2011 NFL Forecast

23 Jan 2012: Average model rankings (NFL) (average rank over entire season)

23 Jan 2012: Current model rankings (NFL) (rank at final week in the season)

2011 Model Performance:

All games                     forecast probabilities
                 50-59%  60-69%  70-79%  80-89%  90-99%    100%     all
total games:        105      62      55      44       0       0     266
number right:        59      43      39      35       0       0     176
number expected:   57.8    40.1    41.5    37.3     0.0     0.0   176.8
right/expected:    1.02    1.07    0.94    0.94    0.00    0.00    1.00

Breakdown by Division and Conference:
Division games                forecast probabilities
                 50-59%  60-69%  70-79%  80-89%  90-99%    100%     all
total games:         37      23      21      15       0       0      96
number right:        17      17      15      14       0       0      63
number expected:   20.3    14.7    15.9    12.6     0.0     0.0    63.6
right/expected:    0.84    1.16    0.94    1.11    0.00    0.00    0.99

Non-Division games            forecast probabilities
                 50-59%  60-69%  70-79%  80-89%  90-99%    100%     all
total games:         42      27      19      18       0       0     106
number right:        23      18      13      13       0       0      67
number expected:   23.0    17.7    14.2    15.4     0.0     0.0    70.3
right/expected:    1.00    1.02    0.91    0.84    0.00    0.00    0.95

Non-Conference games          forecast probabilities
                 50-59%  60-69%  70-79%  80-89%  90-99%    100%     all
total games:         26      12      15      11       0       0      64
number right:        19       8      11       8       0       0      46
number expected:   14.5     7.7    11.4     9.3     0.0     0.0    42.9
right/expected:    1.31    1.03    0.97    0.86    0.00    0.00    1.07

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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