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Matrix-based methods for college football rankings.
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| Author | Boginski, Vladimir Butenko, Sergiy Pardalos, Panos M. |
| Abstract | Introduction College football season is one of the most popular and anticipated sports competitions in the United States. Many of the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division I-A football games are surrounded by enormous fan interest and receive extensive media coverage. They are attended by tens of thousands of spectators and are followed by millions through the media. As a result, success of a team on the football field brings increased student applications and substantial financial profits to the institution it represents. Due to these facts, it is especially important that ranking college football teams is as fair and unbiased as possible. However, the format of the NCAA football championship does not allow one to apply traditional ranking methods that are commonly used in professional leagues, where each team plays all other teams during the regular season, and the champion is determined in playo# series. NCAA division I-A includes more than 100 teams, and the nu |
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| Subject Keyword | College Football Ranking Matrix-based Method Enormous Fan Interest Ncaa Football Championship Playo Series Student Application Substantial Financial Profit Ncaa Division I-a Professional League Receive Extensive Medium Coverage Regular Season Division I-a Football Game National Collegiate Athletic Association Anticipated Sport Competition College Football Team United State Traditional Ranking Method Football Field Brings Introduction College Football Season |
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