NY Times Article Rating

Ranking 134 college football teams after Week 3: Texas or Georgia? Give it a month

  • Bias Rating

    50% Medium Conservative

  • Reliability

    25% ReliablePoor

  • Policy Leaning

    50% Medium Conservative

  • Politician Portrayal

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Bias Score Analysis

The A.I. bias rating includes policy and politician portrayal leanings based on the author’s tone found in the article using machine learning. Bias scores are on a scale of -100% to 100% with higher negative scores being more liberal and higher positive scores being more conservative, and 0% being neutral.

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Contributing sentiments towards policy:

69% : Well, a 42-13 win at UCLA was what I wanted to see, so the Hoosiers jump from No. 82 to No. 38.
56% : But it's even more true for Florida State, now at No. 87 as the only 0-3 team in the Power 4.
56% : Kent State was already No. 134, and the Golden Flashes might stay there for a bit.
55% : As a result, Texas moves up to No. 1 in this week's edition of The Athletic 134, the third different No. 1 team we've had in four weeks.
55% : Appalachian State falls to No. 69 after needing a second-half comeback against East Carolina in a 21-19 win.
54% : LSU slides up one spot to No. 14 after coming back to beat South Carolina on the road, while Kansas State beat Arizona 31-7 to move up to No. 15.
53% : Duke is 3-0 but drops a few spots to No. 60 after needing a fourth-quarter comeback to beat UConn.
48% : The same goes for UCLA, now at No. 86 after the blowout loss to Indiana to go with a last-second win against Hawaii.
47% : 76-100Baylor moves up a few spots to No. 76 after beating Air Force.
47% : Sam Houston continues to look improved after beating Hawaii and is now up to No. 94.101-134Not much change in this group, including at the bottom.
41% : Oklahoma drops two spots to No. 16, and the Sooners' offensive issues are concerning, especially in the pass game, though the defense has been stout.
39% : Pitt makes a similar jump up to No. 39 after another fourth-quarter comeback win, this one against West Virginia, to move to 3-0.Wisconsin drops to No. 66 after a 42-10 loss to Alabama.
37% : Western Kentucky is up to No. 88 after beating Middle Tennessee 49-21, looking like the WKU of old.
35% : Florida tumbles to No. 67 after an ugly loss to Texas A&M and its backup quarterback.
27% : Mississippi State looks like one of the worst Power 4 teams after getting drubbed by Toledo at home and dropping to No. 81.

*Our bias meter rating uses data science including sentiment analysis, machine learning and our proprietary algorithm for determining biases in news articles. Bias scores are on a scale of -100% to 100% with higher negative scores being more liberal and higher positive scores being more conservative, and 0% being neutral. The rating is an independent analysis and is not affiliated nor sponsored by the news source or any other organization.

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