So, I guess this fall will be all about sports for me with very little bridge. I guess that’s fine. Fall bridge tournaments tend to interfere with several fun activities like watching football, the baseball playoffs, and enjoying the nice weather on the tennis court and jogging trails and dog parks.
Anyway, this is the 5th season of my computer football rankings. The formula is almost unchanged from last season and I guess I can go ahead and put out my first rankings after 4 weeks of the college football season. In 2012, Notre Dame finished as my #1 ranked team, despite losing the “National Championship” game to Alabama, who was a fairly distant #2.
NCAA Football – Sept. 23, 2013 –
through week 4
|
Strength of |
|||||
|
Rank |
W |
L |
Team |
Schedule |
Total Rating |
|
1 |
3 |
0 |
ALABAMA |
20 |
96.450 |
|
2 |
3 |
0 |
OKLAHOMA |
36 |
92.324 |
|
3 |
3 |
0 |
OREGON |
78 |
86.633 |
|
4 |
3 |
0 |
CLEMSON |
46 |
86.512 |
|
5 |
3 |
0 |
STANFORD |
51 |
86.265 |
|
6 |
4 |
0 |
LSU |
57 |
85.726 |
|
7 |
3 |
0 |
UCLA |
66 |
82.739 |
|
8 |
3 |
0 |
FLORIDA STATE |
79 |
82.068 |
|
9 |
3 |
0 |
FRESNO STATE |
58 |
81.069 |
|
10 |
3 |
1 |
NOTRE DAME |
56 |
78.753 |
|
11 |
3 |
0 |
OKLAHOMA STATE |
75 |
78.235 |
|
12 |
2 |
1 |
FLORIDA |
6 |
77.999 |
|
13 |
3 |
0 |
WASHINGTON |
68 |
77.318 |
|
14 |
2 |
1 |
GEORGIA |
2 |
76.757 |
|
15 |
3 |
0 |
ARIZONA |
93 |
76.312 |
|
16 |
2 |
1 |
SOUTH CAROLINA |
11 |
75.545 |
|
17 |
4 |
0 |
OHIO STATE |
118 |
75.064 |
|
18 |
4 |
0 |
MICHIGAN |
92 |
75.057 |
|
19 |
3 |
0 |
MISSISSIPPI |
67 |
74.916 |
|
20 |
3 |
0 |
BAYLOR |
110 |
74.658 |
|
21 |
4 |
0 |
TEXAS TECH |
88 |
74.385 |
|
22 |
3 |
1 |
TEXAS A&M |
48 |
74.262 |
|
23 |
3 |
0 |
UCF |
95 |
74.001 |
|
24 |
3 |
0 |
GEORGIA TECH |
87 |
72.857 |
|
25 |
4 |
0 |
LOUISVILLE |
109 |
71.783 |
In this week’s games, my computer predicts Georgia Tech to win 31-20 over VT and LSU to nip UGA 31-30.