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A history of our predictions. A model is only worth what its predictions are, so all of ours are made public after games end.

Were the model's chances right?

Every game is sorted by the chance that the Field Theory model gave each team to win. Each bar shows the amount of teams in that prediction range that actually won. When the model's chances are honest, the bar boundary ends up inside the shaded band.

How often the model's favorites won, by the chance it gave them
Model's chance for the favoriteFavorites wonUnderdogs won
90% to 100% (underdog 0% to 10%)96%4%
80% to 90% (underdog 10% to 20%)82%18%
70% to 80% (underdog 20% to 30%)76%24%
60% to 70% (underdog 30% to 40%)63%37%
50% to 60% (underdog 40% to 50%)50%50%
76%Winners picked1148 of 1508 games, not including toss-ups
12.7Average missPoints between projected and final margin among FBS matchups
1522GamesFinal with a pregame prediction, all seasons

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Week 10

7 of 12 winners picked (58%) · average miss 18.2 pts

Tue, Nov 3Correct pick
TeamFair moneylineWinFinal
Ohio−31476%28
Akron+31424%20
Spread
Ohio −12
Projected margin
Ohio by 11.8
Off by3.8
Tue, Nov 3Missed
TeamFair moneylineWinFinal
Buffalo+28326%34
Miami (OH)−28374%31
Spread
Miami (OH) −11
Projected margin
Miami (OH) by 10.8
Off by13.8
Wed, Nov 4Correct pick
TeamFair moneylineWinFinal
Ball State+30325%30
Massachusetts−30375%31
Spread
Massachusetts −11.5
Projected margin
Massachusetts by 11.5
Off by10.5
Wed, Nov 4Correct pick
TeamFair moneylineWinFinal
Toledo−249296%20
Sacramento State+24924%17
Spread
Toledo −30
Projected margin
Toledo by 29.8
Off by26.8
Wed, Nov 4 · Neutral siteMissed
TeamFair moneylineWinFinal
Central Michigan+14141%35
Eastern Michigan−14159%7
Spread
Eastern Michigan −3.5
Projected margin
Eastern Michigan by 3.6
Off by31.6
Thu, Nov 5Missed
TeamFair moneylineWinFinal
UTSA−17463%29
Florida Atlantic+17437%60
Spread
UTSA −6
Projected margin
UTSA by 5.8
Off by36.8
Thu, Nov 5Correct pick
TeamFair moneylineWinFinal
James Madison−24071%54
Southern Miss+24029%23
Spread
James Madison −9
Projected margin
James Madison by 9.1
Off by21.9
Fri, Nov 6Correct pick
TeamFair moneylineWinFinal
Virginia Tech+23530%28
SMU−23570%51
Spread
SMU −9
Projected margin
SMU by 8.9
Off by14.1
Fri, Nov 6Missed
TeamFair moneylineWinFinal
South Florida−15461%17
East Carolina+15439%20
Spread
South Florida −4.5
Projected margin
South Florida by 4.5
Off by7.5
Fri, Nov 6Missed
TeamFair moneylineWinFinal
Nebraska−18965%13
Illinois+18935%24
Spread
Nebraska −6.5
Projected margin
Nebraska by 6.7
Off by17.7
Fri, Nov 6Correct pick
TeamFair moneylineWinFinal
New Mexico−23370%31
Nevada+23330%3
Spread
New Mexico −9
Projected margin
New Mexico by 8.8
Off by19.2
Fri, Nov 6Correct pick
TeamFair moneylineWinFinal
TCU+48117%28
Arizona−48183%29
Spread
Arizona −16
Projected margin
Arizona by 16.0
Off by15.0

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