ABSTRACT
From 1998 to 2013, the participants in college football’s national championship game were partially determined by computer ranking systems. The use of computers by the Bowl Championship Series (BCS) system was often ridiculed by football reporters. However, there was an explosion of ranking systems during the BCS era. The above graphic is a screen capture from the excellent Massey Ratings web site, showing some of the 124 ranking systems submitted during the week of November 9, 2013. Presumably, this is just the tip of the rankings iceberg.
