Superbowl Line Predictions
As I did with the BCS Title Game, here are predictions for the point spread and over/under for each of the four possible Super Bowl matchups. These are taken from my daily rankings page. The whole point of my team ranking system is to predict point spreads for future matchups (i.e. what and how Vegas "thinks"). So this is just a high profile test of the rankings' accuracy.
As I noted earlier in the week, you really couldn't pick a better matchup from my rankings than Patriots-Niners. It's the top two teams, they're evenly matched, and it's the number one offense facing off against the number one defense.
See below for the predicted totals and point spreads. I'll check back over the next two weeks to see how the predictions fared.
As I noted earlier in the week, you really couldn't pick a better matchup from my rankings than Patriots-Niners. It's the top two teams, they're evenly matched, and it's the number one offense facing off against the number one defense.
See below for the predicted totals and point spreads. I'll check back over the next two weeks to see how the predictions fared.
| Superbowl Matchups | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Negative Point Spread Means NFC is Favored | ||||
| Matchup | Probability | Odds | Line | Total |
 NE vs. SF  | 47.2% | +112 | 0.0 | 52.0 |
NE vs. ATL  | 28.6% | +249 | 4.5 | 55.0 |
 BAL vs. SF | 15.1% | +564 | -6.0 | 44.5 |
| BAL vs. ATL | 9.1% | +995 | -1.5 | 47.5 |
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