Against Ranked Teams - Basketball, after Week 10

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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 9 (1/1/-7/24)
Tennessee beat #22 Mississippi 90-64 = +30
Cincinnati beat #12 Brigham Young 71-60 = +25
U of Miami beat #16 Clemson 95-82 = +23
Purdue beat #9 Illinois 83-78 = +22
Seton Hall beat #7 Marquette 78-75 = +22
Texas Christian lost to #2 Kansas 81-83 = +22
Illinois lost to #1 Purdue 78-83 = +20
North Carolina beat #16 Clemson 65-55 = +20
Florida lost to #6 Kentucky 85-87 = +18
Utah State beat #13 Colorado State 77-72 = +18
Southern Mississippi beat #19 James Madison 81-71 = +17
Texas Tech beat #20 Texas 78-67 = +17
Butler lost to #4 Connecticut 81-88 = +16
Creighton beat #23 Providence 69-60 = +12
Charlotte beat #17 Florida Atlantic 70-68 = +11
Maryland lost to #1 Purdue 53-67 = +11
Clemson lost to #8 North Carolina 55-65 = +8
Southern Methodist lost to #15 Memphis 59-62 = +8
Tulsa lost to #15 Memphis 75-78 = +8
Iowa State lost to #11 Oklahoma 63-71 = +7
Seton Hall beat #23 Providence 61-57= +7
New Mexico lost to #13 Colorado State 68-76 = +5
Pittsburgh lost to #8 North Carolina = +5
Notre Dame lost to #14 Duke 59-67 = +4
Oklahoma State lost to #18 Baylor 70-75 = +3
Louisiana lost to #19 James Madison 61-68 = Even
Utah lost to #10 Arizona 73-92 = -3
Mississippi lost to #5 Tennessee 64-90 = -5
East Carolina lost to #17 Florida Atlantic 64-79 = -6
Iowa lost to #21 Wisconsin 72-83 = -6
DePaul lost to #4 Connecticut 56-85 = -7
Syracuse lost to #14 Duke 66-86 = -8
Cornell lost to #18 Baylor 79-98 = -11
Nebraska lost to #21 Wisconsin 72-88 = -11
Texas-Arlington lost to #20 Texas 62-79 = -11
West Virginia lost to #3 Houston 55-89 = -11
Northwestern lost to #9 Illinois 66-96 = -13
Norfolk State lost to #5 Tennessee 50-87 = -16
Pennsylvania lost to #25 Auburn 68-88 = -19
Pepperdine lost to #24 Gonzaga 60-86 = -24
San Diego lost to #24 Gonzaga 74-101 = -25
Arkansas lost to #25 Auburn 51-83 = -31
Colorado lost to #16 Arizona 50-97 = -37

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
Week 9 Tennessee beat #22 Mississippi 90-64 = +30

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
Purdue +128
Marquette +114
North Carolina +114
Connecticut +95
Arizona +94

Tennessee +80
Kansas +76
Kentucky +71
Wisconsin +67
Memphis +64

UCLA +64
Seton Hall +62
Michigan State +59
Illinois +53
Duke +50

Stanford +43
Florida Atlantic +41
Alabama +40
Colorado State +39
Georgia Tech +36

Northwestern +31
Villanova +30
Florida +27
Texas A&M +27
Xavier +26

The worst cumulative total: Stanislaus State -79

Syracuse is -10

Syracuse opponents:
Boston College
Canisius
Clemson +31
Colgate -10
Cornell -11
Duke +50
Florida State +15
Georgetown -10
Georgia Tech +36
Gonzaga +14
Louisiana State -4
Louisville -2
U of Miami +15
New Hampshire
Niagara
North Carolina +114
North Carolina State +5
Notre Dame +8
Oregon
Pittsburgh +5
Tennessee +50
Virginia -20
Virginia Tech
Wake Forest