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ESPN and TopCoder Run College Football Algorithm Challenge

Posted by Soulskill on from the hail-to-the-victors dept.

Mike writes with a timely link to a story about the ESPN/TopCoder Winning Formula Challenge, a combination of fantasy football and competitive programming. The goal is to write an algorithm to predict the outcome of college football games using a collection of historical data provided by the tournament organizers. The season is broken up into 3-4 week chunks that are used to evaluate the results. Prizes will total $100,000.

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  1. Vegas by Fistacious · · Score: 4, Insightful

    If someone truly came up with an algorithm worth it's salt for predicting football games. Why not just go to Las Vegas and make a lot more than $100,000. :P