2017 Bowl Games Results for College Football Division IA & IAA

prob rnk winning_team        actual pred    rnk losing_team         actual pred

 93%  11 North Dakota State      55 47.7,    94 Sam Houston State       13 22.3
 89%  33 Florida State           42 36.5,   135 Southern Mississippi    13 18.1
 87%  55 Florida Atlantic        50 38.6,   157 Akron                    3 22.4
 84%  24 Northwestern            24 33.6,    95 Kentucky                23 20.9
 81%   6 Ohio State              24 39.5,    29 Southern California      7 27.6
 73%  71 Ohio                    41 39.2,   149 Alabama - Birmingham     6 29.1
 70%  77 Troy State              50 39.0,   113 North Texas             30 29.4
 67%  88 Temple                  28 34.4,   130 Florida International    3 25.6
 67%  62 Navy                    49 30.8,    87 Virginia                 7 22.9
 66%  44 Duke                    36 28.2,    84 Northern Illinois       14 22.2
 65% 108 North Carolina A&T      21 29.9,   141 Grambling               14 25.4
 65%   1 Alabama                 24 25.5,     3 Clemson                  6 20.9
 64%  39 Kansas State            35 34.4,    57 California - Los Angel  17 30.3
 64%  31 North Carolina State    52 33.2,    54 Arizona State           31 29.4
 64%  23 Iowa                    27 24.6,    30 Boston College          20 20.8
 63%   9 Oklahoma State          30 33.3,    14 Virginia Tech           21 30.4
 63%   5 Penn State              35 28.9,    10 Washington              28 26.5
 62%  35 Texas                   33 32.8,    36 Missouri                16 31.3
 62%  13 Notre Dame              21 27.6,    22 Louisiana State         17 26.0
 58%   8 Wisconsin               34 23.1,    18 Miami - Florida         24 22.0
 57% 116 Wyoming                 37 24.8,   101 Central Michigan        14 23.8
 56%  51 South Florida           38 38.6,    46 Texas Tech              34 37.9
 55%  12 Texas Christian         39 22.1,    17 Stanford                37 21.4
 53%  42 Utah                    30 31.0,    40 West Virginia           14 30.6
 53%  28 Wake Forest             55 34.0,    43 Texas A&M               52 33.5
 52%   2 Georgia                 54 31.9,     4 Oklahoma                48 31.7

 44%  47 Purdue                  38 33.2,    50 Arizona                 35 34.1
 44%  27 Mississippi State       31 32.8,    19 Louisville              27 33.6
 42%  41 Boise State             38 33.0,    32 Oregon                  28 34.0
 40%  69 Fresno State            33 19.1,    75 Houston                 27 21.0
 37%  38 Michigan State          42 23.9,    37 Washington State        17 26.2
 36%  67 Army                    42 21.0,    64 San Diego State         35 25.0
 36%  26 Iowa State              21 33.8,    20 Memphis                 20 37.2
 35% 192 Georgia State           27 23.7,   161 Western Kentucky        17 28.5
 35% 122 Louisiana Tech          51 35.4,    73 Southern Methodist      10 39.8
 35% 110 Marshall                31 28.4,    86 Colorado State          28 32.6
 34%  83 Appalachian State       34 29.3,    53 Toledo                   0 34.6
 33%  56 South Carolina          26 16.6,    25 Michigan                19 25.5
 30%  16 Central Florida         34 26.3,     7 Auburn                  27 36.8
 25% 153 Middle Tennessee State  35 25.0,    89 Arkansas State          30 35.0
 24% 163 New Mexico State        26 27.0,   102 Utah State              20 37.3

  results by prob (number of games, actual/expected):
               50%-59%  60%-69%  70%-79%  80%-89%  90%-99%     100%
               10 1.27  23 0.87   3 0.45   4 1.17   1 1.08   0 0.00

  total results (num_games,num_right,expected,num_right/expected):  41  26  27.0 0.96

  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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