True Style Points
True Style Points quantifies performance by combining margin of victory with opponent’s strength to estimate how many points better or worse than average a team has looked..
Year: 2009 | 2008 |
Week: Pre-season | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 |
True Style Points- Week 0![]() Performance based on margin of victory |
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| # | Team | Rating |
| 1 | Air Force (0-0) | 0 |
| 2 | Minnesota (0-0) | 0 |
| 3 | New Mexico (0-0) | 0 |
| 4 | San Diego St. (0-0) | 0 |
| 5 | Navy (0-0) | 0 |
| 6 | TCU (0-0) | 0 |
| 7 | Wyoming (0-0) | 0 |
| 8 | Utah (0-0) | 0 |
| 9 | Colorado St. (0-0) | 0 |
| 10 | Army (0-0) | 0 |
| 11 | UNLV (0-0) | 0 |
| 12 | BYU (0-0) | 0 |
| 13 | East Carolina (0-0) | 0 |
| 14 | Tulsa (0-0) | 0 |
| 15 | Ball St. (0-0) | 0 |
| 16 | Colorado (0-0) | 0 |
| 17 | Toledo (0-0) | 0 |
| 18 | West Virginia (0-0) | 0 |
| 19 | Texas (0-0) | 0 |
| 20 | Kansas (0-0) | 0 |
| 21 | Kansas St. (0-0) | 0 |
| 22 | Missouri (0-0) | 0 |
| 23 | Texas A&M (0-0) | 0 |
| 24 | Iowa St. (0-0) | 0 |
| 25 | Oklahoma St. (0-0) | 0 |
| 26 | Nebraska (0-0) | 0 |
| 27 | Nevada (0-0) | 0 |
| 28 | Idaho (0-0) | 0 |
| 29 | Mississippi (0-0) | 0 |
| 30 | Memphis (0-0) | 0 |
| 31 | Middle Tenn. St. (0-0) | 0 |
| 32 | Marshall (0-0) | 0 |
| 33 | UCF (0-0) | 0 |
| 34 | UTEP (0-0) | 0 |
| 35 | Southern Miss. (0-0) | 0 |
| 36 | Tennessee (0-0) | 0 |
| 37 | UAB (0-0) | 0 |
| 38 | Houston (0-0) | 0 |
| 39 | South Carolina (0-0) | 0 |
| 40 | Vanderbilt (0-0) | 0 |
| 41 | Alabama (0-0) | 0 |
| 42 | Arkansas (0-0) | 0 |
| 43 | Auburn (0-0) | 0 |
| 44 | LSU (0-0) | 0 |
| 45 | Mississippi St (0-0) | 0 |
| 46 | North Carolina (0-0) | 0 |
| 47 | SMU (0-0) | 0 |
| 48 | Rice (0-0) | 0 |
| 49 | Virginia Tech (0-0) | 0 |
| 50 | Bowling Green (0-0) | 0 |
| 51 | Tulane (0-0) | 0 |
| 52 | Florida (0-0) | 0 |
| 53 | Troy (0-0) | 0 |
| 54 | Kentucky (0-0) | 0 |
| 55 | Georgia (0-0) | 0 |
| 56 | Florida Intl (0-0) | 0 |
| 57 | Florida St. (0-0) | 0 |
| 58 | W. Ky (0-0) | 0 |
| 59 | South Florida (0-0) | 0 |
| 60 | La.-Lafayette (0-0) | 0 |
| 61 | North Texas (0-0) | 0 |
| 62 | La.-Monroe (0-0) | 0 |
| 63 | Fla. Atlantic (0-0) | 0 |
| 64 | Arkansas St. (0-0) | 0 |
| 65 | UCLA (0-0) | 0 |
| 66 | Ohio (0-0) | 0 |
| 67 | Pittsburgh (0-0) | 0 |
| 68 | Buffalo (0-0) | 0 |
| 69 | N.C. State (0-0) | 0 |
| 70 | Louisville (0-0) | 0 |
| 71 | Connecticut (0-0) | 0 |
| 72 | Rutgers (0-0) | 0 |
| 73 | Syracuse (0-0) | 0 |
| 74 | Notre Dame (0-0) | 0 |
| 75 | Cincinnati (0-0) | 0 |
| 76 | Georgia Tech (0-0) | 0 |
| 77 | Miami (0-0) | 0 |
| 78 | Louisiana Tech (0-0) | 0 |
| 79 | Hawaii (0-0) | 0 |
| 80 | New Mexico St. (0-0) | 0 |
| 81 | Utah St. (0-0) | 0 |
| 82 | Boise St. (0-0) | 0 |
| 83 | Fresno St. (0-0) | 0 |
| 84 | San Jose St. (0-0) | 0 |
| 85 | Arizona St. (0-0) | 0 |
| 86 | Texas Tech (0-0) | 0 |
| 87 | Oklahoma (0-0) | 0 |
| 88 | Baylor (0-0) | 0 |
| 89 | Stanford (0-0) | 0 |
| 90 | Oregon (0-0) | 0 |
| 91 | California (0-0) | 0 |
| 92 | Arizona (0-0) | 0 |
| 93 | Oregon St. (0-0) | 0 |
| 94 | Washington (0-0) | 0 |
| 95 | Washington St. (0-0) | 0 |
| 96 | Southern Cal (0-0) | 0 |
| 97 | Virginia (0-0) | 0 |
| 98 | Duke (0-0) | 0 |
| 99 | Boston College (0-0) | 0 |
| 100 | Maryland (0-0) | 0 |
| 101 | Wake Forest (0-0) | 0 |
| 102 | E. Michigan (0-0) | 0 |
| 103 | Temple (0-0) | 0 |
| 104 | Clemson (0-0) | 0 |
| 105 | Northwestern (0-0) | 0 |
| 106 | Purdue (0-0) | 0 |
| 107 | Miami (Ohio) (0-0) | 0 |
| 108 | Michigan St. (0-0) | 0 |
| 109 | Indiana (0-0) | 0 |
| 110 | Penn St. (0-0) | 0 |
| 111 | Iowa (0-0) | 0 |
| 112 | Illinois (0-0) | 0 |
| 113 | Wisconsin (0-0) | 0 |
| 114 | Cent. Michigan (0-0) | 0 |
| 115 | Michigan (0-0) | 0 |
| 116 | W. Michigan (0-0) | 0 |
| 117 | Ohio St. (0-0) | 0 |
| 118 | Akron (0-0) | 0 |
| 119 | Kent St. (0-0) | 0 |
| 120 | N. Illinois (0-0) | 0 |
Computing True Style Points
To compute True Style Points we simply add the margin of victory (or defeat) to an opponent’s VSI and adjust for whether the game was played at home, away or on a neutral site.
The True Style Points accurately portrays big wins, “moral victories” and blowouts. For example:
- Upset a powerhouse team with a VSI of 25 by 3 points and receive 28 True Style Points
- Lose to the same powerhouse by a field goal and you still receive 22 True Style Points
- Blow out a weak team with a VSI of -10 by 28 points and receive 18 True Style Points
Unlike the computer rankings making up the Bowl Championship Series, Fan Formula’s True Style Points™ ranking does not apply a principle of diminishing returns discounting large margins of victory. Therefore True Style Points is a far better match to many fans mental model of how good a team looked on the field.
True Style Points are assigned on a game by game basis and as an average for a team over the season. For example if South Carolina has True Style Points of 15, 20, and -5 in their first three games their current True Style Points ranking is equal to 10.
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2009
- Experiencing Technical Difficulties
- Undefeated but Only Half as Dominant?
- Where's the Love for the Longhorns?
- Alabama Confirms It
- Thirteen Teams in Fourteen Days
- Texas Separates From the Speed States
- Sunshine State Domination
- How Long Can BYU Remain on Top?
- Dispute at the Top
- Movers and Losers
2008
2009
- Bowl Week
- Championshp Week
- Week 13 picks - Texas Showdown
- Week 12 picks - Tiger by the Tail
- Week 11 picks - Wildcats & Thundercats
- Week 10 picks - Low Tide
- Week 9 picks - Straight Up Saturday
- Week 8 picks - Straight Outta Crompton
- Week 7 picks - Texas Showdown
- Week 6 picks - Road Trip, Road Trip, Road Trip
- Week 5 picks - SEC Rolls - Mountaineers Struggle
- Week 4 picks - Forget the Preseason Rankings
- Week 3 picks - The Bearcat is Back
- Week 2 picks - Return of the Buckasaurus
- Week 1 picks - Baby's Got 'Pack
- Rated for 2009
2008
- Bowl Week
- Week 14 - Time to Step Up
- Week 13 - Lame Ducks, and Beavers
- Week 12 - No Longer Playing Like Freshmen
- Week 11 - Enemy of My Enemy
- Week 10 - SEC Dominance
- Week 9 - Winning on the Road
- Week 8 - Big Names - Little O's
- Week 7 - Buy the Bye
- Week 6 - What Do We Have to Do to Win Big?
- Week 5 - It’s Another Underdog Saturday