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How Power Points are calculated

mike salem

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Game Points
Teams receive game points regardless if they win or lose, but earn significantly more points for winning. For example, a team will earn 26 points for beating a Class 6 team, but will only receive 14 points for losing to a Class 6 team.

Class/Winning Against/Losing Against
Class 6/26/14
Class 5/24/12
Class 4/22/10
Class 3/20/8
Class 2/18/6
Class 1/16/4

Bonus/Rider Points
Bonus points (also known as rider points) are what separate great teams from good teams. For each opponent a team beats—they’ll receive 2 bonus points for each win that opponent has during the season. For opponents a team loses to—they’ll receive only 1 bonus point for each win that opponent has during the season.

For example, if Team A beats Team B who goes 0-10 during the season, Team A will receive no bonus points at all because Team B doesn’t have any wins (0 wins x 2 points) and Team B will receive 10 points (10 wins x 1 point). And if Team A beats Team C who is 9-1, Team A will receive 18 bonus points (9 wins x 2 points) and Team C will receive 10 points (10 wins x 1 point).

Classification Points
The addition of classification points makes it possible for higher class teams to play lower class team's without creating a disadvantage. Historical districts are still used as a core in scheduling, which creates some districts with different class teams. If a higher class team play's a lower class team, they will automatically receive 2 points for each class jump to make up for the difference in base points. These points are now given whether a team is in your district or not.
 
Game Points
Teams receive game points regardless if they win or lose, but earn significantly more points for winning. For example, a team will earn 26 points for beating a Class 6 team, but will only receive 14 points for losing to a Class 6 team.

Class/Winning Against/Losing Against
Class 6/26/14
Class 5/24/12
Class 4/22/10
Class 3/20/8
Class 2/18/6
Class 1/16/4

Bonus/Rider Points
Bonus points (also known as rider points) are what separate great teams from good teams. For each opponent a team beats—they’ll receive 2 bonus points for each win that opponent has during the season. For opponents a team loses to—they’ll receive only 1 bonus point for each win that opponent has during the season.

For example, if Team A beats Team B who goes 0-10 during the season, Team A will receive no bonus points at all because Team B doesn’t have any wins (0 wins x 2 points) and Team B will receive 10 points (10 wins x 1 point). And if Team A beats Team C who is 9-1, Team A will receive 18 bonus points (9 wins x 2 points) and Team C will receive 10 points (10 wins x 1 point).

Classification Points
The addition of classification points makes it possible for higher class teams to play lower class team's without creating a disadvantage. Historical districts are still used as a core in scheduling, which creates some districts with different class teams. If a higher class team play's a lower class team, they will automatically receive 2 points for each class jump to make up for the difference in base points. These points are now given whether a team is in your district or not.
How does this work if you play a team out of state?
 
How does this work if you play a team out of state?
If they are a private school...it doesn’t count to any point total. If it is a public school, the amount of points is based on the enrollment of the school compared to VHSL LEVEL. For example...Highland Springs will play Page,NC later this year. Page plays 4A in NC, but their enrollment is equal to 6A here in Virginia. So,HSHS will get points based off their record with 6A points attached.
 
If they are a private school...it doesn’t count to any point total. If it is a public school, the amount of points is based on the enrollment of the school compared to VHSL LEVEL. For example...Highland Springs will play Page,NC later this year. Page plays 4A in NC, but their enrollment is equal to 6A here in Virginia. So,HSHS will get points based off their record with 6A points attached.
Thank you. Clears up a lot. So IR player NE which is I believe, 2, so what are they in VA.
 
So, Highland Springs won't get any points for playing Avalon?
It counts on the w-L total,but not the vhsl point scale. HSHS’s point total will be based on 9 games...not 10 like usual. It really doesn’t hurt HSHS with their schedule. Page,Meadowbrook,and Atlee need to play well. Meadowbrook May be in for another long season. HSHS “should” be easily the top seed in D5.
 
Mike, have you or anyone else heard of any in-state private schools that are exploring their options to join the VHSL? I figured that there would at least be a couple that were playing wait and see after LCA joined.

The boarding school restriction knocks out a lot of them, right off the bat.
 
Mike, have you or anyone else heard of any in-state private schools that are exploring their options to join the VHSL? I figured that there would at least be a couple that were playing wait and see after LCA joined.

The boarding school restriction knocks out a lot of them, right off the bat.
I don't see it happening anytime soon.
 
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