Sunday, November 17, 2019

Weekly Playoff Probabilities - Week 12

As always, explanation here, ranking below, thoughts after.

Rank Team Agg Rank CFP Prob Change
1  Ohio State 1 93.08% -1.7%
2  Clemson 3 90.43% 4.2%
3  LSU 4 85.77% 1.2%
4  Georgia 5 30.55% 13.2%
5  Oklahoma 6 20.57% 2.4%
6  Penn State 7 19.50% -0.3%
7  Oregon 8 18.99% -4.5%
8  Utah 13 11.18% 2.4%
9  Alabama 2 10.35% -2.9%
10  Florida 9 7.59% 1.2%
11  Baylor 21 3.70% -6.3%
12  Notre Dame 14 3.17% 0.6%
13  Minnesota 19 2.86% -6.3%
14  Michigan 10 1.45% 0.4%
15  Wisconsin 12 0.81% -0.8%

1.  A complete lack of high-end upsets means that very little changes this week.  Georgia passes a big test so they climb.  Baylor and Minnesota are no longer undefeated so they both become even longer longshots.  Oregon falls slightly because it's looking more likely that they will have to face a difficult Utah to finish their season, decreasing their odds of finishing 12-1.  And Bama falls a bit not because of the Tua injury (I mean it hurts them in reality, but that part of reality is not incorporated into my model), but because all the other teams got one step closer to finishing 13-0 or 12-1.

2.  Indiana, Wake Forest, and Auburn were all eliminated this week.  Three programs that are all of the same exact quality and import.

3.  Conference races are starting to (mostly) sort out.  Oregon and Georgia both clinched this weekend and LSU just has to beat a putrid Arkansas next week to seal their bid.  Oklahoma and Baylor are all but assured of a re-match for the Big 12 title.  And a number of these top-two teams will face off to possibly decide their divisions in the coming weeks....OSU-PSU, Cincy-Temple, and Boise-USU are this week followed by UVA-VT and Wisconsin-Minnesota after Thanksgiving.

Conference Favorite Perc   Runner-Up Perc
ACCA Clemson 100.0%      
ACCC Virginia 65.9%   Virginia Tech 22.5%
AMEE Cincinnati 91.6%   Temple 6.0%
AMEW Memphis 60.5%   Navy 23.3%
B10E Ohio State 84.9%   Penn State 15.1%
B10W Wisconsin 58.0%   Minnesota 41.9%
B12 Oklahoma 98.2%   Baylor 97.7%
CUSAE Marshall 67.4%   Florida Atlantic 31.5%
CUSAW Louisiana Tech 76.8%   Southern Miss 14.7%
MACE Miami (OH) 74.1%   Ohio 25.8%
MACW Western Michigan 72.5%   Central Michigan 22.3%
MWCW San Diego State 53.8%   Hawaii 45.0%
MWCM Boise State 77.8%   Utah State 13.2%
P12N Oregon 100.0%      
P12S Utah 90.4%   USC 9.6%
SECE Georgia 100.0%      
SECW LSU 99.8%   Alabama 0.2%
SUNE Appalachian State 92.5%   Georgia Southern 7.4%
SUNW Louisiana-Lafayette 98.9%   Arkansas State 1.0%


Week 13 Preview

Home Away Home Win Prob Playoff Teams Lost
Ohio State Penn State 85.0% 0.129
Georgia Texas A&M 80.6% 0.030
Arizona State Oregon 15.6% 0.015
Oklahoma TCU 88.1% 0.012
Baylor Texas 61.5% 0.007
Arizona Utah 7.6% 0.004
Indiana Michigan 24.8% 0.004
LSU Arkansas 98.9% 0.003
Notre Dame Boston College 92.3% 0.002
Northwestern Minnesota 12.7% 0.002
Wisconsin Purdue 94.2% 0.000

As usual, the week before Thanksgiving is not super deep.  But OSU-PSU will be a whole meal itself and there's enough mildly interesting stuff happening elsewhere (including the Group of Five games I mentioned earlier) to make it an above average weekend.

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