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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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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. …