The term applies to one of the tiebreakers in the NFL for teams being selected for the playoffs.
2006-12-28 05:23:15 · 5 answers · asked by bobC 1 in Sports ➔ Football (American)
Definition: A part of the NFL's tiebreaking proceedure, strength of victory is figured by calculating the combined winning percentage of the opponents a team has beaten.
Examples: If two teams end with identical records, combine the records of the opponents in each of the team's wins and calculate the total winning percentage. The team whose opponents have the higher winning percentage wins the tiebreaker.
2006-12-28 05:29:30 · answer #1 · answered by Matthew P 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
A part of the NFL's tiebreaking proceedure, strength of victory is figured by calculating the combined winning percentage of the opponents a team has beaten.
Examples: If two teams end with identical records, combine the records of the opponents in each of the team's wins and calculate the total winning percentage. The team whose opponents have the higher winning percentage wins the tiebreaker.
2006-12-28 13:29:11 · answer #2 · answered by cheeks230 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
strength of victory is where 2 teams have the same records, but for a tiebreaker, the team whose total opponent's winning % is higher gets the edge
2006-12-28 13:30:45 · answer #3 · answered by monkeyface 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Are you talking about strength of schedule? That is determined by the total record of all a teams opponents. If your teams opponents have a winning record then your strength of schedule is higher than a team who has won games against bad teams.
I've never heard of strength of victory.
2006-12-28 13:29:04 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Strength of victory says beating a team that ended up 10-6 is better than beating a team that was 6-10.
Dominating a weak team doesnt mean as much as being average vs a strong team.
Basically, it determines whether you are good because you played weak teams, or because you beat strong teams, and how well you beat them.
Very much like strength of schedule (although strength of schedule doesnt account for whether you actually beat those teams)
2006-12-28 13:30:46 · answer #5 · answered by Daeyel 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋