Against Ranked Teams - Basketball - after Week 5

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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 5 (12/5-12/11)
Colorado beat #15 U of Miami 90-63 = +38
Marquette beat #12 Texas 86-65 = +35
Arizona beat #23 Wisconsin 98-73 = +28
Connecticut beat #9 North Carolina 87-76 = +28
Illinois beat #11 Florida Atlantic 98-89 = +24
Washington beat #7 Gonzaga 78-73 = +23
Alabama lost to #4 Purdue 86-92 = +16
St. Mary’s beat #13 Colorado State 64-61 = +16
Utah beat #14 Brigham Young 73-69 = +16
Missouri lost to #2 Kansas 64-73 = +15
Tennessee beat #20 Illinois 86-79 = +13
Memphis beat #21 Texas A&M 81-75 = +11
North Carolina lost to #5 Connecticut 76-87 = +10
Grand Canyon beat #25 San Diego State 79-73 = +7
Kansas City lost to #2 Kansas 69-88 = +5
Denver lost to #13 Colorado 80-90 = +3
Iowa lost to #4 Purdue 68-87 = +3
Illinois lost to #17 Tennessee 79-86 = +2
Seton Hall lost to #6 Baylor 60-78 = +2
UC Irvine lost to #25 San Diego State 62-63 Even
Wisconsin lost to #1 Arizona 73-98 = Even
Notre Dame lost to #8 Marquette 59-78 = -1
Arkansas lost to #19 Oklahoma 70-79 = -2
South Carolina lost to #24 Clemson 67-72 = -3
Florida Atlantic lost to #20 Illinois 89-98 = -3
Texas lost to #8 Marquette 65-86 = -3
Pennsylvania lost to #16 Kentucky 66-81 = -5
Texas Chrisitan lost to #24 Clemson 66-74 = -6
Old Dominion lost to #18 James Madison 69-84 = -7
Michigan State lost to #23 Wisconsin 57-70 = -10
Jackson State lost to #3 Houston 55-89 = -11
George Mason lost to #17 Tennessee 66-87 = -12
Houston Christian lost to #12 Texas = -13
Rice lost to #3 Houston 39-75 = -13
Providence lost to #19 Oklahoma 51-72 = -14
Arkansas-Pine Bluff lost to #5 Connecticut 63-101 -17
Charlotte lost to #22 Duke 56-80 = -20
DePaul lost to #21 Texas A&M 64-89 = -20
Arkansas Pine Bluff lost to #7 Gonzaga 71-111 = -21
Central Michigan lost to #10 Creighton 64-109 = -29
Evansville lost to #14 Brigham Young 55-96 = -29
Long Island lost to #15 U of Miami 49-97 = -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

TOP TEN
Week 4 Kentucky beat #8 U of Miami 95-73 = +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 5 Marquette beat #12 Texas 86-65 = +35
Week 4 Wisconsin beat #3 Marquette 75-64 = +34
Week 1 Arizona beat #2 Duke 78-73 = +29
Week 4 Northwestern beat #1 Purdue 92-88 = +29
Week 3 Kansas beat #7 Tennessee 69-60 = +28
Week 5 Arizona beat #23 Wisconsin 98-73 = +28
Week 5 Connecticut beat #9 North Carolina 87-76 = +28

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

CUMULATIVE TOP 25
Marquette +105
Kansas +76
Purdue +73
Arizona +68
Wisconsin +67

Connecticut +66
North Carolina +55
Kentucky +50
Tennessee +50
Illinois +41

Colorado +39
Colorado State +39
Georgia Tech +36
UCLA +31
Northwestern +29

Duke +26
Utah +26
Xavier +26
Bryant +25
James Madison +25

Ohio State +24
Virginia +24
Washington +24
St. Joseph’s +23
Memphis +22

The worst cumulative total: Stanislaus State -79

Syracuse is -2

Syracuse opponents:
Boston College
Canisius
Clemson +23
Colgate -3
Cornell
Duke +26
Florida State +15
Georgetown
Georgia Tech +36
Gonzaga +14
Louisville
U of Miami -8
New Hampshire
North Carolina +55
North Carolina State
Notre Dame +4
Louisiana State
Niagara
Oregon
Pittsburgh
Tennessee +50
Virginia
Virginia Tech
Wake Forest