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

Preseason Prediction Accuracy (2017-2019)


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

Magazine Rank Total
Score
2019 2018 2017
ESPN 1 368 109 126 133
Athlon 2 382 127 109 146
Sports Crunchers 3 384 121 121 142
DRatings.com 4 390½ 127 114½ 149
Gold Sheet 5 395 130 107 158
Arena Fanatic 6 398½ 132½ 132 134
Media Polls 7 399 131 123 145
Lindy's 8 404 127 120 157
Pick Six Previews 9 405 135½ 119 150½
Phil Steele 10 406½ 121½ 126½ 158½
McIllece Sports 11 408½ 120 132½ 156
Sports Formulator 12 414 136½ 115½ 162
CollegeFootballPoll.com 13 420½ 127 131 162½
compughterratings.com 14 429 140 129½ 159½
Street & Smith / The Sporting News 15 431 134 119 178
Simplified Football 16 443 138 141 164

This page shows the accuracy of preseason magazines' conference predictions for the three-year span 2017-2019 ("the last three years" going into the 2020 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 "2015-2019 (last five years)" table, a "2010-2019 (last ten years)" table, and a "1993-2019 (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)