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Unfortunate for Chicago-Houston... I know the harshness that is the weather called off game all too well. Still, I always think it's the right call. When that call's not made and it goes wrong, people don';t just lose jobs, they lose lives...

As before, rankings are basically weighted averages, taking into account results from the last 5 matches and goal differential for the last 5. The equation is

weekly rating = 0.67*L5Form + 0.33*L5GD where

L5Form = points from last match + 0.4*points from prior match + 0.3*points from prior match + 0.2*points from prior match + 0.1*points from prior match

L5GD = GD from last match + 0.4*GD from prior match + 0.3*GD from prior match + 0.2*GD from prior match + 0.1*GD from prior match.

Teams are then ranked based on their weekly rating.

Overall ratings are then determined by looking at the season long average of weekly rankings. A lower rating is better since it represents more time spent at the top. I may need to change this to an average of the last 5 or last 10 games as the season goes on so teams don't get stuck, but so far it's working pretty well.


Anyway, let's look at some early power rankings based on this last week.

Team	Rank	Overall Rating
Kansas City	1	2.000
San Jose	2	5.286
Salt Lake City	3	5.571
Seattle	4	7.000
New York	5	7.714
Houston	6	9.571
Vancouver	7	9.571
Colorado	8	9.571
Chicago	9	10.429
Dallas	10	10.714
Columbus	11	10.714
DC	12	11.714
Chivas	13	12.143
LA	14	13.143
New England	15	14.143
Portland	16	14.571
Philadelphia	17	14.714
Montreal	18	17.286
Toronto	19	19.143

edit - swapped Colorado and Houston. Same point total, but Houston is playing better.