Patent ID: 8460110

Claim:
A method of playing a simulated football game using a computer, comprising: first using a computer to host a game in which a number of simulated football teams compete in a football tournament against one another, said football tournament having plural different games and simulating football teams playing against one another in a way that allows each of the teams to compete with one another and obtain scores based on said teams competing; second using said computer to keep track of results including said scores in said games of said football tournament; third using said results including said scores that are based on said teams competing to assess a strength of schedule representing difficulty of each of the games, where the difficulty of the games for each of the teams is individually assessed by assessing information about an opponent in each of the games based on total points scored by a team in plural games against plural opponents, and total points scored by a team's opponent in said plural games against plural opponents, said strength of schedule being assessed for at least a plurality of said simulated teams and at least a plurality of said games, and said strength of schedule based on all of 1) win/Loss record, 2) Total Points percentage for a specific week, calculated by determining a highest total points for the specific week and for each of the team, dividing points scored by the each team by the highest total points for the specific week, and 3) opponent Points percentage calculated by dividing the highest total points for the specific week by a number of points scored that week by the team's opponent for that week; fourth using both said results for said games and said strength of schedule based on said games, to determine relative standings of the teams; and setting a schedule for additional games that are playoff games among said teams, based on said relative standings.