http://sports.espn.go.com/ncf/news/story?id=2194032

We're picking a lot of the same matchups for the premiere bowls.

( My ongoing tracking of likely bowl matchups, and what you can look forward to. )

( My updated (non-computer) rankings )

I'm sitting here now while my new rankings compile. Yeah, it's going to take about an hour (assuming Matlab is still actually running, and hasn't just crashed), and they're getting complex.

( Clicky! )

( My ongoing tracking of likely bowl matchups, and what you can look forward to. )

( The BCS rankings haven't come out yet, but I'll do this now based on the AP. )

Kenneth Massey, whose computer poll is one of the six used by the BCS, has a unique "game outcome function" that estimates the odds of "Team A" winning a rematch against "Team B" under identical conditions, given only the score of the game. (the poll he gives the BCS doesn't use this powerful tool, because the BCS committee is full of impotent ( Read more... )

With 10 weeks done and 6 to go, it's time to take a look at where things stand. ( The BCS rankings, and my opinion: )

When I talked about "the iterative approach," I said I'd like to try this over winter break. Turns out, it didn't take much more than an hour...

( Optimizing the Results )

( After Week 9's games... )