As you may know, we recently bought a domain name and upgraded this site. However, there are understandably costs associated for that. We would encourage anyone who can to either sign up to be a patron at patreon.com/grogerranks or order a Groger Ranks customized personal quizbowl notebook at tinyurl.com/grogerstore. Now that all that is out … Continue reading February 13, 2019 Rankings
Modified Liu Adjustments: An Analysis
The following article was a contribution by Groger Ranks member Steven Liu As you may have noticed, Groger Ranks is now using the so-called Modified Liu Adjustments for PPBs. While the conversion from adjusted stats to Groger Score and power adjustments are calculated as they were before, the bonus adjustments use this new methodology. … Continue reading Modified Liu Adjustments: An Analysis
January 28, 2019 Rankings
Welcome back to Groger Ranks for the first rankings of 2019! We hadn't posted all this while for a combination of factors (mainly the lack of major tournaments and business with the midseason poll), but now as the season gets back into the swing of things, so will we. This particular set of rankings may … Continue reading January 28, 2019 Rankings
2018-19 HSQB MIDSEASON 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 did it! After weeks of polling, with some 30 responses, we are pleased to announce the final results of the 2018-19 HSQB Midseason Poll. We opened the … Continue reading 2018-19 HSQB MIDSEASON POLL RESULTS
mACF-Only Rankings
While we wait for the BardBowl stats to be sorted out, we have a special treat for you! We have split the rankings into a ranking based off of NAQT sets and mACF sets. We know the two formats can differ a lot sometimes, and certain teams may be particular suited to one over the … Continue reading mACF-Only Rankings
NAQT-Only Rankings
While we wait for the BardBowl stats to be sorted out, we have a special treat for you! We have split the rankings into a ranking based off of NAQT sets and mACF sets. We know the two formats can differ a lot sometimes, and certain teams may be particular suited to one over the … Continue reading NAQT-Only Rankings
Head-to-Head Records of Top 25 Teams
The following article was a contribution by Groger Ranks member William Groger This was just a piece I made for fun. Everything here should be pretty self-explanatoy. Records don’t really mean much except for teams in the same region, since records could vary significantly with different region strengths. #1 Thomas Jefferson A Overall Record: 3-0 … Continue reading Head-to-Head Records of Top 25 Teams
MIDSEASON RANKINGS: Top 200
It's the end of 2018! We made it! These stats will obviously be our last of the year (but our first with new member Anson Berns!), but we'll be back next year to continue our rankings! As we enter 2019, it should be noted that ever since their performance at Penn Bowl, TJ has been … Continue reading MIDSEASON RANKINGS: Top 200
November 22, 2018 Rankings
Happy Thanksgiving! The Groger Ranks are back with the latest tournaments, and we have added a new member to our team: High Tech's Steven Liu! Some notes for these rankings are that we have now rounded all Groger Scores to the nearest hundredth, included what set a team recorded their best Groger Score, and we … Continue reading November 22, 2018 Rankings
The Applicability of Groger Ranks to Actual Games: An Analysis
The following article was a guest contribution by Steven Liu. Partially inspired by Arjun's ultimately fruitless analysis of ACF Fall, I decided to take a closer look at the Groger Scores to see how well they actually summarize which teams win and lose on the buzzer. I should say up front, of course, that I … Continue reading The Applicability of Groger Ranks to Actual Games: An Analysis
