
As conference-deciding college games pile up, the prediction game gets harder.
Last week we have 34 predictions and we were wrong on the winner in five of them.
Now, those eight included some pretty memorable whoppers - Army beating Kutztown, Kentucky smacking Bowling Green by 49, and Wheeling Jesuit beating Notre Dame College. But overall we were at a 76% success rate, not grate, but decent.
This week, we’re trying to do better. Here are the games of this week, including the top four that the FloRugby team will take a stab at.
The games with a little extra on the line include:
Mary Washington at James Madison
JMU has been improving, and logged a nice win over Mount St. Mary's last week. But UMW has hardly been touched of late.
Freshman fullback Bradlee Nicholls scored two tries in a 57-10 win over a very solid Virginia Tech team, and scrumhalf Harry Masters scored two twice also. No.8 Matthew Gordon was relentless on defense.
This game basically determines who wins the Chesapeake conference.

Army at Penn State
This is another game that chooses the conference, in this case the Rugby East. Penn State has been rolling through the opposition this fall, but Army has a legit shot at upended the Lions.
AIC at Iona
While the Gaels seem to be favored by FloRugby's predictors, it's easy to forget that AIC beat Iona a little under a year ago. Sure, the game was extremely close until some key injuries hurt Iona, but the fact remains.
Both teams have won most of their games by wide margins, but each has encountered a tough loss. Iona will be physicality and defensive organization against an AIC program capable of scoring from anywhere.

Lindenwood-Belleville at Arkansas State
While Arkansas State is really just getting started, this is an important game for L-B in terms of putting the program's hand up and saying the Lynx are worthy of a D1AA at-large playoff bid. In our opinion, Lindenwood-Belleville has already accomplished that, but this game gives us more evidence.
Wisconsin at Indiana will likely confirm Indiana as #1 in the Big 10. Michigan State can confirm its spot as the best of the rest in that conference by beating Iowa.
Lindenwood (not the Belleville one, the other one) has games against Texas A&M and LSU in a bit of a southern road trip. Should be interesting to see how strong those teams (all three of them) are.
Dartmouth at Brown. Dartmouth can, and should, clinch #1 in the Ivy League.
Middle Tennessee State at Kennesaw State. Early days in the SIRC, but this game has big ramifications on who will be the best in the North.
Miami at Louisville and Cincinnati at Dayton. In the MAC South, two teams make it to the semifinals, and it could be that three teams will finish 3-1. Ohio is in 1st and already at 3-1. So it's a case of can Cincinnati bring home the bacon against a winless but tough Dayton team and at least tie? If not, Louisville could bypass Cincy with a win.
| Games and Picks | |||
| Mary Washington | at | James Madison | MWU by 14 |
| AIC | at | Iona | Iona by 12 |
| Lindenwood-Belleville | at | Arkansas State | Arkansas State by 24 |
| Army | at | Penn State | Penn State by 17 |
| Lindenwood | at | Texas A&M | Lindenwood by 41 |
| Fordham | at | Rutgers | Fordham by 8 |
| Western Michigan | at | Uni. Notre Dame | Notre Dame by 7 |
| New Mexico | at | Wyoming | Wyoming by 25 |
| Wisconsin | at | Indiana | Indiana by 9 |
| Iowa | at | Michigan State | Michigan State by 5 |
| Ohio State | at | Michigan | Ohio State by 21 |
| Purdue | at | Minnesota | Purdue by 3 |
| Mount St. Mary's | at | Maryland | Maryland by 5 |
| Virginia Tech | at | Salisbury | Virginia Tech by 11 |
| Georgetown | at | Virginia | Georgetown by 5 |
| Dartmouth | at | Brown | Dartmouth by 33 |
| Columbia | at | Cornell | Columbia by 20 |
| Penn | at | Harvard | Harvard by 5 |
| Yale | at | Princeton | Yale by 8 |
| Rhode Island | at | UConn | UConn by 18 |
| Northeastern | at | Tufts | Northeastern by 29 |
| Albany | at | Buffalo | Buffalo by 17 |
| Lindenwood | at | LSU | Lindenwood by 25 |
| Utah State | at | Utah | Utah 15 |
| Colorado | at | Air Force | Air Force by 17 |
| Wheeling Jesuit | at | Kutztown | Kutztown by 20 |
| Notre Dame College | at | St. Bonaventure | NDC by 14 |
| South Carolina | at | Auburn | USC by 33 |
| Mississippi State | at | Tennessee | Tennessee by 25 |
| USF | at | FAU | FAU by 11 |
| Georgia Southern | at | Georgia Tech | Georgia Southern by 19 |
| MTSU | at | KSU | MTSU by 7 |
| FSU | at | UCF | UCF by 8 |
| Kansas Jayhawks | at | Nebraska | Kansas by 23 |
| Iowa State | at | Missouri | Iowa State by 11 |
| Kansas State | at | Truman State | Kansas State by 55 |
| UMass | at | Boston College | BC by 12 |
| Miami (OH) | at | Louisville | Louisville by 9 |
| Cincinnati | at | Dayton | Cincinnati by 13 |
| IUP | at | Rowan | Rowan by 8 |
| Temple | at | West Virginia | WVU by 12 |