Interesting computer rankings....

[psuguy43]

It has the game this Saturday as a top-10 showdown

ESPN Computer Releases Its New Top 25 Rankings

Week 2 was an eventful one in the college football world. Ohio State's upset loss to Oregon highlighted the second full weekend of the 2021 college football

thespun.com

 

[lazydave841]

No love for Iowa?

Perhaps it's taking into consideration that they are not going to win the turnover battle all year.

ND pushed down.

Us over A&M.

Don't like Clemson and OSU up high. Let others lose some first.

 

[WyomingLion]

I don’t have much faith in a computer that has OSU higher than the team that beat them and OSU was at home.

 

[BW Lion]

I think the Director of Programming for ESPN’s Computer Model is Kirk Herbstreit

 

[mcgunns]

I don’t have much faith in a computer that has OSU higher than the team that beat them and OSU was at home.

why not? who do you think vegas would favor if they played again?

 

[WyomingLion]

why not? who do you think vegas would favor if they played again?

I have no idea who Vegas would favor, are we going with the eye test instead of results? Is that you Kirk?

 

[PSU87]

I don’t have much faith in a computer that has OSU higher than the team that beat them and OSU was at home.

Computer must have an eye test algorithm

 

[fairfaxlion2]

I don’t have much faith in a computer that has OSU higher than the team that beat them and OSU was at home.

The ESPN algorithm

for name in all_teams:
    if name in [‘Ohio State’, ‘Alabama’, ‘Clemson’, ‘Oklahoma’]:
        ranking[name] = top4_rank(min=1, max=4)
    else:
        ranking[name] = random_rank(min=5, max=130)
return ranking

 

[91Joe95]

The ESPN algorithm

for name in all_teams:
    if name in [‘Ohio State’, ‘Alabama’, ‘Clemson’, ‘Oklahoma’]:
        ranking[name] = top4_rank(min=1, max=4)
    else:
        ranking[name] = random_rank(min=5, max=130)
return ranking

Is that Fortran 77? That looks like Fortran 77 to me.

 

[MaconNitt]

No FORTRAN would use a do loop and end if. It’s not anything really. Just a joke. But probably not as much of a joke as we think

I would have guessed Cobol with the If/Else

 

[AWS1022]

I don’t have much faith in a computer that has OSU higher than the team that beat them and OSU was at home.

Look at Sagarin (who so many on here think is the be all and end all) it has OSU 6th and Oregon 9th.

 

[lazydave841]

College Football Rankings 2024 - AP Top 25

Get the latest College Football rankings for the 2024 season. Find out where your favorite team is ranked in the AP Top 25, Coaches Poll, CBS Sports Rankings, or Playoff Rankings polls and rankings.

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Oregon up to #4, Iowa up to #5. We are... #10, just behind the Buckeyes.

Auburn up to #22 here.

 

[lazydave841]

Coaches Top 25 Poll powered by USA TODAY, Rankings Prediction: Week 2

What will the USA TODAY Coaches Poll power by USA TODAY potentially look like? It’s our predicted guess on the early college football rankings after Week 2. – Contact/Follow @ColFootballNews …

collegefootballnews.com

Michigan bumps up to #15 from unranked. Wow.

 

[AWS1022]

Coaches Top 25 Poll powered by USA TODAY, Rankings Prediction: Week 2

What will the USA TODAY Coaches Poll power by USA TODAY potentially look like? It’s our predicted guess on the early college football rankings after Week 2. – Contact/Follow @ColFootballNews …

collegefootballnews.com

Michigan bumps up to #15 from unranked. Wow.

It was that big win over power house Washington….kind of like beating FSU, you’re beating the past more than the present.

 

[wolve1972]

Coaches Top 25 Poll powered by USA TODAY, Rankings Prediction: Week 2

What will the USA TODAY Coaches Poll power by USA TODAY potentially look like? It’s our predicted guess on the early college football rankings after Week 2. – Contact/Follow @ColFootballNews …

collegefootballnews.com

Michigan bumps up to #15 from unranked. Wow.

No big surprise. Jim and the Big Blue Machine will run the table this year. Bama will start getting nervous when they see the power coming at them in the Playoffs. Michigan is the winningest program in CF history for a reason.