AFL Power Rankings 2012: Round 1

 

Welcome back to another season of the AFL Power Rankings. Before going into the first batch of rankings for 2012 I’d like to point you over to AFL Footy Maths, which has its own AFL ranking system based on a system from the Idle Summers Blog. You can find out more about TKYC’s ranking system here. There are also heaps of other Sherrin-related mathematical goodies on the site as well.

On to the rankings then. This week was a nightmare for tipsters but it didn't change the positions in the rankings all that much, though it did change some of the gaps. Of those changes, probably the most interesting is that the Hawks are now at almost level pegging with the Magpies for second spot after their win against them on the weekend.

For those who are interested I started GWS off at -50, which was close to Gold Coast's average losing margin last season. (I started Gold Coast off much higher last season, but massively underrated their level of ineptitude.)

1 (1) Geelong 46.8 (51.2)
2 (2) Collingwood 33.6 (35.9)
3 (3) Hawthorn 31.0 (28.4)
4 (4) Carlton 27.6 (27.0)
5 (5) West Coast 24.7 (21.3)
6 (6) St. Kilda 13.2 (16.3)
7 (7) Sydney 11.1 (10.3)
8 (8) North Melbourne 1.3 (1.3)
9 (9) Western Bulldogs -6.4 (-4.6)
10 (10) Essendon -9.9 (-11.1)
11 (12) Brisbane -12.1 (-17.8)
12 (11) Richmond -16.0 (-16.2)
13 (14) Adelaide -18.5 (-23.7)
14 (13) Fremantle -18.6 (-23.3)
15 (15) Melbourne -33.4 (-29.9)
16 (16) Port Adelaide -42.2 (-46.2)
17 (-) Greater Western Sydney -49.2
18 (17) Gold Coast -50.5 (-46.9)