TB "King Of The Hill" Rankings

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Trivia Bytes ... August 4, 2007

The TB staff announces its inaugural release of its KING of the HILL Ranking System. The System employs a unique methodology. It has thrown out complex formulas that try to weight schedules, home field advantage and other such subtle nuances that are found in other ranking systems.

Instead, the King of the Hill Ranking System is heavily biased to "what have you done for me lately" and uses the simple rules of the old schoolboy game, "King of the Hill": climb to the top - stay there and you win - stumble with a loss and you are thrown down the hill.

RANKING CRITERION 1 "of what have you done for me lately": LOSSES are the key factor of the rankings and teams are first sorted by the number of incurred losses. A loss can throw a team considerably down the hill and it will need to regroup for the climb again. Note that teams may have an unequal number of wins that are a result of the bye weeks. A team is not penalized because it did not play in a given week.

RANKING CRITERION 2 "of what have you done for me lately": PEDIGREES are also important. There are many teams that are in the playoffs year after year and TB has a bias that these teams will probably get there again. So for the second sort, teams with the same loss records are resorted by pedigree (based on the past season performances except for situations explained in Criterion 3). There is a bias that treats playoff performance on a higher level than the pure win-loss record of a team.

RANKING CRITERION 3 "of what have you done for me lately":
A winner of a head-to-head game in the "current season" will automatically rank it ahead of the loser of that game and also for the remainder of the season. This can present a situation where performance in the prior year is overrided and given less emphasis.

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"KING OF THE HILL" RANKINGS - WEEK 1

RANK TEAM …………. PEDIGREE & CREDENTIALS
1 Hartford……...…. Imperial Bowl Champ, won week 1
2 Lawrence.….…... Imperial Bowl, won week 1
3 Norfolk.……...…..AFC Championship Game, won week 1
4 Lansing…..…..... Won Wild Card, lost Divisional Round, won week 1
5 Little Rock …..….Division Champ, lost Wild Card, won week 1
6 Salt Lake City…. Division Champ, lost Wild Card , won week 1
7 Iowa City……..... Division Champ, lost Wild Card, won week 1
8 St. Louis…....…..Lost Wild Card , won week 1
9 Murfreesboro…...9-7 in 2009, won week 1
10 Madison……..... 8-8 in 2009, won week 1
11 Anchorage…..... 8-8 in 2009, won week 1
12 Cleveland…….... 8-8 in 2009, won week 1
13 Tulsa……..……..7-9 in 2009, won week 1
14 Albuquerque…....5-11 in 2009, won week 1
15 Vermont…….…. 5-11 in 2009, won week 1
16 Vancouver…..…. 4-12 in 2009, won week 1
17 Oakland ….…….NFC championship game, lost game 1 vs. Vancouver
18 Portland….……. lost Division Round, lost week 1 to Albuquerque
19 Pittsburgh….…..lost Divisional Round, lost week 1 to Madison
20 Houston.….…… lost Divisional Round, lost week 1 to Murfreesboro
21 California….….. 10-6 in 2009, lost week 1 to Anchorage
22 Newark…….….. 8-8 in 2009, lost week one to Lawrence
23 Dakota…….….. 8-8 in 2009, lost week 1 to Lansing
24 Reno…….…….. 7-7 in 2009, lost wek 1 to Salt Lake City
25 Wichita…….…. 6-10 in 2009, lost week 1 to Iowa City
26 Louisiana….….. 6-10 in 2009, lost week 1 to St. Louis
27 Georgia….……. 6-10 in 2009, lost week 1 to Tulsa
28 Texas…….…... 5-11 in 2009, lost week 1 Little Rock
29 Orlando…….…. 4-12 in 2009, lost week 1 to Vermont
30 West Virginia... 3-13 in 2009, lost week 1 to Hartford
31 Boston………... 2-14 in 2009, lost week 1 to Norfolk
32 Montreal……... 1-15 in 2009, lost week 1 to Cleveland

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"KING OF THE HILL" RANKINGS - WEEK 2

RANK of TEAM.……. CREDENTIALS & PEDIGREE
1 Lawrence.…..…… 2-0 (lost Imperial Bowl in 2009) takes the hill after Hartford stumbles
2 Norfolk.……...….. 2-0 (lost AFC Championship Game in 2009)
3 Lansing…...…..... 2-0 (won Wild Card, lost Divisional Round in 2009)
4 Little Rock.....…. 2-0 (Division Champ, lost Wild Card in 2009)
5 Iowa City……..... 2-0 (Division Champ, lost Wild Card in 2009)
6 Madison…......... 2-0 (8-8 in 2009)
7 Anchorage…...... 2-0 (8-8 in 2009)
8 Cleveland……..... 2-0 (8-8 in 2009)
9 Albuquerque….... 2-0 (5-11 in 2009)
10 Vermont…….…… 2-0 (5-11 in 2009)
11 Hartford……....…1-1, losses: Mad (Imperial Bowl Champ in 2009)
12 Portland…..….….1-1, losses: Alb (lost Division Round in 2009)
13 Houston.…....….1-1, losses: Mur (lost Divisional Round in 2009)
14 Salt Lake City… 1-1, losses: Alb (Division Champ, lost Wild Card in 2009)
15 St. Louis…....…. 1-1, losses: Ver (lost Wild Card in 2009),
16 California…..…… 1-1, losses: Anc (10-6 in 2009)
17 Murfreesboro….. 1-1, losses: Law (9-7 in 2009)
18 Tulsa….…...……. 1-1, losses: Cle (7-9 in 2009)
19 Louisiana….….... 1-1, losses: StL (6-10 in 2009)
20 Georgia……...…….1-1, losses: Tul ( 6-10 in 2009)
21 Vancouver…..…. 1-1, losses: Por (4-12 in 2009)
22 Boston………...... 1-1, losses: Nor (2-14 in 2009)
23 Oakland ……..…. 0-2, losses: Van, Cal (lost NFC championship game in 2009)
24 Pittsburgh….…… 0-2, losses: Mad, Nor (lost Divisional Round in 2009)
25 Newark……...….. 0-2, losses: Law, Hou (8-8 in 2009)
26 Dakota…….....…. 0-2, losses: Lan, Bos (8-8 in 2009)
27 Reno…….....……. 0-2, losses: SLC, Anc (7-7 in 2009)
28 Wichita….…....… 0-2, losses: IwC, LR (6-10 in 2009)
29 Texas…….….…... 0-2, losses: LR, IwC (5-11 in 2009)
30 Orlando…...…..… 0-2, losses: Ver, Lou (4-12 in 2009)
31 West Virginia….. 0-2, losses Har, Lan (3-13 in 2009)
32 Montreal…...…... 0-2, losses: Cle, Geo (1-15 in 2009)

[sovstar]

Different.. but different can be good.

[Hell Atlantic]

i like this.

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"KING OF THE HILL" RANKINGS - WEEK 3

RANK of TEAM.……. CREDENTIALS & PEDIGREE
1 Norfolk.……...….. 3-0 (lost AFC Championship Game in 2009)
2 Lansing…...…..... 3-0 (won Wild Card, lost Divisional Round in 2009)
3 Little Rock.....…. 3-0 (Division Champ, lost Wild Card in 2009)
4 Madison…......... 3-0 (8-8 in 2009)
5 Anchorage…...... 3-0 (8-8 in 2009)
6 Vermont……..…… 3-0 (5-11 in 2009)
7 Lawrence.…..…… 2-1, losses: LR (lost Imperial Bowl in 2009)
8 Portland…...…..….2-1, losses: Alb (lost Division Round in 2009)
9 Houston.…......….2-1, losses: Mur (lost Divisional Round in 2009)
10 Iowa City…….... 2-1, losses: Por (Division Champ, lost Wild Card in 2009)
11 St. Louis…....…. 2-1, losses: Ver (lost Wild Card in 2009),
12 Murfreesboro….. 2-1, losses: Law (9-7 in 2009)
13 Cleveland……..... 2-1, losses: StL (8-8 in 2009)
14 Louisiana….….... 2-1, losses: StL (6-10 in 2009)
15 Albuquerque….... 2-1, losses: Bos (5-11 in 2009)
16 Boston………...... 2-1, losses: Nor (2-14 in 2009)
17 Hartford….…....…1-2, losses: Mad, Hou (Imperial Bowl Champ in 2009)
18 Oakland ……...…. 1-2, losses: Van, Cal (lost NFC championship game in 2009)
19 Pittsburgh…..…… 1-2, losses: Mad, Nor (lost Divisional Round in 2009)
20 Salt Lake City.… 1-2, losses: Alb, Pit (Division Champ, lost Wild Card in 2009)
21 California…...…… 1-2, losses: Anc, Nor (10-6 in 2009)
22 Tulsa….…....……. 1-2, losses: Cle, Lan (7-9 in 2009)
23 Georgia……...…….1-2, losses: Tul, Ver ( 6-10 in 2009)
24 Texas…….….…... 1-2, losses: LR, IwC (5-11 in 2009)
25 Orlando…...…..… 1-2, losses: Ver, Lou (4-12 in 2009)
26 Vancouver…..…. 1-2, losses: Por, Orl (4-12 in 2009)
27 Newark……...….. 0-3, losses: Law, Hou, Oak (8-8 in 2009)
28 Dakota…….....…. 0-3, losses: Lan, Bos, Tex (8-8 in 2009)
29 Reno…….....……. 0-3, losses: SLC, Anc, Mad (7-7 in 2009)
30 Wichita….…....… 0-3, losses: IwC, LR, Anc (6-10 in 2009)
31 West Virginia….. 0-3, losses Har, Lan, Mur (3-13 in 2009)
32 Montreal…...…... 0-3, losses: Cle, Geo, Lou (1-15 in 2009)

[Matt]

i love being ranked 27th.

someone give me advil

[r00k]

Not sure being on top of the hill is very good either. No team has been able to defend the top for more than one week.

[Matt]

no slight to the work being done here (as I see my post from Sunday), it's just very depressing. I've always prided myself on keeping this team on the up and up every year, always fielding a competitive team.
This year sucks and is difficult to handle for me.

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"KING OF THE HILL" RANKINGS - WEEK 4

RANK of TEAM.……. CREDENTIALS & PEDIGREE
1 Norfolk.……...….. 4-0 (lost AFC Championship Game in 2009)
2 Lansing…...…..... 4-0 (won Wild Card, lost Divisional Round in 2009)
3 Little Rock.....…. 4-0 (Division Champ, lost Wild Card in 2009)
4 Anchorage…...... 4-0 (8-8 in 2009)
5 Madison…......... 3-0 (8-8 in 2009)
6 Vermont……..…… 4-0 (5-11 in 2009)
7 Lawrence.…..…… 3-1, losses: LR (lost Imperial Bowl in 2009)
8 Houston.…......….3-1, losses: Mur (lost Divisional Round in 2009)
9 Portland…...…..….2-1, losses: Alb (lost Division Round in 2009)
10 Iowa City…….... 3-1, losses: Por (Division Champ, lost Wild Card)
11 St. Louis…....…. 3-1, losses: Ver (lost Wild Card in 2009),
12 Cleveland……..... 3-1, losses: StL (8-8 in 2009)
13 Louisiana….….... 2-1, losses: StL (6-10 in 2009)
14 Murfreesboro….. 2-2, losses: Law, Anc (9-7 in 2009)
15 Boston………...... 2-2, losses: Nor, IwC (2-14 in 2009)
16 Albuquerque….... 2-2, losses: Bos, StL (5-11 in 2009)
17 Tulsa….…....……. 2-2, losses: Cle, Lan (7-9 in 2009)
18 Texas…….….…... 2-2, losses: LR, IwC (5-11 in 2009)
19 Orlando…...…..… 1-2, losses: Ver, Lou (4-12 in 2009)
20 Vancouver…..…. 2-2, losses: Por, Orl (4-12 in 2009)
21 Hartford….…....…1-3, losses: Mad, Hou, Cle (Imperial Bowl Champ)
22 Pittsburgh…..…… 1-3, losses: Mad, Nor, Ver (lost Divisional Round)
23 Salt Lake City.… 1-3, losses: Alb, Pit, Tul (Div Champ, lost Wild Card)
24 California…...…… 1-3, losses: Anc, Nor, Hou (10-6 in 2009)
25 Oakland ……...…. 1-3, losses: Van, Cal, LR (lost NFC championship)
26 Georgia……...…….1-3, losses: Tul, Ver, Van ( 6-10 in 2009)
27 Montreal…...…... 1-3, losses: Cle, Geo, Lou (1-15 in 2009)
28 Newark……...….. 0-4, losses: Law, Hou, Oak, Lan (8-8 in 2009)
29 Dakota…….....…. 0-4, losses: Lan, Bos, Tex, Law (8-8 in 2009)
30 Reno…….....……. 0-4, losses: SLC, Anc, Mad, Tex (7-7 in 2009)
31 Wichita….…....… 0-4, losses: IwC, LR, Anc, Nor (6-10 in 2009)
32 West Virginia….. 0-4, losses Har, Lan, Mur, Mon (3-13 in 2009)

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"KING OF THE HILL" RANKINGS - WEEK 5

RANK of TEAM.……. CREDENTIALS & PEDIGREE
1 Norfolk.……...….. 5-0 (lost AFC Championship Game in 2009)
2 Little Rock.....…. 5-0 (Division Champ, lost Wild Card in 2009)
3 Vermont……..…… 5-0 (5-11 in 2009)
4 Lawrence.…..…… 4-1, losses: LR (lost Imperial Bowl in 2009)
5 Houston.…......….4-1, losses: Mur (lost Divisional Round in 2009)
6 Portland…...…..….3-1, losses: Alb (lost Division Round in 2009)
7 Lansing…...…..... 4-1, losses: Ver (lost Divisional Round)
8 Iowa City……..... 4-1, losses: Por (Division Champ, lost Wild Card)
9 St. Louis….....…. 3-1, losses: Ver (lost Wild Card in 2009),
10 Anchorage…..... 4-1, losses:Hou (8-8 in 2009)
11 Madison…......... 3-1, losses: Law (8-8 in 2009)
12 Murfreesboro….. 3-2, losses: Law, Anc (9-7 in 2009)
13 Cleveland……..... 3-2 losses: StL, Nor (8-8 in 2009)
14 Louisiana….….... 2-2, losses: StL, Por (6-10 in 2009)
15 Texas…….….…... 2-2, losses: LR, IwC (5-11 in 2009)
16 Orlando…...…..… 2-2, losses: Ver, Lou (4-12 in 2009)
17 Vancouver…..…. 3-2, losses: Por, Orl (4-12 in 2009)
18 Hartford….…....…2-3, losses: Mad, Hou, Cle (Imperial Bowl Champ)
19 California…...…… 1-3, losses: Anc, Nor, Hou (10-6 in 2009)
20 Oakland ……...…. 2-3, losses: Van, Cal, LR (lost NFC championship)
21 Tulsa….…....……. 2-3, losses: Cle, Lan, Van (7-9 in 2009)
22 Georgia……...…….1-3, losses: Tul, Ver, Van ( 6-10 in 2009)
23 Boston………...... 2-3, losses: Nor, IwC, Har (2-14 in 2009)
24 Albuquerque…... 2-3, losses: Bos, StL, Mur (5-11 in 2009)
25 Dakota……......….1-4, losses: Lan, Bos, Tex, Law (8-8 in 2009)
26 Pittsburgh…..…… 1-4, losses: Mad, Nor, Ver, Dak (lost Div Round)
27 Salt Lake City.… 1-4, losses: Alb, Pit, Tul, LR (lost Wild Card)
28 Montreal…...…... 1-4, losses: Cle, Geo, Lou, IwC (1-15 in 2009)
29 Wichita….…....… 1-4, losses: IwC, LR, Anc, Nor (6-10 in 2009)
30 Newark……...….. 0-5, losses: Law, Hou, Oak, Lan, Orl (8-8 in 2009)
31 Reno…….....……. 0-5, losses: SLC, Anc, Mad, Tex, Oak (7-7 in 2009)
32 West Virginia….. 0-5, losses Har, Lan, Mur, Mon, Wic (3-13 in 2009)

[Matt]

sweet1!!!!. I'm liking this list.

[Suicane]

You're a theoretical win away from jumping up like 7 spots.

[Warhammer]

I feel better, the combined W/L of the teams I've lost to is 10-4.

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"KING OF THE HILL" RANKINGS - WEEK 6

RANK of TEAM.…… CREDENTIALS & PEDIGREE
1 Norfolk.……...….. 6-0 (lost AFC Championship Game in 2009)
2 Little Rock.....…. 5-1, losses: Van (Division Champ, lost Wild Card)
3 Lawrence.…..…… 4-1, losses: LR (lost Imperial Bowl in 2009)
4 Portland…...…..….4-1, losses: Alb (lost Division Round in 2009)
5 Vermont……..…… 5-1, losses: Dak (5-11 in 2009)
6 Lansing…...…..... 5-1, losses: Ver (lost Divisional Round)
7 Iowa City….….... 5-1, losses: Por (Division Champ, lost Wild Card)
8 St. Louis….....…. 4-1, losses: Ver (lost Wild Card in 2009),
9 Anchorage…...... 5-1, losses:Hou (8-8 in 2009)
10 Houston.….....….4-2, losses: Mur, StL (lost Divisional Round)
11 Madison…......... 3-2, losses: Law, New (8-8 in 2009)
12 Cleveland……..... 3-2 losses: StL, Nor (8-8 in 2009)
13 Louisiana….….... 3-2, losses: StL, Por (6-10 in 2009)
14 Vancouver…...….4-2, losses: Por, Orl (4-12 in 2009)
15 Oakland ……...…. 3-3, losses: Van, Cal, LR (lost NFC championship)
16 Murfreesboro….. 3-3, losses: Law, Anc, Por (9-7 in 2009)
17 Georgia……...…….2-3, losses: Tul, Ver, Van ( 6-10 in 2009)
18 Texas…….….…... 2-3, losses: LR, IwC, Oak (5-11 in 2009)
19 Orlando…...…..… 2-3, losses: Ver, Lou, Lan (4-12 in 2009)
20 Hartford….…....…2-4, losses: Mad, Hou, Cle, IwC (Imp Bwl Chmp)
21 Dakota……......….2-4, losses: Lan, Bos, Tex, Law (8-8 in 2009)
22 Pittsburgh…..…… 1-4, losses: Mad, Nor, Ver, Dak (lost Div Round)
23 California…...…… 1-4, losses: Anc, Nor, Hou, Lou (10-6 in 2009)
24 Tulsa….…....……. 2-4, losses: Cle, Lan, Van, Ren (7-9 in 2009)
25 Wichita….…....… 1-4, losses: IwC, LR, Anc, Nor (6-10 in 2009)
26 Montreal…...…... 2-4, losses: Cle, Geo, Lou, IwC (1-15 in 2009)
27 Boston………...... 2-4, losses: Nor, IwC, Har, Mon (2-14 in 2009)
28 Albuquerque…... 2-4, losses: Bos, StL, Mur, Anc (5-11 in 2009)
29 Salt Lake City.… 1-5, losses: Alb, Pit, Tul, LR, Geo (lost Wild Card)
30 Newark……...….. 1-5, losses: Law, Hou, Oak, Lan, Orl (8-8 in 2009)
31 Reno…….....……. 1-5, losses: SLC, Anc, Mad, Tex, Oak (7-7 in 2009)
32 West Virginia….. 0-6, losses Har, Lan, Mur, Mon, Wic, Nor (3-13 in 2009)