CFB Betting Edge

2024 · Week 15 · Sun Belt · backtest — what the model predicted vs what happened, and vs the market

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Week 15 backtest · Sun Belt · 1 games — what the model predicted vs what happened

Straight up

0–10%

ATS vs close

0–10%

Model margin MAE

38.4

Market margin MAE

33.0

→ market was closer (model can't beat the close ATS)

Results — model read vs the final score + how the closing-line lean held up

Marshall @ LouisianaFinal 31–3

Model

pred Louisiana 10.4 · actual Marshall 28

winner Louisiana ✗

ATS vs close

leaned Louisiana -5.0Miss ✗

margin err: model 38.4 · mkt 33.0 · mkt closer

The model beats SP+ but not the closing line (ATS ≈ break-even). “Model−Mkt” is the gap between our projected home margin and the market's implied margin — a read on disagreement, not a profitable edge. Upcoming games have no closing line yet, so the market number marked ~ is the consensus midpoint of the best posted spreads across books.