2008 Week 1 (28 Aug - 1 Sep) Results for College Football Division IA & IAA

prob rnk winning_team        actual pred    rnk losing_team         actual pred

 87%   8 Kansas                  40 45.0,   229 Florida International   10 12.0
 85%   3 Oklahoma                57 42.0,   196 Tennessee - Chattanoog   2 14.4
 83%  29 North Dakota State      41 37.2,   211 Austin Peay              6 14.3
 82%  76 Wofford                 38 38.0,   237 Presbyterian            21 14.0
 82%  60 Air Force               41 34.4,   208 Southern Utah            7 16.8
 82%  49 Arizona                 70 37.4,   222 Idaho                    0 15.6
 81%  32 Wisconsin               38 32.9,   180 Akron                   17 15.1
 80%  34 Boise State             49 40.0,   213 Idaho State              7 19.1
 80%  30 Auburn                  34 31.3,   160 Northeast Louisiana      0 14.5
 79% 106 Southern Mississippi    51 32.1,   215 Louisiana - Lafayette   21 18.0
 79%  73 Kansas State            45 39.4,   223 North Texas              6 20.1
 79%  33 San Diego               40 38.8,   202 Marist                  22 19.4
 79%  26 Boston College          21 31.7,   178 Kent State               0 15.7
 79%  22 Arizona State           30 35.5,   163 Northern Arizona        13 19.8
 79%  20 South Florida           56 33.8,   158 Tennessee - Martin       7 18.4
 79%   4 Ohio State              43 28.5,    79 Youngstown State         0 14.1
 78% 186 Eastern Michigan        52 32.7,   243 Indiana State            0 19.4
 78% 129 Miami - Florida         52 31.4,   225 Charleston Southern      7 16.6
 78%  28 Penn State              66 30.4,   136 Coastal Carolina        10 17.4
 78%  14 Cincinnati              40 31.9,   114 Eastern Kentucky         7 18.7
 77% 141 Central Connecticut     42 34.0,   232 Bryant                  35 17.2
 77%  56 Georgia Tech            41 30.2,   155 Jacksonville State      14 18.2
 77%  16 Georgia                 45 32.0,   105 Georgia Southern        21 19.2
 77%  12 Texas                   52 35.6,   148 Florida Atlantic        10 19.2
 77%   1 Missouri                52 32.5,    59 Illinois                42 20.1
 76% 204 Jacksonville            20 31.1,   244 Savannah State           7 17.3
 76%  40 Arkansas                28 30.2,   134 Western Illinois        24 18.9
 76%  15 Texas Tech              49 32.9,    98 Eastern Washington      24 20.9
 76%   2 West Virginia           48 32.2,    51 Villanova               21 20.6
 74% 157 Prairie View            34 27.8,   240 Texas Southern          14 17.6
 74%  10 Oregon                  44 32.6,    67 Washington              10 23.2
 73% 169 Nevada - Las Vegas      27 28.5,   217 Utah State              17 19.3
 73%  48 South Carolina          34 26.8,   107 North Carolina State     0 18.4
 71%  74 Tulsa                   45 32.7,   203 Alabama - Birmingham    22 23.5
 69% 142 Wyoming                 21 27.1,   184 Ohio                    20 20.1
 69% 139 Mississippi             41 28.1,   175 Memphis                 24 21.2
 69% 138 Northwestern            30 26.1,   174 Syracuse                10 19.3
 69%  13 Massachusetts           28 25.8,    57 Albany                  16 18.1
 69%   6 Florida                 56 37.4,    41 Hawaii                  10 28.7
 68% 154 Minnesota               31 30.4,   190 Northern Illinois       27 23.5
 68%  68 Nebraska                47 31.7,   122 Western Michigan        24 24.0
 68%   5 Louisiana State         41 31.6,    19 Appalachian State       13 24.4
 67%  27 Richmond                28 29.4,   133 Elon                    10 22.8
 66%  61 Wake Forest             41 26.9,   159 Baylor                  13 21.2
 66%  37 Oklahoma State          39 30.2,    95 Washington State        13 24.5
 66%   7 Southern California     52 24.7,    66 Virginia                 7 18.5
 65%  88 Vanderbilt              34 25.1,   183 Miami - Ohio            13 19.7
 64% 128 Central Michigan        31 30.7,   147 Eastern Illinois        12 25.6
 64%  99 Navy                    41 29.4,   124 Towson                  13 24.7
 64%  91 Iowa                    46 20.3,   110 Maine                    3 15.6
 63% 101 Indiana                 31 27.1,   117 Western Kentucky        13 23.1
 62% 104 Ball State              48 25.0,   112 Northeastern            14 21.6
 62% 103 North Carolina          35 25.8,   113 McNeese State           27 22.3
 62%  87 Colorado                38 25.2,   132 Colorado State          17 21.7
 62%  84 Troy State              31 26.7,   161 Middle Tennessee State  17 23.1
 62%  70 Hampton                 17 29.5,   121 Jackson State           13 25.1
 62%  17 Brigham Young           41 25.5,    24 Northern Iowa           17 22.0
 61%  78 Central Florida         17 26.7,    82 South Carolina State     0 23.1
 61%  64 Connecticut             35 22.9,    63 Hofstra                  3 19.9
 61%  44 California              38 29.7,    50 Michigan State          31 26.1
 60% 195 Rice                    56 31.9,   192 Southern Methodist      27 29.0
 60% 127 Houston                 55 27.0,   120 Southern                 3 24.3
 59%  55 California - Los Angel  27 25.1,    35 Tennessee               24 23.4
 59%  46 Texas Christian         26 22.1,   102 New Mexico               3 19.9
 58% 100 California Poly         29 29.0,   164 San Diego State         27 27.0
 56% 191 Buffalo                 42 29.6,   176 Texas - El Paso         17 28.3
 55% 212 Tennessee Tech          28 24.8,   199 Gardner - Webb          12 23.8
 55% 193 Florida A&M             30 21.3,   168 Alabama State           20 20.3
 50%  69 Maryland                14 24.5,    36 Delaware                 7 24.5

 49% 118 Stony Brook             42 24.8,    81 Colgate                 26 25.0
 48% 140 Nevada - Reno           49 25.7,    96 Grambling               13 26.1
 47% 182 San Jose State          13 23.5,   144 California - Davis      10 24.0
 46% 150 Rhode Island            27 22.2,   111 Monmouth                24 23.0
 41% 152 Marshall                35 24.9,    92 Illinois State          10 26.8
 40% 145 Iowa State              44 23.8,    85 South Dakota State      17 26.0
 39% 115 Stanford                36 21.2,    45 Oregon State            28 24.2
 39%  54 Kentucky                27 29.5,    43 Louisville               2 33.1
 35% 219 Temple                  35 18.7,   200 Army                     7 24.2
 32%  62 Alabama                 34 20.8,     9 Clemson                 10 27.4
 32%  58 Utah                    25 18.2,    18 Michigan                23 24.6
 31% 221 Southeast Louisiana     34 17.3,   185 Alcorn State            28 24.2
 30%  89 Fresno State            24 22.1,    39 Rutgers                  7 30.4
 29% 209 Louisiana Tech          22 19.2,    97 Mississippi State       14 27.5
 28% 172 Duke                    31 20.2,    25 James Madison            7 31.0
 26% 197 Tennessee State         34 21.5,   130 Alabama A&M             13 31.3
 26% 108 East Carolina           27 18.8,    11 Virginia Tech           22 29.4
 25% 170 Bowling Green           27 19.6,    77 Pittsburgh              17 30.9
 22% 181 Arkansas State          18 18.1,    53 Texas A&M               14 32.5

  results by prob (number of games, actual/expected):
               50%-59%  60%-69%  70%-79%  80%-89%  90%-99%     100%
               13 0.97  35 1.23  33 1.07   7 1.20   0 0.00   0 0.00
  total results (num_games,num_right,expected,num_right/expected):  88  69  61.0 1.13
  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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