How this works: Our model uses the College Football Playoff (CFP) selection committee’s past behavior and an Elo rating-based system to anticipate how the committee will rank teams and ultimately choose playoff contestants, accounting for factors that include record, strength of schedule, conference championships won and head-to-head results. It also uses ESPN’s Football Power Index […]
2017 College Football PredictionsUpdated after every game and new College Football Playoff selection committee ranking (or AP Top 25 poll before Oct. 31, when the first ranking is released) How this works: Our model uses the College Football Playoff (CFP) selection committee’s past behavior and an Elo rating[a][b]-based system to anticipate how the committee will […]
2017 College Football PredictionsUpdated after every game and new College Football Playoff selection committee ranking (or AP Top 25 poll before Oct. 31, when the first ranking is released) How this works: Our model uses the College Football Playoff (CFP) selection committee’s past behavior and an Elo rating[a][b]-based system to anticipate how the committee will […]
Welcome to the latest episode of Hot Takedown, FiveThirtyEight’s sports podcast. On this week’s episode (Aug. 22, 2017), we ponder the Indiana Pacers’ allegations that the Los Angeles Lakers tampered with the Pacers by trying to lure Paul George to L.A. Next, we’re joined by SB Nation writer Bill Connelly to preview college football. We […]
Welcome to the latest episode of Hot Takedown, FiveThirtyEight’s sports podcast. On this week’s episode (Aug. 22, 2017), we ponder the Indiana Pacers’ allegations that the Los Angeles Lakers tampered with the Pacers by trying to lure Paul George to L.A. Next, we’re joined by SB Nation writer Bill Connelly to preview college football. We […]
