Computer Rating System Prediction Results for College Football (NCAA IA)

2008 Last Week

System Pct. Correct Against Spread Absolute Error Bias Mean Square Error games suw sul atsw atsl
NutShell Sports0.764710.5757610.0309-0.0138173.370342681914
Born Power Index0.676470.6060610.2794-0.5147180.9813423112013
CPA Rankings0.705880.6060610.6450-0.6391181.9533424102013
Bassett Model0.676470.6363610.3415-0.8268184.1693423112112
NutShell Retro0.735290.6060610.80260.8679185.430342592013
Stat Fox0.617650.5517210.7941-0.6759186.0183421131613
Atomic Football0.676470.5757610.6971-0.5894186.7643423111914
Edward Kambour0.676470.5757610.4726-1.5615188.0773423111914
Stephen Kerns0.647060.6363610.0709-0.1856189.3413422122112
Moore Power Ratings0.735290.5757610.2962-1.2462189.845342591914
Ashby AccuRatings0.647060.4827611.0879-0.9703198.2203422121415
Laz Index0.676470.6060610.8041-1.0918198.2853423112013
Dave Congrove0.617650.4545511.4341-1.4341203.3243421131518
Sportrends0.705880.6666710.2059-1.3765204.7853424102211
Line (updated)0.6176510.9853-0.3676204.812342113
Computer Adjusted Line0.588240.3846211.0588-0.5000205.96334201458
Sagarin Predictive0.558820.5454511.2815-2.0562206.8513419151815
Linear Regression0.676470.4242411.3444-0.8509210.4783423111419
Dokter Entropy0.647060.5151511.3721-0.4938215.4653422121716
Lee Burdorf0.588240.4687511.4147-1.9971218.9393420141517
Keeper0.647060.5151511.1291-0.9532219.0993422121716
System Average0.617650.4848511.3900-1.4259220.1833421131617
Line (opening)0.529410.4333311.5147-0.1029223.4923418161317
Nutshell Girl0.676470.5454511.2347-1.4965224.1453423111815
System Median0.617650.4687511.4129-1.3282224.1683421131517
Covers.com0.735290.4848511.5468-1.4350225.423342591617
Bihl System0.647060.4242411.7526-1.4391226.0503422121419
PerformanZ Ratings0.588240.3333312.2959-2.1112227.2843420141122
Least Squares w/ HFA0.617650.6363612.18762.8982227.5683421132112
Pigskin Index0.617650.5000011.2347-1.7629229.6453421131414
Dunkel Index0.588240.4545511.22760.5665234.7003420141518
Hank Trexler0.529410.2592612.0294-1.9706235.268341816720
Sagarin0.500000.3939412.4206-1.8906238.8633417171320
Massey BCS *0.588240.4242412.0538-1.2015244.7633420141419
Harmon Forcast0.558820.2903212.7941-0.6765247.722341915922
Marsee0.441180.3333312.4118-1.9412249.8893415191122
Massey Consensus0.470590.4848512.4450-2.2138250.3073416181617
Beck Elo0.441180.4848512.8035-1.6400256.4013415191617
Warren Claassen0.558820.4242412.9662-2.0344257.2293419151419
DP Dwiggins0.500000.3636413.1159-1.8865261.4833417171221
ARGH Power Ratings0.441180.4687512.5074-1.9632271.9623415191517
Imes Comprank0.393940.4375012.7585-1.4615273.7353313201418
Anderson/Hester *0.470590.3636413.3253-2.2671275.0713416181221
Sagarin Elo0.441180.3939413.5385-1.6591282.8153415191320
Colley Rankings *0.470590.3636413.6924-2.3741284.9833416181221
CPA Retro0.470590.4545513.5318-0.4588290.7033416181518
Martien Maas0.500000.3636413.9174-2.0291298.2943417171221
Billingsly0.441180.3636413.4662-0.9709298.6483415191221
Howell0.470590.3125013.7788-1.5141313.9383416181022
Super List0.470590.4545513.5421-1.4362318.9793416181518
Wolfe *0.411760.3333314.4550-1.8979322.0463414201122
Logistic Regression0.470590.4242414.8032-1.8697334.7283416181419
Tom Benson0.617650.4545514.8959-5.3247382.8823421131518

* This system does not make predictions.  I make predictions for this
  system by translating it to a new scale that allows for making predictions.



Retrodictive records are found by taking the ratings from the current week
and applying them to the entire season to date.

The ideal system would be one that has the highest correct game decisions,
has the smallest mean error(deviation from the actual game result), and has
a bias of zero.

Mean Error = average[abs(prediction-actual)]

      Bias = agerage(prediction - actual)

      Std. = Standard Deviation of individual game biases