The Football Analytics Show by The Power Rank and Ed Feng

Mar 12 2025 100 ep. 31 mins 766
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The Football Analytics Show uses data and analytics to make predictions on games and break down match ups. The show covers both college football and the NFL.

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Bracket Wisdom #3: How your brain prevents an optimal bracket

Mar 12 2025 4 mins  
The human brain does not deal with randomness well, as explained in this episode through the light detection experiment. This has implications for your 2025 NCAA tournament bracket. Bracket Wisdom is the daily podcast series on The Football Analytics Show to get you ready to win your March Madness pool. To get my free cheat sheet for filling out your bracket (which you should use f

Bracket Wisdom #2: The top seeds to fade during March Madness

Mar 11 2025 5 mins  
The preseason AP poll is a remarkable predictor of the NCAA tournament despite not having any access to data from the current season. It also can identify overrated teams, and host Ed Feng discusses one possible team for 2025. Bracket Wisdom is the daily podcast series on The Football Analytics Show to get you ready to win your March Madness pool. To get my free cheat sheet for fil

Bracket Wisdom #1: The simple, smart way to fill out your bracket

Mar 10 2025 5 mins  
How well do the college basketball team rankings at The Power Rank predict winners in the NCAA tournament? These predictive analytics are compared to the closing market over a huge data set. Bracket Wisdom is the daily podcast series on The Football Analytics Show to get you ready to win your March Madness pool. To get my free cheat sheet for filling out your bracket, sign up for t

Dr. Nick Giffen on college basketball analytics in 2025

Mar 06 2025 31 mins  
Dr. Nick Giffen, a mathematics Ph.D. from North Carolina State that works at the Action Network, joins me for a wide ranging conversation. Highlights include: His journey to math Ph.D. and then sports betting (1:11). College basketball player and team projections (7:14). The aspect of college basketball predictions that a math PhD does manually (9:50). Mathematical distributio

Evan Miyakawa on college basketball analytics in 2025

Feb 25 2025 31 mins  
Evan Miyakawa, a statistics Ph.D. from Baylor and college basketball analytics expert, joins the show for a wide ranging conversation. Highlights include: How to build a college basketball team now (1:15). Michigan (4:58). Florida (10:24). How the player and team ratings work at EvanMiya.com (12:33). Cooper Flagg of Duke (17:33). Who is Joseph Tugler? (19:50). Surprise team

60 Minutes on the Kentucky Bourbon Trail

Feb 22 2025 6 mins  
We take a one week break from sports to bring you a story of going to the Buffalo Trace Distillery.

Carl Sack on model driven NBA betting

Feb 13 2025 33 mins  
Carl Sack, a professional sports bettor who has gone by NBA Guru, joins the show for a wide ranging conversation. Highlights include: Model driven NBA betting (4:22). Preparing for the NBA season and adjusting on teams (10:19). Data driven situational analysis (17:30). How his model changed with the Luka Doncic trade (27:55). The Football Analytics Show is presented by The Pow

How Regression Impacts the Super Bowl, Part 2: Saquon Barkley

Feb 09 2025 4 mins  
Philadelphia RB Saquon Barkley has crushed it this season, but will his success continue in the Super Bowl. I update previous research that suggested a huge random component in explosive plays. The Football Analytics Show is presented by The Power Rank, a site devoted to predictive analytics for football betting. To get 5-Nugget Saturday, a curated list of bets and analytics, sign

Super Bowl Props MegaPod, 2025, Kansas City vs Philadelphia

Feb 04 2025 49 mins  
Conner Allen and Ryan Noonan of the Move the Line podcast join me for a wide ranging conversation on the Super Bowl and props in particular. Highlights include: Game analysis (1:00). Models vs subjective handicapping in NFL props (9:55). Data driven tackle and assist props (14:04). Chris Jones sack prop (19:34). Isiah Pacheco prop (22:42). JuJu Smith-Schuster prop (29:14).

How Regression Impacts the Super Bowl, Part 1: One Score Games

Jan 31 2025 6 mins  
Kansas City had an unsustainable 12-0 record in games decided by eight or fewer points this season. This episode looks at QB career record in one score games to determine how far Kansas City and Patrick Mahomes will regress. The Football Analytics Show is presented by The Power Rank, a site devoted to predictive analytics for football betting. To get 5-Nugget Saturday, a curated li