The Final Analysis: Quality Opponent Factor Rankings
January 28, 2008 by bcsbusters
Crunching the Numbers:
This past August, when even Notre Dame, Alabama and Texas A&M were dreaming of BCS bowl itineraries, I stumbled upon a unique grading component which I believe gives us a pretty accurate analysis of the successfulness of the regular season, called the Quality Opponent Factor (QOF-Rating). The only draw back is we have to wait until the end of the season, and by then, even before the final BCS bowl games commence, much of the nation has already turned their attention to the pre-season poll for 2008 and national signing day coming in February.
When calling the QOF-Rating elements into play, where we analyze how a given team has performed against the elite this past season (defining elite as those teams who have gone on to win at least 9 games in a given season), you can quickly begin to recognize the cream rising to the top, which often flies in the face of the much publicized AP and Coaches Poll or the conference superiority ratings which have been popularized over at Sports Illustrated (Bill Trocchii), CBS Sports (Clay Travis) or ESPN (Ivan Maisel and Pat Forde).
So without further ado, I give you the BCS Busters take on the national rankings and the elite oligarchy of college football.
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