Against Ranked Teams - basketball - after week 11

[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 11 (1/13-19)
Iowa State beat #9 Kansas 74-57 = +34
Auburn beat #15 Mississippi State 88-66 = +33
Mississippi beat #4 Alabama 74-64 = +32
West Virginia beat #2 Iowa State 64-57 = +31
Kentucky beat #11 Texas A&M 81-69 = +27
Alabama beat #8 Kentucky 102-97 = +23
Georgia lost to #1 Auburn 68-70 = +23
Missouri beat #5 Florida 83-82 = +22
Tennessee beat #23 Georgia 74-56 = +21
Vanderbilt beat #6 Tennessee 76-75 = +21
Xavier beat #7 Marquette 59-57 = +21
Purdue beat #13 Oregon 65-58 = +20
Oregon State beat #16 Gonzaga 97-89 = +18
Creighton beat #14 Connecticut 68-63 = +17
DePaul lost to #7 Marquette 83-85 = +17
Kentucky lost to #4 Alabama 97-102 = +17
Central Florida beat #10 Houston 69-68 = +15
Temple beat #18 Memphis 88-81 = +15
Santa Clara beat #16 Gonzaga 103-99 = +14
Arizona beat #25 Baylor 81-70 = +12
Illinois lost to #12 Michigan State 78-80 = +12
Michigan State beat #19 Illinois 80-78 = +9
Minnesota beat #20 Michigan 84-81 = +9
Penn State lost to #12 Michigan State 85-90 = +9
Mississippi lost to #15 Mississippi State 81-84 = +8
Mississippi State beat #21 Mississippi 84-81 = +8
Kansas lost to #2 Iowa State 57-74 = +7
Kansas State lost to #9 Kansas 74-84 = +7
UNLV beat #22 Utah State 65-62 = +7
Texas A&M lost to #8 Kentucky 69-81 = +6
Louisiana State lost to #11 Texas A&M 57-68 = +4
Texas Christian beat #25 Baylor 74-71 = +4
Mississippi State lost to #1 Auburn 66-88 = +3
Georgia lost to #6 Tennessee 56-74 = +2
Northwestern lost to #20 Michigan 76-80 = +2
Oregon lost to #17 Purdue 58-65 = +2
Charlotte lost to #18 Memphis 68-77 = -1
Ohio State lost to #24 Wisconsin 68-70 = Even
West Virginia lost to #10 Houston 54-70 = Even
Boston College lost to #3 Duke 63-88 = -2
Washington lost to #17 Purdue 58-69 = -2
Texas lost to #5 Florida 60-84 = -3
Alabama lost to #21 Mississippi 64-74 = -5
U of Miami lost to #3 Duke 54-89 = -12
Southern California lost to #24 Wisconsin 69-84 = -13
Indiana lost to #19 Illinois 69-94 = -18


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
Week 11: Iowa State beat #9 Kansas 74-57 = +34

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
Week 11: Iowa State beat #9 Kansas 74-57 = +34


TOP 25 CUMULATIVE
Alabama +140 points
Kentucky +132
Auburn +122
Illinois +121
Gonzaga +108

Iowa State +106
Dayton +98
West Virginia +90
Mississippi State +85
Michigan +81

Texas A&M +81
Memphis +78
Duke +77
Creighton +76
Marquette +76

Georgia +71
Florida +65
Missouri +64
San Diego State +56
Maryland +55

North Carolina +55
Tennessee +54
Mississippi +51
Arizona +50
Kansas +45
Kentucky +45

Them that has, use it to get good players who get them ranked and they play each other which gives them plenty of ART points.

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 +54
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 Even
North Carolina +55
North Carolina State +4
Virginia Tech +2
Southern Methodist
Virginia -30