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TEAM RATING ANALYSIS MODEL
The Team Rating Analysis Model, or TRAM, is a blind mathematical college football rating system. You can find a description of each rating at the bottom of this and each TRAM page. Data is available for the "modern era" of college football, or the BCS and CFP eras (1998-present).
Yearly TRAM
Average TRAM
All-time TRAM
TRAM data for each season individually
Average and cumulative TRAM for each team
All yearly TRAM data in one table
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Individual Game Ratings for each season individually
All Game Ratings in one table
Season view for each team
TRAM Score: Measures how good a team actually is. TRAM Score is calculated using a team's Team Rating, Game Rating, and Opponent Rating.
Team Rating:
An advanced Strength of Record stat. Team Rating measures how good a team is based on their record, not their performance. Team Rating is calculated using our own formula that uses a combination of: Win and Loss Percentage, Opponents' Win and Loss Percentage, and Average Margins of Victory and Loss.
Opponent Rating: Measures 2 things: Strength of Schedule and Average Performance based on Strength. Opponent Rating includes averaging each opponents' Game Rating (minus their game together) and comparing their average to the actual result of their game together.
COVID:
2020 was a strange year on and off the field, and that is reflected here as well. Take the 2020 ratings with a grain of salt.
Game Rating:
Measures how well a team performs against its schedule, regardless of current record. Record Rating evaluates every game on a team's schedule and gives them a rating for each game. It measures each game using: each team's Team Rating (minus their current opponent) and the result of the game. Game Rating adds more weight to the Record Rating for each game as the season progresses to allow for improvement and regression. It then averages a team's Record Rating.
Home Rating: A team's average Game Rating in home games.
Away Rating:
A team's average Game Rating in away games.
Record: All ratings (and therefore TRAM Score) disregard games including FCS opponents. Records reflect this omission.
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