Avani Lakkireddy is a sophomore using data analytics to find patterns and model behavior in college and professional sports in her column “The Data Made Me Do It,” which runs every other Friday.

HOUSTON - Like most HBCU football fans, I’ve always wondered what it would be like to have a predictive analytics tool built ...

Every year, ESPN uses its Football Power Index to predict every single game on the college football calendar. The FPI "is a measure of team strength that is meant to be the best predictor of a team's ...