Anonymous #1 13h

The rating doesn’t really take into account head to head matchups. It just takes the teams offensive rating minus the defensive rating. In short, Georgia just has really good ratings lol

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Anonymous #1 13h

Power ratings are the basis for gambling lines. Georgia, as a 31.3, would be around an 8.5 point favorite over Bama on a neutral field in this model, given that Bama is a 22.7. That’s the gist of it.

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Anonymous OP 12h

That seems silly to me when they barely beat Alabama but whatever

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Anonymous #1 12h

Part of the calculation for gambling lines involves implied Homefield advantage (usually about 3 points on a standard spread) Georgia beat Bama by 3 points at Bryant-Denny. That means they’d theoretically have covered 6 points on a neutral field. So it isn’t really silly in terms of power rating calculus.

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