Hansen Ratings - 2023 Mock RAC Dashboard

Mock Regional Advisory Committee Dashboard

Use the dashboard below to create your own mock regional rankings. This dashboard uses logic similar to hockey's Pairwise Ratings to compare teams within regions.

You can assign different weights to different aspects of the Primary Criteria based on your own preferences. If you think Won-Lost Percentage should be the end-all-be all, you can give more weight to that aspect of the comparison. If you think Head-to-Head results should trump everything else, go for it!

You can also toggle between comparing metrics based on a binary operator or the relative difference between teams. For example, if Team A has a winning percentage of 0.900, and Team B has a winning percentage of 0.667, the Binary Comparison would give Team A +1 comparison point and Team B -1 comparison point. If you switch to the Relative Difference, Team A would be awarded +0.233 comparison points and Team B would be awarded -0.233 comparison points. Ties are broken first by head-to-head results and then by RPI. Users can manipulate RPI to give more or less weight to winning percentage or strength of schedule.

Users can also select different Pool A (automatic qualifying) teams for conferences to see how it would affect the Pool C (at-large) race. To select Pool A teams for each conference, use the tabs on the bottom left of the dashboard. Pool C projections are based on user-defined weights and team criteria as of today. Results from Week 11 are not included.

Here's an example comparison, using Mass-Dartmouth, Stevenson, and Lebanon Valley, using results as of 11/02/2023.

Metric	Mass-Dartmouth	Stevenson	Binary Comparison	Relative Difference
Won-Lost Percentage	8-1 (0.889)	6-2 (0.750)	0.889 > 0.750 +1 Mass-Dartmouth -1 Stevenson	0.889 - 0.750 = 0.149 +0.149 Mass-Dartmouth -0.149 Stevenson
Strength of Schedule	0.412	0.481	0.412 < 0.481 -1 Mass-Dartmouth +1 Stevenson	0.412 - 0.481 = -0.069 -0.069 Mass-Dartmouth +0.069 Stevenson
Head-to-Head	No results		+0 Mass-Dartmouth +0 Stevenson	+0 Mass-Dartmouth +0 Stevenson
Common Opponents	No results	No results	+0 Mass-Dartmouth +0 Stevenson	+0 Mass-Dartmouth +0 Stevenson

If you use only Binary Comparisons with equal weights, the two teams would be even, and the tie would be broken by RPI. Mass-Dartmouth s standard RPI (using 3/8 WP and 5/8 SOS) is slightly higher than Stevenson s, so they would get the point. If you were using the relative differences between metrics, you would need to give SOS more than twice as much weight as won-lost percentage for Stevenson to finish ahead. For simplicity, let s just look at the binary comparison. Then Mass-Dartmouth gets +1 comparison point.

Metric	Mass-Dartmouth	Lebanon Valley	Binary Comparison	Relative Difference
Won-Lost Percentage	8-1 (0.889)	5-3 (0.625)	0.889 > 0.625 +1 Mass-Dartmouth -1 Lebanon Valley	0.889 - 0.625 = 0.264 +0.149 Mass-Dartmouth -0.149 Lebanon Valley
Strength of Schedule	0.412	0.552	0.412 < 0.552 -1 Mass-Dartmouth +1 Lebanon Valley	0.412 - 0.552 = -0.140 -0.069 Mass-Dartmouth +0.069 Lebanon Valley
Head-to-Head	No results		+0 Mass-Dartmouth +0 Lebanon Valley	+0 Mass-Dartmouth +0 Lebanon Valley
Common Opponents	No results	No results	+0 Mass-Dartmouth +0 Lebanon Valley	+0 Mass-Dartmouth +0 Lebanon Valley

Similar to the Mass-Dartmouth/Stevenson binary comparison, this would come down to RPI for a tie-breaker, with Mass-Dartmouth s slightly higher again. Looking at the relative differences, you wouldn t need to have double the weight on SOS, but close to it. Let s call that another +1 comparison point for Mass-Dartmouth.

Metric	Stevenson	Lebanon Valley	Binary Comparison	Relative Difference
Won-Lost Percentage	6-2 (0.750)	5-3 (0.625)	0.750 > 0.625 +1 Stevenson -1 Lebanon Valley	0.750 - 0.625 = 0.125 +0.125 Stevenson -0.125 Lebanon Valley
Strength of Schedule	0.481	0.552	0.481 < 0.552 -1 Stevenson +1 Lebanon Valley	0.481 - 0.552 = -0.071 -0.071 Stevenson +0.071 Lebanon Valley
Head-to-Head	Lebanon Valley beat Stevenson		-1 Stevenson +1 Lebanon Valley	-1 Stevenson +1 Lebanon Valley
Common Opponents	W vs Misericordia W vs Widener L vs DelVal W vs Alvernia	W vs Misericordia W vs Widener L vs DelVal W vs Alvernia	+0 Stevenson +0 Lebanon Valley	+0 Stevenson +0 Lebanon Valley

In this comparison, Lebanon Valley comes out ahead almost any way you compare the two, unless a nearly unreasonable weight is applied to won-lost percentage. The head-to-head win and 0.071 point SOS advantage should easily trump Stevenson s modest WP advantage. Lebanon Valley gets the comparison point.

To get a full ranking, this process is repeated for every team against every other team within a region. By adding up comparison points, you achieve a team s final PWR. Ties in PWR are again broken by RPI.