How many matches are really needed to determine final rankings?

[Dominick Ferone]

I believe that especially with this years game ranking can jump a lot. I know at the Tech Valley regional we "lost" a lot of matches with our score being lower then the opponent that match. But in the end it doesn't matter just of who has the best bot but who plays the alliance they have the smartest and most effective. Three of the lower ranked bots can succeed if played correctly and this year it seemed if teams figured out what worked best for them from the get go and kept to their strategy they would usually have a lot of success.