Part of that is states are generally more competitive in C. There are fewer states with several legitimate contenders. It was also skewed by this year's tournament being very close, and without having Grover's nationals placement available, only Community's placenta got used. Just a strange quirk.pb5754 wrote: ↑June 8th, 2020, 4:58 pm I know this is largely due to Community's two 3rd places at 2019 and 2018 Nationals, but I am still very surprised to see that NJ B is apparently more competitive than NJ C!?
Also, I think the number of teams (or something similar) should be included as a part of the closeness factor, as a 40 point win in a 60 team tournament is far closer than a 40 point win in a 25 team tournament.
As for number of teams, that generally got factored into the way closeness was calculated. Since tournaments with more teams generally have higher scores, dividing by score essentially has the effect of normalizing for tournament size. There are exceptions but I wanted to keep the calculation as simple as possible.
EDIT: If I replace NJ B's closeness score for 2020 and replace it with a second iteration of 2019, they fall between Virginia and New York. So in this case ignoring the 2020 result likely makes it more accurate.
EDIT2: There were no other major changes to the rankings, so I have elected to remove all 2020 closeness scores from the rankings. New Jersey now slots into the "Competitive" tier for B Division.
