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