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

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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