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TheRank.net | About TheRank.net
About TheRank.net THE OBJECTIVE RANKING SYSTEM The Objective Ranking System is a set of formulae including win percentage, loss percentage and strength of schedule placed into a very simple system with which common redundancies are discarded and, as a result of the methods used, a streamline effect is shown through the game ratings online. Placing sports rankings onto a web site and having no desire to place the formulae online tends to lead many viewers to send emails asking questions to how or why certain teams are placed where they are. The audience will not have the ability to see the formulae posted on TheRank.net web presence; however, they will see an end-result based as game ratings alongside each team. At the designated result of the formula, the method used gives each team rating a universal and unbiased result. The differences between the ratings of each team are solely based on the results from each formula within The Objective Ranking System. A team competes not only against their opponents, but against the schedule created from the strength of the opponents played and because of this the Objective Ranking System was created. All formulae on TheRank.net has been created for entertainment purposes only and should be used as such. HUMAN POLLING There are multiple examples to why human polling should and should not be used for leagues without a playoff scenario. If the result is to have more revenue given to universities through the exposure of their athletics, then it would seem as if human polling would want a contest that would receive a higher rated audience. A group that oversees the operation in creating a universal league ranking would then use a formula that would have more of an effect on human polling than that of rankings through calculations. Human polling takes past and future scheduling into account. These polls generally relate to what a team has done in reference to a “quality ranked opponent" within a given point in the year and uses where that team was rated previously to justify where the victor resides in the upcoming human polls. EACH WIN = QUALITY WIN Visitors to TheRank.net may find that, throughout the middle of the season, a team’s placement will be dramatically different from those of the major media polls. Hence, teams that were thought to be tough early on in the season that turn out to be weaker later on within the season are given no penalty from prior matches and could still be placed higher in the polls. Results drawn from games throughout the entire season are taken into account with the Objective Ranking System found on TheRank.net. However, it’s so much more. TEAM A vs. TEAM Z A flaw with the human polling technique is thoroughly explaining faults such as an example below between TEAM A and TEAM Z. After 5 games in a college football season: TEAM A has gained position in rankings because TEAM Z was at that time a “Top 25” rated program. Further into the schedule-after 10 games-TEAM Z (formerly #15) now has a losing record and is not as competitively strong as originally thought to have been from the beginning of the season. Throughout the season, TEAM A has gained in human polling based on what the human element has seen via broadcast, but counterpart calculation from computers have formulated each and every team through unbiased measures an ended up with a much different result for TEAM A, a result that places TEAM A at least 10 spots lower in the rankings. The Objective Ranking System used on TheRank.net offers schedule strength relating through opponents played and edits data throughout the entire season for each of 719 college football teams and does not place favor on any one program. If a game has been scheduled on a Thursday night, each program will be affected based on the scheduling of opponents, not just that week but throughout the entire season. The final decision is therefore eventually provided through game play on the gridiron and not based on opinion. The Objective Ranking System offers an unbiased approach toward teams that have been ranked in other polls' “Top 25” formats. The rankings through ratings rely on strength of opponents played through their opponent's winning percentage, minus head to head match up. The head to head match up is then instituted in the competitive formula. • |