Designing a College Football Playoff System
Designing a College Football Playoff System
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设计大学橄榄球季后赛系统
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发表时间:
1999
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通讯作者:
H. Stern
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作者:
B. Carlin;H. Stern
For many years now the method of crowning the national champion in college football has been controversial Criticism concerning perceived inconsistencies and injustices including several split decisions regarding the national champion led to the creation in of the Bowl Championship Series BCS and its associated ranking system The BCS addressed some earlier criticisms but raised a number of new questions In this article we review the history of ranking college football teams for purposes of identifying a national champion and consider the feasibility of various playo systems for determining a true national champion on the eld Rather than engage merely in a debate on the merits of a playo we focus on how statistical methods can be used to assess the consequence of various playo designs