2017 Week 1 (31 Aug - 4 Sep) Results for College Football Division IA & IAA

prob rnk winning_team        actual pred    rnk losing_team         actual pred

 81%  38 North Dakota State      72 63.6,   252 Mississippi Valley Sta   7 11.8
 80%   6 Oklahoma                56 67.2,   207 Texas - El Paso          7 22.6
 76%   3 Clemson                 56 55.7,   157 Kent State               3 15.3
 74%  33 Texas Christian         63 53.4,   245 Jackson State            0 16.5
 73%  89 Montana                 45 57.0,   249 Valparaiso              23 24.3
 73%  54 Louisiana Tech          52 59.5,   236 Northwestern State      24 27.8
 72%  44 Memphis                 37 57.6,   206 Northeast Louisiana     29 28.1
 72%   5 Washington              30 53.6,   171 Rutgers                 14 20.7
 71%  15 Penn State              52 56.2,   133 Akron                    0 28.4
 71%  11 Louisville              35 58.5,   150 Purdue                  28 31.3
 70% 143 Delaware                22 49.2,   250 Delaware State           3 19.0
 70%  75 Arizona State           37 58.1,   198 New Mexico State        31 33.7
 70%  55 Toledo                  47 50.9,   230 Elon                    13 22.9
 70%  28 Western Kentucky        31 55.7,   210 Eastern Kentucky        17 28.1
 70%  16 Miami - Florida         41 52.0,   194 Bethune - Cookman       13 22.4
 70%  13 James Madison           34 58.1,   134 East Carolina           14 33.6
 69% 106 Illinois State          45 48.5,   244 Butler                   0 21.5
 69%  86 Coastal Carolina        38 51.7,   181 Massachusetts           28 28.1
 69%  50 Minnesota               17 47.9,   209 Buffalo                  7 20.0
 69%  49 Arkansas                49 46.1,   222 Florida A&M              7 21.3
 69%  17 Washington State        31 51.1,   172 Montana State            0 25.8
 68% 135 Cincinnati              26 50.3,   238 Austin Peay             14 26.7
 68%  91 New Mexico              38 56.3,   228 Abilene Christian       14 34.9
 68%  61 Michigan State          35 50.1,   177 Bowling Green           10 27.8
 68%  48 San Diego State         38 48.7,   203 California - Davis      17 24.0
 68%  34 Mississippi             47 52.0,   145 South Alabama           27 29.7
 68%  14 Wisconsin               59 44.4,   115 Utah State              10 18.8
 68%  12 Auburn                  41 46.3,    95 Georgia Southern         7 21.6
 68%   2 Ohio State              49 49.3,    76 Indiana                 21 25.7
 67% 153 Towson                  10 46.6,   243 Morgan State             0 24.9
 67%  79 Missouri                72 50.5,   216 Missouri State          43 29.2
 67%  35 Northwestern            31 43.7,   159 Nevada - Reno           20 21.6
 66% 105 Alabama - Birmingham    38 52.5,   240 Alabama A&M              7 34.0
 66%  85 Wake Forest             51 37.8,   242 Presbyterian             7 15.3
 66%  83 Central Florida         61 45.3,   200 Florida International   17 24.8
 66%  71 Air Force               62 46.5,   204 Virginia Military        0 26.2
 66%  51 Navy                    42 51.4,   192 Florida Atlantic        19 32.5
 65%  32 Iowa                    24 46.2,    88 Wyoming                  3 29.4
 65%  26 Kansas State            55 44.3,   116 Central Arkansas        19 25.7
 64% 232 Texas State - San Marc  20 38.7,   247 Houston Baptist         11 33.2
 64% 195 Fresno State            66 43.8,   241 Incarnate Word           0 28.9
 64% 190 Bucknell                45 36.9,   229 Marist                   6 26.4
 64% 179 Monmouth                31 40.7,   197 Lafayette               12 34.7
 64% 178 Sacred Heart            42 42.6,   234 Stetson                  3 26.8
 64% 173 Mercer                  48 45.3,   219 Jacksonville             7 38.6
 64% 170 North Texas             59 38.5,   226 Lamar                   14 30.0
 64% 155 Southern                14 40.2,   183 South Carolina State     8 33.0
 64% 149 Eastern Michigan        24 45.2,   208 North Carolina - Charl   7 34.0
 64% 147 Hawaii                  41 44.0,   196 Western Carolina        18 36.2
 64% 137 North Carolina A&T      45 35.3,   189 Gardner - Webb           3 28.5
 64% 129 Illinois                24 38.4,   146 Ball State              21 32.5
 64% 124 Central Michigan        30 41.9,   217 Rhode Island            27 31.1
 64% 122 Southern Methodist      58 50.1,   218 Stephen F. Austin       14 37.2
 64% 120 Idaho                   28 49.0,   224 Sacramento State         6 35.5
 64% 117 Ohio                    59 37.6,   221 Hampton                  0 23.6
 64% 114 Samford                 28 48.6,   148 Kennesaw State          23 41.4
 64% 109 South Dakota            77 42.3,   220 Drake                    7 35.9
 64% 107 Syracuse                50 44.9,   212 Central Connecticut      7 33.5
 64% 100 Wofford                 24 36.5,   144 Furman                  23 26.8
 64%  73 New Hampshire           24 42.7,   139 Maine                   23 28.2
 64%  68 Duke                    60 39.8,   186 North Carolina Central   7 26.2
 64%  65 South Dakota State      51 46.6,   141 Duquesne                13 33.8
 64%  63 Oregon                  77 51.9,   125 Southern Utah           21 40.5
 64%  59 Georgia                 31 34.8,    70 Appalachian State       10 27.7
 64%  58 Nebraska                43 39.7,    90 Arkansas State          36 28.0
 64%  47 South Florida           31 40.9,   168 Stony Brook             17 26.2
 64%  37 Boise State             24 44.4,    82 Troy State              13 30.0
 64%  36 Utah                    37 41.2,   111 North Dakota            16 26.1
 64%  27 Pittsburgh              28 44.1,    64 Youngstown State        21 38.5
 64%  18 Oklahoma State          59 53.0,    46 Tulsa                   24 41.1
 64%  10 Southern California     49 45.6,    22 Western Michigan        31 35.0
 64%   9 Louisiana State         27 29.7,    87 Brigham Young            0 12.9
 64%   4 Michigan                33 36.3,    29 Florida                 17 23.6
 64%   1 Alabama                 24 43.1,     8 Florida State            7 29.3
 63%  98 Arizona                 62 43.5,   142 Northern Arizona        24 38.8
 63%  72 Kentucky                24 44.8,   110 Southern Mississippi    17 40.4
 63%  60 Mississippi State       49 43.7,    80 Charleston Southern      0 39.0
 63%  40 Notre Dame              49 38.6,    42 Temple                  16 33.9
 62%  69 Vanderbilt              28 41.5,    99 Middle Tennessee State   6 37.0
 60% 154 Louisiana - Lafayette   51 36.4,   188 Southeast Louisiana     48 32.3
 60% 127 Western Illinois        41 39.9,   175 Tennessee Tech          14 36.3
 58% 152 Oregon State            35 32.9,   151 Portland State          32 30.2
 55% 162 Marshall                31 34.8,   138 Miami - Ohio            26 32.8
 53% 180 Tennessee State         17 36.8,   167 Georgia State           10 35.8
 52%  20 Virginia Tech           31 36.3,    24 West Virginia           24 35.5

 50% 165 Kansas                  38 31.3,   193 Southeast Missouri Sta  16 31.4
 50%  21 Colorado                17 40.0,    19 Colorado State           3 40.1
 48% 101 Virginia                28 33.8,   121 William & Mary          10 34.6
 46%  57 Texas Tech              56 54.0,    45 Eastern Washington      10 55.1
 45% 104 Old Dominion            31 35.5,   113 Albany                  17 37.4
 45%  96 Boston College          23 31.6,    97 Northern Illinois       20 33.7
 45%  30 Tennessee               42 40.8,    39 Georgia Tech            41 42.5
 44%  84 Sam Houston State       48 43.9,    78 Richmond                34 46.0
 43%  67 Iowa State              42 32.7,    66 Northern Iowa           24 35.3
 42% 185 Connecticut             27 29.6,   176 Holy Cross              20 32.8
 42% 103 Army                    64 38.0,   102 Fordham                  6 40.9
 42%  77 Villanova               38 33.9,    74 Lehigh                  35 36.9
 42%  56 California - Los Angel  45 34.1,    23 Texas A&M               44 37.3
 41% 174 Eastern Illinois        22 36.2,   161 Indiana State           20 39.6
 36% 235 Robert Morris           13 22.4,   169 Dayton                  10 33.1
 36% 214 Nicholls State          37 32.8,   166 McNeese State           35 40.4
 36% 187 San Jose State          34 22.7,   158 California Poly         13 28.8
 36% 140 Tulane                  43 32.1,   118 Grambling               14 39.6
 36% 119 Liberty                 48 32.6,    43 Baylor                  45 46.5
 36%  94 Maryland                51 30.9,    52 Texas                   41 43.9
 36%  93 South Carolina          35 26.3,    41 North Carolina State    28 35.4
 36%  62 California              35 42.6,    25 North Carolina          30 53.6
 35% 246 Howard                  43 35.0,   160 Nevada - Las Vegas      40 51.4

  results by prob (number of games, actual/expected):
               50%-59%  60%-69%  70%-79%  80%-89%  90%-99%     100%
               19 0.48  76 1.35  11 1.39   2 1.24   0 0.00   0 0.00

  total results (num_games,num_right,expected,num_right/expected): 108  85  69.6 1.22

  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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