Independent Rankings Committee National Rankings
The Independent Rankings Committee National Rankings is a ranking system for college inline hockey teams. The method used to rank teams is based upon the World Football Elo Ratings but has been modified to work within the college hockey environment. The rankings are not sponsored by the national governing body of the sport, which is the NCRHA, however, are maintained to increase the awareness of the continually growing college game. The rankings generally converge on a team's true strength relative to its competitors after about 30 contested games. Teams new to the rankings receive a default ranking of 1500 and their rank should be considered provisional until a qualifying set of games is played.
Prior to February 18, 2008, the rankings were conducted using a Bowl Championship Series type rankings system. Eight independent voters, generally located within one of the member organizations of the NCRHA, sent weekly rankings in based on their own formulated opinion. The votes were then tabulated and weighted according to each members percentage of the vote to calculate the final rankings. The rankings received a lot of scrutiny's because of the ability for biasness to sway to poll.
Read more about Independent Rankings Committee National Rankings: History, Progressive Leader's Chart
Other articles related to "independent rankings committee national rankings, independent rankings committee":
... represent the schools that have achieved the number once spot since the first Independent Rankings Committee poll October 2, 2006 ... The first mathematical calculation of the Independent Rankings Committee National Rankings took place on February 18, 2008 ...
Famous quotes containing the words national, committee and/or independent:
“There is no calamity which a great nation can invite which equals that which follows a supine submission to wrong and injustice and the consequent loss of national self-respect and honor, beneath which are shielded and defended a people’s safety and greatness.”
—Grover Cleveland (1837–1908)
“A committee is an animal with four back legs.”
—John le Carré (b. 1931)
“‘Ouch’ is not independent of social training. One has only to prick a foreigner to appreciate that it is an English word.”
—Willard Van Orman Quine (b. 1908)