Hank Trexler's College Football Ratings

This ranking process is not a finished product. It was developed early in the 1999 season and it has been adjusted slightly with each passing week. That's the nice thing about statistics; if you don't like what they tell you, you can always make them tell you something different. The goal is to have a final and stabilized process by the end of the season. I'll bet the big guys are already assessing the impact of this media event ...

The following is the formula as of 11/20/99. For the latest formula, see the end of the ratings page.

1. Win% Ratio: Ratio of winning percentage to lowest non-zero winning percentage
2. PF Ratio: Ratio of average points scored per game to lowest average
3. PA Ratio: Ratio of average points allowed per game to lowest average
4. TOff Ratio: Ratio of average total offense per game to the lowest average
5. TDef Ratio: Ratio of average total defense per game to the lowest average
6. Total Rank: Weighted total of (1) through (5), weighted by the correlation of (2) through (5) to (1)
7. Opp Rank: Opponents average weighted total (6)
8. Power Rank:Total of (6) and (7)

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