[Hoot Gibson]

In my opinion common opponents and previous games is what makes it easier. I don't know that I've ever heard anyone say it gets tougher as the season moves along. Teams start separating them selves around the 3rd and 4th week away from the rest if the field. Preseason and week one rankings have IMO always been a lot tougher to gauge. Other than the glitch from John Hardin I haven't heard any major negative opinions and looking at the rest of the field I do not see how an argument can't be made for any other team in all classes for where they currently stand.

Head to head match-ups are the best way to compare the relative strengths of two teams. 3 of 14 voters either dismissed South Warren's crushing defeat of John Hardin as a fluke or could not find time to check the result of the head to head match-up between two of the top three teams in 4A. I agree that it is possible to rank teams more accurately as they play through their schedules and results between common opponents become available. However, the time it takes to review 5 or 10 results for each of more than 60 teams is much more than the time that it takes to review the head to head results in the first week of the season.

When I helped rank teams on another website in the past, I created a spreadsheet listing the potential top 10 teams in each class. Then, I created links to the schedule/results on the KHSAA website for each team. It takes some time to set up the first time, but it saves a lot of time over the course of a season.

I know that it takes a lot of time to do a reasonably good job of ranking 60 teams every week, and I appreciate the effort of those who devoted the necessary time last week.