ESPN Final SP+ Rankings

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Espn published their final SP+ rankings. (It's an ESPN+ article which means that, yes, I am one of those stupid enough to pay for ESPN content). Here's top 10:

1. Georgia
2. Ohio State
3. Alabama
4. Michigan
5. Cincinnati
6. A&M
7. Wisconsin
8. Clemson
9. Pittsburgh
10. Tennessee.

Others:

23. Kentucky
30 Florida
35. Purdue
66. South Carolina
122. Vanderbilt
 
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Wasn't familiar with the term SP+.

What is SP+? In a single sentence, it's a tempo- and opponent-adjusted measure of college football efficiency. I created the system at Football Outsiders in 2008, and as my experience with both college football and its stats has grown, I have made quite a few tweaks to the system.

It is, as always, important to note that SP+ is intended to be predictive and forward-facing. It is not a résumé ranking that gives credit for big wins or particularly brave scheduling -- no good predictive system is. It is simply a measure of the most sustainable and predictable aspects of football. If you're lucky or unimpressive in a win, your rating will probably fall. If you're strong and unlucky in a loss, it will probably rise. It is a look at how teams should likely perform moving forward.
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#10? LOL
 
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FPI (football power index) has us at 26, just behind Purdue.
That seems more results based and a fair measure of success.
SP+ seems more like one guys opinion based on play by play stats.
Maybe SP+ means that if we played the whole season again, he would expect some of the close losses to be wins and we'd be ranked higher.
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Behr said:
Now that you understand what SP+ is where should we be?
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Well if this silly SP+ is an indicator of how strong we looked while being "unlucky" vs. Pitt, Bama, Ole Miss, and Purdue then I might agree that #10 on this completely useless rating system might be warranted, purely for theoretical reasons.
 
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UtahVol said:
Espn published their final SP+ rankings. (It's an ESPN+ article which means that, yes, I am one of those stupid enough to pay for ESPN content). Here's top 10:

1. Georgia
2. Ohio State
3. Alabama
4. Michigan
5. Cincinnati
6. A&M
7. Wisconsin
8. Clemson
9. Pittsburgh
10. Tennessee.

Others:

23. Kentucky
30 Florida
35. Purdue
66. South Carolina
122. Vanderbilt
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Last time I looked there was one trophy!
 
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