# Ranking Question

I'm not sure if the title properly titles my question. Here is the problem: Imagine a game where two teams play another two teams. Each team plays 6 matches where they are partnered with one other team and face-off with a set of two other teams. Each alliance is awarded a certain amount of points based on their collective performance. Using the amount of points each alliance scores I have to rank the teams from best to worst. What do you think would be the best way to approach this? If anything is unclear please let me know; I will update it.

• I don't think this is clear. How many teams are there in total, for example? As a general note, it's often the case that there is no unambiguous ranking in group encounters. For instance, with three teams, $A,B,C$, each of whom play each other once...if $A$ beats $B$, $B$ beats $C$, and $C$ beats $A$...which would you want to call the winner? – lulu Dec 5 '18 at 21:53
• Well thats the challenge. The only data you have is the number of points. You know who plays who and thats it. The number of teams is subject to change and so is who plays who. – Archishmaan Okonkwo Dec 5 '18 at 22:25