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Wednesday, May 27, 2015

2015-2016 NFL Win Totals

Originally posted Wednesday, May 27, 2015 at probabilis.blogspot.com

Here are the MDS Model's win total over/under picks for the 2015-2016 NFL season. The calculations are pretty simple: I used the Composite component my model (which is a composite (thus the name) of the Matrix component (only takes into accounts wins and losses) and the Pyth component (strength-of-opponent adjusted Pythagorean expectation)) to determine a win probability for each matchup, and then summed each team's schedule to predict their number of wins. The standard deviation in a team's wins is 2, which was determined both mathematically and via a short simulation (which then allows me to estimate the probability each pick (over or under) is correct).


Win totals were gathered from this article, and are updated as of May 8.


DivisionTeamProjected 1stTeamProjected 2ndTeamProjected 3rdTeamProjected 4th
NFC EastDALPredicted10.26PHIPredicted9.56NYGPredicted7.17WSHPredicted5.31
O/U9.5O/U9.5O/U8O/U6
PickOverPickOverPickUnderPickUnder
Prob64.76%Prob51.24%Prob66.16%Prob63.43%
NFC WestSEAPredicted11.69ARIPredicted8.71SFPredicted7.33STLPredicted6.79
O/U11O/U8.5O/U7.5O/U8
PickOverPickOverPickUnderPickUnder
Prob63.56%Prob54.23%Prob53.42%Prob72.68%
NFC NorthGBPredicted10.39DETPredicted8.50MINPredicted6.37CHIPredicted5.62
O/U11O/U8.5O/U7O/U7
PickUnderPickOverPickUnderPickUnder
Prob61.92%Prob50.09%Prob62.38%Prob75.55%
NFC SouthNOPredicted8.49CARPredicted7.86ATLPredicted7.85TBPredicted4.81
O/U9O/U8.5O/U8O/U6
PickUnderPickUnderPickUnderPickUnder
Prob59.99%Prob62.61%Prob53.06%Prob72.33%
AFC EastNEPredicted11.75BUFPredicted9.31MIAPredicted8.52NYJPredicted5.84
O/U10.5O/U8.5O/U9O/U7
PickOverPickOverPickUnderPickUnder
Prob73.47%Prob65.75%Prob59.44%Prob71.91%
AFC WestDENPredicted10.91KCPredicted9.54SDPredicted8.32OAKPredicted4.24
O/U10O/U8.5O/U8O/U5.5
PickOverPickOverPickOverPickUnder
Prob67.49%Prob69.82%Prob56.29%Prob73.52%
AFC NorthBALPredicted9.29PITPredicted8.64CINPredicted8.28CLEPredicted6.25
O/U9O/U8.5O/U8.5O/U6.5
PickOverPickOverPickUnderPickUnder
Prob55.79%Prob52.88%Prob54.43%Prob54.89%
AFC SouthINDPredicted10.21HOUPredicted9.26JACPredicted4.56TENPredicted4.35
O/U10.5O/U8.5O/U5.5O/U5.5
PickUnderPickOverPickUnderPickUnder
Prob55.73%Prob64.76%Prob68.06%Prob71.76%

For what it's worth, I went 16-15-1 two years ago, when I only used each team's straight Pythagorean expectations. The MDS Model takes into account a lot more factors than that of two years ago.

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