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How We Calculate NBA Elo Ratings

Hopefully if you’re reading this, you’ve had a chance to explore our new interactive graphic, “The Complete History Of The NBA,” which tracks each NBA and ABA franchise’s performance through every game of its history. So now for the exciting part: 2,000 words about autocorrelation and the Akron Firestone Non-Skids. Actually, this won’t be too […]

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How We Calculate NBA Elo Ratings

Hopefully if you’re reading this, you’ve had a chance to explore our new interactive graphic, “The Complete History Of The NBA,” which tracks each NBA and ABA franchise’s performance through every game of its history. So now for the exciting part: 2,000 words about autocorrelation and the Akron Firestone Non-Skids. Actually, this won’t be too […]

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Ohio State’s Season Was A Crazy Outlier

The legend of Urban Meyer grows. In coaching the Ohio State Buckeyes to the first ever College Football Playoff Championship on Monday, Meyer not only made college football history, he made statistical history — a history Meyer is uniquely familiar with. After Monday’s 42-20 win over Oregon, Ohio State finished with the second-highest season-ending Elo […]

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Ohio State’s Season Was A Crazy Outlier

The legend of Urban Meyer grows. In coaching the Ohio State Buckeyes to the first ever College Football Playoff Championship on Monday, Meyer not only made college football history, he made statistical history — a history Meyer is uniquely familiar with. After Monday’s 42-20 win over Oregon, Ohio State finished with the second-highest season-ending Elo […]

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Where Last Weekend Ranks Among College Football’s Craziest

There’s one word to describe Week 6 of the 2014 college football season: chaos. Three of the top four teams in the Associated Press’s Top 25 poll fell this past weekend (including unranked Arizona’s upset of No. 2 Oregon on Thursday night). And for the first time ever, five of the AP’s top eight lost […]

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