TOP 40----WEEK 6

[tigerbait99]

WEEK 6 TOP 40----------(RATING)
01. Oklahoma-------------(91.86)
02. Miami-------------------(90.92)
03. Texas------------------(89.23)
04. Southern Cal---------(88.59)
05. Ohio State------------(86.98)
06. Virginia-----------------(86.95)
07. Georgia----------------(86.23)
08. LSU---------------------(85.62)
09. Florida State----------(85.59)
10. Tennessee------------(85.51)
11. Auburn-----------------(85.48)
12. Purdue-----------------(85.47)
13. Cal----------------------(84.91)
14. Utah--------------------(84.89)
15. Michigan---------------(84.72)
16. West Virginia---------(84.39)
17. Wisconsin-------------(83.18)
18. Notre Dame-----------(82.88)
19. Florida-----------------(82.15)
20. Louisville--------------(82.13)
21. Minnesota-------------(82.12)
22. Arizona State---------(81.55)
23. Fresno State----------(78.16)
24. Southern Miss--------(77.77)
25. Oklahoma State------(76.84)
26. Arkansas---------------(76.22)
27. Maryland---------------(76.02)
28. Boise State------------(75.37)
29. Texas Tech------------(74.81)
30. Texas A&M------------(74.26)
31. Colorado---------------(74.12)
32. NC State---------------(73.06)
33. Missouri----------------(73.04)
34. Nebraska--------------(72.46)
35. South Carolina-------(70.95)
36. South Florida----------(70.52)
37. Stanford----------------(70.11)
38. Virginia Tech-----------(70.03)
39. Wake Forest----------(69.89)
40. Kansas State----------(69.72)

Formula components:
- AP Poll Ranking
- Coaches Poll Ranking
- My own personal rankings
- My SOS rankings
- collegebcs.com SOS rankings
- Quality wins (based on the average of the AP and Coaches poll rankings)
- Number of home games
- Number of road games
- Margin of vicotry
- Margin of loss
- Timing of big games (playing ranked teams on consecutive weeks earns a larger point value)
- Record

[YbrikTCU]

A quick question: Why do you figure number of home games and number of away games into your ranking at all? I can't see how that could possibly have an effect on how good a team is. Maybe I could understand if there's a case that a team wins every game on its own turf, and loses every other game, and they've played almost all home games at a certain point in the season, but I can't really imagine this would be the case.

[JaxHawk06]

I don't get why margin of victory/ loss is in there either

[tigerbait99]

YbrikTCU said:

A quick question: Why do you figure number of home games and number of away games into your ranking at all? I can't see how that could possibly have an effect on how good a team is. Maybe I could understand if there's a case that a team wins every game on its own turf, and loses every other game, and they've played almost all home games at a certain point in the season, but I can't really imagine this would be the case.

It factors partially into SOS, and into Margin of Victory/Loss.

[tigerbait99]

JaxHawk06 said:

I don't get why margin of victory/ loss is in there either

Look at this way. If at the end of the season you have two teams that are undefeated, and they are about even in SOS, this can help determine who is #1.

team----record-----avg margin of victory--sos ranking
TEAM A--(12-0)---------------17--------------------25
TEAM B--(12-0)----------------3---------------------21
*If these are the top 2 teams in the nation...who do you put at number 1?
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team----record-----avg margin of loss--sos ranking
TEAM C--(11-1)---------------21-----------------17
TEAM D--(11-1)----------------1------------------18
*If these are the top 2 teams in the nation...who do you put at number 1?
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Margin of victory/loss does not play a large role in my formula, it serves more as a tie breaker.