What's the accuracy score mean? Preseason Home Up (accuracy index)

Preseason Prediction Accuracy (2015-2017)


See "notes" following the table for more information on its contents.

Magazine Rank Total
Score
2017 2016 2015
Arena Fanatic 1 407 134 145½ 127½
ESPN 2 414 133 146 135
Athlon 3 416 146 137 133
Cap Heresy 4 422 138 145 139
Pick Six Previews 5 427 150½ 141½ 135
McIllece Sports 6 433 156 147 130
Phil Steele 7 437½ 158½ 148 131
GamePlan 8t 439 157 149 133
Media Polls 8t 439 145 149 145
Gold Sheet 10 445 158 148 139
Lindy's 11 446 157 148 141
DRatings.com 12 453 149 148 156
USA Today 13 456½ 167 144 145½
compughterratings.com 14 471 159½ 154½ 157
CollegeFootballPoll.com 15 474 162½ 150 161½
Street & Smith / The Sporting News 16 478 178 147 153

This page shows the accuracy of preseason magazines' conference predictions for the three-year span 2015-2017 ("the last three years" going into the 2018 season). In order to qualify for either table, a magazine must have been published for every year used in that table.

There is also a "2013-2017 (last five years)" table, a "2008-2017 (last ten years)" table, and a "1993-2017 (all-time)" table.

Tables with more years have the advantage of having a larger sample of data: a single unusually lucky or unlucky year has less impact on the standings. However, tables with fewer years have the advantage of including more magazines: several of the magazines available today were not published if one goes back far enough.

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What's the accuracy score mean? Preseason Home Up (accuracy index)