Gettys Computer Ranking – FBS and FCS
Ranking and analysis for all 261 Division I football teams
Greetings oh great and wonderful college football fans as we are a week away from the first game of the 2022-23 season. At noon (all times Eastern), Austin Peay, of the FCS ASUN league, will invade Conference USA’s W Kentucky in Bowling Green, Kentucky (not to be confused with the MACs Bowling Green in Bowling …
Welcome back college football fans. We’re getting close now: the NFL preseason is teasing us and college camps are in session. There’s some trash talking already and, my absolute favorite: the initial AP poll is out and the pundits are simultaneously saying it’s ridiculous to have a preseason poll (they are right) and why this …
Read More “G’s Exploration or We’re Down to the Penultimate Preseason SOS Conference”
Welcome back oh great and wonderful college football fans! So far, we’ve reviewed 23 Division I conferences, including the independents, from the Pioneer League through the 4th most difficult conference (as measured by the GCR Preseason Strength of Schedule algorithm), the ACC. There are just 3 left and 16 days until the initial kickoffs of …
Read More “G’s Exploration or Which Conference Is Third in Scheduling?”
Greetings oh great and wonderful college football fans. We made it to August! In just 23 days our early games (look for the matchup info coming later on) kick off and the greatest time of the year will begin. As a reminder, the GCR does not have preseason rankings, which require bias, so every team …
Read More “G’s Exploration or Who Has the Second Easiest Power 5 Schedule?”
Greetings and welcome to Part IX of our Preseason SOS review. We are starting our deep dive into the Power 5 conferences. These are supposed to be the premier league of college football. Let’s see how this plays out. Last year, there were 12 FCS wins over FBS schools. Most were over G5 schools including …
We are nearing the end of our SOS analysis prior to the season so that we can look forward to weeks 0 and 1. As of today, we are just 33 days away from the initial set of kickoffs, but that’s a blog coming in a couple of weeks. There are just 9 conferences (if …
Read More “G’s Exploration or The Teams Who Challenge Themselves and The Not So Much”
Happy Friday College Football Fans, we’ve been reviewing the GCR’s Preseason SOS by conference for the upcoming season. We’ve looked at 12 FCS conferences so far and now we are finishing this league up with the most 3 competitive conferences. Let’s jump right in. ….. Big Sky Conference had 5 of its 12 returning members …
Read More “G’s Exploration or The Final FCS Preseason SOS Conferences”
Happy Thursday, college football fans and with 65 days until opening kickoff of the opening games, the excitement is becoming real. Just 10 more Fridays to get through. Maybe I can make it. It makes it necessary to get through theses Preseason SOS blogs (13 more counting this one) so that we can be ready …
Read More “G’s Exploration or Part Shi (4) Pre-Season SOS Analysis”
Welcome back oh great and awesome college football fans. Last time, we started a study into expected strength of schedules (SOS) by conference from easiest to hardest. We looked at the 3…least challenged conferences, Pioneer, Ivy, and Northeast and now we are going to dive into the 23rd to the 21st most difficult conferences. As …
Read More “G’s Exploration or Conference Pre-Season SOS Analysis (Part 2)”
