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2001-2010 football report
After a long delay, latest decade rankings are finished: http://ia.bcmoorerankings.com/fb/2001-2010/ Data on extinct teams can be found here: http://ia.bcmoorerankings.com/fb/2001-2010/JobStatistics.txt
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Preseason rankings construction
How do you construct a preseason ranking? Last year I investigated the question of preseason rankings. Given that the computer knows nothing about the 2011 edition of all teams, how can an intelligent preseason rankings be constructed? Some initial notes are given here http://bcmoorerankings.com/2010/07/tradition-one-year-tradition/. Possibilities: 1. Use last year’s team strengths 2. Use a different…
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weeks 0 – 4 predictions
I’ve done some work in the off-season to improve that quality of week 1 to week 3 predictions. In these weeks there are not enough connections between the teams for an unbiased model. Thus some sort of bias needs to be introduced to be able to compare all teams. The best bias discovered so far…
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Class strength estimates
In thinking about the 4A-3A games, it occurred to me that I really need a baseline measurement of the difference between 4A and 3A. I took the score data from 2001-2009 and then applied the team data for 2010. Thus the games played by Sioux City Heelan and Waukee, 2001-2009, are the basis for this…
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Winner’s rank in previous year’s rankings
Example: The winner of the 2009 4A championship (09) finished the previous year ranked #11. 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 4A 1 6 2 10 2 11 2 5 11 3A 20 12 2 1 1 19 18 3 5 2A 8 2 4 3A-43 3 9 3 3A-1 1 1A…