Against Ranked Teams - basketball - After Week 12

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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 12 (1/20-26)
Maryland beat #17 Illinois 91-70 = +30
Tennessee beat #14 Mississippi State 68-56 = +24
Tennessee lost to #1 Auburn 51-53 = +23
Auburn beat #6 Tennessee 53-51 = +22
Vanderbilt beat #9 Kentucky 74-69 = +22
Houston beat #12 Kansas 92-86 = +20
South Carolina lost to #5 Florida 69-70 = +20
Minnesota beat #15 Oregon 77-69 = +19
Missouri beat #15 Mississippi 83-75 = +19
Ohio State beat #11 Purdue 73-70 = +18
Wake Forest lost to #2 Duke 56-63 = +17
Kansas State beat #23 West Virginia 73-60 = +16
Louisiana State lost to #4 Alabama 73-80 = +15
Texas beat #13 Texas A&M 70-69 = +14
Kansas lost to #7 Houston 86-92 = +13
Mississippi lost to #13 Texas A&M 62-63 = +12
Rutgers lost to #8 Michigan State 74-81 = +11
Arizona State beat #23 West Virginia 65-57 = +11
Texas beat #23 Missouri 61-53 = +11
Texas A&M beat #16 Mississippi 63-62 = +11
Xavier beat #19 Connecticut 76-72 = +11
UCLA beat #18 Wisconsin 85-83 = +10
Arizona State lost to #3 Iowa State 61-76 = +8
Mississippi State lost to #6 Tennessee 56-68 = +8
South Carolina lost to #14 Mississippi State 60-65 = +7
Vanderbilt lost to #4 Alabama 87-103 = +6
Butler lost to #19 Connecticut 78-80 = +5
Villanova lost to #10 Marquette 74-87 = +3
Northwestern lost to #17 Illinois 74-83 = Even
Washington lost to #15 Oregon 71-82 = Even
Texas Christian lost to #12 Kansas 61-74 = +1
Seton Hall lost to #10 Marquette 59-76 = -1
Central Florida lost to #3 Iowa State 83-108 = -2
Xavier lost to #20 St. John’s 71-79 = -2
Mississippi lost to #22 Missouri 75-83 = -4
Wichita State lost to #24 Memphis 53-61 = -6
Georgia lost to #5 Florida 59-89 = -9
Michigan Lost to #11 Purdue 64-91 = -12
Utah lost to #7 Houston 36-70 = -15
Nebraska lost to #18 Wisconsin 55-83 = -20
Alabama-Birmingham lost to #24 Memphis 77-100 = -21
Southern Methodist lost to #25 Louisville 73-98 = -24


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
Week 12: Maryland beat #17 Illinois 91-70 = +30

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
Auburn +144 points
Alabama +140
Kentucky +132
Illinois +121
Gonzaga +108

Iowa State +106
Tennessee +101
Dayton +98
Mississippi State +93
Texas A&M +92

West Virginia +90
Maryland +85
Missouri +83
Memphis +78
Duke +77

Creighton +76
Marquette +76
Michigan +69
Florida +65
Georgia +62

Mississippi +59
Kansas +58
San Diego State +56
Xavier +56
North Carolina +55

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 +45
Saint Joseph’s
Texas Tech +21
Cornell
Tennessee +101
Notre Dame +10
Albany
Georgetown +20
Maryland +85
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