AMSTS

Here's the easy version. The rankings are based on winning/strength of schedule (66%) and margin of victory (33%). I am in Germany for work. It's okay but I miss my sports. Time to get back.

Hi guys, I am the guy from AMSTS. Saw you guys linking in and was reading the thread so thought I would answer your comments. My rankings are all done via computer (in Excel) and there is no known Big Ten (or Pro-Purdue as yes I am a Purdue fan/alum). I use the same system for football and basketball and Purdue didn't fair too well in the football rankings The ranking is made up from two subcomponents: a win ranking and a points ranking. Each individually is loosely modeled on the Elo Chess method, but iterative (beating Team A in week 1 is the same as in week 10, unlike Elo). So if you have two teams that beat, say, Wisconsin, the first by 4 and the second by 8, team 1 would have same win ranking as team 2 since all wins are equal. The points ranking would go to team 2 which means their overall score would be higher (67% win, 33% points, roughly). Hope that helps. I write plenty of other stuff on the site, so I hope you all take a look. Thanks for the PR, I am hardly some KenPom, just a schmuck living overseas writing his crappy blog so that one day he can get big enough to not have to work overseas any more If you have other questions feel free, I will keep an eye out over the coming days.