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