Against Ranked Teams - Football - after Week 10

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I’ll continue to keep track of how teams did against ranked teams. Just something to look at in evaluating teams. The formula is to give teams points based on the ranking of the team they played: 25 points for playing a #1 ranked team, 24 for #2, 23 for #3, down to 1 point for playing #25. (A shortcut: subtract the number of the ranking from 26). Then you add in the net point differential of the game.

Example: Navy lost to #13 Notre Dame 3-42. The Middies get 13 points for playing the #13 team but lose 39 for losing to that team 3-42. Net points: -26. Let’s see who had the best result each week and who accumulates the most points over the season.

WEEK 10
South Carolina beat #10 Texas A&M 44-20 = +40 points
Southern Methodist beat #18 Pittsburgh 48-25 = +31
Ohio State beat #3 Penn State 20-13 = +30
Louisville beat #11 Clemson 33-21 = +27
Texas Tech beat #11 Iowa State 23-22 = +16
Penn State lost to #4 Ohio State 13-20 = +15
Houston beat #17 Kansas State 24-19 = +14
Florida lost to #2 Georgia 20-34 = +10
Minnesota beat #24 Illinois 25-17 = +10
Kentucky lost to #7 Tennessee 18-28 = +9
Michigan lost to #1 Oregon 17-38 = +4
Duke lost to #5 U of Miami 31-53 = -1
Air Force lost to #21 Army 3-20 = -12
Pittsburgh lost to #20 Southern Methodist 25-48 = -17
San Diego State lost to #15 Boise State 24-56 = -21
Michigan State lost to #13 Indiana 10-47 = -24
Arkansas lost to #19 Mississippi 31-63 = -25


WEEKLY LEADERS
Week 0 Georgia Tech beat #10 Florida State 24-21 = +19 points
Week 1 Georgia beat #14 Clemson 34-3 = +43 points
Week 2 Tennessee beat #24 North Carolina State 51-10 = +43 points
Week 3 Kansas State beat #20 Arizona 31-7 = +30 points
Week 4 Brigham Young beat #13 Kansas State 38-9 = +42 points
Week 5 Alabama beat #2 Georgia 41-34 = +31 points
Week 6 Texas A&M beat #9 Missouri 41-10 = +48 points
Week 7 Texas beat #18 Oklahoma 34-3 = +39 points
Week 8 Georgia beat #1 Texas 30-15 = +40 points
Week 9 Alabama beat #21 Missouri 34-0 = +39 points
And Notre Dame beat #24 Navy 51-14 = +39 points
Week 10 South Carolina beat #10 Texas A&M 44-20 = +40 points


TOP 10 PERFORMANCES
Week 6 Texas A&M beat #9 Missouri 41-10 = +48 points
Week 1 Georgia beat #14 Clemson 34-3 = +43
Week 2 Tennessee beat #24 North Carolina State 51-10 = +43
Week 4 Brigham Young beat #13 Kansas State 38-9 = +42
Week 8 Georgia beat #1 Texas 30-15 = +40
Week 10 South Carolina beat #10 Texas A&M 44-20 = +40
Week 7 Texas beat #18 Oklahoma 34-3 = +39
Week 9 Alabama beat #21 Missouri 34-0 = +39
Week 9 Notre Dame beat #24 Navy 51-14 = +39
Week 2 Texas beat #10 Michigan 31-12 = +35
Week 9 Oregon beat #20 Illinois 38-9 = +35

TOP 25 CUMULATIVE

Georgia +98 points
Tennessee +90
Texas A&M +90
Texas +84
Alabama +78

Notre Dame +73
Vanderbilt +64
Oregon +60
Kansas State +58
Kentucky +56

South Carolina +54
Ohio State +52
Boston College +45
Southern California +44
Louisville +43

Minnesota +43
Brigham Young +42
Southern Methodist +42
Illinois +39
Penn State +36

Washington +25
Northern Illinois +23
Southern California +20
California +19
Arizona State +18


The worst game: Week 1: Furman lost to #6 Mississippi 0-76 = -56 points
Worst Cumulative: Kent State -92 points

Syracuse has -11 points.

SU opponents:
Ohio U. none, (meaning they haven’t played a ranked team: 0 would mean they played a ranked team and lost by the expected margin)
Georgia Tech +10
Stanford -69
Holy Cross none
Nevada-Las Vegas +4
North Carolina State -48
Pittsburgh -17
Virginia Tech +15
Boston College +45
California +19
Connecticut none
U of Miami none