Conference: Conference Tiebreakers

In mstuart2097/STAT585Final: Simulating NFL Regular Season Standings and Visualization of the Results

Description

These functions will break any ties between teams with the same win-loss record with in different divisions, but in the same conference

Usage

TwoTieConf(Team1, Team2, scores, SimScores = NULL)

ThreeTieConf(Team1, Team2, Team3, scores, SimScores = NULL)

FourTieConf(Team1, Team2, Team3, Team4, scores, SimScores)

FinalRank(scores, SimScores = NULL)

Arguments

scores	the data frame of scores used for calculating Head-to-Head and CommonGames
SimScores	the simulated scores, if a simulation was performed

Details

The order of statistics for which ties are broken are as follows: Apply division tiebreaker to eliminate all but the highest ranked team in each division, Head-to-Head Record, win-loss record against teams within the conference, win-loss record against teams common opponents (CommonGames), strength of victory (win-loss record against all teams defeated), strength of schedule (win-loss record against all teams played), combined rank for points scored and points allowed among conference teams, combined rank for points scored and points allowed among all teams, net points against conference opponents, net points overall.

Seedings are as follows: the four division winners/leaders automatically get ranked 1-4 based on record and tiebreakers, while the remaining 12 teams will be seeded based on record and tiebreakers.

Value

A vector of the tiebreaking results corresponding to each team in the function input.

Examples

TwoTieConf("Vikings","Giants")
ThreeTieDiv("Vikings","Giants","49ers")
FourTieDiv("Vikings","Giants","49ers","Falcons")
FinalDivRank()

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