Altimore has zero credibility remaining

Horribly biased & unhinged

Always VASTLY over-values schools with massive medical research budgets

He HATES religious schools and especially BYU (plenty of evidence there from his history)

Here are the metrics he uses to downgrade schools like BYU (see screenshots too). Opaque about his weighting and he NEVER publishes his actual calculations & methodology

“Negative Risk Deductions” are a huge red flag and essentially serve as a “Tony doesn’t approve of this school” metric…

It takes some massive mental gymnastics to devise a system where Wake Forest is ranked above BYU lol.

He’s getting absolutely roasted at ReddittCFB over this laughable ranking system

https://www.reddit.com/r/CFB/comments/1blz4sg/realignment_attractiveness_score_a_quantitative/

And for those thousands of you that he’s blocked on X, here’s the factors:

https://mgoblog.com/mgoboard/measuring-overall-value-college-athletic-programs

“FOOTBALL SUCCESS:

(Most heavily weighted, by far)

– On-Field Success (Last 5 Year, Last 20 Years, All-Time)

– TV Attractiveness (2016-23 – Total Viewers, Avg. Viewers, Rated Games, Network Games)

– Fan Support and Facilities

– Resources & Investment

MARKET POTENTIAL:

– Local Regional Market

– State Market

– Football Prominence Rank in State

ATHLETIC & HOOPS SUCCESS:

– Resources / Investment
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– Scale (Teams / Athletes)
– On-Field Success (DC Points / Team NCs / Athlete NCs)
– Basketball Success (Last 5 Year, Last 20 Years, All-Time Tourney Success)
– Basketball Fan Support

INSTITUTIONAL RESOURCES & ACADEMIC SUCCESS:

– U.S. Institutional Rank (USN & WR)
– Global Rank (ARWU/SR + THE ranks)
– Research (Single Campus / Aggregated)
– Resources (Budgets / Endowments)
– Size & Scale (Enrollment / Graduates / FTE Staff)

– Popularity (Applications / Yield Rate)
– Selectivity (Admit Rate)
KEY BONUS FACTORS:
– AAU Membership
– State Flagship Status
– Land-Grant Status
– Elite Academic Status (Top 100 NatU / LAs)
– Established Power Conf. Member (Pre-2023)
NEGATIVE RISK DEDUCTIONS:
– Problematic School Scandals
– Control Risks and School Leadership Issues”