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[QUOTE="jncuse, post: 4976096, member: 1969"]
I don't think beating the expected margin by 8 (even on the road) would typically move teams up by 6 spots like Minnesota did last night.. normally.   It could just be a small gapping that happens at various parts of the ranking.   It also probably suggests that the gap between Minny at #80 and us at #87 is probably very small right now.

Part of the problem with NET vs KP is there is "No score" associated with your ranking, so you can't see how tight certain ranges are.  .   I'll give you an example with KP.

#51.   13,96
#56.   13.88
Gap of .08 points between 6 teams (2 points over the course of a season)

#57.  13.69
#62.  12.58
Gap of 1.11 points between 6 teams  (28 points over the course of a season)

So you basically have 6 teams that are basically all tied with each other (#51-56), so the slightest of things could jump team from #56 to #51.   Could be as simple as you winning by 3 points more than expected, or an opponent doing really well.

But then team #62 could win by 20 points more than expected, and they won't even catch #57.

[B]This isn't a defence of NET - I have already proposed the change above.   But its sometimes hard to compare a jump of 5-6 spots, because there are different gaps that we just don't see.[/B]
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