HOW
ACCURATE IS THE EARLY BIRD PREVIEW?
When
measuring the Early Bird Preview that
comes out every season just after
Thanksgiving, how close have we come
to predicting what the AP Poll releases
in August? Very close! In three of
the last five years, the Early Bird
Preview has nailed 9 out of the Top
10 teams. The two aspects that change
the poll are players that declare
early for the NFL and the bowl game
results. But neither has proven to
drastically change the rankings. So
scoff away at this poll being way
too early, but the precision is well
reflected. The depth charts are extremely
accurate (we even log the number of
starts for each player) and this is
what makes the predicting so easy.
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