2006 College Football Forecast (NCAA Div IA & IAA)

Bassett Model rankings:

The Stephenson Earned Rank shows what a team has earned from its wins. It ranks by how much better a given team's winning record is when compared against how all other teams would have faired if they had played the same schedule. (Available after the 5th week in the season.) The Power Rankings measure the strength of each team by how well they have played on average, going by point performance. The Current Model Power Rankings are the best indicator of how well a team will play in the future.

19 Jan 2007: Stephenson Earned Rank (NCAA Div I & IAA)
(Team wins subtracted by average number of wins if all other teams played their schedule as simulated by the Bassett Football Model)

19 Jan 2007: Average Model Power Rankings (NCAA Div I & IAA)
(i.e. Average model rankings from 2006)

19 Jan 2007: Current Model Power Rankings (NCAA Div I & IAA)
(power ranking at final week of the season)

2006 Model Performance: 

All Div I games               forecast probabilities
                 50-59%  60-69%  70-79%  80-89%  90-99%    100%     all
total games:        189     379     377     260      60       0    1265
number right:       105     246     284     231      60       0     926
number expected:  105.2   244.6   283.9   220.5    54.8     0.0   909.0
right/expected:    1.00    1.01    1.00    1.05    1.09    0.00    1.02

Breakdown by Conference and Division:
Conference games              forecast probabilities
                 50-59%  60-69%  70-79%  80-89%  90-99%    100%     all
total games:        126     252     227     159      21       0     785
number right:        66     158     162     137      21       0     544
number expected:   70.1   162.5   170.9   134.5    19.1     0.0   557.0
right/expected:    0.94    0.97    0.95    1.02    1.10    0.00    0.98

Non-Conference games          forecast probabilities
                 50-59%  60-69%  70-79%  80-89%  90-99%    100%     all
total games:         60     114     123      76      30       0     403
number right:        38      77      99      69      30       0     313
number expected:   33.4    73.7    92.5    64.7    27.4     0.0   291.8
right/expected:    1.14    1.04    1.07    1.07    1.09    0.00    1.07

Non-Division games            forecast probabilities
                 50-59%  60-69%  70-79%  80-89%  90-99%    100%     all
total games:          3      13      27      25       9       0      77
number right:         1      11      23      25       9       0      69
number expected:    1.7     8.5    20.5    21.4     8.2     0.0    60.2
right/expected:    0.61    1.30    1.12    1.17    1.09    0.00    1.15

actual/expected = 1 -- model right on
actual/expected > 1 -- model probabilities too low (more wins than expected)
actual/expected < 1 -- model probabilities too high (less wins than expected)

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