A different way of ranking teams

The Football League Power Rankings devised by Karl Sears analyse stats and results from all Premier League and Football League games this season to give each team a Power Ranking score.  The points are awarded based on a particular criterion. These include the match result, Standard of Opponent, Match Goal Difference, League Position Differential, Away win and Clean Sheets.

The Football League Power Rankings devised by Karl Sears analyse stats and results from all Premier League and Football League games this season to give each team a Power Ranking score.  The points are awarded based on a particular criterion. These include the match result, Standard of Opponent, Match Goal Difference, League Position Differential, Away win and Clean Sheets.

The latest rankings put Chelsea (surprisingly) top followed by Tranmere Rovers and Port Vale.  At the bottom are Norwich City (another surprise), QPR and Barnet.

The football pointing system is under constant debate. For instance, it has been argued that the teams who score more goals and win by higher margins should be given better rewards than teams who win by smaller margins.