As long as I have been reading the USA Today computing rankings, I cannot figure out how to interpret the measures in the 4 columns: sched strength, power rating, offense, defense. Can anyone help? Does a higher value mean better? These are the cpu ratings from today.

 

№ School WL SOS POW OFF DEF

01 TRINITY 12-1 32 28 81 17

02 FERN CREEK 12-1 29 26 83 13

03 CHRISTIAN CO 11-1 27 23 84 11

04 COVCATH 11-3 29 27 76 20

05 BALLARD 8-2 28 28 87 9

As long as I have been reading the USA Today computing rankings, I cannot figure out how to interpret the measures in the 4 columns: sched strength, power rating, offense, defense. Can anyone help? Does a higher value mean better? These are the cpu ratings from today.

 

№ School WL SOS POW OFF DEF

01 TRINITY 12-1 32 28 81 17

02 FERN CREEK 12-1 29 26 83 13

03 CHRISTIAN CO 11-1 27 23 84 11

04 COVCATH 11-3 29 27 76 20

05 BALLARD 8-2 28 28 87 9

 

Power measures the potential to win games. It is not solely based on W/L.

 

Off = expected points per game.

 

Def = average D would be a "0." The higher the positive number the better the D. Bad D's would have a negative number.

Clyde, for all 4 values, does your statement about Def "higher the positive number the better" apply. I hope so, makes it simpler. And thanks for your response.

Snottie, I can see that your brain is wired like mine ... weird. Thanks!