NFL predictions, 2012-13 postseason

Below lie my unofficial record of the performance of four prediction sites over the course of the 2012-13 NFL postseason, for both picks against the spread and over/under picks. Because picks were recorded mid-week and assessed with respect to the posted spread, they may not reflect the final decision made by each prediction site each week. That said, all had a fairly solid performance this postseason.

Accuscore: 14 wins, 6 losses

Football Outsiders: 7 wins, 4 losses (no picks made for Over/Under)

NumberFire: 12 wins, 10 losses

TeamRankings: 12 wins, 10 losses

For what its worth, there were 6 games in which all the sites agreed on a side or a total. Those best bets went a combined 4-2.  The table with the picks (or a predicted total number of points) is shown below.

Round Favorite Dog Our line/Total FO TR NF  Ascore
1 Seattle Washington 2.5 Seattle Seattle by 1 Wash by 1 Seattle by 2
Baltimore Indy 6.5 Indy Bmore by 6 Bmore by 8 Bmore by 8
Green Bay Minny 7.5 Minn GB by 8 GB by 8 GB by 13
Houston Cincy 4.5 Cincy Hou by 5 Hou by 4 Hou by 4
Seattle/Wash   45.5   45 51 49
Baltimore/Indy   46.5   45 44 44
GB/Minny   46.5   45 46 50
Houston/Cincy   43.5   44 45 44
2 Atlanta Seattle 2.5 Seattle Atl by 2 Atl by 2.5 Atl by 0.5
Denver Baltimore 8.5 Bmore Den by 10 Den by 8 Den by 6
San Fran Green Bay 2.5 San Fran  SF by 3.5 SF by 5 GB by 0.5
NE Houston 9.5 Houston NE by 10 NE by 9 NE by 9.5
Atl/Sea   45.5   44.5 47.5 48.5
Den/Bmore   45.5   45 43 47
SF/GB   45.5   45 49 49
NE/Houston   47.5   48.5 47 52
3 NE Bmore 4.5 Bmore NE by 11 NE by 9 NE by 6
San Fran Atlanta 4.5 Atl SF by 3.5 Even Even
SF/Atl   48.5   46 46.5 51.5
NE/Bmore   51.0   50 48 47.5
4 San Fran Baltimore 3.5 Bmore SF Bmore Bmore
SF/Bmore   47.5   44 44 46
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