jdavidbakr wrote:
It's the power ranking "score" for each team. Basically, on a neutral playing field, if two teams are playing each other, the final score differential should be determined by the difference of the two team's scores. I decided to expose that number to give a better idea of the distance between two teams in the power ranking algorithm.
The score is basically the numbers each team is assigned to get the lowest error rate when running that algorithm over all the games used to generate the score (with a 3-point HFA).
I just want to make sure I am understanding correctly. In the USFL/WFL league, in week 9 of the season, my team, the 29th Power ranked 4-4 Houston Gamblers are playing the 14th Power ranked 5-3 Oklahoma Outlaws. The smaller number beside Houston is -6.1 while Oklahoma's smaller number is -0.1
Going into week 9 game of the season, the Outlaws are favored to win our matchup by 3 points. (Outlaws (-3) @ Gamblers)
By your explanation, am I
ALREADY predetermined to lose by 6 points even though being the suggested underdog by a FG?