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Those wonderful folks who brought you FEI have analyzed schedules over the past 14 season and it is quite interesting.
Here is their description of the metrics.
“Strength of Schedule Ratings are a function of the FEI ratings of a given team's opponents and the location (home/away/neutral) of each game. Overall SOS ratings represent the likelihood than an elite team (two standard deviations better than average) would go undefeated against the given team's entire schedule.
The table includes the average number of losses an elite team would have against the schedule (EL), the average number of losses a good team (one standard deviation better than average) would have against the schedule (GL), and the average number of losses an average team would have against the schedule (AL). The total number of games in the given team's entire schedule against FEI top 5 opponents (v5), top 15 opponents (v15), top 30 opponents (v30), and top 50 opponents (v50) is also included.
The strength of the given team's regular season schedule discounting conference championship games and bowl games (RSOS), as well as the average number of elite team losses (REL), good team losses (RGL), and average team losses (RAL) that would be expected against the given team's regular season schedule are also included.”
Here are top 25 teams in each category averaged over the 14 years span:
SOS: “ Overall SOS ratings represent the likelihood than an elite team (two standard deviations better than average) would go undefeated against the given team's entire schedule.”
1. Arkansas.................0.062071
2. LSU.........................0.080714
3. Florida.....................0.082214
4. Auburn....................0.090357
5. Tennessee...............0.094786
6. Alabama..................0.101143
7. Mississippi State.......0.113429
8. Mississippi...............0.113571
9. Texas A&M..............0.115929
10. Oklahoma.............0.122500
11. Arizona.................0.134357
12. Washington...........0.134857
13. South Carolina......0.135214
14. Georgia................0.142857
15. Kentucky..............0.150214
16. Oregon.................0.152857
17. Oregon State........0.153714
18. Notre Dame..........0.156214
19. Stanford...............0.157500
20. USC.....................0.159143
21. Michigan...............0.160571
22. Colorado...............0.164429
23. California..............0.167071
24. Michigan State.......0.167571
25. Ohio State.............0.168429
Here is the list for RSOS.
RSOS: Regular season SOS
1. Arkansas..................0.076571
2. Tennessee................0.117786
3. Mississippi State........0.118286
4. Mississippi................0.122929
5. Auburn.....................0.126429
6. LSU..........................0.127857
7. Texas A&M................0.135143
8. Arizona....................0.148000
9. South Carolina..........0.150857
10. Kentucky................0.156286
11. Oregon State..........0.164429
12. Washington............0.167357
13. Florida...................0.174643
14. California...............0.178571
15. Vanderbilt..............0.186500
16. Notre Dame...........0.188571
17. Colorado................0.192429
18. Alabama................0.193929
19. Washington State...0.195000
20. Texas Tech............0.197286
21. Arizona State.........0.199357
22. Stanford................0.201786
23. Michigan................0.206000
24. Georgia.................0.208071
25. USC......................0.221571
Apparently, NOT everyone thinks the SEC scheduling is weak!!!! (Just those on the left coast!!!).
Those wonderful folks who brought you FEI have analyzed schedules over the past 14 season and it is quite interesting.
Here is their description of the metrics.
“Strength of Schedule Ratings are a function of the FEI ratings of a given team's opponents and the location (home/away/neutral) of each game. Overall SOS ratings represent the likelihood than an elite team (two standard deviations better than average) would go undefeated against the given team's entire schedule.
The table includes the average number of losses an elite team would have against the schedule (EL), the average number of losses a good team (one standard deviation better than average) would have against the schedule (GL), and the average number of losses an average team would have against the schedule (AL). The total number of games in the given team's entire schedule against FEI top 5 opponents (v5), top 15 opponents (v15), top 30 opponents (v30), and top 50 opponents (v50) is also included.
The strength of the given team's regular season schedule discounting conference championship games and bowl games (RSOS), as well as the average number of elite team losses (REL), good team losses (RGL), and average team losses (RAL) that would be expected against the given team's regular season schedule are also included.”
Here are top 25 teams in each category averaged over the 14 years span:
SOS: “ Overall SOS ratings represent the likelihood than an elite team (two standard deviations better than average) would go undefeated against the given team's entire schedule.”
1. Arkansas.................0.062071
2. LSU.........................0.080714
3. Florida.....................0.082214
4. Auburn....................0.090357
5. Tennessee...............0.094786
6. Alabama..................0.101143
7. Mississippi State.......0.113429
8. Mississippi...............0.113571
9. Texas A&M..............0.115929
10. Oklahoma.............0.122500
11. Arizona.................0.134357
12. Washington...........0.134857
13. South Carolina......0.135214
14. Georgia................0.142857
15. Kentucky..............0.150214
16. Oregon.................0.152857
17. Oregon State........0.153714
18. Notre Dame..........0.156214
19. Stanford...............0.157500
20. USC.....................0.159143
21. Michigan...............0.160571
22. Colorado...............0.164429
23. California..............0.167071
24. Michigan State.......0.167571
25. Ohio State.............0.168429
Here is the list for RSOS.
RSOS: Regular season SOS
1. Arkansas..................0.076571
2. Tennessee................0.117786
3. Mississippi State........0.118286
4. Mississippi................0.122929
5. Auburn.....................0.126429
6. LSU..........................0.127857
7. Texas A&M................0.135143
8. Arizona....................0.148000
9. South Carolina..........0.150857
10. Kentucky................0.156286
11. Oregon State..........0.164429
12. Washington............0.167357
13. Florida...................0.174643
14. California...............0.178571
15. Vanderbilt..............0.186500
16. Notre Dame...........0.188571
17. Colorado................0.192429
18. Alabama................0.193929
19. Washington State...0.195000
20. Texas Tech............0.197286
21. Arizona State.........0.199357
22. Stanford................0.201786
23. Michigan................0.206000
24. Georgia.................0.208071
25. USC......................0.221571
Apparently, NOT everyone thinks the SEC scheduling is weak!!!! (Just those on the left coast!!!).