Computer Rating System Prediction Results for College Football (NCAA IA)
2014 Second Half Totals
Through 2015-01-13
Rank |
System |
Pct. Correct |
Against Spread |
Absolute Error |
Bias |
Mean Square Error |
games |
suw |
sul |
atsw |
atsl |
1 | Dave Congrove | 0.74822 | 0.51471 | 13.5537 | 0.2537 | 300.298 | 421 | 315 | 106 | 210 | 198 |
2 | Payne Power Ratings | 0.73571 | 0.53695 | 13.3613 | -0.7122 | 282.787 | 420 | 309 | 111 | 218 | 188 |
3 | Stat Fox | 0.73397 | 0.51804 | 13.4395 | 1.5538 | 284.597 | 421 | 309 | 112 | 201 | 187 |
4 | Ashby AccuRatings | 0.73159 | 0.53298 | 12.8931 | 0.4325 | 267.211 | 421 | 308 | 113 | 202 | 177 |
5 | CPA Rankings | 0.73159 | 0.50490 | 13.2431 | -0.4419 | 278.176 | 421 | 308 | 113 | 206 | 202 |
6 | Sagarin Points Elo | 0.73159 | 0.51852 | 13.3018 | 0.3586 | 279.550 | 421 | 308 | 113 | 210 | 195 |
7 | Randal Horobik | 0.73016 | 0.48918 | 13.8572 | 0.2977 | 301.681 | 252 | 184 | 68 | 113 | 118 |
8 | Regression Based Analys | 0.72964 | 0.53047 | 13.4853 | 1.9674 | 298.952 | 307 | 224 | 83 | 148 | 131 |
9 | ARGH Power Ratings | 0.72684 | 0.52821 | 13.3901 | 0.6502 | 283.474 | 421 | 306 | 115 | 206 | 184 |
10 | Sagarin Ratings | 0.72684 | 0.54054 | 13.1433 | 0.6402 | 273.734 | 421 | 306 | 115 | 220 | 187 |
11 | Billingsley+ | 0.72447 | 0.54412 | 13.2301 | 0.1147 | 279.158 | 421 | 305 | 116 | 222 | 186 |
12 | Sagarin Golden Mean | 0.72447 | 0.52696 | 13.2197 | 0.7225 | 277.833 | 421 | 305 | 116 | 215 | 193 |
13 | Tempo Free Gridiron | 0.72313 | 0.54110 | 13.6482 | -1.7134 | 314.805 | 307 | 222 | 85 | 158 | 134 |
14 | Thompson CAL | 0.72209 | 0.52451 | 12.9648 | 0.6618 | 266.308 | 421 | 304 | 117 | 214 | 194 |
15 | Born Power Index | 0.72209 | 0.53431 | 13.5026 | 0.3003 | 288.662 | 421 | 304 | 117 | 218 | 190 |
16 | Daniel Curry Index | 0.72143 | 0.52956 | 13.8226 | 0.4498 | 300.269 | 420 | 303 | 117 | 215 | 191 |
17 | DirectorOfInformation | 0.71971 | 0.50245 | 13.0624 | 0.2684 | 273.286 | 421 | 303 | 118 | 205 | 203 |
18 | System Median | 0.71971 | 0.53500 | 13.0895 | 0.3080 | 271.540 | 421 | 303 | 118 | 214 | 186 |
19 | Thompson ATS | 0.71734 | 0.50245 | 13.0860 | 0.6209 | 270.603 | 421 | 302 | 119 | 205 | 203 |
20 | Massey Consensus | 0.71734 | 0.54902 | 13.3133 | 0.4597 | 280.955 | 421 | 302 | 119 | 224 | 184 |
21 | Pigskin Index | 0.71734 | 0.54830 | 13.2424 | -0.0922 | 279.052 | 421 | 302 | 119 | 210 | 173 |
22 | Computer Adjusted Line | 0.71734 | 0.52050 | 12.9596 | 0.8575 | 266.877 | 421 | 302 | 119 | 165 | 152 |
23 | Line (updated) | 0.71734 | 0.52881 | 12.9454 | 0.9477 | 266.800 | 421 | 302 | 119 | 156 | 139 |
24 | Sagarin Points | 0.71496 | 0.49386 | 13.2123 | 0.7641 | 277.773 | 421 | 301 | 120 | 201 | 206 |
25 | Covers.com | 0.71496 | 0.54208 | 13.4449 | -0.2154 | 291.280 | 421 | 301 | 120 | 219 | 185 |
26 | Laz Index | 0.71496 | 0.50245 | 13.3845 | -0.0067 | 282.007 | 421 | 301 | 120 | 205 | 203 |
27 | Edward Kambour | 0.71496 | 0.51225 | 13.3693 | 0.7713 | 283.572 | 421 | 301 | 120 | 209 | 199 |
28 | Massey Ratings | 0.71496 | 0.52344 | 13.3658 | -0.3064 | 285.138 | 421 | 301 | 120 | 201 | 183 |
29 | Stephen Kerns | 0.71496 | 0.51870 | 13.1366 | 0.1153 | 273.012 | 421 | 301 | 120 | 208 | 193 |
30 | Dokter Entropy | 0.71496 | 0.50490 | 13.1026 | 0.8485 | 269.011 | 421 | 301 | 120 | 206 | 202 |
31 | Thompson Average | 0.71496 | 0.53202 | 13.0543 | 0.4857 | 269.285 | 421 | 301 | 120 | 216 | 190 |
32 | Line (Midweek) | 0.71463 | | 12.9207 | 0.8183 | 268.249 | 410 | 293 | 117 | | |
33 | Howell | 0.71429 | 0.51554 | 13.4535 | 0.2227 | 287.045 | 420 | 300 | 120 | 199 | 187 |
34 | Catherwood Ratings | 0.71360 | 0.52538 | 13.6134 | 1.3604 | 286.783 | 419 | 299 | 120 | 207 | 187 |
35 | System Average | 0.71259 | 0.52088 | 13.1091 | 0.3393 | 272.426 | 421 | 300 | 121 | 212 | 195 |
36 | Atomic Football | 0.71259 | 0.53989 | 13.1995 | 0.5819 | 279.655 | 421 | 300 | 121 | 203 | 173 |
37 | Moore Power Ratings | 0.71259 | 0.53808 | 13.6396 | 0.6870 | 296.684 | 421 | 300 | 121 | 219 | 188 |
38 | Dunkel Index | 0.71053 | 0.48395 | 14.0616 | 1.1671 | 309.021 | 418 | 297 | 121 | 196 | 209 |
39 | NutShell Combo | 0.71021 | 0.52463 | 13.7813 | 0.0451 | 303.199 | 421 | 299 | 122 | 213 | 193 |
40 | Laffaye RWP | 0.71021 | 0.54412 | 13.5657 | -1.6667 | 299.276 | 421 | 299 | 122 | 222 | 186 |
41 | Bihl System | 0.70644 | 0.49754 | 13.4685 | 0.7592 | 284.322 | 419 | 296 | 123 | 202 | 204 |
42 | PerformanZ Ratings | 0.70546 | 0.52941 | 13.3664 | 0.6261 | 279.334 | 421 | 297 | 124 | 216 | 192 |
43 | Donchess Inference | 0.70309 | 0.51843 | 13.2076 | 0.2152 | 275.788 | 421 | 296 | 125 | 211 | 196 |
44 | Marsee | 0.70309 | 0.49246 | 13.6603 | 2.1971 | 292.680 | 421 | 296 | 125 | 196 | 202 |
45 | Keeper | 0.70167 | 0.49261 | 13.4968 | 1.4262 | 280.207 | 419 | 294 | 125 | 200 | 206 |
46 | Lee Burdorf | 0.70071 | 0.48894 | 13.7938 | 0.6742 | 300.412 | 421 | 295 | 126 | 199 | 208 |
47 | Billingsley | 0.70071 | 0.53186 | 13.5492 | -0.1508 | 297.315 | 421 | 295 | 126 | 217 | 191 |
48 | MDS Model | 0.70058 | 0.50450 | 13.7147 | -0.2503 | 300.594 | 344 | 241 | 103 | 168 | 165 |
49 | Line (opening) | 0.69928 | 0.52941 | 12.9212 | 0.4988 | 266.518 | 419 | 293 | 126 | 180 | 160 |
50 | Pi-Rate Ratings | 0.69834 | 0.53333 | 13.3813 | 0.2473 | 286.081 | 421 | 294 | 127 | 216 | 189 |
51 | Cleanup Hitter | 0.69825 | 0.50515 | 13.7120 | 1.5798 | 312.911 | 401 | 280 | 121 | 196 | 192 |
52 | PI-Rate Bias | 0.69596 | 0.51232 | 13.3971 | 0.2115 | 284.679 | 421 | 293 | 128 | 208 | 198 |
53 | NutShell Sports | 0.69596 | 0.51117 | 13.9946 | -0.0798 | 311.339 | 421 | 293 | 128 | 206 | 197 |
54 | ThePowerRank.com | 0.69471 | 0.49751 | 13.5498 | 0.1344 | 286.417 | 416 | 289 | 127 | 200 | 202 |
55 | ComPughter Ratings | 0.69451 | 0.50493 | 13.7075 | -0.3436 | 293.888 | 419 | 291 | 128 | 205 | 201 |
56 | Pi-Ratings Mean | 0.69359 | 0.50620 | 13.3662 | 0.0609 | 279.121 | 421 | 292 | 129 | 204 | 199 |
57 | DP Dwiggins | 0.69307 | 0.44086 | 13.8812 | 1.0297 | 293.910 | 101 | 70 | 31 | 41 | 52 |
58 | Brent Craig 2 | 0.69231 | 0.31373 | 16.0938 | 3.1962 | 373.644 | 52 | 36 | 16 | 16 | 35 |
59 | Nutshell Girl | 0.69121 | 0.47304 | 14.1623 | 0.2815 | 323.692 | 421 | 291 | 130 | 193 | 215 |
60 | Beck Elo | 0.69121 | 0.52580 | 13.7541 | 0.4671 | 295.399 | 421 | 291 | 130 | 214 | 193 |
61 | Loudsound.org | 0.68946 | 0.56250 | 13.8176 | -3.4239 | 316.756 | 351 | 242 | 109 | 189 | 147 |
62 | Laffaye XWP | 0.68884 | 0.48515 | 16.2796 | 6.6292 | 413.606 | 421 | 290 | 131 | 196 | 208 |
63 | Linear Regression | 0.68835 | 0.51124 | 13.5403 | -0.4773 | 287.299 | 369 | 254 | 115 | 182 | 174 |
64 | Logistic Regression | 0.68564 | 0.55462 | 15.7456 | -2.8696 | 389.856 | 369 | 253 | 116 | 198 | 159 |
65 | Nutshell Eye | 0.68409 | 0.51741 | 13.8560 | -0.0618 | 310.448 | 421 | 288 | 133 | 208 | 194 |
66 | Brent Craig | 0.68333 | 0.49631 | 13.8749 | 0.6808 | 297.249 | 420 | 287 | 133 | 202 | 205 |
67 | Sportrends | 0.67828 | 0.52260 | 14.0630 | 1.0791 | 309.786 | 373 | 253 | 120 | 185 | 169 |
68 | Super List | 0.67696 | 0.53922 | 14.6757 | 0.3789 | 339.487 | 421 | 285 | 136 | 220 | 188 |
69 | FEI Projections | 0.67458 | 0.50765 | 14.2518 | -0.7838 | 323.376 | 421 | 284 | 137 | 199 | 193 |
70 | PointShare | 0.67221 | 0.50246 | 13.8475 | -0.9520 | 302.783 | 421 | 283 | 138 | 204 | 202 |
71 | Least Squares w/ HFA | 0.66667 | 0.53221 | 15.4541 | 0.0537 | 375.347 | 369 | 246 | 123 | 190 | 167 |
72 | CPA Retro | 0.66033 | 0.48529 | 14.5276 | -0.9322 | 324.421 | 421 | 278 | 143 | 198 | 210 |
* 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