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Sep 23, 2018
college football poll - week 4

The friedcheese.org College Football Poll returns!!!1!!

So beginning in the 2013 season, the NCAA took down their .csv file containing the scores of all their games. And when I bugged them about it, they even acted like no such thing had ever existed! From their response:

“At this time there are no plans to make bulk downloads of scores available to the general public. You can access all scores from our scoreboard pages or from team pages that are available for all teams.”

So that’s what I did. Well, five years later…

My old script was in Perl. I’ve been playing around with Python recently, so the new one is in Python. It uses BeautifulSoup to scrape the NCAA’s scoreboard pages and NetworkX for the graph theory stuff. You can find the source code at https://github.com/d-torrance/cfb-cor.

So without further ado, here’s the poll. Since the poll is based solely on a team’s resume, there’s usually a few surprises. The big ones this week are #5 Buffalo and #7 Kentucky, who come in at unranked and #17, respectively, in this week’s AP poll. There’s also a bunch of AP-unranked teams in the teens (Indiana, Maryland, Syracuse, North Texas, and Ole Miss).

1 - Alabama (12.8125)
2 - LSU (11.40234375)
3 - Duke (11.078125)
4 - Notre Dame (10.65625)
5 - Buffalo (10.19873046875)
6 - Georgia (9.8779296875)
7 - Kentucky (9.75)
8 - Oklahoma (9.67822265625)
9 - Clemson (8.23388671875)
10 - Penn St. (8.0927734375)
11 - Indiana (8.046875)
12 - Ohio St. (7.8984375)
13 - Stanford (7.625)
14 - Maryland (7.390625)
15 - Syracuse (7.234375)
16 - California (7.125)
17 - North Texas (6.998046875)
18 - Ole Miss (6.390625)
19 - Texas Tech (6.28125)
20 - Miami (FL) (5.935546875)
21 - Texas (5.65625)
22 - South Carolina (5.427734375)
23 - West Virginia (5.375)
24 - Missouri (5.3544921875)
25 - Iowa (5.35205078125)

I’ll probably be adding some more features in the coming weeks, e.g., keeping track of changes in ranking, W-L records, and a pic of the directed graph like I had in the Perl script.
Dec 13, 2014
friedcheese.org returns!

I’ve ditched the old PHP/MySQL site that I coded so many years ago for a shiny new GitHub Pages/Jekyll site. Pardon the dust while I get things up and running again…
Dec 9, 2012
college football poll - week 15

It’s the annual “how little did the Army-Navy game affect everything?” poll. This year, Nebraska and Clemson swap places.

1 - Notre Dame (12-0) (49.625) (1)
2 - Alabama (12-1) (39.6484375) (2)
3 - Florida (11-1) (39.3984375) (3)
4 - Ohio St. (12-0) (37.3828125) (4)
5 - LSU (10-2) (34.5859375) (5)
6 - Georgia (11-2) (33.8984375) (6)
7 - South Carolina (10-2) (32.3984375) (7)
8 - Texas A&M (10-2) (32.1484375) (8)
9 - Oregon (11-1) (30.9658203125) (9)
10 - Stanford (11-2) (29.712890625) (10)
11 - Kansas St. (11-1) (27.989990234375) (11)
12 - Oklahoma (10-2) (25.3582763671875) (12)
13 - Oregon St. (9-3) (22.119140625) (13)
14 - UCLA (9-4) (21.4609375) (14)
15 - Texas (8-4) (20.94873046875) (15)
16 - Nebraska (10-3) (20.619140625) (17)
17 - Clemson (10-2) (20.6044921875) (16)
18 - San Jose St. (10-2) (19.48046875) (18)
19 - Iowa St. (6-6) (18.8818359375) (19)
20 - Michigan (8-4) (18.625) (20)
21 - Baylor (7-5) (18.55029296875) (21)
22 - Arizona (7-5) (18.41796875) (22)
23 - TCU (7-5) (18.3115234375) (23)
24 - West Virginia (7-5) (17.6552734375) (24)
25 - Southern California (7-5) (16.72265625) (25)
Dec 2, 2012
college football poll - week 14

The Tide leapfrog the Gators and Buckeyes after their SEC championship win.

1 - Notre Dame (12-0) (49.625) (1)
2 - Alabama (12-1) (39.6484375) (4)
3 - Florida (11-1) (39.3984375) (2)
4 - Ohio St. (12-0) (37.3828125) (3)
5 - LSU (10-2) (34.5859375) (6)
6 - Georgia (11-2) (33.8984375) (5)
7 - South Carolina (10-2) (32.3984375) (7)
8 - Texas A&M (10-2) (32.1484375) (8)
9 - Oregon (11-1) (30.9658203125) (9)
10 - Stanford (11-2) (29.712890625) (10)
11 - Kansas St. (11-1) (27.989990234375) (11)
12 - Oklahoma (10-2) (25.3582763671875) (13)
13 - Oregon St. (9-3) (22.119140625) (14)
14 - UCLA (9-4) (21.4609375) (16)
15 - Texas (8-4) (20.94873046875) (15)
16 - Clemson (10-2) (20.6201171875) (17)
17 - Nebraska (10-3) (20.619140625) (12)
18 - San Jose St. (10-2) (19.48046875) (19)
19 - Iowa St. (6-6) (18.8818359375) (22)
20 - Michigan (8-4) (18.625) (18)
21 - Baylor (7-5) (18.55029296875) (23)
22 - Arizona (7-5) (18.41796875) (21)
23 - TCU (7-5) (18.3115234375) (20)
24 - West Virginia (7-5) (17.6552734375) (24)
25 - Southern California (7-5) (16.72265625) (NR)
dropped out: Vanderbilt
Nov 25, 2012
college football poll - week 13

Florida leapfrops OSU and Bama after taking out the ‘Noles.

1 - Notre Dame (12-0) (49.3125) (1)
2 - Florida (11-1) (39.4609375) (4)
3 - Ohio St. (12-0) (37.1953125) (2)
4 - Alabama (11-1) (36.8984375) (3)
5 - Georgia (11-1) (35.0234375) (8)
6 - LSU (10-2) (34.5859375) (5)
7 - South Carolina (10-2) (32.3984375) (10)
8 - Texas A&M (10-2) (31.3359375) (9)
9 - Oregon (11-1) (30.7236328125) (7)
10 - Stanford (10-2) (29.603515625) (6)
11 - Kansas St. (10-1) (26.197021484375) (11)
12 - Nebraska (10-2) (25.626953125) (13)
13 - Oklahoma (9-2) (24.0086669921875) (14)
14 - Oregon St. (8-3) (21.916015625) (12)
15 - Texas (8-3) (21.63623046875) (18)
16 - UCLA (9-3) (21.5703125) (15)
17 - Clemson (10-2) (20.63916015625) (16)
18 - Michigan (8-4) (20.56640625) (20)
19 - San Jose St. (10-2) (19.45703125) (24)
20 - TCU (7-4) (18.9130859375) (NR)
21 - Arizona (7-5) (18.35546875) (19)
22 - Iowa St. (6-6) (18.1318359375) (22)
23 - Baylor (6-5) (17.19091796875) (NR)
24 - West Virginia (6-5) (17.0380859375) (NR)
25 - Vanderbilt (8-4) (16.8095703125) (NR)
dropped out: Rutgers, Washington, Louisiana Tech, Mississippi St.
Nov 18, 2012
college football poll - week 12

OSU leapfrogs Bama and the Gators after the two SEC powerhouses beat up on I-AA teams. The Fightin’ Irish are still dominating at #1. Oregon and Kansas State, while not #1 and #2 here like the BCS, understandably fall a few spots.

1 - Notre Dame (11-0) (45.71875) (1)
2 - Ohio St. (11-0) (35.5703125) (4)
3 - Alabama (10-1) (35.35546875) (2)
4 - Florida (10-1) (34.48046875) (3)
5 - LSU (9-2) (32.2734375) (6)
6 - Stanford (9-2) (30.1966552734375) (10)
7 - Oregon (10-1) (30.0358276367188) (5)
8 - Georgia (10-1) (29.990234375) (8)
9 - Texas A&M (9-2) (28.771484375) (9)
10 - South Carolina (9-2) (27.115234375) (11)
11 - Kansas St. (10-1) (25.8411560058594) (7)
12 - Oregon St. (8-2) (25.4622802734375) (12)
13 - Nebraska (9-2) (24.47314453125) (14)
14 - Oklahoma (8-2) (22.6080780029297) (15)
15 - UCLA (9-2) (22.1201171875) (18)
16 - Clemson (10-1) (22.061767578125) (17)
17 - Mississippi St. (8-3) (22.00732421875) (19)
18 - Texas (8-2) (21.9655151367188) (16)
19 - Arizona (7-4) (21.56787109375) (20)
20 - Michigan (8-3) (20.875732421875) (21)
21 - Rutgers (9-1) (20.3251953125) (23)
22 - Iowa St. (6-5) (18.6497802734375) (NR)
23 - Washington (7-4) (18.362060546875) (25)
24 - San Jose St. (9-2) (17.276123046875) (NR)
25 - Louisiana Tech (9-2) (16.777099609375) (13)
dropped out: Texas Tech, Southern California
Nov 11, 2012
college football poll - week 11

Not much change at the top. ‘Bama’s loss doesn’t even change their position. Florida switches it up with the Buckeyes after the Gators survive Louisiana-Lafayette and Ohio State has a bye.

1 - Notre Dame (10-0) (42.09375) (1)
2 - Alabama (9-1) (34.4453125) (2)
3 - Florida (9-1) (33.7578125) (4)
4 - Ohio St. (10-0) (33.2265625) (3)
5 - Oregon (10-0) (32.671875) (5)
6 - LSU (8-2) (30.609375) (6)
7 - Kansas St. (10-0) (29.734375) (7)
8 - Georgia (9-1) (29.72265625) (8)
9 - Texas A&M (8-2) (28.22265625) (13)
10 - Stanford (8-2) (26.981689453125) (10)
11 - South Carolina (8-2) (26.47265625) (11)
12 - Oregon St. (7-2) (23.903564453125) (12)
13 - Louisiana Tech (9-1) (22.876953125) (14)
14 - Nebraska (8-2) (22.6630859375) (15)
15 - Oklahoma (7-2) (21.328125) (16)
16 - Texas (8-2) (20.0465087890625) (19)
17 - Clemson (9-1) (19.7835693359375) (17)
18 - UCLA (8-2) (19.494140625) (18)
19 - Mississippi St. (7-3) (19.2587890625) (21)
20 - Arizona (6-4) (18.9892578125) (22)
21 - Michigan (7-3) (18.49853515625) (NR)
22 - Texas Tech (7-3) (17.6091918945312) (20)
23 - Rutgers (8-1) (17.2939453125) (25)
24 - Southern California (7-3) (17.10400390625) (NR)
25 - Washington (6-4) (16.60400390625) (24)
dropped out: Iowa St., Louisville
Nov 4, 2012
college football poll - week 10

Notre Dame stays at the top after squeaking by Pitt in triple overtime, and ‘Bama and the Buckeyes swap places after the Tide survive the national title rematch game and the Buckeyes destroy Illinois.

1 - Notre Dame (9-0) (38.2265625) (1)
2 - Alabama (9-0) (35.29296875) (3)
3 - Ohio St. (10-0) (31.9765625) (2)
4 - Florida (8-1) (29.79296875) (6)
5 - Oregon (9-0) (29.6171875) (5)
6 - LSU (7-2) (27.8671875) (4)
7 - Kansas St. (9-0) (27.193359375) (7)
8 - Georgia (8-1) (26.037109375) (9)
9 - Louisville (9-0) (24.2578125) (11)
10 - Stanford (7-2) (23.5181579589844) (8)
11 - South Carolina (7-2) (23.505859375) (12)
12 - Oregon St. (7-1) (23.2134704589844) (10)
13 - Texas A&M (7-2) (20.55615234375) (25)
14 - Louisiana Tech (8-1) (20.39453125) (19)
15 - Nebraska (7-2) (19.6077880859375) (18)
16 - Oklahoma (6-2) (18.943359375) (24)
17 - Clemson (8-1) (17.8901977539062) (17)
18 - UCLA (7-2) (17.535888671875) (NR)
19 - Texas (7-2) (17.2992172241211) (22)
20 - Texas Tech (6-3) (16.9625968933105) (14)
21 - Mississippi St. (7-2) (16.6376953125) (15)
22 - Arizona (5-4) (16.5491943359375) (13)
23 - Iowa St. (5-4) (15.8218688964844) (23)
24 - Washington (5-4) (15.5753784179688) (21)
25 - Rutgers (7-1) (15.0635986328125) (NR)
dropped out: West Virginia, Southern California

No more directed graphs. Imgur’s compressing them to completely illegibility at this point.
Oct 28, 2012
college football poll - week 9

Ohio State and Florida swap places as the Buckeyes beat Penn State and the Gators fall to Georgia.

An interesting phenomenon this season is the abundance of Pac-12 teams with medicore records in the top 25. Let’s take a closer look.

Stanford comes in at #8, just three spots behind national title contender Oregon. They have quality out-of-conference wins against San Jose State (giving them lots of WAC “wins”) and Duke (giving them lots of ACC “wins”), and of course they beat USC and Arizona. They also beat Cal, who beat UCLA, who beat Nebraska, giving them lots of distant Big Ten “wins”.

Oregon State, who was just handed their first loss last night against Washington, is no real surprise at #10. However, just three spots later, we have Arizona with three losses. They have wins over solid Toledo and Oklahoma State teams, giving them lots of “wins” in the MAC and Big 12. And their three losses happen to be the aforementioned Stanford and the two Oregon schools.

USC sits at 6-2 and #20. Nothing really very odd there.

Finally, the real head scratcher. The Huskies sitting at .500 landed in #21. They have a quality out-of-conference win against San Diego State, giving them lots of MWC “wins”. Their two conference wins include none other than Stanford and Oregon State, and their four losses are against some pretty great teams: LSU, Oregon, USC, and Arizona.

1 - Notre Dame (8-0) (34.2265625) (1)
2 - Ohio St. (9-0) (29.02734375) (6)
3 - Alabama (8-0) (28.328125) (3)
4 - LSU (7-1) (27.0625) (4)
5 - Oregon (8-0) (26.67578125) (8)
6 - Florida (7-1) (26.5546875) (2)
7 - Kansas St. (8-0) (25.41796875) (5)
8 - Stanford (6-2) (23.07421875) (9)
9 - Georgia (7-1) (23.0234375) (18)
10 - Oregon St. (6-1) (22.921875) (7)
11 - Louisville (8-0) (21.93359375) (11)
12 - South Carolina (7-2) (21.6796875) (14)
13 - Arizona (5-3) (20.28125) (22)
14 - Texas Tech (6-2) (18.80859375) (10)
15 - Mississippi St. (7-1) (17.32421875) (12)
16 - West Virginia (5-2) (17.15625) (15)
17 - Clemson (7-1) (17.1030578613281) (20)
18 - Nebraska (6-2) (16.54296875) (NR)
19 - Louisiana Tech (7-1) (16.51953125) (21)
20 - Southern California (6-2) (15.91015625) (19)
21 - Washington (4-4) (15.85546875) (NR)
22 - Texas (6-2) (15.8291015625) (23)
23 - Iowa St. (5-3) (15.724609375) (NR)
24 - Oklahoma (5-2) (15.505859375) (17)
25 - Texas A&M (6-2) (15.490234375) (NR)
dropped out: Rutgers, Florida St., Michigan, Ohio

Directed graph.
Oct 21, 2012
college football poll - week 8

Not much movement at the very top. ‘Bama moves up to #3 after pounding the Vols as the Fighting Irish and Gators hold on to the top two spots.

1 - Notre Dame (7-0) (27.71484375) (1)
2 - Florida (7-0) (26.59375) (2)
3 - Alabama (7-0) (25.25) (4)
4 - LSU (7-1) (24.421875) (7)
5 - Kansas St. (7-0) (23.529296875) (3)
6 - Ohio St. (8-0) (23.4755859375) (5)
7 - Oregon St. (6-0) (23.4453125) (6)
8 - Oregon (7-0) (22.66796875) (8)
9 - Stanford (5-2) (20.58984375) (11)
10 - Texas Tech (6-1) (19.146484375) (9)
11 - Louisville (7-0) (17.89453125) (16)
12 - Mississippi St. (7-0) (17.7900390625) (18)
13 - Rutgers (7-0) (17.37890625) (10)
14 - South Carolina (6-2) (16.5625) (13)
15 - West Virginia (5-2) (16.5546875) (12)
16 - Ohio (7-0) (16.416015625) (15)
17 - Oklahoma (5-1) (15.8076171875) (17)
18 - Georgia (6-1) (15.4140625) (22)
19 - Southern California (6-1) (15.099609375) (20)
20 - Clemson (6-1) (14.7895812988281) (24)
21 - Louisiana Tech (6-1) (14.4775390625) (21)
22 - Arizona (4-3) (14.203125) (NR)
23 - Texas (5-2) (14.125732421875) (NR)
24 - Michigan (5-2) (13.663818359375) (NR)
25 - Florida St. (7-1) (13.4229125976562) (23)
dropped out: Western Ky., Texas A&M, Iowa St.

Imgur’s starting to compress these images to near-illegibleness, here’s the directed graph.

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