Computer Rating System Prediction Results for College Football (NCAA IA)
2014 Season Totals
Through 2015-01-13
Rank |
System |
Pct. Correct |
Against Spread |
Absolute Error |
Bias |
Mean Square Error |
games |
suw |
sul |
atsw |
atsl |
1 | Billingsley | 0.71842 | 0.51892 | 13.5835 | 0.0035 | 299.722 | 760 | 546 | 214 | 384 | 356 |
2 | Stephen Kerns | 0.70516 | 0.48725 | 13.7344 | -0.0158 | 293.368 | 736 | 519 | 217 | 344 | 362 |
3 | Sportrends | 0.68516 | 0.51347 | 14.3373 | 0.0255 | 332.841 | 667 | 457 | 210 | 324 | 307 |
4 | Massey Ratings | 0.70388 | 0.50799 | 13.2848 | -0.0307 | 282.541 | 618 | 435 | 183 | 286 | 277 |
5 | NutShell Sports | 0.70844 | 0.51034 | 14.0085 | 0.0378 | 316.792 | 758 | 537 | 221 | 370 | 355 |
6 | Least Squares w/ HFA | 0.66667 | 0.53221 | 15.4541 | 0.0537 | 375.347 | 369 | 246 | 123 | 190 | 167 |
7 | PointShare | 0.65517 | 0.50896 | 13.8665 | -0.0945 | 302.334 | 580 | 380 | 200 | 284 | 274 |
8 | MDS Model | 0.70821 | 0.50452 | 13.8981 | 0.0988 | 309.047 | 682 | 483 | 199 | 335 | 329 |
9 | FEI Projections | 0.68775 | 0.50983 | 13.7747 | 0.1225 | 302.117 | 759 | 522 | 237 | 363 | 349 |
10 | Covers.com | 0.69868 | 0.52869 | 13.7098 | -0.2118 | 303.723 | 760 | 531 | 229 | 387 | 345 |
11 | Donchess Inference | 0.69789 | 0.50475 | 13.4660 | 0.2313 | 286.376 | 758 | 529 | 229 | 372 | 365 |
12 | CPA Retro | 0.68684 | 0.48919 | 14.2134 | 0.2496 | 312.580 | 760 | 522 | 238 | 362 | 378 |
13 | Laz Index | 0.70921 | 0.51081 | 13.2391 | 0.2984 | 276.767 | 760 | 539 | 221 | 378 | 362 |
14 | Dave Congrove | 0.73289 | 0.48919 | 13.7505 | 0.3377 | 306.783 | 760 | 557 | 203 | 362 | 378 |
15 | Payne Power Ratings | 0.72859 | 0.51626 | 13.3595 | 0.3545 | 282.559 | 759 | 553 | 206 | 381 | 357 |
16 | Billingsley+ | 0.73158 | 0.52162 | 13.1733 | 0.3666 | 279.161 | 760 | 556 | 204 | 386 | 354 |
17 | NutShell Combo | 0.70862 | 0.50984 | 13.4495 | 0.4232 | 290.404 | 580 | 411 | 169 | 285 | 274 |
18 | ThePowerRank.com | 0.70485 | 0.50347 | 13.1038 | 0.4475 | 274.416 | 742 | 523 | 219 | 363 | 358 |
19 | CPA Rankings | 0.73421 | 0.50270 | 13.2278 | 0.4700 | 273.204 | 760 | 558 | 202 | 372 | 368 |
20 | Linear Regression | 0.68835 | 0.51124 | 13.5403 | -0.4773 | 287.299 | 369 | 254 | 115 | 182 | 174 |
21 | ComPughter Ratings | 0.70844 | 0.50271 | 13.3354 | 0.4806 | 280.579 | 758 | 537 | 221 | 371 | 367 |
22 | Pigskin Index | 0.73289 | 0.51003 | 12.9658 | 0.5319 | 268.003 | 760 | 557 | 203 | 356 | 342 |
23 | Nutshell Eye | 0.68793 | 0.50543 | 13.5481 | 0.5517 | 294.092 | 580 | 399 | 181 | 279 | 273 |
24 | DirectorOfInformation | 0.72632 | 0.49730 | 13.0280 | 0.5673 | 271.395 | 760 | 552 | 208 | 368 | 372 |
25 | Howell | 0.70580 | 0.51067 | 13.6405 | 0.6208 | 294.962 | 758 | 535 | 223 | 359 | 344 |
26 | Pi-Ratings Mean | 0.71711 | 0.53825 | 12.8105 | 0.6926 | 260.100 | 760 | 545 | 215 | 394 | 338 |
27 | Ashby AccuRatings | 0.72895 | 0.50720 | 12.7790 | 0.7397 | 260.553 | 760 | 554 | 206 | 352 | 342 |
28 | PerformanZ Ratings | 0.69868 | 0.50270 | 13.8622 | 0.7613 | 302.269 | 760 | 531 | 229 | 372 | 368 |
29 | Nutshell Girl | 0.71191 | 0.48006 | 13.7895 | 0.8216 | 306.373 | 722 | 514 | 208 | 337 | 365 |
30 | System Average | 0.72237 | 0.50813 | 12.8553 | 0.8323 | 262.563 | 760 | 549 | 211 | 375 | 363 |
31 | System Median | 0.73026 | 0.51515 | 12.8245 | 0.8342 | 261.095 | 760 | 555 | 205 | 374 | 352 |
32 | Daniel Curry Index | 0.71410 | 0.49932 | 14.3145 | 0.8363 | 323.839 | 759 | 542 | 217 | 368 | 369 |
33 | Beck Elo | 0.70128 | 0.49051 | 13.7305 | 0.8736 | 291.916 | 703 | 493 | 210 | 336 | 349 |
34 | Lee Burdorf | 0.71240 | 0.49388 | 13.6539 | 0.8791 | 292.789 | 758 | 540 | 218 | 363 | 372 |
35 | Thompson ATS | 0.73684 | 0.50676 | 12.6268 | 0.9076 | 253.703 | 760 | 560 | 200 | 375 | 365 |
36 | Born Power Index | 0.71184 | 0.49730 | 13.8917 | 0.9360 | 302.254 | 760 | 541 | 219 | 368 | 372 |
37 | Line (opening) | 0.72032 | 0.52258 | 12.5547 | 0.9453 | 251.703 | 758 | 546 | 212 | 324 | 296 |
38 | PI-Rate Bias | 0.71842 | 0.53134 | 12.9325 | 0.9499 | 266.871 | 760 | 546 | 214 | 390 | 344 |
39 | Super List | 0.69079 | 0.53315 | 14.5572 | 0.9633 | 335.618 | 760 | 525 | 235 | 394 | 345 |
40 | ARGH Power Ratings | 0.72105 | 0.50282 | 13.4951 | 1.0266 | 285.106 | 760 | 548 | 212 | 357 | 353 |
41 | Thompson Average | 0.73158 | 0.50272 | 12.7009 | 1.0303 | 256.739 | 760 | 556 | 204 | 370 | 366 |
42 | Pi-Rate Ratings | 0.72237 | 0.53596 | 12.9560 | 1.0500 | 269.513 | 760 | 549 | 211 | 395 | 342 |
43 | Massey Consensus | 0.72632 | 0.51892 | 13.2187 | 1.0745 | 277.300 | 760 | 552 | 208 | 384 | 356 |
44 | Sagarin Points Elo | 0.72500 | 0.50611 | 13.5198 | 1.0935 | 289.009 | 760 | 551 | 209 | 373 | 364 |
45 | Bihl System | 0.69083 | 0.49451 | 13.4913 | 1.1259 | 282.167 | 469 | 324 | 145 | 225 | 230 |
46 | Atomic Football | 0.72237 | 0.50997 | 12.8997 | 1.1315 | 265.172 | 760 | 549 | 211 | 358 | 344 |
47 | Randal Horobik | 0.73435 | 0.47802 | 13.7360 | 1.1337 | 291.875 | 591 | 434 | 157 | 261 | 285 |
48 | Edward Kambour | 0.72230 | 0.50069 | 13.3239 | 1.1352 | 282.256 | 749 | 541 | 208 | 365 | 364 |
49 | Thompson CAL | 0.73947 | 0.50811 | 12.5749 | 1.1438 | 251.332 | 760 | 562 | 198 | 376 | 364 |
50 | Moore Power Ratings | 0.71731 | 0.49049 | 13.6838 | 1.1843 | 297.639 | 757 | 543 | 214 | 361 | 375 |
51 | Sagarin Golden Mean | 0.72632 | 0.50270 | 13.3905 | 1.2257 | 281.650 | 760 | 552 | 208 | 372 | 368 |
52 | Tempo Free Gridiron | 0.71362 | 0.52589 | 13.6579 | -1.2368 | 309.315 | 646 | 461 | 185 | 325 | 293 |
53 | Computer Adjusted Line | 0.73553 | 0.51323 | 12.5066 | 1.2500 | 250.262 | 760 | 559 | 201 | 291 | 276 |
54 | Line (Midweek) | 0.73262 | | 12.4973 | 1.2580 | 252.051 | 748 | 548 | 200 | | |
55 | Sagarin Ratings | 0.73421 | 0.49662 | 13.0798 | 1.2648 | 270.887 | 760 | 558 | 202 | 367 | 372 |
56 | Dokter Entropy | 0.73026 | 0.49662 | 12.7748 | 1.2805 | 257.344 | 760 | 555 | 205 | 367 | 372 |
57 | Line (updated) | 0.73684 | 0.52335 | 12.4770 | 1.3191 | 249.765 | 760 | 560 | 200 | 269 | 245 |
58 | Sagarin Points | 0.72895 | 0.48579 | 13.0163 | 1.3367 | 271.817 | 760 | 554 | 206 | 359 | 380 |
59 | Brent Craig | 0.70317 | 0.48168 | 13.5186 | 1.3501 | 284.228 | 758 | 533 | 225 | 355 | 382 |
60 | Dunkel Index | 0.72655 | 0.50475 | 13.5828 | 1.4209 | 303.465 | 757 | 550 | 207 | 372 | 365 |
61 | DP Dwiggins | 0.74935 | 0.45179 | 13.6762 | 1.4726 | 293.430 | 383 | 287 | 96 | 164 | 199 |
62 | Laffaye RWP | 0.70000 | 0.54054 | 13.8757 | -1.5578 | 311.392 | 760 | 532 | 228 | 400 | 340 |
63 | Catherwood Ratings | 0.72032 | 0.50140 | 13.6781 | 1.5831 | 296.065 | 758 | 546 | 212 | 357 | 355 |
64 | Stat Fox | 0.72895 | 0.49435 | 13.3711 | 1.8056 | 285.530 | 760 | 554 | 206 | 350 | 358 |
65 | Keeper | 0.71108 | 0.48509 | 13.7401 | 2.0397 | 291.578 | 758 | 539 | 219 | 358 | 380 |
66 | Regression Based Analys | 0.72446 | 0.47841 | 13.8916 | 2.3003 | 309.165 | 646 | 468 | 178 | 288 | 314 |
67 | Cleanup Hitter | 0.70672 | 0.50590 | 14.1761 | 2.3361 | 336.343 | 699 | 494 | 205 | 343 | 335 |
68 | Marsee | 0.69868 | 0.47778 | 13.9921 | 2.6526 | 307.843 | 760 | 531 | 229 | 344 | 376 |
69 | Logistic Regression | 0.68564 | 0.55462 | 15.7456 | -2.8696 | 389.856 | 369 | 253 | 116 | 198 | 159 |
70 | Loudsound.org | 0.69077 | 0.56397 | 13.5236 | -3.1740 | 303.556 | 401 | 277 | 124 | 216 | 167 |
71 | Brent Craig 2 | 0.73088 | 0.47813 | 13.2941 | 4.5184 | 281.048 | 353 | 258 | 95 | 164 | 179 |
72 | Laffaye XWP | 0.69211 | 0.47826 | 16.5209 | 6.7767 | 425.075 | 760 | 526 | 234 | 352 | 384 |
* 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