2020 College Football Forecast (NCAA Div IA & IAA)

2020 Model Performance:

All Div I games               forecast probabilities
                 50-59%  60-69%  70-79%  80-89%  90-99%    100%     all
total games:         80     303      61      65      73       0     582
number right:        42     200      48      54      68       0     412
number expected:   44.2   197.6    45.9    55.9    68.4     0.0   412.0
right/expected:    0.95    1.01    1.05    0.97    0.99    0.00    1.00

Breakdown by Conference and Division:
Conference games              forecast probabilities
                 50-59%  60-69%  70-79%  80-89%  90-99%    100%     all
total games:         63     227      45      49      55       0     439
number right:        31     147      35      42      51       0     306
number expected:   34.7   148.0    33.8    42.1    51.5     0.0   310.1
right/expected:    0.89    0.99    1.03    1.00    0.99    0.00    0.99

Non-Conference games          forecast probabilities
                 50-59%  60-69%  70-79%  80-89%  90-99%    100%     all
total games:         11      59      13      11      15       0     109
number right:         7      38      10       7      14       0      76
number expected:    6.2    38.4     9.8     9.5    14.2     0.0    78.0
right/expected:    1.14    0.99    1.02    0.74    0.99    0.00    0.97

Non-Division games            forecast probabilities
                 50-59%  60-69%  70-79%  80-89%  90-99%    100%     all
total games:          6      17       3       5       3       0      34
number right:         4      15       3       5       3       0      30
number expected:    3.3    11.2     2.3     4.3     2.8     0.0    23.9
right/expected:    1.20    1.34    1.32    1.15    1.07    0.00    1.25

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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