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[QUOTE="SWC75, post: 5232278, member: 289"]
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
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