Comments on: Non-FBS College Football Ratings Through 13 Weeks http://www.footballperspective.com/non-fbs-college-football-ratings-through-13-weeks/ NFL History and Stats Tue, 03 Dec 2013 17:50:24 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0.7 By: Chase Stuart http://www.footballperspective.com/non-fbs-college-football-ratings-through-13-weeks/#comment-61732 Tue, 03 Dec 2013 17:50:24 +0000 http://www.footballperspective.com/?p=15503#comment-61732 In reply to Don.

Good point.

]]> By: Don http://www.footballperspective.com/non-fbs-college-football-ratings-through-13-weeks/#comment-61731 Tue, 03 Dec 2013 17:48:56 +0000 http://www.footballperspective.com/?p=15503#comment-61731 The “closed system” is also a problem with the New England Small College Athletic Conference teams – four of them (Trinity CT, Wesleyan, Middlebury, Amherst) are in the top 10 of the Division III SRS ratings, yet none of them are in the tournament. Of course, this is because these teams are rated only relative to each other, so their ratings will tend to be near zero, while the other schools are rated relative to all other schools, including FBS ones, so their ratings will be much lower.

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