I think everyone agrees that with Alabama’s win over Mississippi State that they should move up to number 1 and my rankings agree.   I’ve got Oregon up 4 spots to number 2 after their  win over Utah. Ole Miss stays at number 3 even with two losses, and Mississippi State drops three spots to…

Deadspin posted this story today: UNC Athletes Were Steered To School’s Sports Ethics Professor.  It’s the latest in the scandal that is happening at UNC academic fraud case related the the athletics department.  It’s an easy joke to make: ethics professor leading the way in unethical behavior.  And this was exactly my first thought.  There is…

Total (weeks 1-11) – SU: 111-49-1 (69.25%) ATS: 81-78-2 (50.93%, -4.8 units)   O/U: 84-75-2 (52.80%, +1.5 units) Week 1 – SU: 9-7-0 ATS: 8-8-0 O/U: 13-3-0 Week 2 – SU: 10-6-0 ATS: 10-6-0 O/U: 10-6-0 Week 3 – SU: 12-4-0 ATS: 9-6-1  O/U: 8-8-0 Week 4 – SU: 7-6-0 ATS: 5-7-1  O/U: 5-8-0 Week 5 –…

A few weeks ago the College Football Playoff (CFP) committee published their first rankings.  That led to this train of though: Wow.  Those look a lot like the AP rankings. I wonder what rankings the CFP is closest too? Where can I get a bunch of different ratings to compere?  MASSEY! So, I downloaded all…

Mississippi State stays number 1 virtually everywhere (including my rankings) after remaining undefeated at 9-0.  My rankings have Alabama and Ole Miss moving up to numbers 2 and 3 after an OT victory over LSU and a blowout win over Presbyterian, respectively.  Auburn moves in the other direction, dropping 2 spots to number 4 after losing…

Total (weeks 1-10) – SU: 102-44-1 () ATS: 73-72-2 ()   O/U: 77-68-2 () Week 1 – SU: 9-7-0 ATS: 8-8-0 O/U: 13-3-0 Week 2 – SU: 10-6-0 ATS: 10-6-0 O/U: 10-6-0 Week 3 – SU: 12-4-0 ATS: 9-6-1  O/U: 8-8-0 Week 4 – SU: 7-6-0 ATS: 5-7-1  O/U: 5-8-0 Week 5 – SU: 14-2-0 ATS: 6-9-0…

Nate Silver and Sam Wang are two of the most popular prognosticators of elections in the United States.  They are also known to be openly critical of each other’s methods.  But now that the elections are over, let’s take a look and see how each of them fared. Wang suggests using the Briere Score to evaluate predictions,…

Originally posted on God plays dice: Jordan Ellenberg on how many states Nate Silver is going to get wrong, according to Nate Silver. (This refers to the elections of US Senators taking place tomorrow.) For each state Silver gives a probability of winning; we can give a probability that Silver will be wrong which is…

Massey has compiled a list of 114 different college football ratings for comparison.  Go take a look at them.  Now go to the bottom and look at the conference rankings.  Scroll across the page and you’ll see that the SEC is literally the unanimous….wait, what?  Only 110 of the 114 rankings have the SEC rated…

Total (weeks 1-9) – SU: 93-40-1 (69.8%) ATS: 69-63-2 (52.2%, -.2 units)   O/U: 71-61-2 (53.7%, +4 units) Week 1 – SU: 9-7-0 ATS: 8-8-0 O/U: 13-3-0 Week 2 – SU: 10-6-0 ATS: 10-6-0 O/U: 10-6-0 Week 3 – SU: 12-4-0 ATS: 9-6-1  O/U: 8-8-0 Week 4 – SU: 7-6-0 ATS: 5-7-1  O/U: 5-8-0 Week 5 –…