Those on the old qb list saw an earlier version of this. It has been changed to adjust for tournament hosts losing quality players to tournament operations. This is the results of an attempt at a Power Ranking scheme for collegiate academic competition. Data used in the calculation was derived from 1999 NAQT CCTs (Div I & II), 2000 NAQT SCTs (Div I & II), 2000 College Bowl Regionals, 2000 ACF Regionals, and 2000 NAQT ICT (Div I & II). These are the Top 40 teams as per the ranking algorithm. The algorithm: Total Power Points equals the sum of the quotients of the number of teams in a particular tournament and the adjusted place of finish in said tournament. The adjusted place of finish is equal to the reciprocal of the sum of the reciprocals of the places of finish of all teams of the particular school. For example, in a 20 team tournament BSU finishes 3rd and 10th. For the tournament, BSU earns 20/[1/(1/3+1/10)] or 8.667 power points, with an adjusted place of finish of 2.308. In the same tournament, FU's three teams finish 2nd, tied 7th-8th, and 20th. Adjusted place of finish is 1/(1/2+1/7.5+1/20) = 1.463, and power points earned is 20/1.463 = 13.667. Tied records are not broken, all involved in the tied are awarded the median position in the tie. Host teams are awarded the equivalent of a 4th place finish in their own tournament to compensate for lossing quality players to tournament operations.
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