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college football poll - week 6
1 - Alabama (6-0) (20.5625) (1)
2 - LSU (6-0) (17.40625) (4)
3 - Michigan (6-0) (16.640625) (2)
4 - Oklahoma (5-0) (16.40380859375) (12)
5 - Clemson (6-0) (15.671875) (3)
6 - Oklahoma St. (5-0) (15.2265625) (7)
7 - Boise St. (5-0) (15.01953125) (8)
8 - Illinois (6-0) (14.95703125) (6)
9 - Georgia Tech (6-0) (13.890625) (10)
10 - Texas (4-1) (13.6201171875) (5)
11 - Arkansas (5-1) (13.24609375) (NR)
12 - Wisconsin (5-0) (12.330078125) (9)
13 - Stanford (5-0) (12.328125) (11)
14 - Kansas St. (5-0) (11.60546875) (18)
15 - North Carolina (5-1) (11.53125) (14)
16 - Rutgers (4-1) (11.25) (25)
17 - Houston (6-0) (11.140625) (17)
18 - Nebraska (5-1) (10.7734375) (19)
19 - Virginia Tech (5-1) (10.25) (24)
20 - West Virginia (5-1) (10.1484375) (16)
21 - Arizona St. (5-1) (10.078125) (23)
22 - Southern California (4-1) (10.0703125) (20)
23 - South Carolina (5-1) (9.328125) (NR)
24 - Auburn (4-2) (9.2890625) (13)
25 - Baylor (4-1) (9.2529296875) (NR)
dropped out: Florida, Texas Tech, South Fla. -
college football poll - week 5
1 - Alabama (5-0) (13.6640625) (4)
2 - Michigan (5-0) (13.421875) (2)
3 - Clemson (5-0) (12.06640625) (10)
4 - LSU (5-0) (11.75) (3)
5 - Texas (4-0) (11.0927734375) (7)
6 - Illinois (5-0) (10.7958984375) (6)
7 - Oklahoma St. (4-0) (10.2734375) (1)
8 - Boise St. (4-0) (10.03125) (19)
9 - Wisconsin (5-0) (9.625) (16)
10 - Georgia Tech (5-0) (9.5146484375) (12)
11 - Stanford (4-0) (9.3046875) (13)
12 - Oklahoma (4-0) (8.125) (17)
13 - Auburn (4-1) (7.3125) (NR)
14 - North Carolina (4-1) (7.208984375) (NR)
15 - South Fla. (4-1) (7.078125) (5)
16 - West Virginia (4-1) (7.046875) (NR)
17 - Houston (5-0) (7) (15)
18 - Kansas St. (4-0) (6.8125) (23)
19 - Nebraska (4-1) (6.625) (8)
20 - Southern California (4-1) (6.55859375) (18)
21 - Texas Tech (4-0) (6.4375) (21)
22 - Florida (4-1) (6.28125) (10)
23 - Arizona St. (4-1) (6.279296875) (20)
24 - Virginia Tech (4-1) (6.1953125) (13)
25 - Rutgers (3-1) (6.171875) (NR)
dropped out: La.-Lafayette, Baylor, Iowa St., South Carolina, FIU -
college football poll - week 4
1 - Oklahoma St. (4-0) (8.71875) (5)
2 - Michigan (4-0) (7.875) (5)
3 - LSU (4-0) (7.53125) (16)
4 - Alabama (4-0) (7.5234375) (7)
5 - South Fla. (4-0) (7.25) (7)
6 - Illinois (4-0) (6.59375) (16)
7 - Texas (3-0) (6.4375) (3)
8 - Nebraska (4-0) (6.25) (20)
8 - South Carolina (4-0) (6.25) (12)
10 - Clemson (4-0) (6) (16)
10 - Florida (4-0) (6) (7)
12 - Georgia Tech (4-0) (5.875) (20)
13 - Virginia Tech (4-0) (5.125) (25)
13 - Stanford (3-0) (5.125) (12)
15 - Houston (4-0) (4.9375) (12)
16 - Wisconsin (4-0) (4.875) (2)
17 - Oklahoma (3-0) (4.75) (16)
18 - Southern California (3-1) (4.375) (1)
19 - Boise St. (3-0) (4.25) (NR)
20 - Arizona St. (3-1) (4.1875) (NR)
21 - Texas Tech (3-0) (3.9375) (NR)
22 - Baylor (3-0) (3.75) (NR)
23 - Kansas St. (3-0) (3.5) (NR)
23 - FIU (3-1) (3.5) (4)
23 - La.-Lafayette (3-1) (3.5) (NR)
23 - Iowa St. (3-0) (3.5) (23)
dropped out: West Virginia, Texas A&M, California, Wyoming, Ohio, San Diego St., North Carolina -
college football poll - week 3
1 - Southern California (3-0) (5) (6)
2 - Wisconsin (3-0) (4.8125) (6)
3 - Texas (3-0) (4.75) (1)
4 - FIU (3-0) (4.5) (6)
5 - Michigan (3-0) (4.25) (6)
5 - Oklahoma St. (3-0) (4.25) (2)
7 - West Virginia (3-0) (3.75) (17)
7 - Alabama (3-0) (3.75) (6)
7 - Florida (3-0) (3.75) (6)
7 - South Fla. (3-0) (3.75) (2)
11 - San Diego St. (3-0) (3.71875) (NR)
12 - Stanford (3-0) (3.5) (6)
12 - Ohio (3-0) (3.5) (18)
12 - Houston (3-0) (3.5) (2)
12 - South Carolina (3-0) (3.5) (6)
16 - Oklahoma (2-0) (3.25) (18)
16 - LSU (3-0) (3.25) (18)
16 - Clemson (3-0) (3.25) (NR)
16 - Illinois (3-0) (3.25) (18)
20 - Texas A&M (2-0) (2.9375) (18)
20 - Georgia Tech (3-0) (2.9375) (NR)
20 - Nebraska (3-0) (2.9375) (NR)
23 - California (3-0) (2.75) (6)
23 - Iowa St. (3-0) (2.75) (NR)
25 - North Carolina (3-0) (2.5) (NR)
25 - Virginia Tech (3-0) (2.5) (NR)
25 - Wyoming (3-0) (2.5) (NR)
dropped out: Arizona St., Washington, Kentucky, Ohio St., Syracuse, Baylor, Auburn, Kansas -
college football poll - week 2
Under my system, week 1 is pretty worthless. (Did you win your game against an FBS opponent? Congrats – you’re tied for #1!) Week 2 is still pretty worthless, but here it is:
1 - Texas (2-0) (3.25)
2 - Oklahoma St. (2-0) (2.5)
2 - Houston (2-0) (2.5)
2 - Auburn (2-0) (2.5)
2 - South Fla. (2-0) (2.5)
6 - FIU (2-0) (2)
6 - Alabama (2-0) (2)
6 - Michigan (2-0) (2)
6 - Stanford (2-0) (2)
6 - Ohio St. (2-0) (2)
6 - California (2-0) (2)
6 - Southern California (2-0) (2)
6 - Florida (2-0) (2)
6 - Kentucky (2-0) (2)
6 - Wisconsin (2-0) (2)
6 - South Carolina (2-0) (2)
17 - West Virginia (2-0) (1.75)
18 - Texas A&M (1-0) (1.5)
18 - Oklahoma (1-0) (1.5)
18 - Kansas (2-0) (1.5)
18 - Arizona St. (2-0) (1.5)
18 - LSU (2-0) (1.5)
18 - Washington (2-0) (1.5)
18 - Baylor (1-0) (1.5)
18 - Ohio (2-0) (1.5)
18 - Illinois (2-0) (1.5)
18 - Syracuse (2-0) (1.5) -
college football poll - final poll
The bowls are over. Here we go!
1 - Auburn (14-0) (46.125) (1)
2 - TCU (13-0) (43.84375) (2)
3 - Stanford (12-1) (39.84375) (5)
4 - Ohio St. (12-1) (38.4970703125) (6)
5 - LSU (11-2) (37.99951171875) (7)
6 - Oregon (12-1) (37.71875) (3)
7 - Boise St. (12-1) (36.0224609375) (8)
8 - Oklahoma (12-2) (35.705078125) (4)
9 - Oklahoma St. (11-2) (31.3681640625) (13)
10 - Virginia Tech (11-3) (30.44873046875) (12)
11 - Arkansas (10-3) (30.3896484375) (9)
12 - Wisconsin (11-2) (29.884765625) (11)
13 - Alabama (10-3) (27.134765625) (14)
14 - Mississippi St. (9-4) (25.7392578125) (20)
15 - Nevada (13-1) (25.169921875) (19)
16 - Michigan St. (11-2) (24.45703125) (15)
17 - Texas A&M (9-4) (24.369140625) (17)
18 - Missouri (10-3) (24.26953125) (10)
19 - Nebraska (10-4) (20.466796875) (16)
20 - Utah (10-3) (20.30078125) (21)
21 - Florida St. (10-4) (19.05859375) (NR)
22 - Texas Tech (8-5) (17.265625) (24)
23 - South Carolina (9-5) (17.03515625) (18)
24 - Air Force (9-4) (16.39453125) (NR)
25 - Notre Dame (8-5) (16.2265625) (NR)
dropped out: Kansas St., Baylor, Michigan -
new orleans food
So, I’m in New Orleans for the 2011 Joint Mathematics Meetings, although if you believed the typo in the talk I gave, it was only the 2010 Meetings.
Anywho, so New Orleans = food, right? Here’s a rundown of what I’ve sampled so far.
- Acme Oyster House - Fried Peace Maker Po-boy. Basically, a big ol' sandwich with spicy fried oysters and shrimp. I was at the bar, and there was a dude in front of me shucking oysters non-stop the entire time. It made me wish I'd gotten some raw ones.
- Felipe's TaquerÃa - Burrito w/ Shrimp & Grilled Vegetables. The beans, my personal litmus test for Mexican food, were pretty freaking good. It was a huge burrito, but I still wanted more after I finished.
- Mister Apple - White Chocolate-Covered Rice Krispie Treat. I suppose I should've gotten one of their caramel apples, considering the name of the place. But what I got was decadently de-scrumscious!
- Mother's Restaurant - Breakfast Special w/ Baked Ham. The Breakfast Special comes with coffee. I don't drink coffee. So I ordered Sprite instead. So they charge me the full price of the special plus the full price of a pop. Hrmph. The service was horrible and confusing (one lady was jogging back and forth between running register and filling drinks, no one really knew how we got our food until another lady randomly came by and took our receipts...). The actual meal was eggs (pretty good), grits (meh), baked ham (supposedly the "world's best" -- it was pretty good) and a biscuit (amazing! the jam was to die for).
- Crescent City Brewhouse - Various. This was my big celebrate-because-I-survived-giving-my-very-first-talk-at-a-big-national-conference meal. I love going to local brewpubs when I travel, so I ordered the sampler. They only brew 5 beers, all of the German/Austrian/Czech variety. They varied from okay (pilsner) to woot! (weiss). Inspired by my trip to Acme, I ordered a half-dozen raw oysters. Mmmmm. Then deciding that shrimp in and of itself wasn't enough seafood, I got crab-stuffed shrimp as the main dish. Yeee-ah! The service was meh, and their poor oyster shucker looked really lonely. I think I was the only person who ordered raw oysters while I was there.
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college football poll, revised
So, immediately after my last post, I realized that my proposed changes wouldn’t be that hard to implement. In fact, they were incredibly easy. And the current poll looks vastly improved. Here we go:
1 - Auburn (13-0) (38.2265625) (5)
2 - TCU (12-0) (37.8203125) (7)
3 - Oregon (12-0) (36.78125) (12)
4 - Oklahoma (11-2) (35.013671875) (1)
5 - Stanford (11-1) (34.4140625) (15)
6 - Ohio St. (11-1) (33.17236328125) (11)
7 - LSU (10-2) (33.142822265625) (10)
8 - Boise St. (11-1) (33.0263671875) (4)
9 - Arkansas (10-2) (32.73876953125) (6)
10 - Missouri (10-2) (30.125) (2)
11 - Wisconsin (11-1) (30.0791015625) (14)
12 - Virginia Tech (11-2) (29.70849609375) (20)
13 - Oklahoma St. (10-2) (29.296875) (8)
14 - Alabama (9-3) (27.1103515625) (17)
15 - Michigan St. (11-1) (26.369140625) (13)
16 - Nebraska (10-3) (25.859375) (3)
17 - Texas A&M (9-3) (25.744140625) (16)
18 - South Carolina (9-4) (23.236328125) (18)
19 - Nevada (12-1) (22.748046875) (25)
20 - Mississippi St. (8-4) (22.49658203125) (NR)
21 - Utah (10-2) (20.0078125) (22)
22 - Michigan (7-5) (16.306640625) (NR)
23 - Baylor (7-5) (15.9375) (NR)
24 - Texas Tech (7-5) (15.40625) (23)
25 - Kansas St. (7-5) (15.068359375) (NR)
dropped out: Florida St., Notre Dame, Southern California, NavyHere’s how it works: For each team, we count the number of “wins” it has against all of college football. If Team A beats Team B, Team A gets 1 “win”. If Team A doesn’t beat Team C, but Team B beats Team C, then Team A gets 1/2 a “win”. Then 1/4, 1/8, etc. Do the same thing for losses. A team’s score is wins - losses.
How does this change the final poll for previous years? Let’s find out. Previous rankings reflect the ranking using the old method.
2009
1 - Alabama (14-0) (48.5) (1)
2 - Florida (13-1) (44.1875) (2)
3 - Cincinnati (12-1) (42.375) (5)
4 - Boise St. (14-0) (42.1875) (7)
5 - Texas (13-1) (41.375) (6)
6 - TCU (12-1) (39.53125) (10)
7 - Iowa (11-2) (26.4375) (4)
8 - Penn St. (11-2) (25.1875) (19)
9 - Virginia Tech (10-3) (25.1171875) (8)
10 - LSU (9-4) (24.7734375) (12)
11 - Ohio St. (11-2) (24.125) (3)
12 - Pittsburgh (10-3) (22.921875) (9)
13 - BYU (11-2) (22.798828125) (23)
14 - Utah (10-3) (21.0390625) (NR)
15 - Oregon (10-3) (20.859375) (14)
16 - Auburn (8-5) (20.39453125) (19)
17 - Arkansas (8-5) (20.26953125) (23)
18 - Connecticut (8-5) (19.7265625) (16)
19 - Wisconsin (10-3) (18.9375) (21)
20 - Southern California (9-4) (18.8203125) (11)
21 - West Virginia (9-4) (17.6796875) (23)
22 - Miami (FL) (9-4) (16.9765625) (18)
23 - Georgia Tech (11-3) (16.59375) (NR)
24 - Georgia (8-5) (15.98828125) (17)
25 - Mississippi (9-4) (15.95703125) (NR)
dropped out: Nebraska, Clemson, Navy2008
1 - Utah (13-0) (44.3125) (4)
2 - Texas (12-1) (38.10546875) (2)
3 - Florida (13-1) (37.3984375) (1)
4 - Oklahoma (12-2) (36.54296875) (3)
5 - Boise St. (12-1) (35.1904296875) (12)
6 - Alabama (12-2) (33.04296875) (9)
7 - Southern California (12-1) (32.2578125) (6)
8 - TCU (11-2) (26.927734375) (NR)
9 - Georgia (10-3) (26.1640625) (8)
10 - Texas Tech (11-2) (24.1484375) (18)
11 - Missouri (10-4) (23.796875) (17)
12 - Oregon (10-3) (22.7265625) (NR)
13 - Penn St. (11-2) (22.328125) (25)
14 - Oklahoma St. (9-4) (21.39453125) (NR)
15 - Nebraska (9-4) (20.8984375) (14)
16 - Ohio St. (10-3) (20.26953125) (NR)
17 - Oregon St. (9-4) (19.8359375) (20)
18 - Virginia Tech (10-4) (18.90625) (7)
19 - Cincinnati (11-3) (18.2421875) (16)
20 - Florida St. (9-4) (16.71875) (23)
21 - Michigan St. (9-4) (16.546875) (NR)
22 - California (9-4) (16.203125) (15)
23 - Boston College (9-5) (14.671875) (10)
24 - Mississippi (9-4) (14.578125) (21)
25 - Pittsburgh (9-4) (14.203125) (5)
dropped out: Maryland, Vanderbilt, Wake Forest, Iowa, North Carolina2007
1 - Kansas (12-1) (34.99609375) (9)
2 - Missouri (12-2) (33.2421875) (3)
3 - LSU (12-2) (33.203125) (1)
4 - West Virginia (11-2) (29.625) (2)
5 - Georgia (11-2) (28.71875) (5)
6 - Virginia Tech (11-3) (26.4453125) (11)
7 - Oregon (9-4) (24.078125) (4)
8 - Southern California (11-2) (23.3125) (13)
9 - Ohio St. (11-2) (23.296875) (20)
10 - Michigan (9-4) (22.28125) (15)
11 - Boston College (11-3) (21.640625) (10)
12 - Florida (9-4) (21.3046875) (19)
13 - Oklahoma (11-3) (20.984375) (7)
14 - Texas (10-3) (20.96875) (8)
15 - Hawaii (12-1) (20.703125) (NR)
16 - Cincinnati (10-3) (20.171875) (11)
17 - Auburn (9-4) (20.15625) (23)
18 - Tennessee (10-4) (19.53125) (6)
19 - Kentucky (8-5) (19.4453125) (16)
20 - South Fla. (9-4) (19.234375) (13)
21 - Arizona St. (10-3) (18.9375) (NR)
22 - Clemson (9-4) (18.7890625) (24)
23 - Penn St. (9-4) (17.9296875) (NR)
24 - Oregon St. (9-4) (17.125) (17)
25 - Texas Tech (9-4) (17) (22)
dropped out: Florida St., California, Wake Forest -
college football poll - week 15
Final regular season poll. Since this week’s only game was Army v. Navy, there naturally weren’t many (read: any) changes.
Interesting that, by my poll, the MNC game will be a #5 v. #12 match-up. Because of this, I’m thinking of perhaps adjusting my algorithm. Instead of just based on theoretical wins, it will be also be based on theoretical losses. That would (hopefully) prevent teams with several losses from creeping high into the rankings, which often happens. A crappy Washington team last year that stayed ranked for what seemed like forever and the low ranking of Oregon this year are perfect examples of my system’s flaws.
1 - Oklahoma (11-2) (43) (1)
2 - Missouri (10-2) (40.359375) (2)
3 - Nebraska (10-3) (39.3125) (3)
4 - Boise St. (11-1) (38.6640625) (4)
5 - Auburn (13-0) (38.2265625) (5)
6 - Arkansas (10-2) (38.0390625) (6)
7 - TCU (12-0) (37.8203125) (7)
8 - Oklahoma St. (10-2) (37.6484375) (8)
9 - Notre Dame (7-5) (37.09765625) (9)
10 - LSU (10-2) (37.04296875) (10)
11 - Ohio St. (11-1) (36.98828125) (11)
12 - Oregon (12-0) (36.78125) (12)
13 - Michigan St. (11-1) (36.6328125) (13)
14 - Wisconsin (11-1) (35.9609375) (14)
15 - Stanford (11-1) (35.4140625) (15)
16 - Texas A&M (9-3) (35.28125) (16)
17 - Alabama (9-3) (35.2109375) (17)
18 - South Carolina (9-4) (35.1875) (18)
19 - Navy (9-3) (34.8046875) (19)
20 - Virginia Tech (11-2) (33.51953125) (20)
21 - Southern California (8-5) (33.3828125) (21)
22 - Utah (10-2) (33.12890625) (22)
23 - Texas Tech (7-5) (32.875) (23)
24 - Florida St. (9-4) (32.8359375) (24)
25 - Nevada (12-1) (32.5234375) (25) -
domain move, sort of
I’ve decided to move the blog component of this site to blog.friedcheese.org to potentially make way for a less blog-oriented main page. Some things may have broken in the move. I’ll fix ‘em if I find ‘em.
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