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SportPundit NCAA Division I FBS College Football Rankings 2019 After Week 8

SportPundit NCAA Division I FBS College Football Rankings 2019 After Week 8

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).
Schedule Difficulty stats are rough approximations - 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 "calculation of rank" is made by taking NAYPPA minus the "calibration adjustment for schedule difficulty" CSD (3 x SD divided by 100). We do all calculations in our head, which can be done swiftly, but there may be error as a result of doing things too fast, so we make no guarantees as to accuracy.
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 can be quite useful.

SportPundit NCAA Division I FBS College Football Rankings 2019 after Week 8

Rank Team Ypp Off Ypp Def NAYPPA    SD   CSD  AYPP W-L
1 Oklahoma 9.55 5.01 +4.54    40 -1.20 +3.34 7-0
2 Ohio State 7.34 3.57 +3.77    27 -0.81 +2.96 7-0
3 LSU 7.87 4.72 +3.15    25 -0.75 +2.40 7-0
4 Alabama 7.86 4.62 +3.24    38 -1.14 +2.10 7-0
5 Oregon 6.40 4.28 +2.12    11 -0.33 +1.79 6-1
6 Clemson 7.01 4.01 +3.00    47 -1.41 +1.59 7-0
7 Utah 6.85 4.51 +2.34    37 -1.11 +1.23 6-1
8 Auburn 6.08 4.69 +1.39      6 -0.18 +1.21 6-1
9 Penn State 6.45 4.04 +2.41    42 -1.26 +1.15 7-0
10 Georgia 6.97 4.32 +2.65    56 -1.68 +0.97 6-1
11 Notre Dame 6.95 4.95 +2.00    35 -1.05 +0.95 5-1
12 Wisconsin 6.20 3.43 +2.77    64 -1.92 +0.85 6-1
13 USC 6.39 5.67 +0.72      2 -0.06 +0.66 4-3
14 Florida 6.26 5.16 +1.10  15 -0.45 +0.65 7-1
15 Baylor 7.32 4.90 +2.42  60 -1.80 +0.62 7-0
Rank Team Ypp Off Ypp Def NAYPPA    SD   CSD  AYPP W-L
16 UCF 7.01 4.52 +2.49    68 -2.04 +0.45 5-2
17 Iowa State 7.17 4.62 +2.55  *70 -2.10 +0.45 5-2
18 Texas A&M 5.83 5.15 +0.68      10 -0.30 +0.38 4-3
19 Washington 6.36 5.33 +1.03    22 -0.66 +0.37 5-3
20 Michigan 5.55 4.32 +1.23    31 -0.93 +0.30 5-2
21 Michigan State 5.26 4.74 +0.52      9 -0.27 +0.25 4-3
22 Cincinnati 5.60 4.89 +0.71    17 -0.51 +0.20 5-1
23 South Carolina 5.69 5.37 +0.32      5 -0.15 +0.17 3-4
24 Pittsburgh 5.03 4.33 +0.70    18 -0.54 +0.16 5-2
25 Iowa 5.60 4.70 +0.90    33 -0.99 -0.09 5-2
26 TCU 5.72 4.66 +1.18     46 -1.38 -0.20 3-3
27 Arizona State 5.72 5.07 +0.65  29 -0.87 -0.22 5-2
28 Memphis 7.06 4.92 +2.14     82 -2.46 -0.32 6-1
29 Washington St. 7.66 6.35 +1.31     55 -1.65 -0.34 4-3
30 Texas 6.23 6.42  -0.19      8 -0.24 -0.43 5-2
Rank Team Ypp Off Ypp Def NAYPPA    SD   CSD  AYPP W-L
31 Minnesota 6.20 4.65 +1.55     67 -2.01 -0.46 7-0
32 North Carolina 5.69 5.79  -0.10       12 -0.36 -0.46 3-4
33 Oklahoma St. 6.53 5.99 +0.54    35 -1.05 -0.51 4-3
34 SMU 6.10 4.99 +1.11   *55 -1.65 -0.54 7-0
35 Missouri 5.96 4.19 +1.77    78 -2.34 -0.57 5-2
36 Utah State 5.90 4.98 +0.92     51 -1.53 -0.61 4-2
37 Miami of Florida 6.17 4.72 +1.45     69 -2.07 -0.62 3-4
38 Navy 6.39 4.63 +1.76     81 -2.43 -0.67 5-1
39 BYU 5.57 5.67  -0.10     19 -0.57 -0.67 3-4
40 Virginia 5.14 4.30 +0.84     52 -1.56 -0.72 5-2
41 Appalachian St. 6.47 5.42 +1.05   *60 -1.80 -0.75 6-0
42 Tulane 6.72 5.23 +1.49    75 -2.25 -0.76 5-2
43 Air Force 6.47 5.49 +0.98     59 -1.77 -0.79 5-2
44 California 4.75 4.83  -0.08     24 -0.72 -0.80 4-3
45 Mississippi 5.81 5.73 +0.08   30 -0.90 -0.82 3-5
Rank Team Ypp Off Ypp Def NAYPPA    SD   CSD  AYPP W-L
46 Texas Tech 5.91 6.44 -0.53     *10 -0.30 -0.83 3-4
47 Fresno State 6.18 5.22 +0.96     *60 -1.80 -0.84 3-3
48 Florida State 5.56 5.51 +0.05   *30 -0.90 -0.85 3-4
49 Tennessee 5.33 5.44 -0.11     *25 -0.75 -0.86 2-5
50 Louisiana-Laf. 7.13 5.17 +1.96 94 -2.82 -0.86 5-2
51 Arizona 6.66 6.18 +0.48     45 -1.35 -0.87 4-3
52 Louisville 6.56 6.15 +0.41     43 -1.29 -0.88 4-3
53 Wake Forest 6.22 5.81 +0.41   *45 -1.35 -0.94 6-1
54 Mississippi State 5.75 6.30  -0.55     13 -0.39 -0.94 3-4
55 Hawaii 6.69 6.23 +0.46     49 -1.47 -1.01 4-3
56 Indiana 6.30 4.73 +1.57     86 -2.58 -1.01 5-2
57 Nebraska 5.65 5.39 +0.26   *45 -1.35 -1.09 4-3
58 UCLA 5.48 6.53  -1.05       3 -0.09 -1.14 2-5
59 Kansas 6.13 6.05 +0.08     41 -1.23 -1.15 2-5
60 West Virginia 4.74 5.69  -0.95     7 -0.21 -1.16 3-4
Rank Team Ypp Off Ypp Def NAYPPA    SD   CSD  AYPP W-L
61 Boise State 6.26 5.15 +1.11  77 -2.31 -1.20 6-1
62 Purdue 5.50 6.11  -0.61     20 -0.60 -1.21 2-5
63 Stanford 4.95 6.18  -1.23       1  0.00 -1.23 3-4
64 Oregon State 5.86 5.93  -0.07     39 -1.17 -1.24 3-4
65 Duke 4.95 4.95 +0.00     44 -1.32 -1.32 4-3
66 Temple 5.41 4.70 +0.71   *70 -2.10 -1.39 5-2
67 Kentucky 5.34 5.77  -0.43   34 -1.02 -1.45 3-4
68 San Diego State 4.47 4.50 -0.03   *50 -1.50 -1.53 6-1
69 Northwestern 3.79 5.26  -1.47     4 -0.12 -1.59 1-5
70 Wyoming 5.62 5.09 +0.53     *75 -2.25 -1.72 5-2
71 Kansas State 5.61 5.94  -0.33     48 -1.44 -1.77 4-2
72 Maryland 6.09 5.71 +0.38     72 -2.16 -1.78 3-4
73 Boston College 6.36 6.12  +0.24   *70 -2.10 -1.86 4-3
74 Colorado 5.62 6.86  -1.24     23 -0.69 -1.93 3-4
75 Syracuse 4.92 5.66  -0.74   *40 -1.20 -1.94 3-4
Rank Team Ypp Off Ypp Def NAYPPA    SD   CSD  AYPP W-L
76 NC State 5.41 4.98 +0.43     *80 -2.40 -1.97 4-3
77 Tulsa 4.79 5.42  -0.63   *45 -1.35 -1.98 2-5
78 Virginia Tech 5.59 5.49 +0.10   *70 -2.10 -2.00 5-2
79 North Texas 6.03 5.81 +0.22   *75 -2.25 -2.03 3-4
80 Marshall 6.26 5.64 +0.62   *90 -2.70 -2.08 4-3
81 Florida Atlantic 5.34 6.17  -0.83   *45 -1.35 -2.17 4-3
82 Arkansas State 6.23 6.49  -0.26     *64 -1.92 -2.18 3-4
83 UAB 6.04 4.09 +1.72   130 -3.90 -2.18 6-1
84 Georgia Tech 4.99 5.60  -0.61   53 -1.59 -2.20 2-5
85 Houston 6.08 6.70  -0.62     54 -1.62 -2.24 3-4
86 Middle Tennessee 6.19 6.48  -0.29     *65 -1.95 -2.24 2-5
87 Arkansas 5.49 5.95 -0.46     *60 -1.80 -2.26 2-5
88 Louisiana Tech 6.65 5.23 +1.42   124 -3.72 -2.30 6-1
89 Colorado St. 6.56 5.87 +0.69 *100 -3.00 -2.312-5
90 Vanderbilt 5.09 6.83  -1.74   *20 -0.60 -2.34 2-5
Rank Team Ypp Off Ypp Def NAYPPA    SD   CSD  AYPP W-L
91 Western Michigan 6.61 5.92 +0.69     103 -3.09 -2.40 4-4
92 Southern Miss 6.82 6.60 +0.22     88 -2.64 -2.42 4-3
93 Ball State 5.90 5.20 +0.70   105 -3.15 -2.45 4-3
94 Troy 5.83 5.88  -0.05   *80 -2.40 -2.45 3-3
95 Georgia Southern 4.64 5.60  -0.96   *50 -1.50 -2.46 3-3
96 Ohio 6.37 6.44  -0.07   *80 -2.40 -2.47 3-4
97 San Jose State 5.95 5.58 +0.37   *95 -2.85 -2.48 3-4
98 Central Michigan 5.93 5.47 +0.46 *100 -3.00 -2.54 5-3
99 Liberty 6.28 6.13 +0.15   *90 -2.70 -2.55 5-2
100 Northern Illinois 5.45 5.90  -0.45     71 -2.13 -2.58 2-5
101 Buffalo 4.96 4.86 +0.10   *95 -2.85 -2.75 3-4
102 Toledo 6.11 6.49 -0.38   *80 -2.40 -2.784-3
103 Georgia State 5.90 6.59  -0.69   *70 -2.10 -2.79 5-2
104 Nevada 4.86 6.17  -1.31   *50 -1.50 -2.81 4-3
105 South Florida 5.16 5.29 -0.13 90 -2.70 -2.83 3-4
Rank Team Ypp Off Ypp Def NAYPPA    SD   CSD  AYPP W-L
106 Eastern Michigan 5.57 6.22  -0.65   *75 -2.25 -2.90 4-3
107 Illinois 4.94 5.89  -0.95   *65 -1.95 -2.90 3-4
108 Coastal Carolina 5.73 5.12 +0.61   119 -3.57 -2.96 3-4
109 Kent State 5.59 6.29  -0.70   *80 -2.40 -3.10 3-4
110 Louisiana Monroe 6.21 6.63  -0.42     90 -2.70 -3.12 3-3
111 Western Kentucky 4.91 4.72 +0.19   111 -3.33 -3.14 4-2
112 Miami of Ohio 4.07 5.83  -1.76     47 -1.41 -3.17 2-4
113 Charlotte 6.48 6.40 +0.08   110 -3.30 -3.22 2-4
114 Texas State 4.76 5.68  -0.92   *77 -2.31 -3.23 2-4
115 Army 5.06 5.32  -0.26 *100 -3.00 -3.26 3-4
116 UNLV 5.09 6.14  -1.05     75 -2.25 -3.30 2-4
117 Florida Int'l FIU 6.05 5.61  +0.44   127 -3.81 -3.37 4-3
118 South Alabama 4.95 5.97  -1.02   *80 -2.40 -3.42 1-5
119 Rice 4.66 6.33  -1.67     61 -1.83 -3.50 0-7
120 New Mexico State 5.16 6.79  -1.63     65 -1.95 -3.58 0-7
Rank Team Ypp Off Ypp Def NAYPPA    SD   CSD  AYPP W-L
121 East Carolina 5.26 5.52  -0.26 112 -3.36 -3.62 3-4
122 Rutgers 4.32 6.20  -1.88     70 -2.10 -3.98 1-6
123 New Mexico 5.93 6.62  -0.69 115 -3.45 -4.14 2-5
124 Bowling Green 4.80 6.89  -2.09   *70 -2.10 -4.19 2-5
125 UTSA 4.81 6.36  -1.55   *90 -2.70 -4.25 3-4
126 Connecticut 4.71 6.73  -2.02   *80 -2.40 -4.42 1-6
127 Old Dominion 3.79 5.35  -1.56 *100 -3.00 -4.56 1-6
128 UTEP 4.83 6.41  -1.58 *110 -3.30 -4.88 1-5
129 Massachusetts 4.33 7.70  -3.37   *** -1.60 -4.97 1-6
130 Akron 4.52 5.79  -1.27 *** -3.72 -4.99 0-7
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."