From: james.m.gibson@gmail.com   
      
   On Monday, December 4, 2023 at 9:33:35 PM UTC-5, unclejr wrote:   
   > On Monday, December 4, 2023 at 6:59:01 AM UTC-6, JGibson wrote:    
   > > On Monday, December 4, 2023 at 2:40:19 AM UTC-5, RoddyMcCorley wrote:    
   > > > They got hosed by the committee. Absolutely no justification unless it    
   > > > is "we must have an SEC team." And even that does not work.    
   > > >    
   > > > The CFP cmte has too much subjective leeway to begin with.    
   > > >    
   > > > Go back to a fairly objective formula like the BCS had.    
   > > I did go and try to find the six computers that the BCS used. Sagarin no   
   longer has his "score-free" formula available, but I think the others have   
   their equivalents still. I know Don does his NOTBCS rankings, which I think   
   use more computers.    
   > >    
   > > I find the following:    
   > > Colley: 1. Washington, 2. Michigan, 3. Texas, 4. Alabama, 5. Florida State    
   > > Billingsley: 1. Washington, 2. Michigan, 3. Florida State, 4. Alabama, 5.   
   Georgia    
   > > Massey BCS: 1. Washington, 2. Michigan, 3. Alabama. 4. Texas, 5. Florida   
   State    
   > > Anderson & Hester: 1. Washington, 2. Michigan, 3. Florida State, 4. Ohio   
   State, 5. Alabama    
   > > Wolfe: 1. Washington, 2. Michigan, 3. Florida State, 4. Alabama, 5. Texas    
   > > Sagarin*: 1. Michigan, 2. Oregon, 3. Ohio State, 4. Texas, 5. Penn State   
   > Sagarin is borked. ($1)   
      
   Yeah, that's why that version got banned in the BCS days, and they made him   
   use a score-free version.  But the version he had to use in those days no   
   longer seems to exist.   
      
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