Sports analytics from Laura Albert at the College of Engineering
The National Football League (NFL) introduced new kickoff rules in 2024 called the “dynamic kickoff.” The new rules changed the alignment of the kicking team and the receiving team and introducing a “landing zone” between the receiving team’s goal line and 20 yard line. The new rules also changed onside kicks. Instead of a team …
This week’s Badger Bracketology composite Markov Chain rankings are available on the NCAAF rankings tab. The top 25 ranked teams are listed below. The top four teams are the same as last week. Seven of the top 25 teams are in the Big 10 conference. 1 Texas 2 Alabama 3 Georgia 4 Tennessee 5 Ohio St …
Below are Badger Bracketology’s NFL rankings after two weeks of games. 1 New Orleans 2 Pittsburgh 3 Buffalo 4 Tampa Bay 5 LA Chargers 6 Minnesota 7 Seattle 8 Kansas City 9 Houston 10 San Francisco 11 Arizona 12 New England 13 Philadelphia 14 Dallas 15 Atlanta 16 Las Vegas 17 Green Bay 18 Detroit …
This week’s Badger Bracketology composite Markov Chain rankings are available on the NCAAF rankings tab. The top 25 ranked teams are listed below. 1 Texas 2 Alabama 3 Georgia 4 Tennessee 5 Oregon 6 Ohio St 7 Missouri 8 Mississippi 9 USC 10 Penn St 11 Oklahoma 12 Notre Dame 13 Kansas St 14 Miami FL …
I’m excited to announce the return of Badger Bracketology after hiatus of about a year and a half during which I took on several leadership positions. With more time now to dedicate to my passions including sports analytics and bracketology, I’m thrilled to return to this platform. You can expect weekly updates featuring college football …
The Badger Bracketology composite Markov Chain rankings for the end of the regular season for the 2022 season are available on the NCAAF rankings tab. The top 25 ranked teams are listed below. Georgia finishes as the top ranked team after winning the national championship. Wisconsin finishes 61st. Four Big Ten teams ended the season …
Below are Badger Bracketology’s NFL rankings for the end of the regular season. The seeds are listed next to the teams in the playoffs. The top seeds in the NFC and AFC are ranked second and third, respectively. Detroit is ranked 9th and is the highest ranked team to not make the playoffs. Tampa Bay …
Below are Badger Bracketology’s NFL rankings. The Packers have moved up to 10th and the Bears are the ranked second to last. 1 Buffalo 2 Philadelphia 3 Dallas 4 Kansas City 5 San Francisco 6 Cincinnati 7 Baltimore 8 Minnesota 9 LA Chargers 10 Green Bay 11 Detroit 12 NY Giants 13 Miami 14 Jacksonville …
Below are Badger Bracketology’s NFL rankings. The top 7 teams are ranked the same as last week. 1 Philadelphia 2 Buffalo 3 Dallas 4 Kansas City 5 Minnesota 6 Cincinnati 7 Baltimore 8 San Francisco 9 Miami 10 NY Jets 11 New England 12 Tennessee 13 Seattle 14 NY Giants 15 Tampa Bay 16 Detroit …
The Badger Bracketology composite Markov Chain rankings for the end of the regular season for the 2022 season (including conference championship games) are available on the NCAAF rankings tab. The four teams selected for the College Football Playoff are Georgia, Michigan, TCU, and the Ohio State. Those are also our top four ranked teams. The …