Category: College Football
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Alabama hosted LSU yesterday in what was billed as number 1 versus number 2. This is a great way to market a football game, but it completely ignores reality. 6 out of 7 BCS computer polls, which the BCS itself has selected to rank college football teams, had Oklahoma State ranked number 1 heading into…
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Rankings as of 11/6/2011. Previous weeks rankings are here. What a game last night between LSU and Alabama! #FieldGoalsAreAwesome I’ll update the BCS ranks when the new ones come out. Team Rank Change Record BCS Rank Oklahoma State 1 0 9-0 LSU 2 1 9-0 Oklahoma 3 2 8-1 Alabama 4 0 8-1 Kansas St.…
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Rankings as of 11/1/2011. The previous week’s rankings are here. I apologize for not getting these rankings out until today (Tuesday), but we’re likely without power until Friday or Saturday. I’m currently in the Western New England College University Law School library, which has power and heat. Anyway…… There are 5 teams in the SITW top…
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Rankings as of 10/23/2011. Previous weeks rankings here. There are 3 teams ranked in the BCS top 25 who aren’t in my top 25. They are Michigan State, Arizona State, and West Virginia. There are three teams in my top 25 who aren’t in the BCS top 25. They are USC, Baylor, and Georgia Tech.…
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Rankings as of 10/16/2011. Previous weeks rankings here. Team Rank Change Oklahoma State 1 0 Oklahoma 2 0 Kansas State 3 0 LSU 4 1 Alabama 5 -1 Clemson 6 1 Texas 7 -1 Texas A&M 8 8 South Carolina 9 4 Stanford 10 4 Baylor 11 -3 Arkansas 12 3 Georgia Tech 13 -4…
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I’ve been reading a little bit about the BCS computer rankings lately, and, while I’m a huge fan of ratings systems (I have my own for the NFL), the BCS computer rankings make me cringe. The computer ratings, which account for only one third of the overall rankings, are made up of six seemingly arbitrarily…
Stats in the Wild 