From: acdendy@lims01.lerc.nasa.gov (ROGER DENDY)
Subject: Re: Marsee Computer Ratings for Season Ending 1/2/93
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In article <1993Jan6.134445.15373@newstand.syr.edu>, demarsee@rodan.acs.syr.edu (Darryl E. Marsee) writes...
>MARSEE DIV I-A COLLEGE FOOTBALL COMPUTER RANKINGS FOR SEASON ENDING 01/02/93
> 
>                        (Power ratings in parenthesis)
> 
>  1. FLORIDA STATE  (960)  37. WEST VIRGINIA  (619)  73. OKLAHOMA STATE (479)
>  2. NOTRE DAME     (914)  38. UTAH           (614)  74. COLORADO STATE (467)
>  3. NEBRASKA       (899)  39. HAWAII         (613)  75. UTAH STATE     (461)
>  4. MICHIGAN       (879)  40. UCLA           (596)  76. NO ILLINOIS    (456)
>  5. ALABAMA        (850)  41. MICHIGAN STATE (595)  77. LOUISIANA ST   (454)
>  6. MIAMI          (826)  42. GEORGIA TECH   (591)  78. MINNESOTA      (447)
>  7. WASHINGTON     (819)  43. SO MISSISSIPPI (589)  79. OREGON STATE   (446)
>  8. STANFORD       (802)  44. SOUTH CAROLINA (575)  80. NEW MEXICO     (446)
>  9. GEORGIA        (791)  45. RUTGERS        (575)  81. MIAMI OHIO     (440)
> 10. ARIZONA        (765)  46. IOWA STATE     (573)  82. TULSA          (435)
> 11. N CAROLINA ST  (754)  47. IOWA           (568)  83. SAN JOSE STATE (435)
> 12. PENN STATE     (742)  48. AUBURN         (567)  84. ARMY           (432)
> 13. TENNESSEE      (735)  49. SAN DIEGO ST   (566)  85. WESTERN MICH   (431)
> 14. SYRACUSE       (733)  50. WISCONSIN      (561)  86. NORTHWESTERN   (431)
> 15. ARIZONA STATE  (731)  51. TEXAS          (561)  87. AKRON          (428)
> 16. OHIO STATE     (726)  52. BOWLING GREEN  (561)  88. SO METHODIST   (427)
> 17. COLORADO       (724)  53. ILLINOIS       (556)  89. CINCINNATI     (419)
> 18. SOUTHERN CAL   (723)  54. ARKANSAS       (556)  90. NEVADA         (411)
> 19. TEXAS A&M      (720)  55. VANDERBILT     (555)  91. EAST CAROLINA  (411)
> 20. FLORIDA        (716)  56. LOUISVILLE     (554)  92. TX CHRISTIAN   (402)
> 

O.k.  I waited.  I accepted the argument that the program really only 
wanted to come out with the best team at the end of the season, and that 
"anything else is gravy."  I accepted your claim that initial rankings 
don't matter, that theoretically they could all start out equal.  I 
withheld my rebuttal (based on experience) that there aren't enough games 
for the teams to settle out without reasonable initial rankings.

But now I see your final results, and, I have to say, this system doesn't 
work.  Alabama has played and beaten some awfully good teams, including the 
next best team in the country and the next best team in the SEC.  Their 
schedule wasn't the toughest, but it wasn't A&M's either.  As the only 
undefeated, untied team, it's awfully hard to justify not having Alabama #1
  I recommend massive off-season tweaking.

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