Stats Don't Lie... Week 3

So, now that Divisional games are complete, I wanted to revisit the division evaluation.  Sure enough, through 3 weeks Divisional Scoring looks as follows:

Punt	Pass	Kick
1135.1	1001	1043.6

The numbers speak for themselves.  However, it’s difficult to evaluate individual team rankings amongst 12 teams across 3 divisions.  This doesn’t stop me from trying though. 

		Points For				Points Against
1	Makin' It Wayne	306.78		1	Texas Chainsaw Massaquoi	302.46
2	Ghetto Gangsta	298.18		2	Defenestrators	296.52
3	Floaters	294.94		3	The First Wives Club	284.26
4	Lehman Brothers	283.26		4	Makin' It Wayne	274.58
5	MissNColtsNCOS	272.68		5	WhenNRome	270.04
6	Texas Chainsaw Massaquoi	272.02		6	Rackin it Up	267.8
7	Defenestrators	258.12		7	DogPound	262.32
8	WhenNRome	256.08		8	Ghetto Gangsta	261.54
9	The First Wives Club	249.4		9	Maverick	260.46
10	Maverick	243.18		10	MissNColtsNCOS	240.34
11	DogPound	223.6		11	Lehman Brothers	230.54
12	Rackin it Up	221.46		12	Floaters	228.84

Giving each team a rank between 1 and 12 for both “points for” and “points against,” then averaging the totals should demonstrate who has performed well given their strength of schedule.   See the results below:

Rank	Team	Average
1	Makin' It Wayne	2.5
2	Texas Chainsaw Massaquoi	3.5
3	Defenestrators	4.5
4	Ghetto Gangsta	5
5	The First Wives Club	6
6	WhenNRome	6.5
7	Floaters	7.5
8	Lehman Brothers	7.5
9	MissNColtsNCOS	7.5
10	Rackin it Up	9
11	DogPound	9
12	Maverick	9.5

* Ties Broken by Sum of Points For and Against

So what does this illustrate?

1)      Ghetto Gangsta, Lehman Brothers, and Floaters lead their respective divisions, but have all played weak teams and lead the stat for “least points against” in their division.

2)      Despite being winless, Defenestrators and The First Wives Club have performed well against some difficult teams.  I expect good things to come from these two outside of league play.

3)      2009 Graduates of Anderson University’s Falls School of Business still dominate the top ranking teams of The Big Time Fantasy Football League.

J  What can I say?  Stats Don’t Lie…