Home field advantage = 52 FCUs for games up through 01-04
Linear Rank 01-05	Rank 1998	Measures in FCUs 01-05	College Football Team (won-loss: opponent strength / best win / worst loss) thru 01-04	AP Rank (BCS) 01-04	ESPN Rank 01-04
1	2	1044	FLORIDA ST (12-0 783/983/0)	1 (1)	1
2	21	1014	NEBRASKA (12-1 768/927/878)	3 (3)	2
3	13	999	MICHIGAN (10-2 810/1000/801)	5 (8)	5
4	45	990	MICHIGAN ST (10-2 799/947/885)	7 (9)	7
5	29	983	VIRGINIA TECH (11-1 717/865/1044)	2 (2)	3
6	11	979	KANSAS ST (11-1 694/878/1066)	6 (6)	6
7	31	961	MARSHALL (13-0 581/844/0)	10 (12)	10
8	4	948	WISCONSIN (10-2 701/938/649)	4 (7)	4
9	37	946	ALABAMA (10-3 821/934/792)	8 (4)	8
10	15	941	PENN ST (10-3 786/932/769)	11 (11)	11
11	1	914	TENNESSEE (9-3 770/998/887)	9 (5)	9
12	38	910	MISSISSIPPI ST (10-2 698/801/887)	13	12
13	49	900	SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI (9-3 697/854/899)	14	13
14	3	882	FLORIDA (9-4 773/862/894)	12 (10)	14
15	18	880	MIAMI FLA (9-4 760/845/854)	15	15
16	36	860	OREGON (9-3 732/821/754)	19	18
17	108	853	ILLINOIS (8-4 765/1051/708)	24	25
18	9	847	TEXAS A&M (8-4 745/896/766)	23 (14)	20
19	75	844	LOUISIANA TECH (8-3 679/998/792)
20	86	842	UTAH (9-3 715/873/740)
21	27	835	ARKANSAS (8-4 724/878/687)	17	19
22	24	833	PURDUE (7-5 782/938/832)	25
23	12	832	GEORGIA (8-4 727/864/697)	16	16
24	14	826	TEXAS (9-5 754/962/688)	21 (15)	23
25	10	825	GEORGIA TECH (8-4 745/780/801)	20	21

Linear Rank 01-05	Rank 1998	Measures in FCUs 01-05	College Football Team (won-loss: opponent strength / best win / worst loss) thru 01-04	AP Rank 01-04	ESPN Rank 01-04
26	47	823	COLORADO ST (8-4 740/844/662)
27	61	821	MINNESOTA (8-4 727/993/741)	18 (13)	17
27	59	821	BYU (8-4 750/771/761)
29	81	815	STANFORD (8-4 731/793/544)		24
30	16	813	VIRGINIA (7-5 748/873/592)
31	53	812	MISSISSIPPI (8-4 723/801/667)	22	22
32	90	802	EAST CAROLINA (9-3 669/828/692)
33	42	799	WASHINGTON (7-5 765/808/680)
34	5	793	OHIO ST (6-6 789/873/801)
35	133	792	CLEMSON (6-6 791/801/792)
35	40	792	WYOMING (7-4 690/894/537)
37	111	780	BOISE ST (10-3 613/790/563)
38	33	777	COLORADO (7-5 741/775/766)
39	68	775	BOSTON COLLEGE (8-4 652/799/638)
40	54	764	OKLAHOMA (7-5 694/795/766)
41	58	753	OREGON ST (7-5 718/689/747)
42	112	749	WAKE FOREST (7-5 719/773/628)
42	60	749	AUBURN (5-6 763/884/760)
44	20	747	SYRACUSE (7-5 707/783/564)
45	110	744	HOUSTON (7-4 674/687/750)
45	64	744	TCU (8-4 652/854/689)
47	17	742	AIR FORCE (6-5 705/851/708)
48	7	741	ARIZONA (6-6 734/796/747)
49	34	740	USC (6-6 743/792/680)
49	43	740	NORTH CAROLINA ST (6-6 728/878/665)

Linear Rank 01-05	Rank 1998	Measures in FCUs 01-05	College Football Team (won-loss: opponent strength / best win / worst loss) thru 01-04	Div 1AA Rank	ESPN Div1AA 11-20
51	65	739	LOUISVILLE (7-5 678/783/634)
52	100	732	FRESNO ST (8-5 667/771/673)
52	57	732	ARIZONA ST (6-6 733/851/642)
54	32	731	KENTUCKY (6-6 708/783/687)
55	26	728	NOTRE DAME (5-7 785/712/721)
56		721	HAWAII (9-4 607/728/566)
57	131	719	VANDERBILT (5-6 708/864/679)
58	62	714	SAN DIEGO ST (5-6 730/875/604)
58	46	714	TEXAS TECH (6-5 683/795/459)
60	106	713	WESTERN MICHIGAN (7-5 640/715/673)
61	67	710	IDAHO (7-4 636/640/728)
62	51	709	OKLAHOMA ST (5-6 738/662/774)
63	143	707	UAB (5-6 737/750/641)
64	8	702	UCLA (4-7 762/808/641)
65	162	694	NEW MEXICO ST (6-5 688/784/523)
66	48	693	CALIFORNIA (4-7 765/754/670)
66	138	693	MEMPHIS (5-6 724/759/638)
68	23	690	MISSOURI (4-7 769/745/593)
69	69	689	RICE (5-6 722/773/620)
70	114	680	MARYLAND (5-6 688/801/592)
71	25	678	MIAMI OHIO (7-4 596/703/545)
72	144	672	UTEP (5-7 720/741/449)
73	129	669	PITTSBURGH (5-6 698/676/692)
74	142	663	AKRON (7-4 585/684/631)
75	82	658	KANSAS (5-7 701/638/662)

Linear Rank 01-05	Rank 1998	Measures in FCUs 01-05	College Football Team (won-loss: opponent strength / best win / worst loss) thru 01-04	Div 1AA Rank	ESPN Div1AA 11-20
76	180	656	NEW MEXICO (4-7 713/766/642)
76	70	656	INDIANA (4-7 737/801/561)
78	145	651	NORTHWESTERN (3-8 785/696/626)
79	93	645	IOWA ST (4-7 708/742/710)
80	109	644	DUKE (3-8 761/865/599)
81	35	640	WEST VIRGINIA (4-7 717/626/580)
82	127	636	LOUISIANA-MONROE (5-6 607/553/740)
83	56	635	LSU (3-8 763/783/692)
84	115	632	NAVY (5-7 665/692/611)
85	159	630	UTAH ST (4-7 707/627/642)
86	89	621	TOLEDO (6-5 603/661/527)
86	83	621	SMU (4-6 644/680/632)
88	94	618	WASHINGTON ST (3-9 740/773/688)
89	19	615	GEORGIA SOUTHERN (13-2 379/600/562)	1A	2
90	44	613	NORTH CAROLINA (3-8 731/708/462)
91	104	605	ILLINOIS ST (11-3 464/652/519)	2A	5
92	137	600	YOUNGSTOWN ST (12-3 473/548/553)	3A	9
93	135	597	CINCINNATI (3-8 723/896/475)
94	116	596	SAN JOSE ST (3-7 655/867/669)
95	99	589	UNLV (3-8 696/844/593)
96	163	588	ARKANSAS ST (4-7 648/563/658)
97	122	586	TEMPLE (2-9 786/723/628)
98	103	584	OHIO (5-6 610/626/444)
99	98	582	ARMY (3-8 683/687/632)
100	6	580	TULANE (3-8 706/569/641)

Linear Rank 01-05	Rank 1998	Measures in FCUs 01-05	College Football Team (won-loss: opponent strength / best win / worst loss) thru 01-04	Div 1AA Rank	ESPN Div1AA 11-20
101	179	579	EASTERN MICHIGAN (4-7 646/673/555)
102	95	577	TENNESSEE ST (11-1 310/617/518)	4A	1
103		575	NEVADA (3-8 693/746/578)
104	85	573	BOWLING GREEN (5-6 585/620/524)
105		570	NORTH CAROLINA A&T (11-2 385/629/569)	5A	16
106	41	568	CENTRAL FLORIDA (4-7 612/527/521)
107	74	565	FLORIDA A&M (10-4 442/579/525)	6A	15
108	73	561	HOFSTRA (11-2 359/569/264)	7A	4
109	176	543	NORTHERN ILLINOIS (5-6 566/555/400)
110	88	527	TROY ST (11-2 304/649/327)	8A	6
111	97	524	IOWA (1-10 800/491/604)
112	153	517	ELON COLLEGE (9-2 369/566/504)	9A	20
113	166	514	FURMAN (9-3 379/665/452)	10A	8
114	63	512	RUTGERS (1-10 739/695/580)
115	125	511	NORTH TEXAS (2-9 663/766/534)
116	77	510	APPALACHIAN ST (9-3 373/563/513)	11A	3
117	22	504	MASSACHUSETTS (9-4 386/566/506)	12A	11
118	107	503	CENTRAL MICHIGAN (4-7 559/527/491)
119	92	501	TULSA (2-9 659/724/569)
120	113	500	SOUTHERN (11-2 280/468/433)	13A	10
121	123	496	NORTHERN IOWA (8-3 419/636/504)	14A	17
122	84	487	YALE (9-1 280/447/421)	15A
122	117	487	JAMES MADISON (8-4 428/506/310)	15A	12
124	28	484	LEHIGH (10-2 262/438/518)	17A	13
125	80	482	BAYLOR (1-10 736/459/537)

Linear Rank 01-05	Rank 1998	Measures in FCUs 01-05	College Football Team (won-loss: opponent strength / best win / worst loss) thru 01-04	Div 1AA Rank	ESPN Div1AA 11-20
126	150	476	SW LOUISIANA (2-9 654/382/584)
126	183	476	SOUTH CAROLINA (0-11 811/0/667)
128	102	473	BROWN (9-1 220/539/343)	18A
129		472	KENT (2-9 623/521/580)
130	118	469	MONTANA (9-3 350/474/484)	19A	7
131	120	467	SOUTH FLORIDA (7-4 419/553/509)	20A	23
132	52	466	COLGATE (10-2 282/432/280)	21A	18
133	79	454	VILLANOVA (7-4 405/452/425)	22A	25
134	72	452	WESTERN ILLINOIS (7-4 376/595/278)	23A
135	156	434	MIDDLE TENNESSEE ST (3-8 578/322/475)
136	96	433	HAMPTON (8-4 344/500/364)	24A
136	152	433	EASTERN WASHINGTON (7-4 392/474/484)	24A
138	151	432	PORTLAND ST (8-3 347/417/344)	26A	21
139	160	422	NORTHERN ARIZONA (8-4 347/380/381)	27A	19
140	136	416	JACKSON ST (9-3 278/319/448)	28A	14
141	177	395	CORNELL (7-3 273/525/243)	29A
142	196	392	VALPARAISO (9-2 263/280/321)	30A
143	126	390	MURRAY ST (7-4 367/365/392)	31A
144	181	388	STEPHEN F. AUSTIN (8-3 281/342/367)	32A	22
145		386	DELAWARE (7-4 328/367/432)	33A
146	149	382	EASTERN KY (7-4 329/365/127)	34A
147	171	374	WOFFORD (6-5 343/357/458)	35A
148	66	373	WILLIAM & MARY (6-5 361/402/435)	36A
149	190	368	SOUTHERN ILLINOIS (5-6 403/338/362)	37A
150	198	346	BALL ST (0-11 647/0/451)

Linear Rank 01-05	Rank 1998	Measures in FCUs 01-05	College Football Team (won-loss: opponent strength / best win / worst loss) thru 01-04	Div 1AA Rank	ESPN Div1AA 11-20
151	140	340	WESTERN KY (6-5 336/362/365)	38A
152	167	335	EAST TENNESSEE ST (6-5 339/253/426)	39A
153	188	333	TOWSON ST (7-4 241/384/218)	40A
154	139	332	BUCKNELL (7-4 262/518/257)	41A
155	157	330	SW MISSOURI ST (5-6 387/504/261)	42A
156	146	329	SOUTHERN UTAH (8-3 294/327/251)	43A	24
157	170	328	GEORGETOWN (9-2 147/270/207)	44A
158	193	327	DUQUESNE (8-3 166/380/205)	45A
159	175	322	FAIRFIELD (9-2 130/275/216)	46A
160	39	316	RICHMOND (5-6 334/613/310)	47A
161	91	315	NEW HAMPSHIRE (5-6 342/336/334)	48A
162	192	313	TENNESSEE TECH (5-5 335/288/330)	49A
163	119	312	BETHUNE COOKMAN (7-4 305/381/251)	50A
164	154	310	INDIANA ST (3-8 477/400/288)	51A
164	121	310	CAL ST. NORTHRIDGE (4-6 394/240/370)	51A
166	134	305	TENNESSEE CHAT (5-6 389/352/322)	53A
167	132	303	HOWARD (5-6 338/364/281)	54A
168	202	302	GRAMBLING (7-4 242/203/215)	55A
169	172	300	SAMFORD (7-4 227/261/253)	56A
170	213	294	ROBERT MORRIS (8-2 99/217/444)	57A
171	165	292	SACRAMENTO ST (6-5 282/380/242)	58A
172	71	291	PENNSYLVANIA (5-5 280/330/280)	59A
173	189	290	SAM HOUSTON ST (6-5 346/327/197)	60A
174	185	281	BUFFALO (0-11 618/0/309)
174	55	281	DELAWARE ST (4-7 376/260/273)	61A

Linear Rank 01-05	Rank 1998	Measures in FCUs 01-05	College Football Team (won-loss: opponent strength / best win / worst loss) thru 01-04	Div 1AA Rank	ESPN Div1AA 11-20
176	147	278	HARVARD (5-5 287/216/239)	62A
177	76	275	MCNEESE ST (6-5 273/475/238)	63A
178	187	269	DAYTON (6-4 246/340/280)	64A
179	186	267	TEXAS SOUTHERN (6-5 246/354/150)	65A
180	184	260	DRAKE (7-4 252/242/217)	66A
181		259	DAVIDSON (8-3 180/380/22)	67A
182	78	258	MAINE (4-7 336/435/111)	68A
183	30	257	CONNECTICUT (4-7 368/310/263)	69A
184	168	255	ARKANSAS PINE BLUFF (6-5 247/298/215)	70A
185	173	246	ALABAMA A&M (6-5 249/159/203)	71A
186	191	234	LIBERTY (4-7 467/179/352)	72A
186	164	234	COLUMBIA (3-7 345/281/239)	72A
188	211	229	ST. JOHN'S (7-4 129/147/374)	74A
189	155	228	MOREHEAD ST (5-5 268/232/277)	75A
190	199	221	SOUTH CAROLINA ST (4-6 311/229/205)	76A
191	201	209	SE MISSOURI ST (3-8 345/278/261)	77A
191	50	209	NORTHWESTERN ST (4-7 385/93/327)	77A
193	182	205	LAFAYETTE (4-7 280/280/216)	79A
194	194	199	CAL POLY-SLO (3-8 381/277/240)	80A
195	200	195	MARIST (6-5 152/205/257)	81A
196	197	191	DARTMOUTH (2-8 350/343/257)	82A
197	212	190	SAN DIEGO (5-5 271/128/208)	83A
197	148	190	WEBER ST (3-8 380/240/203)	83A
199	141	188	PRINCETON (3-7 291/182/243)	85A
200	209	180	BUTLER (5-5 214/-2/176)	86A

Linear Rank 01-05	Rank 1998	Measures in FCUs 01-05	College Football Team (won-loss: opponent strength / best win / worst loss) thru 01-04	Div 1AA Rank	ESPN Div1AA 11-20
201	158	179	EASTERN ILLINOIS (2-10 428/434/261)	87A
202	130	177	WESTRN CAROLINA (3-8 386/101/248)	88A
203		166	MORGAN ST (2-8 350/281/158)	89A
204	178	165	IDAHO ST (3-8 342/99/242)	90A
205	195	164	HOLY CROSS (3-8 292/270/106)	91A
206		153	IONA (5-5 134/275/86)	92A
206	128	153	THE CITADEL (2-9 379/169/229)	92A
208	124	151	MONTANA ST (3-8 329/138/217)	94A
209	174	145	SW TEXAS ST (3-8 300/238/85)	95A
210		144	WAGNER (5-5 140/50/242)	96A
211	87	131	NORTHEASTERN (2-9 397/111/206)	97A
212	206	127	CHARLESTON SOUTHERN (4-6 269/126/182)	98A
213	208	107	ALCORN ST (3-7 248/107/46)	99A
214		106	NORFOLK ST (2-9 341/114/251)	100A
215		98	MISSISSIPPI VALLEY ST (3-8 244/215/3)	101A
216		95	LASALLE (4-6 142/86/101)	102A
217	210	89	AUSTIN PEAY (3-8 243/0/22)	103A
218		74	JACKSONVILLE (FL) (3-6 184/311/75)	104A
219		70	VMI (1-10 367/0/205)	105A
220	205	69	CENTRAL CONNECTICUT (4-6 105/-2/196)	106A
221	101	59	RHODE ISLAND (1-10 335/206/79)	107A
222		58	TENNESSEE-MARTIN (1-10 345/0/157)	108A
223	169	56	NICHOLLS ST (1-10 352/85/93)	109A
224	203	55	ALABAMA ST (2-9 297/150/55)	110A
225	204	54	ST. MARY'S (CA) (2-9 322/112/147)	111A

Linear Rank 01-05	Rank 1998	Measures in FCUs 01-05	College Football Team (won-loss: opponent strength / best win / worst loss) thru 01-04	Div 1AA Rank	ESPN Div1AA 11-20
226		42	PRAIRIE VIEW A&M (2-8 242/0/46)	112A
227		34	SIENA (3-7 146/101/-20)	113A
228	105	33	JACKSONVILLE ST (1-9 305/93/4)	114A
229	207	-2	MONMOUTH NJ (2-8 193/-2/92)	115A
230	161	-20	FORDHAM (0-11 323/0/112)	116A
231		-34	CANISIUS (1-10 184/0/-28)	117A
232		-54	ST. FRANCIS (PA) (2-9 101/-20/-54)	118A
233		-72	SACRED HEART (2-9 70/-18/-106)	119A
234		-80	ST. PETER'S (1-10 153/-86/-20)	120A

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The Health Care Finance Administration (HCFA) has recently approved Rasch "paired comparison" methodology for the identification of misvalued procedures, see Total Physician Work. Leon L. Thurstone perceived the necessity that measures be independent of sampling and testing specifics. Measures based on paired comparisons meet this criterion. Bradley and Terry proposed this model but from a descriptive, rather than measurement, perspective. Consequently, they noticed, but did not capitalize on, the linearity of the measures produced. Georg Rasch perceived the linearity of measures produced from ordinal data by logit-linear models.

Since mathematical expression of such models obscures their immediate utility and ease of application, they are illustrated here by a simple paired comparison analysis of NCAA game outcomes. Obvious advantages include:
(a) all teams are ranked, not just the favored few
(b) all teams are located on a linear measurement scale
(c) all teams are given equal attention
(d) the data are easy to obtain, even for non-experts
(e) rare, idiosyncratic results can be indentified, and, even if left unremedied, produce minimal distortion.
(f) it is noticeable, in these data, that the conventional ranking services pay too much attention to won-loss record - and even particular wins and losses (the immediate details), and not enough to strength of schedule (the big picture).

Thurstone, L.L. The method of paired comparisons for social values. Journal of Abnormal and Social Psychology, 1927b, 21, 384-400.

Bradley, R.A. and Terry, M E. Rank analysis of incomplete block designs I: The method of paired comparisons. Biometrika, 1952, 39, 324-345.

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