tjbevill wrote:
Shocked to see us move ahead of Hamburg in the rankings. Confused as all get out how we are here.
Well you came into week 4 ranked number 2 which is worth 31 points and you beat Indy who was ranked number 4 which is worth 29 points which gives you 60.
You are 4-0 (5 points per win/-5 points per lose) which is 20 more points to reach 80.
Your turnover margin is +7 which gives you 7 more points to bring the value to 87.
Now the final piece is total offense and defense minus 66 which in your case is 6th offense, 10th defense which equals 66-16=50
50 + 87 = 137
Now you nudged out Hamburg by 1 point because they were number 1 =32
Beat the muskies who were ranked 10th for 23 points
=55
Hamburg is also 4-0 for 20
=75
Hamburg has a 0 turnover margin but there offense is 2nd and defense 3rd which is 66-5=61
75+61=136
The turnover margin is +7 your way
Total offense and defense is 61 for Hamburg and 50 for you which is -11 your way.
So statistically you are -4 behind Hamburg but the strength of victory gave you the edge.
In week 5....Hamburg plays the 13th ranked team while you play the 15th ranked team so if you both win and statistically nothing changes dramatically....You both should flip flop 1 and 2.
