by Andrew | Nov 24, 2009 | College Football Ratings, Football, Other, Sports
Let’s take a quick look at the current CompuDrew ratings. Part 2 of my playoff proposal is below (read Part 1). So based on Part 1, the top 7 6 conference champions make the playoffs, as well as the two highest-ranked at-large teams (I called it a wildcard...
by Andrew | Nov 18, 2009 | College Football Ratings, Football, Other, Sports
Here are the latest CompuDrew rankings. The first part of my playoff proposal is below. Before I detail my playoff system, I should let you know that its biggest strength lies in appeasing all of college football constituencies: the teams, the schools, the...
by Andrew | Nov 9, 2009 | College Football Ratings, Other, Sports
Okay, this is a little embarrassing. I was looking at my formula and I realized that when we get to the end of the season, the combined reward-punishment of both teams playing in a conference’s championship will be negative. Put another way, the ratings would...
by Andrew | Nov 2, 2009 | College Football Ratings, Other, Sports
Not too many meaningful changes in the top 10, except for Oregon jumping up after their win over USC. Texas fans should note that while CompuDrew still has them ranked 4th, they are closing the gap in terms of raw score because their schedule is looking stronger each...
by Andrew | Oct 26, 2009 | College Football Ratings, Football, Other, Sports
One of the biggest controversies of the BCS is that the computers cannot take margin of victory into account. This means the Texas blowout of Missouri (41-7) would be given the same weight even if the Horns beat them by two points on a last second touchdown, or...
by Andrew | Oct 23, 2009 | College Football Ratings, Football, Sports
Do you want to know an intelligent, passionate fan’s perspective on college football? Go somewhere else. In the meantime, here is my computer rating system (my next post will be about my completely reasonable playoff proposal–even Lee Corso is appeased)....
