Thumb Power Rankings

Okay here is my mathetical solution to the Thumb power rankings. After finishing, I already need to make some tweaks to the formula, but I may wait until next year. Anyway, each team is awarded 50 points for every win and 5 points for each opponet win. Those two totals are added together and then divided by nine (or amount of games scheduled). I will probably have to make some exceptions for beating/losing a team in a different class/division. Anybody have any other solutions please let me know. I am trying to take the human element out of the process.

These rankings include all teams from the Tri-Valley East, Greater Thumb East and West, and the North Central Thumb.

Anyway, here are the rankings through Week #4.




Thumb Power Rankings
Team
Power Points
Millington 32.222
Garber 31.111
Cass City 30.556
Deckerville 30.556
Ubly 30.000
Memphis 29.444
Dryden 28.889
Marlette 27.222
Reese 27.222
BCAS 26.111
Peck 25.556
Bridgeport 23.333
Caro 22.778
Vassar 21.667
North Huron 20.000
Brown City 17.778
Laker 17.778
Sandusky 17.778
Birch Run 17.222
Frankenmuth 17.222
Harbor Beach 16.111
Mayville 16.111
North Branch 16.111
USA 16.111
Kingston 15.556
Ak-Fairgrove 15.000
CPS 11.667
Bad Axe 11.111
Owen-Gage 9.444

Comments

Anonymous said…
Possibly factoring in the playoff points? (square root of the points / 100 + 1 expressed as a multiplier).
Sep 26, 2008, 9:36:00 AM
Christian Selich said…
You mean adding that to the current point total?
Sep 26, 2008, 9:40:00 AM
Anonymous said…
Multipling it. Although the formula above may not be weighted enough. You may wish to insert another multipler as well for strength of schedule (ie. 1.10, 1.15 etc.). Just a thought.
Sep 26, 2008, 10:17:00 AM
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