Updated Sagarin Rankings, Sept 19

Submitted by DoubleMs on

Sagarin updated his rankings today, based on this weekend's games:

OSU 7

Nebraska 16

PSU 22

Michigan 24

Wisconsin 29

Iowa 32

The "Look ma, I'm a big kid now" Award: James Madison 37

Northwestern 39

MSU 41

Notre Dame 51

Illinois 62

Massachusetts 72

Purdue 77

Indiana 82

Connecticut 83

Bowling Green 90

Minnesota 97

The "Wow, we suck so much" Award: Akron 187

Sagarin rankings become completely legitimate after the fourth week of the season, mind you - after week 3 the preseason ranking still has some small effect. But they are very close, now. Edit: I was wrong. Every calculation is Bayesian NOW, which means that they are actual rankings, which can be taken as legitimate. Also, added Bowling Green and a link to the rankings.

schnoxl

September 19th, 2010 at 12:01 PM ^

Bayesian means the ratings involve prior information.  The Sagarin ratings aren't completely legitimate (i.e., independent of the preseason rating guess) until they become "connected," i.e., there is a chain of common opponents linking every pair of teams.

Copey1050

September 19th, 2010 at 11:58 AM ^

Rankings are meaningless this early in the season.  We still don't know how good many teams really are.     I think the U-Mass game was good for Michigan, it will make them realize they can't take anything for granted.....

papabear16

September 19th, 2010 at 11:58 AM ^

Interesting that our three games have really sort of borne this out when you think about their relative difficulty.  Notre Dame being the closest, UMass being under control but closer than we'd ever want, and UConn not really being much of a game.

I hope it stays true through BGSU, Indiana, and MSU.