Jeff Sagarin's College Football Ratings
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His algorithm is wonkey.
OSU at 3 ahead of Michigan?
ESPNs SOR makes the most sense to me.
In a minority putting us ahead of Okie St
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Meaningless.. he has us above Cincy and tosu above michigan. garbage ranking
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Check out Schedule Strength
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Meaningless.. he has us above Cincy and tosu above michigan. garbage ranking
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Not garbage. It's pure mathematics
Just because ND is ranked ahead of Cincinnati even though the Bearcats won does not mean UC is the better team. Yes, they were better that day, but if the teams played 100 times, ND might win 70 times. That's what his algorithm measures, in effect.
"Pure" "Garbage" Cincy is 12-0 we are 11-1...michigan is 11-1 tosu is 9-2
Having teams with equal records out of order from head to head is one thing, having teams with worse records who also lost head to head ranked higher is F'ing laughable.
Mathematics is great, when everything is standardized/universal... college football isn't!
All teams don't play same opponents in same order, at same location...way too many variables for math to be the way to rank football, especially college football teams.
Math is good to a point and can be used as a guide, but there has to be certain key things that are adjusted for (like head to head results) and until his algorithm can be fixed so head to head play carries VASTLY more weight, this system is pure garbage.