2008 Week 5 (25-27 Sep) Results for College Football Division IA & IAA

prob rnk winning_team        actual pred    rnk losing_team         actual pred

 92%  82 Appalachian State       48 57.5,   241 Presbyterian            14  9.8
 92%   6 Louisiana State         34 34.7,   115 Mississippi State       24  3.9
 91%  89 Eastern Washington      45 52.6,   220 Idaho State             31 22.9
 91%  18 Boston College          42 43.6,   173 Rhode Island             0  7.9
 90% 128 The Citadel             34 43.2,   226 Western Carolina        14 17.6
 90%  38 Utah                    37 41.5,   177 Weber State             21 10.9
 90%  24 Kansas State            45 49.4,   153 Louisiana - Lafayette   37 22.5
 89%   5 Penn State              38 41.5,    70 Illinois                24 17.9
 88%   8 Texas                   52 38.4,    74 Arkansas                10 16.6
 87%   9 Ohio State              34 34.6,    95 Minnesota               21  9.0
 86% 176 Eastern Kentucky        13 27.0,   229 Austin Peay             10  7.3
 86%  66 Texas A&M               21 20.1,   171 Army                    17  3.3
 86%  59 Ball State              41 34.3,   155 Kent State              20 14.2
 86%  42 Tulsa                   62 54.4,   214 Central Arkansas        34 13.4
 85% 106 Furman                  35 33.1,   192 Tennessee - Chattanoog  10 12.4
 85%  35 South Carolina          26 32.2,   126 Alabama - Birmingham    13 10.4
 85%  17 West Virginia           27 32.4,    96 Marshall                 3 12.9
 84% 100 Elon                    23 32.8,   191 Samford                 17 11.3
 84%  46 Kentucky                41 27.2,   120 Western Kentucky         3  9.7
 83% 149 San Diego State         45 37.2,   204 Idaho                   17 20.7
 83%   4 Oklahoma                35 29.3,    34 Texas Christian         10 11.3
 82% 193 Morehead State          36 23.9,   232 Saint Francis - Pennsy  21  6.9
 82% 129 South Dakota State      50 40.3,   224 Stephen F. Austin       48 22.7
 82%  32 California              42 36.5,   105 Colorado State           7 18.5
 81%  94 Rutgers                 38 28.4,   185 Morgan State             0  8.9
 81%  77 Delaware                38 22.9,   143 Albany                   7  9.3
 80% 189 South Carolina State    43 22.6,   243 Winston-Salem           17  5.9
 80% 102 Ohio                    51 39.2,   184 Virginia Military       31 20.3
 79% 165 Coastal Carolina        20 34.5,   237 North Carolina A&T       7 14.3
 79%  98 Holy Cross              38 33.3,   190 Georgetown              14 19.3
 79%  13 Auburn                  14 21.6,    47 Tennessee               12  9.3
 78% 221 Alabama State           47 27.8,   238 Mississippi Valley Sta   7 13.7
 78% 156 Sam Houston State       49 31.0,   218 Gardner - Webb          33 17.3
 78%  14 Oregon                  63 35.4,    88 Washington State        14 21.0
 77% 108 Tulane                  34 28.4,   161 Southern Methodist      27 15.4
 77%  76 James Madison           24 33.7,   163 Maine                   10 21.9
 76% 182 Sacramento State        41 37.8,   216 Portland State          31 25.3
 76% 180 Southern                15 26.3,   230 Alcorn State            12 14.5
 75% 152 Northern Arizona        25 27.5,   215 Northern Colorado       22 15.7
 75% 122 Rice                    77 34.5,   162 North Texas             20 24.5
 75%  37 Cincinnati              17 34.3,   107 Akron                   15 24.4
 74% 212 Howard                  49 25.3,   240 Savannah State          21 11.8
 73% 225 Southeast Missouri Sta  24 24.2,   242 Indiana State           21 14.7
 73% 187 Bethune - Cookman       33 30.4,   213 Norfolk State           17 20.4
 72% 186 Alabama A&M             23 24.0,   231 Arkansas - Pine Bluff   17 14.2
 71% 168 Davidson                38 32.3,   208 Jacksonville            35 19.3
 71%  93 Central Michigan        27 36.6,   118 Buffalo                 25 28.4
 70% 202 Montana State           37 26.3,   222 South Dakota            18 15.9
 69% 151 San Diego               43 24.5,   199 Drake                   17 17.0
 67% 210 Tennessee - Martin      63 31.5,   234 Murray State            38 24.4
 67% 109 Lafayette               24 14.2,   131 Pennsylvania            17  6.3
 67%  52 Pittsburgh              34 25.2,   113 Syracuse                24 19.3
 66%  97 New Mexico              35 29.4,   158 New Mexico State        24 23.0
 66%  39 Michigan State          42 23.5,    87 Indiana                 29 17.4
 65% 116 New Hampshire           42 36.8,   172 Dartmouth                6 30.5
 64%  55 Duke                    31 15.6,    58 Virginia                 3 11.5
 63% 217 Southeast Louisiana     38 34.4,   223 North Dakota            35 28.5
 62%  53 Notre Dame              38 21.7,    54 Purdue                  21 17.6
 62%  44 Oklahoma State          55 27.7,    45 Troy State              24 23.7
 60% 140 Jacksonville State      23 22.7,   175 Eastern Illinois        10 20.0
 60%  90 Villanova               26 29.2,    83 Richmond                20 27.0
 60%  84 Bowling Green           45 15.9,   127 Wyoming                 16 13.2
 60%  43 South Florida           41 24.4,    69 North Carolina State    10 22.1
 60%  19 Florida State           39 19.6,    33 Colorado                21 16.4
 58% 169 Northeastern            27 24.0,   160 California - Davis      10 22.0
 55%  81 Brown                   24 14.6,    67 Harvard                 22 12.7

 49% 124 Princeton               10 17.7,   103 Lehigh                   7 17.8
 46%  60 Fresno State            36 23.0,    71 California - Los Angel  31 23.9
 44% 112 Western Michigan         7 20.4,   121 Temple                   3 21.6
 43% 130 Texas - El Paso         58 21.8,    99 Central Florida         13 23.4
 42% 133 Northern Illinois       37 24.7,   148 Eastern Michigan         0 26.3
 41% 198 Sacred Heart            28 22.1,   203 Marist                  16 23.9
 41%  27 Connecticut             26 24.1,    31 Louisville              21 26.2
 39% 166 Liberty                 31 15.8,   167 Youngstown State        28 19.3
 38% 132 Wofford                 38 29.6,   135 Georgia Southern        37 33.1
 37% 144 Hofstra                 43 17.4,   141 Stony Brook              3 21.3
 37%  26 Virginia Tech           35 18.1,    23 Nebraska                30 22.7
 36% 196 Towson                  31 19.2,   150 Columbia                24 25.4
 36% 117 San Jose State          20 19.7,   114 Hawaii                  17 24.9
 36%  85 Nevada - Reno           49 28.5,    80 Nevada - Las Vegas      27 33.2
 35% 125 Colgate                 31 19.2,   111 Fordham                 24 25.2
 35%  68 Houston                 41 28.8,    56 East Carolina           24 35.1
 33% 207 Central Connecticut     28 22.1,   188 Delaware State          10 29.6
 33% 206 Southern Utah           34 30.5,   195 Texas State - San Marc  20 36.4
 32% 181 Monmouth                34 11.4,   170 Robert Morris           26 16.9
 32% 136 Southern Illinois       27 21.9,    75 Northern Iowa           24 28.3
 31%  78 Stanford                35 21.3,    63 Washington              28 28.4
 28% 201 Florida A&M             28 28.0,   164 Tennessee State         21 36.2
 25% 119 Cornell                 17 13.9,    28 Yale                    14 29.5
 25%  64 Michigan                27 19.0,    12 Wisconsin               25 29.2
 24%  20 Alabama                 41 11.3,     7 Georgia                 30 21.9
 23% 194 Duquesne                24 20.5,   101 Dayton                  16 34.3
 23%  79 North Carolina          28 17.3,    36 Miami - Florida         24 29.7
 22%  61 Northwestern            22 10.5,    25 Iowa                    17 21.4
 22%  41 Maryland                20 16.4,    11 Clemson                 17 28.7
 19% 147 Memphis                 29 21.6,    48 Arkansas State          17 36.2
 18%  86 Navy                    24 18.9,    22 Wake Forest             17 36.2
 17% 178 Florida International   35 17.1,    91 Toledo                  16 36.5
 14%  49 Oregon State            27 12.7,     1 Southern California     21 35.5
 13% 236 Bryant                  24 12.6,   174 Wagner                  14 38.5
  9%  73 Mississippi             31  8.9,     2 Florida                 30 38.6

  results by prob (number of games, actual/expected):
               50%-59%  60%-69%  70%-79%  80%-89%  90%-99%     100%
               11 0.64  28 0.77  30 0.97  26 0.95   6 0.91   0 0.00

  total results (num_games,num_right,expected,num_right/expected): 101  66  74.6 0.89

  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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