2017 College Football Forecast (NCAA Div IA & IAA)

Bassett Model rankings:

The Stephenson Earned Rank shows what a team has earned from its wins. It ranks by how much better a given team's winning record is when compared against how all other teams would have faired if they had played the same schedule. (Available after the 5th week in the season.) The Power Rankings measure the strength of each team by how well they have played on average, going by point performance. The Current Model Power Rankings are the best indicator of how well a team will play in the future.

9 Jan 2018: Stephenson Earned Rank (NCAA Div I & IAA)
(Team wins subtracted by average number of wins if all other teams played their schedule as simulated by the Bassett Football Model)

9 Jan 2018: Average Model Power Rankings (NCAA Div I & IAA)
(average power ranking for entire season)

9 Jan 2018: Current Model Power Rankings (NCAA Div I & IAA)
(power ranking at final week of the season)

2017 Model Performance: 

All Div I games               forecast probabilities
                 50-59%  60-69%  70-79%  80-89%  90-99%    100%     all
total games:        164     727     164     236     212       0    1503
number right:        81     478     135     203     198       0    1095
number expected:   90.0   473.6   122.2   203.0   198.5     0.0  1087.2
right/expected:    0.90    1.01    1.10    1.00    1.00    0.00    1.01

Breakdown by Conference and Division:
Conference games              forecast probabilities
                 50-59%  60-69%  70-79%  80-89%  90-99%    100%     all
total games:         97     459     114     172     166       0    1008
number right:        45     286      88     148     153       0     720
number expected:   53.2   298.7    85.3   148.6   155.5     0.0   741.4
right/expected:    0.85    0.96    1.03    1.00    0.98    0.00    0.97

Non-Conference games          forecast probabilities
                 50-59%  60-69%  70-79%  80-89%  90-99%    100%     all
total games:         54     214      35      54      40       0     397
number right:        31     146      32      47      39       0     295
number expected:   29.7   139.6    25.9    46.0    37.3     0.0   278.4
right/expected:    1.04    1.05    1.23    1.02    1.05    0.00    1.06

Non-Division games            forecast probabilities
                 50-59%  60-69%  70-79%  80-89%  90-99%    100%     all
total games:         13      54      15      10       6       0      98
number right:         5      46      15       8       6       0      80
number expected:    7.1    35.3    11.0     8.4     5.7     0.0    67.4
right/expected:    0.71    1.30    1.37    0.95    1.05    0.00    1.19

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)

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