Strength Chain · Week-by-week power ratings

A win only counts
as much as who you beat.

Every win is worth 2 base points, plus a strength bonus equal to your opponent's own rating at the time — and that bonus updates every week as their rating changes. Beat a team that turns out to be good, and your win gets more valuable after the fact.
Win2 pts
Tie1 pt
Loss0 pts
Strength bonus+ opponent's current rating
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All 272 games of the 2026 regular season are pre-loaded — just pick a week, pick the matchup, and enter the final score. Week 1 doesn't start everyone at zero: each team's rating is seeded from their final 2025 rating (computed with this exact formula on the real 2025 season), scaled by the carryover % and your own offseason adjustment, both editable in Admin. Ratings recompute from scratch each week using every opponent's rating as of the previous week, with a recency damping factor to stop the numbers from compounding out of control over a full season — without it, ratings blow up into the billions by Week 18. Margin of victory doesn't affect the rating itself — only who won — but scores are stored so the scoreboard can show real results. Spread formula: half the gap between the two teams' ranks, with the home team getting a flat home-field bonus baked in, both tunable in Admin. This is a view toggle, not real login security — anyone with the link and the PIN can reach Admin mode.