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Massey's ratings came under some scrutiny, even from Massey himself in late 2008 for rating undefeated Utah ahead of then-consensus human poll #1 Alabama at the end of the season. In spite of the controversy, his ratings gained redemption after then-#6 Utah's 31–17 victory in the 2009 Sugar Bowl over then-#4 Alabama.
Kenneth Massey is the owner of this complex computer system. He was a Ph.D. candidate of Mathematics at Virginia Tech. Only the score, venue, and date of each game are used to calculate the Massey ratings. However, Massey calculates an offensive and defensive ratings which combine to produce a power ranking as well.
The Coalition's rules retained traditional bowl game conference tie-ins but provided some flexibility for scheduling a No. 1 vs. No. 2 matchup between two teams selected from among the champions of the ACC, Big East, Big Eight, SEC, and SWC conferences, or independent Notre Dame, in the Cotton Bowl, Fiesta Bowl, Orange Bowl, or Sugar Bowl.
Ken Massey writes that an advantage of computer rating systems is that they can "objectively track all" 351 college basketball teams, while human polls "have limited value". [2] Computer ratings are verifiable and repeatable, and are comprehensive, requiring assessment of all selected criteria.
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The experts of Yahoo Fantasy reveal their fantasy football rankings at each position in Week 16 of the 2024 season.
The oldest of the rating systems, the National Sports News Service, was begun by Arthur H. "Art" Johlfs—who originally started naming champions informally in 1927 as a 21 year old high school coach and official, [2] but did so more formally starting in 1959 [3] after enlarging his network of supporting hobbyists [2] to receive reports from six separate areas of the country. [4]
The fantasy football experts of Yahoo Fantasy reveal their Week 6 quarterback rankings.