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1999-19 Team Seasons

VHSL Football - 2000 Division 1 Pythagorean Expectations

A Pythagorean (expectation) projection is an approximation of each team’s wins based solely on points scored and allowed. The concept was first used by Bill James, an influential baseball writer and statistician, who found that a team’s record was very closely correlated by taking the square of the team’s runs scored and dividing it by the square of the team’s runs plus the square of the team’s runs allowed.

Statistician Daryl Morey of STATS, Inc., later adapted this formula for professional football using 2.37 and I further found that the exponent 2.7 works better for VHSL football.
I applied this formula to each team and found out which teams are out performing their projected winning percentage and which ones were under performing.

The key is as follows: W = Actual wins L = Actual losses  PFALL = Points for  PAALL = Points against  Projected W = Projected Wins  Projected L = Projected Losses  
Win Difference is computed by calculating the number of wins the formula computed (Projected W) and subtracting that from the number of actual wins (Actual W).
A positive number means the team had more wins that the formula expected, a negative numbers means less wins than expected.

# Team ACT
W
ACT
L
Proj
W
Proj
L
ACT
vs
Proj
Diff
State
Rating
PF PA %PTS Div Group Region District YR+1
W
YR+1
L
YR+1
Rate

YR+1
W/L
CHG
1 Lunenburg 8 3 10.55 0.45 -2.55 41.1 362 113 0.76 1 A B James River  7  4   32.1 -1
2 Surry 9 4 11.14 1.86 -2.14 43.6 295 152 0.66 1 A A Tri-Rivers  5  5   20.3 -4
3 Stonewall Jackson(Q) 7 3 8.89 1.11 -1.89 43.5 242 112 0.68 1 A B Shenandoah  5  4   32.8 -2
4 Rural Retreat 8 4 9.84 2.16 -1.84 38.2 347 198 0.64 1 A C Hogoheegee  7  4   37.1 -1
5 Sussex Central 9 3 10.60 1.40 -1.60 43.6 406 192 0.68 1 A A Tri-Rivers  9  5   38.2 0
6 Strasburg 6 4 7.17 2.83 -1.17 37.6 175 124 0.59 1 A B Bull Run  11  1   60.4 5
7 Page 1 9 1.88 8.12 -0.88 3.7 160 275 0.37 1 A B Shenandoah  3  6   17.0 2
8 Galax 3 7 3.76 6.24 -0.76 -2.4 180 217 0.45 1 A C Mtn. Empire  9  3   40.6 6
9 Craig County 0 10 0.68 9.32 -0.68 -25.3 163 430 0.27 1 A C Pioneer  1  8   -6.2 1
10 Luray 4 5 4.68 4.32 -0.68 25.1 244 237 0.51 1 A B Shenandoah  0  8   -5.2 -4
11 Mathews 4 7 4.63 6.37 -0.63 20.9 239 269 0.47 1 A A Tidewater  7  5   34.2 3
12 Bath County 9 2 9.54 1.46 -0.54 43.8 405 202 0.67 1 A C Pioneer  11  1   57.5 2
13 Rye Cove 8 5 8.34 4.66 -0.34 21.0 367 296 0.55 1 A D Cumberland  5  5   23.0 -3
14 Cumberland 0 10 0.26 9.74 -0.26 -14.4 98 374 0.21 1 A B James River  4  6   8.9 4
15 Altavista 0 9 0.16 8.84 -0.16 -5.4 88 389 0.18 1 A B Dogwood  1  7   4.2 1
16 Auburn 5 5 5.07 4.93 -0.07 18.0 194 192 0.50 1 A C Three Rivers  3  7   22.0 -2
17 Thomas Walker 0 5 0.05 4.95 -0.05 -27.1 28 158 0.15 1 A D Cumberland  2  6   5.1 2
18 Colonial Beach 0 3 0.01 2.99 -0.01 -16.9 18 149 0.11 1 A A Northern Neck  1  1   9.2 1
19 Castlewood 5 5 4.89 5.11 0.11 12.9 239 243 0.50 1 A D Cumberland  5  5   13.4 0
20 Northumberland 5 5 4.88 5.12 0.12 32.0 172 175 0.50 1 A A Northern Neck  1  9   7.5 -4
21 King & Queen 7 4 6.71 4.29 0.29 29.8 216 183 0.54 1 A A Tidewater  5  4   17.0 -2
22 Riverheads * 14 0 13.66 0.34 0.34 61.9 529 135 0.80 1 A B Shenandoah  9  2   47.4 -5
23 Rappahannock 1 8 0.65 8.35 0.35 7.3 107 276 0.28 1 A A Northern Neck  8  3   38.5 7
24 Narrows 2 8 1.32 8.68 0.68 -21.4 161 323 0.33 1 A C Mtn. Empire  1  9   -3.2 -1
25 Charles City 1 9 0.15 9.85 0.85 -3.0 78 368 0.17 1 A A Tri-Rivers  1  8   -8.9 0
26 Twin Springs 1 9 0.11 9.89 0.89 -15.4 67 349 0.16 1 A D Cumberland  0  10   -13.6 -1
27 J.I. Burton 3 7 2.06 7.94 0.94 11.7 176 290 0.38 1 A D Lonesome Pine  3  5   24.2 0
28 Holston 2 8 0.89 9.11 1.11 -1.4 143 338 0.30 1 A C Hogoheegee  3  7   8.4 1
29 Northwood 7 4 5.86 5.14 1.14 30.8 188 179 0.51 1 A C Hogoheegee  3  7   15.5 -4
30 Hurley 3 4 1.68 5.32 1.32 6.2 116 178 0.39 1 A D Black Diamond  2  8   -3.5 -1
31 Franklin 2 8 0.64 9.36 1.36 15.9 122 330 0.27 1 A A Tri-Rivers  7  4   32.6 5
32 West Point 2 8 0.49 9.51 1.51 1.5 117 352 0.25 1 A A Tidewater  0  10   -13.8 -2
33 Parry McCluer 2 8 0.37 9.63 1.63 7.9 82 275 0.23 1 A C Pioneer  1  9   9.1 -1
34 Covington 3 6 1.27 7.73 1.73 16.7 145 283 0.34 1 A C Pioneer  2  8   11.3 -1
35 Middlesex 2 7 0.13 8.87 1.87 10.8 72 344 0.17 1 A A Tidewater  4  6   13.8 2
36 Bland(RG) 3 6 1.08 7.92 1.92 -6.0 137 287 0.32 1 A C Mtn. Empire  4  4   17.4 1
37 Ervinton 3 6 0.62 8.38 2.38 -8.6 91 238 0.28 1 A D Cumberland  2  8   -2.4 -1
38 Eastern Montgomery 5 6 1.80 9.20 3.20 10.0 160 293 0.35 1 A C Three Rivers  7  4   39.2 2