I think it's rather pointless to do a preseason and early season ranking like
some do. Sure, you can use data from last year, but exactly what purpose does
that serve? Unless your system is predictive, it is useless to do ratings
until you have enough data to run this season's games only.

I don't rank at all until I have enough data, which is probably going to be
late September. So my teams are rated strictly on performance this season
regardless of who they are or what they did last year.

-Brad Kiser







>===== Original Message From "Patrick E. Fleming" <pfleming@...> =====
>Okay, the first preseason poll is out and can be seen (among other places)
>at
>
> http://sports.yahoo.com/ncaaf/rankings/coachpoll.html
>
>So, the question is, how do people rate teams for computer systems before
>any games are played? In my system, all teams are rated equally before
>the season begins. But that is only one way of doing things. How do the
>rest of you do it?
>
> - Pat
>
>-- Patrick E. Fleming
>-- Department of Chemistry
>-- San Jose State University
>-- pfleming@...
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