Use the power of the College Football Transitive Property to mathematically prove that your Div 1-A school was the best for the 2008 college football season!
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Michigan State (9-4)
| Michigan State | beat | Iowa | on | 10/04/2008 | by a score of | 16-13 |
| Iowa | beat | South Carolina | on | 01/01/2009 | by a score of | 31-10 (on the road!) |
| South Carolina | beat | Mississippi | on | 10/04/2008 | by a score of | 31-24 (on the road!) |
| Mississippi | beat | Florida | on | 09/27/2008 | by a score of | 31-30 (on the road!) |
| Florida | is the 2008 Div 1-A champion | |||||
So ... Michigan State was the best Div 1-A school for the 2008 college football season!
Interesting Facts:
- Of the 120 College Football Div 1-A schools, all but 5 (Southern Methodist, Washington, Washington State, North Texas and Western Kentucky) can claim to be the best through the Transitive Property.
- The shortest transitive chain belongs to Mississippi (9-4) at 1 game.
- The longest transitive chain belongs to Alabama-Birmingham (i.e. UAB) (4-8) at 8 games.
Acknowledgements:
- 2008 game data for calculations was provided by James Howell's College Football Scores.
- College logo image files were provided by Chris Creamer's sportslogos.net.
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