C-USA

West

55. Louisiana Tech (8-4)
80. U.T.S.A. (6-6)
84. Southern Mississippi (6-6)
97. North Texas (5-7)
115. U.T.E.P. (4-8)
120. RICE (3-9)

East

37. Western Kentucky (9-3)
57. Old Dominion (9-3)
69. Middle Tennessee (8-4)
107. Florida International (4-8)
118. Charlotte (4-8)
121. Marshall (3-9)
123. Florida Atlantic (3-9)

OTHERS:

17. Stanford (9-3)
58. Baylor (6-5)
81. Army (6-5)

Rice is 125 in Massey and 155 in Sagarin.

By comparison, the oft discussed and still cringeworthy 1-10 season of 2005 resulted in a Sagarin of just 135.

This is a historic, truly historic, level of ineptitude.

Great to see us out of the bottom 2^3
Baby steps...

(11-27-2016 08:53 PM)Antarius Wrote:  Rice is 125 in Massey and 155 in Sagarin.

By comparison, the oft discussed and still cringeworthy 1-10 season of 2005 resulted in a Sagarin of just 135.

This is a historic, truly historic, level of ineptitude.

The combined record of Rice's 2005 opponents was a gaudy 79-52 (.603).

This year's 11 FBS opponents are 66-64 (.508).

Doing some more comparisons. Using the Massey combined ratings to review some other less than stellar years

Year (Record) - Rank
1982 (0-11) - 102 out of 113
1987 (2-9) - 86 out of 104
1988 (0-11) - 90 out of 105
2005 (0-11) - 111 out of 119
2009 (2-10) - 108 out of 120
2016 (3-9) - 125 out of 128

Looks like Bailiff has led us to depths we never saw before.

(11-27-2016 09:01 PM)WRCisforgotten79 Wrote:  

(11-27-2016 08:53 PM)Antarius Wrote:  Rice is 125 in Massey and 155 in Sagarin.

By comparison, the oft discussed and still cringeworthy 1-10 season of 2005 resulted in a Sagarin of just 135.

This is a historic, truly historic, level of ineptitude.

The combined record of Rice's 2005 opponents was a gaudy 79-52 (.603).

This year's 11 FBS opponents are 66-64 (.508).

thanks for that info.

Beating cream puffs isn't impressive (to all but maybe a couple of people on this board). Losing to them is even worse.

Comparing Rice in Massey to the midpoint of the number of teams. We have exceeded that midpoint ONCE and that was in 2008.



NOTE: Scale is inverted. The higher on the y axis, the better the team.

Very telling graphic! Baliff is truly a leader.... Hate to beat a DEAD OWL, but let's just DROP FOOTBALL and focus on ACADEMICS and sports where we have the WILL TO COMPETE!!

(11-27-2016 09:43 PM)Antarius Wrote:  Comparing Rice in Massey to the midpoint of the number of teams. We have exceeded that midpoint ONCE and that was in 2008.



NOTE: Scale is inverted. The higher on the y axis, the better the team.

(11-27-2016 09:26 PM)Antarius Wrote:  Doing some more comparisons. Using the Massey combined ratings to review some other less than stellar years

Year (Record) - Rank
1982 (0-11) - 102 out of 113
1987 (2-9) - 86 out of 104
1988 (0-11) - 90 out of 105
2005 (0-11) - 111 out of 119
2009 (2-10) - 108 out of 120
2016 (3-9) - 125 out of 128

Looks like Bailiff has led us to depths we never saw before.

Amazing you can go 0-11 and there are still teams that sucked worse than Rice. The power of the stats.

(11-29-2016 12:06 AM)WoodlandsOwl Wrote:  

(11-27-2016 09:26 PM)Antarius Wrote:  Doing some more comparisons. Using the Massey combined ratings to review some other less than stellar years
Year (Record) - Rank
1982 (0-11) - 102 out of 113
1987 (2-9) - 86 out of 104
1988 (0-11) - 90 out of 105
2005 (0-11) - 111 out of 119
2009 (2-10) - 108 out of 120
2016 (3-9) - 125 out of 128
Looks like Bailiff has led us to depths we never saw before.

Amazing you can go 0-11 and there are still teams that sucked worse than Rice. The power of the stats.

Rice was 1-10 in 2005, not 0-11. The competition was much stronger in 1988 than it was in 2005, though.