[terry]

Best winning percentages over the last four seasons (since 2010):

.885  Alabama (46-6)
.885  Oregon (46-6)
.865  Stanford (45-7)
.852  Northern Illinois (46-8)
.843  Boise State (43-8)
.840  Ohio State (42-8)
.827  LSU (43-9)
.820  Oklahoma State (41-9)
.811  Florida State (43-10)
.804  Oklahoma (41-10)

[Ohio State's total includes 12 wins in 2010 that were vacated]

[terry]

Best winning percentages over the last four seasons (since 2010):

.885  Alabama (46-6)
.885  Oregon (46-6)
.865  Stanford (45-7)
.852  Northern Illinois (46-8)
.843  Boise State (43-8)
.840  Ohio State (42-8)
.827  LSU (43-9)
.820  Oklahoma State (41-9)
.811  Florida State (43-10)
.804  Oklahoma (41-10)

[Ohio State's total includes 12 wins in 2010 that were vacated]

[jayasena]

Wonder what the percentages look like if you exclude wins against FCS opponents.

EDIT: Answering my own question for the top 3: no change in the order.

Alabama (42-6) - 0.875
Oregon (42-6) - 0.875
Stanford (44-7) - 0.863

If one were to rank the number of wins over FBS teams in the same period though, the rankings do change!

[jayasena]

Wonder what the percentages look like if you exclude wins against FCS opponents.

EDIT: Answering my own question for the top 3: no change in the order.

Alabama (42-6) - 0.875
Oregon (42-6) - 0.875
Stanford (44-7) - 0.863

If one were to rank the number of wins over FBS teams in the same period though, the rankings do change!

[twgin]

I can see wasted time in my future... This is a subject near and dear to my heart; IMHO Alabama and the oh so mighty SEC are paper tigers.  Their schedules are built to minimize opportunities to lose by scheduling fewer league games, fewer road games, fewer games against ranked opponents.  Judicious scheduling of FCS and lower tier FBS teams is equivalent to a couple of extra byes every season, opportunities to heal up, get game experience for younger players and extra time to prepare for better opponents (think Chattanooga the week before Auburn, although that didn't work out so well).

Who knows if it is driven by the money generated by 100k fans at home games or gaming the BCS (probably both !) but the result is serial BCS titles and ESPN in you pocket.

Anyway, if I get some time I'll look at Alabama vs. Stanford in terms of number of league games, number or road games, ranked opponents, lower tier opponents, etc.  over the past four years.  Might be interesting, might shut me up !

[twgin]

I can see wasted time in my future... This is a subject near and dear to my heart; IMHO Alabama and the oh so mighty SEC are paper tigers.  Their schedules are built to minimize opportunities to lose by scheduling fewer league games, fewer road games, fewer games against ranked opponents.  Judicious scheduling of FCS and lower tier FBS teams is equivalent to a couple of extra byes every season, opportunities to heal up, get game experience for younger players and extra time to prepare for better opponents (think Chattanooga the week before Auburn, although that didn't work out so well).

Who knows if it is driven by the money generated by 100k fans at home games or gaming the BCS (probably both !) but the result is serial BCS titles and ESPN in you pocket.

Anyway, if I get some time I'll look at Alabama vs. Stanford in terms of number of league games, number or road games, ranked opponents, lower tier opponents, etc.  over the past four years.  Might be interesting, might shut me up !

[washingtonismoney]

Personally, I think the biggest abuse is the late-season bye. I have a hunch that if the 59ers were before the SC trip, we sweep as opposed to splitting.

(Keep in mind how valuable the late-season Colorado "bye" was -- allowed us to switch Hogan and Nunes!)

[washingtonismoney]

Personally, I think the biggest abuse is the late-season bye. I have a hunch that if the 59ers were before the SC trip, we sweep as opposed to splitting.

(Keep in mind how valuable the late-season Colorado "bye" was -- allowed us to switch Hogan and Nunes!)