Transitive Property National Championship Poll - week 4

[Squealofthepig]

http://www.myteamisbetterthanyourteam.com/tpncpoll.asp

Found this in r/cfb on reddit and thought I'd share - this basically shows the teams with the most circuitous way of saying their team is better than the best - yet still beatable - team at the moment (for this week, Stanford).

You can input any two teams and it will show, via long strings of common opponents, why team A is better than team B (and of course the reverse if you want).

A fun little thing to play around with.

[Twentysix]

http://www.myteamisbetterthanyourteam.com/default.asp?winner=N+Dakota+St&loser=N+Dakota+St&year=2013&method=2#.Uj_ZGI0o6Uk

I get lost in the math.

NDSU is better than K State

K State is better than Vanderbilt

Vanderbilt is better than Texas

Texas is better than NDSU

???

[McNeese75]

WTF???? Somebody needs something to keep them busy besides that BS xnodx

[IBleedYellow]

This is actually the secret formula that the BCS uses. SHhhhhhhh

[clenz]

http://www.myteamisbetterthanyourteam.com/default.asp?winner=N+Dakota+St&loser=N+Dakota+St&year=2013&method=2#.Uj_ZGI0o6Uk

I get lost in the math.

NDSU is better than K State

K State is better than Vanderbilt

Vanderbilt is better than Texas

Texas is better than NDSU

???

I think it has more to do with Texas beating Kansas State by a larger margin than NDSU

Sent from a, likely, NSA tracked device

[walliver]

This is actually the secret formula that the BCS uses. SHhhhhhhh

Actually the BCS formula is:
#1 spot - SEC champion
#2 spot - best SEC team not in championship game in top 5, otherwise choose team from PAC, B1G, B12, or Notre Dame with the weakest schedule.

[Twentysix]

I think it has more to do with Texas beating Kansas State by a larger margin than NDSU

Sent from a, likely, NSA tracked device

But the logic string says NDSU is better than K State.

K State is better than Vanderbilt

Vanderbilt is better than Texas

The final conclusion contradicts the first 3.

[LehighU11]

But the logic string says NDSU is better than K State.

K State is better than Vanderbilt

Vanderbilt is better than Texas

The final conclusion contradicts the first 3.

That's because you compared NDSU to NDSU...If you wanted to compare NDSU to Texas, you would have done this: http://www.myteamisbetterthanyourteam.com/default.asp?winner=N+Dakota+St&loser=Texas&year=2013&method=2#.UkB-qawQMgc

[Twentysix]

That's because you compared NDSU to NDSU...If you wanted to compare NDSU to Texas, you would have done this: http://www.myteamisbetterthanyourteam.com/default.asp?winner=N+Dakota+St&loser=Texas&year=2013&method=2#.UkB-qawQMgc

Nope, I wanted to push the ridiculous logic to ridiculous levels. It attempted to prove NDSU was better than NDSU and contradicts itself to do so, yet it provides an error message if you try to prove other things.

[jimbo65]

I need to improve my "speed" reading. When I first read the title, I thught it said transvestite poll.

[Samalum'10]

I need to improve my "speed" reading. When I first read the title, I thught it said transvestite poll.
Then EWU would be the obvious #1 team

[Twentysix]

Then EWU would be the obvious #1 team

Haha, that might be something SHSU and NDSU fans agree on.

[jacoj21]

Step 1: Select year 2012
Step 2: Select both NDSU and Bama
Step 3: Laugh

[Squealofthepig]

I should've done some explaining with this. :D

The transitive property is a general mathematical concept that states if A>B and B>C then A>C; this is a tongue-in-cheek site that abuses the transitive property by applying it to football games to help facilitate good-natured arguments between fanbases (e.g., the 24 or so steps it takes to show Howard is a better team than Sanford). By such abuse it really shows why the transitive property is just plain silly in football.

Just to get chattownmocs started, here is how the site justifies saying that UTC is better than Auburn:



Div I - FCS
Chattanooga
beat
Georgia St
42 - 14



Div I - FCS
Georgia St
is better than
Jacksonville
because Georgia St only lost to Jacksonville St 32 - 26
while Jacksonville lost to Jacksonville St 48 - 13



Div I - FCS
Jacksonville
is better than
E Kentucky
because Jacksonville beat Morehead St 69 - 19
while E Kentucky only beat Morehead St 56 - 24



Div I - FCS
E Kentucky
is better than
Ohio
because E Kentucky only lost to Louisville 44 - 7
while Ohio lost to Louisville 49 - 7



Div I - FBS
Ohio
beat
North Texas
27 - 21



Div I - FBS
North Texas
is better than
N Illinois
because North Texas beat Idaho 40 - 6
while N Illinois only beat Idaho 45 - 35



Div I - FBS
N Illinois
beat
Iowa
30 - 27



Div I - FBS
Iowa
is better than
Northwestern
because Iowa beat W Michigan 59 - 3
while Northwestern only beat W Michigan 38 - 17



Div I - FBS
Northwestern
is better than
Penn St
because Northwestern beat Syracuse 48 - 27
while Penn St only beat Syracuse 23 - 17



Div I - FBS
Penn St
is better than
LSU
because Penn St beat Kent 34 - 0
while LSU only beat Kent 45 - 13



Div I - FBS
LSU
beat
Auburn
35 - 21