Help with Standings

[sir_eldren]

Originally posted by Alligator Bag
Folks I need some help. If I have 3 teams that have played equal number of games (say 10) and I need put them in order for finish how would ties effect the standings. I have 1 team with record of 5 wins 3 losses and 2 ties. Another with 5 wins 4 losses and 1 tie. Final team is 5 wins 5 losses. Who ranks where?
Thanks for your help.

Ahh.... The perennial question: what good is a tie?

Rich's system works well, but there are others.

You could do like football does, you would toss out ties in calculating a win percentage:

5-3-2 = .625 (5/8)
5-4-1 = .556 (5/9)
5-5-0 = .500 (5/10)

Or you could use the NHL method of awarding points for wins and losses (2 for a win, 1 for a tie, 0 for a loss).

5-3-2 = 12 pts
5-4-1 = 11 pts
5-5-0 = 10 pts

No matter how you slice it, the team with the fewest losses and most ties (in this scenario) will be on top.

Now the real question is this: What are the teams' actual records?

-Craig