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Georgia Tech Has ACC's Best Statistical Chance At Undefeated Season

Allow Bill Connelly to explain:

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My Outsiders colleague Brian Fremeau tracks something called "Mean Remaining Wins" with his FEI ratings. It asks, basically, the following question: if teams were to play their remaining schedule a hundred times, how many games would they win on average? For the undefeated teams from BCS conferences (sorry--I've just never been able to call them "AQ"), here are their games remaining and Mean Remaining Wins:    

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ACC
Georgia Tech: 5.0 Remaining Mean Wins in six games.
Clemson: 4.6 Remaining Mean Wins in six games.    

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