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There are a lot of statistical models and programmers trying to unlock some predictive power in numbers to help predict games.
WhatIfSports has a unique prediction engine. It creates a full box score for every game and every click of the “play it” button. So there is something behind these predictions.
To double down the “accuracy” or precision, WhatIfSports runs its simulation 501 times. They did this for every game this season and came away with an 80 percent winning percentage. So maybe this should have some stock.
In all those 501 simulations for Monday’s National Championship Game, WhatIfSports has a winner . . .
Clemson won 54.5 percent of the simulated games. That would suggest the Tigers should be more of a favorite based on this simulation engine.
The good news for college football fans is that even though the Tigers won more of the simulations, they did not do it by much. The average score was 26.1-25.9 in Clemson’s favor. That should mean Alabama will more than likely give Clemson a good game — or maybe the other way around.
The good news is, the game is not played on paper or on simulation engines. It will be played in Glendale at University of Phoenix Stadium on Monday.
