Landlord Posted October 29, 2014 Share Posted October 29, 2014 So a user over on reddit had an interesting idea. He made a blind resume system for users to rank teams on. The resumes showed a team's record, record vs Top 25, record vs Top 10, strength of schedule, margin of victory, and description of loss. no names, no conferences. Almost 900 regular ole college football fans just like you and me filled out the survey, ranking the teams in the order they thought was fair based on blind resumes. Here were the results: Now, obviously this is a very imperfect means of ranking. Even more obviously, there is no such thing as a perfect means of ranking. Even more obviously still, teams can't be ranked in a vacuum without influence of the general college football landscape, including ESPN. But, remarkably, 900 regular fans without knowledge of the names or conferences of the teams they were actually voting for, came up with a poll that was remarkably close to the poll of the CFB Playoff Selection Committee. 2 Quote Link to comment
NUance Posted October 29, 2014 Share Posted October 29, 2014 Woo hoo! 13th! We're movin' up! 1 Quote Link to comment
Redux Posted October 29, 2014 Share Posted October 29, 2014 So.......we have discovered how the AP goes about ranking teams? Quote Link to comment
Chaddyboxer Posted October 29, 2014 Share Posted October 29, 2014 I actually really like these rankings ha Quote Link to comment
BigRedBuster Posted October 29, 2014 Share Posted October 29, 2014 Interesting. I'm interested in knowing if the wins against top 25 that were listed were ranked at time of playing or how they are ranked now. Quote Link to comment
FrankWheeler Posted October 29, 2014 Share Posted October 29, 2014 What top 25 and top 10 rankings did they use for the wins against on the resumes? Doesn't that kind of eliminate the blind thing since these rankings supposedly have the SEC bias? 3 Quote Link to comment
Redux Posted October 29, 2014 Share Posted October 29, 2014 I for one am shocked.... Quote Link to comment
Kernal Posted October 29, 2014 Share Posted October 29, 2014 I still wouldn't use the teams' records vs. top-25 or top-10 opponents. All that does is transfer the AP or Coaches poll rankings into the new poll. 3 Quote Link to comment
True2tRA Posted October 29, 2014 Share Posted October 29, 2014 Nebraska is number 1 in my heart, and that's all that matters. I'm into moral victories. 3 Quote Link to comment
Redux Posted October 30, 2014 Share Posted October 30, 2014 Nebraska is number 1 in my heart, and that's all that matters. I'm into moral victories. Nice +1 Quote Link to comment
Moiraine Posted October 30, 2014 Share Posted October 30, 2014 What top 25 and top 10 rankings did they use for the wins against on the resumes? Doesn't that kind of eliminate the blind thing since these rankings supposedly have the SEC bias? Yes. 2 Quote Link to comment
Count 'Bility Posted October 30, 2014 Share Posted October 30, 2014 Thanks for suckin all our fun with facts and logic. Ass. 3 Quote Link to comment
huKSer Posted October 30, 2014 Share Posted October 30, 2014 By conference: 3 ACC adds up to be +1 differential (+ 1/3 per school) 6 SEC adds up to be 0 differential 5 Big 12 adds up to be 0 differential 5 PAC adds up to be -3 differential (- 3/5 per school) 3 B1G adds up to be -4 differential (- 1 1/3 per school) (Thanks osu) So the ACC is slightly under rated, and *gulp* the B1G is the most over rated Quote Link to comment
Danimal Posted October 30, 2014 Share Posted October 30, 2014 So a user over on reddit had an interesting idea. He made a blind resume system for users to rank teams on. The resumes showed a team's record, record vs Top 25, record vs Top 10, strength of schedule, margin of victory, and description of loss. no names, no conferences. Almost 900 regular ole college football fans just like you and me filled out the survey, ranking the teams in the order they thought was fair based on blind resumes. Here were the results: Now, obviously this is a very imperfect means of ranking. Even more obviously, there is no such thing as a perfect means of ranking. Even more obviously still, teams can't be ranked in a vacuum without influence of the general college football landscape, including ESPN. But, remarkably, 900 regular fans without knowledge of the names or conferences of the teams they were actually voting for, came up with a poll that was remarkably close to the poll of the CFB Playoff Selection Committee. Thing is though folks wouldn't be complaining nearly as much if this was the committee's result. OM being in the playoff over Oregon was the tipping point. Ya things aren't over by any means and the committee said the difference between 4, 5, 6, and 7 was paper thin but this is all about picking a top4 the committee's top4 was not a good sign. Quote Link to comment
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