mocat rankings / week 8 predicto thread

[mocat]

Correctly picked all 5 B12 games last week, 7-1 overall. Good sign for the mocat system. Updated rankings:

1. Alabama
2. Kansas State
3. Florida State
4. Florida
5. Mississippi State
6. Rutgers
7. Notre Dame
8. Cincinnati
9. Oregon
10. LSU
11. Oregon State
12. South Carolina
13. Louisiana Tech
14. West Virginia
15. USC
16. Louisville
17. Boise State
18. Texas Tech
19. TCU
20. Oklahoma
21. Georgia
22. Texas A&M
23. Stanford
24. Clemson
25. Iowa State

Big 12:

1. Kansas State
2. West Virginia
3. Texas Tech
4. TCU
5. Oklahoma
6. Iowa State
7. Texas
8. Baylor
9. Oklahoma State
19. Kansas

For the predictos, some of you may ask, "How come teams ranked lower sometimes are predicted to beat higher ranked teams?" Well, it's because the rankings now take into account records*, but for the head-to-head predictos I ignore teams' records and just look at the stats matchups.

(*this makes Florida State's ranking in the mocat system that much more impressive. mocat system LOVES florida state, most likely due to FSU's first three games where they outscored their opponents 176-3. FSU is not likely to drop any time soon either, as their next opponents are Miami, Duke, VT, & Maryland)

Week 8 Predictos:

Iowa State 25
Oklahoma State 30

Texas Tech 24
TCU 22

Kansas 16
Oklahoma 34

Baylor 38
Texas 41

South Carolina 22
Florida 19

LSU 26
Texas A&M 27

Florida State 38
Miami 18

and finally...

Kansas State 39
West Virginia 29

[kslim]

Straight to the bottom   

[RightMeow]

Week 8 Predictos:

Iowa State 25
Oklahoma State 30    wrong

Texas Tech 24
TCU 22

Kansas 16
Oklahoma 34   only 18?

Baylor 38
Texas 41

South Carolina 22
Florida 19

LSU 26
Texas A&M 27      

Florida State 38
Miami 18

and finally...

Kansas State 39
West Virginia 29

[mocat]

I was laughed at last week for having tech over wvu and tcu over baylor too...

[Institutional Control]

I was laughing at your double posts, not your picks.

[Sandstone Outcropping]

How will Football Club Lawrence keep it this close?

Otherwise, 

[mocat]

I was laughing at your double posts, not your picks.

welp i will never try to post with tapatalk in the office bathroom any more 

[Institutional Control]

I was laughing at your double posts, not your picks.

welp i will never try to post with tapatalk in the office bathroom any more 

Some of my best posts have come from the shitter.

[yoEMAW]

How will Football Club Lawrence keep it this close?

Otherwise, 

If we learned anything from mocat's week 7 predicto thread, it was that the score prediction algorithm still needs a bit of tweaking. However, for simply picking winners, there is no better system currently available. I look for mocat to miss just one again this week, dropping the ISU/OSU game of course.

[mocat]

How will Football Club Lawrence keep it this close?

Otherwise, 

If we learned anything from mocat's week 7 predicto thread, it was that the score prediction algorithm still needs a bit of tweaking. However, for simply picking winners, there is no better system currently available. I look for mocat to miss just one again this week, dropping the ISU/OSU game of course.

agreed. i think my slip up will be south carolina again though.

[Stevesie60]

Does the mocat predicto take into account home field advantage at all?

[mocat]

Does the mocat predicto take into account home field advantage at all?

it does not. am considering it.

[puniraptor]

mocat, for your system to really gain a foothold here it needs a name. For best results, an acronym.

[mocat]

mocat, for your system to really gain a foothold here it needs a name. For best results, an acronym.

what about

ESAAKS
Everybody Sucks Alabama And K-state's Sacks

or

ENSAMPS
Excel Ninety-seven Super Accurate Mocat Predicto Spreadsheet

or

SNOWBRAHA
Scores Need Obvious Work But Results Are Hilariously Accurate

[DQ12]

Iowa State 20
Oklahoma State 24

Texas Tech 34
TCU 27

Kansas 10
Oklahoma 45

Baylor 31
Texas 38

South Carolina 17
Florida 23

LSU 27
Texas A&M 24

Florida State 45
Miami 24

and finally...

Kansas State 41
West Virginia 37

[Legit Elite]

FYR...

1. EMAW
2. Landry Thieves
3. Desert Southwest
4. Couch Burning Aggie
5. Bevo
6. Flood Aggie
7. Purple Drug Addict Aggie
8. Branch Davidian Aggie
9. Halloween Aggie
12. Little bro

[Bqqkie Pimp]

How will Football Club Lawrence keep it this close?

They are sandwiched in between UT and Notre Dame on OU's schedule. 

Same way UNT stayed within two TD's of da cats.

[DQ12]

How will Football Club Lawrence keep it this close?

They are sandwiched in between UT and Notre Dame on OU's schedule. 

Same way UNT stayed within two TD's of da cats.

Sooners are going to roll KU.