2007 Bowl Games Results for College Football Division IA & IAA

prob rnk winning_team        actual pred    rnk losing_team         actual pred

 80%  19 Cincinnati              31 28.2,    95 Southern Mississippi    21 13.8
 77%   7 Southern California     49 24.4,    47 Illinois                17 13.5
 76%  40 Purdue                  51 38.8,   107 Central Michigan        48 27.2
 72%  31 Rutgers                 52 27.1,    81 Ball State              30 18.1
 71%  34 Texas Christian         20 31.1,    91 Houston                 13 23.2
 70%  26 Utah                    35 34.6,    69 Navy                    32 24.8
 70%  24 Texas Tech              31 28.1,    61 Virginia                28 19.1
 66%  64 New Mexico              23 31.6,    82 Nevada - Reno            0 25.8
 66%  22 Brigham Young           17 24.8,    51 California - Los Angel  16 19.1
 65%  50 Oklahoma State          49 33.2,    76 Indiana                 33 27.8
 64%  65 Tulsa                   63 37.9,    99 Bowling Green            7 32.9
 64%  32 Kentucky                35 30.7,    55 Florida State           28 25.7
 64%  15 Penn State              24 24.8,    42 Texas A&M               17 19.6
 64%  10 Georgia                 41 33.8,    29 Hawaii                  10 28.9
 62%   6 Kansas                  24 21.2,     8 Virginia Tech           21 17.7
 61%  35 California              42 27.0,    49 Air Force               36 23.8
 61%  23 Boston College          24 33.0,    36 Michigan State          21 30.2
 61%  17 Oregon State            21 21.6,    37 Maryland                14 18.4
 61%  16 Tennessee               21 32.6,    33 Wisconsin               17 29.4
 61%  13 Missouri                38 34.4,    20 Arkansas                 7 31.6
 59%  53 Appalachian State       49 35.7,    60 Delaware                21 33.7
 59%  39 Alabama                 30 24.3,    54 Colorado                24 22.2
 55%   3 Louisiana State         38 18.7,     4 Ohio State              24 17.8
 50%  45 Wake Forest             24 22.2,    44 Connecticut             10 22.2

 49% 132 Florida Atlantic        44 32.0,   131 Memphis                 27 32.2
 45%  18 Texas                   52 23.6,    14 Arizona State           34 24.6
 45%  11 Auburn                  23 17.1,     9 Clemson                 20 17.9
 41%  74 Mississippi State       10 21.7,    62 Central Florida          3 23.4
 40%   5 West Virginia           48 25.3,     2 Oklahoma                28 27.8
 39%  21 Oregon                  56 26.5,    12 South Florida           21 29.8
 36% 188 Jackson State           42 22.0,   174 Grambling               31 26.7
 33%  84 Fresno State            40 20.8,    52 Georgia Tech            28 27.2
 23%  89 East Carolina           41 22.5,    28 Boise State             38 35.0
 21%  25 Michigan                41 21.0,     1 Florida                 35 35.0

  results by prob (number of games, actual/expected):
               50%-59%  60%-69%  70%-79%  80%-89%  90%-99%     100%
                9 0.80  16 1.28   8 1.01   1 1.25   0 0.00   0 0.00

  total results (num_games,num_right,expected,num_right/expected):  34  24  21.9 1.10

  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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