A graphic of Ap poll prior to and after bowl games

by TTpilk645 on Jan 10, 2009 10:43 PM CST

I was wondering just what the effect the bowls and whether a team won or lost had on the final Ap poll. So I listed the teams and then showed their regular season W-L record, their rank and the number of points the received. Then I took the results of the bowls and applied them to the teams. The highlighted teams in pink (Texas, Va Tech & Rice) moved DOWN after WINNING. The lone green one (Ohio State) actually moved UP when they LOST!

The Amt Moved is how far they moved in the poll up, down or sideways (only Florida in the Ap poll stayed the same). I listed the teams originally, by the way, according to their final BCS standing, prior to the bowls. I hope this works. It is interesting to see the positive influence you see in the AMOUNT of movement up or down depending very much on the teams conference affiliation (esp. SEC teams).

Just a way to whittle away the spare time. I hope you all enjoy this, or at least get a laugh, cry, scowl, shrug, or something, out of it.

BCS	Team	Season	AP Poll			Amt	Final AP Poll				Bowl
Rank	Name	W-L	Rk	Pts	Pvs	Moved	Rk	Pts	Pvs	W-L	Game
1	Oklahoma	12-1	2	1540	4	3	5	1391	2	12-2	L
2	Florida	12-1	1	1602	2	same	1	1606	1	13-1	W
3	Texas	11-1	3	1530	3	1	4	1478	3	12-1	W
4	Alabama	12-1	4	1410	1	2	6	1264	4	12-2	L
5	USC	11-1	5	1372	5	2	3	1481	5	12-1	W
6	Utah	12-0	7	1225	7	5	2	1519	7	13-0	W
7	Texas Tech	11-1	8	1193	8	4	12	916	8	11-2	L
8	Penn State	11-1	6	1259	6	2	8	1153	6	11-2	L
9	Boise State	12-0	9	1101	9	2	11	938	9	12-1	L
10	Ohio State	10-2	10	1069	10	1	9	1013	10	10-3	L
11	TCU	10-2	11	921	11	4	7	1193	11	11-2	W
12	Cincinnati	11-2	12	863	13	5	17	506	12	11-3	L
13	Oklahoma State	9-3	13	853	14	3	16	534	13	9-4	L
14	Georgia Tech	9-3	14	761	15	6	22	223	14	9-4	L
15	Georgia	9-3	16	599	17	3	13	903	16	10-3	W
16	BYU	10-2	17	477	20	8	25	137	17	10-3	L
17	Oregon	9-3	15	710	16	5	10	997	15	10-3	W
18	Michigan State	9-3	19	423	21	5	24	138	19	9-4	L
19	Virginia Tech	9-4	21	318	NR	2	23	713	21	10-4	W
20	Pitt	9-3	18	428	23	9	27	106	18	9-4	L
21	Missouri	9-4	25	150	19	6	19	435	25	10-4	W
22	Ball State	12-1	23	249	12	9	32	13	23	12-2	L
23	Northwestern	9-3	22	262	24	9	31	53	22	9-4	L
24	Boston College	9-4	27	95	NR	6	33	11	27	9-5	L
25	Mississippi	8-4	20	389	22	6	14	857	20	9-4	W
26	Oregon State	8-4	24	163	25	6	18	467	24	9-4	W
27	Iowa	8-4	26	104	NR	6	20	317	26	9-4	W
28	Florida State	8-4	28	13	NR	7	21	246	28	9-4	W
29	East Carolina	9-4	29	12	NR	7+	NR	0	29	9-5	L
30	West Virginia	8-4	30	12	NR	7	23	144	30	9-4	W
31	California	8-4	31	8	NR	5	26	128	31	9-4	W
32	Rice	9-3	32	6	NR	3	35	8	32	10-3	W
33	Nebraska	8-4	33	5	NR	4	29	64	33	9-4	W
34	Tulsa	10-3	34	2	NR	4	30	61	34	11-3	W
35	Rutgers	7-5	35	1	NR	1	34	11	35	8-5	W
NR	LSU	7-5	NR	0	NR	7+	28	95	NR	8-5	W
NR	Arizona	7-5	NR	0	NR	7+	36	4	NR	8-5	W
NR	Kansas	7-5	NR	0	NR	7+	37	2	NR	8-5	W

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looks like it follows a pretty even point of “the higher you are, the less you move”. The two MWC victories for TCU and Utah gave each a huge boost, though BYU’s loss dropped them hard as well.

by kayakyakr on Jan 11, 2009 12:12 AM CST reply actions