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