Sitting here watching pre-season football, alittle bored, lol.

Decided to be nerdy & crunch some numbers.

I compiled data from the last 2 years of my Dynasty leagues & found something interesting stats. This is data from 33 dynasty leagues over 2 seasons (some only 1 season). 12, 14, 15, 16, 18, & 20 team leagues. (side note: the winner of the consolation round wins the 1st pick in my dynasty leagues).

- the highest scoring team for the season only finishes in 1st place in the Regular Season Standings 59.6% of the time.

- the highest scoring team only wins the championship 26.9% of the time.

- the first place team only wins the championship 25% of the time.

- the 2nd place team wins the championship 15% of the times.

- the 3rd place team wins the championship 23% of the time.

- the 4th place or worst teams win the championship 36.5% of the time.

- the team with the highest ranking entering the Consolation playoff round only wins the 1st pick 21% of the time.

- the team that finishes in last place only wins the 1st pick 4.7% of the time.

Summaries:

You may finish as the highest scoring team, but there's almost a 75% chance you won't win the ship.

You may finish 1st place in the standings, but there's a 75% chance you won't win the ship.

It seems better to finish mid-pack in the Consolation round.

It seems better to finish 3rd or 4th than 2nd - which feels counterintuitive, but the numbers don't lie.

Finally, don't tank - it's REALLY not in your best interest, lol.