Pete's Schedule Power Ratings
and Previews
The 2009 Ratings and Previews
It's football time once again, and the 2009 season
is upon us. As usual, 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.
Teams within a given conference will have the most similar
schedules. So, 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-FCS vs FCS vs FBS: although Pete's
has always discouraged the playing of these types
of contests; we apply a greater factor to FBS opposition,
and a lower factor to the playing of sub-FCS 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.
Once again, Pete's will use the Congrove
Computer Rankings for the factor of the
IA/FBS clubs. Also, non-scholarship clubs are also
ranked lower than I-AA/FCS scholarship clubs ...
at about the same level as sub-FCS teams.
Pete's 2009 Pre-Season Schedule
Previews
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Pete's 2009 Pre-Season Schedule
Previews
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