We found a new way to look at the Friday night slate of high school football games, and it emphasizes the word "school."
The Missouri State High School Activities Association uses a point system to determine how teams are seeded for the district playoffs. The formula to assign each team's score factors in wins and losses, strength of schedule (how many wins and losses each team's opponents have), and point differential across all games played (capped at +/-13).
Hooray for football and algebra coming together.
We used a scatter plot to compare every Friday matchup on one interactive chart:
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