2010 NFL Forecast

17 Jul 2011: Average model rankings (NFL) (average rank over entire season)

17 Jul 2011: Current model rankings (NFL) (rank at final week in the season)

2010 Model Performance:

All games                     forecast probabilities
                 50-59%  60-69%  70-79%  80-89%  90-99%    100%     all
total games:        128      42      31      53      13       0     267
number right:        67      25      22      38       8       0     160
number expected:   73.1    26.9    23.6    45.7    11.9     0.0   181.3
right/expected:    0.92    0.93    0.93    0.83    0.67    0.00    0.88

Breakdown by Division and Conference:
Division games                forecast probabilities
                 50-59%  60-69%  70-79%  80-89%  90-99%    100%     all
total games:         37      20      13      24       5       0      99
number right:        14      11      10      17       3       0      55
number expected:   20.9    13.0    10.1    20.7     4.6     0.0    69.3
right/expected:    0.67    0.84    0.99    0.82    0.66    0.00    0.79

Non-Division games            forecast probabilities
                 50-59%  60-69%  70-79%  80-89%  90-99%    100%     all
total games:         52      17      13      16       5       0     103
number right:        32      11       8      10       4       0      65
number expected:   29.9    10.7     9.8    13.8     4.6     0.0    68.8
right/expected:    1.07    1.03    0.82    0.73    0.87    0.00    0.94

Non-Conference games          forecast probabilities
                 50-59%  60-69%  70-79%  80-89%  90-99%    100%     all
total games:         39       5       5      13       3       0      65
number right:        21       3       4      11       1       0      40
number expected:   22.3     3.2     3.8    11.2     2.8     0.0    43.2
right/expected:    0.94    0.94    1.06    0.98    0.36    0.00    0.93

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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