Their rankings directly tie to the win probability predictions which are good.

Oct 27, 2024
6:16:11pm

bythenumbers All-American

Look at my analysis of the calibration. It's really quite good. It scores well on a variety of other metrics. I agree that it seems to not handle BYU well this season, but over all teams and over many seasons it is fairly accurate.

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bythenumbers

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ESPN Hates BYU

BYU DUDE 1984

2:29pm

Bulletin. Board. Material.

HeismanTy

2:31pm

LOL

Flippy

2:33pm

Keep the focus. Maul Utah!

Archaea

2:34pm

FPI does, but ESPN itself thinks we’re #8

Japan Coug

2:34pm

FPI is straight drunk.

russkiejedi

2:35pm

Umm, this is a joke. How do they figure this? BYU unranked but SMU is at 18

akmewg

2:36pm

And Kansas State at #18?

LeGrandBleu

4:36pm

RE: ESPN Hates BYU

Oompabluepaw

2:37pm

Also, Oregon at 8, even they beat #2 THE Ohio State.

squidmark

2:46pm

2 loss Alabama at 3, just really terrible rankings.

akmewg

3:05pm

Two of the teams in their top 25 (SMU, KState)with 1 loss and the don’t put the

Bryceo19

2:56pm

Clown show.

BostonCougar

3:11pm

FPI is so bad.

RGGeemer

3:34pm

Whatever algorithms make up FPI needs to be retired

CasualFan

3:48pm

On average, FPI is very good. We seem to break the model.

bythenumbers

3:49pm

That is good. Teams who can win without blue blood pedigree have to innovate.

RoboKayne

5:21pm

Actually it isn't good.

Les IsMore

5:52pm

Ok I disagree

bythenumbers

6:29pm

If it’s still using last season at week 9, it sucks as a model.

acadian8

5:55pm

Not if last season's results are still predictive

bythenumbers

6:34pm

It includes data/takes into account the previous 4 years, prioritizing ast year.

indocoug

9:04pm

FPI was built by BYU statistics alum Paul Sabin. It’s an algorithm, not a human.

Gokoe

4:07pm

Video proof:

Gokoe

4:12pm

Whats more laughable is…

LateToTheGame

4:17pm

Yeah who knows how many cooks are in the kitchen now. Algo’s can be corrupted.

Gokoe

4:21pm

FPI is a massive joke. I don't know why anyone pays attention to FPI.

slatecoug

4:45pm

It's factually not that. See my post above. I don't get the hate.

bythenumbers

5:18pm

It's more than just BYU. There's a number of team rankings that make zero sense.

slatecoug

6:03pm

Their rankings directly tie to the win probability predictions which are good.

bythenumbers

6:16pm

USC is #15 in FPI. How is that a good metric?

slatecoug

6:33pm

Pointing out a few places it's wrong doesn't convince me of anything

bythenumbers

6:38pm

I'm not trying to convince you of anything.

slatecoug

7:27pm

To be clear, I did not create FPI

bythenumbers

7:36pm

We are up to 27th on FPI?! Wow, this might be a special season…

VirginiaPeanut

4:54pm

What year is this?

AZcougLawyer

5:05pm

I guess they hate Pitt too…

Pretorian

5:05pm

Yep, almost all ESPN experts have BYU as CFP 4 seed. Such disrespect.

NYC and Japan

7:48pm

11 out of 12 analysts in their predictions posted last night

bythenumbers

7:53pm

lol, Texas moved up to #1 after close win against Vandy

Hill4Heisman

8:24pm

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