WOS87
09-08-2008, 02:36 PM
We are a couple of weeks away (or more) from being able to connect all 177 teams in the classification to each other through games played so this is essentially comparing individual pieces of a giant jigsaw puzzle (so take it with a VERY LARGE grain of salt). I thought I'd get it started now so that it I don't have to go back and compile 5 weeks worth of games midway through the season all at once.
The same mathematical formula is used this year as last year except instead of only counting games between two 3A schools, I'm now including ALL games with at least one 3A school as an opponent, thus all games are counted. This doubles the amount of work it takes to calculate though since I now have to include all non-3A opponents in the ratings mix.
The top half of the table is the 177 current 3A programs showing their rank in 3A alone and their overall rank (which includes the 158 non-3A opponents that we have played against in the first two weeks).
The bottom half of the table shows where the 158 non-3A opponents rate relative to each other.
All 335 ratings added together should sum to exactly zero and each rating can be doublechecked very easily to show that it is valid. As an example I'll show how Carthage's rating checks back on to itself.
Week 0: Carthage lost to Kilgore (rating 58.78) by 13 points ---> 58.78 - 13 = 45.78
Week 1: Carthage beat Henderson (rating 15.78) by 30 points ---> 15.78 + 30 = 45.78
Their average is thus 45.78 which is the rating listed for Carthage.
If you perform the above calculation on all 335 schools listed below you should end up with the rating listed in the table below for each and every one of them.
The ratings should become increasingly more accurate as the season progresses.
Region I teams are listed in BLUE
Region II teams are listed in RED
Region III teams are listed in GREEN
Region IV teams are listed in PURPLE
http://idisk.mac.com/cboehme69-Public/scores/2008/3aprweek1.gif
The same mathematical formula is used this year as last year except instead of only counting games between two 3A schools, I'm now including ALL games with at least one 3A school as an opponent, thus all games are counted. This doubles the amount of work it takes to calculate though since I now have to include all non-3A opponents in the ratings mix.
The top half of the table is the 177 current 3A programs showing their rank in 3A alone and their overall rank (which includes the 158 non-3A opponents that we have played against in the first two weeks).
The bottom half of the table shows where the 158 non-3A opponents rate relative to each other.
All 335 ratings added together should sum to exactly zero and each rating can be doublechecked very easily to show that it is valid. As an example I'll show how Carthage's rating checks back on to itself.
Week 0: Carthage lost to Kilgore (rating 58.78) by 13 points ---> 58.78 - 13 = 45.78
Week 1: Carthage beat Henderson (rating 15.78) by 30 points ---> 15.78 + 30 = 45.78
Their average is thus 45.78 which is the rating listed for Carthage.
If you perform the above calculation on all 335 schools listed below you should end up with the rating listed in the table below for each and every one of them.
The ratings should become increasingly more accurate as the season progresses.
Region I teams are listed in BLUE
Region II teams are listed in RED
Region III teams are listed in GREEN
Region IV teams are listed in PURPLE
http://idisk.mac.com/cboehme69-Public/scores/2008/3aprweek1.gif