So, you want to making your own computer rankings. Welcome, friend!
Do you want to predict winners, i.e., margins of victory and/or totals?
Or, do you want to rank teams based on their accomplishments to date?
These two goals are not always the same. (Side note: in the old days, you might have heard these referred to as "predictive" systems vs. "retrodictive" systems. I don't like that word, but that's what we had.)
Your choice of goal -- either of those, or both simultaneously -- is a key question you must answer first.
There are lots of aspects of a season of games that you may, or may not, want to weigh. Each question links to some brief thoughts of my own, plus other ideas that I've culled from around the web. (All are works in progress!)
Again, these are all questions that you probably need answers to before you begin.
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As of December 29
1. Michigan (13-0)
2. Texas (12-1)
3. Washington (13-0)
4. Oregon (11-2)
4. Alabama (12-1)
6. Ohio State (11-2)
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As of December 30
1. Houston (12 - 0)
2. Purdue (12 - 1)
3. Connecticut (11 - 2)
4. Arizona (10 - 2)
5. BYU (11 - 1)
6. Memphis (10 - 2)
7. Clemson (11 - 1)
8. Florida Atlantic (10 - 2)
9. Marquette (10 - 3)
10. Duke (8 - 3)
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