Coaches have been critical of margin of victory because they say it makes them run up the score. Seven of the eight computer services have a victory-margin component, according to Morrison. Morrison says margin of victory is less of a factor than the public realizes because most of the computers have a limit on how much benefit a team receives from a big score. He says the issue is largely one of perception. Morrison said a rating could be dropped from the BCS poll if it does not comply.
Margin of victory is important.
If team A and B play the same schedule, and A wins by a lot and B struggles, you know who the best team is. He could not say whether he would change. The computer experts say it would be extremely difficult to go back and reconfigure the season. Gannett Co. Inc. Shop.