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The computer polls are great and all but...they only come into play if the human polls don't match up. If WVU or Louisville is undefeated and noone else is they will be #2 in the human polls and the computer polls will mean [censored]. So one of them will face OSU in the BCS Title game in Glendale. Peace. |
10-10-2006, 12:40 AM
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do y'all really think that no one else will go undefeated? i think there will be three or more undefeateds.
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10-10-2006, 01:54 AM
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Originally Posted by t_BuckeyeScott
The computer polls are great and all but... they only come into play if the human polls don't match up. If WVU or Louisville is undefeated and noone else is they will be #2 in the human polls and the computer polls will mean [censored]. So one of them will face OSU in the BCS Title game in Glendale. Peace. |
That is not true. The computer polls do count, see the official BCS formula:
Compilation of Standings
Since the 2000 regular season, the BCS Standings have been compiled by the National Football Foundation and College Hall of Fame.
The Standings include three components: USA Today Coaches Poll, Harris Interactive College Football Poll and an average of six computer rankings. Each component will count one-third toward a team's overall BCS score.
All three components shall be added together and averaged for a team's ranking in the BCS Standings. The team with the highest average shall rank first in the BCS Standings. The first BCS Standings of the 2005 season will be released on Sunday, October 15. The BCS Standings will be used for:
1. Selecting the teams that will participate in the national championship game.
2. Determining any other automatic qualifiers; and,
3. Establishing the pool of eligible teams for at-large selection.
A team's highest and lowest computer ranking will be discarded from figuring a team's computer poll average. Points will be assigned in inverse order of ranking from 1-25. The four remaining computer scores will be averaged and the total will be calculated as a percentage of 100.
All three components?The Harris Interactive Poll, the USA Today Coaches Poll and the computer rankings?shall be added together and averaged for a team's ranking in the BCS standings. The team with the highest average shall rank first in the BCS standings, per http://www.bcsfootball.org/bcsfb/rankings
Theoretically a team could finish #2 in both polls; and a lower position (even as low as 5 or 6) in the computer ranking could bump them out of the #2 spot in the BSC ranking. See the math:
.........................Harris.....USA/Today....computer rank...BCS ave.
Ohio State............1............1................... ..1...................1.00
USC or Florida......3.............3....................2. ................... 2.66
West Virginia........2.............2................... .5.................... 3.00
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Originally Posted by ScriptOhio
Theoretically a team could finish #2 in both polls; and a lower position (even as low as 5 or 6) in the computer ranking could bump them out of the #2 spot in the BSC ranking. See the math:
.........................Harris.....USA/Today....computer rank...BCS ave.
Ohio State............1............1................... ..1...................1.00
USC or Florida......3.............3....................2. ...................2.66
West Virginia........2.............2................... .5....................3.00
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What you say is true, but the examples aren't correct numerically. Numbers are given based on the % of the maximum possible in each category.
If every poll voter had tOSU-W.Va-USC(or Fla) ranked 1-2-3, and every computer had them 1-5-2, this would be the result:
.........................Harris.....USA/Today....computer rank...BCS ave.
Ohio State..........1.0000.....1.0000...........1.0000. ............1.0000
USC or Florida......0.9200.....0.9200...........0.9600... ..........0.9333
West Virginia.......0.9600.....0.9600............0.8400 .............0.9200
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10-10-2006, 11:06 AM
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Originally Posted by BB73
What you say is true, but the examples aren't correct numerically. Numbers are given based on the % of the maximum possible in each category.
If every poll voter had tOSU-W.Va-USC(or Fla) ranked 1-2-3, and every computer had them 1-5-2, this would be the result:
.........................Harris.....USA/Today....computer rank...BCS ave.
Ohio State..........1.0000.....1.0000...........1.0000. ............1.0000
USC or Florida......0.9200.....0.9200...........0.9600... ..........0.9333
West Virginia.......0.9600.....0.9600............0.8400 .............0.9200
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Yea, I knew that. I just tried to keep it simple to prove a point.
The worst case senario was the 2003 season where USC finished #1 in both polls (but 3rd in the BCS standings) on "selection Sunday"; and Oklahoma and LSU played for the BCS Championship.
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10-10-2006, 01:00 PM
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Whatever happens we will know a lot more next week after the Flordia Alburn game. It should make things a little less complicated if Flordia loses.
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10-10-2006, 01:38 PM
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