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Message: [QUOTE="SWC75, post: 5292778, member: 289"] 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 7 Ohio State beat #4 Kentucky 85-65 = +42 Auburn beat #16 Purdue 87-69 = +28 Mississippi State beat #21 Memphis 79-66 = +18 Xavier lost to #9 Marquette 70-72 = +15 North Carolina lost to #7 Florida 84-90 = +13 North Dakota lost to #6 Alabama 90-97 = +13 Butler lost to #11 Connecticut 74-78= +11 Cincinnati beat #22 Dayton 66-59 = +11 Michigan lost to #14 Oklahoma 86-87 = +11 North Carolina lost to #18 UCLA 76-74 = +10 Xavier lost to #11 Connecticut 89-94 = +10 Butler lost to #9 Marquette 70-80 = +7 Purdue lost to #2 Auburn 69-87 = +6 South Carolina beat #25 Clemson 91-88 = +4 Oklahoma beat #24 Michigan 87-86 = +3 UNLV lost to #22 Dayton 65-66 = +3 Virginia lost to #21 Memphis 62-64 = +3 Stanford lost to #10 Oregon 61-76 = +1 Dayton lost to #19 Cincinnati 59-66 = 0 George Mason lost to #5 Duke 47-68 = 0 Morgan State lost to #3 Iowa State 72-99 = -4 Southern U. lost to #17 Mississippi 61-74 = -4 Georgia Tech lost to #5 Duke 56-82 = -5 Kent State lost to #6 Alabama 54-81 = -7 Bucknell lost to #13 Gonzaga 65-86 = -8 Queens University lost to #17 Mississippi 62-80 = -9 Wake Forest lost to #25 Clemson 62-73 = -10 Central Arkansas lost to #14 Oklahoma 66-89 = -11 Florida Atlantic lost to #20 Michigan State 69-86 = -11 Oakland lost to #20 Michigan State 58-77 = -13 Brown lost to #8 Kansas 53-87 = -16 Georgia State lost to #2 Auburn 59-100 = -17 Nichols lost to #13 Gonzaga 72-102 = -17 California lost to #23 San Diego State 50-71 = -18 Houston Christian lost to #12 Texas A&M 45-77 = -18 Toledo lost to #15 Houston 49-78 = -18 Western Carolina lost to #1 Tennessee 36-84 = -23 Texas A&M- Corpus Christi lost to #13 Gonzaga 51-87 = -23 Grambling lost to #19 Cincinnati 49-84 = -28 Prairie View A&M lost to #18 UCLA 75-111 = -28 Purdue-Fort Wayne lost to #24 Michigan 58-89 = -29 North Florida lost to #7 Florida 45-99 = -35 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 TOP TEN PERFORMANCES Week 1: Gonzaga beat #8 Baylor 101-63 = +56 points Week 4: Dayton beat #2 Connecticut 85-67 = +42 Week 7: Ohio State beat #4 Kentucky 85-65 = +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 2: Purdue beat #2 Alabama 87-78 = +33 Week 2: Wisconsin beat #9 Arizona 103-88 = +32 Week 5: Iowa State beat #5 Marquette 81-70 = +32 TOP 25 CUMULATIVE Gonzaga +107 points Dayton +98 Auburn +89 Duke +77 Marquette +76 Illinois +60 Mississippi State +59 Michigan +58 Alabama +56 San Diego State +56 North Carolina +55 Iowa State +52 Memphis +51 Creighton +49 Texas A&M +49 Kentucky +45 Purdue +42 Connecticut +39 West Virginia +39 Wisconsin +39 Arkansas State +38 Kansas +38 Oregon +35 Michigan State +34 Missouri +34 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. (Maryland was #8 in the NET but in the polls, they have the most points of anyone not in the Top 25.) Here are their opponents: Le Moyne -18 Colgate +10 Youngstown State -29 Texas Saint Joseph’s Texas Tech Cornell Tennessee +28 Notre Dame +10 Albany Georgetown Maryland +20 Bucknell Wake Forest -26 Florida State -7 Georgia Tech -22 Boston College Louisville +31 Notre Dame Clemson +26 Pittsburgh +1 Stanford California Duke +77 U of Miami +12 North Carolina +55 North Carolina State +4 Virginia Tech +3 Southern Methodist Virginia -30 [/QUOTE]

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