Jeff Sagarin
Big Ten Football Barely BCS-Worthy Sagarin Ratings Say...themselves the rest of the way. Speaking of the BCS, the initial standings will be published a week from Sunday, and Sagarin's ELO-CHESS ratings are one of six computer polls included in the ranking formula. Unlike his overall ratings,... In this article: Big Ten, ELO, USC, Chess, Virginia Tech, Pac-10, Cincinnati, and Boise State Broncos |
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L.A. Times - USC Trojans | October 07, 2008
USC is No. 1 (and 16) by one computer - Los Angeles Times
...such as Scripps-Howard, pulled out rather than tweak their formulas. It is the second set, which the Sagarin lists call "ELO-CHESS," that are used in the BCS standings. Crushing victories against Virginia, Ohio State and Oregon, by the...
In this article: Bowl Championship Series, Los Angeles Times, Florida, Oregon State, Ohio State, Chess, Sausage, University of Mississippi, and Seattle Times
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SB Nation | October 07, 2009
The Road Ahead
...in the conference. Projecting points spreads for the remaining 7 games using the current Sagarin ratings yields this table of plausible-looking numbers (and, yes, it's officially Jeff Sagarin Week here at TOC): The first column of...
In this article: Pizza, Big Ten, Western Michigan, MSU Football, Chess, Penn State, ELO, and Illinois
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ESPN.com | November 25, 2008
Forde: Dashing through the snow
But before anyone serves a mental inquest warrant on Jeff Sagarin, understand this: The BCS insists on minimizing margin of victory, so it uses a different version of Sagarin's numbers (the "ELO chess" figures) than his main set. The...
In this article: Notre Dame, Texas Tech, Eric Berry, Charlie Weis, Phil Fulmer, Scott Bentley, Ty Willingham, Sooners, and ACC
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Team Speed Kills | April 30, 2009
A Brief History of the Postseason in America
The BCS has used a variety of them over its decade of existence, but the ones used today are done by Jeff Sagarin (his ELO-CHESS specifically), Richard Billingsley, Anderson and Hester, Kenneth Massey, Peter Wolfe, and Wes Colley. These...
In this article: NCAA, NFL, Rose Bowl, National League, SEC, Big 12, and Big Ten
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CougCenter | December 01, 2008
Why does the Pac-10 still support the BCS?
...which is a synthesis of those previous two opposites. Sagarin actually says on his website that the ELO-CHESS is "less accurate in its predictions for upcoming games" than the PREDICTOR. Guess which one the BCS uses? The ELO-CHESS. Not the...
In this article: Pac-10, Big Ten, NCAA, Oklahoma, Oregon State, Cal, and Chess
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Yahoo! Sports | November 23, 2008
BCS Realpolitik: The computers are starting to go a little crazy, but it's not their fault
...margin of victory instead treating every win as exactly the same, those algorithms would make infinitely more sense (the poll Sagarin would submit if he could has Oklahoma No. 2 and Tech fourth). Secondly, Oklahoma's emphatic...
In this article: Texas, Texas Tech, Oklahoma, USC, Florida, Raiders, Utah, and Southern Cal
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Jeff Sagarin is an American sports statistician well-known for his development of a methodology for ranking and rating sports teams in a variety of sports. His ratings have been a regular feature in the USA Today sports sections since 1985, have been used by the NCAA Tournament Selection Committee to help determine the participants in the NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Championship tournament since 1984, and have been a part of the Bowl Championship Series since its inception.
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