Pete's Schedule Previews
The 2006 Ratings and Previews
"It's official ... the 2006 season has begun",
and this year is better than ever at Pete's; your
best source for I-AA football. Once again, Pete's
will be rating each team's schedule prior to the beginning
of the season. We will cover each of the teams by
conference, and in alphabetical order. So take a look
and see how your team compares. Here are a few things
about the rankings:
Pete's schedule ratings/preview uses the official
schedules reported to the NCAA, so there could be
inaccuracies. We encourage readers to look at each
team's rating by conference, and not overall.
It is not fair to compare teams from one conference,
to another. Coaches (excluding independents) build
and prepare their clubs for the games within the conference.
Non-conference games seldom get more than a week of
preparation, prior to the contest. Also, clearly a
majority of any team's schedule is against opponents
from within their respective conference.
The factors used in the ratings:
- Home vs Away: the factor for an away game
is higher than a neutral site, or home, contest.
- Sub-IAA vs I-AA vs IA: although Pete's
has always discouraged the playing of these types
of contests; we apply a greater factor to IA opposition,
and a lower factor to the playing of sub-IAA competition.
Pete's ranks lower for each sub-IAA level; for example,
an NAIA opponent has much lower factor than a DII
club. However, we do not rank teams below the I-AA
level, so the factor is exactly the same at each
level. Therefore the factor for all DII clubs is
the same. We will let the fans argue about how good,
or poor, the DII's really are.
However, once again, Pete's will use the Congrove
Computer Rankings for the factor of the
IA clubs. Also, non-scholarship clubs are also ranked
lower than I-AA scholarshipped clubs ... at about
the same level as sub-IAA teams.
Pete's 2006 Pre-Season
Schedule Previews
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