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

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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