Capstone Projects

For the Win: Understanding the Most Important Factors in NCAA Football Outcomes in the 2022 Season

Program: Data Science Master's Degree
Location: Superior, Wisconsin (remote)
Student: Justin Carter

This work endeavors to find the most influential team statistics in NCAA football game outcomes for the 2022 season. It briefly examines a history of the sport, discusses the opportunities it provides, and presents the ten most influential team statistics for game outcomes on a weekly basis, as well as the season overall. In addition to this, this work presents the results of a random forest predictive model incorporating those features.