Northwest Rankings

[Navid Shafa]

I applied the FiM ranking system to teams in the Northwest over the course of the regional season. This includes the 179 teams in Washington, Oregon, Idaho, Montana and Alaska.

I included every team from the Northwest, even if they competed in event(s) outside of the Northwest.

It's exciting to see the top 64 teams who would have gone to the Northwest Championship, if we were already following a district model. I can't wait for a regional championship!

Here's the scoring system, from the FiM Rules Supplement:

POINT CATEGORY POINTS 					POINTS 		
Win-Loss Record in Qualifying Rounds 							
Win 							2
Tie 							1
Final Alliance Captains After Picking 							
#1 Alliance Captain 					16		
#2 Alliance Captain 					15		
#3 Alliance Captain down to #8 Alliance Captain 	14 down to 9 		
Draft Order by Acceptance 							
#1 Draft Pick (Accepted) 				16			
#2 Draft Pick (Accepted) 				15			
#3Draft Pick down to #16 Draft Pick 			14 down to 1 				
Elimination Round Performance 							
Winning Alliance Teams: 							
Alliance Captain and First Pick				30			
Second Pick						24	
Finalist Alliance Teams: 							
Alliance Captain and First Pick				20			
Second Pick						16	
Semi Finalist Alliance Teams: 							
Alliance Captain and First Pick				10			
Second Pick						8	
Awards 							
Industrial Design 					5		
Quality 						5	
Excellence in Engineering 				5			
Innovation in Control 					5		
Creativity 						5	
Entrepreneurship 					5		
Team Spirit 						2	
Gracious Professionalism 				2			
Imagery 						2	
Highest Rookie Seed 					2		
Industrial Safety 					2		
Judges Award 						2	
Rookie Inspiration 					2

Rank	Teams	Points
1	2471	124
2	1983	120
3	948	108
4	360	96
5	2130	93
6	1425	92
7	1899	89
8	3663	87
9	3145	84
10	1318	76
11	955	71
12	1595	70
13	2557	68
14	2046	65
15	2907	65
16	2928	63
17	4089	60
18	1569	56
19	2733	56
20	3812	56
21	1891	54
22	3711	54
23	1540	53
24	3789	52
25	4061	52
26	4579	52
27	2930	50
28	2374	47
29	4205	47
30	2605	44
31	488	43
32	753	42
33	2635	42
34	3219	42
35	4125	42
36	2147	41
37	4106	41
38	3131	40
39	4127	38
40	997	37
41	2122	37
42	2990	37
43	3826	37
44	2412	36
45	492	35
46	2522	35
47	2594	35
48	3968	33
49	2922	32
50	2811	31
51	4488	29
52	1258	28
53	3238	28
54	1691	27
55	2517	27
56	3251	26
57	4086	26
58	1510	25
59	3216	25
60	3681	25
61	4030	24
62	4681	24
63	847	23
64	3693	23
65	956	22
66	1294	22
67	1359	22
68	2929	22
69	3483	22
70	3588	21
71	4512	21
72	4772	21
73	2923	20
74	2944	20
75	4077	20
76	2976	19
77	3574	19
78	4542	19
79	2411	18
80	4057	18
81	4060	17
82	1566	16
83	2910	16
84	3562	16
85	3860	14
86	4495	14
87	4513	14
88	1695	12
89	1696	12
90	2093	12
91	2926	12
92	3220	12
93	3315	12
94	3587	12
95	3787	12
96	4038	12
97	4120	12
98	4461	12
99	4692	12
100	3674	11
101	568	10
102	957	10
103	1432	10
104	1778	10
105	2002	10
106	2555	10
107	3268	10
108	3393	10
109	3684	10
110	3712	10
111	3781	10
112	3801	10
113	3995	10
114	4043	10
115	4082	10
116	4309	10
117	4450	10
118	4520	10
119	4662	10
120	4682	10
121	2521	9
122	2542	9
123	949	8
124	2148	8
125	2149	8
126	2192	8
127	2550	8
128	2903	8
129	2906	8
130	2927	8
131	3223	8
132	3286	8
133	3586	8
134	3813	8
135	4132	8
136	4173	8
137	4175	8
138	4180	8
139	4560	8
140	4654	8
141	4683	8
142	3576	7
143	3786	7
144	4469	7
145	1571	6
146	2660	6
147	2898	6
148	2915	6
149	3024	6
150	3070	6
151	3192	6
152	3221	6
153	3636	6
154	3673	6
155	3876	6
156	4104	6
157	4110	6
158	4178	6
159	4304	6
160	4457	6
161	4548	6
162	4559	6
163	4608	6
164	4726	6
165	2942	4
166	2980	4
167	3049	4
168	3513	4
169	3662	4
170	4051	4
171	4105	4
172	4131	4
173	4652	4
174	3575	3
175	3218	2
176	3831	2
177	1544	0
178	1823	0
179	3237	0

The Northwest holds approximately 7% of the FIRST population and would get to send 24 teams to Worlds after a Regional Championship.

Those would be as follows:

 3 spots – one for each of the three State Championship Chairman’s Award winners							
 3 spots – one for each of the three teams making up the winning alliance at the State Championship							
 1 spot – for the State Championship Rookie All-Star Award winner							
 1 spot – for the State Championship Engineering Inspiration Award winner							
The remaining 16 qualifying spots will be filled by starting at the top of the re-computed rankings and moving down as far as is necessary to fill the nineteen spots, skipping over teams that are already eligible or scheduled to attend.

Let me know if you find any errors.

* I didn't apply tie-breaking rules as it didn't effect the outcome of who would qualify and I'm tired.
** I only used each team's first two competitions, so 1983's score of 68 in Spokane was ignored.