Monday, October 15, 2012

Comparing Polls and BCS Rankings

With the release of the first BCS standings, the usual differences between computers and actual voters becomes clear.  The computers, of course, value actual results from the season in question while the voters place higher value on either what they predict will happen or on talent levels.  Therefore Alabama, who is considered the best team in the country, easily wins the voting polls but is only third in the computers averages due to a less-than-desired quality of opponent so far this season.  They remain the top dog in the BCS thanks to the dominance they have in the human polls.  The number two team in the polls, Oregon, however, is paying for a back-loaded conference schedule and poor out-of-conference group of victims and sits at three behind Florida.  None of this matters now since we have a long way to go but history does show us that some very deserving teams can be left out in the cold if they run out of time or opportunity to travel up to a top spot.  Or if they fail some BS "eye test" the supposed experts fall back on to give honors to their favorites over teams with better resumes.

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