2009 Bowl Games Results for College Football Division IA & IAA

prob rnk winning_team        actual pred    rnk losing_team         actual pred

 88%  27 Auburn                  38 38.0,    79 Northwestern            35 20.8
 83%  14 Arkansas                20 37.7,    53 East Carolina           17 24.8
 79%  45 California - Los Angel  30 28.0,    70 Temple                  21 18.7
 79%   7 Virginia Tech           37 31.1,    26 Tennessee               14 21.5
 78%  57 South Florida           27 27.7,    88 Northern Illinois        3 18.9
 78%  15 Texas Tech              41 38.7,    56 Michigan State          31 26.4
 77%  49 Central Michigan        44 32.8,    71 Troy State              41 24.9
 77%  20 Southern California     24 24.3,    38 Boston College          13 17.7
 77%  19 Clemson                 21 31.1,    43 Kentucky                13 24.1
 77%   6 Oklahoma                31 31.2,    18 Stanford                27 23.5
 77%   2 Florida                 51 35.7,     9 Cincinnati              24 26.6
 76%  54 Villanova               23 33.0,    80 Montana                 21 24.2
 76%  22 Pittsburgh              19 23.4,    34 North Carolina          17 19.1
 66%  29 Georgia                 44 37.7,    55 Texas A&M               20 30.5
 66%  16 Nebraska                33 22.1,    25 Arizona                  0 19.8
 51%  23 Mississippi             21 23.8,    24 Oklahoma State           7 23.7

 45%  39 Air Force               47 32.9,    37 Houston                 20 34.0
 41%  61 Rutgers                 45 20.7,    60 Central Florida         24 21.7
 40%  44 Connecticut             20 25.0,    35 South Carolina           7 26.6
 40%  28 Brigham Young           44 29.4,    21 Oregon State            20 31.5
 39%  78 Middle Tennessee State  42 27.2,    68 Southern Mississippi    32 29.7
 38%  46 Florida State           33 28.5,    32 West Virginia           21 31.5
 37%  99 Idaho                   43 32.0,    86 Bowling Green           42 36.3
 37%  17 Penn State              19 16.9,    13 Louisiana State         17 19.2
 37%   8 Boise State             17 30.0,     4 Texas Christian         10 34.3
 35%  42 Utah                    37 24.0,    31 California              27 26.6
 35%   3 Alabama                 37 24.7,     1 Texas                   21 27.8
 34%  10 Ohio State              26 25.7,     5 Oregon                  17 30.6
 28%  51 Navy                    35 24.1,    30 Missouri                13 30.5
 28%  36 Wisconsin               20 26.2,    12 Miami - Florida         14 34.2
 27%  74 Iowa State              14 20.2,    62 Minnesota               13 24.4
 23%  95 Marshall                21 20.0,    85 Ohio                    17 23.9
 22%  33 Iowa                    24 21.8,    11 Georgia Tech            14 29.9
 17%  93 Southern Methodist      45 26.8,    40 Nevada - Reno           10 43.8
 12% 101 Wyoming                 35 20.1,    59 Fresno State            28 33.6

  results by prob (number of games, actual/expected):
               50%-59%  60%-69%  70%-79%  80%-89%  90%-99%     100%
                3 0.61  12 0.26  16 0.90   4 0.59   0 0.00   0 0.00

  total results (num_games,num_right,expected,num_right/expected):  35  16  24.9 0.64

  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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