(Click the 'Mandel Archive' for previous weeks rankings)
Early look at '08 Now that the NFL exodus is behind us, it is time to reassess the early Power Rankings for next season. SI.com's Stewart Mandel makes some big changes...
The Bowl Championship Series formula for the 2007 season will consist of the Harris Interactive College Football Poll, the USA Today Coaches Poll, and an average of six computer rankings:
How does the BCS standings formula work? The BCS Average is calculated by averaging the percent totals of the Harris Interactive, USA Today Coaches and Computer polls. The three aforementioned BCS components are each weighted equally: the USA Today Coaches Poll, the Harris Interactive College Football Poll and an average of the six computer rankings.
The 'Computer Rankings Percentage' (CPR) for each team is derived by dividing a team's actual voting points by a maximum 2850 possible points in the Harris Interactive Poll and 1575 possible points in the USA Today Coaches Poll. For the computer component, each team's percentage total is calculated in inverse points order (25 for #1, 24 for #2, etc.). The best and worst ranking for each team is dropped, and the remaining four are added and divided by 100 (the maximum possible points).
The six computer ranking providers are Anderson & Hester, Richard Billingsley, Colley Matrix, Kenneth Massey, Jeff Sagarin, and Peter Wolfe. Each computer ranking accounts for schedule strength in its formula.
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