The following article was a contribution by the entire Groger Ranks staff and many members of the HSQB community who helped out with this poll. Thank you. After concluding a difficult season unlike any other, it is our pleasure to finally bring you the results of this year's high school quizbowl player poll! This year, … Continue reading 2020-21 HSQB Player Poll Results
Category: Rankings/Analysis
2021 End-Of-Season Rankings
Now that all national championships have concluded, it is time for the final set of rankings of this exciting high school quizbowl season! We want to thank all of you for your support during this unusual year and hope you will join us when in-person tournaments resume for rankings, outreach grants, and more. Be sure … Continue reading 2021 End-Of-Season Rankings
2021 Pre-ONCT Rankings
We are ready to release our (barely) pre-nationals rankings for ONCT! Unlike our rankings for PACE which utilized only MACF results, these rankings, like our HSNCT rankings, take into account all performances for competing teams. Although the late release of these rankings makes it hard to base any predictions off of them, hopefully they will … Continue reading 2021 Pre-ONCT Rankings
2021 Pre-NSC Rankings
We are ready to present our next set of pre-nationals rankings! Our rankings for teams attending PACE NSC will be similar to those in past years, as they only take into account performances on mACF sets. If you would like to see other pre-nationals ranking methodologies that have been discussed, check out this analysis article. … Continue reading 2021 Pre-NSC Rankings
2020-21 HSQB Pre-Nationals Poll Results
The following article was a contribution by the entire Groger Ranks staff and many members of the HSQB community who helped out with this poll. Thank you. We at Groger Ranks are pleased to announce the results of our second pre-nationals poll (we did not have one for the 2019-20 season unfortunately for obvious reasons.) … Continue reading 2020-21 HSQB Pre-Nationals Poll Results
Alternative Ranking Modifications: An Analysis
The following article was a contribution by Groger Ranks member Arjun Nageswaran. Before beginning this post, it is worth noting that all the potential rankings in this article will exclude Saratoga A from California. Two players from the Saratoga club were recently (and rightfully) removed for misconduct, and it was an error on our part … Continue reading Alternative Ranking Modifications: An Analysis
2021 Pre-HSNCT Rankings
Welcome to the first in our series of pre-nationals rankings! This technically is our pre-HSNCT ranking, but with a slight difference. Ordinarily, our pre-HSNCT ranks would only take NAQT stats into account but as a result of missing NAQT rankable performances from many teams (including basically all the Illinois teams) we felt it would not … Continue reading 2021 Pre-HSNCT Rankings
April 22, 2021 Rankings
Happy Earth Day! We are back with our April rankings! These rankings are extra special since we now have over 1000 teams in our database, 350 of which will be included in this set! As nationals season begins to approach, we will pump out mACF only, NAQT only, and other specialized rankings before nationals as … Continue reading April 22, 2021 Rankings
March 16, 2021 Rankings
Welcome back to our latest rankings! The season is starting to heat up once again, with state championships beginning across the country. Stay tuned for more rankings to come. This week we also want to ask for your help to ensure that our rankings are as thorough as possible. We look through several databases to … Continue reading March 16, 2021 Rankings
February 14, 2021 Rankings
Welcome back! This is our first ranking of 2021 and we have a lot of new tournaments entered in, so expect a substantial shakeup from our midseason rankings. The race at the top is incredibly close, with only 0.26 points separating the top three teams! Of note, as we discussed, the old TJ A's stats … Continue reading February 14, 2021 Rankings
