2008 Week 8 (16-18 Oct) Results for College Football Division IA & IAA

prob rnk winning_team        actual pred    rnk losing_team         actual pred

 92% 134 Western Illinois        56 42.4,   244 Indiana State            0  5.8
 91% 190 Drake                   45 30.8,   245 Campbell                 0  2.0
 91%  93 Wofford                 42 39.6,   213 Western Carolina        14 13.6
 91%   1 Southern California     69 35.8,    98 Washington State         0  6.7
 90% 183 Coastal Carolina        35 39.2,   243 North Carolina Central  10 11.8
 90%   5 Penn State              46 30.0,    76 Michigan                17  6.3
 88% 181 Delaware State          42 25.6,   234 North Carolina A&T       7  5.8
 87% 189 Gardner - Webb          47 32.0,   239 Presbyterian            21  8.4
 86% 154 California - Davis      55 42.0,   233 Iona                    24 17.9
 85% 157 Hampton                 35 34.4,   218 Norfolk State           17 16.5
 85% 105 Montana                 43 33.2,   199 Sacramento State         7 12.1
 84% 114 Elon                    42 30.6,   217 Tennessee - Chattanoog   7 13.3
 84% 102 Pennsylvania            15 27.1,   175 Columbia                10 10.8
 84%  64 Troy State              33 34.0,   161 Florida International   23 14.8
 83% 138 Northeast Louisiana     35 32.3,   207 North Texas             23 16.2
 83%  33 Tennessee               34 26.3,   112 Mississippi State        3  8.9
 82% 167 Jacksonville State      31 38.9,   227 Murray State            21 21.1
 81% 185 Eastern Illinois        24 30.5,   231 Southeast Missouri Sta  21 15.6
 81% 178 Tennessee State         37 28.2,   225 Austin Peay             34 13.3
 81%  38 Houston                 44 38.2,   147 Southern Methodist      38 23.7
 81%  34 South Florida           45 27.6,    96 Syracuse                13 13.0
 81%  14 Boise State             27 32.6,    78 Hawaii                   7 15.4
 81%   9 Georgia                 24 28.0,    61 Vanderbilt              14 13.4
 81%   6 Oregon State            34 39.8,    99 Washington              13 23.4
 80% 204 Jackson State           30 34.9,   241 Texas Southern          14 21.0
 80% 141 Northern Arizona        52 36.1,   223 Idaho State             30 21.9
 80%  55 Louisville              42 31.7,   122 Middle Tennessee State  23 16.6
 80%   4 Oklahoma                45 36.2,    26 Kansas                  31 21.6
 79% 169 Grambling               27 26.1,   216 Alabama State            7 13.1
 79% 166 Stony Brook             20 28.3,   214 Charleston Southern     19 14.7
 79% 156 Weber State             17 31.7,   208 Northern Colorado       10 17.7
 79% 121 Dayton                  41 34.1,   206 Davidson                22 21.4
 79%  83 Villanova               44 35.7,   176 Rhode Island             7 23.1
 79%  36 Utah                    49 31.2,   110 Colorado State          16 15.9
 79%  12 Texas Tech              43 37.3,    90 Texas A&M               25 24.6
 78%  37 Harvard                 27 25.9,    88 Lehigh                  24 13.7
 78%  10 Oklahoma State          34 34.4,    47 Baylor                   6 20.9
 77%  95 Nevada - Reno           44 33.7,   150 Utah State              17 20.7
 77%  79 New Mexico              70 24.7,   130 San Diego State          7 13.8
 77%  35 Tulsa                   77 42.4,    73 Texas - El Paso         35 32.6
 77%  13 Alabama                 24 31.6,    56 Mississippi             20 19.3
 76% 210 Alabama A&M             20 24.4,   232 Alcorn State            13 14.3
 76%  75 East Carolina           30 33.3,   118 Memphis                 10 22.9
 76%  70 Holy Cross              44 31.1,   148 Dartmouth               26 20.6
 76%  15 Florida State           26 31.0,    82 North Carolina State    17 21.3
 76%   2 Texas                   56 31.7,     8 Missouri                31 20.8
 75% 164 Louisiana Tech          46 28.7,   191 Idaho                   14 19.0
 75% 115 Buffalo                 27 22.4,   155 Army                    24 11.8
 70% 193 Morgan State            31 27.3,   230 Howard                  30 20.4
 70% 107 Northern Iowa           23 28.2,   131 North Dakota State      13 20.9
 69%  32 Nebraska                35 32.6,    84 Iowa State               7 25.6
 68% 145 Maine                   41 21.0,   165 Hofstra                 40 14.5
 68% 143 Furman                  34 32.1,   163 The Citadel             20 25.5
 68% 124 Southern Illinois       33 28.4,   180 Youngstown State         0 21.5
 68%  16 Iowa                    38 20.8,    29 Wisconsin               16 14.9
 67%  72 Appalachian State       37 38.9,   136 Georgia Southern        36 33.1
 67%  28 Boston College          28 20.0,    31 Virginia Tech           23 14.7
 64%  66 Air Force               29 26.6,   116 Nevada - Las Vegas      28 21.9
 64%  58 California - Los Angel  23 27.0,    65 Stanford                20 21.6
 64%  39 Virginia                16 22.1,    48 North Carolina          13 17.4
 63% 209 Prairie View            15 15.7,   228 Arkansas - Pine Bluff    0 12.2
 63% 198 Tennessee - Martin      35 32.0,   226 Tennessee Tech           7 27.4
 63% 108 New Hampshire           33 30.5,   151 Northeastern            21 26.5
 63%  18 Arizona                 42 27.4,    24 California              27 22.6
 62%  54 Northwestern            48 21.1,    52 Purdue                  26 17.5
 61% 171 Central Connecticut     35 29.6,   170 Duquesne                23 26.2
 61% 162 Eastern Washington      34 23.9,   196 Montana State           17 21.0
 61%  81 Illinois                55 24.1,    71 Indiana                 13 21.1
 61%  53 Kentucky                21 25.3,    57 Arkansas                20 21.9
 60% 160 Albany                  26 25.8,   188 Sacred Heart            21 23.4
 60% 100 Northern Illinois       38 20.7,    92 Toledo                   7 18.1
 60%  91 Central Michigan        38 31.4,    86 Western Michigan        28 28.8
 60%  74 Lafayette               35 22.9,   120 Liberty                 21 20.0
 60%  51 Rutgers                 12 18.7,    42 Connecticut             10 16.6
 59% 152 Bucknell                27 20.8,   194 Georgetown              24 18.9
 58% 211 Wagner                  17 21.0,   229 Saint Francis - Pennsy  13 19.4
 56% 117 Akron                   42 27.6,   140 Eastern Michigan        35 26.4
 53% 128 California Poly         42 32.7,   149 South Dakota State      28 32.1
 53%  94 San Jose State          31 23.7,   129 New Mexico State        14 23.1
 51%  41 Pittsburgh              42 30.8,    62 Navy                    21 30.7
 50% 242 Mississippi Valley Sta  22 19.3,   237 Savannah State          20 19.3
 50%  67 Colorado                14 29.8,    49 Kansas State            13 29.8

 49%  20 Texas Christian         32 17.1,    11 Brigham Young            7 17.4
 48%   7 Ohio State              45 20.3,    17 Michigan State           7 20.6
 47% 104 Rice                    45 35.5,    77 Southern Mississippi    40 36.1
 47% 101 William & Mary          27 21.2,   127 Delaware                 3 21.9
 46% 159 McNeese State           28 37.4,   174 Sam Houston State       17 38.3
 46% 133 Alabama - Birmingham    23 24.6,   103 Marshall                21 25.3
 42%  89 Richmond                30 22.0,    97 Massachusetts           15 24.1
 41% 113 Brown                   31 22.2,   123 Princeton               10 24.1
 41%  25 Louisiana State         24 21.8,    30 South Carolina          17 24.1
 39% 224 Southeast Louisiana     26 29.0,   200 Northwestern State      21 32.6
 39% 220 Butler                  48 18.6,   219 Valparaiso              21 22.8
 38%  63 Maryland                26 15.7,    19 Wake Forest              0 18.9
 37% 203 Jacksonville            40 18.2,   197 Morehead State           9 23.0
 37% 125 Florida Atlantic        24 16.0,   119 Western Kentucky        20 20.1
 33%  68 Miami - Florida         49 17.4,    45 Duke                    31 24.8
 32% 144 Louisiana - Lafayette   28 30.2,    85 Arkansas State          23 36.4
 31% 215 Stephen F. Austin       50 27.2,   201 Nicholls State          39 34.8
 31% 132 Colgate                 38 24.7,   111 Cornell                 22 31.9
 30%  44 Georgia Tech            21 15.0,    22 Clemson                 17 23.4
 28% 202 Florida A&M             52 21.4,   179 Southern                49 29.7
 24% 222 Central Arkansas        31 30.0,   195 Texas State - San Marc  24 42.0
 23% 221 Missouri State          34 18.0,   177 Illinois State          28 33.9
 22% 137 Miami - Ohio            27 18.5,    87 Bowling Green           20 30.2
 21% 235 Bryant                  20 15.9,   173 Robert Morris            7 32.3
 21% 153 Fordham                 12 16.3,    60 Yale                    10 29.5

  results by prob (number of games, actual/expected):
               50%-59%  60%-69%  70%-79%  80%-89%  90%-99%     100%
               20 0.82  32 1.11  31 1.00  19 1.20   5 1.10   0 0.00

  total results (num_games,num_right,expected,num_right/expected): 107  80  76.1 1.05

  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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