Minnesota Rankings

[Jon Stratis]

I figured since everyone else is doing it, Minnesota should join in and post our rankings!

Fortunately, we have an official source for rankings... While we aren't doing districts, last year the Minnesota State High School League (MSHSL) threw its support behind FIRST and held the first ever Minnesota State Championship. As it's not an official FIRST event, it occurs after Champs in St. Louis. Entry into the event is based on the same FiM point system (at least, it looks the same to me), with two exceptions: Only a teams first regional counts for points (since a majority of teams only attend one regional), and there are an extra 10 points awarded for any team that submits for Chairman's at any regional, even if its not your first. Basically, the changes were made to level the playing field for teams with only 1 regional, and to create an added incentive for MN teams to submit for Chairman's.

And with that, on to the points! All MN teams have now competed in their first event, so the official rankings were posted last night!
http://www.mnfirst.org/sites/default...%20Final_0.pdf

The point system can be seen here: http://www.mnfirst.org/docs/2013MSHS...egoryTable.pdf