Jeff Sagarin has been providing power ratings and player ratings to USA TODAY since 1985. A mathematics graduate of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology(1970) and MBA from Indiana University in 1983, Sagarin has applied his unique ranking system to college football, college basketball, Major League Baseball, pro football, pro basketball, pro hockey, volleyball, nascar, soccer and several other sports.Sagarin's college basketball rankings have proven their value to theNCAA tournament selection committee. Since 1984, Sagarin has supplied the committee -- at its request -- with his latest rankings at the beginning of the tournament selection process and with regular updates until the selections have been finalized. Sagarin's rankings form the basis of Play to Win, a unique game of skill and sports knowledge. He and a close-knit circle of friends and colleagues in his Midwestern town have been playing the game, just for fun, for several years. Now, through the World Wide Web, the game goes global. In addition, beginning in the fall of 1998, Jeff's college football ratings became an official part of the Bowl Championship Series (BCS) team selection process.
