thesportseconomist.com - 20 days ago
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Looking over SI.com's and ESPN NFL "Power Rankings," I wondered what drives them. They are part beauty contest trying to attract readers but contain some kind of informational content. Particularly, do the power rankings suffer from "path dependence" -- punishing teams for an early loss or two, ...
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