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 PF PA  SCHED  RNK RATING  RNK RATING  RNK RATING  RNK RATING  RNK RATING  RNK RATING  P-SCR  P-OFF  P-DEF
Yale         3 0  5  0  0.457    1  0.557    1  0.541    1  0.477    1 0.6699    1 0.7677    1   1250 -0.773  0.141  0.813
Harvard      3 1  4  1  0.542    2  0.354    2  0.243    3  0.227    2 0.5841    2 0.6846    2   1200 -0.997 -0.205  0.660
Princeton    3 2 15  3  0.177    3  0.265    3  0.089    2  0.329    4 0.5346    4 0.5443    3   1150 -0.196  0.311  0.347
Rutgers      1 0  3  2 -0.647    4  0.253    4  0.067    4 -0.110    3 0.5632    3 0.5560    4   1097  0.038  0.031 -0.251
Stevens      2 2 15 10 -0.418    5  0.071    5 -0.186    6 -0.291    5 0.4302    7 0.2059    6   1012  0.527  0.241 -0.823
Pennsylvania 1 2  4 12 -0.212    6  0.041    6 -0.234    7 -0.553    7 0.3798    5 0.3014    5   1041  0.233 -0.267 -0.840
Columbia     1 3  7 10 -0.009    7  0.000    7 -0.306    5 -0.157    6 0.4242    6 0.2904    7    950  0.105  0.032 -0.347
UNRANKED     0 4  0 15 -0.731      -1.000      -1.000      -1.557      0.3445      0.2723           0 -0.195 -1.575 -1.539


Independent: strength=-0.035 (#1)
STANDARD MED LIKELY PREDICTIVE IMPRVD RPI RPI POLL TEAM W L PF PA SCHED RNK RATING RNK RATING RNK RATING RNK RATING RNK RATING RNK RATING P-SCR P-OFF P-DEF Yale 3 0 5 0 0.457 1 0.557 1 0.541 1 0.477 1 0.6699 1 0.7677 1 1250 -0.773 0.141 0.813 Harvard 3 1 4 1 0.542 2 0.354 2 0.243 3 0.227 2 0.5841 2 0.6846 2 1200 -0.997 -0.205 0.660 Princeton 3 2 15 3 0.177 3 0.265 3 0.089 2 0.329 4 0.5346 4 0.5443 3 1150 -0.196 0.311 0.347 Rutgers 1 0 3 2 -0.647 4 0.253 4 0.067 4 -0.110 3 0.5632 3 0.5560 4 1097 0.038 0.031 -0.251 Stevens 2 2 15 10 -0.418 5 0.071 5 -0.186 6 -0.291 5 0.4302 7 0.2059 6 1012 0.527 0.241 -0.823 Pennsylvania 1 2 4 12 -0.212 6 0.041 6 -0.234 7 -0.553 7 0.3798 5 0.3014 5 1041 0.233 -0.267 -0.840 Columbia 1 3 7 10 -0.009 7 0.000 7 -0.306 5 -0.157 6 0.4242 6 0.2904 7 950 0.105 0.032 -0.347
Conference Strengths CONFERENCE W L PCT RNK RATING Independent 14 10 0.583 1 -0.035

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

posted: Mon Dec 31 14:14:07 2007

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