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HS Conf Ranks

Posted by SportsWritersonTV on May 13, 2025, 9:06 am

Let’s get some opinions on 4A HS conferences in ILL… Who do you put first - SW Sub or DuKane? Then who?

Re: HS Conf Ranks

Posted by Fluffington McGiggles on May 13, 2025, 10:32 pm, in reply to "HS Conf Ranks"

Look at the MaxPreps ratings as of 5/12:

The 10 teams in SW SUB have a total rating of 153.48, or an average of 15.34 per team. (Highest is LWC at 31.8; lowest is Bolingbrook at -4.49).

The 8 teams in DuKane have a total rating of 125.12, or an average of 15.64 per team. (Highest is STCN at 24.52; lowest is Geneva at 0.49.)

With a few games to go, DuKane has a 1.9% higher rating.

Re: HS Conf Ranks

Posted by Not So Fast on May 14, 2025, 7:28 pm, in reply to "Re: HS Conf Ranks"

Bolingbrook is no longer in the SWS and it makes a big difference in the calculations you presented.
recalcuting the average MaxPreps ratings:

SWS = 17.93 with 15.09 avg schedule strength
DuKane = 15.69 with 12.64 avg schedule strenth

Removing the SWS best team, L-W Central, the SWS average rating is still better at 16.09 vs 15.69. Even when comparing top to bottom, SWS scores higher than DuKane.

Top 3rd: 27.46 vs 23.10 and sched strength 16.75 vs 14.28
Middle 3rd: 20.46 vs 17.86 and sched strength 15.11 vs 12.57
Bottom: 5.88 vs 1.33 and sched strength 13.41 vs 10.29

Lastly, head to head SWS is 4-0 against the DuKane this season.
LWE over STCN 5-1
LWC over STCN 4-0
Lockport over STCE 7-1
LWE over STCE 12-0

On paper, I’ll take SWS, but it all depends on how they all do in the postseason and we’ll all see soon enough.

Re: HS Conf Ranks

Posted by F McG on May 15, 2025, 8:41 am, in reply to "Re: HS Conf Ranks"

Great corrected analysis.

Re: HS Conf Ranks

Posted by Larry on May 14, 2025, 12:40 pm, in reply to "Re: HS Conf Ranks"

Bolingbrook isn't in that conference anymore , but Stagg is probably just as bad, if not worse.

Re: HS Conf Ranks

Posted by Dodge on May 13, 2025, 12:01 pm, in reply to "HS Conf Ranks"

SW is better than DuKane but it’s close

Re: HS Conf Ranks

Posted by NAAAAH on May 14, 2025, 6:37 am, in reply to "Re: HS Conf Ranks"

DuKane is better than SW. For Sure

Re: HS Conf Ranks

Posted by Wsc on May 13, 2025, 7:55 pm, in reply to "Re: HS Conf Ranks"

West suburban silver
Oak Park River Forest
Downers north
York
Lyons Township

Re: HS Conf Ranks

Posted by Ouch on May 14, 2025, 3:17 pm, in reply to "Re: HS Conf Ranks"

Merely bringing WSC schools into the conversation is a joke.

Re: HS Conf Ranks

Posted by Gang Green on May 14, 2025, 10:07 am, in reply to "Re: HS Conf Ranks"

Puh leeze!

Re: HS Conf Ranks

Posted by Fluffington on May 14, 2025, 9:07 am, in reply to "Re: HS Conf Ranks"

Using the MaxPreps rankings (essentially, an RPI):

West Suburban Silver has a total score of 63.67, led by DGN (13.83) and Proviso West in last (-8.11). Across 7 teams, that's an average rating of 9.09.

DuKane was 15.64...

Who is in third?

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