Tuesday, September 22, 2015

Question about the Ratings

Can you explain to me exactly how the ratings are done? My coaches and I have been watching the past three weeks and we can't for the life of us figure out how they compile the information to come up with the ratings. This past weekend Hillsboro lost, we won, we dropped they either rose or stayed the same. Alvarado 2 had a bye
and they passed us. Doesn't make sense to me. Could enlighten me a little please?
Thanks,
Doug Minchey
Cleburne 2 Bantam
The ratings treat each game the same. Since they started from scratch, all teams began with the same rating. The season rating is the average of all the team's games. Since this is only the third week the ratings are not very well tied together. After the first week the team rating is based on one team, its opponent. The second week its rating is based on up to three teams. After three weeks it is based on up to seven teams. If the teams were infinite, by the ninth week a team's rating could be affected by as many as 511 different teams. Each week more teams are tied together by playing one or more common opponents and each week they become more accurate. It is not unusual for a team that lost to rise in the ratings if most of the teams they have played did better than usual the past week. Even if a team doesn't play, its rating will probably go up or down. This early in the season there is a lot of movement based on a team's opponents and their opponents and their opponents, etc. So instead of looking at one game we have to look at all the games because the latest outcome of any game affects many teams ratings.
Thanks for the interest,
   Ray

Sunday, September 20, 2015

Major Ratings Week Three


RankTeamRatingChange
1Burleson 2102.2221.2
2Crowley99.929.6
3Hillsboro99.176.2
4Alvarado 199.087.1
5Midlothian 174.332.3
6Whitney71.5818.6
7Burleson 169.25-5.8
8Kennedale63.42-14.9
9Midlothian 262.00-8.3
10Cleburne 260.751.1
11Joshua 160.253.3
12Alvarado 259.42-1.6
13Joshua 357.75-12.3
14Midlothian 352.33-4.0
15Joshua 251.92-11.8
16Cleburne 151.83-6.5
17Burleson 350.332.3

Minor Ratings Week Three

Rank Team Rating Change
1 Whitney 86.3 12.0
2 Alvarado 1 85.4 7.1
3 Hillsboro 79.0 8.7
4 Burleson 2 78.9 7.3
5 Crowley 78.5 -0.5
6 Kennedale 78.3 -5.0
7 Cleburne 3 75.9 -7.4
8 Midlothian 2 75.7 0.4
9 Cleburne 1 70.3 0.0
10 Alvarado 2 69.5 7.2
11 Midlothian 3 67.4 -7.3
12 Midlothian 1 64.3 1.9
13 Midlothian 4 63.4 -2.1
14 Joshua 2 60.0 -12.7
15 Joshua 1 58.2 -2.3
16 Burleson 1 56.6 -4.4
17 Cleburne 2 39.7 -3.3

Bantam Ratings Week Three

Rank Team rating change
1 Midlothian 1 86.7 8.7
2 Crowley 85.3 2.0
3 Burleson 82.5 -3.5
4 Hillsboro 72.8 -2.8
5 Alvarado 2 71.1 -1.6
6 Cleburne 2 70.0 -1.6
7 Cleburne 1 68.8 4.1
8 Alvarado 1 68.6 -2.9
9 Midlothian 2 67.1 -1.4
10 Kennedale 65.4 3.4
11 Joshua 2 61.3 -2.3
12 Whitney 55.6 -1.4
13 Joshua 1 51.6 -10.7