In this series, The Only Colors’ self-appointed Chief Data Scientist leads us on a math-based journey through the 2022 college football season. The series starts with some background as well as a thorough analysis of the 2022 Michigan State Spartans’ schedule. The series then continues to analyze the rest of the Big Ten, the rest of the Power Five and the Group of Five. Finally, we wrap up the series with some postseason predictions for bowl games and the year’s first taste of Bad Betting Advice.
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2022 College Football Math-Based Previews
Once again this year, we used a little #math to learn about how the college football season might play out
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October 20, 2022
College Football Math-Based Analysis: Mid-Season Update
Back in the summer, we made some predictions using a little #math. Let’s check back in on some of those picks and maybe make a few adjustments
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August 25, 2022
2022 College Football Math-Based Preview: Bad Betting Advice
Over the last month, we used a lot of #math to make predictions about the upcoming season. Now, it’s time to see if we can use this information to make a wager or two.
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August 23, 2022
2022 College Football Math-Based Preview: Playoffs and Bowl Predictions
We have spent the last few weeks analyzing the races in each FBS conference. Now it’s time to put the pieces together to make some postseason predictions. Also, who’s ready for some Bad Betting Advice?
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August 21, 2022
2022 College Football Math-Based Preview: The Group of Five
While the Power Five conferences draw most of the attention in the summer, there is still a lot of exciting action in those other five conferences. Let’s apply some #math and make some predictions as to the races in the AAC, Mountain West, Sun Belt, C-USA, and the MAC.
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August 17, 2022
2022 College Football Math-Based Preview: The Power Five
How are the conference races shaping up in the SEC, Big 12, ACC and Pac-12? Which dark horse candidate is most likely to break through? We break out the slide rule and give you the results.
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August 15, 2022
2022 College Football Math-Based Preview: Big Ten
The preseason magazines suggest that Ohio State and Wisconsin will meet for the Big Ten Championship in early December. But, the #math paints a slightly different story.
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August 8, 2022
2022 College Football Math-Based Preview: Michigan State
Based on the data from all the preseason rankings, how many wins will the Spartans earn in 2022? How will the season play out and what are the odds that Michigan State adds to the trophy case? We crunched the numbers, so you don’t have to.