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1999-19 Team Seasons

VHSL Football - 2012 Division 3 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 Cave Spring 7 6 9.48 3.52 -2.48 60.8 309 214 0.59 3 AA IV River Ridge  5  6   55.1 -2
2 Warren County 8 3 10.08 0.92 -2.08 67.1 323 133 0.71 3 AA II Evergreen  8  4   45.0 0
3 Kettle Run 11 3 12.92 1.08 -1.92 78.1 429 171 0.72 3 AA II Evergreen  7  5   55.3 -4
4 Marion 7 5 8.81 3.19 -1.81 34.2 348 239 0.59 3 AA IV Southwest  6  5   33.0 -1
5 Tunstall 8 4 9.66 2.34 -1.66 55.8 345 204 0.63 3 AA IV Piedmont  5  6   38.5 -3
6 Park View(SH) 10 3 11.57 1.43 -1.57 56.2 391 180 0.68 3 AA I Southside  7  4   33.5 -3
7 Northside 7 5 8.35 3.65 -1.35 71.9 277 204 0.58 3 AA III Blue Ridge  14  1   88.4 7
8 Alleghany 3 7 4.18 5.82 -1.18 37.6 283 320 0.47 3 AA III Blue Ridge  4  6   43.7 1
9 James Monroe 12 2 13.06 0.94 -1.06 84.5 447 169 0.73 3 AA I Battlefield  10  5   79.0 -2
10 Fauquier 7 4 7.96 3.04 -0.96 64.0 277 194 0.59 3 AA II Evergreen  5  6   41.6 -2
11 York 9 3 9.95 2.05 -0.95 65.6 316 176 0.64 3 AA I Bay Rivers  4  7   46.5 -5
12 Spotswood 5 5 5.93 4.07 -0.93 41.9 247 215 0.53 3 AA III Valley  9  2   64.7 4
13 R.E. Lee(ST) 7 4 7.76 3.24 -0.76 62.0 286 207 0.58 3 AA III Valley  8  4   54.8 1
14 Charlottesville 4 7 4.65 6.35 -0.65 47.4 344 386 0.47 3 AA II Jefferson  4  7   39.4 0
15 Loudoun Valley 4 7 4.63 6.37 -0.63 48.7 215 242 0.47 3 AA II Dulles  11  3   70.8 7
16 Richlands 9 2 9.62 1.38 -0.62 54.4 368 179 0.67 3 AA IV Southwest  9  4   59.6 0
17 Rockbridge County 9 3 9.56 2.44 -0.56 75.6 370 223 0.62 3 AA III Blue Ridge  2  8   32.2 -7
18 New Kent 0 10 0.49 9.51 -0.49 19.4 133 400 0.25 3 AA I Bay Rivers  2  8   31.0 2
19 Abingdon 4 7 4.48 6.52 -0.48 18.3 214 246 0.47 3 AA IV Southwest  3  6   28.0 -1
20 Waynesboro 0 10 0.44 9.56 -0.44 21.6 138 430 0.24 3 AA III Valley  1  9   25.7 1
21 Lafayette 9 2 9.34 1.66 -0.34 69.3 387 204 0.65 3 AA I Bay Rivers  12  1   78.6 3
22 Culpeper County 1 9 1.27 8.73 -0.27 32.4 158 323 0.33 3 AA I Battlefield  4  6   39.6 3
23 John Champe 0 10 0.25 9.75 -0.25 4.8 92 355 0.21 3 AA II Dulles  2  8   33.9 2
24 Monticello 10 3 10.22 2.78 -0.22 72.6 436 269 0.62 3 AA II Jefferson  10  2   68.0 0
25 Poquoson 4 7 4.17 6.83 -0.17 43.3 190 228 0.45 3 AA I Bay Rivers  8  4   58.5 4
26 Patrick County 0 10 0.09 9.91 -0.09 5.0 88 511 0.15 3 AA IV Piedmont  0  10   7.3 0
27 Martinsville 1 9 1.04 8.96 -0.04 25.3 146 324 0.31 3 AA IV Piedmont  3  7   30.8 2
28 Brentsville 0 10 0.01 9.99 -0.01 37.6 37 450 0.08 3 AA II Evergreen  0  10   11.8 0
29 Western Albemarle 10 2 9.77 2.23 0.23 73.1 422 244 0.63 3 AA II Jefferson  10  2   68.0 0
30 Fluvanna 2 8 1.74 8.26 0.26 32.4 192 342 0.36 3 AA II Jefferson  1  9   22.4 -1
31 Brookville * 14 0 13.61 0.39 0.39 97.1 588 158 0.79 3 AA III Seminole  5  6   49.9 -9
32 Skyline 10 2 9.59 2.41 0.41 76.5 392 235 0.63 3 AA II Northwestern  4  7   25.8 -6
33 Brunswick 5 6 4.57 6.43 0.43 44.4 246 279 0.47 3 AA I Southside  12  3   63.6 7
34 Rustburg 5 5 4.56 5.44 0.44 59.9 338 361 0.48 3 AA III Seminole  6  5   57.8 1
35 Heritage(Le) 2 8 1.54 8.46 0.46 30.0 176 331 0.35 3 AA II Dulles  3  7   36.9 1
36 Bruton 3 7 2.51 7.49 0.49 35.5 178 267 0.40 3 AA I Bay Rivers  8  4   58.0 5
37 Prince Edward 1 9 0.44 9.56 0.56 12.4 151 471 0.24 3 AA I Southside  1  9   16.1 0
38 Greensville 3 7 2.37 7.63 0.63 28.4 188 290 0.39 3 AA I Southside  1  8   10.4 -2
39 Liberty(Bed) 7 5 6.36 5.64 0.64 69.0 366 350 0.51 3 AA III Seminole  7  4   60.4 0
40 Tazewell 2 9 1.21 9.79 0.79 14.8 178 386 0.32 3 AA IV Southwest  2  8   27.1 0
41 Handley 3 7 2.16 7.84 0.84 40.2 176 284 0.38 3 AA II Northwestern  7  4   53.3 4
42 Fort Defiance 7 4 5.71 5.29 1.29 58.7 290 282 0.51 3 AA III Valley  5  5   41.1 -2
43 Southampton 2 8 0.61 9.39 1.39 25.6 120 331 0.27 3 AA I Southside  2  8   16.9 0