A very interesting idea Hasta, but ....!
It got me thinking! Isn't the schedule too dependant on a team's own performance? The extreme example is us. If we were bottom, everyone else up one, Wuss' schedule would decrease by 4.5, ours increase by 7.5 if I've understood your methodology - making us 12 "closer". Most other team's number would change too, some up, some down, though not relevant to the point I'm making.
Would ignoring a team's own position (treating the league as one of 11 for every calculation) eliminate/reduce this bias?
As it stands, at the end of the season the top team will have had an easier schedule under your methodology than any other! Of course, you could argue this to be true since they haven't had to play themselves, but ...
You might be interested to nip across to our site and get some revenge with a critique of my thread on a related theme.
Edit to add: Additionally, our schedule is made easier because we beat (and therefore lowered the league position of) all the sides we played. Except for a certain annoying team from the West of course! Hope this doesn't come across as an attempt to "improve" Sarries status - it is meant as a genuine response to an idea that I find interesting.
Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 10/10/2017 16:47 by Sara'sman.