Massey Margin of Victory Ratings
Since ratings are being posted, here are the top 25 rated FCS teams by the Massey model that considers margin of victory. The link is http://www.masseyratings.com/rate.php?lg=cf . Click on "MOV" to sort by Margin of Victory Ratings. If you want to see how it turns out in the ratings that don't consider margin of victory, you can look at it as it comes up. Or you can click on the "Ratings" column and sort it that way if it's not already sorted.
1. James Madison
2. New Hampshire
3. McNeese State
4. Appalachian State
5. Villanova
6. Cal Poly SLO
7. Massachusetts
8. Richmond
9. Montana
10. Weber State
11. Northern Arizona
12. Wofford
13. Northern Iowa
14. Montana State
15. Jacksonville State
16. Elon
17. Western Illinois
18. Furman
19. Delaware
20. Central Arkansas
21. South Dakota State
22. Northeastern
23. Southern Illinois
24. Eastern Washington
25. North Dakota
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JohnStOnge
Since ratings are being posted, here are the top 25 rated FCS teams by the Massey model that considers margin of victory. The link is
http://www.masseyratings.com/rate.php?lg=cf . Click on "MOV" to sort by Margin of Victory Ratings. If you want to see how it turns out in the ratings that don't consider margin of victory, you can look at it as it comes up. Or you can click on the "Ratings" column and sort it that way if it's not already sorted.
1. James Madison
2. New Hampshire
3. McNeese State
4. Appalachian State
5. Villanova
6. Cal Poly SLO
7. Massachusetts
8. Richmond
9. Montana
10. Weber State
11. Northern Arizona
12. Wofford
13. Northern Iowa
14. Montana State
15. Jacksonville State
16. Elon
17. Western Illinois
18. Furman
19. Delaware
20. Central Arkansas
21. South Dakota State
22. Northeastern
23. Southern Illinois
24. Eastern Washington
25. North Dakota
No Bison? xconfusedx xconfusedx xeyebrowx
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89Hen
No Bison? xconfusedx xconfusedx xeyebrowx
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Not much else needs to be said about computer rankings then, does it. xcoffeex
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89Hen
Not much else needs to be said about computer rankings then, does it.
other than they are objective..... xcoffeex
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Syntax Error
other than they are objective..... xcoffeex
Oh boy....here it comes. Especially with the GPI coming out today.
Computer rankings are only as objective as the invidual who writes the code/formula.
If that person is biased, his/her code will be biased and as such the computer ranking will be biased.
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danefan
Oh boy....here it comes. Especially with the GPI coming out today.
Computer rankings are only as objective as the invidual who writes the code/formula.
If that person is biased, his/her code will be biased and as such the computer ranking will be biased.
I suppose you could say that a model like that is "biased" in that whoever does it has some idea as to what he thinks is a good way to try to describe, predict, and or explain results. But once that's established, there is no bias. And the mathematical bias can be measured. Usually, in that regard, these models do a good job.
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On North Dakota State:
There's really not a whole lot of difference between where Sagarin's and Massey's MOV system have the Bison. Sagarin has them just inside the top 25 and Massey MOV has them just outside of it.
North Dakota State got a good win Saturday but Southern Illinois is also considered a borderline top 25 team. And other than Saturday they've beaten Austin Peay and Central Connecticut State. They also lost to Youngstown State...which continues to look really bad after losing to Southern Utah this past weekend...and a bad FBS team (Wyoming).
To me it's not unreasonable at all to have them on the borderline between being in or out of the top 25 at this point.
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JohnStOnge
I suppose you could say that a model like that is "biased" in that whoever does it has some idea as to what he thinks is a good way to try to describe, predict, and or explain results. But once that's established, there is no bias. And the mathematical bias can be measured. Usually, in that regard, these models do a good job.
I agree. Its a different kind of bias then the "homerism" and sandbagging that occurs in human polls. But it is still a bias to me. A bias towards specific statistical indicators. And if its biased, it can't be objective.
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Syntax Error
other than they are objective..... xcoffeex
Throwing darts to select the Top 25 would be objective too. That doesn't make it a good way to do it. xpeacex