Against Ranked Teams - Football - after Week 4

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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 4
Brigham Young beat #13 Kansas State 38-9 = +42 points
Tennessee beat #15 Oklahoma 25-15 = +21
Michigan beat #11 Southern California 27-24 = +18
Vanderbilt lost to #7 Missouri 27-30 = +16
Utah beat #14 Oklahoma State 22-19 = +15
Illinois beat #22 Nebraska 31-24 = +11
Oklahoma State lost to #12 Utah 19-22 = +11
Oklahoma lost to #6 Tennessee 15-25 = +10
Buffalo beat #23 Northern Illinois 23-20 = +6
Southern California lost to #18 Michigan 24-27 = +5
Bowling Green lost to #25 Texas A&M 20-26 = -5
Georgia Tech lost to #19 Louisville 19-31 = -5
Nebraska lost to #24 Illinois 24-31 = -5
UCLA lost to #16 Louisiana State 17-34 = -7
Marshall lost to #3 Ohio State 14-49 = -12
Miami University lost to #17 Notre Dame 3-28 = -16
South Florida lost to #8 U of Miami 15-50 = -17
Georgia Southern lost to #3 Mississippi 13-52 = -18
North Carolina State lost to #21 Clemson 35-59 = -19
Louisiana-Monroe lost to #1 Texas 3-51 = -23
Arkansas State lost to #20 Iowa State 7-52 = -39
Kent State lost to #10 Penn State 0-56 = -40


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

TOP 10 PERFORMANCES
Week 1 Georgia beat #14 Clemson 34-3 = +43 points
Week 2 Tennessee beat #24 North Carolina State 51-10 = +43
Week 4 Brigham Young beat #13 Kansas State 38-9 = +42
Week 2 Texas beat #10 Michigan 31-12 = +35
Week 1 Boston College beat #10 Florida State 28-13 = +31
Week 3 Kansas State beat #20 Arizona 31-7 = +30
Week 3 Kentucky lost to #1 Georgia 12-13 = +24
Week 2 Northern Illinois beat #5 Notre Dame 16-14 = +23
Week 4 Tennessee beat #15 Oklahoma 25-15 = +21
Week 1 Southern California beat #13 Louisiana State 27-20 = +20


TOP 25 CUMULATIVE

Tennessee +64 points
Boston College +45
Georgia +43
Brigham Young +42
Texas +35

Kansas State +30
Southern California +25
Illinois +24
Kentucky +24
Northern Illinois +23

Michigan +22
Southern California +20
Boise State +16
Notre Dame +16
Vanderbilt +16

Utah +15
Georgia Tech +14
Oklahoma State +11
Oklahoma +10
Texas A&M +9

Missouri +8
Houston +7
South Carolina +7
Bowling Green +6
Iowa State +6
Syracuse +6

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

Syracuse has +6 points.

SU opponents:
Ohio U. none, (meaning they haven’t played a ranked team: o would mean they played a ranked team and lost by the expected margin)
Georgia Tech +14
Stanford none
Holy Cross none
Nevada-Las Vegas none
North Carolina State -48
Pittsburgh none
Virginia Tech none
Boston College +45
California none
Connecticut none
U of Miami none