Sagarin Ratings

[DblT81]

The Jeff Sagarin/CBN Women's College Basketball Ratings
Women's College Basketball 2001-2002 thru Wednesday, January 23, 2002 (all teams connected)
4 Oklahoma
11 Texas Tech
13 Colorado
14 Texas
15 Iowa St.
16 Kansas St.
22 Baylor
42 Missouri
71 Nebraska
75 Oklahoma St.
152 Texas A&M
196 Kansas

Are 2 through 7 close or what?

[YCN]

Yeah, and especially 3-6. I noticed in one poll - can't remember which one - the Big 12 had 5 consecutive teams in the rankings between 10 and 20. This is a fun year for basketball!

[Bobcat4956]

It is somehwat puzzling to me how Texas Tech could be ranked ahead of Texas with 5 losses to Texas' 3 losses. And, Texas beat Tech. Reputation is a strong ally.

[RaiderPower1]

I don't think it factors just the win-loss part of things.

[swok34]

beating Iowa State @ home, I suspect helped Texas Tech quite a bit. Just quessing http://hoopscoop.net/ubb/smile.gif

[Texan]

I also think our - UT - loss to Miami is still haunting us.

[DblT81]

I'm not sure about this but I think Sagarin takes the RPI formula a couple of steps farther. RPI is based on a team's opponent's win/loss records and also the w/l records of the opponent's opponents. Sagarin uses strictly mathematical formulas, no reputation involved. He considers margin of victory in the computation. Right now he give 3.86 points as a home team advantange. So if a home team wins by less than 4, it is factored into the formula as a loss. Tech has the 2nd rated schedule as far as success of opponents (and their opponent's success). That schedule must be giving Tech a boost in the formula despite their losses.

We're still not half way through conf games yet, so there is no telling where each team will wind up. I just thought it was interesting that so many of the B12 teams were so close to together, so close to the top.