Sonny Moore Power Ratings
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Sonny Moore's Power Ratings are a sports rating system
that was devised in 1974. This is a hobby that began so a comparison could be made of any two teams in a given sport, so as to get an indication on which team would win and by how many points if a game were played between them. It is a systematic ranking of all the teams in order from best to worst based on this comparison, as if all the teams were to play against one another. A team's power rating reflects how a team has performed from all the games played, not just one or two, taking into account wins and losses, the opposing teams' power ratings and the actual score difference of the games played. This explains why team A may have a higher power rating than team B, even though team B may have beaten team A or have a better won/lost record. The ratings are compiled by using only statistical and historical data. The most recent games played are more meaningful in compiling the ratings. Only games played against the teams in the ratings are used to formulate the power ratings. A diminishing returns principle is used to prevent higher rated teams from gaining power rating points and moving up in the rankings when the victory margin is being run up against a weaker team.
Sports rating system
A sports rating system is a system that analyzes the results of sports competitions to provide objective ratings for each team or player. Rankings are then derived by sorting each team's ratings and assigning an ordinal rank to each team starting with the highest rated team earning the #1 rank...
that was devised in 1974. This is a hobby that began so a comparison could be made of any two teams in a given sport, so as to get an indication on which team would win and by how many points if a game were played between them. It is a systematic ranking of all the teams in order from best to worst based on this comparison, as if all the teams were to play against one another. A team's power rating reflects how a team has performed from all the games played, not just one or two, taking into account wins and losses, the opposing teams' power ratings and the actual score difference of the games played. This explains why team A may have a higher power rating than team B, even though team B may have beaten team A or have a better won/lost record. The ratings are compiled by using only statistical and historical data. The most recent games played are more meaningful in compiling the ratings. Only games played against the teams in the ratings are used to formulate the power ratings. A diminishing returns principle is used to prevent higher rated teams from gaining power rating points and moving up in the rankings when the victory margin is being run up against a weaker team.