fortyfived":kzknh0yz said:
Fajita... I know you hear this all the time, but just curious how is Water Valley ranked below Borden County if BC has a loss to them?
Well, at one time that loss did have BC ranked below WV. So what happened? It’s like this, the system tries to place a power on a team and then when comparing two teams the difference is what the expected spread is.
If the powers are right then the score ends up with that spread. But when the spread is missed it means that one or both teams power needs to be adjusted. If you were picked to win and you beat the spread you get more power than if you met the spread and if you win but don’t cover the spread then you can actually lose a few points. BC lost poinst on a win in week 10 as did WV.
Works the same for the underdog but they get a lot bigger reward if they manage to win the game but they can lose and still go up a few points depending on how they did against the spread.
Since the WV game BC beat the spread 4 out of 5 time, winning all games and their power went like this: power (forecast actual)
119(49,60), 125(41,48), 129(35,42), 133(53,50), 132(35,52), new power 142
WV has won every game since the BC game but they didn’t cover the spread in the Sterling City game by a long shot (36 points ) so their power has gone like this:
125(51,52), 126(51,62), 138(53,60), 142(44, 8), 131(44,46), new power 133
It’s not a perfect system but it should get better each week, But it is six man ball so anything can happen. Hope it helps . . .