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         3 0 1 116   0  2.527    1  1.849    2  3.053    1  3.511    2 0.6605    3 0.6409    3   1180 -0.028  3.010  4.011
Princeton    3 0 1 151   6  2.462    2  1.832    1  3.274    2  3.142    1 0.6674    2 0.6871    1   1233  0.307  2.891  3.394
Harvard      4 2 0 129  94  1.145    3  1.374    3  1.070    5  0.630    4 0.5314    6 0.4262    2   1187  0.917  0.964  0.295
Pennsylvania 3 0 1  93  28  0.270    4  1.164    4  0.357    3  1.106    3 0.6292    1 0.8315    5   1071  0.748  1.261  0.951
Wesleyan     1 2 0  43  60  0.971    5  0.936    5 -0.109    4  0.795    5 0.5171    5 0.6300    6    982  0.761  0.963  0.628
Stevens      3 2 0  94  96 -0.831    6  0.935    6 -0.132    6 -0.772    6 0.4990    4 0.6344    4   1079  0.533 -0.826 -0.717
Rutgers      1 1 0  26  31 -1.497    7  0.738    7 -1.075    7 -1.420    7 0.4049    7 0.3161    7    968  0.428 -1.569 -1.271
Lafayette    1 3 0  38 100 -2.747    8  0.357    8 -3.029    8 -3.319    8 0.3164    8 0.2169    8    900  0.690 -3.223 -3.414
Lehigh       0 2 0  16  70 -4.177    9  0.000    9 -4.586    9 -5.037    9 0.1491    9 0.0000    9    850  0.971 -4.642 -5.432
UNRANKED     1 8 1  62 283 -0.285      -1.000      -1.000      -1.198      0.4333      0.4015           0  0.723 -1.069 -1.327


Independent: strength=0.172 (#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 3 0 1 116 0 2.527 1 1.849 2 3.053 1 3.511 2 0.6605 3 0.6409 3 1180 -0.028 3.010 4.011 Princeton 3 0 1 151 6 2.462 2 1.832 1 3.274 2 3.142 1 0.6674 2 0.6871 1 1233 0.307 2.891 3.394 Harvard 4 2 0 129 94 1.145 3 1.374 3 1.070 5 0.630 4 0.5314 6 0.4262 2 1187 0.917 0.964 0.295 Pennsylvania 3 0 1 93 28 0.270 4 1.164 4 0.357 3 1.106 3 0.6292 1 0.8315 5 1071 0.748 1.261 0.951 Wesleyan 1 2 0 43 60 0.971 5 0.936 5 -0.109 4 0.795 5 0.5171 5 0.6300 6 982 0.761 0.963 0.628 Stevens 3 2 0 94 96 -0.831 6 0.935 6 -0.132 6 -0.772 6 0.4990 4 0.6344 4 1079 0.533 -0.826 -0.717 Rutgers 1 1 0 26 31 -1.497 7 0.738 7 -1.075 7 -1.420 7 0.4049 7 0.3161 7 968 0.428 -1.569 -1.271 Lafayette 1 3 0 38 100 -2.747 8 0.357 8 -3.029 8 -3.319 8 0.3164 8 0.2169 8 900 0.690 -3.223 -3.414 Lehigh 0 2 0 16 70 -4.177 9 0.000 9 -4.586 9 -5.037 9 0.1491 9 0.0000 9 850 0.971 -4.642 -5.432
Conference Strengths CONFERENCE W L T PCT RNK RATING Independent 19 12 3 0.603 1 0.172

Home field advantage amounts to:
     0.221 points in main ratings
     0.024 points in improved RPI
Average of 5.65 points per score

posted: Mon Dec 31 14:14:06 2007

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