Every summer since 2007 I have created an intricate set of college football predictions for each upcoming season.  This year is no exception, as I will be using my blog over the next few weeks to publish my 11th annual college football preview guide.  Without further ado, here are my predictions for the Mountain West Conference.  Note: the records below reflect each team’s predicted regular season overall record followed by their conference record and excludes bowl games which will be previewed later on in a separate columns on this blog.

Every summer since 2007 I have created an intricate set of college football predictions for each upcoming season.  This year is no exception, as I will be using my blog over the next few weeks to publish my 11th annual college football preview guide.  Without further ado, here are my predictions for the Independents.  As you can see, I am predicting a very good season for the Independent teams of college football.  Note: the records below reflect each team’s predicted regular season overall record followed by their conference record and excludes bowl games which will be previewed later on in a separate columns on this blog.

Every summer since 2007 I have created an intricate set of college football predictions for each upcoming season.  This year is no exception, as I will be using my blog over the next few weeks to publish my 11th annual college football preview guide.  Without further ado, here are my predictions for the Mid-American Conference.  Note: the records below reflect each team’s predicted regular season overall record followed by their conference record and excludes bowl games which will be previewed later on in a separate columns on this blog.

Every summer since 2007 I have created an intricate set of college football predictions for each upcoming season.  This year is no exception, as I will be using my blog over the next few weeks to publish my 11th annual college football preview guide.  Without further ado, here are my predictions for Conference USA.  Note: the records below reflect each team’s predicted regular season overall record followed by their conference record and excludes bowl games which will be previewed later on in a separate columns on this blog.

Every summer since 2007 I have created an intricate set of college football predictions for each upcoming season.  This year is no exception, as I will be using my blog over the next few weeks to publish my 11th annual college football preview guide.  Without further ado, here are my predictions for the Sun Belt Conference.  Note: the records below reflect each team’s predicted regular season overall record followed by their conference record and excludes bowl games which will be previewed later on in a separate columns on this blog.

For those of you who are regular followers of my blog, you will know that I am the current coordinator of the NCAA-recognized College Football Researchers Association Poll.

The College Football Researchers Association was originally founded by the late Anthony Cusher of Reeder, North Dakota in 1982. It was an organization modeled after the Professional Football Researchers Association (PFRA) consisting of college football fans and writers dedicated to researching and analyzing the history of the game. The CFRA retrospectively elected national champions from the years of 1919-1981 based on a poll created by Harry Carson Frye and also voted on present-day national champions during the years of 1982-1992. They published their results in a monthly bulletin produced by Robert Kirlin of Spokane, Washington until after the ’92 season when the association ceased operations and several successor organizations, operating under different names, were created.

In fall of 2009, under the coordination of myself and others and with the involvement of past members, the College Football Researchers Association was reorganized, and a group of both new and original CFRA voters was assembled to recreate this influential poll. Basically, the CFRA poll has functioned like any other college football poll with each of its voters submitting a top 25 ballot after each Saturday’s games. The polls have then posted each Monday morning on our organization’s website: www.cfrapoll.com.  This year the poll is being re-formatted to build more drama throughout the season.  Only four CFRA Polls will be published in 2016: a preseason poll, a midseason poll (tabulated after week 7), an end of regular season poll (tabulated after week 14), and a final poll after the playoff is completed.

Also this season, we are looking to further expand the poll by adding other avid college football fans who would like to participate. If you would like to become a CFRA voter, please e-mail me at bmatthews85@gmail.com and I will get you put on our mailing list and give you information on how to submit your weekly poll.  It would also be great if you could provide me with your name, location, and brief description of your college football interests and involvement so that I know a little bit about each of the voters.