Conference rankings a bit different post-bowls

[RealityCheck]

The conference rankings outside the cartel have changed a bit with bowl results factored in....

Current Sagarin blended rating conference rankings
1) Conference USA--62.44 average, 61.44 central mean
2) Mountain West--61.86 average, 61.63 central mean
3) American--59.94 average, 60.85 central mean
4) Mid-American--56.09 average, 54.86 central mean
5) Sun Belt--55.69 average, 55.85 central mean

Top 5 non-cartel teams
24) Marshall, 82.36
35) Louisiana Tech, 77.57
37) Boise State, 77.43
39) Memphis, 76.11
51) Utah State, 72.70

Other conference top teams
64) Georgia Southern, 69.47
71) Northern Illinois, 68.08

[cscollis]

Does this mean CUSA gets more money from ESPN?

[RealityCheck]

Does this mean CUSA gets more money from ESPN?

At least of portion of the conference revenue sharing pool is determined based on overall rankings in all of the computer ratings used by BC$.

And copying and pasting with no attribution is not a good example for the youth of America.

[cscollis]

Sorry about that. I will edit it to give you the credit for finding this info.

[Dogsince65]

Sorry about that. I will edit it to give you the credit for finding this info.

. And share the royalties!

[HogDawg]

Here's USA Today's FINAL Rankings for the G5 schools:

COLLEGE FOOTBALL 2014 through results of 2015 JANUARY 4 SUNDAY"

24. Marshall
35. Louisiana Tech
37. Boise St.
39. Memphis
51. Utah St.
58. Cincinnati
59. UCF
63. Colorado St.
64. Georgia Southern
65. East Carolina
69. Rice
71. Northern Illinois
73. Toledo
74. Houston
75. Air Force

[Cory]

Hogdawg,

Why do you think they ranked us higher than Boise?

[dawg80]

Hogdawg,

Why do you think they ranked us higher than Boise?

I was gonna suggest we played a tougher schedule. But, they did play Ole Miss and Arizona. Of course they also played the MIGHTY ULL Fightin' Cajuns...but then, so did we. So, that's a wash.

So, I guess, maybe, CUSA had an overall higher rating and thus our conference games carried more weight. I dunno.

[KSDAWG]

We dropped 5 losses to their two. It has to be a miscalculation. Even I don't think that we should be ranked higher than them.

[Houston Techsan]

Hogdawg,<br>
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Why do you think they ranked us higher than Boise?

Maybe it's because we beat a B1G team in a bowl rather than a PAC12. We all know the B1G is so much better than the PAC12. LOL.

[T1]

They let some bad teams hang with them...

84. Air Force (Lost by 14)
89. SD State (Won by 9)
95. Nevada (Won by 5)
116. Fresno St (Won by 10)
116. Fresno St (Won by 14)
130. New Mexico (Won by 11)
182. Uconn (Won by 17)

[sportdawg]

They let some bad teams hang with them...

84. Air Force (Lost by 14)
89. SD State (Won by 9)
95. Nevada (Won by 5)
116. Fresno St (Won by 10)
116. Fresno St (Won by 14)
130. New Mexico (Won by 11)
182. Uconn (Won by 17)

And we didn't
NSU (L3), UTSA(W7), USM(W11), UAB(W16), ODU(L3)???

[T1]

And we didn't
NSU, UTSA, ODU???

I think our blowout wins made up the difference (ULL, Rice, WKU, UTEP). If you throw out the scores of the games and just go by wins and losses, Boise is #17 and we are #46. If you factor in the scores, we are #35 and they are #37.

[RealityCheck]

Here's USA Today's FINAL Rankings for the G5 schools:

Those are the current Sagarin rankings since they are the same in the top post. Those rankings aren't final until the championship game Saturday and faux playoff game Monday are in the books.

[HogDawg]

Those are the current Sagarin rankings since they are the same in the top post. Those rankings aren't final until the championship game Saturday and faux playoff game Monday are in the books.

Thank you, Mr. CORRECTION! You're worse than a nagging woman......