2018 Week 16 (22-24 Dec) Results for the National Football League

prob rnk winning_team        actual pred    rnk losing_team         actual pred

 85%   2 New England             24 29.4,    25 Buffalo                 12 13.8
 83%   8 Dallas                  27 26.5,    26 Tampa Bay               20 17.3
 71%  12 Indianapolis            28 27.6,    19 New York Giants         27 19.8
 66%   1 New Orleans             31 32.0,     4 Pittsburgh              28 22.1
 64%   9 Tennessee               25 23.1,    20 Washington              16 15.8
 63%  11 Philadelphia            32 26.5,    17 Houston                 30 20.7
 61%  14 Los Angeles Rams        31 29.3,    31 Arizona                  9 20.8
 60%  28 Cleveland               26 25.5,    29 Cincinnati              18 22.4
 60%  16 Green Bay               44 26.0,    27 New York Jets           38 24.7
 60%   7 Chicago                 14 24.8,    24 San Francisco            9 21.1
 60%   3 Seattle                 38 29.4,    10 Kansas City             31 26.4
 56%  13 Minnesota               27 22.2,    22 Detroit                  9 21.4

 40%  23 Jacksonville            17 20.9,    30 Miami                    7 23.3
 39%  21 Atlanta                 24 24.1,    18 Carolina                10 28.7
 36%  32 Oakland                 27 19.3,    15 Denver                  14 25.9
 36%   6 Baltimore               22 19.7,     5 Los Angeles Chargers    10 24.8

  results by prob (number of games, actual/expected):
               50%-59%  60%-69%  70%-79%  80%-89%  90%-99%     100%
                1 1.78  12 1.08   1 1.41   2 1.19   0 0.00   0 0.00

  total results (num_games,num_right,expected,num_right/expected):  16  12  10.4 1.16

  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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