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What are the Active Power Ratings?
Active Power Ratings The Active Power Rating is a number computed for every team such that if you sum the difference of the power ratings between a team and all it's opponents and add in a home-field advantage for each game, the result is exactly equal to the sum of the margin of victory or loss for each of the games played for that team. Another interpretation of the power rating is that based on past game scores, if two teams played each other on a neutral field the margin of victory or loss will, on average, be equal to the difference in power rating between these two teams.
Ranking We use the Active Power Ratings to rank teams within a state according to their playoff class and across states in a SportsPower class. This means that small schools are ranked with small schools and large schools are ranked with large schools. You can see teams ranked by their power rating within the state playoff structure and then between states by selecting a regional or national view.
SportsPower Classifications Each state has its own system for classifying schools into championship groups. Unfortunately this makes it difficult to compare teams between states in peer groups. SportsPower has defined 4 classes based on school enrollments so that approximately 25% of all of the teams are in the Mega, Large, Mid or Small class. We can then easily rank teams using their power ratings across states by using the SportsPower Classification and ensure that teams are ranked fairly.
For more details on our the Active Power Ratings download our PDF brochure.
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Active Power Ratings (APR) provide a way to compare your team with others, even though your team may not play them. We'll be posting your states' power ratings as soon as we have enough scores. Check back here soon to see how your team rates.
Active Power Ratings are calculated using a proprietary formula by the Power Ratings Engine (PRE). Using a comprehensive database of schedules and scores, ratings are produced and then used to rank different groups of teams.
All teams start even at the beginning of the season and past season performance has no influence on the
ratings. The program is unbiased because it has no knowledge of favorites or underdogs. A minimum of five
or six game results per team are required in order for the PRE to evaluate the strength of the teams.
For example, based on past game scores, if two teams played each other on a neutral field the margin of victory or loss will, on average, be equal to the difference in power rating between these two teams. Power ratings are based on 'trends' in the data where past performance is used to predict future performance. Power ratings are meant to serve as a baseline for ranking teams when only game results are the criteria.
Due to limited data, early season ratings are less meaningful than end of season ratings. The more data you have to analyze the more accurate are the results. It can take more than 10,000 iterations before determining the final ratings. Once the ratings are calculated, derived quantities are computed based on the power ratings. As an example, strength of schedule is computed based on the average Power Ratings of opponents. Other derived quantities including Rating Percentage Index (RPI), Quality Wins, etc. are also computed based on Active Power Ratings.
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Active Power Rating The Active Power Rating is a number computed for every team such that if you sum the difference of the power ratings between a team and all it's opponents and add in a home-field advantage for each game, the result is exactly equal to the sum of the margin of victory or loss for each of the games played for that team.
Ranking We use the Active Power Ratings to rank teams within a state according to their playoff class and across states in a SportsPower class.
SportsPower Classification SportsPower has defined 4 classes based on school enrollments so that approximately 25% of all of the teams are in the Mega, Large, Mid or Small class.
For more details on our the Active Power Ratings download our PDF brochure.