Trust me I really want you to win, that’s no joke, I looked at their schedule and they have beat some really good teams. Please prove me wrong. Best of luck to all MAC teams!
Erwin won their conference title. Top 3A team in a split conference that finishes with .500 record or better. Not sure that’s fair but NCHSAA has always had some shady rules. I mean the whole RPI thing is a joke. Really, your opponents opponents record counts as much as your winning percentage! That’s stupid!
OMG are you serious. How the hell this happen? What made Erwin get the higher seed?
Oh I know why it happened and it was by default because they’re in a split conference. I don’t like that, especially in this scenario where it’s obvious that Tuscola is better by a mile.
Because Reynolds, Asheville and Roberson were all 4A.
Glad you’re feeling better! I was blown away when I saw the McDowell/Erwin finish, should have kept pounding for a TD. Wasted time and settled for FG attempt, not smart. A FG in high school is NEVER a guarantee!
I like the RPI, I think it does a great job at weighing the record as well as the strength of a schedule but counting teams in a certain class of a split conference as a "conference champ" in the playoff system, even if they finished 4th, is counterintuitive to the RPI. The RPI weighs the strength of record, the NCHSAA doesn't need to help teams even more while punishing teams who are obviously better.
It has to be weighed heavily or else a strength of record wouldn't be accurate. It's the only way to differentiate how much beating particular teams matter. Sometimes beating a 7-2 team should be favored more heavily than beating 9-0 depending on who that 7-2 has played. You beat Roberson and Shelby this season, both are 6-4 but tell me which looks better on your résumé and for what reasons? It's most definitely Shelby because their losses have come to you, Burns, Crest and Kings Mountain. The RPI brings more context than any other ranking system, in my opinion.
Should Tuscola be ranked ahead of Dudley? They have the better record after all, no? That's the problem with only factoring in what you can control.
I agree with you Reynoldsrocks2. It should count but at a much lower percentage than said team’s winning percentage.
