Non-FBS College Football Ratings Through 12 Weeks

by Chase Stuart on November 18, 2013

in SRS

Every week, I publish my college football ratings for FBS teams. To generate those ratings – using this methodology — my program also generates ratings for non-FBS team. So let’s take a look at the ratings through twelve weeks for all non-FBS teams. After posting the ratings, I’m going to dip my toe into the Butler/Marist debate. As always, thanks to Dr. Peter Wolfe for providing the final scores for every college football game.

Rk	Team	G	MOV	SOS	SRS	REC
1	North Dakota St	10	20.8	24.7	45.5	10-0
2	Eastern Illinois	11	21.9	22.2	44.1	10-1
3	NW Missouri St	11	25.2	12.9	38.1	11-0
4	SE Louisiana St	11	15.8	20.2	36	9-2
5	Eastern Washington	11	13.2	21.1	34.3	9-2
6	Towson	11	15.5	17.5	32.9	9-2
7	Villanova	10	8.5	24.2	32.7	5-5
8	Northern Iowa	11	6.4	24.6	31	6-5
9	McNeese St	11	13.3	17.2	30.6	9-2
10	Maine	11	12.2	17.7	29.9	10-1
11	Coastal Carolina	11	18.1	11.5	29.6	10-1
12	Princeton	9	18.8	10.8	29.6	8-1
13	William & Mary	11	7.2	21.7	28.9	7-4
14	Montana	11	14.8	14.1	28.9	9-2
15	Missouri St	12	3.7	24.8	28.5	5-7
16	South Dakota St	11	4.1	24.3	28.5	7-4
17	Youngstown St	11	8.9	19.4	28.3	8-3
18	Sam Houston St	11	12.1	15.8	28	8-3
19	Jacksonville St	11	8.9	18.4	27.3	8-3
20	Old Dominion	11	11.7	15.6	27.3	8-3
21	Southern Illinois	11	0.9	26.1	27	6-5
22	North Alabama	10	19.3	7.3	26.6	8-2
23	New Hampshire	10	7.6	18.4	26	6-4
24	Pittsburg St	11	19.8	6.1	25.9	9-2
25	Bethune-Cookman	11	14	12	25.9	9-2
26	Tennessee St	12	10.6	15.2	25.8	9-3
27	Cal Poly SLO	11	3.2	22.5	25.6	5-6
28	Chattanooga	11	10.5	14.8	25.3	8-3
29	Harvard	9	12	13.3	25.3	8-1
30	South Carolina St	11	13.4	11	24.4	8-3
31	Samford	11	5.8	18.5	24.3	7-4
32	Tennessee-Martin	11	1.9	22.3	24.2	7-4
33	Minn St-Mankato	11	24.7	-0.5	24.2	11-0
34	Colorado St-Pueblo	11	22.8	1.1	23.9	11-0
35	West Texas A&M	11	19.6	4.1	23.7	9-2
36	Fordham	11	12.4	11.2	23.7	10-1
37	Montana St	11	9	14.4	23.4	7-4
38	Northern Arizona	10	3.6	19.8	23.4	8-2
39	Henderson St	11	26.5	-3.4	23.2	11-0
40	Illinois St	11	-4.7	27.5	22.8	5-6
41	Missouri Western	11	10.5	12	22.5	8-3
42	Ohio Dominican	10	21	1.5	22.5	10-0
43	Central Arkansas	11	4.3	17.8	22	6-5
44	Emporia St	10	16	5.8	21.7	9-1
45	Eastern Kentucky	11	2	19.5	21.6	6-5
46	James Madison	11	5.1	16.5	21.6	6-5
47	Central Missouri	10	12.1	9.4	21.4	6-4
48	Minnesota-Duluth	11	23.5	-2.2	21.2	10-1
49	West Alabama	11	20.5	0.4	20.9	8-3
50	Liberty	11	13.2	7.6	20.8	7-4
51	UNC-Pembroke	10	18.2	2.3	20.5	9-1
52	Murray St	11	-3	23.4	20.4	5-6
53	Georgia Southern	10	7.5	12.7	20.2	6-4
54	Stony Brook	10	-1.6	21.8	20.2	4-6
55	Richmond	11	2.8	17.2	20	5-6
56	Washburn	11	15.1	4.6	19.7	8-3
57	Dartmouth	9	7.3	11.5	18.8	5-4
58	Southern Utah	11	1.9	16.8	18.7	8-3
59	Winston-Salem St	10	21.1	-2.4	18.6	9-1
60	Brown	9	5.7	12.8	18.5	5-4
61	Midwestern St	10	11.9	6.5	18.4	7-3
62	Portland St	11	6.5	11.8	18.3	6-5
63	Sacramento St	11	-2.5	20.8	18.2	5-6
64	Furman	11	-0.5	18.7	18.2	6-5
65	Delaware	11	1.5	16.4	17.9	7-4
66	Linfield	9	33.3	-15.8	17.6	9-0
67	South Dakota	11	-5.9	23.5	17.5	4-7
68	Wofford	10	-1.7	19.1	17.5	5-5
69	Tarleton St	10	5.2	11.8	17	7-3
70	Western Illinois	11	-3.1	19.9	16.8	4-7
71	Yale	9	2.2	14.6	16.8	5-4
72	The Citadel	11	0.8	15.9	16.7	5-6
73	Ferris St	11	9.2	7.4	16.6	8-3
74	Saginaw Valley St	11	9.3	7	16.2	9-2
75	Colorado Mines	11	15.4	0.9	16.2	8-3
76	Slippery Rock	11	17.3	-1.1	16.2	9-2
77	Abilene Christian	11	14.8	1.3	16.2	6-5
78	Sacred Heart	12	13.8	2.3	16	10-2
79	St Cloud St	11	19.2	-3.3	15.9	10-1
80	Lenoir-Rhyne	11	19.1	-3.2	15.9	10-1
81	Lafayette	10	-0.5	16.1	15.6	4-6
82	UW-Whitewater	10	24.8	-9.2	15.6	10-0
83	Lehigh	10	5	10.6	15.6	8-2
84	Grand Valley St	11	10.8	4.5	15.3	9-2
85	Pennsylvania	9	-4.7	19.7	15.1	4-5
86	Appalachian St	11	-6	21	15	3-8
87	Tennessee Tech	11	-6.4	21.2	14.8	4-7
88	Lamar	11	2.6	12.2	14.7	5-6
89	Harding	10	16.5	-1.9	14.6	8-2
90	Carson-Newman	11	13.3	1.2	14.5	9-2
91	Shepherd	10	23.2	-9	14.2	10-0
92	San Diego	11	11.5	2.7	14.2	8-3
93	Missouri Southern	10	8.9	5.1	13.9	7-3
94	Bethel MN	10	22.5	-8.6	13.8	10-0
95	Charleston Southern	12	6.3	7.3	13.6	10-2
96	Northwestern St	11	-5.6	19.2	13.6	5-6
97	Trinity CT	8	15.3	-1.9	13.4	6-2
98	Chadron St	11	10.8	2.3	13.1	8-3
99	UC-Davis	11	-6.1	19	12.9	4-7
100	Grand View	10	19.6	-6.7	12.8	10-0
101	Monmouth NJ	11	4	8.7	12.8	6-5
102	North Central	10	26.7	-14.1	12.6	10-0
103	Wesleyan	8	15.3	-2.8	12.5	7-1
104	Holy Cross	11	-2.8	15.2	12.4	3-8
105	Bloomsburg	11	17	-4.9	12.1	10-1
106	Carroll MT	11	18.6	-6.7	11.9	10-1
107	Idaho St	11	-7.6	19.4	11.7	3-8
108	John Carroll	10	29	-17.3	11.7	9-1
109	West Chester	11	16.9	-5.2	11.6	10-1
110	Morningside	10	27.5	-15.9	11.6	9-1
111	Valdosta St	10	5.3	6.2	11.5	6-4
112	Mount Union	10	27.4	-16	11.3	10-0
113	Indiana PA	11	17.9	-6.6	11.3	9-2
114	North Carolina A&T	10	7	4.2	11.2	6-4
115	Findlay	11	9.6	1.5	11.1	8-3
116	Alabama St	11	6.9	3.7	10.6	7-4
117	Mary Hardin-Baylor	10	28.8	-18.1	10.6	10-0
118	Newberry	11	8.7	1.7	10.4	9-2
119	Marist	11	13.2	-2.9	10.3	8-3
120	Ouachita Baptist	10	11.7	-1.4	10.2	7-3
121	Bucknell	10	-1.5	11.6	10.2	5-5
122	Indianapolis	11	17.4	-7.3	10	10-1
123	Middlebury	8	12.5	-2.8	9.7	7-1
124	Butler	12	8.6	1	9.6	9-3
125	Stephen F. Austin	11	-8.8	18.4	9.6	3-8
126	Delta St	10	6.8	2.8	9.5	7-3
127	SE Missouri St	11	-14.5	23.8	9.4	3-8
128	Indiana St	11	-13	22.2	9.3	1-10
129	Tuskegee	10	14.9	-5.8	9.1	8-2
130	Hillsdale	11	2.2	6.9	9.1	5-6
131	Amherst	8	9.6	-0.6	9	7-1
132	Eastern New Mexico	10	5.5	3.4	8.9	7-3
133	Southern Oregon	11	12.1	-3.4	8.7	6-5
134	California PA	11	10.2	-1.9	8.2	7-4
135	Hampton	11	-7.4	15.6	8.2	4-7
136	Jackson St	10	2.9	5.3	8.1	7-3
137	Rocky Mountain	11	15.2	-7.2	8	9-2
138	West Georgia	11	2	5.8	7.8	6-5
139	Gardner-Webb	11	-1.4	9.1	7.7	6-5
140	Faulkner	11	23.8	-16.1	7.7	9-2
141	Nicholls St	11	-12	19.6	7.6	4-7
142	UW-Oshkosh	10	14.9	-7.4	7.5	8-2
143	Johns Hopkins	10	23.1	-15.5	7.5	10-0
144	Bryant	11	-3	10.5	7.5	4-7
145	TAMU-Commerce	11	6	1.4	7.4	7-4
146	Fort Hays St	11	1.2	5.9	7.2	6-5
147	Ashland	10	4	3.2	7.2	5-5
148	UW-Platteville	10	14.7	-7.6	7	9-1
149	Western Carolina	11	-16	23	7	2-9
150	Drake	11	4.6	2.4	7	6-5
151	Elon	11	-11.3	18	6.7	2-9
152	St Thomas	10	16.3	-9.6	6.6	8-2
153	Alcorn St	12	10	-3.4	6.5	9-3
154	North Carolina Central	11	-6.5	12.9	6.4	5-6
155	Dayton	11	6	0.3	6.3	7-4
156	Angelo St	11	-1.6	7.8	6.2	5-6
157	Northern Colorado	11	-10.2	16.4	6.2	1-10
158	North Dakota	11	-10.7	16.9	6.2	3-8
159	Sioux Falls	11	5	1.1	6.2	6-5
160	Winona St	10	5.5	0.7	6.2	6-4
161	Shaw	10	5.7	0.4	6.1	6-4
162	Delaware St	10	-9	14.8	5.9	5-5
163	Southern Arkansas	10	6.8	-1	5.8	6-4
164	Cumberlands KY	10	23.7	-17.9	5.8	10-0
165	Virginia St	10	13.7	-7.9	5.8	9-1
166	Robert Morris PA	10	-0.9	6.6	5.7	5-5
167	American Int'l	11	13.3	-8	5.3	9-2
168	SW Minnesota St	11	5.4	-0.1	5.3	7-4
169	St Francis IN	10	11.2	-5.9	5.2	8-2
170	St Ambrose	10	15.6	-10.4	5.2	7-3
171	Florida A&M	11	-8	13.2	5.2	3-8
172	Howard	11	0.2	5	5.2	5-6
173	Colgate	11	-7.5	12.6	5	4-7
174	Prairie View A&M	11	1.3	3.7	5	5-6
175	Michigan Tech	10	0.6	4.4	5	6-4
176	Norfolk St	11	-8.4	13.2	4.8	3-8
177	SW Oklahoma St	11	4	0.8	4.8	6-5
178	St Francis PA	10	-2.3	7	4.7	4-6
179	New Haven	11	12.2	-7.6	4.6	8-3
180	Duquesne	10	-0.6	5	4.4	6-4
181	East Stroudsburg	11	11.4	-7.1	4.3	7-4
182	UNC-Charlotte	10	-3.8	8	4.2	4-6
183	Rhode Island	12	-16.7	20.7	4.1	3-9
184	Concord	11	11.5	-7.5	4.1	8-3
185	Shippensburg	11	7.5	-3.4	4.1	7-4
186	Cornell	9	-10.4	14.3	3.8	2-7
187	Mercyhurst	11	9.7	-6.1	3.7	7-4
188	Albany NY	11	-13.6	17.2	3.6	1-10
189	Morgan St	11	-9.6	12.9	3.3	4-7
190	Weber St	11	-24	27.2	3.3	1-10
191	Colorado Mesa	11	0.4	2.8	3.2	5-6
192	Wittenberg	10	24.5	-21.4	3.1	9-1
193	Wheaton	10	19.2	-16.2	2.9	8-2
194	Southern U.	11	-0.5	3.2	2.7	7-4
195	Heidelberg	10	20.5	-17.9	2.5	8-2
196	Fayetteville St	10	2.3	0.2	2.5	6-4
197	Urbana	11	6.9	-4.7	2.2	7-4
198	Jacksonville FL	11	5.1	-3.2	1.9	5-6
199	Presbyterian	10	-8.5	10.3	1.8	3-7
200	Incarnate Word	11	-2.5	4.3	1.7	6-5
201	St John Fisher	10	12	-10.3	1.7	8-2
202	Salisbury	10	11.8	-10.1	1.6	6-4
203	Colby	8	3.4	-1.9	1.5	4-4
204	Wabash	10	26.6	-25.2	1.4	9-1
205	Thomas More	10	23.7	-22.3	1.4	9-1
206	Baker	11	17.4	-16.5	0.9	10-1
207	Austin Peay	11	-26.8	27.7	0.8	0-11
208	Concordia-Moorhead	10	10.1	-9.4	0.7	8-2
209	Hobart	9	22.4	-21.8	0.6	9-0
210	Albany St GA	10	7.7	-7.3	0.4	6-4
211	Mary	11	0.7	-0.3	0.4	6-5
212	Central Conn St	11	-5.7	5.9	0.2	4-7
213	Western Oregon	11	4.8	-4.6	0.2	7-4
214	Missouri Valley	10	15.7	-15.5	0.2	8-2
215	Hampden-Sydney	10	15.4	-15.2	0.2	8-2
216	Azusa Pacific	11	6.5	-6.3	0.1	9-2
217	East Central OK	10	0.5	-0.4	0.1	5-5
218	Western New Mexico	10	-3.8	3.8	0	4-6
219	Augustana SD	11	-0.6	0.4	-0.2	4-7
220	Wingate	10	-4.6	4.2	-0.4	4-6
221	Miles	10	0.5	-0.9	-0.4	6-4
222	Catawba	11	-1.7	1.2	-0.4	6-5
223	VMI	11	-13	12.5	-0.5	2-9
224	Gannon	11	-0.9	0.3	-0.5	6-5
225	Ottawa	11	17.1	-17.7	-0.5	8-3
226	Northern Michigan	10	-10.1	9.5	-0.6	3-7
227	Lake Erie	11	-4	3.4	-0.6	4-7
228	Wesley	10	9.7	-10.3	-0.6	8-2
229	Stonehill	11	5.5	-6.2	-0.7	8-3
230	Upper Iowa	11	-2.5	1.8	-0.7	6-5
231	Western St CO	10	-8.3	7.2	-1	2-8
232	Charleston WV	11	3.7	-4.8	-1.1	6-5
233	Muhlenberg	10	17.7	-18.9	-1.2	8-2
234	Georgetown KY	10	10.6	-11.8	-1.2	7-3
235	North Greenville	11	-4.7	3.4	-1.2	5-6
236	Pacific OR	10	12.3	-13.8	-1.5	7-3
237	Central Washington	11	6.1	-7.7	-1.6	7-4
238	Mercer	11	9.9	-11.5	-1.6	9-2
239	Franklin	10	22.7	-24.5	-1.8	7-3
240	Central IA	10	9.5	-11.3	-1.8	6-4
241	Central Oklahoma	10	-16.2	14.3	-1.9	2-8
242	Gustavus Adolphus	10	6.3	-8.3	-2	6-4
243	Williams	8	-3.1	1.1	-2	2-6
244	Truman St	11	4.2	-6.3	-2	7-4
245	Benedictine KS	11	14.4	-16.5	-2.1	10-1
246	Arkansas Tech	11	-2.6	0.5	-2.1	5-6
247	Wayne St MI	11	-8.5	6.2	-2.3	3-8
248	Nebraska-Kearney	11	-13	10.7	-2.3	3-8
249	St Augustine's	10	-1.9	-0.4	-2.3	4-6
250	Dubuque	10	7.3	-9.8	-2.5	5-5
251	Illinois Wesleyan	10	14	-16.6	-2.6	9-1
252	Northeastern St OK	11	-16.6	13.9	-2.8	2-9
253	Merrimack	11	6.1	-8.9	-2.8	7-4
254	Wash & Jeff	10	15.7	-18.6	-3	8-2
255	Eastern Oregon	11	-1.8	-1.2	-3.1	6-5
256	Brockport St	10	10.2	-13.2	-3.1	7-3
257	Coe	10	8.8	-12	-3.2	7-3
258	Willamette	9	11.2	-14.4	-3.3	7-2
259	Maryville	10	16.2	-19.5	-3.3	8-2
260	Adams St	11	0	-3.3	-3.3	7-4
261	TAMU-Kingsville	10	-14.2	10.8	-3.4	2-8
262	Randolph-Macon	10	8.8	-12.4	-3.6	7-3
263	Alabama A&M	11	-6.3	2.8	-3.6	4-7
264	Pacific Lutheran	9	7.7	-11.3	-3.6	8-1
265	St Xavier	11	1.1	-4.7	-3.6	7-4
266	Johnson C. Smith	10	2.3	-6	-3.7	5-5
267	Mars Hill	11	-6.7	2.9	-3.7	3-8
268	Bates	8	-3.3	-0.6	-3.9	4-4
269	Bowie St	10	2	-6	-4	5-5
270	Assumption	11	2.3	-6.4	-4	6-5
271	Lindsey Wilson	11	12.4	-16.4	-4.1	8-3
272	Ithaca	10	7.2	-11.5	-4.3	8-2
273	St Francis IL	11	5.6	-9.9	-4.3	7-4
274	Christopher Newport	10	12	-16.6	-4.6	8-2
275	Doane	10	8.5	-13.1	-4.6	5-5
276	UW-Stevens Point	10	1.3	-6	-4.7	5-5
277	Arkansas-Pine Bluff	10	-10.2	5.4	-4.8	2-8
278	Alfred	10	5.8	-10.6	-4.8	7-3
279	Lindenwood	9	-12.3	7.5	-4.8	3-6
280	Augsburg	10	5.7	-10.5	-4.8	5-5
281	Tabor	11	13.9	-18.8	-4.9	9-2
282	Chapman	9	20.8	-25.7	-4.9	8-1
283	New Mexico Highlands	11	-10	4.9	-5.2	2-9
284	Lane	10	3.9	-9.1	-5.2	6-4
285	Georgetown DC	10	-15.2	10	-5.2	1-9
286	Tusculum	10	-9.5	4.2	-5.3	3-7
287	Wartburg	10	9.9	-15.2	-5.3	8-2
288	William Penn	11	2.6	-7.9	-5.3	5-6
289	Wagner	11	-14.4	8.7	-5.6	3-8
290	Albright	10	12	-17.7	-5.7	7-3
291	Friends	11	12.2	-17.9	-5.7	8-3
292	St John's MN	10	2.6	-8.4	-5.8	7-3
293	Lincoln MO	11	-10.4	4.6	-5.8	3-8
294	Siena Heights	10	4.5	-10.3	-5.9	5-5
295	Northwood	11	-9.7	3.8	-5.9	2-9
296	Edinboro	11	-4.6	-1.4	-6.1	5-6
297	Robert Morris IL	11	6.2	-12.3	-6.1	7-4
298	Kutztown	11	-3.2	-3.1	-6.2	4-7
299	Taylor	10	5.1	-11.4	-6.3	5-5
300	Northwestern IA	10	8.1	-14.6	-6.5	8-2
301	Marian IN	11	-0.4	-6.1	-6.5	6-5
302	Northern St SD	11	-6.9	0.3	-6.6	4-7
303	Brevard	10	-11.8	5.2	-6.6	2-8
304	Glenville St	11	2.6	-9.3	-6.6	6-5
305	Bowdoin	8	-7.8	1.1	-6.7	3-5
306	Elizabeth City St	10	-2.2	-4.6	-6.7	4-6
307	Montana St-Northern	10	-4.5	-2.4	-6.9	4-6
308	Buffalo St	10	-1.2	-5.8	-7	5-5
309	Hope	10	14.3	-21.2	-7	7-3
310	St Joseph's IN	11	7	-14	-7	8-3
311	SE Oklahoma St	11	-8	1	-7	2-9
312	Redlands	9	11.9	-19	-7.1	7-2
313	Rhodes	10	12.6	-19.8	-7.2	8-2
314	Walsh	11	-9.6	2.3	-7.3	3-8
315	Nebraska Wesleyan	10	5.3	-12.7	-7.4	6-4
316	Concordia NE	11	8.6	-16.1	-7.5	7-4
317	Lebanon Valley	10	10.1	-17.6	-7.5	8-2
318	Centre	10	9.6	-17.1	-7.5	7-3
319	Chowan	10	-3	-4.6	-7.6	4-6
320	Widener	10	8.4	-16	-7.6	6-4
321	Illinois College	10	19.5	-27.1	-7.7	8-2
322	Washington U.	10	8.5	-16.2	-7.7	8-2
323	Clarion	11	-7.5	-0.2	-7.8	4-7
324	Rowan	10	4.6	-12.5	-7.9	8-2
325	Cortland St	10	3.6	-11.5	-8	6-4
326	Florida Tech	11	-7.4	-0.6	-8	4-7
327	Reinhardt	10	4.7	-12.6	-8	6-4
328	MidAmerica Nazarene	10	7	-15.1	-8.1	5-5
329	Kentucky St	10	2.6	-10.8	-8.2	5-5
330	Montana Tech	10	-6.1	-2.1	-8.2	3-7
331	Concordia-St Paul	10	-9	0.7	-8.3	4-6
332	Delaware Valley	10	8.2	-16.6	-8.4	7-3
333	Missouri S&T	11	-2.9	-5.6	-8.4	6-5
334	Columbia	9	-26.4	17.9	-8.5	0-9
335	Savannah St	12	-22.4	13.8	-8.6	1-11
336	Franklin & Marshall	10	6	-14.6	-8.6	6-4
337	Notre Dame OH	11	-1.5	-7.2	-8.7	5-6
338	Tiffin	11	-10.2	1.4	-8.8	2-9
339	Millsaps	10	10.9	-19.7	-8.8	9-1
340	Minn St-Moorhead	11	-7.7	-1.1	-8.8	4-7
341	Dixie St	11	-3.8	-5	-8.8	4-7
342	Huntingdon AL	10	9.2	-18	-8.8	7-3
343	Fort Valley St	10	-1.5	-7.3	-8.8	4-6
344	Arkansas-Monticello	11	-7.2	-1.6	-8.8	5-6
345	Mississippi Valley St	11	-10.4	1.5	-8.8	2-9
346	Dakota Wesleyan	11	6.2	-15.1	-8.9	8-3
347	Texas Southern	11	-12.2	3.2	-9	2-9
348	Catholic	10	8.6	-17.6	-9.1	6-4
349	Shorter	11	-12.8	3.7	-9.1	2-9
350	Malone	11	-10.5	1.3	-9.1	2-9
351	Sterling	11	12	-21.2	-9.1	9-2
352	Southern Conn St	11	-3	-6.2	-9.2	3-8
353	Simpson	10	5.8	-15	-9.3	7-3
354	Bemidji St	11	-8.3	-1	-9.3	3-8
355	Wayne St NE	11	-11.9	2.5	-9.3	2-9
356	Stillman	9	1.8	-11.2	-9.4	5-4
357	Buena Vista	10	-3.5	-6.1	-9.5	4-6
358	WV Wesleyan	10	-1.8	-7.9	-9.7	5-5
359	Ursinus	10	5.5	-15.2	-9.7	7-3
360	LIU Post	11	3	-12.7	-9.7	5-6
361	Lycoming	10	6.2	-16	-9.8	7-3
362	Louisiana College	10	8.5	-18.4	-9.9	7-3
363	McKendree	10	-4.7	-5.5	-10.2	4-6
364	Montana-Western	10	-8.5	-1.8	-10.2	4-6
365	UW-La Crosse	10	-8.7	-1.6	-10.3	3-7
366	Western Conn St	9	20.6	-30.9	-10.4	7-2
367	Washington and Lee	10	0.4	-10.8	-10.4	5-5
368	Framingham St	10	14.9	-25.3	-10.4	9-1
369	Texas Lutheran	9	15.3	-25.8	-10.5	8-1
370	McMurry	11	-9.6	-0.9	-10.5	3-8
371	Emory & Henry	10	1.6	-12.2	-10.6	5-5
372	Fort Lewis	11	-12.6	1.7	-10.9	4-7
373	Cornell IA	10	12.1	-23	-10.9	7-3
374	Bentley	11	-2.5	-8.5	-11.1	6-5
375	Trinity Int'l	10	3.5	-14.7	-11.2	5-5
376	Peru St	11	7.2	-18.5	-11.3	7-4
377	Hartwick	10	3.6	-14.9	-11.3	6-4
378	Juniata	10	4.4	-15.7	-11.3	7-3
379	Benedict	10	-5.4	-6	-11.4	4-6
380	UW-Stout	10	-7.8	-3.8	-11.6	4-6
381	Ave Maria	9	10.7	-22.4	-11.8	7-2
382	Baldwin Wallace	10	5	-16.9	-11.9	6-4
383	SW Baptist	11	-18.4	6.3	-12.1	1-10
384	Ohio Northern	10	5.7	-17.8	-12.2	6-4
385	South Dakota Tech	9	-4.8	-7.4	-12.3	5-4
386	Monmouth IL	10	10.7	-23.2	-12.5	5-5
387	Black Hills St	10	-15.7	3.1	-12.6	2-8
388	Menlo	10	-2.2	-10.7	-12.9	5-5
389	Langston	10	3.8	-16.7	-12.9	6-4
390	Campbell	11	-11.8	-1.3	-13	2-9
391	Cal Lutheran	9	4.2	-17.6	-13.3	4-5
392	Simon Fraser	10	-7.7	-5.8	-13.4	3-7
393	Guilford	10	0.7	-14.3	-13.6	6-4
394	Grambling St	10	-16.4	2.7	-13.7	1-9
395	Methodist	10	2.2	-15.9	-13.7	8-2
396	UW-Eau Claire	10	-12	-1.7	-13.7	2-8
397	Livingstone	10	-5.7	-8.1	-13.7	3-7
398	St Norbert	10	9	-22.9	-13.9	8-2
399	LaGrange	10	2.8	-16.9	-14.1	5-5
400	Cumberland TN	11	0	-14.7	-14.6	7-4
401	Adrian	10	6.9	-21.5	-14.6	6-4
402	Virginia Union	10	-14.5	-0.4	-14.8	3-7
403	Endicott	10	16.9	-31.7	-14.8	8-2
404	Campbellsville	10	-7.4	-7.5	-14.9	4-6
405	Waynesburg	10	6.4	-21.2	-14.9	7-3
406	Carleton	10	-4.1	-10.9	-14.9	5-5
407	Augustana IL	10	0.3	-15.3	-15	5-5
408	Morehead St	11	-16.6	1.4	-15.2	3-8
409	Utica	10	-5.1	-10.2	-15.3	3-7
410	Bridgewater VA	10	1.3	-16.6	-15.3	4-6
411	Birmingham-Southern	9	0.2	-15.5	-15.3	5-4
412	Albion	10	1.5	-17.1	-15.7	8-2
413	St Lawrence	10	5.6	-21.4	-15.9	7-3
414	Kean	10	-5.2	-10.8	-16	2-8
415	Whitworth	10	-1	-15.1	-16	4-6
416	Tufts	8	-20.6	4.2	-16.5	0-8
417	Montclair St	10	-3.9	-12.7	-16.5	4-6
418	Minot St	11	-16.2	-0.4	-16.6	2-9
419	West Liberty	11	-8.5	-8.2	-16.7	3-8
420	Hamilton	8	-21.1	4.2	-17	0-8
421	Sewanee	10	-3	-14.5	-17.5	4-6
422	NW Oklahoma St	11	-21.1	3.6	-17.5	2-9
423	Salve Regina	10	10	-27.5	-17.5	7-3
424	Webber Int'l	10	3.6	-21.1	-17.5	5-5
425	Hardin-Simmons	10	-2.4	-15.2	-17.5	4-6
426	New Jersey	10	-1.2	-16.6	-17.7	5-5
427	Houston Baptist	7	-7.9	-9.9	-17.7	3-4
428	Valley City St	10	5.6	-23.3	-17.7	5-5
429	Quincy	11	-11	-6.8	-17.8	2-9
430	Pikeville	11	1.1	-19	-17.9	7-4
431	UW-River Falls	10	-16	-1.9	-17.9	0-10
432	Springfield	9	5	-22.9	-17.9	6-3
433	King's PA	10	-0.7	-17.3	-17.9	6-4
434	Fairmont St	10	-8.5	-9.5	-18	3-7
435	Geneva	10	2.5	-20.6	-18.1	5-5
436	Stetson	10	-12.8	-5.4	-18.1	2-8
437	Kalamazoo	10	2	-20.2	-18.2	6-4
438	Gettysburg	10	-2.3	-15.9	-18.2	4-6
439	Wilkes	10	-1.5	-16.8	-18.3	4-6
440	Olivet Nazarene	11	-8.2	-10.3	-18.5	3-8
441	Chicago	10	3.1	-21.6	-18.5	6-4
442	Humboldt St	11	-16.2	-2.6	-18.8	0-11
443	Elmhurst	10	-2.5	-16.3	-18.8	4-6
444	Rose-Hulman	10	8.5	-27.4	-18.9	7-3
445	Central St OH	11	-20.8	1.8	-19.1	2-9
446	Stevenson	10	-1.9	-17.3	-19.2	4-6
447	Trinity TX	10	4.6	-23.9	-19.3	5-5
448	Valparaiso	11	-19	-0.4	-19.4	1-10
449	OK Panhandle St	11	-4.1	-15.3	-19.5	4-7
450	Bethany WV	10	-3.4	-16.3	-19.7	4-6
451	Minnesota-Crookston	11	-21.2	1.5	-19.7	2-9
452	Union NY	10	-1.5	-18.3	-19.8	3-7
453	Wooster	10	0.5	-20.4	-19.9	7-3
454	Lake Forest	10	4.6	-24.6	-20	8-2
455	Lock Haven	11	-13.3	-6.8	-20.1	3-8
456	Morrisville St	10	-6.3	-13.9	-20.2	3-7
457	Ohio Wesleyan	10	3.2	-23.4	-20.2	5-5
458	Luther	10	-8	-12.3	-20.3	2-8
459	Southern Virginia	10	13.6	-34.2	-20.7	8-2
460	Otterbein	10	-8.3	-12.5	-20.7	5-5
461	William Jewell	11	-11.6	-9.2	-20.9	3-8
462	Carroll WI	10	4.9	-25.8	-20.9	6-4
463	Denison	10	3.6	-24.7	-21.1	7-3
464	Bridgewater St MA	10	4.7	-26.1	-21.4	6-4
465	St Scholastica	10	17.1	-38.5	-21.4	9-1
466	Trine	10	-3	-18.7	-21.6	4-6
467	McPherson	11	-0.9	-20.8	-21.7	5-6
468	Benedictine IL	10	9.3	-31	-21.7	7-3
469	RPI	10	-0.7	-21.3	-22	5-5
470	Morehouse	10	-12.4	-9.6	-22	2-8
471	Concordia WI	10	10.3	-32.2	-22	8-2
472	Kentucky Christian	11	-9.8	-12.2	-22	3-8
473	Midland U.	10	-8.3	-13.7	-22	4-6
474	Shenandoah	10	-10.1	-12	-22.1	4-6
475	St Anselm	11	-15.2	-7.2	-22.4	1-10
476	Gallaudet	10	13	-35.4	-22.4	9-1
477	Case Western Reserve	9	-2.6	-19.9	-22.5	5-4
478	Lindenwood-Belleville	11	-2.6	-19.9	-22.6	4-7
479	Moravian	10	-10.1	-12.6	-22.6	2-8
480	Rochester	9	-1.1	-21.6	-22.7	5-4
481	Bacone	11	4.5	-27.3	-22.8	7-4
482	Evangel	10	-7.2	-15.8	-22.9	4-6
483	Carnegie Mellon	10	-1.5	-21.5	-23	3-7
484	Hastings	10	-9.8	-13.3	-23.1	2-8
485	Olivet	10	2.2	-25.3	-23.1	6-4
486	Occidental	9	-2.2	-21	-23.2	5-4
487	Davidson	10	-23	-0.3	-23.2	0-10
488	DePauw	10	-2	-21.5	-23.4	4-6
489	St Olaf	10	-14.5	-9	-23.5	1-9
490	Avila	11	-3.9	-19.7	-23.6	4-7
491	Virginia U-Lynchburg	10	-15.3	-8.4	-23.7	2-8
492	Briar Cliff	11	-10.8	-12.9	-23.7	4-7
493	Alderson-Broaddus	10	-8.4	-15.3	-23.7	4-6
494	Westfield St	10	5.5	-29.3	-23.8	5-5
495	Norwich	10	9.2	-33	-23.9	7-3
496	Susquehanna	10	-9.3	-14.7	-24	1-9
497	Thiel	10	-5.9	-18.1	-24	3-7
498	Mississippi College	10	-9.3	-14.9	-24.2	4-6
499	Greenville	10	15.3	-39.5	-24.2	9-1
500	William Paterson	10	-8	-16.3	-24.3	3-7
501	Mt St Joseph	10	1.4	-25.7	-24.3	6-4
502	Union KY	11	-11.5	-12.8	-24.3	3-8
503	Ripon	10	1.3	-25.8	-24.5	7-3
504	Carthage	10	-12	-12.6	-24.6	1-9
505	Seton Hill	11	-23.9	-1.2	-25.1	1-10
506	North Carolina Wesleyan	10	-8.4	-16.8	-25.2	2-8
507	Dickinson St	11	-24.2	-1.1	-25.3	1-10
508	Austin	10	1.2	-26.5	-25.4	5-5
509	Jamestown	10	-8.4	-17.1	-25.5	3-7
510	MIT	9	8	-33.7	-25.7	6-3
511	Capital	10	-13.8	-12	-25.8	3-7
512	St Mary KS	11	-7.4	-18.5	-25.9	4-7
513	Clark Atlanta	9	-18.2	-7.7	-25.9	2-7
514	Point U.	10	-13.1	-12.8	-25.9	3-7
515	Dickinson	10	-14.2	-11.8	-26	3-7
516	Muskingum	10	-12.5	-13.6	-26	2-8
517	Virginia-Wise	11	-16.5	-10	-26.5	2-9
518	Culver-Stockton	11	-12.1	-14.5	-26.5	2-9
519	Grove City	10	-4.7	-22	-26.6	5-5
520	Merchant Marine	8	-4.6	-22.2	-26.8	4-4
521	Kansas Wesleyan	11	-7.5	-19.6	-27.1	4-7
522	Southwestern KS	11	-7.6	-19.5	-27.1	5-6
523	Southern Nazarene	11	-28.3	1.2	-27.2	0-11
524	East Texas Baptist	10	-8.5	-18.9	-27.4	3-7
525	Greensboro	10	-10.1	-17.5	-27.6	2-8
526	Millersville	11	-26.8	-0.9	-27.6	1-10
527	Defiance	10	-0.8	-27	-27.7	3-7
528	North Park	10	-15.3	-12.6	-27.9	3-7
529	Hamline	10	-17.9	-10.1	-28	2-8
530	Westminster PA	10	-7.8	-20.3	-28	4-6
531	Fitchburg St	10	0.3	-28.6	-28.3	6-4
532	Millikin	10	-14.9	-13.5	-28.3	2-8
533	Cheyney	11	-22.8	-5.7	-28.5	0-11
534	Lakeland	10	5	-33.5	-28.5	7-3
535	Oberlin	10	-7.1	-21.4	-28.5	3-7
536	Western New England	10	0	-28.7	-28.7	4-6
537	Hendrix	10	-7	-22	-28.9	3-7
538	Bethel TN	11	-13.5	-15.5	-29	2-9
539	Sul Ross St	10	-17.9	-11.2	-29.1	1-9
540	Lewis & Clark	9	-20.1	-9.1	-29.1	1-8
541	Central Methodist	11	-12.5	-16.9	-29.4	4-7
542	Macalester	10	-1.4	-28.2	-29.5	4-6
543	Belhaven	11	-13.9	-15.7	-29.5	3-8
544	Alma	10	-17.6	-12.1	-29.7	1-9
545	Frostburg St	10	-20.4	-9.5	-29.8	1-9
546	Mayville St	10	1.6	-31.5	-29.9	6-4
547	West Virginia St	11	-22	-7.9	-29.9	0-11
548	WPI	10	-7.9	-22.1	-29.9	3-7
549	Hanover	10	-5.7	-24.3	-30	5-5
550	McDaniel	10	-17.8	-12.3	-30.1	2-8
551	Aurora	10	0.2	-30.5	-30.3	3-7
552	Howard Payne	10	-10.2	-20.2	-30.3	4-6
553	Averett	10	-18.7	-11.8	-30.5	1-9
554	Wisconsin Lutheran	10	0.6	-31.2	-30.7	4-6
555	Lincoln PA	10	-25.6	-5.3	-30.8	1-9
556	Manchester	10	-3.2	-27.6	-30.8	3-7
557	Presentation	9	0.3	-31.1	-30.8	4-5
558	Kenyon	10	-7.3	-23.7	-31	4-6
559	Graceland	11	-15.1	-15.9	-31	1-10
560	Ferrum	10	-14.8	-16.2	-31	2-8
561	Eureka	10	8.5	-39.5	-31	8-2
562	SW Assem of God	10	0.8	-32	-31.2	6-4
563	Husson	10	1.2	-32.7	-31.5	5-5
564	La Verne	9	-11.3	-20.3	-31.6	3-6
565	Claremont-Mudd-Scripps	9	-10.6	-21.1	-31.7	3-6
566	Coast Guard	10	-5.5	-26.5	-32	3-7
567	Edward Waters	10	-12.6	-19.7	-32.3	1-9
568	Misericordia	10	-17.7	-15.2	-32.9	1-9
569	UMass-Dartmouth	9	-5.9	-27	-32.9	3-6
570	Mass Maritime	10	-3.7	-29.4	-33.1	5-5
571	Waldorf	11	-24.2	-9.3	-33.5	1-10
572	Oklahoma Baptist	11	-6	-27.8	-33.7	3-8
573	Kentucky Wesleyan	11	-27.6	-6.4	-34	0-11
574	Bluffton	10	-7.7	-26.5	-34.2	4-6
575	Dakota St	10	-13.8	-20.5	-34.2	2-8
576	SUNY-Maritime	10	-0.8	-33.6	-34.3	5-5
577	Curry	9	-3.9	-30.9	-34.8	4-5
578	Puget Sound	9	-23.6	-11.3	-34.8	1-8
579	Bethany KS	11	-15.4	-19.6	-35	2-9
580	Knox	10	-13	-22.2	-35.2	1-9
581	Marietta	10	-22	-13.4	-35.4	1-9
582	Pomona-Pitzer	9	-14.6	-20.9	-35.5	2-7
583	Northwestern MN	10	2.4	-37.9	-35.5	6-4
584	Mount Ida	10	-1.4	-34.3	-35.7	5-5
585	Pace	11	-28.5	-7.6	-36.1	0-11
586	Grinnell	10	-15.8	-20.6	-36.3	2-8
587	Hiram	10	-15.2	-21.2	-36.4	2-8
588	Warner U.	11	-25.3	-11.2	-36.5	1-10
589	Berry	9	-25.9	-10.9	-36.8	0-9
590	Dordt	11	-20.9	-16.4	-37.3	2-9
591	Concordia AL	8	-32.4	-5.4	-37.8	0-8
592	Worcester St	10	-10	-28	-37.9	3-7
593	Whittier	9	-16	-22	-38	1-8
594	Lawrence	10	-15.7	-22.5	-38.1	1-9
595	St Vincent	10	-21.2	-17.1	-38.3	0-10
596	Concordia MI	10	-29.8	-9.1	-38.9	1-9
597	Becker	10	-7.8	-31.2	-39	3-7
598	Bethel KS	11	-17.5	-21.7	-39.2	2-9
599	FDU-Florham	10	-24.8	-14.5	-39.3	1-9
600	Crown	10	-1.6	-38.1	-39.6	4-6
601	Loras	10	-26.8	-13.3	-40.1	1-9
602	Wilmington	10	-27.7	-13	-40.6	0-10
603	Minnesota-Morris	10	-3.7	-37.7	-41.4	3-7
604	Plymouth St	10	-13.5	-28.5	-42	2-8
605	Bluefield	11	-25.7	-16.7	-42.4	0-11
606	Beloit	10	-20.6	-21.9	-42.5	1-9
607	Alfred St	7	-18.5	-24.6	-43.1	1-6
608	Wayland Baptist	10	-20.5	-22.7	-43.2	0-10
609	Allegheny	10	-24.5	-19.9	-44.4	0-10
610	Westminster MO	10	-7	-37.5	-44.5	2-8
611	Texas College	10	-22.8	-22.6	-45.4	1-9
612	Apprentice	9	-23.6	-21.9	-45.5	0-9
613	Concordia IL	10	-16	-29.6	-45.5	2-8
614	Rockford	10	-16.5	-30.9	-47.3	1-9
615	Earlham	10	-20.3	-27.2	-47.5	2-8
616	Anna Maria	10	-13.9	-33.8	-47.7	2-8
617	Iowa Wesleyan	10	-12.5	-35.2	-47.7	2-8
618	Nichols	9	-21.6	-26.7	-48.3	1-8
619	Southwestern TX	10	-25.7	-23.3	-49	0-10
620	Martin Luther	10	-11.1	-40.2	-51.3	4-6
621	Castleton St	10	-20.2	-31.3	-51.5	1-9
622	Haskell	8	-20	-31.8	-51.8	1-7
623	Anderson	10	-27.3	-24.8	-52.1	0-10
624	Maine Maritime	9	-21.2	-31.4	-52.6	1-8
625	MacMurray	10	-19.9	-34.2	-54.1	0-10
626	Trinity Bible	9	-20.5	-33.8	-54.3	1-8
627	Maranatha Baptist	10	-26.1	-36.1	-62.2	1-9

I received the following e-mail Sunday morning from a Marist fan:

Hi Chase. I’ve got a question about the SRS that you publish every week on your site. Is this the official SRS used by the NCAA, one that is often used in tiebreaker situations. I’m asking because the SRS was proposed as the tiebreaker for the Pioneer Football League, but they seemingly changed this at the last minute because they said that a) it wasn’t publicly available, and b) it rewarded teams for playing more games (those that played 10 games were almost by default ahead of those that played 9).

In looking at your site and rankings, this does not seem to be the case. And as they have shifted this at the last minute to something that I don’t believe is relevant (or in any way statistically valid), I think this will effectively steal a playoff spot from Marist and give it to Butler. [Chase note: In last week’s rankings, Butler was two slots ahead of Marist, but in the week 12 rankings, Marist is now slightly ahead of Butler.]

Any clarification on this (and the methodology) would be incredibly helpful, and could actually effect some decision making.

Let’s be clear: there is nothing “official” about the SRS that I publish. I have no idea if certain levels of football use a similar version to the SRS in an official capacity, but I have nothing to do with it. And as for the 9/10 games question, no, the SRS is not biased in favor of teams that play more games.

Now about that specific Marist/Butler problem? I’ll let the Pioner Football League’s website frame the issue:

ST. LOUIS, Mo. – Butler University and Marist College each claimed a share of the 2013 Pioneer Football League title, Saturday. However, the league’s automatic qualifier to the Division I Football Championship will be determined later under the tiebreaking criteria.
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For the first time, the PFL will receive an automatic qualifying spot to the Division I Football Championship, which starts Nov. 30 at eight school sites to be determined. However, Butler and Marist will have to wait to see which team will receive the league’s berth under the tiebreaking criteria.

The league will announce its automatic qualifier through a release that also will be posted on the league’s website, http://www.pioneer-football.org.

Both teams went 7-1 in conference this year, with Butler finishing 9-3 and Marist 8-3. Out of conference, Butler lost to Dartmouth and South Dakota State, while Marist lost to Bucknell and Sacred Heart (Butler also beat Wittenberg and Franklin out of conference, while Marist beat Georgetown). The two teams are practically tied in the SRS, with Marist at 119 (thanks to a 13.2 MOV and a -2.9 SOS) and Butler at 124 (8.6 MOV and 1.0 SOS, thanks to facing South Dakota State).

Here is a look at the single-game SRS scores for each school:

Date	Tm_Conf	PF	Opp	PA	H/R	W/L	Diff	MOV	Opp_Conf	SOS	SRS
09-07-2013	Butler_fcs	49	Wittenberg	24	Home	Win	25	22	fcs	3.1	25.1
09-28-2013	Butler_fcs	45	Jacksonville FL	27	Road	Win	18	21	fcs	1.9	22.9
11-09-2013	Butler_fcs	72	Valparaiso	12	Home	Win	60	40.5	fcs	-19.4	21.1
10-19-2013	Butler_fcs	24	Drake	14	Home	Win	10	7	fcs	7	14
11-16-2013	Butler_fcs	58	Morehead St	27	Road	Win	31	29	fcs	-15.2	13.8
11-02-2013	Butler_fcs	33	Dayton	30	Road	Win	3	7	fcs	6.3	13.3
09-21-2013	Butler_fcs	23	Dartmouth	30	Home	Loss	-7	-10	fcs	18.8	8.8
09-14-2013	Butler_fcs	31	Franklin	28	Road	Win	3	7	fcs	-1.8	5.2
10-12-2013	Butler_fcs	35	Campbell	14	Home	Win	21	18	fcs	-13	5
10-05-2013	Butler_fcs	35	Stetson	15	Home	Win	20	17	fcs	-18.1	-1.1
08-31-2013	Butler_fcs	14	South Dakota St	55	Road	Loss	-41	-31	fcs	28.5	-2.5
10-26-2013	Butler_fcs	14	San Diego	42	Road	Loss	-28	-24.5	fcs	14.2	-10.3
11-16-2013	Marist_fcs	33	Mercer	7	Home	Win	26	23	fcs	-1.6	21.4
09-28-2013	Marist_fcs	31	Dayton	20	Road	Win	11	14	fcs	6.3	20.3
09-14-2013	Marist_fcs	43	Georgetown DC	23	Road	Win	20	23	fcs	-5.2	17.8
10-12-2013	Marist_fcs	33	San Diego	35	Road	Loss	-2	0	fcs	14.2	14.2
11-09-2013	Marist_fcs	55	Campbell	28	Road	Win	27	27	fcs	-13	14
10-05-2013	Marist_fcs	37	Valparaiso	0	Home	Win	37	29	fcs	-19.4	9.6
11-02-2013	Marist_fcs	42	Jacksonville FL	35	Home	Win	7	7	fcs	1.9	8.9
10-26-2013	Marist_fcs	27	Stetson	0	Home	Win	27	24	fcs	-18.1	5.9
10-19-2013	Marist_fcs	42	Davidson	14	Road	Win	28	27.5	fcs	-23.2	4.3
09-07-2013	Marist_fcs	14	Bucknell	27	Road	Loss	-13	-10	fcs	10.2	0.2
08-31-2013	Marist_fcs	21	Sacred Heart	37	Home	Loss	-16	-19	fcs	16	-3

Both Marist and Butler lost to San Diego, the best team in the PFL. However, the Toreros are ineligible due to offering improper scholarships, placing us in our current predicament. So how do we break the 7-1 deadlock at the top of the conference?

There is no fair way, of course. Ideally, the two teams would play each other to determine the winner. But since we must split hairs, which way should the dominoes fall? In conference games, Marist had an average SRS of 12.3, while Butler’s rating drops to just 8.3. That leans in favor of Marist. On the other hand, the higher SRS rating is entirely due to Marist’s big edge in Margin of Victory, as Butler had the harder SOS (-4.5 to -6.6).

Both teams played San Diego, Dayton, Jacksonville, Campbell, Stetson, and Valparaiso. That means the only non-common in-conference games were Butler facing Drake and Morehead State, and Marist facing Mercer and Davidson. Drake is the best team of that bunch, and Davidson the worst, so if you want to break the tie in favor of SOS, Butler should get the nod.

On the other hand, if you want to break the tie in favor of SRS — especially in-conference SRS — then you’d have to pick Marist as champion. Against the three best conference teams both teams faced — San Diego, Drayton, and Jacksonville — Marist fared better. Against San Diego, Marist lost by 2 on the road, compared to the 42-14 shellacking Butler experienced.

There’s no right answer, but I’d say SOS narrowly favors Butler, while Marist has probably been the better team.

Tagged as: FCS, NCAA SRS

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