NDHSAA Football QRF Ratings (September 11)

By Tom Mix
NDHSAA Media Specialist

VALLEY CITY, N.D. – The first QRF (Quality Results Formula) Ratings for the 2017 North Dakota High School Activities Association 9-man football season have been released.

QRF Ratings at the end of the regular season will be used to determine home field in the 9-man playoffs if like seeded teams play one another throughout the bracket. QRF will also be used to seed the four No. 1 seeded teams from each region with the bracket quadrants of the No. 1 and No. 4 QRF-seeds being placed in the top half of the bracket and the bracket quadrants of the No. 2 and No. 3 QRF-seeds being placed on the bottom half.

Below are the 9-man QRF Ratings. Weekly QRF Ratings for Division A, Division AA and Division AAA will be begin released starting September 18.

9-man QRF Ratings (Week of September 11)

T-1 North Prairie (4-0) 31.5
T-1 Shiloh Christian (4-0) 31.5
3 New Salem/Glen Ullin (4-0) 30.2
4 Cavalier (4-0) 24.9
5 Wyndmere/Lidgerwood (4-0) 23.6
6 Mohall-Lansford-Sherwood (3-1) 22.6
T-7 Linton/HMB (4-0) 22.3
T-7 Napoleon/Gackle-Streeter (4-0) 22.3
9 Hankinson (3-1) 21.3
10 Divide County (4-0) 21.0
T-11 Thompson (3-1) 20.0
T-11 New Rockford-Sheyenne (3-1) 20.0
13 TGU (4-1) 19.6
T-14 St. John (3-1) 18.7
T-14 Beach (3-1) 18.7
16 Kidder County (3-1) 18.4
17 Nelson County (3-1) 17.4
18 Central McLean (3-1) 16.1
19 Benson County (2-2) 14.7
20 Ray/Powers Lake (3-1) 14.3
21 Richland (2-2) 14.2
22 Mott-Regent/New England (2-2) 13.8
23 May-Port-C-G (2-2) 12.5
24 Hatton/Northwood (1-3) 12.4
25 Oakes (1-3) 12.1
26 Strasburg/Zeeland (1-3) 9.4
27 North Border (1-3) 9.3
28 Surrey (1-3) 8.9
T-29 Lamoure-LM (1-3) 8.4
T-29 North Star (1-3)8.4
T-31 Dunseith (1-3) 7.6
T-31 Grant County/Flasher (1-3) 7.6
33 Tioga (1-2) 7.2
34 Larimore (1-3) 6.2
35 Finley-Sharon/Hope-Page (0-4) 3.9
36 Richardton-Taylor/Hebron (0-4) 3.5
T-37 Drake-Anamoose (0-4) 3.1
T-37 Parshall/White Shield (0-4) 3.1
T-37 South Border (0-4) 3.1
T-40 Midway/Minto (0-3) 2.9
T-40 Four Winds (0-3) 2.9
T-42 Hettinger/Scranton (1-3) 2.3
T-42 Trenton/Trinity Christian (0-3) 2.3

What is the formula/concept?

  • If you win:
    • X points for winning the game based on opponent Class
    • Y points times number of opponent wins based on opponent's opponents Class
  • If you lose:
  • Y/3 points times number of opponent wins based on opponent's opponents Class
  • This calculation happens for every game, then averaged out to the QRF number you see online.
  • Once the average QRF is determined, it is compared to the average QRF of every other team in the State, and put into ranking order.

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