Computer Rating System Prediction Results for Pro football (NFL)
2017 Season Totals
Through 2018-02-05
Rank |
System |
Pct. Correct |
Against Spread |
Absolute Error |
Bias |
Mean Square Error |
games |
suw |
sul |
atsw |
atsl |
1 | System Median | 0.65543 | 0.54724 | 10.4155 | -0.01190 | 183.72000 | 267 | 175 | 92 | 139 | 115 |
2 | Sagarin Points | 0.65543 | 0.54054 | 10.4558 | -0.03290 | 185.54200 | 267 | 175 | 92 | 140 | 119 |
3 | System Average | 0.65543 | 0.54264 | 10.4162 | -0.06440 | 184.47100 | 267 | 175 | 92 | 140 | 118 |
4 | Sagarin Rating | 0.67416 | 0.51351 | 10.4090 | -0.07180 | 185.09500 | 267 | 180 | 87 | 133 | 126 |
5 | Beck Elo | 0.61798 | 0.50579 | 10.9872 | -0.08540 | 200.15400 | 267 | 165 | 102 | 131 | 128 |
6 | Sagarin Golden Mean | 0.67041 | 0.50965 | 10.6027 | -0.09330 | 191.97600 | 267 | 179 | 88 | 132 | 127 |
7 | John Coffey | 0.68421 | 0.56593 | 10.2760 | 0.10050 | 172.76500 | 190 | 130 | 60 | 103 | 79 |
8 | Cleanup Hitter | 0.59551 | 0.50602 | 11.1237 | -0.10060 | 204.75900 | 267 | 159 | 108 | 126 | 123 |
9 | IronRank.com | 0.62745 | 0.48790 | 11.1099 | 0.11620 | 207.15500 | 255 | 160 | 95 | 121 | 127 |
10 | Kalin Ratings | 0.64259 | 0.51765 | 10.5713 | -0.12040 | 187.86800 | 263 | 169 | 94 | 132 | 123 |
11 | ThePowerRank.com | 0.64794 | 0.57087 | 10.4738 | 0.12340 | 186.58000 | 267 | 173 | 94 | 145 | 109 |
12 | Pythagorean Ratings | 0.64045 | 0.52896 | 10.9506 | 0.15240 | 206.63100 | 267 | 171 | 96 | 137 | 122 |
13 | NutShell Sports | 0.63296 | 0.51969 | 12.3032 | 0.16700 | 250.71600 | 267 | 169 | 98 | 132 | 122 |
14 | FF-Winners | 0.65169 | 0.52917 | 10.7828 | -0.16850 | 198.82800 | 267 | 174 | 93 | 127 | 113 |
15 | Sagarin Recent | 0.65169 | 0.53906 | 10.6122 | -0.16930 | 186.29700 | 267 | 174 | 93 | 138 | 118 |
16 | PerformanZ Ratings | 0.64419 | 0.57529 | 10.7469 | -0.19240 | 188.17200 | 267 | 172 | 95 | 149 | 110 |
17 | YourLinx | 0.65873 | 0.56967 | 10.5450 | 0.20880 | 187.49000 | 252 | 166 | 86 | 139 | 105 |
18 | Scoring Effeciency | 0.62172 | 0.50388 | 10.8275 | 0.24070 | 198.28600 | 267 | 166 | 101 | 130 | 128 |
19 | Donchess Inference | 0.68539 | 0.55598 | 10.3114 | 0.24450 | 181.90600 | 267 | 183 | 84 | 144 | 115 |
20 | RP Excel 2 | 0.66160 | 0.50000 | 11.3840 | -0.26620 | 212.08300 | 263 | 174 | 89 | 125 | 125 |
21 | Roundtable | 0.66810 | 0.53953 | 11.5344 | 0.27610 | 220.42600 | 232 | 155 | 77 | 116 | 99 |
22 | ARGH Power Ratings | 0.64906 | 0.57317 | 10.4849 | -0.28300 | 183.26700 | 265 | 172 | 93 | 141 | 105 |
23 | ComPughter Ratings | 0.67416 | 0.52510 | 11.1166 | -0.31590 | 207.86000 | 267 | 180 | 87 | 136 | 123 |
24 | Game Time Decision | 0.66667 | 0.54497 | 10.1760 | 0.33150 | 177.31300 | 213 | 142 | 71 | 103 | 86 |
25 | Covers.com | 0.65169 | 0.51250 | 10.6123 | 0.34670 | 190.26400 | 267 | 174 | 93 | 123 | 117 |
26 | Massey Ratings | 0.66667 | 0.54440 | 10.5366 | -0.35090 | 187.23300 | 267 | 178 | 89 | 141 | 118 |
27 | TheSportsCruncher | 0.66412 | 0.52823 | 10.5767 | -0.36830 | 181.12500 | 262 | 174 | 88 | 131 | 117 |
28 | Line (Midweek) | 0.66292 | | 10.2659 | -0.37830 | 177.41300 | 267 | 177 | 90 | | |
29 | Line (opening) | 0.65918 | 0.52913 | 10.2453 | -0.38010 | 176.41600 | 267 | 176 | 91 | 109 | 97 |
30 | Laffaye RWP | 0.65401 | 0.55217 | 11.1792 | 0.38220 | 212.18900 | 237 | 155 | 82 | 127 | 103 |
31 | Dwiggins | 0.65169 | 0.50388 | 11.1859 | 0.40010 | 215.17500 | 267 | 174 | 93 | 130 | 128 |
32 | Kasulis ESP2 | 0.65918 | 0.50813 | 10.4285 | -0.40070 | 182.76300 | 267 | 176 | 91 | 125 | 121 |
33 | Ashby AccuRatings | 0.64419 | 0.50000 | 10.6406 | -0.40740 | 188.13100 | 267 | 172 | 95 | 123 | 123 |
34 | Daniel Curry Index | 0.66932 | 0.48971 | 11.6259 | 0.43200 | 219.89900 | 251 | 168 | 83 | 119 | 124 |
35 | Sonny Moore | 0.67041 | 0.53282 | 10.9010 | 0.43820 | 200.29300 | 267 | 179 | 88 | 138 | 121 |
36 | Computer Adjusted Line | 0.67416 | 0.56742 | 10.1629 | -0.46250 | 174.99500 | 267 | 180 | 87 | 101 | 77 |
37 | Pi-Rate Ratings | 0.64794 | 0.52964 | 10.6206 | 0.46710 | 192.58500 | 267 | 173 | 94 | 134 | 119 |
38 | Kasulis Enhanced Spread | 0.64045 | 0.50980 | 10.6341 | -0.47080 | 190.05500 | 267 | 171 | 96 | 130 | 125 |
39 | Pi-Rate Mean | 0.65918 | 0.51163 | 10.6250 | 0.47240 | 193.48400 | 267 | 176 | 91 | 132 | 126 |
40 | Pi-Rate Bias | 0.64794 | 0.53516 | 10.6404 | 0.49070 | 192.15000 | 267 | 173 | 94 | 137 | 119 |
41 | Bihl Rankings | 0.71023 | 0.53571 | 10.2747 | 0.49540 | 178.06400 | 176 | 125 | 51 | 90 | 78 |
42 | Line (updated) | 0.67790 | 0.60000 | 10.1124 | -0.51690 | 173.55700 | 267 | 181 | 86 | 99 | 66 |
43 | Stat Fox | 0.65918 | 0.51012 | 10.8278 | 0.57370 | 201.90900 | 267 | 176 | 91 | 126 | 121 |
44 | TeamRankings.com | 0.67790 | 0.52756 | 10.4723 | 0.57790 | 188.67000 | 267 | 181 | 86 | 134 | 120 |
45 | Lee Burdorf | 0.64151 | 0.50391 | 11.5223 | 0.58420 | 221.15800 | 265 | 170 | 95 | 129 | 127 |
46 | Dokter Entropy | 0.65918 | 0.47876 | 10.5888 | -0.63190 | 185.86200 | 267 | 176 | 91 | 124 | 135 |
47 | Turner Rateform | 0.62698 | 0.55144 | 10.9758 | 0.66230 | 206.21000 | 252 | 158 | 94 | 134 | 109 |
48 | Pigskin Index | 0.63670 | 0.51477 | 10.5433 | 0.66350 | 188.51400 | 267 | 170 | 97 | 122 | 115 |
49 | Lou St. John | 0.68165 | 0.53488 | 10.3869 | -0.74580 | 184.21500 | 267 | 182 | 85 | 138 | 120 |
50 | Dan Hanson | 0.60593 | 0.48246 | 11.1208 | -0.75360 | 202.73300 | 236 | 143 | 93 | 110 | 118 |
51 | Stephen Kerns | 0.66667 | 0.52124 | 11.0109 | -0.75460 | 202.88900 | 267 | 178 | 89 | 135 | 124 |
52 | Talisman Red | 0.66292 | 0.47104 | 11.1300 | -0.81340 | 203.41600 | 267 | 177 | 90 | 122 | 137 |
53 | Points Per Game | 0.61049 | 0.49805 | 11.5845 | -0.81520 | 222.12100 | 267 | 163 | 104 | 128 | 129 |
54 | Logistic Regression | 0.63670 | 0.51550 | 11.2099 | -0.84730 | 210.57300 | 267 | 170 | 97 | 133 | 125 |
55 | RP Excel | 0.63878 | 0.47755 | 12.0646 | -0.90110 | 244.19800 | 263 | 168 | 95 | 117 | 128 |
56 | Roger Johnson | 0.66364 | 0.54717 | 10.4587 | -0.95260 | 183.11500 | 220 | 146 | 74 | 116 | 96 |
57 | Dunkel Index | 0.65543 | 0.52713 | 11.6667 | 1.05390 | 221.40800 | 267 | 175 | 92 | 136 | 122 |
58 | LS - w/ team HFA | 0.61423 | 0.47638 | 11.6521 | -1.14440 | 230.81500 | 267 | 164 | 103 | 121 | 133 |
59 | Least Abs. Val Reg | 0.65169 | 0.50000 | 11.0950 | -1.15730 | 203.57900 | 267 | 174 | 93 | 127 | 127 |
60 | ESPN FPI | 0.67416 | 0.50579 | 10.5721 | 1.20760 | 190.22000 | 267 | 180 | 87 | 131 | 128 |
61 | Turnover Adj. regressio | 0.62172 | 0.48263 | 11.2966 | -1.42930 | 207.52600 | 267 | 166 | 101 | 125 | 134 |
62 | Least Squares | 0.64419 | 0.52529 | 11.0307 | -1.47240 | 203.73500 | 267 | 172 | 95 | 135 | 122 |
63 | ProComputerGambler | 0.66667 | 0.50193 | 10.3354 | -1.53520 | 179.36000 | 267 | 178 | 89 | 130 | 129 |
64 | Steven Jens | 0.63529 | 0.47154 | 11.3266 | 1.61140 | 211.03100 | 255 | 162 | 93 | 116 | 130 |
65 | What If Sports | 0.63296 | 0.49020 | 10.9880 | -2.17600 | 197.56500 | 267 | 169 | 98 | 125 | 130 |
pct correct = percent straight up picking winners
against spread = percent against the midweek line
absolute error = average(prediction - actual result)
bias = absolute value(prediction - actual result)
mean square error = absolute error squared
games collected
suw = straight up wins
sul = straight up losses
atsw = against the spread wins
atsl = against the spread losses