Category: Weekly NCAA football rankings

College football forecasts 2018: what-if analysis for the conference championship games

Earlier in the week I posted my forecast for which teams would make the College Football Playoff based on a simulation of the remaining season and conference championship games. I found that Notre Dame, Alabama, and Clemson to be locks for the playoffs. Three teams are essentially playing for the last spot: Ohio St Georgia Oklahoma …

NCAA Football forecasts: November 26, 2018

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. Notre Dame is in the playoff. Alabama …

NCAA Football rankings: November 26, 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 7 Michigan 8 UCF 9 LSU 10 Washington St 11 Kentucky 12 Penn St 13 Washington 14 Boise St 15 …

NCAA Football forecasts: November 19, 2018

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. The remaining games help us understand possible …

NCAA Football rankings: November 19, 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 Notre Dame 3 Clemson 4 Georgia 5 Michigan 6 Oklahoma 7 UCF 8 LSU 9 Ohio St 10 Washington St 11 West Virginia 12 Penn St 13 Texas 14 Kentucky 15 …

NCAA Football rankings: November 12, 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 Michigan 6 Oklahoma 7 LSU 8 Ohio St 9 West Virginia 10 UCF 11 Washington St 12 Penn St 13 Cincinnati 14 Texas 15 …

NCAA Football rankings: November 5, 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. Some observations when we compare to last week’s rankings. First, we have a new #1 team (Alabama) after Alabama’s decisive win over LSU. Second, Notre Dame dropped from #4 to #5 after beating Northwestern …

NCAA Football forecasts: October 29, 2018

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. The remaining games are important for …

NCAA Football rankings: October 29, 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. Wisconsin tumbled out of the top 25 this week after a loss to Northwestern. 1 Clemson 2 Alabama 3 LSU 4 Notre Dame 5 Georgia 6 Michigan 7 Oklahoma 8 Kentucky 9 Ohio St …

NCAA Football rankings: October 22, 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. Wisconsin is back in the top 25 this week after beating Illinois. 1 Alabama 2 Clemson 3 LSU 4 Notre Dame 5 Michigan 6 Oklahoma 7 Georgia 8 Florida 9 Kentucky 10 Iowa 11 …