SWC75
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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.
(The last couple of years I’ve also kept track of ranked team’s performances vs. unranked teams by totaling the points gained or lost against them but that was a lot of extra work and tended to favor schools with weak schedules so I’m dropping that measure this year, as I did for the football version of this.)
TOP 25
Purdue +75
Texas +67
Creighton +65
Michigan State +54
Marquette +46
Arizona +44
Virginia +44
Alabama +43
Baylor +39
Xavier +39
Tennessee +37
Utah +37
Gonzaga +34
Arizona State +31
Rutgers +31
Colorado +30
Florida State +29
Nebraska +29
Illinois +27
Arkansas +26
Portland +26
Northwestern +25
Michigan +24
Notre Dame +24
Connecticut +23
The worst performance against ranked teams so far is that of Monmouth (-70)
Syracuse has -19 points after the Illinois game.
WEEKLY CHAMPIONS:
WEEK 1 Michigan State lost to #2 Gonzaga 63-64 = +23
WEEK 2 Texas beat #2 Gonzaga 93-74 = +43
WEEK 3 Purdue beat #6 Gonzaga 84-66 = +38
WEEK 4 Marquette beat #6 Baylor 70-96 = +46
TOP TEN PERFORMANCES:
WEEK 4 Marquette beat #6 Baylor 70-96 = +46
WEEK 2 Texas beat #2 Gonzaga 93-74 = +43
WEEK 2 Gonzaga beat #4 Kentucky 88-72 = +38
WEEK 3 Purdue beat #6 Gonzaga 84-66 = +38
WEEK 3 Purdue beat #8 Duke 75-56 = +37
WEEK 3 Tennessee beat #3 Kansas 64-50 = +37
WEEK 4 Utah beat #4 Arizona 81-66 = +37
WEEK 2 Arizona State beat #20 Michigan 87-62 = +31
WEEK 2 Michigan State beat #4 Kentucky 86-77 = +31
WEEK 4 Rutgers beat #10 Indiana 63-48 = +31
WEEK 2 Virginia beat #5 Baylor 86-79 = +28
(The last couple of years I’ve also kept track of ranked team’s performances vs. unranked teams by totaling the points gained or lost against them but that was a lot of extra work and tended to favor schools with weak schedules so I’m dropping that measure this year, as I did for the football version of this.)
TOP 25
Purdue +75
Texas +67
Creighton +65
Michigan State +54
Marquette +46
Arizona +44
Virginia +44
Alabama +43
Baylor +39
Xavier +39
Tennessee +37
Utah +37
Gonzaga +34
Arizona State +31
Rutgers +31
Colorado +30
Florida State +29
Nebraska +29
Illinois +27
Arkansas +26
Portland +26
Northwestern +25
Michigan +24
Notre Dame +24
Connecticut +23
The worst performance against ranked teams so far is that of Monmouth (-70)
Syracuse has -19 points after the Illinois game.
WEEKLY CHAMPIONS:
WEEK 1 Michigan State lost to #2 Gonzaga 63-64 = +23
WEEK 2 Texas beat #2 Gonzaga 93-74 = +43
WEEK 3 Purdue beat #6 Gonzaga 84-66 = +38
WEEK 4 Marquette beat #6 Baylor 70-96 = +46
TOP TEN PERFORMANCES:
WEEK 4 Marquette beat #6 Baylor 70-96 = +46
WEEK 2 Texas beat #2 Gonzaga 93-74 = +43
WEEK 2 Gonzaga beat #4 Kentucky 88-72 = +38
WEEK 3 Purdue beat #6 Gonzaga 84-66 = +38
WEEK 3 Purdue beat #8 Duke 75-56 = +37
WEEK 3 Tennessee beat #3 Kansas 64-50 = +37
WEEK 4 Utah beat #4 Arizona 81-66 = +37
WEEK 2 Arizona State beat #20 Michigan 87-62 = +31
WEEK 2 Michigan State beat #4 Kentucky 86-77 = +31
WEEK 4 Rutgers beat #10 Indiana 63-48 = +31
WEEK 2 Virginia beat #5 Baylor 86-79 = +28
