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Originally Posted by RB07OSU
Not sure if they updated it, but I saw Glenville at #38. In any case that is way too low...Iggy is #3 and they lost to Glenville 20-17 and only beat them 9-7 the next time around. Somehow that's 35 spots difference?
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I am not sure how Rivals does their ranking, but places like USAToday and CNNSI are completely subjective.
However, some of the high school rankings really do take into account who teams beat. CalPreps, the one that I typically look at, has a little bit of a California lean, but generally, they have seemed reasonable.
calpreps.com
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take Glenville......
We have seen them play, know that they have good players, and know that they will beat most teams they play. However, what did they actually do this year......
1> The great: they played 3 games against teams in the national top 50 (StI x2 and PAJefferson), they went 2-1
2> the bad: everyone else they played, were duds (ranking-wise). Nearly half of their victories were against teams that ranked below 10,000. Much of that is a result of playing in Cleveland Senate League, so you can't really fault them.
#1939 Brecksville-Broadview Heights
#3558 Lincoln (Gahanna, OH) (31-0)
#5210 Adams (Cleveland, OH) (37-6)
#7360 South (Cleveland, OH) (19-0)
#10787 Marshall (Cleveland, OH) (30-6)
#12312 Collinwood (Cleveland, OH) (56-0)
#13499 East (Cleveland, OH) (41-0)
#13549 Lincoln West (Cleveland, OH) (40-0)
#13620 East Tech (Cleveland, OH) (47-0)
Other than StI., Glenville's next best in-state foe was Brecksville (in the playoffs), ranked #1939 (national) / #118 (state).
Other than StI., Glenville's highest rated in-state regular season foe was Gahanna Lincoln (4-6, no play-offs), ranked #3558 (national) / #214 (state).
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If you look at the OSHAA rankings (which typically gives a reasonable assessment of a team's ability)--
http://www.joeeitel.com/hsfoot
They were 4th in their REGION (behind StI, Strongsville and Mentor).
Their ranking 29.9929 is 14th in the state (StI, Strongsville, Mentor, Hoover, Upper Arlington, Hilliard Darby, Pick Central, Colerain, Toledo Cent Cath, DeSales, Louisville, Logan and Coldwater)
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I think that I find it most interesting that in the several polls that I've looked at, the subjective ones have Glenville higher than most based on some algorithm