Now, the "What" of the computer ranking system is not to tricky to convey. The "How", which is more tricky, will come later but the what is more of a statement. A computer ranking system compiles statistics from games played throughout the season to find which team is the best. There are many computer rankings out there:
Sagarin
Massey
CFRC
Many Others (listing of all the rankings, and how accurate they are)
The Massey ranking is actually a compilation of about 100 ranking systems and then averaged out. I think that is a great way to do it, but that doesn't make you really the author of one of these rankings. That just makes you the one who takes an average of 100 numbers.
The Many Others link I find very interesting. This site (which looks Russian) actually tests to see which ranking system is the best. Now I would love to make it near the top of that site. That is definitely an interesting site, and too bad I don't know Russian. Dig around awhile, it is a good read.
Also, many rankings want to be predictive in nature and that is not what my ranking is about. I don't really care who wins next week. I want to know who is the best now. That might be a good benefit of having a ranking system, but not the purpose. As well, many rankings include strength of schedule. Currently this is not included in my rankings, and I have thought about adding it, but not a high priority.
My ranking system is based upon mostly, score, offensive and defensive statistics verse the opponents averages, date, and where the game is played. I feel these are the most important factors to find out which team is the best. So what...
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Man, I really could spend hours on that ranking of rankings site.
Are you going to go through the 5 Ws and the H? That's an old news story guideline: who, what, when, where, why, and how. It's a good first step to anything really.
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