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conference rankings
I was curious how the conferences stacked up with each other based on my ranking system. So I ranked them based on the average of their teams’ rankings. For simplicity, the independents are treated as a conference. Here’s the result, as of the week 7 poll:
1 - Pacific-10 (29.9)
2 - Southeastern (36.5833333333333)
3 - Atlantic Coast (42.3333333333333)
4 - Big Ten (48.3636363636364)
5 - Big 12 (50.5833333333333)
6 - FBS Independent (55)
7 - Big East (55.125)
8 - Mountain West (72.1111111111111)
9 - Conference USA (75.0833333333333)
10 - Mid-American (82.3076923076923)
11 - Western Athletic (83.3333333333333)
12 - Sun Belt (93)I was a little surprised with the Pac-10 rocking the top spot over the SEC. I guess that’s what happens with Vandy stinking it up at #107. And no love for the Big 12!
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college football poll - week 7
I updated my Perl script to include each team’s actual record so I didn’t have to look each one up every time I was curious. Texas returns to the poll after a week’s absence. U-Dub, despite its losing record, remains in the Top 15. On a related note, I was visiting Seattle this weekend and snuck into Husky Stadium to use the bathroom this morning.
1 - Alabama (7-0) (25.203125) (1)
2 - Iowa (7-0) (23.146484375) (6)
3 - Florida (6-0) (22.33984375) (4)
4 - Oregon (5-1) (22.08984375) (5)
5 - Virginia Tech (5-2) (22.03515625) (2)
6 - LSU (5-1) (21.96484375) (3)
7 - Southern California (5-1) (21.69921875) (9)
8 - Georgia Tech (6-1) (20.48828125) (17)
9 - TCU (6-0) (20.48046875) (14)
10 - Boise St. (6-0) (20.41015625) (10)
11 - Texas (6-0) (20.13671875) (NR)
12 - Auburn (5-2) (19.23046875) (13)
13 - Pittsburgh (6-1) (19.02734375) (16)
14 - Georgia (4-3) (18.8505859375) (19)
15 - Washington (3-4) (18.81640625) (7)
16 - Ohio St. (5-2) (18.52099609375) (12)
17 - Notre Dame (4-2) (17.794921875) (11)
18 - Stanford (4-3) (17.361328125) (8)
19 - Miami (FL) (5-1) (17.30078125) (23)
20 - Houston (5-1) (17.17578125) (NR)
21 - Oklahoma St. (5-1) (17.1669921875) (NR)
22 - Arizona (4-2) (16.8427734375) (NR)
23 - Kansas (5-1) (16.7578125) (18)
24 - Cincinnati (6-0) (16.345703125) (NR)
25 - Boston College (5-2) (16.03125) (20)
dropped out: BYU, Oregon St., Wisconsin, Wake Forest, Michigan -
college football poll - week 6
With LSU’s loss to Florida, they drop from the top spot to put Alabama in the lead. Florida jumps up to #4, but still behind LSU until they get another quality win or two. I’m amazed at 3-3 Washington’s staying power in the top 10, pretty much still riding on that USC win. The three teams that beat U-Dub (LSU, Stanford, and ND) all remain high in the rankings as well. Alas, despite beating San Jose St. to go 5-1, Idaho drops from the rankings.
1 - Alabama (22.720703125) (2)
2 - Virginia Tech (20.734375) (3)
3 - LSU (19.474609375) (1)
4 - Florida (18.51953125) (NR)
5 - Oregon (18.49267578125) (8)
6 - Iowa (17.24853515625) (7)
7 - Washington (16.8984375) (9)
8 - Stanford (16.349609375) (5)
9 - Southern California (15.39208984375) (4)
10 - Boise St. (15.355224609375) (10)
11 - Notre Dame (15.32421875) (6)
12 - Ohio St. (15.1544189453125) (19)
13 - Auburn (15.1111450195312) (11)
14 - TCU (14.75390625) (17)
15 - Wake Forest (14.5625) (18)
16 - Pittsburgh (14.328125) (NR)
17 - Georgia Tech (13.8671875) (13)
18 - Kansas (13.58984375) (21)
19 - Georgia (13.576171875) (23)
20 - Boston College (12.8203125) (14)
21 - Michigan (12.693359375) (15)
22 - BYU (12.59765625) (NR)
23 - Miami (FL) (12.453125) (12)
24 - Oregon St. (12.2998046875) (NR)
25 - Wisconsin (12.230712890625) (16)
dropped out: Clemson, Texas, Idaho, Cincinnati -
mumme poll
I registered for the Mumme Poll, which appears to be somewhat of a poor man’s BlogPoll in that anyone can contribute without having to be a major college football blogger. Considering that I post once a week, and that my posts are largely written by a Perl script with little work on my own part, I certainly do not fall in said category.
Anywho, now the friedcheese.org poll, in addition to standing on its own, will also be a tiny cog in a larger poll.
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college football poll - week 5
So… Florida is #1 in a gajillion polls. And they drop out of mine! I guess that’s what happens after a bye week to a team who hasn’t beaten anyone who currently has better than a .500 record.
LSU returns to the top spot after taking down Georgia. Lots of love for the Pac-10 with four teams in the top 10. Notre Dame appears out of nowhere after their OT win against U-Dub. And … my Idaho Vandals make their poll debut after a win over the Colorado State Rams on Saturday! I attended the game, a “Blackout” of the Kibbie Dome, where I was offered Jim Beam by strangers, possibly dislocated my thumb from applauding too much, and rushed the field afterwards, where I bumped into our starting QB and almost got tripped by a wire connected to an ESPNU camera.
1 - LSU (15.65576171875) (5)
2 - Alabama (14.32080078125) (2)
3 - Virginia Tech (13.32666015625) (1)
4 - Southern California (12.927490234375) (14)
5 - Stanford (12.713623046875) (11)
6 - Notre Dame (12.2035522460938) (NR)
7 - Iowa (11.6283569335938) (4)
8 - Oregon (11.625732421875) (6)
9 - Washington (11.4696044921875) (7)
10 - Boise St. (10.933837890625) (3)
11 - Auburn (10.8937458992004) (18)
12 - Miami (FL) (10.6572265625) (8)
13 - Georgia Tech (10.642578125) (10)
14 - Boston College (10.5693359375) (NR)
15 - Michigan (10.3517761230469) (9)
16 - Wisconsin (10.2285690307617) (NR)
17 - TCU (10.04443359375) (22)
18 - Wake Forest (10.0322265625) (NR)
19 - Ohio St. (9.91778206825256) (19)
20 - Clemson (8.95654296875) (15)
21 - Kansas (8.89527893066406) (16)
22 - Texas (8.77061867713928) (12)
23 - Georgia (8.54788398742676) (17)
24 - Idaho (8.14642536640167) (NR)
25 - Cincinnati (8.13067626953125) (24)
dropped out: Florida, BYU, Oklahoma St., South Carolina, North Carolina -
college football poll - week 4
Here it is. The Hokies move into the top spot with their win over the ‘Canes. Iowa also moves up big time after braving the Whiteout to take down Penn State.
1 - Virginia Tech (9.7646484375) (8)
2 - Alabama (9.3349609375) (2)
3 - Boise St. (9.05859375) (3)
4 - Iowa (8.7109375) (21)
5 - LSU (8.6171875) (1)
6 - Oregon (7.873046875) (10)
7 - Washington (7.296875) (4)
8 - Miami (FL) (7.291015625) (5)
9 - Michigan (7.1240234375) (6)
10 - Georgia Tech (7.01123046875) (NR)
11 - Stanford (6.8046875) (NR)
12 - Texas (6.71875) (15)
13 - Florida (6.625) (21)
14 - Southern California (6.59375) (13)
15 - Clemson (6.1005859375) (15)
16 - Kansas (6) (15)
17 - Georgia (5.984375) (NR)
18 - Auburn (5.734375) (7)
19 - Ohio St. (5.49609375) (21)
20 - BYU (5.24609375) (NR)
21 - North Carolina (5.12060546875) (9)
22 - TCU (5.05029296875) (NR)
23 - Oklahoma St. (4.9921875) (15)
24 - Cincinnati (4.984375) (20)
25 - South Carolina (4.96875) (NR)
dropped out: Penn St., Connecticut, Pittsburgh, Minnesota, California, UCLA -
small updates
I redid the archives a bit. Rather than being accessed from a separate page, they’re always accessible from the sidebar. Might as well use all that real estate on the right hand side, right?
I also noticed that my attempt at spam-blocking had been unsuccessful the other day. As a temporary fix, I had all comments from the offending entry (thanks, entry #457!) deleted every time the page was loaded. Now I think (hope, at least…) I’ve found a permanent fix.
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retroactive blogging
So when I first moved to Idaho three years ago, I took my sweet time getting here and explored our great country a little bit. I took a few pictures, attempted to write witty captions for each, and posted them on this server, but not within the main blog. That has now changed. Check out the archive to see them.
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friedcheese.org college football poll - week 3
Washington moves up big time with its win over USC, which in turn bumps LSU to the top spot. Previous ranking is the second set of parentheses.
1 - LSU (5.90625) (2)
2 - Alabama (5.46875) (4)
3 - Boise St. (4.9375) (1)
4 - Washington (4.8125) (24)
5 - Miami (FL) (4.5625) (NR)
6 - Michigan (4.5) (4)
7 - Auburn (4) (8)
8 - Virginia Tech (3.9375) (NR)
9 - North Carolina (3.9296875) (17)
10 - Oregon (3.875) (19)
11 - Connecticut (3.859375) (19)
12 - Penn St. (3.75) (8)
13 - California (3.625) (NR)
13 - Southern California (3.625) (2)
15 - Kansas (3.5) (NR)
15 - Clemson (3.5) (24)
15 - UCLA (3.5) (4)
15 - Oklahoma St. (3.5) (19)
15 - Texas (3.5) (8)
20 - Cincinnati (3.484375) (NR)
21 - Minnesota (3.25) (8)
21 - Ohio St. (3.25) (24)
21 - Pittsburgh (3.25) (24)
21 - Florida (3.25) (NR)
21 - Iowa (3.25) (NR)Here’s this week’s directed graph. At least after a cursory glance, it appears to already be connected – after week 3! Exciting!
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features
So I had about 300 megs worth of spam comments. They’re gone now. There’s now a little math problem you have to do to prove your humanity if you wish to comment.
I think I’m going to redesign the CSS soon. Something purplish for my ‘Cats? And tags. I’m still living in like 2002 with my lack of tags on blog entries. No clouds, though. Them things are fugly.
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