By Tom Mix
NDHSAA Media Specialist
VALLEY CITY, N.D. – The fifth and final QRF (Quality Results Formula) Ratings for the 2017 North Dakota High School Activities Association Division A football season have been released.
QRF will be used to seed the four No. 1 seeded teams from each region in Division A with the bracket quadrants of the No. 1 and No. 4 QRF-seeds being placed in the top half of the state playoff bracket and the bracket quadrants of the No. 2 and No. 3 QRF-seeds being placed on the bottom half.
In the event of a tie for one of the No. 1 seeds QRF the cumulative QRF for the respective tied regions will be added up to break the tie.
Below are the QRF Ratings:
DIVISION A (Week of October 14)
*1 Hillsboro/Central Valley (8-0) 53.4
2 Velva (8-0) 53.4
3 Langdon Area/Munich (8-0) 49.7
4 Dickinson Trinity (6-1) 48.0
5 Beulah (7-1) 47.7
6 Ellendale/Edgeley/Kulm (7-1) 45.9
7 Carrington (7-1) 45.6
8 Des Lacs-Burlington (7-1) 42.7
9 Killdeer/Halliday (6-2) 39.5
10 Oak Grove (6-2) 37.0
11 Bishop Ryan (6-2) 36.4
12 Bowman County (5-3) 33.2
13 Westhope/Newburg/Glenburn (5-3) 30.4
*14 Kindred (4-4) 28.8
15 Harvey-Wells County (4-4) 28.8
16 Hazen (4-4) 28.1
17 Stanley (4-4) 27.2
18 Bottineau (4-4) 25.3
19 Park River/Fordville-Lankin (3-5) 23.4
20 Northern Cass (3-5) 23.1
21 Kenmare/Bowbells/BC (3-5) 21.5
22 Maple Valley/Enderlin (3-5) 19.9
23 NS/Milnor (3-5) 19.1
24 Southern McLean (2-6) 17.7
25 New Town (2-6) 16.4
26 Heart River (1-7) 13.5
27 Rugby (1-7) 12.9
28 Nedrose (1-7) 12.0
29 Garrison/Max (1-7) 11.0
30 Lisbon (0-8) 10.0
31 Central Dakota (0-8) 8.1
32 Lewis and Clark (0-8) 7.5
* - Denotes team that won a QRF score tiebreaker
QRF Ratings Compliments of NorthDakota-Scores.Net
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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