http://www.collegefootballcafeteria.com/analysis/college-football-computer-rankings-and-strength-of-schedule/ A College Football blog serving up hearty portions of College Football commentary, analysis, news, predictions and more! Fri, 30 Jul 2010 02:31:56 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 http://www.collegefootballcafeteria.com/analysis/college-football-computer-rankings-and-strength-of-schedule/comment-page-1/#comment-226 Sloppy Joe Tue, 19 Jan 2010 23:48:57 +0000 http://www.collegefootballcafeteria.com/?p=2153#comment-226 Grindhouse, the quality of win principle is paramount to computer rankings. That's how an 8-5 team ends up ranked higher than a 10-3 team at the end of the season, high quality wins. I'm saying quality of win shouldn't be determined by who is on your schedule that year. It should be how your play your schedule. Cupcake schedules should result in frequent lopsided victories. Thus, squeaking by bad teams and crushing good teams have their merits. This way teams with bad schedules still get recognition for playing beyond how they were expected to with such an easy schedule. Grindhouse, the quality of win principle is paramount to computer rankings. That’s how an 8-5 team ends up ranked higher than a 10-3 team at the end of the season, high quality wins. I’m saying quality of win shouldn’t be determined by who is on your schedule that year. It should be how your play your schedule. Cupcake schedules should result in frequent lopsided victories. Thus, squeaking by bad teams and crushing good teams have their merits. This way teams with bad schedules still get recognition for playing beyond how they were expected to with such an easy schedule.

]]> http://www.collegefootballcafeteria.com/analysis/college-football-computer-rankings-and-strength-of-schedule/comment-page-1/#comment-225 Grindhouse Tue, 19 Jan 2010 00:47:30 +0000 http://www.collegefootballcafeteria.com/?p=2153#comment-225 while i understand what it is you're doing, not sure i agree in principle. "quality of win" argument is kind of hard to justify. the only statistic that should matter is the one on the scoreboard that shows team A has scored more than team B. regardless of what the differential is, that's what should be focused on. but, i do agree, who those teams are can be hard to justify. while i understand what it is you’re doing, not sure i agree in principle. “quality of win” argument is kind of hard to justify. the only statistic that should matter is the one on the scoreboard that shows team A has scored more than team B. regardless of what the differential is, that’s what should be focused on. but, i do agree, who those teams are can be hard to justify.

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