YPPSYS Yards Per Play Ranking System Compared with BCS, AP Poll, USA Today Coaches Poll, Harris Interactive, Massey Ratings, Sagarin Pure Points

After the 7th week of play or what can approximately be called the middle of the 2009 NCAA FBS Division I-A college football season, we here compare our YPPSYS Yards Per Play Ranking System (as adjusted particularly for strength of schedule) with the rankings at the BCS, AP Poll (voters), USA Today Coaches Poll, Harris Interactive Poll, Massey Ratings, and Sagarin Pure Points. For more detail, also take a look at for example at the CFN Scout.com rankings or Mike DeSimone's College Football Ratings.

As one can see below, YPPSYS produces reliable and objective ranking and rating results, and it does this primarily by combining the yards per play stats (offense and defense) of any team together with its schedule difficulty.

YPPSYS RANKINGS compared to Other Ranking Services

YPPSYS Rank	After 7th Week	Massey Ratings		Sagarin Pure Points		AP Top 25 Poll		USA Today Coaches Poll		Harris		BCS
1	Florida	2		2		2		1		1		1
2	USC	7		3		4		4		4		7
3	Alabama	1		1		1		2		2		2
4	Cincinnati	4		12		5		6		6		5
5	Texas	3		5		3		3		3		3
6	TCU	6		10		10		7		8		8
7	Boise State	5		9		6		5		5		4
8	Nebraska	15		7
9	Texas Tech	13		14		21		24		22
10	Oregon	11		8		12		14		12		11
11	Virginia Tech	9		4		15		15		15		14
12	Penn State	18		17		13		11		11		13
13	Oklahoma	16		6		25		19		25
14	West Virginia	29		41		22		22		23		23
15	Miami (Florida)	12		16		8		9		10		10
16	South Florida	20		35						24
17	Tennessee	44		24
18	Arizona	26		22								22
19	Ohio State	24		13		18		17		17		19
20	Utah	17		30		19		20		19		18
21	Pittsburgh	19		25		20		19		20		20
22	Iowa	8		11		7		8		7		6
23	Auburn	30		37
24	Mississippi	32		34				25
25	BYU	23		23		16		16		16		16
26	California	25		28
27	Arkansas	21		21				4
28	South Carolina	22		36		23		23				24
29	Michigan State	52		33
30	Oklahoma State	34		45		14		12		14		15
31	LSU	14		26		9		10		9		9
32	Clemson	38		19				18
33	Stanford	43		27
34	Tulsa	51		58
35	Kansas	36		31		24		21		21		25
36	Central Michigan	37		40
37	Missouri	50		55
38	Michigan	41		32
39	Arizona State	49		47
40	Boston College	31		38
41	Baylor	75		72
42	North Carolina	59		63
43	Georgia Tech	10		15		11		13		13		12
44	Houston	27		52		17		18		18		17
45	Notre Dame	28		18
46	Connecticut	45		53
47	Louisiana-Monroe	74		79
48	Georgia	35		54
49	Fresno State	42		20
50	Purdue	78		59
51	Wisconsin	40		51
52	Troy	61		81
53	Nevada	79		84
54	Idaho	53		66
55	Oregon State	33		48
56	UCLA	55		49
57	Toledo	85		112
58	North Carolina State	84		86
59	Ohio	62		62
60	Hawai'i	120		107
61	Southern Mississippi	83		75
62	Virginia	57		42
63	Colorado State	73		77
64	Wake Forest	56		67
65	Navy	47		44
66	San Diego State	111		95
67	Air Force	66		46
68	Kentucky	39		43
69	Minnesota	54		65
70	Rutgers	58		80
71	Mississippi State	67		60
72	SMU	92		83
73	Kansas State	71		76
74	Iowa State	65		64
75	Texas A&M	89		94
76	Utah State	132		108
77	Northern Illinois	72		50
78	North Texas	145		133
79	Buffalo	110		111
80	Temple	82		93
81	Florida State	46		29
82	Louisville	91		99
83	Indiana	87		97
84	Middle Tennessee	94		117
85	Duke	68		73
86	Vanderbilt	119		119
87	Louisiana Tech	102		92
88	Syracuse	100		110
89	Marshall	77		91
90	UCF	104		109
91	Arkansas State	103		70
92	Western Michigan	95		104
93	Northwestern	88		98
94	Washington	48		39
95	Maryland	101		124
96	East Carolina	86		90
97	Louisiana-Lafayette	97		140
98	Kent State	115		114
99	Wyoming	93		126
100	Army	125		141
101	Bowling Green	81		87
102	UAB	114		130
103	Tulane	139		163
104	Illinois	126		127
105	UTEP	109		131
106	Akron	153		129
107	Colorado	80		69
108	Florida Atlantic	118		128
109	New Mexico	197		176
110	Memphis	140		149
111	Miami (Ohio)	161		156
112	UNLV	124		121
113	San Jose State	113		101
114	Florida International	130		106
115	Ball State	167		150
116	New Mexico State	152		178
117	Eastern Michigan	184		174
118	Rice	186		170
119	Western Kentucky	202		160
120	Washington State	138		122