What are composite team rankings?
Years ago, MileSplit developed a data-based number-cruncher system to rank cross-country teams called "composite" team rankings. The rather complicated algorithm takes into account both cross country and track seasons, based on various categories and weights. It even indicates what the computer believes the biggest weakness is at this point.
Teams that did not have much of a track season or did not have at least four of their top distance runners out for track may see their scores drop. However, teams that busted it and looked great this past spring will show higher. Hopefully, it is a good balance to predict who is strong coming in! It does not necessarily take into acc...
