[NU Sports] Ratings/Rankings

[CHerron604 at aol.com]

In waiting for the Sagarin Ratings to appear on the USA Today website, I  
stumbled upon this very interesting website:
 
_http://www.mratings.com/cf/compare.htm_ 
(http://www.mratings.com/cf/compare.htm) 
 
While I realize that rankings and ratings are mostly for amusement purposes  
(especially before any kickoffs), I am encouraged that the consensus of a 
number  of informed parties seems to indicate that our schedule splits into 
roughly  three parts (we fall in at # 67):
 
- BCS caliber opponents (OSU (5), Michigan (8))
 
- Competitive opponents (Purdue (47), Iowa (48), Minnesota (51), Nevada  
(58), Michigan St (71), Indiana (75), Illinois (82))
 
- Weak opponents (Duke (111), Eastern Michigan (114), Northeastern (not Div  
I))
 
It is also encouraging that we host 4 of the 7 'competitive' opponents, and  
we have played well in recent years at East Lansing and at Champaign.
 
Chuck Herron   Tech '85



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