Friday, January 15, 2010

2009 - 2010: Final Top 25 -- RBA

Presenting your final RBA top 25 for the 2009-2010 college football season and RBA National Champion Alabama Crimson Tide.

Rank
+/-
Team
WinPct
SoS
Off Pts
Def Pts
Pace
001
+2
Alabama
1.0000
0.5813
20.5
7.0
80.5
002
--
Boise St.
0.9957
0.4487
25.0
10.7
82.6
003
-2
TCU
0.9915
0.5208
22.5
7.2
82.4
004
+3
Florida
0.9830
0.5633
22.3
7.1
77.6
005
+1
Iowa
0.9703
0.5594
15.3
9.8
79.4
006
+2
Ohio St.
0.9617
0.5321
18.2
7.3
81.1
007
-3
Texas
0.9576
0.5385
23.6
9.0
87.9
008
+1
Virginia Tech
0.9407
0.5548
20.9
9.3
79.9
009
-4
Cincinnati
0.9359
0.5143
21.8
14.0
83.7
010
--
Penn State
0.9353
0.4965
16.7
8.1
79.5
011
+1
Pittsburgh
0.9270
0.5329
20.3
12.8
79.3
012
-1
Oregon
0.9145
0.5776
22.3
12.7
88.0
013
--
Nebraska
0.9048
0.5151
16.0
6.4
81.6
014
+5
BYU
0.9021
0.4540
20.7
13.4
83.0
015
+2
LSU
0.8836
0.5461
16.3
9.3
80.4
016
-1
Texas Tech
0.8821
0.4931
20.2
12.4
92.1
017
-3
Georgia Tech
0.8717
0.5197
22.3
16.0
77.9
018
+3
Clemson
0.8667
0.5520
18.4
12.9
82.5
019
NA
Wisconsin
0.8540
0.5315
20.0
13.6
80.7
020
NA
Utah
0.8489
0.4540
17.2
12.5
84.9
021
+1
Oklahoma
0.8458
0.5959
18.4
8.4
90.5
022
+2
Arkansas
0.8438
0.5946
24.7
15.5
84.4
023
-7
Stanford
0.8326
0.4744
22.0
16.4
81.1
024
-6
West Virginia
0.8310
0.5390
16.0
12.7
82.2
025
-5
Miami-FL
0.8206
0.5674
19.4
12.9
81.8

New entries:  Wisconsin, Utah
Dropped out:  Arizona, Oregon State

Going into the Fiesta Bowl, RBA had (3) TCU and (2) Boise State listed as its top two teams in the country, so what caused the algorithm to change its mind and side with BCS big boy Bama?  It actually has more to do with how their common opponents played than how they played themselves.  Alabama was boosted by (4) Florida crushing (9) Cincinnati, whereas (2) Boise State was dragged down by (12) Oregon losing to (6) Ohio State.

Alabama and Boise State are separated by only 0.0043 points, so it's effectively a split championship.  However, in college football, there can be only one, and today, that one is Alabama.