Friday, September 19, 2014

Power Rankings by joekendall

Joe has asked to help contribute on the blog and I've happily accepted.  Below is his first submission and I think its great! Enjoy reading and hopefully a good conversation will follow on the blog!

Weekly, I will be releasing a Power Rankings for our NCAA world. As we get closer to the playoffs, I may increase the release schedule.

There are four pieces that I use to create an overall ranking. Hitting, Pitching, Defense, and current
record are those four pieces. I take into consideration seven components for Hitting, Pitching, and
Defense. I weight Hitting and Pitching higher than Defense while the current record accounts for a small amount of weighting in the composite rank.

The table will show the rank of each franchise in order, their current record, runs scored, runs against, expected wins, expected losses, strength of schedule (which I am not currently doing), their hitting
rank, pitching rank, defensive rank, and their previous rank. I have another table which I can include if others want it. It would show the breakdown of each franchise and how they rank in each of the seven components for hitting, pitching, and defense.

POWER RANKINGS

RANK
Franchise
W
L
WIN%
RS
RA
xW
xL
SOS
HIT
PIT
DEF
PREV RANK
1
Minnesota Golden Gophers
85
27
0.759
660
376
83
29
0
1
1
6
0
2
Philadelphia Owls
74
38
0.661
627
437
74
38
0
4
3
3
0
3
Arizona Lumberjacks
77
35
0.688
643
454
73
39
0
2
6
1
0
4
Richmond Spiders
75
37
0.670
590
412
74
38
0
7
2
23
0
5
Dover Fightin Blue Hens
69
43
0.616
590
457
69
43
0
6
7
14
0
6
New York Red Storm
67
45
0.598
601
464
69
43
0
5
8
17
0
7
Anaheim Trojans
72
40
0.643
634
499
68
44
0
3
15
15
0
8
Charlotte Tar Heels
67
45
0.598
552
472
64
48
0
10
9
11
0
9
Nashville Commodores
54
58
0.482
563
522
60
52
0
8
17
4
0
10
Columbus Buckeyes
60
52
0.536
498
484
57
55
0
21
12
5
0
11
Detroit Wolverines
62
50
0.554
471
445
59
53
0
26
5
16
0
12
Charleston Cougars
64
48
0.571
534
489
61
51
0
15
14
27
0
13
Jackson Rebels
48
64
0.429
539
529
57
55
0
12
18
10
0
14
Oakland Golden Bears
59
53
0.527
522
487
60
52
0
18
13
22
0
15
Helena Grizzlies
59
53
0.527
474
481
55
57
0
25
10
8
0
16
Seattle Huskies
58
54
0.518
471
444
59
53
0
27
4
31
0
17
Boise Broncos
57
55
0.509
535
583
52
60
0
13
23
26
0
18
Kansas City Wildcats
46
66
0.411
524
574
51
61
0
17
21
18
0
19
Syracuse Orange
50
62
0.446
442
481
52
60
0
30
11
7
0
20
Huntington Thundering Herd
54
58
0.482
554
609
51
61
0
9
28
32
0
21
Little Rock Razorbacks
52
60
0.464
527
593
50
62
0
16
24
19
0
22
Texas Tech Red Raiders
45
67
0.402
547
639
48
64
0
11
30
9
0
23
Memphis Tigers
51
61
0.455
475
502
53
59
0
24
16
24
0
24
Portland Ducks
51
61
0.455
486
532
51
61
0
23
19
20
0
25
Louisville Cardinals
46
66
0.411
535
600
50
62
0
14
27
29
0
26
Cincinnati Bearcats
46
66
0.411
504
613
46
66
0
20
29
2
0
27
Fargo Bison
47
65
0.420
492
600
46
66
0
22
26
21
0
28
Buffalo Bulls
36
76
0.321
379
533
39
73
0
32
20
12
0
29
New Orleans Bayou Bengals
38
74
0.339
507
680
41
71
0
19
32
25
0
30
Iowa City Hawkeyes
41
71
0.366
456
582
44
68
0
29
22
30
0
31
Salem Beavers
43
69
0.384
432
599
40
72
0
31
25
13
0
32
Chicago Blue Demons
39
73
0.348
468
660
39
73
0
28
31
28
0

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