A Bayesian Mean-Value Approach with a Self-Consistently Determined Prior Distribution for the Ranking of College Football Teams

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We introduce a Bayesian mean-value approach for ranking all college football teams using only win-loss data. This approach is unique in that the prior distribution necessary to handle undefeated and winless teams is calculated self-consistently. Furthermore, we will show statistics supporting the validity of the prior distribution. Finally, a brief comparison with other football rankings will be presented.
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Popular Physics, Data Analysis, Statistics and Probability

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http://salesiana.dossiersoluciones.com/handle/123456789/132423

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https://arxiv.org/abs/physics/0607064
 http://arxiv.org/abs/physics/0607064

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