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Message: [QUOTE="visitingcock, post: 4527373, member: 6872"] To some extent that is true. Early season rankings like Masseys have no data to enter on teams. They relate back to the previous data and supposedly don.t have enough new year data until after about ten games. However, the new data remains tinged by the old data. And, an algorithm can have the bias of its author. I have often wondered about an algorithmic bias for a factor that overrates Oregon since 2020. (I was biased against them that year.):oops: I think the algorithms are too complex. That's why i stick with a simple Quad One minus losses analysis. But yeah, that has a flaw in that I start with the over-complex NET rating that determines which opponents are quad one teams. Head bang [/QUOTE]