The 115th-Best Team In The Nation
BCS computer polls are unpredictable at this time of the year. Take the Massey poll, which ranks USC at No. 115. Duke (0-2) (96), Michigan (0-2) (79), Notre Dame (0-2) (14), and Stanford (0-1) (8) are ahead of the Trojans. Massey's No. 1 team: UCLA.
Here's a link to Massey's rankings, which help determine the national champs.
http://www.mratings.com/rate.php?lg=cf#group2
Actually, it looks like Towson in the FCS is ranked #1 in his rankings.
That is the most insanely idiotic thing I've ever seen. Someone take that guy's keys away, he's clearly too drunk to drive.
I think we are all now dumber for having seen that.
has everyone seen how good DJ Shoemate, Curtis McNeal and Kalil look?
WOW...man we are loaded for years..hahaha
Towson is no. 1 on Massey's complete college rankings, UCLA is No. 2, and the University of Southern California is ranked no. 664. USC's 115 ranking is from Massey's BCS ranking, which includes only Division 1-A teams, and disregards margin of victory.
Is Massey the BCS pollster who is a professor at ucla? I know that one of them is but not certain which one.
Makes total sense. FUCLA is #1, and above #8 Stanford and #10 BYU, whom they beat. ND is #14 and below #4 Penn State and #6 GT, to whom they lost. #115 USC is rightly 4 places above Idaho.
But don't worry, SC will move up next week after beating #51 Nebraska. And yes I'm being sarcastic. Proves you can get the numbers to say anything you want.
Everybody (Scott included) is missing the significance of this poll. Look at the column that includes MOV, it reflects a very sensible top 10.
The reason for including that column is to demonstrate how backwards it is to tinker with formulas arbitrarily to rig a result, as the BCS did a few years ago when it removed MOV.
Computers shouldn't be done away with, we should allow the poll creators to revert to their original (more accurate) formulas, and then combine them together as a "Computer Formulas" poll in the same way each coaches/writers vote is tallied as part of a larger group.
Consider the source...
"Inputs
.... Stats such as rushing yards, rebounds, or field-goal percentage are not included.... "
I am so glad he doesn't take into account rebounds, but heck we are 1 for 1 in field goals...
Sorry, this poll is a lot of crap... and doesn't belong in the BCS equation.
Consider the source...
"Inputs
.... Stats such as rushing yards, rebounds, or field-goal percentage are not included.... "
I am so glad he doesn't take into account rebounds, but heck we are 1 for 1 in field goals...
Sorry, this poll is a lot of crap... and doesn't belong in the BCS equation.
Consider the source...
"Inputs
.... Stats such as rushing yards, rebounds, or field-goal percentage are not included.... "
I am so glad he doesn't take into account rebounds, but heck we are 1 for 1 in field goals...
Sorry, this poll sounds like it was made up by someone that does NOT know football... and doesn't belong in the BCS equation.
You can't spell Massey without A-S-S.
As an Engineer in a past life who's written countless bits of software, I know that a computer will always output what the programmer tweaks it to do. Therefore, if mASSey is showing bias on the inputs he wants (if I remember right, I think his system was the only one that had fUCLA ranked when they were non-existent on every other ranking list). The BCS computer committee should be petitioned to use another source since his data seems biased. Heck, I'd say outsource to India like all the other companies in the US (j/k).