Massey Ratings Preseason Rankings

[widespreadsooie]

Massey Ratings is reputable rating system that has the Razorbacks ranked 6th in their preseason poll:

http://www.masseyratings.com/cf/fbs/ratings

[MuskogeeHogFan]

Massey Ratings is reputable rating system that has the Razorbacks ranked 6th in their preseason poll:

http://www.masseyratings.com/cf/fbs/ratings

Check out the prediction tab. He has us going 10-2 with losses to Alabama and Ole Miss. If that is true (the 10-2), we will lose to another team, not to Ole Miss.

[Großer Kriegschwein]

We beat them a third year in a row, the Feds will have to send in FEMA with 10 bus loads of butt hurt counsellors. They might want to stop by Kevin's house first.

[MuskogeeHogFan]

Massey Ratings is reputable rating system that has the Razorbacks ranked 6th in their preseason poll:

http://www.masseyratings.com/cf/fbs/ratings

This is how pre-season prognosticators had us predicted to finish last season in the SEC West compared to actual results. It might also be noted that Massey had us ranked #17 in their pre-season national rankings for 2015. How accurate were pre-season predictions in 2015? See below.

                    Predicted          Actual          Error
S.I.                    4                    3               -1
Massey               4                    3               -1
Athlon                5                    3               -2
Steele                5                    3               -2
CBS-Dodd           5                    3               -2
Lindy's                5                    3               -2
ESPN                  5                    3               -2
USA Today          7                    3               -5

[sigpooie]

Here's to Massey. I have been following him since the he started the comp ratings. It's hard to argue with a poll that averages all of the computer ranks. His poll usually follows that measure. Some of the polls he allows in the avg are run by jackasses that put there personal touch on their ranks (ie Billingsly, he's a OK fan that grew up in Ark. and gives us a choke rating that OK deserves ), but for the most part they are a pretty good look from different sat angles.
He's also good in basketball, but the best in that is Kenpom, who I hope Mike is now using.

[MuskogeeHogFan]

Here's to Massey. I have been following him since the he started the comp ratings. It's hard to argue with a poll that averages all of the computer ranks. His poll usually follows that measure. Some of the polls he allows in the avg are run by jackasses that put there personal touch on their ranks (ie Billingsly, he's a OK fan that grew up in Ark. and gives us a choke rating that OK deserves ), but for the most part they are a pretty good look from different sat angles.
He's also good in basketball, but the best in that is Kenpom, who I hope Mike is now using.

Massey was pretty accurate last year and as far as his #17 projection for us last year went, I think we ended up playing like a top 20 team towards the end of the season. We just can't allow ourselves to have a slow start this season. Just think about where we would have been with 3 wins following the UTEP game last year. How would have being 5-0 prior to playing Alabama have effected the rest of our season last year? 10-2 as a minimum.