2011 MARS Ratings After Round 8

All the action on MARS Ratings last weekend happened amongst the teams in positions 3rd through 11th. First and second positions remain unchanged despite second-placed Geelong's victory over Collingwood, the 12th-placed Eagles and 13th-placed Roos both won but failed to gain enough Ratings Points to catch those ahead of them, and the teams in positions 14th through 17th all lost in a manner sufficient to preserve their rankings.

Adelaide climbed most, up two spots to 9th, while Hawthorn and Essendon were the only other teams to rise, both by just one position. The Bulldogs, Saints, Dockers and Dees all fell by one ladder spot.

This week I've added a sparkline to the MARS Ratings Ladder depicting each team's MARS Rating trajectory for the season. The red line shown on each team's sparkline represents a Rating of 1,000 and the scale for all sparklines is from 970 to 1,050.