NHL Elo Ratings a/o 11/24/2011

With the holidays, I got a bit behind on getting my numbers figured up. But I finally got them finished up.

For this week, I have to say "Yah". Washington moved up to 11th, which is good seeing them moving in the right direction again.

This week's biggest winner goes to Florida. They moved up 49.66 points this week with their 3 victories against Pittsburgh, New Jersey and the NY Rangers. The flip side of that was Chicago's poor performance resulting in a loss of 55.51 points. Their defeats by Calgary, Edmonton and San Jose caused them to drop from 2nd to 16th in one week.

Honorable Mention goes to Columbus. They not only moved out of the last place slot where they have sat almost all season, they actually beat one of the teams that was in the Top 5 when they went up against Nashville.

Rank	Elo Rating	Team	Change from 11/17/2011
1	303.61	Minnesota	+29.81
2	302.80	Boston	+39.60
3	294.79	Florida	+49.66
4	273.34	Phoenix	+7.44
5	272.31	Pittsburgh	-6.18
6	271.31	NY Rangers	-36.54
7	271.19	Philadelphia	-17.19
8	265.90	San Jose	+17.50
9	265.14	St Louis	-0.30
10	262.88	Detroit	+42.67
11	253.48	Washington	+16.32
12	252.42	New Jersey	+12.20
13	248.92	Dallas	-1.63
14	243.80	Los Angeles	+0.17
15	239.02	Buffalo	-0.83
16	236.84	Chicago	-55.51
17	236.63	Montreal	+20.05
18	235.80	Nashville	-39.59
19	235.20	Edmonton	+20.10
20	232.66	Ottawa	-1.45
21	232.57	Vancouver	+30.13
22	230.44	Toronto	+13.06
23	206.76	Winnipeg	+22.19
24	204.40	Tampa Bay	-32.13
25	184.65	Carolina	+30.56
26	173.67	Calgary	-11.62
27	157.23	Columbus	+46.25
28	150.20	NY Islanders	-18.57
29	135.92	Anaheim	-23.32
30	134.10	Colorado	-31.97

Road to the ACC Championship - Finally at its destination

Coming into this week, Clemson has held the Atlantic Division slot for the last several week, but there has been a neck and neck fight over who would get to represent the Coastal Division in this championship.

After last night's game, all I can say is "wow". After an amazing blowout game from Virginia Tech over UVA with a score of 38-0, the ACC Championship has finally been set. Virginia Tech has finally clinched the Coastal Division slot.

So, for you fans out there, Clemson v. Virginia Tech will take place on December 3rd at 8pm Eastern

Road to the ACC Championships...drudges on

Wow... after UVA's win against Florida State... it is coming down to the wire as to who will be in the ACC Championship. For the Atlantic Division, Clemson had won that slot several weeks ago. But, for the Coastal Division, VT and UVA are still fighting it out. It has come down to one last game to determine who gets to go... and that is the traditional post-Thanksgiving game between VT and UVA.

So... for the ACC Championship...it is going to be Clemson versus the winner of the VT/UVA game. Let's go, Hokies!

NHL Elo Ratings a/o 11/17/2011

In continuing with the Elo ratings for the NHL, my personal favorite of Washington continues their decline from their once vaunted 1st place. The NY Rangers have actually taken the #1 slot for this week. For those of you familiar with the Elo system, the specifics I am using are Starting Value = 200, Floor = 0, K-value = 32(for ratings less than 2100), Results (1=win, 0=loss, 0.5=overtime/shootout loss).

Rank	Elo Rating	Team	Change from 11/11/2011
1	307.85	NY Rangers	+9.91
2	292.35	Chicago	+28.30
3	288.38	Philadelphia	+45.75
4	278.49	Pittsburgh	-13.91
5	275.39	Nashville	+30.26
6	273.80	Minnesota	+17.08
7	265.90	Phoenix	+15.11
8	265.44	St Louis	+51.46
9	263.20	Boston	+43.43
10	250.55	Dallas	-35.39
11	248.40	San Jose	-31.13
12	245.13	Florida	-16.40
13	243.63	Los Angeles	+45.96
14	240.22	New Jersey	+20.17
15	239.85	Buffalo	-20.39
16	237.16	Washington	-40.25
17	236.53	Tampa Bay	-18.37
18	234.11	Ottawa	+51.70
19	220.21	Detroit	-14.85
20	217.38	Toronto	-32.00
21	216.58	Montreal	+12.30
22	215.10	Edmonton	-31.87
23	202.44	Vancouver	+1.64
24	185.29	Calgary	+1.06
25	184.57	Winnipeg	+21.26
26	168.77	NY Islanders	-4.69
27	166.07	Colorado	-40.96
28	159.24	Anaheim	-24.80
29	154.09	Carolina	-3.96
30	110.98	Columbus	+15.57

Road to the 2011 ACC Championship

After today's game, it looks like the ACC Championship game is coming into focus.

For the Atlantic Division, Clemson's defeat of Wake Forest has given Clemson the playoff slot.

For the Coastal Division, the battle rages on between UVA and Virginia Tech. I am thinking VT should have it, but there is still the chance UVA could win the playoff slot. There are 2 scenario's left for which UVA might be able to get into the playoffs.

Scenario 1: If VT loses against UNC, UVA needs to beat VT AND win at least one other match between their Duke and Florida St games.

Scenario 2: If VT wins against UNC, UVA has to win all three matches between Duke, Florida St and Virginia Tech.

So, as of right now, I am casting my lot in the ACC Championship Game being between Clemson and VT, though that is not 100% set in stone yet.

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Update 1

After the UVA win today against Duke, it makes their chances a little bit easier. Their updated scenarios are below:

Scenario 1: If VT loses against UNC, UVA only needs to beat VT to go to the playoff.

Scenario 2: If VT wins against UNC, UVA needs to win both games against Florida State and VT to go to the playoffs.
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NHL Elo Ratings a/o 11/11

Unfortunately after a couple of losses, my Washington Captitals have lost their 1st place rating, but at least they are still near the top. Below is the complete Elo rating list of the NHL as of 11/11/2011:

Rank	Score	Team
1	297.94	NY Rangers
2	292.40	Pittsburgh
3	285.94	Dallas
4	279.53	San Jose
5	277.41	Washington
6	264.05	Chicago
7	261.53	Florida
8	260.24	Buffalo
9	256.72	Minnesota
10	254.90	Tampa Bay
11	250.79	Phoenix
12	249.38	Toronto
13	246.97	Edmonton
14	245.13	Nashville
15	242.63	Philadelphia
16	235.06	Detroit
17	220.05	New Jersey
18	219.77	Boston
19	213.98	St Louis
20	207.03	Colorado
21	204.28	Montreal
22	200.80	Vancouver
23	197.67	Los Angeles
24	184.23	Calgary
25	184.04	Anaheim
26	182.41	Ottawa
27	173.46	NY Islanders
28	163.31	Winnipeg
29	158.05	Carolina
30	95.41	Columbus