This is VERY MUCH the case. A lot of people expect homerism but instead what I see here is
@mcwterps1 has been telling me for months that I have his Terps too high and a month or so ago
@bwarbiany was telling me that I had his Boilermakers too high.
The same thing happens in the football power rankings. It is almost always Buckeye fans that have Ohio State lowest, Spartan fans that have MSU lowest, etc.
I want to add, upthread somewhere
@RestingB!tchFace said that it was fans of a few of the best teams seem to have all of the input. Well, I have a lot of input and I wish my Buckeyes were one of the best teams, but sadly they aren't.
Finally, it seems that
@RestingB!tchFace thinks that Minnesota should move up. Ok, lets contemplate that. They currently have one positive upset (win at UW) and one negative upset (loss at IL). If we moved them up into tier-4:
- The win at UW would still be a positive upset +1
- The loss at Illinois would still be a negative upset -1 = even
- The home loss to Maryland would become a negative upset -1 = -1
So instead of being even with one positive and one negative upset, they would be -1 with one positive and two negative upsets. That wouldn't be logical.
Now lets look at Maryland: If we moved them down to tier-4:
- The NEUTRAL SITE loss to Illinois would still be a negative upset -1
- The road win at Minnesota would become a positive upset +1 = even
- The road win at Ohio State would become a positive upset +1 = +1
This one is a tougher call. If we moved Maryland down they would be +1 instead of the -1 that they are now. Right now it is basically a wash. They are -1 in tier-3 and would be +1 in tier-4. Here are their upcoming games:
- Their game against Wisconsin on Friday will not change anything because they are expected to lose. If they do, then they'll still be -1. If they win then they'll be even.
- Next Wednesday they are expected to win at Nebraska. If they don't, they'll get moved down (unless they beat UW because then the upsets would offset).
- Two weeks from yesterday they are expected to beat Purdue at home. If they don't then we'll have to decide whether to move Maryland down or Purdue up.
- On February 6 they are expected to lose at Michigan.
- On February 19 they are expected to lose at Iowa.
We'll monitor this and move them if/when it is appropriate.