Cal preps Ranks class 4 as slightly stronger than class 5
- Thread starter Mofan79
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BUT....if you only take the top 10 and compare...Class 5 has a higher rating. And team by team, the top 4 in Class 5 are higher rated than their counterpart in Class 4. Class 5 doesn't have a 50 team pool. That hurts their average versus a 64 team division, where you only take the top 50, which is what they did here. The bottom dwellers of Class 4 aren't counting in the average.
That just tells you that they need to expand class 5 to at least 48 teams. That would pull some of the stronger class 4 teams up, which would only strengthen class 5 and make class 4 more balanced.
There are some huge difference within the Class 5 districts.. Some are loaded and some are not as good as some of the Class 3 districts top to bottom.
Yes, expand Class 6 and Class 5 to 48 each..
divide all the classes evenly and live with it, World full of snowflakes these days
"Cal preps Ranks class 4 as slightly stronger than class 5" *IF you only count the top 50 teams. If you count all 64, the rating drops to a 2 for Class 4, well below Class 5's 8 rating.
Just for my own curiosity, let's forget the bottom dwellers or bottom half in both classes and compare top to top. What does it look like if you compare the top 25 or 10 from both classes?
Top 10
Class 6 44.75
Class 5 30.15
Class 4 29.99
Top 25
Class 6 29.94
Class 4 18.93
Class 5 17.64
Class 4 has a deeper field. (CLass 6 - different level.)
The top 10 is pretty close between 5 and 4. That just furthers the thought that they should increase the amount of teams in class 5. The top 10 in both classes are pretty even.
I think the catch all class is always going to be a little weaker I would love to see teams have the option to switch classes as long as they had a partner like swapping webb with springfield central in an adjacent class it would only effect a few teams but would be beneficial for everyone
