Caught at the bottom of this L.A. Times piece about Notre Dame being* in the ACC is this bit:
Are these rankings for football teams or truck stops? Ken Massey’s early season Bowl Championship Series algorithms are always good for a few laughs. His top five this week: Louisiana Monroe, Iowa State, Arkansas, Iowa and Tulsa. Yes, Massey’s rankings are used in the BCS formula, but it’s still way too early to call the cops.
Iowa State beat Iowa and Tulsa. Arkansas just lost to ULM. My guess is, Massey’s algorithms take strength of schedule and “opponents’ opponents” into account.
*Is there a philosophical/religious sense of “being” that encompasses “except only 5/8-and-bowl-game in football”?