2018 Bowl Games Results for College Football Division IA & IAA

prob rnk winning_team        actual pred    rnk losing_team         actual pred

 87%   2 Clemson                 30 35.6,    11 Notre Dame               3 21.5
 82%  24 Utah State              52 41.4,    89 North Texas             13 28.6
 80%  20 Eastern Washington      50 38.5,    80 Maine                   19 24.1
 77%   1 Alabama                 45 48.0,     5 Oklahoma                34 35.2
 71%  74 Brigham Young           49 32.9,   131 Western Michigan        18 23.4
 70%   3 North Dakota State      44 35.3,    14 South Dakota State      21 23.7
 67%  51 Appalachian State       45 30.2,    75 Middle Tennessee State  13 21.8
 67%  38 Ohio                    27 32.2,   107 San Diego State          0 23.4
 67%  17 Washington State        28 31.7,    50 Iowa State              26 24.3
 66% 122 North Carolina A&T      24 28.1,   146 Alcorn State            22 22.1
 66%  43 Cincinnati              35 30.6,    82 Virginia Tech           31 24.0
 66%  16 Auburn                  63 29.4,    35 Purdue                  14 23.2
 65%  30 Stanford                14 31.2,    53 Pittsburgh              13 26.4
 64% 138 Louisiana Tech          31 34.7,   136 Hawaii                  14 31.8
 64%  28 Fresno State            31 29.1,    49 Arizona State           20 24.9
 64%   6 Ohio State              28 31.9,    19 Washington              23 28.0
 63% 119 Tulane                  41 32.3,   118 Louisiana - Lafayette   24 29.6
 63%  52 Texas Christian         10 20.8,    72 California               7 17.7
 62%  40 Oregon                   7 24.5,    65 Michigan State           6 22.3
 61%  91 Georgia Southern        23 27.3,    98 Eastern Michigan        21 25.6
 58%  57 Army                    70 33.6,    55 Houston                 14 32.3

 48% 106 Troy State              42 26.7,    77 Buffalo                 32 27.0
 44%  21 Texas A&M               52 32.7,    26 North Carolina State    13 33.5
 40%  92 Alabama - Birmingham    37 20.8,    94 Northern Illinois       13 22.3
 37% 120 Marshall                38 27.2,   126 South Florida           20 30.3
 37% 101 Nevada - Reno           16 29.1,    96 Arkansas State          13 31.1
 37%  23 Louisiana State         40 28.9,    12 Central Florida         32 32.0
 36%  70 Duke                    56 27.7,    41 Temple                  27 31.7
 36%  68 Wake Forest             37 39.4,    47 Memphis                 34 42.6
 36%  63 Virginia                28 26.1,    32 South Carolina           0 29.9
 36%  15 Iowa                    27 17.1,     7 Mississippi State       22 21.5
 35%  76 Baylor                  45 25.6,    42 Vanderbilt              38 29.9
 35%  56 Wisconsin               35 21.1,    34 Miami - Florida          3 26.2
 34% 102 Florida International   35 35.2,    62 Toledo                  32 40.6
 34%  71 Minnesota               34 28.4,    37 Georgia Tech            10 35.9
 34%  36 Kentucky                27 20.8,    18 Penn State              24 28.5
 34%  31 Oklahoma State          38 36.9,     9 Missouri                33 42.2
 33%  39 Syracuse                34 34.9,    10 West Virginia           18 43.0
 33%  22 Florida                 41 21.8,     8 Michigan                15 30.7
 29%  69 Northwestern            31 18.9,    25 Utah                    20 28.2
 26%  29 Texas                   28 22.8,     4 Georgia                 21 34.2

  results by prob (number of games, actual/expected):
               50%-59%  60%-69%  70%-79%  80%-89%  90%-99%     100%
                4 0.44  29 0.75   5 0.82   3 1.20   0 0.00   0 0.00


  total results (num_games,num_right,expected,num_right/expected):  41  21  27.2 0.77

  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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