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October 9th, 2009, 04:45 PM
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The CSN Way: Numbers
By Chuck Burton, The CSN Way Columnist
College football, with its eleven (or twelve) game seasons, has always required polls since the very beginning. With over one hundred teams playing on fall weekends, there’s no way for anybody to really know beyond a shadow of a doubt who the top teams are in any given week. As a result of this reality, all sorts of polls - from the opinion of one or two writers, to formulas written by statisticians to attempt to settle the debates - have come and gone over the years.
With all these numbers flying around, it’s enough to make an FCS fan’s head spin. Which human poll is the best - the one based on the opinions of informed fans, coaches’ opinions, or sportswriters? Which computer poll - there’s an alphabet soup out there of different ones - is worth looking at?
The Gridiron Power Index, or GPI, makes the best attempt to make sense of all the numbers floating around. It’s not a human poll or a computer poll - it’s an index which weighs them all to get the most balanced view of the FCS landscape. That’s why it’s a leading indicator of at-large playoff selection.
Read more ... (http://www.championshipsubdivisionnews.com/index.php/2009/10/09/the-csn-way-numbers?blog=5)
The CSN Way: Numbers
By Chuck Burton, The CSN Way Columnist
College football, with its eleven (or twelve) game seasons, has always required polls since the very beginning. With over one hundred teams playing on fall weekends, there’s no way for anybody to really know beyond a shadow of a doubt who the top teams are in any given week. As a result of this reality, all sorts of polls - from the opinion of one or two writers, to formulas written by statisticians to attempt to settle the debates - have come and gone over the years.
With all these numbers flying around, it’s enough to make an FCS fan’s head spin. Which human poll is the best - the one based on the opinions of informed fans, coaches’ opinions, or sportswriters? Which computer poll - there’s an alphabet soup out there of different ones - is worth looking at?
The Gridiron Power Index, or GPI, makes the best attempt to make sense of all the numbers floating around. It’s not a human poll or a computer poll - it’s an index which weighs them all to get the most balanced view of the FCS landscape. That’s why it’s a leading indicator of at-large playoff selection.
Read more ... (http://www.championshipsubdivisionnews.com/index.php/2009/10/09/the-csn-way-numbers?blog=5)