Last years Gridiron Power Index vs Playoff Bracket

[WTFCollegefootballfan]

Here is link to the 2014 Gridiron Power Index, and the 2014 playoff bracket. You can use this to compare.

http://www.collegesportingnews.com/articles/20141125gpi.htm

http://www.ncaa.com/interactive-bracket/football/fcs

[ursus arctos horribilis]

What are we comparing? Who made it in?

[WTFCollegefootballfan]

What are we comparing? Who made it in?
Comparing last years Gridiron power index to last years bracket. Somebody was asking how accurate it was.

[JSUSoutherner]

Well it got ISUr and NDSU right, we were wayyyyyyy off. Lol

[ElCid]

Well, I am trying to keep busy to take my mind off the tragedy.

To see how the pre-playoff GPI compared to the actual playoff field last year.

I listed all teams which had 7 wins or better (trying to be sensitive to the conf which had no chance of at larges even with 9-2 records). I listed all top 25 GPI regardless of record. All other teams deleted. Green are the seeds. Gray are the other playoff teams. Orange are Ivy, not eligible. With a 12 game season, 8 wins was obviously the magic number...except for Indiana St.




Rank
Team
Conf
W-L
Seed


1
N Dakota St
MVFC
11-1
2


2
Illinois St
MVFC
10-1
5


3
Jacksonville St
OVC
10-1
3


4
Northern Iowa
MVFC
8-4



5
New Hampshire
CAA
10-1
1


6
E Washington
BSC
10-2
4


7
S Dakota St
MVFC
8-4



8
Villanova
CAA
10-2
6


9
Coastal Carolina
BSo
11-1
7


10
Chattanooga
SC
9-3
8


11
Harvard
Ivy
10-0



12
Indiana St
MVFC
7-5



13
SE Louisiana
SLC
9-3



14
Montana
BSC
8-4



15
Youngstown St
MVFC
7-5



16
James Madison
CAA
9-3



17
Fordham
PL
10-2



18
Liberty
BSo
8-4



19
Sam Houston St
SLC
8-4



20
S Illinois
MVFC
6-6



21
Idaho St
BSC
8-4



22
Richmond
CAA
8-4



23
W Illinois
MVFC
5-7



24
E Kentucky
OVC
9-3



25
Montana St
BSC
8-4



27
Samford
SC
7-4



28
SF Austin
SLC
8-4



29
Charleston So
BSo
8-4



30
Cal Poly
BSC
7-5



31
Dartmouth
Ivy
8-2



33
William & Mary
CAA
7-5



34T
Sacred Heart
NEC
9-2



37
Bryant
NEC
8-3



38
Yale
Ivy
8-2



39
W Carolina
SC
7-5



42T
Bethune-Cookman
MEAC
9-3



44T
Albany
CAA
7-5



44T
Sacramento St
BSC
7-5



46
NC A&T
MEAC
9-3



47
Lamar
SLC
8-4



48
S Carolina St
MEAC
8-4



49
Northern Arizona
BSC
7-5



51
Bucknell
PL
8-3



53T
Alcorn St
SWAC
9-3



58
Wagner
NEC
7-4



62
Jacksonville
PFL
9-2



64
NC Central
MEAC
7-5



67
Morgan St
MEAC
7-5



74
Southern Univ
SWAC
8-3



77
San Diego
PFL
9-2



77
San Diego
PFL
9-2



78
Grambling
SWAC
7-4



85
Alabama St
SWAC
7-5



88
Drake
PFL
7-4



93
Dayton
PFL
8-3

[ursus arctos horribilis]

Comparing last years Gridiron power index to last years bracket. Somebody was asking how accurate it was.

Got it. It was done last year when playoffs rolled around is why I asked. People always compare how all the different polls, GPI, and so forth do in predicting the field. I think the AGS poll has missed one team each of the last at least 6 years. As far as where teams are placed in the poll and their power in the playoffs I don't know which one is the best predictor but the AGS Poll doesn't get beat normally and I think the streak is actually closer to 10 years, maybe 9 out of 10, I can't remember.

[Hammersmith]

Only looking at GPI and AGS. Two scores.

1. Seeding: 1pt for every spot off (lower score is better)
AGS: 8pts
GPI: 16pts

2. Picking the field (1pt for every correct at large - higher is better - max score of 13)
AGS: 12pts (missed SFA; had ISUo)
GPI: 10pts (missed EKU, Mont St, SFA; had YSU, SIU, ISUo)

[JALMOND]

Myself, I haven't followed the GPI since 2006. xnonono2x

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