I'm guessing the winner of the championship will get a bump with strength of schedule and get the #1 Sagarin rating.
I'm guessing the winner of the championship will get a bump with strength of schedule and get the #1 Sagarin rating.
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I have the honor to be Your Obedient Servant - B.Aud
We all live in stories... It seems to me that a definition of any living vibrant society is that you constantly question those stories... The argument itself is freedom. It's not that you come to a conclusion about it. Through that argument you change your mind sometimes... That's how societies grow. When you can't retell for yourself the stories of your life then you live in a prison... Somebody else controls the story. - S. Rushdie
SOS is more of an output than an input.
If Team A had a ranking of 70 and team B had a ranking of 90. Everything else equal, Team A's ranking doesn't not increase merely by playing an extremely good team. If Team B wins by 20, in fact, neither team's rankings change at all.
I have the honor to be Your Obedient Servant - B.Aud
We all live in stories... It seems to me that a definition of any living vibrant society is that you constantly question those stories... The argument itself is freedom. It's not that you come to a conclusion about it. Through that argument you change your mind sometimes... That's how societies grow. When you can't retell for yourself the stories of your life then you live in a prison... Somebody else controls the story. - S. Rushdie
Team...................... Final
#5 Illinois State ------- 36.7%
#2 North Dakota State 63.3%
NDSU -4.5
I have the honor to be Your Obedient Servant - B.Aud
We all live in stories... It seems to me that a definition of any living vibrant society is that you constantly question those stories... The argument itself is freedom. It's not that you come to a conclusion about it. Through that argument you change your mind sometimes... That's how societies grow. When you can't retell for yourself the stories of your life then you live in a prison... Somebody else controls the story. - S. Rushdie
Using just the 42 MVFC games (including the playoff contests) for a Sagarin type analysis, I'm getting basically the same neutral field spread, NDSU -4.5 and an o/u of 52.
Ratings (conference rank):
Team . Overall . Offense . Defense
NDSU 14.43 (1) 4.03 (3) 10.41 (1)
Ill St .. 9.80 (2) 8.16 (1). 1.64 (4)
I have the honor to be Your Obedient Servant - B.Aud
We all live in stories... It seems to me that a definition of any living vibrant society is that you constantly question those stories... The argument itself is freedom. It's not that you come to a conclusion about it. Through that argument you change your mind sometimes... That's how societies grow. When you can't retell for yourself the stories of your life then you live in a prison... Somebody else controls the story. - S. Rushdie
One last update before the game. Personally, I think the Bison are going to win by more than 5 just because of ISU giving their players 8 days off. It's one of those things that will have an impact on the game that can't be quantified in the stats. Bison by 10-17.
Sagarin's Championship Prediction (updated)
Sagarin FCS Top-25Code:Rank Team Sagarin Predict Result Diff 32 North Dakota State 79.71 105 Iowa State 61.38 +15.56 +20.00 +4.44 197 Weber State 42.31 +34.63 +17.00 -17.63 233 Incarnate Word 26.51 +55.97 +58.00 +2.03 127 Montana 56.24 +26.24 +12.00 -14.24 118 Western Illinois 57.65 +19.29 +7.00 -12.29 108 Southern Illinois 60.69 +21.79 +28.00 +6.21 92 Indiana State 64.03 +18.45 +17.00 -1.45 175 South Dakota 46.62 +30.32 +40.00 +9.68 67 South Dakota State 69.09 +13.39 +20.00 +6.61 55 Northern Iowa 72.19 +4.75 -20.00 -24.75 114 Missouri State 58.59 +18.35 +35.00 +16.65 110 Youngstown State 60.29 +22.19 +24.00 +1.81 67 South Dakota State 69.09 +13.39 +3.00 -10.39 68 Coastal Carolina 68.46 +14.02 +7.00 -7.02 94 Sam Houston State 63.40 +19.08 +32.00 +19.78 41 Illinois State 75.13 +4.58 Total Diff: -20.56 Home Field 2.77
Sagarin Conference RankingCode:Rank SagRank RATING Team SOS SOSRank Conference 1 32 79.71 North Dakota State 59.04 123 Missouri Valley 2 41 75.13 Illinois State 58.84 126 Missouri Valley 3 55 72.19 Northern Iowa 61.20 106 Missouri Valley 4 67 69.09 South Dakota State 63.70 82 Missouri Valley 5 68 68.46 Coastal Carolina 48.47 180 Big South 6 70 68.29 Chattanooga 53.30 147 Southern 7 77 67.49 New Hampshire 50.27 171 Colonial 8 84 65.24 Jacksonville State 50.09 172 Ohio Valley 9 92 64.03 Indiana State 63.31 89 Missouri Valley 10 93 63.63 Eastern Washington 51.42 163 Big Sky 11 94 63.40 Sam Houston State 54.78 142 Southland 12 95 63.08 Harvard 38.73 227 Ivy League 13 98 62.93 Villanova 49.30 174 Colonial 14 100 62.32 SE Louisiana 45.59 196 Southland 15 103 61.66 Liberty 55.60 140 Big South 16 106 61.27 Samford 56.59 135 Southern 17 108 60.69 Southern Illinois 61.80 103 Missouri Valley 18 109 60.31 Fordham 43.07 211 Patriot 19 110 60.29 Youngstown State 57.79 132 Missouri Valley 20 113 58.61 Idaho State 51.85 155 Big Sky 21 114 58.59 Missouri State 63.56 85 Missouri Valley 22 118 57.65 Western Illinois 64.40 76 Missouri Valley 23 122 56.79 Richmond 50.37 170 Colonial 24 124 56.55 Charleston Southern 51.73 159 Big South 25 127 56.24 Montana 49.23 175 Big Sky
Code:Conference CMean ConfMax NDSU SEC 84.75 96.83 12 PAC-12 78.14 98.13 7 BIG 12 76.17 99.58 5 ACC 74.69 87.42 5 BIG TEN 73.94 98.55 5 I-A INDEPENDENTS 68.46 79.83 2 MISSOURI VALLEY 64.18 79.71 1 MWC 61.66 77.43 1 CONFERENCE USA 61.23 82.36 2 AMERICAN ATHLETIC 60.86 76.11 1 MAC 56.12 68.08 1 SUN BELT 55.85 69.47 1 BIG SOUTH 52.54 68.46 1 SOUTHERN 50.49 68.29 1 COLONIAL 48.10 67.49 1 SOUTHLAND 47.14 63.40 1 BIG SKY 46.54 63.63 1 OHIO VALLEY 45.43 65.24 1 I-AA INDEPENDENTS 44.59 44.59 1 PATRIOT 44.44 60.31 1 NORTHEAST 42.70 52.68 1 IVY LEAGUE 39.85 63.08 1 MID-EASTERN 36.14 49.97 1 SWAC 31.63 50.66 1 PIONEER 24.28 43.49 1
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