Against Ranked Teams - Basketball - after Week 2

[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 2 (11/13-19)
Bryant beat #10 Florida Atlantic 61-52 = +25 (our old pals)
UNC Greensboro beat #14 Arkansas 78-72 = +18
Duke beat #18 Michigan State 74-65 = +17
Illinois lost to #4 Marquette 64-71 = +15
Kansas beat #17 Kentucky 89-84 = +14
Xavier lost to #2 Purdue 71-83 = +12
Iowa lost to #8 Creighton 84-92 = +10
Kentucky lost to #1 Kansas 84-89 = +10
Marquette beat to #23 Illinois 71-64 = +10
Utah lost to #6 Houston 66-76 = +10
Pennsylvania beat #21 Villanova 76-72 = +9
Michigan State lost to #9 Duke 65-74 = +8
Florida International lost to #12 U of Miami 80-86 = +8
Oral Roberts lost to #13 Texas A&M = +5
Towson lost to #6 Houston 49-65 = +4
Georgia lost to #12 U of Miami 68-79 = +3
Old Dominion #14 Arkansas 77-86 = +3
Radford lost to #24 James Madison 73-76 = -1
Wofford lost to #7 Tennessee 61-82 = -2
Southern Methodist lost to #13 Texas A&M 66-79 = Even
Belmont lost to #3 Arizona 68-100 = -9
Rice lost to #19 Texas 64-80 = -9
Stetson lost to #6 Houston 48-79 = -11
Butler lost to #18 Michigan State 54-74 = -12
Maryland lost to #21 Villanova 40-57 = -12
Bucknell lost to #9 Duke 60-90 = -13
Mississippi Valley State lost to #5 Connecticut 53-87 = -13
Texas Southern lost to #8 Creighton 50-82 = -14
Southern U. lost to #3 Arizona 59-97 = -15
UC Riverside lost to #20 North Carolina 52-77 = -19
Valparaiso lost to #23 Illinois 64-87 = -20
Stonehill lost to #17 Kentucky 67-101 = -25
Milwaukee lost to #25 Colorado 79-106 = -26
Eastern Michigan lost to #10 Florida Atlantic 57-100 = -27
Kansas City lost to #15 Baylor 61-99 = -27
Mercer lost to #22 Alabama 67-98 = -27
Eastern Oregon lost to #11 Gonzaga 57-123 = -51
South Alabama lost to #22 Alabama 46-102 = -52

WEEKLY CHAMPIONS
Week 1 Arizona beat #2 Duke 78-73 = +29
Week 2 Bryant beat #10 Florida Atlantic 61-52 = +25

TOP TEN
Week 1 Arizona beat #2 Duke 78-73 = +29
Week 2 Bryant beat #10 Florida Atlantic 61-52 = +25
Week 1 James Madison beat #4 Michigan State 79-76 = +25
Week 1 Brigham Young beat #17 San Diego State 74-65 = +18
Week 2 UNC Greensboro beat #14 Arkansas 78-72 = +18
Week 2 Duke beat #18 Michigan State 74-65 = +17
Week 2 Illinois lost to #4 Marquette 64-71 = +15
Week 2 Kansas beat #17 Kentucky 89-84 = +14
Week 2 Xavier lost to #2 Purdue 71-83 = +12
Week 1 Duke lost to #12 Arizona 73-78 = +9
Week 2 Pennsylvania beat #21 Villanova 76-72 = +9

The worst game so far:
Week 1 Stanislaus State lost to #23 St. Mary’s 28-107 = -79

CUMULATIVE TOP 25
Arizona +29
Duke +26
Bryant +25
James Madison +25
Brigham Young +18

UNC Greensboro +18
Illinois +15
Kansas +14
Xavier +12
Iowa +10

Kentucky +10
Marquette +10
Utah +10
Pennsylvania +9
Florida International +8

Michigan State +8
Weber State +7
Wisconsin +7
Oral Roberts +5
Ohio State +4

Towson +4
Loyola (Chicago) +3
Old Dominion +3
Auburn lost to Even
Yale Even

The worst cumulative total: Stanislaus State -79

Syracuse has yet to play a ranked team

Syracuse opponents:
Boston College
Canisius
Clemson
Colgate
Cornell
Duke +26
Florida State
Georgetown
Georgia Tech
Gonzaga
Louisville
U of Miami
New Hampshire
North Carolina
North Carolina State
Notre Dame
Louisiana State
Niagara
Oregon
Pittsburgh
Tennessee
Virginia
Virginia Tech
Wake Forest

Possible opponents:
Chaminade
Gonzaga
UCLA