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https://www.masseyratings.com/cf/compare.htm
Computers very fond of SEC, notably Mississippi St., Auburn and Missouri.

1. Clemson (not unanimous)
2. Alabama
3. UGA
4. Ohio St.
5. Notre Dame
6. Oklahoma
7. LSU
8. Michigan
9. Florida
10. Texas A&M
11. UCF
12. Washington St.
13. Washington
14. Kentucky
15. Penn St.
16. Mississippi St.
17. Fresno St.
18. Texas
19. Iowa
20. Syracuse
21. Missouri
22. Auburn
23. W. Virginia
24. Boise St.
25. Utah St.

Massey composite average conference rankings:
1. SEC 31.9
2. B12 44.79
3. B10 48.29
4. ACC 51.88
5. P12 54.78
6. IND 70.75
7. MWC 77.04
8. AAC 80.19
9. SB 85.12
10. MAC 91.52
11. CUSA 92.86

I was looking at a couple of polls that rated Alabama #1 (I counted 8). Whatever criteria they used, the SEC excelled.
Donchess SEL
1. AL 1. AL
3. UGA 3. UGA
6. LSU 6. LSU
10. FL 7. FL
11. MO 11. MO
12. UK 9. UK
13. A&M 10. A&M
14. MSU 14. MSU
18. USCe 16. USCe
20. Aub 19. AUb
33. Vandy 28. Vandy
37 TN 34. TN
Both had Ole Miss and Arkansas appropriately low. But both had 10 SEC teams in the top 20.

Quote:25. Utah State

Nice!

(01-08-2019 02:14 PM)bullet Wrote: [ -> ]11. CUSA 92.86

MW has a higher rating than the AAC.


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Cincy at 31. And Army at 29 - well below the polls.

MWC with 3 in top 25, AAC 1

(01-08-2019 01:50 PM)bullet Wrote: [ -> ]https://www.masseyratings.com/cf/compare.htm
Computers very fond of SEC, notably Mississippi St., Auburn and Missouri.

Yes, it belies the notion that the human pollsters are biased towards the SEC. It's actually the opposite, at least this year.

you say the computers are very fond of the 3 5 loss SEC teams....

Well, looking at the rest of the P5, there were only 22 teams this year that finished outside the SEC from the P5- with 5 losses or fewer. Only 15 of them with 4 losses or fewer.

Even if you include the SEC- only 21 teams in P5 football finished with 4 losses or fewer. So for Missouri and Auburn to be 21 and 22- that's not as crazy as you would think....

(01-11-2019 10:04 AM)stever20 Wrote: [ -> ]you say the computers are very fond of the 3 5 loss SEC teams....

Well, looking at the rest of the P5, there were only 22 teams this year that finished outside the SEC from the P5- with 5 losses or fewer. Only 15 of them with 4 losses or fewer.

Even if you include the SEC- only 21 teams in P5 football finished with 4 losses or fewer. So for Missouri and Auburn to be 21 and 22- that's not as crazy as you would think....

Agreed.

Also, it definitely helped their computer numbers that all but one of their FBS nonconference opponents had enough wins to go to Bowl games:

Auburn was 5-0 against #13 Washington (10-4), Purdue (6-7), Liberty (6-6), Southern Miss (6-5).

Mississippi State was 4-1, with blowout wins @ Kansas State (5-7), Louisiana Tech (8-5), and UL-Lafayette(7-7). Their loss was a close one to 9-4 Iowa.

Missouri was 4-1, with wins @Purdue (6-7), vs Memphis (8-6) and vs Wyoming (6-6). Their loss was a close one to 7-6 OK State.

The ones with Alabama #1 were pretty ridiculous. I don't know how you get Missouri #11.

I didn't say the computers were crazy, just those particular polls.

I think the SEC's overwhelming ooc record helps them in the computer polls. Its a feedback loop that pulls up teams like Missouri with lesser resumes.