All Division I Football, and Men's and Women's Basketball
Welcome back to latest episode which is all about Division I Men’s Basketball. There are 365 teams in D1, one for every day of the year, and we will count them down (or up). Yesterday, Michigan (19-1/2) took down Nebraska (20-1/5), and even though previous top-spot holder Duke continued to win, they took a hit …
Welcome back, college sports fans, as we focus on the women’s game today. Last week, we talked about the new metric, RPI Factor (RPIF), which is a new predictive metric here at the old GCR. We described it in detail on Friday using the men’s data, but the same rules apply here. We now have …
Welcome back, sports fans, to episode 581 since we began publishing in this forum. The GCR started as a boredom-killing exercise during a slow time at work and mental challenge to see if I (G here) could figure out how to rank teams. It was football only and just the FBS (I think about 120 …
Read More “Men’s Basketball Exploration or Two Prediction Models, Really?”
Welcome back, sports fans, to the bittersweet last planned football post for the season. There are a bunch of conference changes coming up over the offseason as the P12 reloads and those conferences who will lose teams trying to keep their numbers up. Look for a complete analysis on that craziness when the basketball season …
Read More “G’s Exploration or Which Conferences Were the Best This Season?”
Welcome back, college sports fans, to the latest Top 365 for Men’s Basketball. First, a teaser. In the ranking below, there is a new column labeled RPIF or RPI Factor. Last week, we talked a good bit about why some teams have a higher or lower GCR Rank compared to the GCR RPI. To sum …
Welcome back, sports fans, as we begin our closeout of this crazy football season. It has been nearly 30 years since Florida won their first national championship. Since then, every FBS winner, from Nebraska the next two seasons to Ohio St last year, was a repeat champion. During those decades pundits would speculate who would …
Read More “G’s Evaluation or The Final 2025-26 College Football Ranking”
Welcome back, college football fans, as we prepare for our preview of tonight’s big game. Airing at 7:30 Eastern on ESPN, we will see the 10-seed Miami FL (13-2/6) take on undefeated and top seed Indiana (15-0/1). We don’t have the numbers, but we are willing to bet very few picked these two teams to …
Read More “G’s Expectation or The Final Football Game This Season”
Welcome back, sports fans. First, an apology. The intention was for us to post today’s FBS Championship game preview, but the LA/Chicago overtime playoff game during a snowstorm was too much fun to watch. The game is tonight, so the preview will come before kickoff. ….. But this morning, being Monday, is about Women’s Basketball. …
Welcome back, sports fans, as we continue our deep dive into college basketball. Monday, we posted the women’s Top 363 with their conference comparison the next day. Yesterday, we posted the men’s Top 365 and are looking at their conferences today. ….. Before we move forward, there was a question yesterday from good friend and …
Read More “Men’s Basketball or Which Conferences Are the Strongest?”
Welcome back, sports fans, as we switch gears from the women to the men. Like we did with the women yesterday, look for a comparison among the 31 conferences. Before we get to the Top 365, let’s look at a game last night that drives home something we’ve been talking about all season. ….. In …
