JWilson’s Power Rankings - Week 8
By John Wilson on Oct 24, 2007 in Rankings/BCS/Polls
Week 2 of my computer ratings, week 8 of the season. I still don’t have Excel installed, so it is still 100% objective. Once I get a more complex spreadsheet tool, I can make this more complex. I still think this ranking creates some serious talking points around media bias, strength of schedule, etc.
| Power Ranking | Team | Points | BCS Rank |
| 1 | Ohio State | 13.12 | 1 |
| 2 | Boston College | 12.57 | 2 |
| 3 | Kansas | 12.29 | 9 |
| 4 | LSU | 11.88 | 3 |
| 5 | Arizona State | 11.86 | 4 |
| 6 | Virginia | 11.75 | 15 |
| 7 | Missouri | 11.43 | 13 |
| 8 | South Florida | 11.29 | 10 |
| 9 | Oregon | 11.14 | 5 |
| 10 | Oklahoma | 10.88 | 6 |
| 11 | West Virginia | 10.86 | 7 |
| 12 | Virginia Tech | 10.71 | 8 |
| 13 | USC | 10.29 | 12 |
| 14 | Kentucky | 10.12 | 14 |
| 15 | Florida | 9.43 | 11 |
| 16 | South Carolina | 9.38 | 16 |
Remember: to be eligible for the power rankings, you must be in the top 16 of the BCS rankings (this will help inject some subjectivity in my rankings, and I’m too lazy to do the math for all the D1 teams). The formula takes in to account strength of schedule, quality of wins and quality of your win’s wins.
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Black Beatty | Oct 24, 2007 | Reply
Tips on loading Excel onto a computer.
1. Push button to open CD-ROM
2. Place excel CD in the tray and push button to close
3. Hit run/execute button on screen to load Excel
4. Computer does the rest. Enjoy Excel.
Your fancy new formula will most likely propel Kansas to #1.
jwilson | Oct 24, 2007 | Reply
1. Drive to Walmart
2. Buy me excel
3. Send excel to John
MountaineerBob | Oct 24, 2007 | Reply
Virginia at #6?!?!… they’ve won their last two games by one point… against Uconn and MD.
but it has Florida at 15.. which is about right..
i hate virginia and florida.. and BC.. and especially OHIO State.. wonder where they will end up after they loose to Penn State this weekend.. that’s right, i’m pulling for Penn State!! Gooo Joe Pa!!!
jwilson | Oct 24, 2007 | Reply
Margin of victory could be argued is inversely proportionate to strength of schedule. A one point win over VT is much more impressive than a 50 point win over Pitt, imo.