Let me first say this is a standard statistical regression model based on score margins of games played.  I do not make any changes to the base model.  Thus it is not particularly my model or my predictions.  Results and predictions are based solely the data.
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1. It has no favorite teams.<br>
2. It does not have to sell newspapers to local fans who love to read about how good their team is.<br>
3. It analyzes all games, not just one team's games.
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>somebody wanna explain sc west being ranked #3 with 7 losses?
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http://www.econ.iastate.edu/prosci/moore/iahs/0203basketball/week10/ConferenceReport.txt
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MRC is rated as about 7 points tougher than any other 4A conference.  SC West has 3 losses to non-IA teams.  The Sioux Falls schools that the MRC play are equally tough:
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Sioux Falls Lincoln SD              1  2 119.18 117.85
Sioux Falls O'Gorman SD             2  1 125.11 122.45
Sioux Falls Roosevelt SD            2  0 130.63 123.63
Sioux Falls Washington SD           1  1 129.22 122.22
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There is substantial objective evidence to conclude that the top 2 teams in the MRC are statewide top 5 teams.
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>i truely hope that is a misprint having SC west as #3, it seems <br>
>like this ranking system has way to much weight on the schedule <br>
>strenth. a team with seven losses over a team with ONE?!?!? thats <br>
>just flat out disgusting. and having PV in front of the musc and <br>
>bett is pretty bad too...north scott should at least be in the top 7.
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SC West: see above analysis.  
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In college football, the 6-6 Big 10 team typically better than the 9-3 MAC team.  The analysis believes that the MRC is that good.  Remember the 00-01 season? (20-1) Waterloo East went to the state tournament to play (17-6) Indianola.  Computer predicted (17-6) Indianola to win by 1 point.  Indianola won by 16.  In some years it can be statistically infered that one conference is substantially better than another.  
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MAC standings:  
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There are 5 teams with 3-4 conference losses in week 10.  I have no particular insight on this one.
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