I’ve done the same thing for college football that I do with NFL teams: average out their statistical rankings in a select number of categories I’ve deemed most important and used that to rank them 1-25. Only teams in the AP top 25 are eligible for consideration here, just for simplicity’s sake because it would… Read More College Football Statistical Team Rankings: Week 7
Now that 5 weeks are in the book and we have a decent sample size of statistics, we can start doing the statistical ranks. For those who don’t know, last year in week 12 I created my own team ranking system based off their statistical ranks (1-32, with 1 being the best and 32 being… Read More 2021 NFL Statistical Team Rankings: Week 5
I decided to tweak the TNC formula to factor in the percent of a player’s made field goals he is assisted on. I just feel like the current formula is still a bit skewed towards big men. A thought occurred to me, after updating the rankings and seeing that Bam Adebayo was ranked ahead of… Read More NBA Player Rankings: 4/8/21
Now that I have finished my NBA player statistical rankings, I can do my NBA team statistical rankings, since individual stars factor heavily into the team rankings. Like with my NFL team statistical rankings, these team rankings reflect the average of where a given team ranks 1-30 across a select group of team-based statistics. For… Read More NBA Team Statistical Rankings: Mar. 29, 2021
Now that all 256 games of the 2020 NFL season have been played, we have all the statistical rankings we need to compile our rankings of all 32 teams this season from top to bottom. Congrats to the New Orleans Saints, the top-ranked team in the NFL for 2020: Again, these are comprehensive rankings that… Read More Final 2020 Regular Season Statistical Rankings
The formula has been solidified and is unchanged since last week. We have a new #1 team in the league, the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. They’re followed by the Packers, Chiefs and Saints, but all of the top 4 teams in the statistical rankings are fairly close to one another. The Ravens, Bills and Steelers make… Read More Week 16 NFL Statistical Rankings
A few more tweaks to the statistical rankings formula: Double-weighted offensive points per game scored. I read an article that looked at the stats that correlate most with winning, and, unsurprisingly, points scored per game was #1. So I double-weighted the category in my rankings. Double-weighted turnover margin. Second-highest correlation with winning. Although with this… Read More Week 15 NFL Statistical Ranks
Now that I’ve created a statistical ranking system, I want to use it to analyze weekly matchups and see if it’s able to be predictive. My numbers are not meant to translate into points. So “advantage” +/- does not translate into what the line should be. It’s a measure of how far above or below… Read More NFL Week 15 Matchups: Statistical Advantages & Betting Lines
I have made some tweaks to the system which I want to quickly go over: Doubled the importance of win %. I wanted the rankings to be as objective as possible, meaning the various statistical categories would not be weighted against one another subjectively and according to my own personal biases. But I did feel… Read More Week 14 NFL Statistical Rankings
I applied the same concept from the team statistical rankings to Quarterbacks: taking their ranks in important statistical categories and averaging out the ranks to find a single overall average. Then we calculate the median, and then list how far above or below the median each quarterback is. The 10 stats I used: Passing TDs:… Read More NFL Statistical Quarterback Rankings: Week 13
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