Explanation: Each team is listed with its record, overall score differential, and six ratings. Brief explanations of the ratings follow.
Because these ratings contain no prejudices regarding team or conference strengths, they tend to be quite inaccurate early in the seasons. College football appears to take at least 5 games per team before even remotely reasonable ratings are produced; acceptable ratings are produced with 8 games per team; excellent ratings unfortunately require 14 games per team.

Full Ranking

                                  STANDARD   MED LIKELY  PREDICTIVE  IMPRVD RPI     RPI         POLL   
TEAM         W L T PF PA  SCHED  RNK RATING  RNK RATING  RNK RATING  RNK RATING  RNK RATING  RNK RATING  P-SCR  P-OFF  P-DEF
Yale         4 0 1 30  0  0.564    1  1.064    2  1.057    1  1.418    1 0.6413    1 0.7286    1   1250 -0.330  1.446  1.391
Princeton    4 0 1 17  1  0.372    2  1.019    1  1.199    2  0.788    2 0.6103    2 0.6552    2   1200 -0.854  0.541  1.035
Pennsylvania 3 2 0 13  9 -0.026    3  0.616    3  0.100    4  0.009    5 0.4918    5 0.4619    3   1150 -0.168  0.137 -0.119
Harvard      2 2 2  6  4  0.578    4  0.567    4 -0.006    3  0.496    3 0.5088    3 0.5919    4   1100 -0.675  0.334  0.658
Brown        0 1 0  0  8  1.145    5  0.507    5 -0.168    5 -0.293    4 0.4931    4 0.5296    8    900 -0.080 -0.107 -0.479
Columbia     1 2 0  3 16 -0.198    6  0.470    6 -0.282    6 -0.569    6 0.4723    6 0.4365    5   1034 -0.058 -0.367 -0.771
Rutgers      2 2 0  6 12 -0.913    7  0.351    7 -0.470    7 -0.870    7 0.4527    7 0.3848    6   1016 -0.013 -0.637 -1.102
Stevens      1 5 0  3 20 -0.688    8  0.000    8 -1.250    8 -1.341    8 0.3452    8 0.1579    7    950 -0.342 -1.320 -1.361
UNRANKED     0 3 2  1  9 -0.218      -1.000      -1.000      -0.699      0.3687      0.3250           0 -0.369 -0.695 -0.703


Independent: strength=-0.121 (#1)
STANDARD MED LIKELY PREDICTIVE IMPRVD RPI RPI POLL TEAM W L T PF PA SCHED RNK RATING RNK RATING RNK RATING RNK RATING RNK RATING RNK RATING P-SCR P-OFF P-DEF Yale 4 0 1 30 0 0.564 1 1.064 2 1.057 1 1.418 1 0.6413 1 0.7286 1 1250 -0.330 1.446 1.391 Princeton 4 0 1 17 1 0.372 2 1.019 1 1.199 2 0.788 2 0.6103 2 0.6552 2 1200 -0.854 0.541 1.035 Pennsylvania 3 2 0 13 9 -0.026 3 0.616 3 0.100 4 0.009 5 0.4918 5 0.4619 3 1150 -0.168 0.137 -0.119 Harvard 2 2 2 6 4 0.578 4 0.567 4 -0.006 3 0.496 3 0.5088 3 0.5919 4 1100 -0.675 0.334 0.658 Brown 0 1 0 0 8 1.145 5 0.507 5 -0.168 5 -0.293 4 0.4931 4 0.5296 8 900 -0.080 -0.107 -0.479 Columbia 1 2 0 3 16 -0.198 6 0.470 6 -0.282 6 -0.569 6 0.4723 6 0.4365 5 1034 -0.058 -0.367 -0.771 Rutgers 2 2 0 6 12 -0.913 7 0.351 7 -0.470 7 -0.870 7 0.4527 7 0.3848 6 1016 -0.013 -0.637 -1.102 Stevens 1 5 0 3 20 -0.688 8 0.000 8 -1.250 8 -1.341 8 0.3452 8 0.1579 7 950 -0.342 -1.320 -1.361
Conference Strengths CONFERENCE W L T PCT RNK RATING Independent 17 14 4 0.543 1 -0.121

Home field advantage amounts to:
     0.203 points in main ratings
     0.019 points in improved RPI
Average of 1.75 points per score

posted: Mon Dec 31 14:14:06 2007

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