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stevenehrbarTop 35 teams in college football
Human count: Points equal to (51-rank) are assigned to teams ranked in the four major human polls (AP, USA Today, Harris, or Master Coaches') in proportion to their rank on the polls. Unranked teams also receiving at least one vote in a human poll are given a virtual rank in that poll, starting with 26th position and extending as far as the 50th, in order of number of points received on that poll.
Computer Count: Points equal to (51-rank) are assigned to the top fifty teams in each of eight computer ranking systems (Anderson & Hester, Richard Billingsley, Colley Matrix, Kenneth Massey, Massey with MOV, Jeff Sagarin's ELO-CHESS, Jeff Sagarin's PREDICTOR, and Peter Wolfe). Six are pure win-loss systems, while Massey with MOV accounts for margin of victory and PREDICTOR is pure margin-of-victory.
Final count: Points for all twelve systems are totaled, and teams ranked in order. Ties are broken in the order which the tied teams are ranked on Jeff Sagarin's RATING, a synthesis of ELO-CHESS and PREDICTOR.
Of note is Hawaii's low rank. All the human polls put Hawaii in the top 15 teams, as does the Peter Wolfe system. On the other hand, the other seven rating systems put Hawaii at #30 or below; the Kenneth Massey algorithm doesn't even put Hawaii in the top 50. This seems to be purely a function of Hawaii's weak schedule; across all eight computer systems, none of Hawaii's victories are over a team currently ranked by that system better than 79th. The computers are merciless.
- Ohio State
- LSU
- Oregon
- Kansas
- Oklahoma
- Arizona State
- West Virginia
- Missouri
- Boston College
- Georgia
- Virginia Tech
- Connecticut
- Michigan
- Florida
- Auburn
- USC
- Texas
- Clemson
- Alabama
- Virginia
- Boise State
- Penn State
- Tennessee
- Florida State
- South Florida
- Kentucky
- California
- Hawaii
- Cincinnati
- Illinois
- Wake Forest
- Arkansas
- Wisconsin
- South Carolina
- Purdue
Human count: Points equal to (51-rank) are assigned to teams ranked in the four major human polls (AP, USA Today, Harris, or Master Coaches') in proportion to their rank on the polls. Unranked teams also receiving at least one vote in a human poll are given a virtual rank in that poll, starting with 26th position and extending as far as the 50th, in order of number of points received on that poll.
Computer Count: Points equal to (51-rank) are assigned to the top fifty teams in each of eight computer ranking systems (Anderson & Hester, Richard Billingsley, Colley Matrix, Kenneth Massey, Massey with MOV, Jeff Sagarin's ELO-CHESS, Jeff Sagarin's PREDICTOR, and Peter Wolfe). Six are pure win-loss systems, while Massey with MOV accounts for margin of victory and PREDICTOR is pure margin-of-victory.
Final count: Points for all twelve systems are totaled, and teams ranked in order. Ties are broken in the order which the tied teams are ranked on Jeff Sagarin's RATING, a synthesis of ELO-CHESS and PREDICTOR.
Of note is Hawaii's low rank. All the human polls put Hawaii in the top 15 teams, as does the Peter Wolfe system. On the other hand, the other seven rating systems put Hawaii at #30 or below; the Kenneth Massey algorithm doesn't even put Hawaii in the top 50. This seems to be purely a function of Hawaii's weak schedule; across all eight computer systems, none of Hawaii's victories are over a team currently ranked by that system better than 79th. The computers are merciless.
