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The rating percentage index, commonly known as the RPI, is a quantity used to rank sports teams based upon a team's wins and losses and its strength of schedule.It is one of the sports rating systems by which NCAA basketball, baseball, softball, hockey, soccer, lacrosse, and volleyball teams are ranked.
The ranking system was widely criticized after ranking Notre Dame ahead of Alabama following the 2012 BCS National Championship Game, in which Alabama defeated Notre Dame 42–14. [37] [42] [43] The Colley Matrix is most well known for ranking Central Florida ahead of Alabama in 2017 despite Alabama's victory in the 2017 College Football Playoff.
In the United States, the biggest use of sports ratings systems is to rate NCAA college football teams in Division I FBS, choosing teams to play in the College Football Playoff. Sports ratings systems are also used to help determine the field for the NCAA men's and women's basketball tournaments, men's professional golf tournaments ...
A look at the current strength of schedule and remaining strength of schedule rankings for the top 12 College Football Playoff teams.
The Litkenhous Difference by Score Ratings system was a mathematical system used to rank football and basketball teams. [1] [2] [3] The Litrating system was developed by Vanderbilt University professor Edward E. Litkenhous (1907 – December 22, 1984) [2] and his brother, Francis H. Litkenhous (December 9, 1912 – June 22, 1996). [1] [4]
The Pomeroy College Basketball Ratings are a series of predictive ratings of men's college basketball teams published free-of-charge online by Ken Pomeroy. They were first published in 2003. [1] The sports rating system is based on the Pythagorean expectation, though it has some adjustments. [2]
A look at updated strength of schedule rankings for College Football Playoff contenders following USC's loss Friday and ahead of Saturday's games.
Week 1 of the 2021 college football season is nearly in the books. Sunday night, Notre Dame will take on Florida State. Monday evening, Ole Miss will face Louisville. The rest of the country has ...