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The Trivia Bytes staff are pleased to release its 2011 Power Poll that employs its patented 'KING of the HILL Ranking System.'
The System uses a unique but simple methodology. It discards complex formulas that attempt 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 relies on "what have you done for me lately" and then applies the simple rules of the old schoolboy game, "King of the Hill." Climb to the top - stay on the top. Stumble with a loss and you are thrown down the hill, how far depends upon the rules below.
RANKING CRITERION 1 "of what have you done for me lately": LOSSES are the key factor of the ranking system. Teams are first sorted by the number of incurred losses. A weekly loss can throw a team considerably down the hill and it will need to regroup for the climb again. Note: 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 and will maintain its position on the hill.
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. Thus, the second sort uses pedigrees from the previous season in order to rank teams with the same number of losses. The Ranking System has a bias that treats playoff performance on a higher level than the pure win-loss record of a team except as explained in Criterion 3.
RANKING CRITERION 3 "of what have you done for me lately":
A winner of a head-to-head game in the "current season" automatically ranks it ahead of the loser of that head-to head 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.
The System uses a unique but simple methodology. It discards complex formulas that attempt 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 relies on "what have you done for me lately" and then applies the simple rules of the old schoolboy game, "King of the Hill." Climb to the top - stay on the top. Stumble with a loss and you are thrown down the hill, how far depends upon the rules below.
RANKING CRITERION 1 "of what have you done for me lately": LOSSES are the key factor of the ranking system. Teams are first sorted by the number of incurred losses. A weekly loss can throw a team considerably down the hill and it will need to regroup for the climb again. Note: 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 and will maintain its position on the hill.
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. Thus, the second sort uses pedigrees from the previous season in order to rank teams with the same number of losses. The Ranking System has a bias that treats playoff performance on a higher level than the pure win-loss record of a team except as explained in Criterion 3.
RANKING CRITERION 3 "of what have you done for me lately":
A winner of a head-to-head game in the "current season" automatically ranks it ahead of the loser of that head-to head 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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