[Iam4thecats]

The out of state stuff is getting blown out of proportion. It is the OOWP, or Opponent's Opponent's Winning Percentage that is being set a .500 for out of state teams. When you take OOWP into account, you're talking about the winning percentage of about 100 teams. Odds are that percentage is going to come out somewhere in between .400-.600, just law of averages there. The average winning percentage for the entire universe should be .500, just math, someone wins, someone has to lose. After you factor in all of the games in a regular season, the variance in actual OOWP and the .500 that is just assumed by the KHSAA might be about .005.

This system has its issues, but the value being applied to out of state opponent's OOWP is not one of them. Personally, I think where the value is not being applied appropriately is with the factors for each percentage. It would seem to me OWP should be the highest valued factor.

So instead of this being the formula:

GR((WP*.35)+(OWP*.35)+(OOWP*.30))

It should be something like this:

GR((WP*.30)+(OWP*.50)+(OOWP*.20))

Here, the largest value is being given to your Opponent's Winning Percentage, which is how it should be in my opinion.

Sorry for the long rant, someone brewed the coffee a little too strong this morning I think.

I think the old one first used for ncaa basketball was 25-50-25.