Colley's Bias Free Matrix Rankings An Official Bowl Championship Series Ranking for 2001–2013

About Wes Colley

LinkedIn Profile

Education:

• Ph.D. in Astrophysical Sciences at Princeton, 1998
• B.A. with Highest Distinction in Astronomy/Physics at the University of Virginia, 1993

Previous Employment:

• Center for Modeling, Simulation and Analysis, 2005-2015
  Principal Research Scientist

• Virginia Modeling, Analysis and Simulation Center, 2004-2005
  Senior Research Scientist

• University of Virginia, 2002-2004
  Lecturer, Astronomy Department

• M.I.T. Lincoln Laboratory, 2001-2002
  Missile defense technology development

• Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, 1997-2000
  Gravitational Lenses as Cosmological Probes
  Genus Topology of Large-Scale Structure in the Universe

College Football Experience

• My brother, Will Colley, played for Georgia in the Tim Worley/Rodney Hampton hey-day. During that time, I made countless trips to Athens to see the Dawgs play Between the Hedges, and to away venues, including the Gator Bowl. Aside from attending games, hanging around with the players was a formative experience for me. During Will's recruiting, I met such legends as Vince Dooley, and Johny Majors, and countless other big-name coaches and players.
  
• Aside from being a life-long Virginia fan, I attended Virginia during the Shawn and Herman Moore era, when Virginia ascended to #1 in the polls.
  
• Stadiums Attended:
  1. Scott (Charlottesville, Virginia)
  2. Sanford (Athens, Georgia)
  3. Lucas Oil Stadium (Indianapolis, Indiana) (National Championship)
  4. Georgia Dome (Atlanta, Georgia) (Peach Bowl, SEC Championship)
  5. Mercedes-Benz Stadium (Atlanta, Georgia) (National Championship)
  6. Louisiana Superdome (New Orleans, Louisiana) (Sugar Bowl)
  7. Gator Bowl (Jacksonville, Florida) (Gator Bowl)
  8. Ericsson (Charlotte, NC) (Continental Tire Bowl)
  9. Alltel (Jacksonville, Florida) (Georgia-Florida, Gator Bowl)
  10. The Coliseum (Nashville, Tennessee) (Music City Bowl)
  11. Davis Wade Stadium (Starkville, MS) (Mike Leach's last SEC home game)
  12. Aloha (Honolulu, Hawaii)
  13. Death Valley (Baton Rouge, Louisiana)
  14. Death Valley (Clemson, South Carolina)
  15. Jordan-Hare (Auburn, Alabama)
  16. Bryant-Denny (Tuscaloosa, Alabama)
  17. Vanderbilt Stadium (Nashville, Tennessee)
  18. Williams-Brice (Columbia, South Carolina)
  19. Vaught-Hemingway (Oxford, Mississippi)
  20. Neyland (Knoxville, Tennessee)
  21. Ben Hill Griffin (Gainesville, Florida)
  22. Notre Dame Stadium (Notre Dame, Indiana)
  23. Los Angeles Coliseum (Los Angeles, California)
  24. Bobby Dodd (Atlanta, Georgia)
  25. Kenan (Chapel Hill, North Carolina)
  26. M. M. Roberts (Hattiesburg, Mississippi)
  27. War Memorial (Laramie, Wyoming)
  28. Lane (Blacksburg, Virginia)
  29. Byrd (College Park, Maryland)
  30. Heinz Field (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania)
  31. Bright House Networks Stadium (Orlando, Florida)
  32. Palmer (Princeton, NJ)
  33. Harvard (Boston, MA)
  34. Jopson (Bridgewater, VA)