[Husker] Polls

[Andrew Smith]

Yes.  Computer ratings don't care about head-to-head.  Missouri's loss 
to Nebraska results in:
* Missouri lost to a top team.
* Nebraska defeated a top team .
adding  that to the other games, which include Missouri's win over a top 
team (OU) and Nebraska's loss to an average team (TX), it would be odd 
if Missouri wasn't rated higher.

Also note that the BCS computer rankings care little about 
margin-of-victory (which makes them less accurate, but the humans 
running the BCS wanted it that way).

Andy


On 10/31/2010 6:38 PM, Theodore Heise wrote:
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> Yeah, that's the came conclusion I've come to.  The Nebraska loss to 
> an unranked team hurts a lot more that Missouri's loss to a fairly 
> high ranked team.
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>> No - I think the loss to Tx is hurting us now.  Even after they beat 
>> us they are getting us back!!  How did we lose to them??
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>>> Mizzery's win over Oklahoma was a better win than Nebraska beat the 
>>> snot out of Mizzery.
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>>>> Computers are like that. Our best win is not as good as theirs, for 
>>>> instance.
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>>>>> Am I reading this right - we're ranked below a team we beat by two 
>>>>> touchdowns?
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>>>>>> Last week, Sagarin had NU #9 (predictor #10) and Missouri was #2 
>>>>>> (predictor #5). This week NU is #5 (#9 predictor) and Missouri is 
>>>>>> #4 (#6 predictor).
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