Andrew Ishak

I got some good feedback after posting my playoff system proposal last week.  One thing that makes this year really strange in terms of proposing such a system is that there have been three distinct classes of playoff worthy teams this year and I think the case could be made that a cutoff after the first . . . → Read More: CompuDrew Rankings – The Three Classes

Let’s take a quick look at the current CompuDrew ratings.  Part 2 of my playoff proposal is below (read Part 1).

So based on Part 1, the top 7 conference champions make the playoffs, as well as the highest-ranked at-large team (I called it a wildcard last week, but I’ll use the popular college football term).  Those . . . → Read More: CompuDrew – Playoff Proposal Part 2

Here are the latest CompuDrew rankings.  The first part of my playoff proposal is below.

Before I detail my playoff system, I should let you know that its biggest strength lies in appeasing all of college football constituencies: the teams, the schools, the conferences, the bowls, and most importantly, the fans.

CompuDrew Playoff Proposal Part 1

Who makes the . . . → Read More: CompuDrew – Playoff Proposal Part 1

Okay, this is a little embarrassing.  I was looking at my formula and I realized that when we get to the end of the season, the combined reward-punishment of both teams playing in a conference’s championship will be negative.  Put another way, the ratings would favor teams that don’t even play in those games.  So I . . . → Read More: CompuDrew Week 4

One of the biggest controversies of the BCS is that the computers cannot take margin of victory into account.  This means the Texas blowout of Missouri (41-7) would be given the same weight even if the Horns beat them by two points on a last second touchdown, or needed a blocked field goal as time expired to escape with a victory.

So you’ll notice that close victories by Iowa and Alabama haven’t hurt their standings among the BCS computers.  For example, Jeff Sagarin still has Iowa at #1 in his BCS rankings, but in his own personal rankings that he claims are more accurate (because they take margin of victory into account), Iowa stands at #12.  A converse example is Texas; Continue reading CompuDrew Week 2 – College Football Ratings