2016 NFL Forecast

9 Feb 2017: Average model rankings (NFL) (average rank over entire season)

9 Feb 2017: Current model rankings (NFL) (rank at final week in the season)

2016 Model Performance:

All games                     forecast probabilities
                 50-59%  60-69%  70-79%  80-89%  90-99%    100%     all
total games:         44     152      33      38       0       0     267
number right:        24      89      22      32       0       0     167
number expected:   24.3    95.0    24.9    32.0     0.0     0.0   176.2
right/expected:    0.99    0.94    0.88    1.00    0.00    0.00    0.95

Breakdown by Division and Conference:
Division games                forecast probabilities
                 50-59%  60-69%  70-79%  80-89%  90-99%    100%     all
total games:         20      52      10      14       0       0      96
number right:        14      28       6      11       0       0      59
number expected:   11.2    32.6     7.4    11.8     0.0     0.0    62.9
right/expected:    1.26    0.86    0.81    0.93    0.00    0.00    0.94

Non-Division games            forecast probabilities
                 50-59%  60-69%  70-79%  80-89%  90-99%    100%     all
total games:         16      62      12      16       0       0     106
number right:         5      42       7      16       0       0      70
number expected:    8.8    38.5     9.1    13.4     0.0     0.0    69.8
right/expected:    0.57    1.09    0.77    1.19    0.00    0.00    1.00

Non-Conference games          forecast probabilities
                 50-59%  60-69%  70-79%  80-89%  90-99%    100%     all
total games:          8      38      11       8       0       0      65
number right:         5      19       9       5       0       0      38
number expected:    4.4    24.0     8.4     6.7     0.0     0.0    43.5
right/expected:    1.13    0.79    1.07    0.75    0.00    0.00    0.87

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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