Elo Ratings

                 
                 Elo ratings are a method of calculating the relative strength of teams or individuals that compete in two-team or two-person events. Although a cross country meet is not inherently a two-team event, a result between any two teams can be extracted. In this sense, thousands of head-to-head match ups take place each season.
                 Elo ratings work by creating the expectation of a result between any two given teams. A team with a higher rating is expected to defeat a team with a lower rating, and the difference between the two ratings speaks to the likelihood of this happening. When a team defeats another, its Elo rating will always increase. Conversely, when a team loses to another, its Elo rating will always decrease. The degree to which either occurs depends on the strength of the opponent - A victory over a highly ranked team, for example, is rewarded with a significant increase. Losing to a highly ranked team, on the other hand, incurs only a small penalty.
                 Elo ratings are not always the best snapshot of a team's quality today, but instead paint a long-term trend of a team's success. The ratings below began with each team weighted equally at the beginning of the 2015 season. 1500 is an average rating.

            *Historical Elo Ratings
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                  Current Elo Ratings - 2016 Final

	Team	Elo
1	Wayzata	2160
2	Edina	2134
3	Maple Grove	2107
4	Mounds View	2094
5	Stillwater	2093
6	Minnetonka	2023
7	Hopkins	2022
8	Bemidji	2009
9	Washburn	1984
10	Centennial	1982
11	Eagan	1962
12	Sartell	1954
13	Cloquet	1894
14	Century	1884
15	Red Wing	1881
16	Prior Lake	1856
17	Rosemount	1842
18	Eden Prairie	1840
19	Chanhassen	1839
20	Eastview	1813
21	Willmar	1803
22	Highland	1796
23	Central	1795
24	Detroit Lakes	1793
25	STMA	1770
26	Henry Sibley	1747
27	Blaine	1744
28	White Bear Lake	1741
29	Lakeville South	1732
30	Woodbury	1717