12/26/2012 Team Rank Change Record Projected Record ESPN TeamRankings.com SOS Prob Make Playoffs New England 1 – 11-4 12-4 5 4 21 100% Denver 2 ↑1 12-3 13-3 1 1 30 100% Seattle 3 ↑4 10-5 11-5 6 2 5 100% Atlanta 4 ↑1 13-2 14-2 2 6 29 100% San Francisco 5 ↓3 10-4-1…

  Rank Team Strength Record 1 MICHIGAN 81.05 12-0 2 DUKE 80.79 11-0 3 KANSAS 80.24 10-1 4 ARIZONA 79.83 12-0 5 LOUISVILLE 79.59 11-1 6 INDIANA 78.96 11-1 7 PITTSBURGH 78.27 12-1 8 CINCINNATI 78.19 12-0 9 SYRACUSE 77.95 10-1 10 MINNESOTA 77.71 12-1 11 ILLINOIS 77.6 12-1 12 NOTRE DAME 77.32 12-1 13…

Overall Records for 2012 SU: 151-88-1 ATS: 129-110-1 O/U: 123-109-3 Week 16 (11-5 SU, 7-9 ATS, 5-9 O/U) Week 15 (10-6 SU, 7-9 ATS, 11-4-1 O/U) Week 14 (10-6 SU, 7-9 ATS, 5-11 O/U) Week 13 (9-7 SU, 10-6 ATS, 8-8 O/U) Week 12 (9-7 SU, 8-7-1 ATS, 10-6 O/U) Week 11 (12-2 SU, 11-3 ATS,…

12/20/2012 Team Rank Change Record Projected Record ESPN TeamRankings.com SOS Prob Make Playoffs New England 1 – 10-4 12-4 4 3 20 100% San Francisco 2 – 10-3-1 11-4-1 1 2 4 100% Houston 3 – 12-2 13-3 3 4 23 100% Denver 4 – 11-3 13-3 2 1 30 100% Atlanta 5 ↑3 12-2…

Explanation of RIPPEN Week 15   Rank Player Team RIPPEN QB_Rating 1 Matt Ryan ATL 43.4 142.6 2 Tony Romo DAL 39.3 111.3 3 Matt Schaub HOU 34.6 109.7 4 Drew Brees NO 31.3 124.6 5 Ryan Tannehill MIA 30.9 123.2 6 Aaron Rodgers GB 27.5 116.8 7 Ben Roethlisberger PIT 25.4 93.6 8 Cam…

  Rank Team Record Strength 1 MICHIGAN 11-0 80.09 2 SYRACUSE 10-0 79.57 3 ILLINOIS 12-0 79.36 4 DUKE 9-0 78.93 5 MINNESOTA 11-1 78.37 6 PITTSBURGH 10-1 77.65 7 KANSAS 8-1 77.59 8 LOUISVILLE 9-1 77.19 9 INDIANA 9-1 76.99 10 CINCINNATI 10-0 76.56 11 MIAMI-FLORIDA 6-1 76.41 12 ARIZONA 8-0 75.97 13 NEW…

Originally posted on Normal Deviate: Statisticians and Computer Scientists have done a pretty poor job of thinking of names for procedures. Names are important. No one is going to use a method called “the Stalin-Mussolini Matrix Completion Algorithm.” But who would pass up the opportunity to use the “Schwarzenegger-Shatner Statistic.” So, I have decided to…

Originally posted on Lone Star Stats: In preparation for conference play in the 2012-13 college basketball season, here are my conference power rankings. The rankings below are derived from the average grade of the teams in the conference. This list looks at the strength of a conference from top to bottom. The ACC has only…

The BCS Every year, undergraduate super fans follow every pass, every defensive stop, and every concussion of the season attempting to will their team to a national championship.  Alas, it is not meant to be for most.  But fear not, for the powers that be have provided an ample, perennial scape goat for each and…