GalliaGrad78 wrote: ↑Sun May 07, 2017 8:19 amI count 8 teams in the OVC, which means that they should have played the other 7 teams two times. Hence, 2x7 = 14. Simple math
Let's take a different approach to help you out.
I am sure that you would agree with me that each game had a winner and a loser; therefore, the number of total wins in the conference have to equal the total number of losses in the conference.
Since there were 56 (14+12+10+8+6+4+2) total games played, there should be 56 total wins and 56 total losses.
However, there were 58 total wins and 54 total losses.
Therefore, 2 total wins need to be dropped somewhere and 2 total losses need to be added somewhere.
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Obviously, the league couldn't look like this scenario:
Gallia 14-0
Coal Grove 14-0
Ironton 14-0
South Point 14-0
Portsmouth 14-0
Fairland 14-0
Chesapeake 14-0
Rock Hill 14-0
Why not? Because there are 112 wins and no losses. It has to be a balanced number of wins and losses at 56. There were no ties.