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

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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