re: My Computer Top 25: Week 5, 2013

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1. When you calculate the scores are they recalculated based on every team performance that week then added to their total? Or do you start from 0, use your metric and change the values to reflect wins or losses to spit out the numbers and which pod teams are in.

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The current points value each team has is a summation of the points earned/lost by the result against all opponents' strength at the time of the game. Adjusting every week would be really fricky.

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2. When you factor in wins or losses on the road, to which value do you multiply or divide the 1.5?

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If the away team wins, the points earned are multiplied by 1.5. Example: If a team beats Rutgers (Pod 4) on the road next week, they will earn 3/(4) points, multiplied by 1.5, to earn 1.125 points for the week.
On the other side, if an away team loses, the points the team would lose is divided by 1.5. Losses are usually equivalent to the opponent's Pod #. Take LSU this past week, lost to Pod 1 Georgia on the road. That's -1/1.5 for a total of -.667 points for the week.

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3. If all of Michigan opponents have a negative value, mathematically, how are they number 4? Not sure if I'm following the procedure corectly but this could be answered by commenting on the first questions.

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Like I said, the position of Notre Dame at the time of the game and Michigan's away win helps their case.