Against Ranked Teams - After Week 8

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The last few years I’ve attempted to quantify team’s performances against ranked teams, (historically a big factor in decisions made about getting into playoffs) with a system that gives points to teams for the ranking of their opponents and adds or subtracts the point differential in their games, (adds in a win, subtracts in a loss). The ‘ranking’ points are 25 for playing a #1 ranked team, 24 for playing a #2 ranked team, etc., down to 1 point for playing a 25th ranked team. These points are easily computed by subtracting the ranking number from 26, (26-1 = 25; 26-25 =1, etc.). Over the course of the season, I add the points earned by each team in their games against ranked teams as a sort of standings but have always maintained that this is just one thing to look at in evaluating the team, not a final overall ranking.


WEEK 8 (12/25-31/23)
Stanford beat #4 Arizona 100-82 = +40
Florida Gulf Coast beat #7 Florida Atlantic 72-68 = +23
San Diego State beat #13 Gonzaga 84-74 = +23
Creighton lost to #10 Marquette 67-72 = +11
Marquette beat #22 Creighton 72-67 = +9
Wichita State lost to #2 Kansas 67-86 = +5
California lost to #4 Arizona 81-100 = +3
Central Arkansas lost to #12 Oklahoma 72-88 = -2
Eastern Kentucky lost to #1 Purdue 53-80 = -2
Monmouth lost to #12 Oklahoma 56-72 = -2
Austin Peay lost to #19 Memphis 70-81 = -4
Illinois State lost to #8 Kentucky 70-96 = -8
Texas State lost to #20 James Madison 65-82 = -11
Wyoming lost to #14 Brigham Young 68-94 = -14
Bryant lost to #24 Mississippi 78-95 = -15
Pennsylvania lost to #3 Houston 42-81 = -16
Fairleigh Dickinson lost to #11 Illinois 71-104 = -18
Queens lost to #16 Duke 69-106 = -27
Radford lost to #18 Clemson 58-93 = -27
Charleston Southern lost to #9 North Carolina 60-105 = -28
UNC Greensboro lost to #21 Texas 37-72 = -30
Adams State lost to #15 Colorado State 61-106 = -34
I said this premature last week so I’ll repeat it here: “Beginning next week the Adams State type teams should disappear from these listings as conference play begins in earnest.”


WEEKLY CHAMPIONS
Week 1 Arizona beat #2 Duke 78-73 = +29
Week 2 Bryant beat #10 Florida Atlantic 61-52 = +25
Week 3 Colorado State beat #8 Creighton 69-48 = +39
Week 3 Marquette beat #1 Kansas 73-59 = +39
Week 4 Kentucky beat #8 U of Miami 95-73 = +40
Week 5 Colorado beat #15 U of Miami 90-63 = +38
Week 6 Michigan State beat #6 Baylor 88-64 = +44
Week 7 Seton Hall beat #5 Connecticut 75-60 = +36
Week 8 Stanford beat #4 Arizona 100-82 = +40

TOP TEN
Week 6 Michigan State beat #6 Baylor 88-64 = +44
Week 4 Kentucky beat #8 U of Miami 95-73 = +40
Week 8 Stanford beat #4 Arizona 100-82 = +40
Week 3 Colorado State beat #8 Creighton 69-48 = +39
Week 3 Marquette beat #1 Kansas 73-59 = +39
Week 5 Colorado beat #15 U of Miami 90-63 = +38
Week 7 Seton Hall beat #5 Connecticut 75-60 = +36
Week 5 Marquette beat #12 Texas 86-65 = +35
Week 7 Providence beat #6 Marquette 72-57 = +35
Week 4 Wisconsin beat #3 Marquette 75-64 = +34

The worst game so far:
Week 1 Stanislaus State lost to #23 St. Mary’s 28-107 = -79

CUMULATIVE TOP 25
Marquette +114
Purdue +106
Connecticut +95
Arizona +94
North Carolina +94

Kansas +76
Kentucky +71
Wisconsin +67
Memphis +64
UCLA +64

Michigan State +59
Duke +50
Tennessee +50
Stanford +43
Florida Atlantic +41

Alabama +40
Colorado +39
Colorado State +39
Georgia Tech +36
Illinois +33

Seton Hall +33
Northwestern +31
Villanova +30
Texas A&M +27
Utah +26
Xavier +26

The worst cumulative total: Stanislaus State -79

Syracuse is -2

Syracuse opponents:
Boston College
Canisius
Clemson +23
Colgate -10
Cornell
Duke +50
Florida State +15
Georgetown -10
Georgia Tech +36
Gonzaga +14
Louisiana State -4
Louisville -2
U of Miami -8
New Hampshire
North Carolina +94
North Carolina State +5
Notre Dame +4
Louisiana State
Niagara
Oregon
Pittsburgh
Tennessee +50
Virginia -20
Virginia Tech
Wake Forest