GSL Power Rankings 2022

Good afternoon everyone. Let me preface with saying that these power rankings are not standings, they're a visualization of how strong a team actually is.

My formula is based on last year's Snelick Index. First it ranks each team in the following factors:

- The average betting line from the league office
- A neutral line, meaning points added to the home team's line and points subtracted from the visiting team's line. (The neutral line equals the betting line for neutral site games like the International Series and "away home games" like Carolina in Clemson and Washington in Charlottesville). Second home stadiums for teams like Colorado, Dallas, Wisconsin and Birmingham, are not neutral sites.
- Points for
- Points against
- The average score differential of each game; either a positive with a win or a negative with a loss
- Adding the average line to the average score differential
- Strength of Victory
- Strength of Schedule
- And wins minus losses

The formula then averages each factor ranking into a final ranking, which are released and debated.

Wow, kind of crazy that after a 3-0 start, Washington made it all the way to the bottom of the rankings, is just 7 games.

rbronish wrote:

This math is so weird to me. I mean it is weird to see a 4-7 team in the top 15 lol. But anyway Birmingham top 20 and I'm happy

Always interesting to see where team shape up in this.
Surprising that the Royals are at the top for instance. Boston has had an easy schedule, so their positions makes some sense. It'll be interesting how they play in the playoffs. The Brewers defense alone would put them at the top for me, but, the Royals have a sneaky good defense this season as well.

It'll be interesting come playoff time how the Bobcats do against the Royals or Lightning. They for sure have an a pretty easy schedule.
The Brewers on the other hand have had one of the tougher schedules in the league, and still have the best scoring defense in the league. St. Louis is going to be a tough out in the playoffs for sure, and I'd think they'd be the favorites to win it all at the moment. I think the Eastern Conference will be more up for grabs. And of course, it seemed inevitable that the Keystones were going to win it all last year, and look at how that turned out.

Bobcats finally moved up a spot! haha

rbronish wrote:

It has been an interesting year. Honestly I did not expect the Miami SOL to turn into the NFL Detroit Lions (motor City Kitty Cats) LOL

John

Man, for four straight weeks Dallas has been the worst ranked team with a positive record and still can't sneak out of the bottom 16. Or the 20's for that matter,