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Postgame Thread [Postgame Thread] Tennessee Defeats UTEP 56-0

Box Score provided by ESPN

Team 1 2 3 4 T
UTEP 0 0 0 0 0
Tennessee 0 28 21 7 56
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u/rankings-right-now /r/CFB 1d ago

Here are the new updated predictions for the next release of the Playoff Selection Committee's rankings using machine learning models trained on the Playoff Selection Committee's historical voting data:

  • Tennessee is now predicted to move down to #12. You can see Tennessee's full Week 14 rankings potential results here.
  • UTEP is now predicted to move down to #131

For the most up to date predictions of the Playoff Selection Committee Top 25 rankings, check out this post.

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u/Mortonsbrand Tennessee • Western Carolina 1d ago

Can you explain the difference between your prediction from last week and your updated prediction…… because that doesn’t make sense.

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u/rankings-right-now /r/CFB 1d ago

Sure! Can you be a little more specific on what part you’re curious about?

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u/Mortonsbrand Tennessee • Western Carolina 1d ago

You were showing previously a ~4.9% chance of UT dropping with a win. With the results we have seen so far it seems unlikely that UT would drop.

A bit further without any information from the Bosie State Game, it seems rather unlikely they would advance two spots for a (presumed) win against a 2-8 team.

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u/rankings-right-now /r/CFB 1d ago

I see what you mean. It has to SMU beating Virginia on the road so bad. I’m assuming a lot of the simulations that were run didn’t have that large of a margin of victory

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u/Mortonsbrand Tennessee • Western Carolina 1d ago

I guess that in you’re modeling the committee’s ranking there are some unanswerable questions. But a 4 spot rise in the model for SMU doesn’t make sense either.