2008 Week 15 (11-15 Dec) Results for the National Football League

prob rnk winning_team        actual pred    rnk losing_team         actual pred
 77%   6 Philadelphia            30 35.7,    31 Cleveland               10 21.0
 70%  13 Indianapolis            31 31.1,    30 Detroit                 21 22.9
 67%   3 New York Jets           31 29.9,    25 Buffalo                 27 22.3
 66%   1 New England             49 28.8,    29 Oakland                 26 22.2
 63%   5 Chicago                 27 29.3,    15 New Orleans             24 25.0
 61%  19 Miami                   14 26.9,    21 San Francisco            9 23.6
 61%  11 Carolina                30 28.0,    20 Denver                  10 24.5
 60%  12 Atlanta                 13 26.3,    16 Tampa Bay               10 23.6
 58%   7 Dallas                  20 26.1,     2 New York Giants          8 24.5
 57%  24 Cincinnati              20 25.4,    23 Washington              13 24.0
 54%  17 Jacksonville            20 26.9,     8 Green Bay               16 26.0
 50%  10 Minnesota               35 29.6,    18 Arizona                 14 29.5

 47%  22 San Diego               22 26.9,    27 Kansas City             21 27.6
 40%  26 Seattle                 23 25.4,    28 St. Louis               20 27.9
 37%  14 Pittsburgh              13 20.5,     4 Baltimore                9 25.0
 24%  32 Houston                 13 25.4,     9 Tennessee               12 36.7

  results by prob (number of games, actual/expected):
               50%-59%  60%-69%  70%-79%  80%-89%  90%-99%     100%
                6 1.21   8 1.37   2 0.65   0 0.00   0 0.00   0 0.00

  total results (num_games,num_right,expected,num_right/expected):  16  12  10.0 1.21

  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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