NCAA Promotion/Relegation project
Aug 24, 2022 17:41:49 GMT -5
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Post by pilight on Aug 24, 2022 17:41:49 GMT -5
Today in things nobody but me will ever care about I'll share my WCBB promotion/relegation project.
Imagine that instead of the current system of organizing WCBB teams into football conferences, the NCAA modeled the sport after European soccer, with relegation and promotion.
We're going to model that, with standings determined by RPI (NET once that's adopted).
You can see the whole thing in spreadsheet form here:
docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1xciFgvX587x42-fSxI7-D9amUW2B4suRHGXC7zpjd7o/edit?usp=sharing
I'm not gonna post all 40 seasons (unless you really want me to).
This past season
And the set up for the coming season, in which we finally open D9
Questions you may be asking...
What's with the states? It helps me with sorting the teams in lower divisions. I try to keep teams in the same state together.
Why only D-I schools? I figure adding D-II and D-III would get us into an 11th division and require a ranking system that includes all three. There are some systems available that rank lower division schools along with D-I. Massey has one that includes junior colleges. I'd rather stick with the official rankings of RPI/NET.
Why did D8 go to seven conferences then back down to six? The limit on conferences in D8 is supposed to six but I didn't want to open D9 until we have at least 10 teams to put down there. Starting in 20-21 we went temporarily to seven conferences in D8 until we get enough. You may notice D9 was eventually opened with just nine teams. That's because I'm also running this project for the men and there are two D-I programs that sponsor MCBB but not WCBB, so the men had enough but the women didn't. I elected to open it for both.
This is cool, why doesn't the NCAA do this? It's pretty travel intensive. Look at UConn up at the top. There are no other Premier Division teams in New England or New York or New Jersey or even Pennsylvania. Their shortest road trip would be to Maryland. They would have to play five games on the west coast plus one in Utah, three in Texas, and so on. IRL that would be a lot to ask. This was based on the English football league system, but England is pretty small. The whole country is about the size of Iowa, so even a long trip (Berwick to Penzance, for example) isn't a real hardship. We had Boston College and Hawaii in the same division for a while. That's the equivalent of putting London in the same league as Calcutta.
Imagine that instead of the current system of organizing WCBB teams into football conferences, the NCAA modeled the sport after European soccer, with relegation and promotion.
We're going to model that, with standings determined by RPI (NET once that's adopted).
You can see the whole thing in spreadsheet form here:
docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1xciFgvX587x42-fSxI7-D9amUW2B4suRHGXC7zpjd7o/edit?usp=sharing
I'm not gonna post all 40 seasons (unless you really want me to).
This past season
And the set up for the coming season, in which we finally open D9
Questions you may be asking...
What's with the states? It helps me with sorting the teams in lower divisions. I try to keep teams in the same state together.
Why only D-I schools? I figure adding D-II and D-III would get us into an 11th division and require a ranking system that includes all three. There are some systems available that rank lower division schools along with D-I. Massey has one that includes junior colleges. I'd rather stick with the official rankings of RPI/NET.
Why did D8 go to seven conferences then back down to six? The limit on conferences in D8 is supposed to six but I didn't want to open D9 until we have at least 10 teams to put down there. Starting in 20-21 we went temporarily to seven conferences in D8 until we get enough. You may notice D9 was eventually opened with just nine teams. That's because I'm also running this project for the men and there are two D-I programs that sponsor MCBB but not WCBB, so the men had enough but the women didn't. I elected to open it for both.
This is cool, why doesn't the NCAA do this? It's pretty travel intensive. Look at UConn up at the top. There are no other Premier Division teams in New England or New York or New Jersey or even Pennsylvania. Their shortest road trip would be to Maryland. They would have to play five games on the west coast plus one in Utah, three in Texas, and so on. IRL that would be a lot to ask. This was based on the English football league system, but England is pretty small. The whole country is about the size of Iowa, so even a long trip (Berwick to Penzance, for example) isn't a real hardship. We had Boston College and Hawaii in the same division for a while. That's the equivalent of putting London in the same league as Calcutta.