Since I have a spreadsheet that does all this nifty maths I figured I see how good it was at predicting. I wrote out some new stuff that will be implemented when figuring the week 2 power rankings and that stuff was used to help make the week 2 picks. I will use how well it does predicting to help tune the simulation formula and also just to have fun.
For the picks you will see first the matchup. Then below will be the percentage that the spreadsheet thinks each team has at winning, out of 100%. The game with the closest percentages is deemed to be the game of the week.
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Week 1 - No picks
Week 2 - 69% (Not bad for only one week of data)
Week 3 - 75% (better, but not as good as I thought it would do)
Week 4 - 75% (we'll see how it does with the new formula next week)
Week 5 - 81% (consistent and improving)
Week 6 - 75% (Darn upsets
)
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Week 6
Uganda vs Nile River CORRECT
93/7
Tuscaloosa vs StingTalk CORRECT
76/24
Bombali vs Madagascar CORRECT
90/10
Gambia vs Pretoria CORRECT
96/4
Syechelles vs Kalahari CORRECT
54/46
Equatorial Guinea vs Gabon CORRECT
46/54
Kenya vs Ivory Coast CORRECT
51/49
West Nile vs Eritrea INCORRECT
53/47
Central Africa vs Transatlantic INCORRECT
69/31
Kibwezi vs Sahara CORRECT
83/17
Chicago vs Kilimanjaro INCORRECT
63/37
Tanzanain vs Ghana CORRECT
72/28
Krakow vs Swaziland CORRECT
81/18
Tunis vs Casablanca INCORRECT
62/38
Lacashire vs North Afrika CORRECT
77/23
Namibia vs Gotham City CORRECT
72/28
For the picks you will see first the matchup. Then below will be the percentage that the spreadsheet thinks each team has at winning, out of 100%. The game with the closest percentages is deemed to be the game of the week.
=====================================================================
Week 1 - No picks
Week 2 - 69% (Not bad for only one week of data)
Week 3 - 75% (better, but not as good as I thought it would do)
Week 4 - 75% (we'll see how it does with the new formula next week)
Week 5 - 81% (consistent and improving)
Week 6 - 75% (Darn upsets
)=====================================================================
Week 6
Uganda vs Nile River CORRECT
93/7
Tuscaloosa vs StingTalk CORRECT
76/24
Bombali vs Madagascar CORRECT
90/10
Gambia vs Pretoria CORRECT
96/4
Syechelles vs Kalahari CORRECT
54/46
Equatorial Guinea vs Gabon CORRECT
46/54
Kenya vs Ivory Coast CORRECT
51/49
West Nile vs Eritrea INCORRECT
53/47
Central Africa vs Transatlantic INCORRECT
69/31
Kibwezi vs Sahara CORRECT
83/17
Chicago vs Kilimanjaro INCORRECT
63/37
Tanzanain vs Ghana CORRECT
72/28
Krakow vs Swaziland CORRECT
81/18
Tunis vs Casablanca INCORRECT
62/38
Lacashire vs North Afrika CORRECT
77/23
Namibia vs Gotham City CORRECT
72/28
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