QPR ratings after Friday's games

What a difference a point makes. When BFA led Rutland 34-21 in the fourth quarter Friday night, it looked like the Bobwhites were poised to pull a major upset and jump right into the race for home field in the Division I quarterfinals.

Then the Raiders rallied, and taking advantage of a BFA missed extra point, scraped out a 35-34 win. And instead of sitting in fifth place heading into the regular-season finale in fifth place, St. Albans finds itself in ninth and sitting outside the playoffs.

The good news for BFA is that there are a bunch of teams on the D1 bubble -- with less than 2 QPR points separating fifth from 10th. That means there will be a lot to play for next week, when everybody needs to win and two big games -- BFA vs. Colchester and Brattleboro vs. Mt. Anthony could decide who is in and who is out.

Meanwhile, Milton's big win over Fair Haven draws the Yellowjackets right back into the D2 playoff picture while Springfield moved closer to locking down a D3 playoff spot by outslugging Winooski.

Anyway, here are the rankings midway through Week 7:

Division I

(Includes all games vs. in-state opponents. Games vs. out-of-state teams, including losses for Rutland and Hartford, are ignored)

1T. Rutland (6-1* overall, 6-0 D1), 90 points, 15 QPR
1T. Hartford (6-1* overall, 6-0 D1), 90 points, 15 QPR
3. Middlebury (6-0 overall, 6-0 D1), 86 points, 14.33 QPR
4. CVU (4-2 overall, 4-2 D1), 54 points, 9 QPR
5. Brattleboro (3-4 overall, 3-4 D1), 42 points, 6 QPR
6. Colchester (3-4 overall, 3-4 D1), 38 points, 5.43 QPR
7. St. Johnsbury (3-4 overall, 3-4 D1), 36 points, 5.14 QPR
8. Essex (2-5 overall, 2-5 D1), 34 points, 4.86 QPR
9. BFA-St. Albans (3-4 overall, 2-4 D1), 33 points, 4.71 QPR
10. Mt. Anthony (2-4 overall, 2-4 D1), 26 points, 4.33 QPR
11. Rice (1-5 overall, 1-4 D1), 16 points, 2.67 QPR
12. South Burlington (0-7 overall, 0-7 D1), 0 points, 0 QPR

Division II

(QPR includes only Division II games. Games against teams in other Vermont divisions are only counted for tiebreaker purposes.)

1. Burr and Burton (6-0 overall, 6-0 D2), 66 points, 11 QPR
2. Bellows Falls (7-0 overall, 6-0 D2), 64 points, 10.67 QPR
3. Burlington (5-2 overall, 4-2 D2), 42 points, 7 QPR
4. Fair Haven (5-2 overall, 4-2 D2), 36 points, 6 QPR
5. Milton (4-3 overall, 3-3 D2), 33 points, 5.5 QPR
6. Mt. Abraham (2-4 overall, 2-4 D2), 16 points, 2.67 QPR
7T. Lyndon (1-5 overall, 1-5 D2), 7 points, 1.17 QPR
7T. Mt. Mansfield (1-6 overall, 1-5 D2), 7 points, 1.17 QPR
9. North Country (0-7 overall, 0-6 D2), 0 points, 0 QPR

Division III

(Includes all games vs. in-state opponents. Games vs. out-of-state teams, including a loss for Windsor and wins for Mill River or Woodstock, are ignored)

1. Otter Valley (6-0 overall, 6-0 D3), 56 points, 9.33 QPR
2. U-32 (4-1 overall, 4-1 D3), 44 points, 8.8 QPR
3. Mill River (5-1* overall, 4-1 D3), 36 points, 7.2 QPR
4. Woodstock (5-2* overall, 4-2 D3), 42 points, 7 QPR
5. Windsor (4-2* overall, 4-1 D3), 34 points, 6.8 QPR
6. Oxbow (3-3 overall, 2-3 D3), 23 points, 3.83 QPR
7. Springfield (3-4 overall, 3-3 D3), 21 points, 3 QPR
7T. BFA-Fairfax (2-4 overall, 2-3 D3), 14 points, 2.33 QPR
10T. Winooski (1-5 overall, 1-5 D3), 7 points, 1.17 QPR
10T. Poultney (1-5 overall, 1-4 D3), 7 points, 1.17 QPR
10T. MSJ (1-5 overall, 1-5 D3), 7 points, 1.17 QPR
10T. Spaulding (1-5 overall, 1-5 D3), 7 points, 1.17 QPR


How do these numbers work? Teams receive 10 points for a win over a D1 opponent, 7 points for a win over a D2 opponent and 5 points for a D3 opponent. Teams also receive 2 points for every game won by the teams they have beaten. QPR is total points divided by games played.