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 (12/23-29)
Memphis beat #16 Mississippi 87-70 = +27
UCLA beat #14 Gonzaga 65-62 = +15
Middle Tennessee lost to #1 Tennessee 64-82 = +7
Utah State beat #20 San Diego State 67-66 = +7
Gonzaga lost to #22 UCLA 62-65 = +1
South Dakota State lost to #5 Alabama 82-105 = -2
Prairie View A&M lost to #12 Oklahoma 67-89 = -8
Toledo lost to #21 Purdue 64-83 = -14
Stetson lost to #6 Florida 45-85 = -20
Weber State list to #9 Oregon 49-89 = -23
Abilene Christian lost to #13 Texas A&M 54-92 = -25
Chicago State lost to #24 Illinois 64-117 = -51
Arlington Baptist lost to #25 Baylor 53-107 = -53
It was a limited holiday schedule, mostly against bad teams, (Chicago State is 0-15, Prairie View 1-12 for example.


WEEKLY LEADERS
Week 1: Gonzaga beat #8 Baylor 101-63 = +56 points
Week 2: Purdue beat #2 Alabama 87-78 = +33
Week 3: Marquette beat #6 Purdue 76-58 = +38
Week 4: Dayton beat #2 Connecticut 85-67 = +42
Week 5: Mississippi State beat #18 Pittsburgh 90-57 = +41
Week 6: Dayton beat #6 Marquette 71-63 = +28
Week 7: Ohio State beat #4 Kentucky 85-65 = +42
Week 8: Memphis beat #16 Mississippi 87-70 = +27

TOP TEN PERFORMANCES
Week 1: Gonzaga beat #8 Baylor 101-63 = +56 points
Week 4: Dayton beat #2 Connecticut 85-67 = +42
Week 7: Ohio State beat #4 Kentucky 85-65 = +42
Week 5: Mississippi State beat #18 Pittsburgh 90-57 = +41
Week 4: Louisville beat #14 Indiana 89-61 = +40
Week 3: Marquette beat #6 Purdue 76-58 = +38
Week 5: Creighton beat #1 Kansas 76-63 = +38
Week 5: Missouri beat #1 Kansas 76-67 = +34
Week 2: Purdue beat #2 Alabama 87-78 = +33
Week 2: Wisconsin beat #9 Arizona 103-88 = +32
Week 5: Iowa State beat #5 Marquette 81-70 = +32


TOP 25 CUMULATIVE
Gonzaga +108 points
Dayton +98
Auburn +89
Duke +77
Marquette +76

Illinois +60
Mississippi State +59
Michigan +58
Alabama +56
San Diego State +56

North Carolina +55
Iowa State +52
Memphis +78
Creighton +49
Texas A&M +49

Kentucky +45
Purdue +42
Connecticut +39
West Virginia +39
Wisconsin +39

Arkansas State +38
Kansas +38
Oregon +35
Michigan State +34
Missouri +34

The worst in a game is Maryland Eastern Shore who lost to #19 Arkansas 35-109 = -67. The Hawks also have the worst cumulative total at -143.

Syracuse is -3 against ranked teams.

Here are their opponents:
Le Moyne -18
Colgate +10
Youngstown State -29
Texas
Saint Joseph’s
Texas Tech
Cornell
Tennessee +28
Notre Dame +10
Albany
Georgetown
Maryland +20
Bucknell
Wake Forest -26
Florida State -7
Georgia Tech -22
Boston College
Louisville +31
Notre Dame
Clemson +26
Pittsburgh +1
Stanford
California
Duke +77
U of Miami +12
North Carolina +55
North Carolina State +4
Virginia Tech +3
Southern Methodist
Virginia -30