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SATURDAY FOOTBALL
THE COMPUTER POLL
THE POLL / Big Ten / 2026

Purdue logoPURDUE.

Every game. Every component. Every point accounted for.

COMPUTER RANK
#43
AP RANK
NR
RECORD
3–3
COMPUTER SCORE
66.13
Purdue is #43 with a 3–3 record. Strength of record contributes 30.29 points to its 66.13 total. Its most valuable win is over Minnesota (41–13), worth 1.37 résumé units. Loss quality is its lowest component at 46.0/100. The next team, South Carolina, scores 64.85.

THE SCORE, DISASSEMBLED.

v2.0.0
Quality wins · 20%
59.9 / 100
+11.971 points
Strength of schedule · 20%
94.2 / 100
+18.832 points
Strength of record · 50%
60.6 / 100
+30.292 points
Capped dominance · 5%
54.7 / 100
+2.737 points
Loss quality · 5%
46.0 / 100
+2.299 points

SUM OF WEIGHTED CONTRIBUTIONS = 66.13138686
Legacy OWP (diagnostic only): 0.800000 · Legacy OOWP (diagnostic only): 0.448184 · Raw SOS: 0.596720

THE SEASON SO FAR.

WEEKLY COMPUTER RANK
W5W6

W5: #70 → W6: #43

THE RECEIPTS.

WKOPPONENTSITERESULTOPP. QUALITYWIN VALUELOSS PENALTY
2Wake ForesthomeL 36–380.7044—1.4455
1Indiana StateFCShomeW 44–190.0000+0.1500—
3UCLARoadL 38–520.8140—1.3062
4Notre DamehomeL 10–490.8470—1.5647
5IllinoisRoadW 24–170.5367+1.0928—
6MinnesotahomeW 41–130.6781+1.3698—

Résumé units feed the quality-win and loss components before percentile normalization. They are not direct additions to the final score.

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