First let me congratulate Keith and Erik on the great job they've done with their computer rankings... NOW... The connectivity stinks, which is not your fault guys... (gee, that's big of you, they said) What would really help put the computer rankings in perspective would be some connectivity info... for example: 1. a 2D table showing interleague games BETWEEN LEAGUES... 2. Some sort of intra- vs. inter-league metric, such as pct. of intra- vs. inter-league games 3. the same 2D table as in 1., but by team... 4. the computer ranking algorithm applied just within each league just to interleague games... 5. Some sort of "sensitivity" study, giving greater and lesser weight to the connective material (the inter-league games) I would like to think we, the "knowing", keep these rankings in perspective, but numbers like the above are a strong reality check... MAYBE... because of this "lousy" connectivity, we, the "knowing", should be discussing a set of qualitative metrics that should be used in order to keep the qualitative polls "honest" (which they seem to be doing a good job of already...) Go Blue (and as long as Maine keeps blowing away the opposition in the ratings, you'll get no argument from me...) Larry Latour UMaine