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Understanding Sagarin (and other computer polls, I suppose)
Posted on 10/24/16 at 10:05 am
Posted on 10/24/16 at 10:05 am
Help me understand this:
Ohio State, at 6-1, has the #40 SOS. They are ranked 3rd.
Clemson, at 7-0, has the #24 SOS. They are ranked 4th.
The gap between Clemson and OSU is 4.76, almost as much as the difference between Alabama (8-0, #11 SOS) and OSU.
West Virginia, at 6-0 vs the #28 SOS, is 15th. This is right behind 6-0 Baylor, at #114 in SOS.
I mean... damn. That's not confusing. I get that scores play a part, but how badly would Baylor need to be beating up on the tiny kids of CFB to be ahead of WVU's #28 SOS?
Ohio State, at 6-1, has the #40 SOS. They are ranked 3rd.
Clemson, at 7-0, has the #24 SOS. They are ranked 4th.
The gap between Clemson and OSU is 4.76, almost as much as the difference between Alabama (8-0, #11 SOS) and OSU.
West Virginia, at 6-0 vs the #28 SOS, is 15th. This is right behind 6-0 Baylor, at #114 in SOS.
I mean... damn. That's not confusing. I get that scores play a part, but how badly would Baylor need to be beating up on the tiny kids of CFB to be ahead of WVU's #28 SOS?
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Posted on 10/24/16 at 10:07 am to skrayper
Does Sagarin use the old bcs formula? Or is it straight up computer?
Ok, i saw the site. I think it has to do with the golden mean, which favors teams that win by a larger margin. Clemson wins, but they haven't exactly been dominating as much tOSU. Only a computer would rank tOSU over Clemson after that Penn State loss. The computer also has no memory of Watson lighting up Bama's defense.
Ok, i saw the site. I think it has to do with the golden mean, which favors teams that win by a larger margin. Clemson wins, but they haven't exactly been dominating as much tOSU. Only a computer would rank tOSU over Clemson after that Penn State loss. The computer also has no memory of Watson lighting up Bama's defense.
This post was edited on 10/24/16 at 10:18 am
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