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Power Rankings

After 4 games, my ratings method seems to be taking a little more shape. There's only a couple teams who's ratings aren't reflecting their records, and it's pretty easy to identify them. The two early favorites have nabbed the top two spots, and people like me are beginning to fall. After four games, here we go:

1) Eclypze (6.625, 4-0, +67) Front Runner. Cruising early.
2) Schrodas Shootas (6.528, 4-0, +61) Slowly made their way up the ratings, but all we knew this was a great team.
3) Extra Crispy (6.513, 2-2, +16) The record will keep getting better, strong team.
4) Natellio (6.458, 3-1, +53) Layed an egg in Toronto. Good game, sir.
5) East Gary Eagles (6.416, 3-1, +36) Consistent.
6) Broken Aarow Tornados (6.291, 2-2, +96) Well that must have been fun. Picking on a rebuilding team...
7) Lake Charles Creoles (6.278, 0-4, -47) Still losing with high ratings. Still waiting for a rebound...
8) Updog Brewers (6.222, 4-0, +46) How does it feel to be behind a team without a win? Can't really explain this... Sorry.
9) Toronto Traptors (6.166, 2-2, -16) Beat me with a lower rating, and lower salaries. And I was never in it after the 1 quarter. Well done.
10) 2 Left Feet (6.139, 2-2, +17) Strong win. Cyborgs stuggling.
11) Conneticut Cresleys (5.806, 2-2, +10) Brought it all to no avail... Bold to CT in an away game.
12) Drons Wolfs (5.791, 2-2, -27) Normal was no help against the Eagles.
13) Ozark Tigers (5.723, 1-3, -44) Will struggle until the big guy is healthy.
14) Baltimore Barnburners (5.513, 0-4, -75) It's no fun playing Elcypze.
15) Boston Constructs (5.125, 1-3, -90) Interesting. We'll see where he shapes up after the restructuring, but he seems to be in the mood to relegate.
16) Steel City Cyborgs (4.82, 0-4, -103) Made a couple sales, so maybe help is on the way.

Last edited by natellio at 11/16/2011 11:22:08 AM

rough rankings.... behind a 0-4 team, and a team that I beat.... no way Lake Charles will be in relegation zone come season end... but i think you ratings system may be a bit flawed

i do like the rankings still though.... unique to see this level of analysis

ozark - sorry for hurting your other best player.... its gonna be a rough 2 weeks for you with both your top guys out, which was basically your whole two man team to begin with.

rough rankings.... behind a 0-4 team, and a team that I beat.... no way Lake Charles will be in relegation zone come season end... but i think you ratings system may be a bit flawed

Yea, I'm sure it's flawed a little, and especially in your case.

Lake Charles, despite his 0-4 start, is probably just about right on the rankings. So I'm chalking that one up to BB game engine issues. I'll put you in the same camp, only the exact opposite haha.

Well. Based on the fact that everyone hates my rankings system, I've adjusted it. Ha!

It weights the average rating, the teams record, and average point differential. I think you'll all like it. It makes a little more sense.

Coming Monday...

As promised, here is the new version of my power rankings. If you want the actual formula, let me know. Otherwise suffice it to say that it weights the team's average rating versus the average league rating, the team's record versus a baseline of a .500 record, and the team's point differential versus a zero point differential.

I think you'll notice it reflecting a better representation on the best teams, while still probably not being perfect.

1. Eclypze (11.897)
2. Schrodas (10.585)
3. East Gary Eagles (8.098)
4. Natellio (7.523)
5. Extra Crispy (6.968)
6. Updog Brewers (5.548)
7. Broken Arrow (4.845)
8. Toronto Traptors (2.462)
9. 2 Left Feet (2.410)
10. Lake Charles (1.003)
11. Drons Wolfs (-1.520)
12. Conn. Cresleys (-3.418)
13. Ozark (-7.855)
14. Balt. Barnburners (-10.543)
15. Constructs (-18.655)
16. Cyborgs (-19.425)

Got some changes today. Good win for Extra Crispy. Probably didn't need to normal, but I shouldn't have started my trainees against you. Well done. Big win for Updog over Eclypze! Good normal there.

In terms of the power rankings, two teams are seperating themselves from the pack...

Power Rankings

1. Eclpze (5-1) 10.999 - Keeps the #1 spot despite a loss...
2. Schrodas (6-0) 10.716
3. Extra Crispy (4-2) 7.505 - The best of the promotees?
4. East Gary (4-2) 7.483 - Or are you the best of the promotees?
5. Updog (5-1) 7.097 - Rating is climbing, as is your ranking.
6 Natellio (3-3) 6.158 - Well that was a fun 3 games...
7. BAT (3-3) 5.219
8. Traptors (4-2) 3.944 - Keeps winning with low ratings. Underrated I think.
9. 2 Left Feet (4-2) 3.272 - See above.
10. Lake Charles (2-4) 2.991 - Slowly moving up...
11. Drons Wolfs (3-3) -2.920 - Hasn't logged in since the 5th...
12. Cresleys (3-3) -4.717
13. Ozark Tigers (1-5) -9.464 - Ah the injury bug. Plus hasn't logged in since the 6th.
14. Barnburners (0-6) -10.851
15. Constructs (1-5) -18.406 - Rebuilding.
16. Cyborgs (0-6) -19.006

Movement:
Extra Crispy +2
East Gary -1
Natellio -2
Updog +1

Good luck in the cup everyone!

I honestly didn't mean to play on higher energy against Eclpze..... I guess I can't complain too much with the win. I was going to rest my starters in the cup game but now I might have to play them a bit to make up for the lower intensity.....

More changes over the holiday weekend. Eclypze and Extra Crispy took some big hits in their ratings this week, as it appears they may have both rested their starters. Extra Crispy taking the brunt of that hit since they lost as well.

I've added a trend to end of each team. All it shows is whether their overall rating went up or down.

Power Rankings

1. Schrodas (7-0) 11.801 UP
2. Eclypze (6-1) 9.091 DOWN
3. East Gary (5-2) 8.020 UP
4. Updog (6-1) 7.801 UP
5. Natellio (3-4) 5.839 DOWN
6. Traptors (5-2) 5.225 UP
7. Broken Aarow (3-4) 5.080 DOWN
8. 2 Left Feet (5-2) 3.608 UP
9. Extra Crispy (4-3) 3.484 DOWN
10. Lake Charles (2-5) 2.994 UP
11. Drons Wolfs (3-4) -1.990 UP
12. Cresleys (4-3) -3.313 UP
13. Barnbuners (1-6) -10.094 UP
14. Ozark (1-6) -10.282 DOWN
15. Cyborgs (0-7) -18.080 UP
16. Constructs (-16) -19.225 DOWN

Movement:
Schrodas +1
Eclypze -1
East Gary +1
Updog +1
Natellio +1
Traptors +2
2 Left Feet +1
Extra Crispy -6
Barnburners +1
Ozark -1
Cyborgs +1
Constructs -1

lake charles's bad luck continues.... they did finish #1 in our division last year.... i still say they will make a late push for a top 4 spot