2024 MLS Power Rankings averages, week 16
Eight sites published for week 16. Nashville climbs, Colorado slides.
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Only 8 sites published power rankings for week 16, due to the international break only 8 teams played last week so many sites took the week off.
A reminder of what Power Rankings should be (not that every site does, of course):
"If two teams played tomorrow, given their current injury concerns, form, and other considerations, who is likely to win on a neutral field? All things being equal, who is the best team going forward, based on what we know now?"
— Richard Farley, NBC Sports ProSoccerTalk. March 11, 2014.
Sites Used
- Jeff Sagarin - No ranking Wk 16
- Who Scored
- ESPN - No ranking Wk 16
- Massey
- Sonny Moore Rankings
- [Betting Odds] (multiple sites, see spreadsheet)
- MLS - No ranking Wk 16
- Simmons Ratings
- D-Ratings
- NER Discord - No ranking Wk 16
- Versus Sports Simulator
- Broadway Sports - No ranking Wk 16
- CONCACAF Club Rankings
- The Guardian - 2x per month
- Tom Bogert - monthly
- Goal.com - 2x per month
- GOLZ TV - Monthly
You may notice the inclusion of 'analytic' sites; they serve to function as a 'control group' to others which are based on opinions. There are also sites included that some will argue are 'prediction rankings' - but that also is a form of Power Ranking (see the quote at the top) since it uses algorithms to calculate a team's likely final position.
Bias for or against certain teams are sometimes an unfortunate feature of power rankings. It can be based on their analytic formula, or the raters preference. In some cases the bias can become extreme - If you feel a site got the ratings wrong for your team I invite you to contact them regarding it. Bias ratings for every site are listed below.
I will typically only remove sites for two reasons.
- Duplicating / copying ratings from another source on the list.
- Failure to update for 6 consecutive weeks. Previous ratings will not be removed, but new ones may or may not be added. I will still periodically check them to see if they have resumed.
All the averages use the Olympic method (I.E. Truncated Mean value) of dropping the highest and lowest scores, and then averaging the rest to reduce bias.
The full spreadsheet is here.
- Highest Standard Deviation: Orlando 8.07
- Lowest Standard Deviation: Cincinnati 1.19
- Biggest Rise: Nashville up 4
- Biggest Fall: Colorado down 5
AVERAGE WEEKLY POSITION
Hover over any line to highlight history.
BIAS RATINGS
No site can be perfectly on average all the time, every site will naturally have a bias for or against all teams.
2024 Average Bias