ProFootballFocus obviously has a different opinion of the NC State football team after Week 1 than ESPN. Yesterday, ESPN ranked the Wolfpack #11 in their Week 1 ACC Power Rankings. On the flipside, yesterday ProFootballFocus ranked NC State 21st nationally in their Week 1 Power Rankings.
Here’s PFF’s explanation of how they calculate their Power Rankings. As usual, it’s pretty fascinating.
Like all ELO systems (including our version for the NFL), PFF ELO is an iterative system that updates each team’s rating after each game based on two things: how well they played against their opponent and how well they were expected to play against their opponent.