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
Princeton    7 0 2 24  0 -0.075    1  0.653    1  0.310    1  0.321    2 0.5765    2 0.5976    3   1155 -0.604  0.431  0.212
Yale         5 0 1 10  0  0.161    2  0.642    2  0.301    2  0.245    1 0.6330    1 0.6521    1   1250 -0.951  0.188  0.302
Harvard      6 1 1 17  2  0.114    3  0.531    3  0.197    3  0.109    4 0.5656    3 0.5921    2   1195 -1.457 -0.142  0.359
Dartmouth    1 0 1  1  0 -0.256    4  0.333    4 -0.044    6 -0.081    3 0.5742    5 0.4796    4   1100 -1.470 -0.336  0.174
Columbia     3 3 1  6  4  0.045    5  0.319    5 -0.060    4  0.002    5 0.4974    4 0.5478    5   1050 -1.171 -0.146  0.150
Michigan     0 3 0  0  4  0.639    6  0.198    6 -0.203    5 -0.053    7 0.4413    6 0.4584    9    850 -0.968 -0.117  0.012
Stevens      1 2 1  4 12 -0.270    7  0.169    7 -0.237    9 -0.283    8 0.4259    8 0.4351    7    968  0.294  0.395 -0.960
Amherst      0 3 1  0  7 -0.017    8  0.167    8 -0.239    8 -0.210    6 0.4659    7 0.4486    8    900 -0.606 -0.101 -0.318
Rutgers      2 4 1 12  7 -0.099    9  0.163    9 -0.244    7 -0.197    9 0.4160    9 0.4186    6    982 -1.214 -0.362 -0.032
Pennsylvania 0 5 0  1 17 -0.028   10  0.000   10 -0.392   10 -0.446   10 0.3495   10 0.3604   10    800  0.240  0.191 -1.083
UNRANKED     0 4 1  3 25 -0.498      -1.000      -1.000      -1.529      0.3692      0.3970           0 -0.008 -1.066 -1.992


Independent: strength=-0.080 (#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 Princeton 7 0 2 24 0 -0.075 1 0.653 1 0.310 1 0.321 2 0.5765 2 0.5976 3 1155 -0.604 0.431 0.212 Yale 5 0 1 10 0 0.161 2 0.642 2 0.301 2 0.245 1 0.6330 1 0.6521 1 1250 -0.951 0.188 0.302 Harvard 6 1 1 17 2 0.114 3 0.531 3 0.197 3 0.109 4 0.5656 3 0.5921 2 1195 -1.457 -0.142 0.359 Dartmouth 1 0 1 1 0 -0.256 4 0.333 4 -0.044 6 -0.081 3 0.5742 5 0.4796 4 1100 -1.470 -0.336 0.174 Columbia 3 3 1 6 4 0.045 5 0.319 5 -0.060 4 0.002 5 0.4974 4 0.5478 5 1050 -1.171 -0.146 0.150 Michigan 0 3 0 0 4 0.639 6 0.198 6 -0.203 5 -0.053 7 0.4413 6 0.4584 9 850 -0.968 -0.117 0.012 Stevens 1 2 1 4 12 -0.270 7 0.169 7 -0.237 9 -0.283 8 0.4259 8 0.4351 7 968 0.294 0.395 -0.960 Amherst 0 3 1 0 7 -0.017 8 0.167 8 -0.239 8 -0.210 6 0.4659 7 0.4486 8 900 -0.606 -0.101 -0.318 Rutgers 2 4 1 12 7 -0.099 9 0.163 9 -0.244 7 -0.197 9 0.4160 9 0.4186 6 982 -1.214 -0.362 -0.032 Pennsylvania 0 5 0 1 17 -0.028 10 0.000 10 -0.392 10 -0.446 10 0.3495 10 0.3604 10 800 0.240 0.191 -1.083
Conference Strengths CONFERENCE W L T PCT RNK RATING Independent 25 21 9 0.536 1 -0.080

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

posted: Mon Dec 31 14:14:06 2007

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