[Ether]

FWIW

Ten million 75-team samples randomly drawn from 600-team CMP population; 2.5% had average OPR greater than Newton's.


Interestingly:

mean of max OPR of 600 CMP teams = 37.331

std dev of max OPR of 600 CMP teams = 12.287

predicted std dev of the means of the 75-team samples = 12.287/sqrt(75) = 1.4187

mean OPR of Newton = 40.1149

predicted Zscore of Newton = (40.1149-37.331)/1.4187 = 1.9623

area under normal curve between mean and 1.9623 = .4570

predicted probability = 0.5 - 0.4750 = 0.025 = 2.5%