2008 Bowl Games Results for College Football Division IA & IAA

prob rnk winning_team        actual pred    rnk losing_team         actual pred

 80%  33 South Florida           41 30.5,   115 Memphis                 14 16.7
 78%  17 Kansas                  42 32.4,    81 Minnesota               21 19.9
 77%  44 Connecticut             38 29.2,   104 Buffalo                 20 18.3
 76%   8 Missouri                30 29.9,    51 Northwestern            23 19.3
 70%  12 California              24 29.4,    46 Miami - Florida         17 22.1
 69%   1 Southern California     38 19.3,     5 Penn State              24 12.6
 66%  22 Rutgers                 29 25.1,    48 North Carolina State    23 19.7
 66%   4 Texas                   24 20.5,     6 Ohio State              21 15.5
 65%  16 West Virginia           31 25.1,    43 North Carolina          30 19.5
 65%  15 Florida State           42 26.2,    36 Wisconsin               13 21.3
 64%  50 Maryland                42 28.6,    73 Nevada - Reno           35 24.0
 64%  37 Tulsa                   45 35.5,    60 Ball State              13 31.2
 64%  18 Georgia                 24 30.8,    41 Michigan State          12 25.5
 63%  91 Rice                    38 37.9,    90 Western Michigan        14 34.2
 63%  19 Iowa                    31 18.4,    34 South Carolina          10 14.7
 61%  54 Houston                 34 32.0,    66 Air Force               28 29.3
 61%  25 Virginia Tech           20 20.1,    38 Cincinnati               7 17.6
 61%  20 Oregon State             3 27.1,    31 Pittsburgh               0 24.4
 60%  10 Texas Christian         17 19.1,    13 Boise State             16 16.8
 60%   2 Florida                 24 32.0,     3 Oklahoma                14 29.7
 59%  80 Richmond                24 20.5,    89 Montana                  7 18.7
 55%  92 Colorado State          40 29.3,    97 Fresno State            35 28.4
 55%  14 Oregon                  42 36.2,    21 Oklahoma State          31 35.2
 52%  39 Wake Forest             29 23.7,    42 Navy                    19 23.2

 48%  64 Southern Mississippi    30 21.8,    63 Troy State              27 22.1
 48%  27 Arizona                 31 29.3,    24 Brigham Young           21 29.7
 46%  72 Kentucky                25 21.4,    67 East Carolina           19 22.3
 45%  57 Notre Dame              49 24.3,    70 Hawaii                  21 25.2
 42%  26 Louisiana State         38 22.9,    32 Georgia Tech             3 24.7
 38% 126 Louisiana Tech          17 20.8,   100 Northern Illinois       10 24.4
 38%  58 Vanderbilt              16 19.4,    23 Boston College          14 22.7
 38%  28 Mississippi             47 27.5,    11 Texas Tech              34 31.2
 34% 131 Florida Atlantic        24 29.6,    93 Central Michigan        21 35.1
 33%  29 Utah                    31 16.4,     9 Alabama                 17 21.9
 31%  30 Nebraska                26 22.4,     7 Clemson                 21 29.5

  results by prob (number of games, actual/expected):
               50%-59%  60%-69%  70%-79%  80%-89%  90%-99%     100%
                9 0.81  22 1.14   4 1.29   0 0.00   0 0.00   0 0.00

  total results (num_games,num_right,expected,num_right/expected):  35  24  22.1 1.09

  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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