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May 16, 2023
9:13:12am
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Interesting info, as always. Personally, I think it's overly simplistic & prone
... to incorrect results as evidence by some of the results.

Undergraduate enrollment and total living alumni are important realignment value factors, as noted by recent moves by the Big12, SEC, and Big10... no small school has been called up to the big leagues since TCU. . Those are big factors for realignment. Less on TV ratings since those are so spurious and impossible to get a apples to apples comparison among teams, and the ratings are hugely effected by your other factor of "football success" as well... have a better year, you're ranked, and you get put in the better time slots where you get more viewers.

Army and Navy are WAY too high and have zero realignment value. They get a boost because of the outlier Army/Navy game has huge ratings (traditional rivalry and ZERO competition from other games) and for being in highly populous areas.

Washington having a higher realignment value that Florida State seems weird. Clemson and TCU seem too high as well.
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