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Message: [QUOTE="SWC75, post: 4381421, member: 289"] I’ve decided to simplify this. The last couple of years I kept track of how teams playing ranked teams did and how ranked teams did against unranked teams. The latter was too heavily influenced by schools that set up their non-conference schedules with uncompetitive opponents. It also took too much of my time. I’ll stick to keeping track of how teams did against ranked teams. The formula is to give teams points based on the ranking of the team they paid: 25 points for playing a #1 ranked team, 24 for #2, 23 for #3, down to 1 point for playing #25. (A shortcut: subtract the number of the ranking from 26). Then you add in the net point differential of the game. Examples: Central Michigan lost to #12 Oklahoma State 44-58. The Chips get 14 points for playing the #12 team but lose 14 for losing to that team 44-58. Net points: Zero. I’ll still list them because they’ve played a ranked team but their point total is zero. West Virginia lost to #17 Pittsburgh 31-38. They get 9 points for playing the #17 team but lost 7 points for the game result for a net of 2 points. Let’s see who had the best result each week and who accumulates the most points over the season. WEEK 5 Texas Christian beat #18 Oklahoma 55-24 = +39 points Alabama beat #20 Arkansas 49-26 = +29 points Mississippi State beat #17 Texas A&M 42-24 = +27 points Clemson beat #10 North Carolina State 30-20 = +26 points Mississippi beat #7 Kentucky 22-19 = +22 points Missouri lost to #1 Georgia 22-26 = +21 points Oklahoma State beat #16 Baylor 36-25 = +21 points UCLA beat #15 Washington 40-32 = +19 points Purdue beat #21 Minnesota 20-10 = +15 points Wake Forest beat #23 Florida State 31-21 = +13 points North Carolina State lost to #5 Clemson 20-30 = +11 points Iowa lost to #4 Michigan 14-27 = +9 points Kentucky lost to #14 Mississippi 19-22 = +9 points Georgia Tech beat #24 Pittsburgh 26-21 = +7 points Baylor lost to #9 Oklahoma State 25-36 = +6 points Northwestern lost to #11 Penn State 7-17 = +5 points Arizona State lost to #6 Southern California 25-42 = +3 points Arkansas lost to #2 Alabama 26-49 = +1 points Stanford lost to #13 Oregon 27-45 = -5 points Utah State lost to #19 Brigham Young 26-38 = -5 points Florida State lost to #22 Wake Forest 21-31 = -6 points Texas Tech lost to #25 Kansas State 28-37 = -8 points Oregon State lost to #12 Utah 16-42 = -12 points Rutgers lost to #3 Ohio State 10-49 = -16 points Comment: Lots of great match-ups, including five between ranked teams. 231 more points were gained than lost, compared to 73 in week #4. In the first three weeks, before conference play began, 214, 140 and 283 points we lost more than points won, by comparison. Top 25 through WEEK 5 Georgia +61 points Texas Christian +39 points Texas A&M +39 points Clemson +37 points Kentucky +33 points Ohio State +32 points Alabama +29 points Florida +28 points Wake Forest +28 points Kansas State +27 points Mississippi State +27 points Tennessee +27 points Washington +26 points Texas +24 points Appalachian State +23 points Marshall +23 points Mississippi +22 points Missouri +21 points Oklahoma State +21 points UCLA +19 points Washington State +18 points Maryland +15 points Middle Tennessee St. +15 points Purdue +15 points Arkansas +12 points Oregon +12 points Syracuse has yet to play a ranked team but that’s about to change in a big way. We could gain points rapidly -or lose them. And our opposition could gain points from us, too, for the moment, anyway. The worst performance against ranked teams so far is that of Akron, (-86). The weekly best performances: WEEK 1 Georgia beat #11 Oregon 49-3 = +61 points WEEK 2 Kentucky beat #12 Florida 26-16 = +24 points And Texas lost to #1 Alabama 19-20 = +24 points WEEK 3 Oregon beat #12 Brigham Young 41-20 = +35 points WEEK 4 Kansas State beat #6 Oklahoma 41-34 = +27 points WEEK 5 Texas Christian beat #18 Oklahoma 55-24 = +39 points (Oregon was the victim of the west Week 1 performance and gave the best week 3 performance.) The top ten single game performances: WEEK 1 Georgia beat #11 Oregon 49-3 = +61 points WEEK 5 Texas Christian beat #18 Oklahoma 55-24 = +39 points WEEK 3 Oregon beat #12 Brigham Young 41-20 = +35 points WEEK 1 Ohio State beat #5 Notre Dame 21-10 = +32 points WEEK 5 Alabama beat #20 Arkansas 49-26 = +29 points WEEK 4 Kansas State beat #6 Oklahoma 41-34 = +27 points WEEK 5 Mississippi State beat #17 Texas A&M 42-24 = +27 points WEEK 5 Clemson beat #10 North Carolina State 30-20 = +26 points WEEK 3 Washington beat #11 Michigan State 39-28 = +26 points WEEK 2 Kentucky beat #12 Florida 26-16 = +24 points WEEK 2 Texas lost to #1 Alabama 19-20 = +24 points [/QUOTE]

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