Game Watchability Score – 2010 Week 4

I came up with a method that weighs the quality of teams and closeness of teams equally (with a home field adjustment thrown in). Games will score well if the teams are ranked high and the teams are closely matched.

The list is ranked by the ‘Game Watchability Score’, with the teams and their rankings. Remember it's early, the ratings used for this are based on 2-3 games per team. Still a fun method to look at it objectively. I’ll post these each week.

I’ll explain the methodology below in case you are interested.

Please click the “read more” link to see the scores. The rankings listed do not include games from Thursday/Friday and they combine FBS and FCS.

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2010 WASEAN Team Ratings – Week 3

Finally, the first ratings of the new season. As I said in the conference post, remember it’s early.

Even though it’s early, it’s pretty obvious Alabama is the best team in the country. But after that it is anyone’s game. Note that WASEAN doesn’t see VA Tech’s loss to JMU as a killer for Boise State at all.

A few notes . . .

Wagner and Cornell are not included, since they’ve only played each other, it’s impossible to tell how they compare with everyone else.

Also there were 5 applications of the ‘formulas are not perfect rule’. What this rule does is automatically bump undefeated/untied teams (remember that WASEAN does not count overtime) above the best team they beat. It also drops winless/tieless teams below the worst team they lost to.

Those situations this week are: Ohio State over Miami (FL), Wisconsin over Arizona State, USC over Virginia, Montana below Cal Poly, and Eastern Illinois below Tennessee-Martin.

Please click the ‘read more’ link to see the ratings.

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2010 WASEAN Conference Ratings – Week 3

Here we go, the first look at Conference Ratings for 2010! Just remember, it’s early. While a pecking order has been established, things move fast this early in the season.

Right now the Pac-10 and the ACC are off to the early lead, followed closely by the SEC and Big Ten. The Big East and Big 12 bring up the rear for the BCS conferences.

Note that two FCS conferences are ahead of the MWC, MAC, C-USA and the Sun Belt. The gap between FBS and FCS is much closer than most think.

To see the rankings, please click the “read more” link.

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