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. I have a home advantage factor in my rankings and I
consider this very important. I use this as a baseline until at least
the middle of October. I have used different methods in previous
seasons and none have worked very well for me.

My system always starts the teams equal but I'll use a baseline for
some type of history until enough data is collected to turn it loose.
I'm always interested in improvement so I'll see how this method
developes.

Regards,

Randy Mac

--- "Patrick E. Fleming" <pfleming@...> wrote:
>
> 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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