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Tag Archives: computer ratings
BCS Series: Review of Colley ratings
For those that have read the first five installments of my BCS Ratings review, you’ll notice one major theme: nobody publishes their full methodology for how they calculate their ratings. Many of them are a “black box” where the inputs … Continue reading →
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Tagged BCS, Colley, Colley Matrix, computer ratings
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BCS Series: Review of Massey ratings
The Massey ratings have been around since December of 1995, according to his site. The explanation he lists is actually for his rankings that include scoring margin, and not those that are used in the BCS (which can’t use score … Continue reading →
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BCS Series: Review of Wolfe ratings
Continuing with my review of BCS computer rating systems, the 4th of the 6 systems in my series is Dr. Peter Wolfe’s ratings. On his site, Wolfe only gives a brief explanation: We rate all varsity teams of four year … Continue reading →
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Tagged BCS, computer ratings, Dr. Peter Wolfe
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BCS Series: Review of Anderson & Hester ratings
In the third installment of my review of the BCS computer rankings, I will take a look at the ratings of Anderson and Hester. For starters, they have a great tagline on their website: “showing which teams have accomplished the … Continue reading →
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BCS Series: Review of Billingsley ratings
Next up in my review of the computer ranking systems in the BCS is Richard Billingsley. He gives a much more detailed explanation of his ratings on his website: read them here. I will pull out pertinent parts of his … Continue reading →
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Tagged BCS, computer ratings, Richard Billingsley
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BCS Series: Review of Sagarin ratings
Jeff Sagarin produces some of the most respected ratings, not just for college football but for the NBA, NFL, college basketball, and others. His ratings, found here, include both a Predictor and an Elo Chess rating. The Predictor rating includes … Continue reading →
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BCS Series: Introduction
In the lead up to March Madness, I wrote about determining which teams are the “most deserving” as opposed to which teams were the “best”. I eventually created what I called the Achievement S-Curve (in college basketball, the S-Curve refers to ranking … Continue reading →
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