1997 Bowl Games Results for College Football

prob rnk winning_team        actual pred    rnk losing_team         actual pred

 84%   1 Nebraska                42 45.4,     8 Tennessee               17 28.1
 70%   3 Florida                 21 37.7,    16 Penn State               6 26.5
 69%  17 North Carolina          42 23.1,    33 Virginia Tech            3 13.0
 69%   5 California - Los Angel  29 34.3,    19 Texas A&M               23 23.7
 68%  29 Southern Mississippi    41 34.2,    65 Pittsburgh               7 24.0
 64%  18 Georgia                 33 27.9,    34 Wisconsin                6 19.1
 64%  14 Colorado State          35 37.1,    30 Missouri                24 28.6
 64%   2 Florida State           31 30.3,     4 Ohio State              14 21.5
 60%   7 Kansas State            35 26.9,    12 Syracuse                18 19.8
 59%  13 Louisiana State         27 24.8,    22 Notre Dame               9 18.0
 56%  36 Arizona                 20 32.6,    55 New Mexico              14 28.0
 56%  25 Purdue                  33 27.4,    39 Oklahoma State          20 21.9
 55%  59 Cincinnati              35 28.8,    68 Utah State              19 26.8
 55%  35 Oregon                  41 26.7,    47 Air Force               13 23.8
 55%  23 Auburn                  21 22.2,    26 Clemson                 17 19.1
 55%  11 Washington              51 29.4,    15 Michigan State          23 26.7
 54%  38 Mississippi             34 20.7,    42 Marshall                31 19.3
 53%   6 Michigan                21 29.6,     9 Washington State        16 26.9

 49%  46 Georgia Tech            35 24.9,    40 West Virginia           30 25.4
 35%  20 Arizona State           17 17.6,    10 Iowa                     7 26.3

  results by prob (number of games, actual/expected):
               50%-59%  60%-69%  70%-79%  80%-89%  90%-99%     100%
               11 1.64   7 1.30   1 1.43   1 1.19   0 0.00   0 0.00

  total results (num_games,num_right,num_right/expected):  20  18 1.47

  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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