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

Preseason Prediction Accuracy (1999-2001)


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

Magazine Rank Total
Score
2001 2000 1999
Phil Steele's 1 421 148 130 143
CPA Rankings [Web Site] 2 423 155 119 149
Lindy's 3 431 155 124 152
Athlon 4 445 162 134 149
CNN/SI [Web Site] 5 446 177 125 144
Jim Feist's 6 453 162 129 162
GamePlan 7t 454 165 132 157
Street & Smith 7t 454 180 136 138
Preview Sports 9 455 168 134 153
The Sporting News 10 463 173 135 155
ATS Consultants 11 463½ 158½ 147 158

This page shows the accuracy of preseason magazines' conference predictions for the three-year span 1999-2001 ("the last three years" going into the 2002 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 "1997-2001 (last five years)" table, and a "1993-2001 (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)