Rankings
Alabama as the Preseason Number One?
Many pundits are already praising Alabama as the preseason number one favorite. While I admit this is likely going to happen, should it? They did win the BCS championship, although controversially, and they do return a bunch of those same players. I’m sure their recent success has seen an increase in Alabama merchandise sales, but [...]
College Football Computer Rankings and Strength of Schedule
So here is a conundrum…if college football teams make their schedules years in advance, how can they always ensure they have what the computers will call a “Strong schedule?” Answer: it is impossible. Fresno State beat Illinois this past year. Illinois went to the Rose Bowl very likely at the same time those two teams [...]
Super Early Predictions for 2010 Preseason Rankings
Yeah, yeah, it’s early. But we know a lot of players who are staying and going now, so we can formulate some good guesses as to who the good teams will be in 2010. We also have a lot of peoples’ preseason polls coming out, so we can put that together to get a good [...]
An In Depth Analysis of College Football Polling
You all know my ire for the BCS. I can’t stand the system at all, but it did do one good thing for the sport- it sorted out the mess of the polls. Many people don’t know what it means or ever meant to be the champions of college football. Come to think of it, [...]
My Final 2009 Rankings
Not as if many people care about my rankings, you know, because I actually watched a bunch of games and a variety of teams play…no, no, that shouldn’t matter, the opinions of coaches who never watch anyone outside of their opponents play, now that is an opinion you can take to the bank. Same with [...]
