Sports analytics from Laura Albert at the College of Engineering
Here are Badger Bracketology’s NFL rankings after the division round playoff games. Teams who are still in the playoff are in boldface. Eight of the top ten teams are still in the playoffs. Three of the four teams moved up from the end of the regular season rankings based on the additional win or two. …
Here are Badger Bracketology’s NFL rankings after the Wild Card games in the first round of the playoffs. Teams who are still in the playoff are in boldface. Eight of the top ten teams are still in the playoffs. Houston is the lowest ranked team in the playoff, and New Orleans is the highest ranked …
These are Badger Bracketology’s end of the regular season National Football League rankings. Baltimore finished the regular season as the top ranked team. Washington is the lowest ranked team. Teams that made the playoffs are in boldface, and teams with a first round bye have an asterisk. Green Bay (6th) is the lowest ranked team …
This week’s National Football League rankings are out. Baltimore continues to be the top ranked team. Cincinnati is the lowest ranked team. 1 Baltimore 2 San Francisco 3 New England 4 New Orleans 5 Seattle 6 Kansas City 7 Minnesota 8 Green Bay 9 Buffalo 10 Houston 11 LA Rams 12 Tennessee 13 Dallas 14 …
This week’s National Football League rankings are out. Baltimore continues to be the top ranked team. Other notable changes: Green Bay moved up to #7, Buffalo moved up to #8, and Chicago moved up to #16. The NFC East continues to contain the two lowest ranked teams. 1 Baltimore 2 San Francisco 3 New England …
The full Badger Bracketology composite Markov Chain rankings are on the NCAAF rankings tab. The top 25 teams and the B1G teams are below. My rankings are close to those made by the College Football Playoff selection committee. A notable difference is that the committee has the order of LSU and Ohio State swapped (although the …
This week’s National Football League rankings are out. Baltimore is the new top ranked team. Other notable changes: Minnesota moved down to #9, Chicago moved up to #18 after back to back wins (from #21), and Cincinnati is ranked second-to-last. Carolina, who fired head coach Ron Rivera this week after a loss to Washington, is …
Below are the teams forecasted to make the College Football Playoff based on a simulation of the remaining season and conference championship games. These are different than the rankings (see this week’s NCAA football rankings), since this list takes the remaining football season into account, including possible conference championship games. I report the teams forecasted to be …
The full Badger Bracketology composite Markov Chain rankings are on the NCAAF rankings tab. The top 25 teams and the B1G teams are below. Wisconsin took back Paul Bunyan’s Axe and moved up to #6! Ohio State remains at #1. 1 Ohio St 2 LSU 3 Clemson 4 Georgia 5 Utah 6 Wisconsin 7 Oklahoma 8 …
This week’s National Football League rankings are out. San Francisco remains at #1. Seattle moves up to #4, New Orleans moves up to #5, Green Bay moves down to #7, and the Rams move down to #12. San Francisco New England Baltimore Seattle New Orleans Minnesota Green Bay Kansas City Buffalo Houston Dallas LA Rams …