WrestleStat Week 11 Rankings - 2016-2017

[andegre]

I'd first like to point out that for this weeks' rankings, I was planning on removing wrestlers that had not wrestled any matches for the season. Once that code change was in place, I started the rankings process. Once the dual rankings started to get calculated, I started running into some major errors. The problem was/is because there are teams that still have starters set to wrestlers that haven't wrestled any matches yet, and therefore, caused problems calculating the dual rankings. I had to back that change out because it was way too late for me to get it fixed. So, next week I'll work on getting those wrestlers excluded from the rankings process.

Now to our rankings. Many of you will notice that after some of the upsets this weekend, some wrestlers still did not jump other wrestlers that they beat head-to-head. One thing I'd like to point out, the RATINGS of those wrestlers moved in the proper direction, but there may have been enough of a gap previously where they still didn't actually jump the other wrestler in the final RANKINGS. Example, Sam Brooks of Iowa is still ranked below Nolan Boyd, despite majoring him, and also Austin Schafer of Oklahoma State is still ranked below Sam Stoll, and Anthony Collica is still ranked behind Brandon Sorensen.

Wrestler Rankings: http://www.wrestlestat.com/rankings/wrestler

Dual Rankings: http://www.wrestlestat.com/rankings/dual

Tournament Rankings: http://www.wrestlestat.com/rankings/tournament

Hodge Watch: http://www.wrestlestat.com/rankings/hodge

[Big Bird]

Andegre, I've been using the site a lot lately. It is super helpful when you're facing unfamiliar teams/guys. I feel like it's getting more mentions on the Guillotine too. Have you seen a noticeable uptick in traffic this year?

Also, how long does it take for the rankings to adjust/correct to trends? Cam Sykora went 4-0 last week and beat two guys ranked significantly higher than him. The previous week he beat Rico Montoya who is still ranked above him too. I get that a guy like Cam doesn't have a ton of matches for him to be ranked correctly, but he has been on fire and owns a bunch of recent wins over guys ranked above him. I did notice true freshman Taylor Nein made a pretty big jump this week after getting 3 wins. Sykora has 30 career matches and Nein has 18, so there isn't a huge disparity there. I guess my question is why did Nein make a big jump (up 28 spots) and Sykora didn't (down two spots)?

[andegre]

Supposedly (according to my math expert/engineer who helped with the formula) it takes approximately 14 matches to "reach equilibrium". But that seems to be a bit low in my opinion. One of the problems (my fault) is because of the wide disparity in the rankings from the previous season which is used as the starting ranking for each week this season. It's making it appear as though wrestlers aren't moving up fast enough when they have big wins, like you mentioned. (For example, look at #1 Gilman vs #2 Dance, or #1 Retherford vs #2 Sorensen). Those large gaps make it harder to reach the very top of the rankings. As more seasons come and go, that disparity will lessen each year making these rankings, and the algorithm more accurate. I, along with other fans, just wish it was NOW to make my rankings look better.