Against Ranked Teams - Basketball after Week 6

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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 6 (12/11-17)
Michigan State beat #6 Baylor 88-64 = +44
Purdue beat #1 Arizona 92-84 = +33
UNLV beat #8 Creighton 79-64 = +33
Connecticut beat #10 Gonzaga 76-63 = +29
Kentucky beat #9 North Carolina 87-83 = +21
Indiana lost to #2 Kansas 71-75 = +20
Texas A&M lost to #4 Houston 66-70 = +18
Alabama lost to #8 Creighton 82-85 = +15
Arizona lost to #3 Purdue 84-92 = +15
Memphis beat #13 Clemson 79-77 = +15
St Thomas (Minn) lost to #7 Marquette 79-84 = +14
Gonzaga lost to #5 Connecticut 63-76 = +8
North Carolina lost to #14 Kentucky 83-87 = +8
North Carolina State lost to #12 Tennessee 83-87 = +5
Chicago State beat #25 Northwestern 75-73 = +3
Northwestern lost to #22 Virginia 54-56 = +2
Georgia Southern lost to #12 Tennessee 56-74 = -4
Hampton lost to #20 James Madison 71-88 = -4
Louisiana State lost to #19 Texas 85-96 = -4
St. Bonaventure lost to #15 Florida Atlantic 54-64 = -4
LaSalle lost to #24 U of Miami 77-84 = -5
Colgate lost to #16 Illinois 57-74 = -7
Denver lost to #18 Brigham Young 74-90 = -8
DePaul lost to #25 Northwestern 46-56 = -9
Jacksonville lost to #23 Wisconsin 60-75 = -12
Hofstra lost to #21 Duke 68-89 = -16
Mississippi Valley St. lost to #10 Gonzaga 40-78 = -22
CSU Pueblo lost to #17 Colorado State 54-86 = -23
Florida International lost to #15 Florida Atlantic 60-94 = -23
Green Bay lost to #11 Oklahoma 47-84 = -23

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
Week 6 Michigan State beat #6 Baylor 88-64 = +44

TOP TEN
Week 6 Michigan State beat #6 Baylor 88-64 = +44
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 6 Purdue beat #1 Arizona 92-84 = +33
Week 6 UNLV beat #8 Creighton 79-64 = +33
Week 1 Arizona beat #2 Duke 78-73 = +29
Week 4 Northwestern beat #1 Purdue 92-88 = +29
Week 6 Connecticut beat #10 Gonzaga 76-63 = +29

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

CUMULATIVE TOP 25
Purdue +106
Marquette +105
Connecticut +95
Arizona +83
Kansas +76

Kentucky +71
Wisconsin +67
UCLA +64
North Carolina +63
Michigan State +59

Tennessee +50
Illinois +41
Colorado +39
Colorado State +39
Memphis +37

Georgia Tech +36
Alabama +31
Northwestern +31
Duke +26
Utah +26

Xavier +26
Bryant +25
James Madison +25
Ohio State +24
Virginia +24
Washington +24

The worst cumulative total: Stanislaus State -79

Syracuse is -2

Syracuse opponents:
Boston College
Canisius
Clemson +23
Colgate -10
Cornell
Duke +26
Florida State +15
Georgetown
Georgia Tech +36
Gonzaga +14
Louisiana State -4
Louisville
U of Miami -8
New Hampshire
North Carolina +63
North Carolina State +5
Notre Dame +4
Louisiana State
Niagara
Oregon
Pittsburgh
Tennessee +50
Virginia
Virginia Tech
Wake Forest