2018 Week 1 (30 Aug - 3 Sep) Results for College Football Division IA & IAA

prob rnk winning_team        actual pred    rnk losing_team         actual pred

 73%   2 Ohio State              77 61.5,   159 Oregon State            31 19.6
 70%   9 Oklahoma State          58 62.7,   179 Missouri State          17 27.9
 70%   6 Georgia                 45 58.0,   172 Austin Peay              0 20.2
 69%  70 Toledo                  66 54.6,   249 Virginia Military        3 20.1
 69%  41 Oregon                  58 58.5,   181 Bowling Green           24 30.5
 69%  37 Texas A&M               59 57.4,   212 Northwestern State       7 24.9
 69%  23 Mississippi State       63 56.6,   234 Stephen F. Austin        6 19.2
 69%  12 North Dakota State      49 52.5,   199 California Poly          3 14.7
 69%  11 Texas Christian         55 55.9,   190 Southern                 7 23.7
 69%  10 Wisconsin               34 52.1,   135 Western Kentucky         3 21.0
 69%   4 Oklahoma                63 60.4,    67 Florida Atlantic        14 33.4
 69%   3 Clemson                 48 52.1,    99 Furman                   7 22.9
 68% 188 Eastern Kentucky        49 51.2,   252 Morehead State          23 29.9
 68% 170 North Dakota            35 51.9,   253 Mississippi Valley Sta   7 24.4
 68% 168 New Mexico              62 51.2,   248 Incarnate Word          30 29.5
 68% 136 Buffalo                 48 48.2,   245 Delaware State          10 25.6
 68%  87 Baylor                  55 49.9,   230 Abilene Christian       27 25.2
 68%  85 Minnesota               48 41.7,   204 New Mexico State        10 15.4
 68%  77 Ohio                    38 52.2,   208 Howard                  32 31.3
 68%  25 Southern California     43 53.2,   138 Nevada - Las Vegas      21 27.2
 68%  17 Central Florida         56 50.4,   180 Connecticut             17 26.6
 68%   5 Penn State              45 47.9,    66 Appalachian State       38 24.6
 67% 132 Nevada - Reno           72 51.5,   226 Portland State          19 34.2
 67% 125 Rutgers                 35 43.6,   217 Texas State - San Marc   7 24.4
 67%  64 Houston                 45 42.0,   205 Rice                    27 22.3
 67%  31 Georgia Tech            41 48.7,   169 Alcorn State             0 28.7
 67%  30 Memphis                 66 51.2,   133 Mercer                  14 34.1
 66% 202 Dayton                  49 35.0,   241 Robert Morris           28 18.2
 66% 155 Alabama - Birmingham    52 46.0,   236 Savannah State           0 30.8
 66% 130 California - Davis      44 47.7,   220 San Jose State          38 33.4
 66% 124 Southern Mississippi    55 41.1,   244 Jackson State            7 22.4
 66% 118 Northern Arizona        30 44.5,   229 Texas - El Paso         10 26.6
 66%  83 Fresno State            79 40.9,   176 Idaho                   13 24.8
 66%  79 Arkansas                55 46.7,   197 Eastern Illinois        20 30.2
 66%  59 Florida                 53 39.9,   160 Charleston Southern      6 23.4
 66%  52 South Carolina          49 43.6,   149 Coastal Carolina        15 25.9
 66%  47 Missouri                51 44.3,   162 Tennessee - Martin      14 28.3
 66%  45 South Florida           34 45.9,   148 Elon                    14 28.4
 66%  39 Michigan State          38 41.9,   111 Utah State              31 25.8
 66%  22 Iowa                    33 42.8,    95 Northern Illinois        7 26.3
 66%   1 Alabama                 51 45.6,    18 Louisville              14 29.2
 65% 192 Sacred Heart            35 39.4,   235 Lafayette                6 27.5
 65% 167 Towson                  36 42.2,   239 Morgan State            10 27.5
 65% 151 Liberty                 52 44.0,   184 Old Dominion            10 32.2
 65% 141 Illinois                31 36.6,   211 Kent State              24 22.7
 65% 117 Southern Illinois       49 44.4,   213 Murray State            10 30.7
 65% 105 North Carolina A&T      28 40.5,   163 East Carolina           23 29.5
 65%  68 Colorado                45 43.0,   150 Colorado State          13 29.9
 65%  63 Arizona State           49 41.6,   131 Texas - San Antonio      7 28.0
 65%  50 Indiana                 38 44.4,   154 Florida International   28 31.2
 65%  38 West Virginia           40 44.1,    93 Tennessee               14 32.2
 65%  34 Wake Forest             23 41.9,   127 Tulane                  17 30.3
 65%  15 Stanford                31 40.8,    62 San Diego State         10 26.5
 64% 193 Tennessee - Chattanoog  34 35.7,   209 Tennessee Tech          10 26.9
 64% 129 Wofford                 28 37.3,   178 The Citadel             21 27.7
 64% 122 Colgate                 24 38.0,   174 Holy Cross              17 27.7
 64%  97 Vanderbilt              35 39.9,   137 Middle Tennessee State   7 30.3
 64%  94 Arkansas State          48 40.4,   175 Southeast Missouri Sta  21 30.3
 64%  92 Louisiana Tech          30 38.8,   182 South Alabama           26 30.6
 64%  78 Kentucky                35 42.3,   119 Central Michigan        20 33.0
 64%  55 Pittsburgh              33 37.5,   144 Albany                   7 26.6
 64%  43 Duke                    34 37.4,    75 Army                    14 28.4
 64%  42 Utah                    41 36.7,    82 Weber State             10 26.6
 64%  35 Kansas State            27 44.0,    58 South Dakota            24 35.8
 62% 153 Georgia Southern        37 34.4,   207 South Carolina State     6 27.4
 61% 166 Tennessee State         34 36.9,   191 Bethune - Cookman        3 30.7
 61%  60 California              24 41.4,    65 North Carolina          17 35.9
 61%  36 Washington State        41 31.6,    73 Wyoming                 19 25.6
 60%  13 Notre Dame              24 37.6,    21 Michigan                17 32.3
 59% 158 Lehigh                  21 42.0,   189 Saint Francis - Pennsy  19 37.4
 56% 171 McNeese State           17 37.0,   185 Northern Colorado       14 33.5
 56% 164 William & Mary          14 29.2,   216 Bucknell                 7 25.4
 56%  40 Boise State             56 37.9,    71 Troy State              20 34.6
 55% 113 Marshall                35 34.8,   152 Miami - Ohio            28 31.9
 53% 107 Maine                   35 33.9,   110 New Hampshire            7 32.1
 53%  86 Villanova               19 29.2,    72 Temple                  17 27.4
 52%  33 Northwestern            31 33.1,    51 Purdue                  27 31.7
 51% 121 Eastern Michigan        51 39.1,   139 Monmouth                17 38.8
 51%   7 Auburn                  21 32.7,     8 Washington              16 32.2
 50%  19 Louisiana State         33 31.1,    16 Miami - Florida         17 31.1

 49% 237 Georgetown              39 29.9,   238 Marist                  14 30.7
 49% 194 Nicholls State          26 36.4,   183 Kansas                  23 36.9
 48% 108 Tulsa                   38 38.8,   112 Central Arkansas        27 40.0
 48%  54 Mississippi             47 47.3,    44 Texas Tech              27 48.3
 47% 145 Northeast Louisiana     34 43.6,   156 Southeast Louisiana     31 45.1
 47% 120 North Texas             46 47.1,   100 Southern Methodist      23 48.7
 46% 102 Air Force               38 35.1,    96 Stony Brook              0 37.1
 46%  14 Virginia Tech           24 31.1,    24 Florida State            3 33.3
 44%  46 Boston College          55 36.8,    32 Massachusetts           21 39.7
 43% 106 Montana                 26 35.3,    53 Northern Iowa           23 38.8
 42%  74 Syracuse                55 40.9,    90 Western Michigan        42 44.8
 42%  28 North Carolina State    24 34.3,    20 James Madison           13 38.9
 41% 203 Prairie View            40 29.2,   196 North Carolina Central  24 33.8
 41% 101 Virginia                42 35.9,    69 Richmond                13 40.4
 40%  91 Hawaii                  59 36.8,    48 Navy                    41 41.6
 37% 134 Montana State           26 31.2,    61 Western Illinois        23 38.5
 36% 225 North Carolina - Charl  34 31.4,   195 Fordham                 10 42.2
 36% 187 Louisiana - Lafayette   49 33.2,   142 Grambling               17 43.6
 36% 173 Georgia State           24 26.2,   103 Kennesaw State          20 37.0
 35% 215 Ball State              42 31.3,   157 Central Connecticut      6 44.5
 35% 177 Rhode Island            21 25.2,   114 Delaware                19 39.2
 35% 109 Maryland                34 28.9,    29 Texas                   29 43.2
 34% 140 Brigham Young           28 31.7,    49 Arizona                 23 45.7
 33% 161 Cincinnati              26 27.9,    56 California - Los Angel  17 46.5
 32% 242 North Alabama           34 45.6,    80 Southern Utah           30 72.9
 32% 219 Butler                  23 20.3,    57 Youngstown State        21 47.8

  results by prob (number of games, actual/expected):
               50%-59%  60%-69%  70%-79%  80%-89%  90%-99%     100%
               27 0.81  78 1.30   1 1.37   0 0.00   0 0.00   0 0.00

  total results (num_games,num_right,expected,num_right/expected): 106  80  67.0 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)

NOTE: exact predicted scores are not released until after game time.

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