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 |

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True Style Points- Week 10 Performance based on margin of victory
#	Team	Rating
1	Texas (9-0)	30
2	Florida (9-0)	26
3	TCU (9-0)	23
4	Alabama (9-0)	23
5	Oklahoma (5-4)	22
6	Boise St. (9-0)	20
7	Oregon (7-2)	20
8	Ohio St. (8-2)	20
9	Nebraska (6-3)	18
10	Texas Tech (6-3)	18
11	Tennessee (5-4)	17
12	Cincinnati (9-0)	17
13	LSU (7-2)	16
14	Virginia Tech (6-3)	16
15	Arkansas (5-4)	15
16	Georgia Tech (9-1)	15
17	Oklahoma St. (7-2)	14
18	Pittsburgh (8-1)	14
19	Miami (7-2)	14
20	Clemson (6-3)	14
21	Penn St. (8-2)	14
22	BYU (7-2)	13
23	Mississippi (6-3)	13
24	Southern Cal (7-2)	12
25	Oregon St. (6-3)	11
26	Iowa (9-1)	11
27	Auburn (7-3)	9
28	Notre Dame (6-3)	9
29	Stanford (6-3)	9
30	Arizona (6-2)	9
31	Houston (8-1)	8
32	Boston College (6-3)	8
33	Kentucky (5-4)	7
34	Georgia (5-4)	7
35	Wisconsin (7-2)	7
36	Missouri (5-4)	6
37	South Carolina (6-4)	6
38	Michigan St. (5-5)	6
39	Navy (7-3)	5
40	West Virginia (7-2)	5
41	Nevada (6-3)	5
42	Mississippi St (4-5)	5
43	Florida St. (4-5)	5
44	South Florida (6-2)	5
45	Connecticut (4-5)	5
46	California (6-3)	5
47	Cent. Michigan (7-2)	5
48	Utah (8-1)	4
49	Kansas (5-4)	4
50	Texas A&M (5-4)	4
51	Air Force (6-4)	3
52	Kansas St. (6-4)	3
53	North Carolina (6-3)	3
54	Fresno St. (6-3)	3
55	Arizona St. (4-5)	2
56	Wake Forest (4-6)	2
57	Michigan (5-5)	2
58	Minnesota (5-5)	1
59	Washington (3-6)	1
60	UCF (5-4)	0
61	Southern Miss. (5-4)	0
62	UCLA (4-5)	0
63	Rutgers (6-2)	0
64	Duke (5-4)	0
65	N. Illinois (6-3)	0
66
67	Tulsa (4-5)	-1
68	Iowa St. (5-5)	-1
69	Troy (7-2)	-1
70	Baylor (4-5)	-1
71	Purdue (4-6)	-1
72	East Carolina (5-4)	-2
73	Colorado (3-6)	-3
74	Marshall (5-4)	-3
75	Virginia (3-6)	-3
76	Northwestern (6-4)	-3
77	Indiana (4-6)	-3
78	Middle Tenn. St. (6-3)	-4
79	Illinois (3-6)	-4
80	Vanderbilt (2-8)	-5
81	Louisiana Tech (3-6)	-5
82	Temple (7-2)	-5
83	Louisville (3-6)	-6
84	SMU (5-4)	-7
85	Bowling Green (4-5)	-7
86	N.C. State (4-5)	-7
87	UAB (4-5)	-8
88	Arkansas St. (2-6)	-8
89	Ohio (6-3)	-8
90	Syracuse (3-6)	-8
91	La.-Monroe (5-4)	-9
92	Maryland (2-7)	-9
93	Idaho (7-3)	-10
94	Utah St. (2-7)	-10
95	Colorado St. (3-7)	-11
96	Kent St. (5-5)	-11
97	UNLV (4-6)	-12
98	UTEP (3-6)	-12
99	W. Michigan (4-6)	-12
100	Wyoming (4-5)	-13
101	Hawaii (3-6)	-13
102	San Diego St. (4-5)	-14
103	Buffalo (3-6)	-14
104	Army (3-6)	-15
105	Toledo (4-5)	-15
106	Florida Intl (2-7)	-16
107	Fla. Atlantic (2-6)	-16
108	Memphis (2-7)	-17
109	La.-Lafayette (5-4)	-17
110	Akron (2-7)	-18
111	Ball St. (1-8)	-19
112	North Texas (2-7)	-19
113	Washington St. (1-8)	-20
114	Miami (Ohio) (1-9)	-20
115	San Jose St. (1-7)	-24
116	New Mexico (0-9)	-25
117	Rice (0-9)	-26
118	Tulane (3-6)	-26
119	E. Michigan (0-9)	-27
120	New Mexico St. (3-6)	-29

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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