C-USA

West

42. La. Tech (8-4)
74. RICE (7-5)
76. UTEP (7-5)
106. UTSA (4-8)
116. North Texas (4-8)
117. Southern Miss. (3-9)

East

21. Marshall (11-1)
65. Western Ky. (7-5)
81. Middle Tenn. (6-6)
82. UAB (6-6)
90. Old Dominion (6-6)
103. Fla. Int'l (4-8)
114. Fla. Atlantic (3-9)

OTHERS:

41. Texas A&M (7-5)
46. Notre Dame (7-5)
97. Hawai'i (4-9)
119. Army (4-7)

This seems about right, esp. with respect to LA Tech's ranking. After watching them play #42 makes more sense than #62 or whatever it was.

(12-01-2014 01:07 AM)ChicagoOwl (BS 07) Wrote:  This seems about right, esp. with respect to LA Tech's ranking. After watching them play #42 makes more sense than #62 or whatever it was.

Last week it was:

(11-23-2014 05:04 PM)WRCisforgotten79 Wrote:  52. Louisiana Tech (7-4)
61. RICE (7-4)

The week before, it was:

(11-16-2014 06:54 PM)WRCisforgotten79 Wrote:  38. Louisiana Tech (7-3)
69. RICE (6-4)

(12-01-2014 01:07 AM)ChicagoOwl (BS 07) Wrote:  This seems about right, esp. with respect to LA Tech's ranking. After watching them play #42 makes more sense than #62 or whatever it was.

Hard to understand how they're roughly equivalent to ND and A&M. They're not nearly that good, and have no standout wins and a couple horrible losses.

(12-01-2014 01:24 AM)At Ease Wrote:  

(12-01-2014 01:07 AM)ChicagoOwl (BS 07) Wrote:  This seems about right, esp. with respect to LA Tech's ranking. After watching them play #42 makes more sense than #62 or whatever it was.

Hard to understand how they're roughly equivalent to ND and A&M. They're not nearly that good, and have no standout wins and a couple horrible losses.

Alabama 59, Texas A&M 0

Northwestern 43, Notre Dame 40

(12-01-2014 01:24 AM)At Ease Wrote:  

(12-01-2014 01:07 AM)ChicagoOwl (BS 07) Wrote:  This seems about right, esp. with respect to LA Tech's ranking. After watching them play #42 makes more sense than #62 or whatever it was.

Hard to understand how they're roughly equivalent to ND and A&M. They're not nearly that good, and have no standout wins and a couple horrible losses.

I think you're relying on face value with that assessment. Also, from what it looks like, ND fell off a cliff at the end of the season, and wasn't the same team that it started the year as (or it was and the week schedule masked it).

(12-01-2014 01:07 AM)ChicagoOwl (BS 07) Wrote:  This seems about right, esp. with respect to LA Tech's ranking. After watching them play #42 makes more sense than #62 or whatever it was.

??? They were the same 7-4 heading into our game as we were, with losses to Northwestern State (at home, no less) and ODU, and barely escaping UTSA (27-20) and USM (31-20).

(12-01-2014 09:30 AM)waltgreenberg Wrote:  

(12-01-2014 01:07 AM)ChicagoOwl (BS 07) Wrote:  This seems about right, esp. with respect to LA Tech's ranking. After watching them play #42 makes more sense than #62 or whatever it was.

??? They were the same 7-4 heading into our game as we were, with losses to Northwestern State (at home, no less) and ODU, and barely escaping UTSA (27-20) and USM (31-20).

#8 Arizona 26, UTSA 23

There are outliers every season. If you want, when you're in Houston, I'll show you the program I developed about 30 years ago to rate college football teams. It is impossible to have a "perfect" system because every team does not play every other team. But, there is enough data in which one can approximate the relative values.

Boy we are rockin n rollin at 74 and we still have Bailiff as our couch?

(12-01-2014 12:34 AM)WRCisforgotten79 Wrote:  C-USA

West

42. La. Tech (8-4)
74. RICE (7-5)
76. UTEP (7-5)
106. UTSA (4-8)
116. North Texas (4-8)
117. Southern Miss. (3-9)

East

21. Marshall (11-1)
65. Western Ky. (7-5)
81. Middle Tenn. (6-6)
82. UAB (6-6)
90. Old Dominion (6-6)
103. Fla. Int'l (4-8)
114. Fla. Atlantic (3-9)

OTHERS:

41. Texas A&M (7-5)
46. Notre Dame (7-5)
97. Hawai'i (4-9)
119. Army (4-7)

(10-12-2014 10:25 PM)WRCisforgotten79 Wrote:  80. RICE (3-3)

(10-19-2014 01:28 AM)WRCisforgotten79 Wrote:  83. RICE (3-3)

(10-26-2014 11:22 PM)WRCisforgotten79 Wrote:  76. RICE (4-3)

(11-02-2014 06:22 PM)WRCisforgotten79 Wrote:  65. RICE (5-3)

(11-09-2014 10:03 PM)WRCisforgotten79 Wrote:  63. RICE (6-3)

(11-16-2014 06:54 PM)WRCisforgotten79 Wrote:  69. RICE (6-4)

(11-23-2014 05:04 PM)WRCisforgotten79 Wrote:  61. RICE (7-4)

(12-01-2014 12:34 AM)WRCisforgotten79 Wrote:  74. RICE (7-5)

(12-01-2014 09:30 AM)waltgreenberg Wrote:  

(12-01-2014 01:07 AM)ChicagoOwl (BS 07) Wrote:  This seems about right, esp. with respect to LA Tech's ranking. After watching them play #42 makes more sense than #62 or whatever it was.

??? They were the same 7-4 heading into our game as we were, with losses to Northwestern State (at home, no less) and ODU, and barely escaping UTSA (27-20) and USM (31-20).

I'm not questioning that both teams should've been rated about the same going in. But after what happened on Saturday...

Texas Football Power Poll

Quote:6 Rice Owls
Greg Tepper: Oooooof. The Owls went into Ruston, La. and straight-up got their hides tanned. 677 yards of total offense for Louisiana Tech is the most a Rice team has allowed since Houston hung 684 back in 2009. Coming off a 10-win season and a conference title, this year's 7-5 record is a disappointment.

http://www.texasfootball.com/college-news/view/181081