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NCAA men’s basketball rankings: January 18, 2022

Posted on January 18, 2022

Here are my top 25 composite rankings for NCAA Division 1 men’s basketball on January 18, 2022. My composite rankings use Markov chains and analytics to rank teams. Baylor retains the top spot. Wisconsin is …

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NFL rankings: December 21, 2021

Posted on December 21, 2021

Below are Badger Bracketology’s NFL rankings. Dallas became the top ranked team after Tampa Bay lost (and falls to 4th in the overall rankings). Jacksonville has become the lowest ranked team. 1 Dallas 2 Green …

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NFL rankings: December 10, 2019

Posted on December 13, 2019

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 …

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NCAA FOOTBALL FORECASTS: NOVEMBER 18, 2019

Posted on November 18, 2019

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 …

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On an eight team college football playoff

Posted on October 25, 2019

Laura Albert posted a blog post entitled “We already have  an 8 team college football playoff” over on Punk Rock Operations Research that you may be interested in reading. We will send you there to …

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NCAA FOOTBALL RANKINGS: SEPTEMBER 8, 2019

Posted on September 9, 2019

The full Badger Bracketology composite Markov Chain rankings are on the NCAAF rankings tab. The top 25 teams and the B1G teams are below after two weeks of games. 1 Clemson 2 Alabama 3 LSU …

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NCAA Football rankings: December 3, 2018

Posted on December 3, 2018

The full Badger Bracketology composite Markov Chain rankings are on the NCAAF rankings tab. The top 25 teams and the B1G teams are below. 1 Alabama 2 Clemson 3 Notre Dame 4 Georgia 5 Ohio St 6 Oklahoma …

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NFL football rankings: November 27, 2018

Posted on November 27, 2018

This week’s NFL power rankings are below. The top 7 and the bottom 2 remained unchanged since last week. New Orleans LA Rams Kansas City Pittsburgh Chicago New England LA Chargers Houston Baltimore Minnesota Seattle …

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NFL football rankings: November 20, 2018

Posted on November 20, 2018

This week’s NFL power rankings are below. New Orleans is #1, Kansas City falls to #3, and Chicago rises to #5 🙂 New Orleans LA Rams Kansas City Pittsburgh Chicago New England Houston LA Chargers …

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NFL football rankings: November 14, 2018

Posted on November 14, 2018

The data-driven Markov chain methods I use for ranking NCAA football teams can be applied to NFL football using data. I thought I would give this a try.  My first NFL power rankings are below. …

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