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BCS Standings 11/21

The computers seem to like OSU and PSU and put them in 3rd and 4th respectively which is interesting.

if Texas losses, a rematch would be great, OSU finally knows what they are doing (no switching of QB's) and i bet it would be another instant classic.

but OSU vs. VT would be just as exciting.
 
Originally posted by: Plasdom
so when will USC and Texas play each other?
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Texas has 2 games left and USC has 1. If they win all 3, they'll play in the Rose Bowl on January 4th. If one or both loses, all hell breaks loose.
 
Originally posted by: Syringer
Only one of the six computer rankings has USC above Texas..
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and its that stupid billingsley rating which is outta whack with the others

at least it gets tossed
 
i find it interesting that although the big 12 is such a horrible, weak conference this year, they have just as many or more teams already bowl-eligible than any other major conference in the country (tied with acc &big10).

http://sports.espn.go.com/ncf/news/story?id=2200571

looking at it:
the acc will have 8 teams in (unless va tech loses to unc, which would be hilarious)
big 10 will have 7 teams in (no teams on the bubble)
sec will have 6 teams in (no teams on the bubble)
pac 10 will have 5 teams in (unless arizona st stumbles and stanford beats nd)
big 12 will have 8 teams in (unless kansas stumbles and a&m wins)

conferences seem pretty equal to me as far as going bowling.
 
Originally posted by: Syringer
Only one of the six computer rankings has USC above Texas..
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I expected that Anderson Hester would have USC above Texas this week. Last week there was only .003 points between them. This week there is .005, which doesn't make sense to me. Texas was idle and their opponents with 3-4. USC beat a decent team and opponents went 5-2.

I have heard that Anderson Hester places a large emphasis on the better teams you play. If that's the case, then Texas's best opponent (Ohio State) beat a good team, while USC's best opponents (Oregon and Notre Dame) beat mediocre opponents.
 
Originally posted by: hdeck
i find it interesting that although the big 12 is such a horrible, weak conference this year, they have just as many or more teams already bowl-eligible than any other major conference in the country (tied with acc &big10).

http://sports.espn.go.com/ncf/news/story?id=2200571

looking at it:
the acc will have 8 teams in (unless va tech loses to unc, which would be hilarious)
big 10 will have 7 teams in (no teams on the bubble)
sec will have 6 teams in (no teams on the bubble)
pac 10 will have 5 teams in (unless arizona st stumbles and stanford beats nd)
big 12 will have 8 teams in (unless kansas stumbles and a&m wins)

conferences seem pretty equal to me as far as going bowling.
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That is a built in consequence of the following:
1) Most of your games are conference games.
2) Conference games all record one win and one loss for the conference.
3) Thus all conferences are always right around a 50% win / 50% loss margin.
4) You only need to win 50% to get into a bowl.
5) Thus all conferences are roughly equal in the number of teams that go bowling.

Sure, out-of-conference games do affect it, but those are minor effects and even weak conferences can find pansies to beat up on during the out-of-conference games. The number of teams that go bowling is therefore a useless and meaningless statistic. Same goes with % of bowl games won (but for other reasons).

The Big 12 top is weaker this year. But the bottom is stronger this year. Sagarin puts the Big 12 as a tie for #2 along with the ACC and Pac 10 (using the simple average). Or using the central mean (further ignoring the top and bottom teams) puts the Big 12 in a tie for 3rd with the Pac 10. Overall, it isn't as bad as you make it sound to be.
 
Originally posted by: EvilYoda
boo. The Buckeyes own us.
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Fixed. 😉

Seriously though, we have come out on top in 4 of the last 5, but both teams go on mini runs in this series. Hey, Coop went 2-10-1 against michigan, we were due for a rebound. Both schools always have good teams and that's what makes it such a great game.
 
Originally posted by: ElFenix
and its that stupid billingsley rating which is outta whack with the others

at least it gets tossed
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I've said it before that Billingsley was stupid. But I've never looked at how often it is tossed. Lets look at the BCS top 25. 19 or 20 times it is tossed out as being the highest or lowest of all computers (one time it isn't clear which was tossed). Thus, it is tossed out either 76% or 80% of the time. Compare that to the other computers which are tossed out on average either 20% or 20.6% of the time.

Why is Billingsley included in any serious outcome?

USC: Billingsley tossed (highest)
Texas: Billingsley tossed (lowest)
Penn St: Billingsley tossed (lowest)
LSU: Billingsley tossed (highest)
VT: Billingsley tossed (highest)
Ohio St: Billingsley tossed (lowest)
Oregon: Billingsley tossed (lowest)
ND: Billingsley tossed (lowest)
Miami: remarkably it is not tossed
Auburn: Billingsley tossed (highest)
West Virginia: Billingsley tossed (lowest)
UCLA: remarkably it is not tossed
TCU: remarkably it is not tossed
Alabama: Billingsley tossed (highest)
Georgia: Billingsley tossed (highest)
Texas Tech: remarkably it is not tossed
Wisconsin: Billingsley tossed (lowest)
BC: Billingsley tossed (lowest)
Fresno St: Billingsley tossed (highest)
Louisville: Billingsley tossed (highest)
Georgia Tech: remarkably it is not tossed
Michigan: Billingsley tossed (lowest)
Florida: Billingsley tossed (highest)
Florida St: Undetermined
Northwestern: Billingsley tossed (lowest)
 
Originally posted by: BrokenVisage
HTF did Oregon sneak infront of Notre Dame?!
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It's because Oregon jumped 2 poll places (because of Alabama and Miami loosing) while ND only jumped 1 because they were already ahead of Alabama.
 
Originally posted by: sciencewhiz
Originally posted by: BrokenVisage
HTF did Oregon sneak infront of Notre Dame?!
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It's because Oregon jumped 2 poll places (because of Alabama and Miami loosing) while ND only jumped 1 because they were already ahead of Alabama.
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I'm talking about the BCS really, which is obviously independant of the other polls. And I'm saying ND was ahead of them in the BCS before, now they arn't. I forget if Oregon was ahead of them in the AP/coaches/harris polls.... All these fvcking polls are ridiculous now that I think about it. :|
 
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