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<blockquote data-quote="The Bell Tolls for Thee" data-source="post: 132593343" data-attributes="member: 1812660">The point is that when someone uses the stat of wins vs ranked teams they are trying to imply wins against better than average competition.&nbsp; Like all statistics it can be used deceptively and in the case of Brown it clearly is being used that way to make his body of work appear better than it is.Team A could beat an unranked team to start the season and team B beats a top 10 team to start the season.&nbsp; Team A's opening opponent then goes undefeated and finishes in the top 10 while team B's opening opponent goes 6-6 and finishes unranked.&nbsp; Using ranks at the time of the game would lead to regarding the clearly lesser win of team B as more valuable than the more impressive win of team A.As you know there are so many variables such as injuries and teams not always being at same level all throughout the season.&nbsp; So no blanket stat such as wins vs ranked opponents will account for all the nuisance that deep dive analytics will cover.&nbsp; That being said, &quot;wins against end of season ranked teams&quot; is still going to give you a better idea than &quot;wins against ranked teams at the time of game&quot; as a stand alone stat.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="The Bell Tolls for Thee, post: 132593343, member: 1812660"] The point is that when someone uses the stat of wins vs ranked teams they are trying to imply wins against better than average competition. Like all statistics it can be used deceptively and in the case of Brown it clearly is being used that way to make his body of work appear better than it is. Team A could beat an unranked team to start the season and team B beats a top 10 team to start the season. Team A's opening opponent then goes undefeated and finishes in the top 10 while team B's opening opponent goes 6-6 and finishes unranked. Using ranks at the time of the game would lead to regarding the clearly lesser win of team B as more valuable than the more impressive win of team A. As you know there are so many variables such as injuries and teams not always being at same level all throughout the season. So no blanket stat such as wins vs ranked opponents will account for all the nuisance that deep dive analytics will cover. That being said, "wins against end of season ranked teams" is still going to give you a better idea than "wins against ranked teams at the time of game" as a stand alone stat. [/QUOTE]

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