Well, this is more academic than anything else, because it doesn’t include any of this weekend’s games (still waiting on Massey Ratings to come back online). This is all from last week. But I’ve managed to create a process to create a beatpath graph for the top forty ranked teams in NCAA Division 1-A. The [...]
As before, we’ll update this entry multiple times as more games conclude. KC develops a beatpath over Houston, which changes the layout of the graph, but the relationships are pretty much the same as they were before the game. Right now the only teams without beatlosses are Indianapolis, Denver, Tampa Bay, and San Diego. It [...]
Here’s the Beatpaths Top 25 for just before Week 13 of the NCAA Division 1-A. Again, grain of salt – for now, I’m using NCAA to try out some new algorithm variants. This one is based on beatpower, but it attempts to drag teams a bit closer to the average strength of the teams in [...]
Here’s our look at the games for Week 11 of the 2005 NFL season. As always, here’s this week’s Beatpaths graph and the operative beatloops:
One of the things I’m toying with for future algorithm variants is how to measure “Strength Of Beatgroups”. Here’s an example. For this last week in the NFL, only four teams have no beatlosses: Indianapolis, Denver, Tampa Bay, and Carolina. These are the only possible options for who can be ranked #1. The question becomes [...]
Fairly stable Power Rankings this week, but two notable things happened: the floor fell out from under the Giants, and a quirk in the schedule helped New England sucker-punch Carolina. Technorati Tags: beatpath, football, nfl, power rankings
Any requests for new features to add to the site? Enhancements to the graph? Enhancements to the power rankings? What’s the next sport that should be added to the mix? Here’s the list of things I’m considering: Prettier graphs – I should be able to get anti-aliased graphs back into the picture. Interactive functionality. This [...]
As before, we’ll update this entry multiple times as more games conclude.
All right, we have a quick look now at the college rankings for just the Division 1-A teams. This time I’m using the BCS as a tiebreaker for when teams’ BeatPower rankings are identical. Here’s the graph, just to get a general visual idea (sorry, it’s big enough that I had to shrink it down [...]
Here’s the beatpath graph for all friggin’ 712 teams in NCAA college football (according to Massey) through 11/5/05. You have fun with that. Yeah, I know you can’t see a thing. It’s pretty damn funny in my opinion. Rest assured that USC and other teams you’d expect are near the top of the graph. The [...]