2015 Bowl Games Results for College Football Division IA & IAA

prob rnk winning_team        actual pred    rnk losing_team         actual pred

 88%  38 Virginia Tech           55 42.0,   110 Tulsa                   52 26.5
 87%  16 Washington              44 33.9,    68 Southern Mississippi    31 20.6
 86%  61 Arizona                 45 41.0,   136 New Mexico              37 30.9
 86%  19 North Dakota State      33 34.9,    55 Richmond                 7 23.2
 82%  73 Appalachian State       31 31.6,   108 Ohio                    29 22.0
 77%  26 Tennessee               45 27.8,    72 Northwestern             6 19.8
 74%   2 Alabama                 38 27.6,    12 Michigan State           0 19.7
 73%   6 Stanford                45 31.5,    30 Iowa                    16 22.8
 72%  37 Boise State             55 35.2,    65 Northern Illinois        7 27.6
 71%  42 Georgia                 24 25.3,    76 Penn State              17 17.6
 67% 113 San Jose State          27 30.1,   133 Georgia State           16 24.0
 67%  90 Marshall                16 24.8,   109 Connecticut             10 18.2
 67%  56 Western Michigan        45 34.5,   105 Middle Tennessee State  31 28.0
 67%  52 Jacksonville State      62 42.3,    69 Sam Houston State       10 35.0
 67%  46 California              55 37.6,    75 Air Force               36 32.0
 67%  27 Navy                    44 29.8,    47 Pittsburgh              28 23.5
 67%  22 Arkansas                45 35.8,    58 Kansas State            23 29.1
 67%   7 Ohio State              44 32.6,    10 Notre Dame              28 27.1
 66%  24 West Virginia           43 33.2,    45 Arizona State           42 29.1
 66%  23 Louisiana State         56 42.8,    33 Texas Tech              27 37.9
 66%  21 Michigan                41 22.4,    60 Florida                  7 16.8
 65%  78 Minnesota               21 26.7,    91 Central Michigan        14 23.6
 65%  62 Duke                    44 40.2,    70 Indiana                 41 37.4
 65%  57 San Diego State         42 31.5,    67 Cincinnati               7 28.9
 65%  25 Mississippi State       51 34.3,    31 North Carolina State    28 30.4
 64%  51 Washington State        20 33.3,    59 Miami - Florida         14 31.6
 64%  36 Utah                    35 27.2,    44 Brigham Young           28 25.4
 64%  11 Texas Christian         47 42.1,    17 Oregon                  41 40.3
 64%   9 Mississippi             48 36.8,    14 Oklahoma State          20 35.0
 64%   8 Baylor                  49 42.3,     3 North Carolina          38 40.1
 55%  40 Western Kentucky        45 35.7,    28 South Florida           35 35.1
 52%  32 Toledo                  32 26.1,    35 Temple                  17 25.9

 36% 126 Nevada - Reno           28 27.6,   115 Colorado State          23 29.7
 36%  97 Louisiana Tech          47 35.3,    74 Arkansas State          28 37.1
 35%  49 Auburn                  31 32.1,    18 Memphis                 10 35.3
 35%  48 Louisville              27 26.2,    41 Texas A&M               21 28.2
 35%  39 Wisconsin               23 22.4,    20 Southern California     21 25.2
 34% 142 North Carolina A&T      41 22.0,   116 Alcorn State            34 26.7
 33%  53 Nebraska                37 30.1,    29 California - Los Angel  29 35.3
 33%  13 Houston                 38 25.7,     5 Florida State           24 32.0
 30%   4 Clemson                 37 30.0,     1 Oklahoma                17 37.3
 29%  82 Georgia Southern        58 29.7,    15 Bowling Green           27 39.3
 19% 122 Akron                   23 19.9,    77 Utah State              21 29.6

  results by prob (number of games, actual/expected):
               50%-59%  60%-69%  70%-79%  80%-89%  90%-99%     100%
                2 1.88  29 1.05   6 1.14   6 0.98   0 0.00   0 0.00

  total results (num_games,num_right,expected,num_right/expected):  43  32  29.6 1.08

  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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