<9/1/11 UDPATE>: - a new QRF was created for the 2011-12 school year that does not include Margin of Victory/Defeat. It also includes out of state games in Football ONLY. Everything else listed below is the same. For more information, check out this blog.
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The Quality Results Formula (QRF) was created to try and rank teams from different parts of the state. I won't go into specific detail about the formula, but can give you an idea of how it works.
Each game is given an individual QRF (iQRF) based three things (listed in order of importance)
Logically, the more wins an opponent has, the higher your opponents Class is, and the more you win by the higher your iQRF is for that game.
When all of a team's iQRF's are added together and divided by the number of MN games played, you come up with a team's QRF.
*Only MN vs. MN games count.
This number is then compared to other teams in the state to come up with an overall ranking. The QRF ranking should only be used to compare teams within the same Class. Cross-Class comparisons are not comparing apples to apples.
Here are the results for the last five years of Quarter-final football games.
(2003) (2004) (2005) (2006) (2007) (2008) (2009) (2010)
Teams with a QRF advantage have gone 1170-222 (.841) since 2003!
In the first round of the playoffs 2003, the team with the higher QRF was 145-30 (.829).
In the first round of the playoffs 2004, the team with the higher QRF was 149-26 (.851).
In the first round of the playoffs 2005, the team with the higher QRF was 145-34 (.810).
In the first round of the playoffs 2006, the team with the higher QRF was 149-28 (.842).
In the first round of the playoffs 2007, the team with the higher QRF was 148-28 (.841).
In the first round of the playoffs 2008, the team with the higher QRF was 153-22 (.874).
In the first round of the playoffs 2009, the team with the higher QRF was 143-28 (.836).
In the first round of the playoffs 2010, the team with the higher QRF was 138-26 (.841).
Teams with a 10 point QRF advantage have gone 873-67 (.929) since 2003!
Teams that had a QRF advantage of 10 or more went 100-7 in 2003 (.935).
Teams that had a QRF advantage of 10 or more went 99-8 in 2004 (.925).
Teams that had a QRF advantage of 10 or more went 114-12 in 2005 (.905).
Teams that had a QRF advantage of 10 or more went 107-12 in 2006 (.829).
Teams that had a QRF advantage of 10 or more went 115-9 in 2007 (.927).
Teams that had a QRF advantage of 10 or more went 119-8 in 2008 (.937).
Teams that had a QRF advantage of 10 or more went 110-8 in 2009 (.932).
Teams that had a QRF advantage of 10 or more went 109-3 in 2010 (.973).
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