The EFL are keen to see an unweighted points-per-game model adopted, but a number of clubs have expressed their displeasure at this suggestion.
And now, the University of Reading – in conjunction with the BBC – have proposed an alternative way to settle League One.
Professor James Reade and Dr Carl Singleton have used the same methods they use to forecast inflation or GDP to predict the results for League One's remaining matches.
They factor in league form and historic records to predict the number of goals a side will score in each given fixture and the percentage chance that a team will win that fixture. Those results are then carried forward to accurately reflect form as the artificial season continues. The model is simulated 10,000 times to get a percentage probability of where a club would have finished.
It’s a very mathematical approach, but what would it mean for Sunderland? Scroll down to see where the Black Cats would finish:
