Laxpower Rankings, just for fun/comparison

[laxcd1]

Catlaxman,

It seems that you are the only one, or one of only few, who feels that Lax Power is way off base. I understand that you had a problem with the final rankings a few years back, but it seems that Lax Power has made the corrections needed to become more accurate. This is a similar formula to the BCS number used in Division I football, which is why it is so hard for me to understand why you think their system is way off base. With the BCS, you are talking about hundreds of millions of dollars at stake on college football bowl games. Why in the world would they have gone to this method (the math formula) if it is "not worth the paper it is written on."

[CATLAX MAN]

All you have to do is look at the results it produces. I'm sorry, but Oakland is not anywhere near the #9 team, nor is VT #13 nor Oregon #14. Should I go on? Consistently coming up with the wrong answer is enough for me. How many times do they have to "cry wolf" before you realize that there's nothing there?

[laxcd1]

I admire the fact that you are a huge fan and that you have a definitive opinion. I would love to see your poll when you have the time to put it together. The Joker put together a poll with justification on every team, and I would love to see you do the same when you have the time. You have very strong opinions, and I believe that you are well respected on the boards, so I simply want to see where you stand with your own personal poll.

[laxcd1]

After looking at Lax Power it appears that there is a misunderstanding. Lax Power provides the following information:

Rank Poll Team Rating Rank W L T

8 7 Oregon 79.92 17 12- 4- 0
14 14 Virginia Tech 77.67 37 9- 3- 0
16 17 Oakland 77.36 13 9- 4- 0

[CATLAX MAN]

I was looking at the list posted above.

I vote every time in the Message Board Poll. This was my last vote.

.......My vote.................................Real Poll

1. Colorado State..................1. Colorado State
2. Sonoma............................2. Sonoma State
3. Michigan ..........................3. Michigan
4. UCSB...............................4. UCSB
5. Colorado..........................5. Univ. of California, San Diego
6. UCSD..............................6. Brigham Young University
7. Oregon............................7. Oregon
8. BYU.................................8. Colorado
9. FSU.................................9. Florida State
10. Cal Poly.........................10. Cal Poly SLO
11. Utah..............................11. Arizona
12. Lindenwood....................12. Lindenwood University
13. Arizona..........................13. Utah
14. Minnesota-Duluth............14. Virginia Tech
15. Chapman.......................15. Minnesota-Duluth
16. Virginia Tech..................16. Georgia Tech
17. Oakland.........................17. Oakland University
18. Northeastern..................18. Arizona State
19. Arizona State.................19. Northeastern University
20. Georgia Tech.................20. Chapman University
21. Texas............................21. Michigan State
22. UCLA............................22. UCLA
23. Michigan State...............23. Texas Tech
24. Illinois ..........................24. Illinois
25. Texas Tech....................25. Texas

[WaterBoy]

And I will stand behind him on that, having seen it. His (and the rest of the message board pollers) are consistent polls that they base on research that they do. Each poll is amazingly consistent to every other poll, and is done independently before the issuance of the real poll.

There may be some people to criticize about "well I wish I could see a poll you put out," but the people who are message board pollers aren't them. I know for the most part, I give different posters different amounts of credibility when they write things on the board, and even when I disagree with them, I take what they say and really do consider their point of view. CATLAX is one of them. If you're going to pick someone to say "I'd like to see you do better," there are better targets.

[laxcd1]

I never mentioned that I would like to see him do better. I did mention that I admire the fact that he is a well educated fan. I was simply interested in seeing his poll, and it turns out that I agree with 99% of his poll.

[CATLAX MAN]

Ironically, the one pick I seemed to be the most off on was Chapman.

[Pinball]

Does Lax power even really factor in the whole A div and B div thing we got going on????

[laxcd1]

"Ironically, the one pick I seemed to be the most off on was Chapman."

I sure don't remember saying that.

[CATLAX MAN]

No, I said that. I had them at #15 and the real poll had them at #20. As it turns out, the pollsters appear to have been right about that.