1998 Week 5 (1-3 Oct) Results for College Football

prob rnk winning_team        actual pred    rnk losing_team         actual pred

 93%  88 Arkansas State          34 36.3,   109 New Mexico State        31 14.6
 93%  79 Alabama - Birmingham    24 57.4,   112 Southwestern Louisiana  13 12.0
 93%  41 Miami - Florida         53 45.9,   107 Rutgers                 17 19.2
 91%  24 Virginia                52 35.8,    91 San Jose State          14  5.9
 91%   3 Florida State           24 44.7,    81 Maryland                10 10.1
 91%   1 Nebraska                24 46.3,    42 Oklahoma State          17 14.2
 90%  21 Michigan State          38 43.8,   102 Central Michigan         7 12.0
 89%  19 Air Force               56 40.5,    85 New Mexico              14 15.7
 89%   7 Florida                 16 38.5,    53 Alabama                 10 15.5
 87%  26 Notre Dame              35 42.4,    82 Stanford                17 24.0
 85%  38 Georgia Tech            41 39.2,    78 Duke                    13 22.2
 85%   9 California - Los Angel  49 41.8,    43 Washington State        17 20.5
 83%  35 Wyoming                 27 25.7,    63 Utah                    24  8.8
 82%  70 East Carolina           30 23.6,    94 Army                    25  9.4
 82%  17 Texas A&M               24 31.9,    69 Kansas                  21 13.3
 82%   8 Tennessee               17 26.5,    32 Auburn                   9 11.7
 81%  25 Texas                   54 44.5,    68 Iowa State              33 31.2
 80%  62 Texas Christian         19 23.9,    92 Vanderbilt              16  7.7
 79%  11 Michigan                12 30.0,    44 Iowa                     9 14.6
 79%   5 Ohio State              28 29.0,    12 Penn State               9 14.4
 78%  54 Pittsburgh              35 37.3,    90 Akron                    0 22.0
 78%  49 Mississippi             30 28.3,    75 South Carolina          28 16.2
 78%  34 Colorado State          20 35.3,   100 Texas - El Paso         17  8.7
 77%  71 Nevada - Reno           31 36.9,   106 Nevada - Las Vegas      20 27.1
 77%  20 Colorado                27 26.1,    59 Oklahoma                25 12.0
 75%  37 Texas Tech              31 25.2,    51 Baylor                  29 14.7
 75%  27 Purdue                  56 29.8,    60 Minnesota               21 12.8
 74%  96 Eastern Michigan        26 40.0,   108 Kent State              17 32.0
 74%  52 Louisiana Tech          63 42.6,    84 Boise State             28 32.1
 74%  18 Wisconsin               24 29.3,    55 Indiana                 20 17.9
 72%  29 Tulane                  21 29.7,    47 Southern Mississippi     7 19.4
 71%  36 West Virginia           45 32.9,    65 Navy                    24 24.1
 71%  14 Southern California     35 24.4,    30 Arizona State           24 14.8
 69%  89 Louisville              62 40.9,   104 Cincinnati              19 36.5
 67% 110 Ball State              18 28.8,   111 Northern Illinois       13 17.6
 67%  76 Houston                 35 23.8,    87 Memphis State           14 16.8
 66%  48 Oregon State            20 27.2,    74 Utah State              16 21.2
 64%  45 Central Florida         31 31.0,    72 Toledo                  24 25.1
 63%  73 Southern Methodist      28 26.8,   103 Hawaii                   0 17.2
 61%  99 Western Michigan        27 31.6,    98 Northeast Louisiana     14 29.5
 61%  58 North Carolina          21 20.8,    57 Clemson                 14 18.5
 56%  40 Arkansas                27 36.3,    31 Kentucky                20 35.0
 52%  64 San Diego State         24 29.6,    77 Tulsa                   14 28.7

 50%  56 Marshall                31 21.2,    46 Miami - Ohio            17 21.3
 39%  23 Arizona                 31 25.7,    16 Washington              28 32.6
 38%  61 Fresno State            31 21.5,    39 Brigham Young           21 27.3
 33% 101 Bowling Green           35 17.0,    80 Ohio                     7 24.3
 27%  15 Georgia                 28 20.9,    10 Louisiana State         27 29.7
 23%  95 Illinois                13  8.4,    67 Northwestern            10 24.6
 20%  33 North Carolina State    38 27.5,     4 Syracuse                17 40.2

  results by prob (number of games, actual/expected):
               50%-59%  60%-69%  70%-79%  80%-89%  90%-99%     100%
                3 1.26  11 1.13  18 1.10  12 1.18   6 1.09   0 0.00

  total results (num_games,num_right,num_right/expected):  50  43 1.13

  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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