2012 Bowl Games Results for College Football Division IA & IAA

prob rnk winning_team        actual pred    rnk losing_team         actual pred

 85%   1 Alabama                 42 25.8,     9 Notre Dame              14 15.1
 83%  25 Arizona State           62 34.3,    83 Navy                    28 18.6
 83%  10 Oklahoma State          58 47.1,    67 Purdue                  14 24.7
 82%  16 Boise State             28 32.2,    56 Washington              26 18.8
 80%  29 Virginia Tech           13 22.7,    53 Rutgers                 10 16.2
 79%  32 Cincinnati              48 39.7,    97 Duke                    34 24.4
 78%  12 Florida State           31 36.3,    41 Northern Illinois       10 23.5
 77%  55 Central Florida         38 34.6,    98 Ball State              17 24.6
 77%   7 Georgia                 45 37.7,    34 Nebraska                31 24.8
 76%   2 Oregon                  35 44.7,    17 Kansas State            17 30.7
 74%  48 Texas Tech              34 37.8,    88 Minnesota               31 27.7
 73%  13 South Carolina          33 28.4,    22 Michigan                28 22.3
 71%  33 Vanderbilt              38 28.6,    44 North Carolina State    24 22.5
 66%  87 San Jose State          29 25.5,   107 Bowling Green           20 21.4
 66%  65 Arkansas State          17 31.3,    90 Kent State              13 25.8
 65%  47 North Dakota State      23 27.7,    60 Georgia Southern        20 21.0
 65%  38 Arizona                 49 40.9,    66 Nevada - Reno           48 33.3
 62%  24 Baylor                  49 40.7,    43 California - Los Angel  26 34.2
 60%  47 North Dakota State      39 25.5,    69 Sam Houston State       13 20.4
 59%  36 Brigham Young           23 28.6,    62 San Diego State          6 25.9
 57% 103 Ohio                    45 28.4,   112 Northeast Louisiana     14 26.6
 57%  64 Utah State              41 34.2,    72 Toledo                  15 31.5
 55%  69 Sam Houston State       45 32.2,   100 Eastern Washington      42 30.7
 55%  21 Texas                   31 28.8,    23 Oregon State            27 27.7
 52% 132 Central Michigan        24 30.0,   138 Western Kentucky        21 29.4
 51%  54 Tulsa                   31 26.6,    52 Iowa State              17 26.2
 51%   6 Stanford                20 30.1,     8 Wisconsin               14 29.9

 46% 108 Louisiana - Lafayette   43 35.4,    99 East Carolina           34 36.8
 45%  11 Texas A&M               41 35.6,     4 Oklahoma                13 37.4
 41%  46 Northwestern            34 26.2,    37 Mississippi State       20 28.9
 39% 124 Rice                    33 28.1,    94 Air Force               14 33.5
 29%  63 Mississippi             38 24.0,    35 Pittsburgh              17 30.2
 28%  19 Clemson                 25 25.4,     3 Louisiana State         24 34.1
 26%  84 Southern Methodist      43 24.9,    57 Fresno State            10 32.5
 24%  28 Michigan State          17 18.0,    18 Texas Christian         16 24.0
 23%  58 Syracuse                38 28.0,    20 West Virginia           14 39.7
 23%  42 Georgia Tech            21 25.5,    15 Southern California      7 35.6
 13%  50 Louisville              33 14.5,     5 Florida                 23 32.4

  results by prob (number of games, actual/expected):
               50%-59%  60%-69%  70%-79%  80%-89%  90%-99%     100%
               11 1.32   7 1.35  15 0.79   5 0.95   0 0.00   0 0.00

  total results (num_games,num_right,expected,num_right/expected):  38  27  26.0 1.04

  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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