Groger Ranks is pleased to launch our latest project. As a complement to our normal rankings and the analysis articles we collect from members of the high school quizbowl community, we are launching Interview Thursdays! On Thursdays, we will publish short interviews with high school teams about their teams, circuits, studying tips, and more! Quizbowl … Continue reading Interview Thursdays Ep. 1 – Westview A →

The following article was a contribution of Groger Ranks member Steven Liu. Groger Ranks has been around for a little over a year now, and we've made a lot of big strides since we started. This year, I'm hoping to provide better, clearer documentation of our ranking methodology. In addition, we're making our major changes … Continue reading The Methodology of Calculating Groger Ranks →

The following article was a guest contribution by Dean Ah Now and Pedro Juan Orduz. On Saturday, September 28, 36 teams from New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, and Connecticut converged upon Princeton University for the 27th Princeton High School Academic Tournament, played on NAQT’s Invitational Set #186. The following is a team-by-team analysis of some … Continue reading PHSAT XXVII Writeup →

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. Groger Ranks is back for the 2019-20 season! Over the last couple of weeks, we have been running a preseason poll for people to give their inputs for … Continue reading 2019-20 HSQB PRESEASON POLL RESULTS →

What a year it has been. When Groger Ranks started back in October with the first rankings, we had no idea how big it would become. Now, at the conclusion of the 2018-19 high school quizbowl season (with NASAT happening last week), we can finally make our last post of the season. Over the past … Continue reading 2018-19 GROGER RANKS AWARDS →

As a companion to the results to our Pre-Nationals Poll, here is our promised podcast discussing the results of the poll and our predictions for nationals. Thanks as always to our subscribers on Patreon: Vikshar Athreya Felix Wang Fred Morlan Sindhu Nair Gomathy Srinivasan https://soundcloud.com/anson-berns/pre-nats-groger-ranks-podcast

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 the success of the 2018-19 Midseason Poll, we here at Groger Ranks dared to run a Pre-Nationals Poll. We opened the poll up to anyone to fill … Continue reading 2018-19 HSQB PRE-NATIONALS POLL RESULTS →

The following article was a contribution by Groger Ranks member Arjun Nageswaran This article will act as much of an analysis article as a disclaimer for our rankings. As you may know, there are several criteria that must be met in order to be considered for rankings (the criteria being at least 18 adjust PPB … Continue reading Systematically Underranked Teams: An Analysis →

The following article was a guest contribution by Abhinav Karthikeyan and Chris Tong 1. Thomas Jefferson High School A Undisputed #1 team in the country and PACE title favorites, TJ A has proved itself on many sets and contains extreme depth that is almost unheard of. Led by the aforementioned and formidable Fred Zhang, TJ … Continue reading DC Metro Groger Ranks Write-Up: An Analysis →

The following article was a contribution by Groger Ranks member Arjun Nageswaran So as you may (or may not) know, ever since we started back in October, Groger Ranks has been ranking teams on their best performance only. This seemed to make sense when we started, as taking improvement into account ahead of nationals, every … Continue reading Weighted Rankings: An Analysis →