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Re: USAToday/ESPN Coaches Poll

--- In CompRatings@y..., Brad Kiser <rkiser@u...> wrote:
> 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
>


Do you factor in Margin of Victory in your ratings or do you use
just wins and losses?

Alan Jordan




Sun Aug 4, 2002 1:37 am

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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...
Patrick E. Fleming
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Aug 1, 2002
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Beginning last year, I took the previous season's ratings and used that as a seed for the few 4-5 games, similar to what Jeff Sagarin does. The actual games...
Jeff Imes
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Aug 2, 2002
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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 ...
Brad Kiser
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Aug 2, 2002
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... going to be ... season ... Do you factor in Margin of Victory in your ratings or do you use just wins and losses? Alan Jordan...
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I do use Margin of Victory. I am of the opinion that ignoring MOV is ignoring a very informative chunk of data, which is a statistical no-no. My MOV is capped,...
Brad Kiser
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Aug 4, 2002
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I'm working on baseball right now. I'm starting off with a model of wins and losses. I have found another problem with modeling wins and losses. Teams that...
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Aug 5, 2002
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I will publish a preseson ranking of college football teams based on last years finish and this years schedule. This is a new method I will use this season....
Randy McMurry
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