  5. Wisconsin 9-2
  6. Baylor 9-1
  7. Oregon 9-2
  8. Missouri 10-1
  9. Stanford 9-2
  10. Arizona State 9-2
  11. Michigan State 10-1
  12. Clemson 10-1
  13. LSU 8-3
  14. South Carolina 9-2
  15. Auburn 10-1
  16. Washington 7-4
  17. USC 9-3
  18. Georgia 7-4
  19. Oklahoma 9-2
  20. Bowling Green 8-3
Others: Fresno State

ACC
  1. Florida State 11-0 #1 in the country
  2. Clemson 10-1 #12 in the country
  3. North Carolina 6-5 #28 in the country
  4. Duke 9-2 #34 in the country
  5. Georgia Tech 7-4 #37 in the country
  6. Virginia Tech 7-4 #47 in the country
  7. Miami 8-3 #55 in the country
  8. Pittsburgh 6-5 #57 in the country
  9. Boston College 7-4 #58 in the country
  10. Syracuse 5-6 #65 in the country
  11. Maryland 6-5 #70 in the country
  12. Wake Forest 4-7 #77 in the country
  13. NC State 3-8 #85 in the country
  14. Virginia 2-9 #103 in the country
Top 20 Point spreads
  • #20 Bowling Green 4 at Buffalo
  • at #13 LSU 26 Arkansas
  • at #16 Washington 14 Washington State
  • at #7 Oregon 20 Oregon State
  • #4 Ohio State 15 Michigan
  • at #11 Michigan State 18 Minnesota
  • #18 Georgia 4 at Georgia Tech
  • at #8 Missouri 12 Texas A&M
  • #2 Alabama 8 at #15 Auburn
  • #6 Baylor 19 at TCU
  • #1 Florida State 31 at Florida
  • at #5 Wisconsin 26 Penn State
  • at #14 South Carolina 1 #12 Clemson
  • at #17 USC 6 UCLA
  • at #9 Stanford 15 Notre Dame
  • at #10 Arizona State 16 Arizona
ACC
  • at Pittsburgh 1 Miami
  • at Syracuse 2 Boston College
  • Maryland 3 at NC State
  • at Vanderbilt 10 Wake Forest
  • at North Carolina 6 Duke
  • Virginia Tech 15 at Virginia
Enjoy your Thanksgiving Week...Go Andre...and Go Eagles!!

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