ESPN Power Rating for NU
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Interesting. Looks like it projects 8.5 wins. Will be interesting to watch as the season goes on.
also notable that, whilst others show the West as a bunch of fairly evenly matched teams - Neb/Wis/NU/Minn/Iowa reasonably close, the probability of us winning swings wildly, based on what looks like either home field advantage (seriously?) or reputation (Wisc/Neb). They show a nearly 50% spread of win/likelihood for is Wisc as opposed to Minn.
Also shows us more likely to beat Iowa than ILL. Hmmm...
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Isn't home field generally figured to be 3 pts vs neutral field? Would that mean a 6 pt swing between home or away for closely matched teams? Games we are not favored in are all road games and we rare favored for the home games. About what one would expect based on teams being evenly matched.
Cool site. It adjusted for the win and changes some other stats. Now it is showing 8.2 wins.
It shows our chance of winning out as 0%! As a scientist that's s categorically incorrect. If we are 4 and 0 there is always a chance that we could win out. The chance is of course minute right now, but it is indeed there. Bogus science on that number
Good point, our chances of winning out is technically not 0%. I can say with certainty that teams with 0% chance of winning out are Alabama, Michigan, Stanford, USC etc.
To be fair, it says there is 0.0% chance. It could be 0.04%, but they are only going to one decimal so they rounded down.
I actually reposted this so it would be closer to the tom. Another one I would not mind seeing pinned as it will be interesting to look at it after each game.
That is interesting that Michigan is our toughest game left. losing to them would indicate we still could expect a 9 win season. I'll take it.
They munched on South Alabama and survived Southern Mississippi, but as a Huskers fan, it DOES seem like they've been on a big downturn.
I think there was a study that showed a drop off in the year following a coaching change. I think it is to be expected especially when you are replacing a 9 win a year coach.
