Talk:Strength of schedule

Formula
Formula Makes No Sense

There needs to be a practical example to help make sense of the formula or just remove it. 11:31, 20 October 2008 70.190.74.76

An example isn't required, but could help. Niluop (talk) 03:33, 7 March 2010 (UTC)

Meaningfulness of SOS
This formula does not seem to be a great indicator of how strong a teams opponents are. There are many examples that can skew this value away from how strong your opponents actually are. Since it depends only on the opponents you played (and who they played), if this is isolated to a region or subset of the sport, it becomes less relevant. You could be playing all weak teams, where some are relatively better than others, and get a high value for SOS. If divisions are less isolated and more cross-divisional games exist, the equation becomes a better indicator.Niluop (talk) 03:33, 7 March 2010 (UTC)

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SOV
Strength of Victory is the combined record of all the teams a team has beaten. What about the teams a team has tied? After all, a tie counts as half a victory. 74.104.189.176 (talk) 16:55, 8 January 2022 (UTC)

Oddity
An oddity of Strenth of Victory is this: If you beat a team that also beat you, then in calculating your SOV you include that team's record, which includes a win against you! Where else do you get credit for another team beating you? 74.104.189.176 (talk) 17:10, 8 January 2022 (UTC)