Against Ranked Teams - Football - after week 5

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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 5
Alabama beat #2 Georgia 41-34 = +31 points
Arizona beat #10 Utah 23-10 = +29
Kansas State beat #20 Oklahoma State 42-20 = +28
Kentucky beat #6 Mississippi 20-17 = +23
Penn State beat #19 Illinois 21-7 = +21
Notre Dame beat #15 Louisville 31-24 = +18
Georgia lost to #4 Alabama 34-41 = +15
Virginia Tech lost to #7 U of Miami 34-38 = +15
Minnesota lost to #12 Michigan 24-27 = +11
Illinois lost to #9 Penn State 7-21 = +3
Louisville lost to #16 Notre Dame 24-31 = +3
Mississippi State lost to #1 Texas 13-35 = +3
Auburn lost to #21 Oklahoma 21-27 = -1
Arkansas lost to #24 Texas A&M 17-21 = -2
Baylor lost to #22 Brigham Young 28-34 = -2
UCLA lost to #8 Oregon 13-34 = -3
Wisconsin lost to #13 Southern California 21-38 = -4
Michigan State lost to #3 Ohio State 7-38 = -8
Houston lost to #18 Iowa State 0-20 = -12
Stanford lost to #17 Clemson 14-40 = -17
Oklahoma State lost to #23 Kansas State 20-42 = -19
South Alabama lost to #14 Louisiana State 10-42 = -20
Washington State lost to #25 Boise State 24-45 = -20

This was a week when a lot of teams played really well against ranked teams. 12 teams earned positive points. There were 5 upsets. There were several great games, headed by the Alabama-Georgia classic. There were no -40 or -50 blow outs. The guarantee games have played out by now.


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

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 5 Alabama beat #2 Georgia 41-34 = +31
Week 1 Boston College beat #10 Florida State 28-13 = +31
Week 3 Kansas State beat #20 Arizona 31-7 = +30
Week 5 Arizona beat #10 Utah 23-10 = +29
Week 5 Kansas State beat #20 Oklahoma State 42-20 = +28
Week 3 Kentucky lost to #1 Georgia 12-13 = +24


TOP 25 CUMULATIVE

Tennessee +64 points
Georgia +58
Kansas State +58
Kentucky +47
Boston College +45

Brigham Young +42
Texas +35
Notre Dame +34
Alabama +31
Illinois +27

Southern California +25
Northern Illinois +23
Michigan +22
Penn State +21
Southern California +20

Arizona +17
Boise State +16
Vanderbilt +16
Utah +15
Virginia Tech +15

Georgia Tech +14
Minnesota +11
Oklahoma +10
Texas A&M +9
Missouri +8


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 -17
Holy Cross none
Nevada-Las Vegas none
North Carolina State -48
Pittsburgh none
Virginia Tech +15
Boston College +45
California none
Connecticut none
U of Miami none