Against Ranked Teams - Basketball - after Week 1

[SWC75]

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 1
Gonzaga beat #8 Baylor 101-63 = +56 points
Auburn beat #4 Houston 74-69 = +27
North Carolina lost to #1 Kansas 89-92 = +22
Kansas beat #9 North Carolina 92-89 = +20
Central Florida beat #13 Texas A&M 64-61 = +16
Arkansas State lost to #2 Alabama 79-88 = +15
Baylor beat #16 Arkansas 72-67 = +15
New Mexico beat #22 UCLA 70-59 = +15
Arkansas beat #8 Baylor 67-72 = +13
Houston lost to #11 Auburn 69-74 = +10
Arizona State #9 Gonzaga 80-88 = +9
Elon lost to #9 North Carolina 76-90 = +3
Grambling lost to #24 Mississippi 64-66 = 0
Gardner-Webb lost to #12 Tennessee 64-80 = -2
Rio Grande lost to #15 Creighton 86-99 = -2
Howard lost to #1 Kansas 57-87 = -5
Texas A&M Corpus Christi lost to #14 Purdue 73-90 = -5
Lipscomb lost to #16 Arkansas 60-76 = -6
Louisville lost to #12 Tennessee 55-77 = -8
Northern Kentucky lost to #14 Purdue 50-72 = -10
South Florida lost to #21 Florida 83-98 = -10
SIU Edwardsville lost to #17 Indiana 61-80 = -10
George Mason lost to #18 Marquette 63-82 = -11
Canisius lost to #10 Arizona 64-93 = -13
Sacred Heart lost to #3 Connecticut 56-92 = -13
Fairleigh Dickinson #15 Creighton 70-96 = -15
Maine lost to #7 Duke 62-96 = -15
Jacksonville lost to #21 Florida 60-81 = -16
New Hampshire lost to #3 Connecticut 53-92 = -16
Baylor lost to #6 Gonzaga 63-101 = -18
Mississippi Valley St. lost to #5 Iowa State 44-83 = -18
East Texas A&M lost to #13 Texas A&M 55-87 = -19
Morehead State lost to #20 Cincinnati 56-83 = -21
UNC Ashville lost to #2 Alabama 54-110 = -22
Wagner lost to #25 Rutgers 52-75 = -22
Army lost to #7 Duke 58-100 = -23
Houston Christian lost to #19 Texas 59-90 = -24
Bucknell lost to #23 Kentucky 72-100 = -25
Eastern Illinois lost to #17 Indiana 55-90 = -25
Long Island U. lost to #24 Mississippi 60-90 = -28
Rider lost to #22 UCLA 50-85 = -31
Stony Brook lost to #18 Marquette 62-102 = -32
Jackson State lost to #4 Houston 40-97 = -35
Vermont lost to #11 Auburn 43-94 = -36
Wright State lost to #23 Kentucky 62-103 = -38
Old Dominion lost to #10 Arizona 44-102 = -42
Arkansas-Pine Bluff lost to #20 Cincinnati 54-109 = -49


WEEKLY LEADERS
Week 1: Gonzaga beat #8 Baylor 101-63 = +56 points


TOP TEN PERFORMANCES
Week 1: Gonzaga beat #8 Baylor 101-63 = +56 points
Week 1: Auburn beat #4 Houston 74-69 = +27
Week 1: North Carolina lost to #1 Kansas 89-92 = +22
Week 1: Kansas beat #9 North Carolina 92-89 = +20
Week 1: Central Florida beat #13 Texas A&M 64-61 = +16
Week 1: Arkansas State lost to #2 Alabama 79-88 = +15
Week 1: Baylor beat #16 Arkansas 72-67 = +15
Week 1: New Mexico beat #22 UCLA 70-59 = +15
Week 1: Arkansas beat #8 Baylor 67-72 = +13
Week 1: Houston lost to #11 Auburn 69-74 = +10


TOP 25 CUMULATIVE
Gonzaga +56 points
Auburn +27
North Carolina +22
Kansas +20
Central Florida +16

Arkansas State +15
New Mexico +15
Arkansas +13
Houston +10
Arizona State +9

Elon +3
Grambling 0
Gardner-Webb -2
Rio Grande -2
Baylor -3

Howard -5
Texas A&M Corpus Christi -5
Lipscomb -6
Louisville -8
Northern Kentucky -10

South Florida -10
SIU Edwardsville -10
George Mason -11
Canisius -13
Sacred Heart -13

The worst in a game and for the season is Arkansas-Pine Bluff who lost to #20 Cincinnati 54-109 = -49

Syracuse has yet to play a ranked team. Here are their opponents:
Le Moyne
Colgate
Youngstown State
Texas
Saint Joseph’s
Texas Tech
Cornell
Tennessee
Notre Dame
Albany
Georgetown
Maryland
Bucknell
Wake Forest
Florida State
Georgia Tech
Boston College
Louisville -8
Notre Dame
Clemson
Pittsburgh
Stanford
California
Duke
U of Miami
North Carolina +22
North Carolina State
Virginia Tech
Southern Methodist
Virginia