Rank-o-Matic Week 6
Busy day yesterday, so I only managed to tweet it, but Rank-o-Matic Week 6 rankings are up! New this week: I’ve always found myself clicking around the rankings to check the records of a given team’s opponents. In an effort to reduce that a bit, I’ve added some at-a-glance info. Now wins against teams with winning records are denoted with a W+, and wins against teams for which that game was the only loss are shown with a W1. With that information emphasized, it’s easier to understand why LSU, who has a tendency to win in a dirt-ugly fashion, is #1 in the current rankings: they’ve beaten 4 winning teams, including handing West Virginia their only loss of the season so far. Ugly or not, on the field, they’re walking away with Ws against some of the highest-quality competition in college football. Compare this to the AP poll: a #2 ranking for an Oregon team with only one quality win against Stanford and a resume otherwise made up of teams in the bottom half of the league or not in the league at all, and an undefeated LSU behind an Alabama team that just got spanked by South Carolina. AP polls like this week’s are exactly why I put the Rank-o-Matic together. I’m sick of seeing petty regional and personal biases matter more than what happens on the field.