{"id":3111,"date":"2016-11-28T14:51:03","date_gmt":"2016-11-28T20:51:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/coba\/?p=3111"},"modified":"2016-11-28T14:51:03","modified_gmt":"2016-11-28T20:51:03","slug":"jessup-pope-jp-college-football-rankings-week-beginning-nov-28-2016","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/coba\/2016\/11\/28\/jessup-pope-jp-college-football-rankings-week-beginning-nov-28-2016\/","title":{"rendered":"Jessup Pope (JP) College Football Rankings: Week Beginning Nov. 28, 2016"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>by guest blogger, Dr. Don Pope<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Well, sports fans, it was another exciting weekend of college football.\u00a0 Several traditional big rivalry match-ups were played, the most notable being Michigan versus \u201cThe Ohio State University\u201d.\u00a0 The two schools up in Okie-land delayed their annual \u201cBedlam\u201d rivalry game until this coming weekend so they could focus on the turkey and dressing last week.<\/p>\n<p>The first of the following figures shows our adjusted rankings after week 13.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-3112\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/coba\/files\/2016\/11\/week-of-nov.-28-graph-490x450.jpg\" alt=\"week of nov. 28 graph\" width=\"490\" height=\"450\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/coba\/files\/2016\/11\/week-of-nov.-28-graph-490x450.jpg 490w, https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/coba\/files\/2016\/11\/week-of-nov.-28-graph-150x138.jpg 150w, https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/coba\/files\/2016\/11\/week-of-nov.-28-graph-300x276.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/coba\/files\/2016\/11\/week-of-nov.-28-graph.jpg 676w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 490px) 100vw, 490px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Note that, as before, Alabama stands out way above the rest, followed by Ohio State and Michigan after their close game, then another Big 10 team, Wisconsin, and the remainder of the top 50 teams.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-3113\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/coba\/files\/2016\/11\/week-of-nov.-28-graph-2-490x249.jpg\" alt=\"week of nov. 28 graph 2\" width=\"490\" height=\"249\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/coba\/files\/2016\/11\/week-of-nov.-28-graph-2-490x249.jpg 490w, https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/coba\/files\/2016\/11\/week-of-nov.-28-graph-2-150x76.jpg 150w, https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/coba\/files\/2016\/11\/week-of-nov.-28-graph-2-300x152.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/coba\/files\/2016\/11\/week-of-nov.-28-graph-2-768x390.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/coba\/files\/2016\/11\/week-of-nov.-28-graph-2.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 490px) 100vw, 490px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The second of the figures is a network representation of college football this season, with the dots representing the teams in the various conferences, or independents.\u00a0 The lines represent games played, both within conference and between conferences.\u00a0 The size of the dots reflects their rankings in our system.\u00a0 The large red dot in the Southeastern Conference (SEC) is Alabama, and 3 the large red dots in the Big 10 are Ohio State, Michigan, and Wisconsin.<\/p>\n<p>The sad tale of these figures is the demise of the Big 12.\u00a0\u00a0 They seem to have forgotten that, after your team scores, you are supposed to put 11 other guys out on the field whose objective is to stop the other team from scoring.\u00a0 Our rankings place many schools from many conferences above any school in the Big 12.\u00a0 Thus, we do not predict the Big 12 teams this year to perform very well in bowl games, assuming that they get invited to any bowl game more significant than the Captain Crunch Breakfast Cereal Bowl.<\/p>\n<p>Stay tuned for next week!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>by guest blogger, Dr. Don Pope Well, sports fans, it was another exciting weekend of college football.\u00a0 Several traditional big rivalry match-ups were played, the most notable being Michigan versus \u201cThe Ohio State University\u201d.\u00a0 The two schools up in Okie-land delayed their annual \u201cBedlam\u201d rivalry game until this coming weekend so they could focus on 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