2018 NFL Forecast

21 Jan 2019: Average model rankings (NFL) (average rank over entire season)

21 Jan 2019: Current model rankings (NFL) (rank at final week in the season)

2018 Model Performance:

All games                     forecast probabilities
                 50-59%  60-69%  70-79%  80-89%  90-99%    100%     all
total games:         34     180      27      25       0       0     266
number right:        21     109      21      20       0       0     171
number expected:   18.9   112.3    20.5    20.7     0.0     0.0   172.4
right/expected:    1.11    0.97    1.02    0.96    0.00    0.00    0.99

Breakdown by Division and Conference:
Division games                forecast probabilities
                 50-59%  60-69%  70-79%  80-89%  90-99%    100%     all
total games:         13      63       9      12       0       0      97
number right:         7      37       5      10       0       0      59
number expected:    7.2    39.5     6.8     9.9     0.0     0.0    63.5
right/expected:    0.97    0.94    0.73    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:         13      72      12       8       0       0     105
number right:        10      49      11       6       0       0      76
number expected:    7.3    44.8     9.1     6.6     0.0     0.0    67.7
right/expected:    1.38    1.09    1.21    0.91    0.00    0.00    1.12

Non-Conference games          forecast probabilities
                 50-59%  60-69%  70-79%  80-89%  90-99%    100%     all
total games:          8      45       6       5       0       0      64
number right:         4      23       5       4       0       0      36
number expected:    4.5    28.0     4.6     4.2     0.0     0.0    41.2
right/expected:    0.90    0.82    1.10    0.96    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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