Lineal Ranking system

[bender]

Hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha! This is hilarious! Thanks for making me laugh until I almost vomited.

So far, the lineal system has picked 6 out of 9 winners in this world cup, with the three wrong selections being wrong by a total of 3 just 3 points (including a draw). In fact,so far, a favourite has not lost by more than 2 points. I would be interested to know how your tips are going, or what other system has produced a more accurate ranking system.

 

[Bovrick]

I'd ignore what the rakings say until the end of the tournament anyway. Besides it's not exactly a proper ranking method, just a decent estimate of what's going on at the time.

 

[kdalymc]

Hahahaha hahahah Italy number 2? Hahahaha

Nice system.....
Perhaps you should look at tennis or boxing and see how it should be done

 

[miguel de cervantes]

I told you not to include the warm-up games....

 

[bender]

Hahahaha hahahah Italy number 2? Hahahaha

Nice system.....
Perhaps you should look at tennis or boxing and see how it should be done

Boxing might be an interesting method to use. That way the Poms could slip the RLIF some coin and earn themselves a number one ranking. Or if that doesnt work they could hold compete in a breakaway WBO World Cup.:crazy:

 

[bender]

I told you not to include the warm-up games....

True, you did warn me.

Still, it will be very interesting if Italy Goes on to beat New Zealand in the quarter finals.

 

[parrawentyfan]

I like this system. It is an alternative to the monotony of the normal ranking system, where Aust is far in front and everyone else way behind. Every game has much more meaning. The prob is if team 1 doesn't play, no one can overtake them, but they will always play eventually, and will lose eventually.

I think Scotland should move to one place behind Italy. They are equal but have not overtaken them.

Good work in maintaining this. It is enjoyable to see the movements, even if it is not official.

 

[Misanthrope]

I can't believe people are reading this and thinking that these rankings are your own personal and entirely legitimate views of where the teams ranked.

There's a whole football (soccer) 'World Championship' based around this very concept.

 

[Bovrick]

Thanks to England's warm up loss, apparently this system is going to really screw up the ranking of England and/or New Zealand by the end of the cup :lol: by virtue of Tonga exiting the comp with a win against previously unbeaten Italy, those two are frozen behind Australia now, the only way they can be jumped is by someone beating Australia

1 Australia
2 Tonga
3 Italy
4 Scotland
5 England
6 New Zealand
7 Samoa
8 France
9 PNG
10 Fiji
11 USA
12 Cook Islands
13 Wales
14 Ireland
15 Canada
16 Lebanon
17 Russia
18 Serbia
19 Germany
20 Malta
21 Denmark
22 Ukraine
23 Sweden
24 Norway
25 Jamaica
26 South Africa
27 Latvia
28 Czech Republic
29 Portugal
30 Japan
31 Belgium
32 Netherlands
33 Greece
34 Vanuatu
35 Philippines
36 Thailand
37 Hungary


Unranked - Alphabetical Order


unranked India -
unranked Indonesia -
unranked Kingdom of Saudi Arabia -
unranked Morocco -
unranked Pakistan -
unranked Palestine -
unranked Singapore -

 

[Bovrick]

I can't believe people are reading this and thinking that these rankings are your own personal and entirely legitimate views of where the teams ranked.

There's a whole football (soccer) 'World Championship' based around this very concept.

And in the spirit of that interpretation, this weekend:

Scotland will be defending 4th place against New Zealand
Australia will be defending 1st place against the USA
England will be defending 5th place against France
Samoa will be defending 7th place against Fiji

 

[mtngry]

Latest rankings. http://www.rlwc2013.com/rugby-league-world-news/article/1462/australia-strengthen-grip-as-world