Sports analytics from Laura Albert at the College of Engineering
Below are Badger Bracketology’s rankings after the end of the season. Congratulations to Super Bowl champion Philadelphia Eagles. Not surprisingly, the Eagles finished first. Green Bay finished 8th. 1 Philadelphia 2 Detroit 3 Buffalo 4 Kansas City 5 Baltimore 6 Minnesota 7 Washington 8 Green Bay 9 Tampa Bay 10 LA Chargers 11 LA Rams …
Men’s D1 NCAA basketball rankings Below are Badger Bracketology’s analytics-based Men’s D1 NCAA basketball rankings. This week, Auburn is again the top-ranked team, and Wisconsin moved up to 9th. View how all men’s D1 teams are ranked here. 1 Auburn 2 Florida 3 Tennessee 4 Duke 5 Alabama 6 Purdue 7 Houston 8 Texas A&M …
Men’s D1 NCAA basketball rankings Below are Badger Bracketology’s analytics-based Men’s D1 NCAA basketball rankings. This week, Auburn is again the top-ranked team, and Wisconsin is ranked 14th. There are eight Big Ten teams in the top 25. View how all men’s D1 teams are ranked here. 1 Auburn 2 Duke 3 Florida 4 Tennessee …
Men’s D1 NCAA basketball rankings Below are Badger Bracketology’s analytics-based Men’s D1 NCAA basketball rankings. This week, Auburn is again the top-ranked team, and Wisconsin moves up to 13th. View how all men’s D1 teams are ranked here. 1 Auburn 2 Florida 3 Duke 4 Iowa St 5 Tennessee 6 Alabama 7 Houston 8 Michigan …
I am revisiting some NFL trends using analytics and data from the 2024 regular season. A few months ago, I blogged about the new NFL dynamic kickoff rules. Now that the regular season is over and the Superbowl slate is set (Philadelphia Eagles vs. the Kansas City Chiefs) I want to revisit the analytics of …
It never amazes me how well analytics can transform a data into information. Below, I display the final, end-of-season rankings from the Associated Press (expert) and Coaches poll (expert) as well as our rankings at Badger Bracketology (analytics). Aside from a few exceptions (Tennessee, Clemson, Michigan), the analytics-based rankings are very close to those made …
Men’s D1 NCAA basketball rankings Below are Badger Bracketology’s analytics-based Men’s D1 NCAA basketball rankings. This week, Auburn is again the top-ranked team, and Wisconsin moves up to 15th. View how all men’s D1 teams are ranked here. 1 Auburn 2 Tennessee 3 Iowa St 4 Duke 5 Florida 6 Marquette 7 Kentucky 8 Oregon …
Below are Badger Bracketology’s rankings after the second round of the playoffs. Detroit falls to 2nd, and Philadelphia moves into 1st place after beating Detroit. The teams remaining in the playoffs are in boldface. 1 Philadelphia 2 Detroit 3 Buffalo 4 Kansas City 5 Baltimore 6 Washington 7 Minnesota 8 Green Bay 9 Tampa Bay …
The end of the season Badger Bracketology composite Markov Chain rankings are available on the NCAAF rankings tab. The top 25 ranked teams are listed below. Ohio State finishes first after winning the national championship game. The Big Ten had a good year, with four teams ranked in the top 10. Wisconsin, who finished ranked …
Below are Badger Bracketology’s rankings after the first round of the playoffs. Detroit remains the top-ranked team, and Philadelphia moves into 2nd place after beating Green Bay. The teams remaining in the playoffs are in boldface. 1 Detroit 2 Philadelphia 3 Buffalo 4 Baltimore 5 Kansas City 6 Minnesota 7 Washington 8 Green Bay 9 …