Sports analytics from Laura Albert at the College of Engineering
Men’s D1 NCAA basketball rankings Below are Badger Bracketology’s analytics-based Men’s D1 NCAA basketball rankings. This week, Auburn is the top-ranked team, and Wisconsin is ranked 21st. View how all men’s D1 teams are ranked here. 1 Auburn 2 Florida 3 Duke 4 Tennessee 5 Iowa St 6 Marquette 7 Alabama 8 Oregon 9 Kentucky …
Below are Badger Bracketology’s rankings for the end of the regular season (January 6, 2025). Detroit finished the regular season as the top-ranked team after beating Minnesota. The 12 teams in the playoffs are noted below with their seed and conference. The teams with 4 seeds–the lowest seeded divisional champion–are fairly low-ranked. Green Bay finished …
Badger Bracketology’s men’s NCAA D1 basketball rankings are back after a three year hiatus! It felt great to crunch the numbers and write this post. This week, Tennessee is the top-ranked team, and Wisconsin is ranked 20th. View how all teams are ranked here. 1 Tennessee 2 Auburn 3 Marquette 4 Florida 5 Iowa St …
Below are Badger Bracketology’s rankings for December 31, 2024. Kansas City takes the top spot after another win. The NFC North is the top-ranked conference, and the AFC West is the second best conference. The AFC South is the lowest-ranked conference. 1 Kansas City 2 Detroit 3 Buffalo 4 Minnesota 5 Philadelphia 6 Baltimore 7 …
Below are Badger Bracketology’s rankings for December 24, 2024. Kansas City moves up to second after another win. The NFC North occupies three of the top six spots for the second week in a row. 1 Detroit 2 Kansas City 3 Buffalo 4 Minnesota 5 Philadelphia 6 Green Bay 7 Baltimore 8 Pittsburgh 9 Tampa …
Below are Badger Bracketology’s analytics-based rankings for December 17, 2024. 1 Detroit 2 Philadelphia 3 Kansas City 4 Buffalo 5 Minnesota 6 Green Bay 7 Baltimore 8 Pittsburgh 9 Tampa Bay 10 Denver 11 Houston 12 LA Chargers 13 LA Rams 14 Seattle 15 Arizona 16 Cincinnati 17 San Francisco 18 Washington 19 Atlanta 20 …
Below are Badger Bracketology’s NFL rankings for this week. Buffalo falls to 5th after a loss. The NFC North boasts three of the top 7 teams. Houston, ranked 13th, is the lowest-ranked division leader. 1 Detroit 2 Philadelphia 3 Minnesota 4 Kansas City 5 Buffalo 6 Pittsburgh 7 Green Bay 8 Baltimore 9 LA Chargers …
This week’s Badger Bracketology composite Markov Chain rankings are available on the NCAAF rankings tab. The top 25 ranked teams are listed below. Oregon returned to the top spot. Wisconsin finished the season ranked 64th. The College Football Playoff Selection Committee seeded the playoff, the first playoff with 12 teams. “The 12 playoff participants consist of …
Below are Badger Bracketology’s NFL rankings for this week. The top 5 teams remain the same as last week, and Green Bay moves up to 6th. 1 Detroit 2 Buffalo 3 Philadelphia 4 Kansas City 5 Minnesota 6 Green Bay 7 Pittsburgh 8 Baltimore 9 LA Chargers 10 Denver 11 Houston 12 Tampa Bay 13 …
This week’s Badger Bracketology composite Markov Chain rankings are available on the NCAAF rankings tab. The top 25 ranked teams are listed below. Texas became the top-ranked team. Wisconsin is 63rd. 1 Texas 2 Oregon 3 Notre Dame 4 Ohio St 5 Penn St 6 SMU 7 Georgia 8 Indiana 9 Boise St 10 Alabama 11 …