2002 NFL Forecast

20 Jan 2002: Average model rankings (NFL) (average rank over entire season)

20 Jan 2002: Current model rankings (NFL) (rank at current week in the season)

2002 Model Performance:

All games                     forecast probabilities
                 50-59%  60-69%  70-79%  80-89%  90-99%    100%     all
total games:         62      85      80      36       3       0     266
number right:        35      46      54      27       2       0     164
number expected:   34.9    54.4    60.4    30.3     2.7     0.0   182.8
right/expected:    1.00    0.85    0.89    0.89    0.74    0.00    0.90

Breakdown by Division and Conference:
Division games                forecast probabilities
                 50-59%  60-69%  70-79%  80-89%  90-99%    100%     all
total games:         19      32      33      13       0       0      97
number right:        11      16      24      11       0       0      62
number expected:   10.7    20.5    24.8    10.9     0.0     0.0    67.0
right/expected:    1.03    0.78    0.97    1.01    0.00    0.00    0.93

Non-Division games            forecast probabilities
                 50-59%  60-69%  70-79%  80-89%  90-99%    100%     all
total games:         26      39      23      17       0       0     105
number right:        15      25      16      13       0       0      69
number expected:   14.8    25.1    17.4    14.4     0.0     0.0    71.7
right/expected:    1.01    1.00    0.92    0.90    0.00    0.00    0.96

Non-Conference games          forecast probabilities
                 50-59%  60-69%  70-79%  80-89%  90-99%    100%     all
total games:         17      14      24       6       3       0      64
number right:         9       5      14       3       2       0      33
number expected:    9.3     8.9    18.2     5.0     2.7     0.0    44.1
right/expected:    0.96    0.56    0.77    0.60    0.74    0.00    0.75

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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