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2003 Season

 

 

 

 

STRENGTH OF SCHEDULE

Strength of Schedule (SOS) is a rating which applies to a team's schedule where the stronger the opponents, the higher the SOS rating, or conversely, the weaker the opponents, the lower the SOS rating. In order to tabulate an SOS rating, the opponent's strength has to be evaluated. A measure of an opponent's strength is its power rating. The higher the rating, the stronger the team. The average power rating would simply be the sum of all opponent ratings divided by the number of games played.

 

A team's strength of schedule will change each week as games are played and an opponent's ranking changes. The advantage of this method is that it is simple to understand and explain. Tournaments can not be calculated until tournament schedules are available or until after each tournament has been played.

Example: Fenwick High School (Boys)
Opponents Rankings

47 - Mt Carmel

07 - Loyola Academy

41 - St Ignatius

03 - St Pats

20 - St Viator

26 - St Rita

06 - Home-Flossmor

02 - Brother Rice

04 - Stevenson

05 - Latin

14 - Sandburg

11 - Fenwick Tournament (Oak Park)

06 - Fenwick Tournament (Home-Flossmoor)

N/A - Fenwick Tournament (Two games are TBA)

N/A - St Pats Tournament

N/A - Brother Rice Tournament

N/A - Stevenson Tournament

N/A - MCAC Tournament

 

Total team rankings = 192

Total accounted games = 13

Strength of schedule = 192/13 (14.77)

 

Fenwick's SOS is 14.77

 

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