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SportPundit NCAA Division I FBS College Football Rankings 2019 After Week 7

SportPundit NCAA Division I FBS College Football Rankings 2019 After Week 7

YPP stats from cfbstats.com 
Schedule Difficulty (SD) is based on the Massey Ratings
-- but in some cases we have adjusted them and marked those by an asterisk * (* = adjusted), especially where a much lower-ranked FCS opponent could skew this stat. Schedule Difficulty stats are still rough approximations at this stage of the season - just compare the ColleyMatrix to see how much they can diverge.
NAYPPA = Net Average Yards Per Play Advantage - Calculation by SportPundit. AYPP = Adjusted Yards Per Play. The Rank calculation is made by taking NAYPPA minus the "calibration adjustment for schedule difficulty" CSD (3 x SD divided by 100).

The system is not perfect! But it gives a good idea of the relative strengths of many of the teams without looking at the margin of victory or won-loss records against varied opposition and under various circumstances. Some placements are curious, but on the  whole, the rankings are quite useful.

SportPundit NCAA Division I FBS College Football Rankings 2019 after Week 7

Rank Team Ypp Off Ypp Def NAYPPA    SD   CSD  AYPP W-L
1 Oklahoma 9.56 5.21 +4.35    33 -0.99 +3.36 6-0
2 Ohio State 7.31 3.69 +3.62    26 -0.78 +2.84 6-0
3 Alabama 8.07 4.74 +3.33    17 -0.51 +2.82 6-0
4 LSU 8.01 4.64 +3.37    31 -0.93 +2.44 6-0
5 Oregon 6.54 3.94 +2.60    16 -0.48 +2.12 5-1
6 Clemson 6.87 4.00 +2.87    36 -1.08 +1.79 6-0
7 Penn State 6.60 3.83 +2.77    38 -1.14 +1.63 6-0
8 Wisconsin 6.31 3.06 +3.25    58 -1.74 +1.51 6-0
9 Georgia 7.25 4.44 +2.81    57 -1.71 +1.10 5-1
10 UCF 7.01 4.31 +2.70    55 -1.65 +1.05 4-2
11 Utah 7.15 4.79 +2.36    44 -1.32 +1.04 5-1
12 Notre Dame 6.95 4.95 +2.00    35 -1.05 +0.95 5-1
13 Florida 6.39 5.20 +1.19  *10 -0.30 +0.89 6-1
14 Auburn 5.92 4.95 +0.97      3 -0.09 +0.88 5-1
15 Texas A&M 5.94 5.10 +0.84      9 -0.27 +0.57 3-3
Rank Team Ypp Off Ypp Def NAYPPA    SD   CSD  AYPP W-L
16 USC 6.32 5.76 +0.56      2 -0.06 +0.50 3-3
17 Iowa 5.62 4.58 +1.04    20 -0.60 +0.44 4-2
18 South Carolina 5.83 5.33 +0.50      5 -0.15 +0.35 3-3
19 Cincinnati 5.68 5.00 +0.68    11 -0.33 +0.35 5-1
20 Washington 6.34 5.28 +1.06    25 -0.75 +0.31 5-2
21 Michigan State 5.26 4.74 +0.52      7 -0.21 +0.31 4-3
22 Pittsburgh 5.04 4.35 +0.69    14 -0.42 +0.27 4-2
23 Oklahoma St. 6.73 5.52 +1.21    34 -1.02 +0.19 4-2
24 Michigan 5.64 4.20 +1.44    43 -1.29 +0.15 5-1
25 Missouri 6.17 4.04 +2.13    66 -1.98 +0.15 5-1
26 Baylor 6.98 4.79 +2.19  *70 -2.10 +0.09 6-0
27 Iowa State 6.78 4.60 +2.18  *70 -2.10 +0.08 4-2
28 Boise State 6.45 5.08 +1.37  *45 -1.35 +0.02 6-0
29 Arizona State 6.12 5.06 +1.06  *35 -1.05 +0.01 5-1
30 Texas 6.00 6.38  -0.38      4 -0.12 *0.00 4-2
Rank Team Ypp Off Ypp Def NAYPPA    SD   CSD  AYPP W-L
31 Washington St. 8.09 6.42 +1.67     59 -1.77 -0.10 3-3
32 Utah State 6.00 5.07 +0.93     37 -1.11 -0.18 3-2
33 North Carolina 5.72 5.74  -0.02       8 -0.24 -0.26 3-3
34 Miami of Florida 6.25 4.60 +1.65     67 -2.01 -0.36 3-3
35 Tulane 6.93 4.90 +2.03    80 -2.40  -0.37 5-1
36 Memphis 7.01 4.87 +2.14     86 -2.58 -0.44 5-1
37 California 4.95 5.01  -0.06     13 -0.39 -0.45 4-2
38 SMU 6.12 5.15 +0.97   *50 -1.50 -0.53 6-0
39 Minnesota 6.22 4.87 +1.35     63 -1.89 -0.54 6-0
40 Hawaii 6.70 5.86 +0.84     46 -1.38 -0.54 4-2
41 West Virginia 4.89 5.18  -0.29     12 -0.36 -0.65 3-3
42 Arizona 6.91 6.09 +0.82     50 -1.50 -0.68 4-2
43 TCU 5.82 4.64 +1.18     62 -1.86 -0.68 3-2
44 Mississippi 5.87 5.81 +0.06   *25 -0.75 -0.69 3-4
45 Florida State 5.67 5.52 +0.15   *30 -0.90 -0.75 3-3
Rank Team Ypp Off Ypp Def NAYPPA    SD   CSD  AYPP W-L
46 Texas Tech 6.12 5.98 +0.14     30 -0.90 -0.76 3-3
47 BYU 5.56 5.78  -0.22     19 -0.57 -0.79 2-4
48 Appalachian St. 6.38 5.69 +0.69   *50 -1.50 -0.81 5-0
49 Louisiana-Laf. 7.15 5.06 +2.09 *100 -3.00 -0.91 4-2
50 Louisville 6.94 5.82 +1.12     68 -2.04 -0.92 4-2
51 Air Force 6.12 5.25 +0.87     60 -1.80 -0.93 4-2
52 Virginia 5.25 4.53 +0.72     56 -1.68 -0.96 4-2
53 Navy 6.24 4.77 +1.47     81 -2.43 -0.96 4-1
54 Wake Forest 6.33 5.98 +0.35   *45 -1.35 -1.00 5-1
55 Stanford 5.22 6.23  -1.01       1  0.00 -1.01 3-3
56 Nebraska 5.65 5.39 +0.26   *45 -1.35 -1.09 4-3
57 Duke 5.18 5.04 +0.14     41 -1.23 -1.09 4-2
58 Northwestern 3.95 4.82  -0.87     10 -0.30 -1.17 1-4
59 Fresno State 5.80 5.14 +0.66     51 -1.83 -1.17 2-3
60 Kentucky 5.57 5.89  -0.32   *30 -0.90 -1.22 3-3
Rank Team Ypp Off Ypp Def NAYPPA    SD   CSD  AYPP W-L
61 Mississippi State 5.83 6.20  -0.37     29 -0.87 -1.24 3-3
62 Oregon State 6.24 6.32  -0.08     39 -1.17 -1.25 2-4
63 Indiana 6.16 4.51 +1.65     98 -2.94 -1.29 4-2
64 Maryland 6.11 5.47 +0.64     69 -2.01 -1.37 3-3
65 Houston 6.18 6.86  -0.68     24 -0.72 -1.40 2-4
66 San Diego State 4.45 4.41 +0.04   *50 -1.50 -1.46 5-1
67 Temple 5.62 4.38 +1.24   *90 -2.70 -1.46 5-1
68 Tennessee 5.58 5.30 +0.28     53 -1.77 -1.49 2-4
69 Purdue 5.53 6.20  -0.67     28 -0.84 -1.51 2-4
70 Kansas 6.01 5.79 +0.22     61 -1.83 -1.61 2-4
71 Wyoming 5.76 5.00 +0.76     84 -2.52 -1.76 4-2
72 UCLA 5.41 7.01  -1.60       6 -0.18 -1.78 1-5
73 Southern Miss 6.93 6.40 +0.53     79 -2.37 -1.84 4-2
74 Colorado 5.79 6.87  -1.08     27 -0.81 -1.89 3-3
75 NC State 5.45 4.60 +0.85     92 -2.76 -1.91 4-2
Rank Team Ypp Off Ypp Def NAYPPA    SD   CSD  AYPP W-L
76 Syracuse 5.04 5.78  -0.74   *40 -1.20 -1.94 3-3
77 Western Michigan 6.69 5.77 +0.92     96 -2.88 -1.96 4-3
78 Tulsa 4.85 5.48  -0.63   *45 -1.35 -1.98 2-4
79 Kansas State 5.75 6.14  -0.39     54 -1.62 -2.01 3-2
80 North Texas 5.95 5.86 +0.09   *70 -2.10 -2.01 2-4
81 Marshall 6.17 5.65 +0.52   *85 -2.55 -2.03 3-3
82 Toledo 6.48 6.16 +0.32   *80 -2.40 -2.084-2
83 Boston College 6.25 6.27  -0.02   *70 -2.40 -2.12 3-3
84 Florida Atlantic 5.30 6.07  -0.77   *45 -1.35 -2.12 4-2
85 Arkansas State 6.34 6.42  -0.08     70 -2.10 -2.18 3-3
86 UAB 6.06 4.34 +1.72   130 -3.90 -2.18 5-1
87 Virginia Tech 5.50 5.49 +0.01   *75 -2.25 -2.24 4-2
88 Middle Tennessee 6.19 6.48  -0.29     65 -1.95 -2.24 2-4
89 Georgia Southern 4.59 5.96  -1.37   *30 -0.90 -2.27 2-3
90 Colorado St. 6.56 5.87 +0.69 *100 -3.00 -2.312-5
Rank Team Ypp Off Ypp Def NAYPPA    SD   CSD  AYPP W-L
91 Louisiana Tech 6.49 5.08 +1.41   124 -3.72 -2.31 5-1
92 Ball State 5.51 5.39 +0.12   *85 -2.55 -2.43 3-3
93 Arkansas 5.82 5.77 +0.05     83 -2.49 -2.44 2-4
94 Georgia Tech 4.93 5.59  -0.66   *60 -1.80 -2.46 1-5
95 Troy 5.95 6.33  -0.38   *70 -2.70 -2.48 2-3
96 San Jose State 6.06 5.73 +0.33   *95 -2.85 -2.52 3-3
97 Liberty 6.06 5.89 +0.17   *90 -2.70 -2.53 4-2
98 Northern Illinois 5.63 5.98  -0.32     77 -2.31 -2.63 2-4
99 Vanderbilt 5.08 7.22  -2.14   *20 -0.60 -2.74 1-5
100 Ohio 6.10 6.44  -0.34   *80 -2.40 -2.74 2-4
101 Central Michigan 5.73 5.51 +0.21 *100 -3.00 -2.79 4-3
102 Buffalo 5.12 5.12 +0.00   *95 -2.85 -2.85 2-4
103 South Florida 5.37 5.02 +0.35 *107 -3.21 -2.86 3-3
104 Georgia State 5.85 6.93  -1.08   *60 -1.80 -2.88 4-2
105 Nevada 4.92 6.32  -1.40   *50 -1.50 -2.90 4-2
Rank Team Ypp Off Ypp Def NAYPPA    SD   CSD  AYPP W-L
106 Coastal Carolina 6.02 5.17 +0.85   125 -3.75 -2.90 3-3
107 Kent State 5.43 6.06  -0.63   *80 -2.40 -3.03 3-3
108 Army 5.12 5.17  -0.05 *100 -3.00 -3.05 3-2
109 Illinois 4.84 5.94  -1.10   *65 -1.95 -3.05 2-4
110 Rice 4.48 6.36  -1.88     40 -1.20 -3.08 0-6
111 Louisiana Monroe 6.21 6.63  -0.42     90 -2.70 -3.12 3-3
112 Western Kentucky 4.91 4.72 +0.19   111 -3.33 -3.14 4-2
113 Miami of Ohio 4.07 5.83  -1.76     47 -1.41 -3.17 2-4
114 Charlotte 6.48 6.40 +0.08   110 -3.30 -3.22 2-4
115 Texas State 4.76 5.68  -0.92   *77 -2.31 -3.23 2-4
116 UNLV 5.09 6.14  -1.05     75 -2.25 -3.30 2-4
117 South Alabama 4.95 5.97  -1.02   *80 -2.40 -3.42 1-5
118 Florida Int'l FIU 5.96 5.84  +0.12   122 -3.66 -3.54 3-3
119 Eastern Michigan 5.31 6.25  -0.94   *90 -2.70 -3.64 3-3
120 New Mexico State 5.16 6.79  -1.63     71 -2.13 -3.76 0-7
Rank Team Ypp Off Ypp Def NAYPPA    SD   CSD  AYPP W-L
121 East Carolina 5.19 5.21  -0.02 *125 -3.75 -3.77 3-3
122 Rutgers 4.51 6.22  -1.71     72 -2.16 -3.87 1-5
123 New Mexico 5.96 6.89  -0.93 *100 -3.00 -3.93 2-4
124 Bowling Green 4.74 6.83  -2.09   *70 -2.10 -4.19 2-4
125 UTSA 4.63 6.47  -1.84   *80 -2.40 -4.23 2-4
126 Old Dominion 3.98 5.23  -1.25 *100 -3.00 -4.25 1-5
127 Connecticut 4.49 6.91  -2.42   *80 -2.40 -4.82 1-5
128 UTEP 4.95 6.34  -1.39 *115 -3.45 -4.84 1-4
129 Massachusetts 4.33 7.70  -3.37   *50 -1.50 -4.87 1-6
130 Akron 4.71 6.07  -1.36 *120 -3.60 -4.96 0-6
Rank Team Ypp Off Ypp Def NAYPPA    SD   CSD  AYPP W-L


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Sky Earth Native America


Sky Earth Native America 1 :
American Indian Rock Art Petroglyphs Pictographs
Cave Paintings Earthworks & Mounds as Land Survey & Astronomy
,
Volume 1, Edition 2, 266 pages, by Andis Kaulins.

  • Sky Earth Native America 2 :
    American Indian Rock Art Petroglyphs Pictographs
    Cave Paintings Earthworks & Mounds as Land Survey & Astronomy
    ,
    Volume 2, Edition 2, 262 pages, by Andis Kaulins.

  • Both volumes have the same cover except for the labels "Volume 1" viz. "Volume 2".
    The image on the cover was created using public domain space photos of Earth from NASA.

    -----

    Both book volumes contain the following basic book description:
    "Alice Cunningham Fletcher observed in her 1902 publication in the American Anthropologist
    that there is ample evidence that some ancient cultures in Native America, e.g. the Pawnee in Nebraska,
    geographically located their villages according to patterns seen in stars of the heavens.
    See Alice C. Fletcher, Star Cult Among the Pawnee--A Preliminary Report,
    American Anthropologist, 4, 730-736, 1902.
    Ralph N. Buckstaff wrote:
    "These Indians recognized the constellations as we do, also the important stars,
    drawing them according to their magnitude.
    The groups were placed with a great deal of thought and care and show long study.
    ... They were keen observers....
    The Pawnee Indians must have had a knowledge of astronomy comparable to that of the early white men."
    See Ralph N. Buckstaff, Stars and Constellations of a Pawnee Sky Map,
    American Anthropologist, Vol. 29, Nr. 2, April-June 1927, pp. 279-285, 1927.
    In our book, we take these observations one level further
    and show that megalithic sites and petroglyphic rock carving and pictographic rock art in Native America,
    together with mounds and earthworks, were made to represent territorial geographic landmarks
    placed according to the stars of the sky using the ready map of the starry sky
    in the hermetic tradition, "as above, so below".
    That mirror image of the heavens on terrestrial land is the "Sky Earth" of Native America,
    whose "rock stars" are the real stars of the heavens, "immortalized" by rock art petroglyphs, pictographs,
    cave paintings, earthworks and mounds of various kinds (stone, earth, shells) on our Earth.
    These landmarks were placed systematically
    in North America, Central America (Meso-America) and South America
    and can to a large degree be reconstructed as the Sky Earth of Native America."