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[QUOTE="SWC75, post: 5323833, member: 289"]
(I'll do week 11 tomorrow)

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 10 (1/6-12)
Florida beat #1 Tennessee 73-43 =                +55
Georgia beat #6 Kentucky 82-69 =                +33
Arizona beat #21 West Virginia 75-56 =            +24
Michigan beat #22 UCLA 94-75 =                +23
Southern California beat #13 Illinois 82-72 =            +23
Alabama beat #10 Texas A&M 94-88 =                +24
Maryland beat #22 UCLA 79-61 =                +22
Texas Tech lost to #3 Iowa State 84-85 =            +22
South Carolina lost to #2 Auburn 63-66 =            +21
Texas lost to #1 Tennessee 70-74 =                +21               
Georgia beat #17 Oklahoma 72-62 =                +19
Texas lost to #2 Auburn 82-87 =                +19
Villanova beat #9 Connecticut 68-66 =                +19
Kentucky beat #14 Mississippi State 95-90 =            +17
Mississippi State lost to #6 Kentucky 90-95 =             +15
Texas A&M lost to #5 Alabama 88-94 =                +15
Notre Dame lost to #4 Duke 78-86 =                +14
Oklahoma lost to #10 Texas A&M 78-80 =            +14
Georgetown lost to #7 Marquette 66-74 =            +11
Texas A&M beat #17 Oklahoma 80-78 =            +11
Arkansas lost to #8 Florida 63-71 =                +10
Georgetown lost to #9 Connecticut 60-68 =             +9
Ohio State lost to #15 Oregon 71-73 =                +9
East Carolina lost to #19 Memphis 70-74 =            +3
Cincinnati lost to #11 Kansas 40-54 =                +1
South Carolina lost to #5 Alabama 68-88 =            +1
Northwestern lost #16 Michigan State 68-78 =            Even
Utah lost to #3 Iowa State 59-82 =                Even
Vanderbilt lost to #14 Mississippi State 64-76            Even
Boise State lost to #25 Utah State 79-81 =            -1
Colorado lost to #21 West Virginia 70-78 =            -3
Arizona State lost to #11 Kansas 55-74 =            -4
Arkansas lost to #23 Mississippi 66-73 =            -4 
San Diego lost to #18 Gonzaga 80-93 =            -5
Texas Christian lost to #12 Houston 46-65 =            -5
Washington State lost to #18 Gonzaga 75-88 =        -5
San Jose State lost to #25 Utah State 78-85 =            -6
Pittsburgh lost to #4 Duke 47-76 =                -7
Louisiana State lost to #23 Mississippi 65-77 =        -9
Rutgers lost to #20 Purdue 50-68 =                -12
Tennessee lost to #8 Florida 43-73 =                -12
Washington lost to #24 Michigan 75-91 =            -14
Kansas State lost to #12 Houston 57-87 =            -16
UCLA lost to #24 Michigan 75-94 =                 -17
Washington lost to Michigan State 54-88 =            -24
Penn State lost to #13 Illinois 52-91 =                -26
Nebraska lost to #20 Purdue 68-104 =                -30

[B]Interesting that Texas lost to #1 Tennessee by four points and to #2 Auburn by 5 while Texa Tech lost to #3 Iowa State by 1 point. We lost to Texas by 4 and Texas Tech by 5. Georgetown lost to #7 Marquette and #9 Connecticut by 8 points each. Notre Dame lost to #4 Duke by the same margin. Could it be that we're not as bad as everyone thinks - when we want to be?[/B]

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
Week 9: Illinois beat #9 Oregon 109-77 =            +49
Week 10: Florida beat #1 Tennessee 73-43 =            +55

TOP TEN PERFORMANCES
Week 1: Gonzaga beat #8 Baylor 101-63 =            +56 points
Week 10: Florida beat #1 Tennessee 73-43 =            +55
Week 9: Illinois beat #9 Oregon 109-77 =            +49
Week 4: Dayton beat #2 Connecticut 85-67 =            +42
Week 7: Ohio State beat #4 Kentucky 85-65 =            +42
Week 9: Alabama beat #12 Oklahoma 107-79 =         +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

TOP 25 CUMULATIVE
Alabama                +122
Illinois                    +109 points
Gonzaga                +108
Dayton                    +98
Auburn                 +89

Kentucky                +88
Michigan                +81
Memphis                +78
Duke                    +77
Marquette                +76

Texas A&M                +75
Mississippi State             +74
Iowa State                +72
Florida                    +65
Creighton                +59

West Virginia                +59
San Diego State            +56
Maryland                +55
North Carolina                +55
Georgia                +46

Kentucky                +45
Tennessee                +43
Missouri                +42
Nebraska                +42
Purdue                 +42

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            +23
Saint Joseph’s
Texas Tech        +21
Cornell
Tennessee        +55
Notre Dame        +10
Albany
Georgetown        +20
Maryland        +55
Bucknell
Wake Forest        -26
Florida State        -7
Georgia Tech        -22
Boston College
Louisville         +31
Notre Dame
Clemson        +26
Pittsburgh        6
Stanford
California
Duke            +77
U of Miami        +12
North Carolina        +55
North Carolina State    +4
Virginia Tech        +2
Southern Methodist
Virginia            -30
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