Here are the Massey Matchup predictions on high school football games to be played on Sept. 5.
Liberty 56, Legend 2
Denver North 21, Thornton 20
Highland 42, Resurrection Christian 6
Canon City 44, Alameda 5
Arvada West 32, Grand Junction 13
Prairie View 40, Skyview 11
Eaglecrest 26, Arapahoe 23
Limon 26, Ellicott 18
Longmont 34, Denver East 23
Mitchell 27, Mesa Ridge 16
Ridge View Academy 33, Pueblo East 0
Yuma 38, Custer County 7
Denver Lutheran 21, Denver Christian 15
Wiggins 31, Lutheran (Parker) 23
Byers 26, Nederland 18
Sargent 25, John Mall 15
Front Range Christian 20, Cripple Creek-Victor 14
West Grand 35, South Park 13
Rocky Mountain Lutheran 29, CIVA Charter 0
Fruita Monument 24, Montbello 18
Cheyenne Mountain 29, Coronado 17
Pueblo Centennial 36, Adams City 22
Clear Creek 26, The Academy 25
Strasburg 35, The Pinnacle 21
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These are based on the Massey ratings - the same ones used in the college football polls. Each matchup is based on the following criteria:
Schedule: The difficulty of each team's schedule is measured in the Sched column. Factors include the quality of each opponent, the opponent's Massey Rating and an adjustment for homefield advantage. Note that schedule strength only represents games played to date. Until a team plays its first game, it will not have a schedule strength rating.
Offense: A team's Offense power rating essentially measures the ability to score points. This does not distinguish how points are scored, so good defensive play that leads to scoring will be reflected in the Offense rating. In general, the offensive rating can be interpreted as the number of points a team would be expected to score against an average defense.
Defense: A team's Defense power rating reflects the ability to prevent its opponent from scoring. An average defense will be rated at zero. Positive or negative defensive ratings would respectively lower or raise the opponent's expected score accordingly.
It should be emphasized that the Offense/Defense breakdown is simply a post-processing step, and as such has no bearing on the overall rating. A consequence of this is that the Offense/Defense ratings may not always match actual production numbers. A team that routinely wins close games may have somewhat inflated Offense/Defense ratings to reflect the fact that they are likely to play well when they have to.
Power: In contrast to overall rating, Power is a better measure of potential based on schedule, offense and defense, and is less concerned with wins and losses.
These do not reflect the opinions of 9NEWS or any of its staff. Rather, they are the result of the mathematical formula used to calculate the projections.
ED. NOTES: THIS IS FOR ENTERTAINMENT PURPOSES ONLY! ALSO, PREDICTIONS AND CALCULATIONS ARE NOT AVAILABLE FOR 8-MAN AND 6-MAN FOOTBALL TEAMS.