California high school football computer rankings (9/24/2024)

Check out SBLive's custom rankings formula for California Interscholastic Federation sections at midseason

Mitch Stephens | 9 Hours Ago

Bosco offensive lineman Adrian Tavui (left) squares off with Serra's Quinn Seeberan during a Sept. 14 tussle. Both teams are near the top of their respective sections, Bosco (Southern) and Serra (Central Coast) / Photo by Todd Shurtleff

It's the midway point of the 2024 high school regular season in half of the California Interscholastic Federation's 10 sections,and High School on SI is launching its debut of computer ranking.

SBLive's formula was created using its own linear algebra-based ranking algorithm inspired by the Colley Bias-Free Ranking Method. Colley’s Method was created by Wes Colley, Ph.D., an astrophysicist at the University of Alabama at Huntsville. He devised his algorithm in order to help address the subjectivity and controversy regarding BCS college football selections in the 1990s and early 2000s, using a method that used no subjective variables.