SOS Question Topic

sportsdouche
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It's not clear to me how this is computed. I know my opponents' W-L record is important, but what about their WIS ranking? Does it consider the difficulty of my opponents' schedules?
2/23/2024 1:50 PM
johnalanharr
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There is some sort of "extra" calculation than straight Opponent Win% (although it seems to be overwhelmingly number 1 component) because if you look at Top 10 SOS on side of WIS rankings it rarely goes in exact Opp W% order
2/23/2024 6:43 PM
ebel331
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think you can find this if you search forums, but iirc it's 2/3 opponents win% and 1/3 opponents opponents win%
2/25/2024 12:10 AM
greener10
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When I was unemployed and screwing around with math I found that opponent win percentage almost exclusively predicts SOS. There may be another factor, but its minimal.
2/25/2024 10:07 PM
ebel331
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SOS stands for strength of schedule. It's calculated as 67% opponents' winning percentage (OWP) and 33% opponents' opponents' winning percentage (OOWP) - the same ratio as in the RPI formula.

https://help.whatifsports.com/hc/en-us/articles/360014115492-What-is-SOS
2/27/2024 9:32 PM
greener10
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I've felt for a while they should move to talent based SOS. Particularly given the lack of upsets in the game engine.
2/28/2024 10:54 AM
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