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

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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