2007 Week 1 (30 Aug - 1 Sep) Results for College Football Division IA & IAA

prob rnk winning_team        actual pred    rnk losing_team         actual pred

 91%   8 Louisville              73 61.5,   225 Murray State            10  2.9
 88%   2 Southern California     38 51.0,   175 Idaho                   10  3.2
 87%  49 Cincinnati              59 48.3,   226 Southeast Missouri Sta   3  4.2
 87%  38 Hawaii                  63 48.7,   213 Northern Colorado        6  6.2
 86%  28 Alabama                 52 46.9,   214 Western Carolina         6  3.2
 86%  22 Boise State             56 48.9,   187 Weber State              7  7.4
 86%   3 Florida                 49 46.8,   157 Western Kentucky         3  5.0
 85%  90 Indiana                 55 49.2,   220 Indiana State            7 18.9
 84%  23 Rutgers                 38 43.7,   166 Buffalo                  3  7.4
 84%  10 Oklahoma                79 42.9,   171 North Texas             10  3.2
 84%   5 Texas                   21 43.5,   154 Arkansas State          13  4.9
 81%  17 South Carolina          28 40.8,   153 Louisiana - Lafayette   14 10.6
 81%   4 Ohio State              38 39.1,   114 Youngstown State         6  6.9
 80% 190 Morgan State            47 37.9,   237 Savannah State           7  5.1
 80%  87 Fresno State            24 38.1,   208 Sacramento State         3  9.0
 80%  54 Southern Mississippi    35 36.5,   189 Tennessee - Martin      13  5.8
 80%  30 Pittsburgh              27 38.6,   164 Eastern Michigan         3  7.7
 79%  57 Kentucky                50 39.6,   173 Eastern Kentucky        10 14.3
 79%  19 Penn State              59 34.3,   168 Florida International    0  2.0
 78% 118 Montana                 37 34.9,   222 Southern Utah           17  6.7
 78%  89 Lafayette               49 35.6,   200 Marist                  10  9.9
 78%  45 South Florida           28 31.9,   172 Elon                    13  3.8
 78%  16 Arkansas                46 37.1,   112 Troy State              26 13.1
 78%  12 West Virginia           62 40.0,    92 Western Michigan        24 18.1
 77% 148 New Mexico State        35 37.7,   221 Southeast Louisiana     14 15.8
 77%  56 Navy                    30 35.1,   195 Temple                  19 11.0
 77%  40 Texas A&M               38 33.5,   149 Montana State            7 10.0
 76%   6 Virginia Tech           17 30.2,    85 East Carolina            7  5.9
 76%   1 Louisiana State         45 31.2,    82 Mississippi State        0  8.6
 75%  34 Arizona State           45 34.7,   106 San Jose State           3 16.5
 75%  25 Texas Christian         27 32.8,    95 Baylor                   0 13.8
 74% 115 Ohio                    36 30.5,   193 Gardner - Webb          14 10.7
 74%   7 Brigham Young           20 29.5,    60 Arizona                  7 10.0
 72% 180 Bethune - Cookman       31 34.1,   224 Jacksonville            17 18.6
 72%  83 Air Force               34 29.8,   159 South Carolina State     3 12.7
 71%  31 Missouri                40 32.9,   103 Illinois                34 18.5
 70%  41 Miami - Florida         31 30.5,    96 Marshall                 3 15.8
 70%  29 Oregon                  48 37.9,    61 Houston                 27 26.4
 69%  46 Massachusetts           40 26.7,   113 Holy Cross              30 11.5
 69%  24 Texas Tech              49 35.2,    97 Southern Methodist       9 22.8
 69%  20 Nebraska                52 28.5,    68 Nevada - Reno           10 13.7
 69%   9 Auburn                  23 24.8,    47 Kansas State            13  9.0
 68%  55 Maryland                31 31.1,   108 Villanova               14 18.3
 67% 169 Eastern Illinois        45 26.2,   216 Tennessee Tech          24 13.8
 67%  81 Northwestern            27 27.6,   136 Northeastern             0 15.3
 65%  69 Michigan State          55 29.6,   100 Alabama - Birmingham    18 19.3
 65%  14 Clemson                 24 30.0,    39 Florida State           18 19.8
 64%  58 Kansas                  52 31.9,    77 Central Michigan         7 23.9
 64%  35 California - Los Angel  45 23.3,   111 Stanford                17 11.9
 64%  27 Wisconsin               42 23.4,    50 Washington State        21 13.0
 64%  15 Boston College          38 22.7,    42 Wake Forest             28 11.6
 63% 179 The Citadel             35 26.9,   203 Charleston Southern     14 18.9
 63%  63 Tulsa                   35 26.1,   143 Northeast Louisiana     17 17.0
 63%  51 Vanderbilt              41 22.7,    86 Richmond                17 13.6
 63%  18 Georgia                 35 30.6,    33 Oklahoma State          14 22.9
 62% 125 Nevada - Las Vegas      23 22.4,   178 Utah State              16 15.0
 62% 120 Towson                  20 23.8,   152 Central Connecticut     10 16.2
 62%  84 Maine                   21 13.0,   138 Monmouth                14  4.2
 62%  62 Connecticut             45 26.4,   133 Duke                    14 19.0
 62%  36 Iowa                    16 23.5,    72 Northern Illinois        3 16.2
 61%  13 California              45 25.4,    21 Tennessee               31 19.8
 60%  67 Purdue                  52 28.0,   110 Toledo                  24 23.7
 60%  32 Oregon State            24 24.0,    37 Utah                     7 19.1
 59% 174 Stony Brook             35 21.6,   177 Georgetown              28 17.7
 59% 130 Colgate                 13 16.5,   132 Albany                  11 12.5
 59%  76 Wyoming                 23 20.0,    78 Virginia                 3 15.7
 58%  71 Colorado                31 17.1,    91 Colorado State          28 13.4
 55% 162 Western Illinois        29 32.6,   155 South Dakota State      26 31.0
 53% 107 Delaware                49 27.6,   134 William & Mary          31 26.7
 51% 201 Southern                33 28.0,   204 Florida A&M             27 27.6
 50%  88 Mississippi             23 19.9,   116 Memphis                 21 19.8

 49% 124 Akron                   22 19.4,   122 Army                    14 19.6
 48% 230 Prairie View            34 16.9,   231 Texas Southern          14 18.0
 48% 197 Grambling               31 23.5,   209 Alcorn State            10 24.2
 48% 123 Texas - El Paso         10 24.6,    94 New Mexico               6 25.3
 48%  65 Washington              42 19.8,    79 Syracuse                12 20.7
 47% 186 Alabama A&M             49 19.3,   202 Tennessee State         23 20.7
 45% 219 Mississippi Valley Sta  16 20.4,   199 Arkansas - Pine Bluff    9 22.5
 43% 161 Florida Atlantic        27 15.3,   128 Middle Tennessee State  14 18.5
 42% 170 Delaware State          23 26.4,   151 Coastal Carolina        18 29.3
 42% 158 Bucknell                28 16.7,   156 Duquesne                19 20.3
 40% 185 Texas State - San Marc  38 17.2,   146 California Poly         35 22.5
 40% 102 North Carolina          37 21.6,    53 James Madison           14 26.2
 39% 207 Alabama State           24 15.5,   163 Jacksonville State      19 21.8
 39% 188 McNeese State           35 17.7,   150 Portland State          12 24.4
 39%  99 Central Florida         25 15.5,    73 North Carolina State    23 22.6
 38% 205 Dayton                  23 15.8,   184 Robert Morris           12 22.9
 38% 121 Miami - Ohio            14 23.8,    98 Ball State              13 30.3
 37% 167 Fordham                 27 16.2,   147 Rhode Island            23 24.9
 35%  44 Georgia Tech            33 19.7,    26 Notre Dame               3 29.9
 34% 142 Kent State              23 10.1,    80 Iowa State              14 22.7
 30% 182 Drake                   27 10.2,   117 Illinois State          24 26.4
 28%  70 Appalachian State       34 14.3,    11 Michigan                32 31.1
 24% 210 Nicholls State          16 13.3,   135 Rice                    14 33.7
 23% 137 Bowling Green           32 17.0,    43 Minnesota               31 37.5

  results by prob (number of games, actual/expected):
               50%-59%  60%-69%  70%-79%  80%-89%  90%-99%     100%
               21 0.86  34 1.10  25 1.16  14 1.19   1 1.10   0 0.00

  total results (num_games,num_right,expected,num_right/expected):  95  71  65.2 1.09
  
  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)

NOTE: exact predicted scores are not released until after game time.

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