Against Ranked Teams - football -after Week 6

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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 6
Texas A&M beat #9 Missouri 41-10 = +48 points
Vanderbilt beat #1 Alabama 40-35 = +30
Arkansas beat #4 Tennessee 19-14 = +27
Washington beat #10 Michigan 27-17 = +26
Minnesota beat #11 Southern California 24-17 = +22
California lost to #8 U of Miami 38-39 = +17
Southern Methodist beat #22 Louisville 34-27 = +11
Syracuse beat #25 UNLV 44-41 = +4
Auburn lost to #5 Georgia 13-31 = +3
UCLA lost to #7 Penn State 11-27 = +3
Michigan State lost to #6 Oregon 10-31 = -1
Florida State lost to #15 Clemson 13-29 = -5
Iowa lost to #3 Ohio State 7-35 = -5
South Carolina lost to #12 Mississippi 3-27 = -10
Baylor lost to #16 Iowa State 21-43 = -12
Northwestern lost to #23 Indiana 24-41 = -14
Utah State lost to #21 Boise State 30-62 = -27
Missouri lost to #25 Texas A&M 10-41 = -30

Texas A&M’s crushing of Missouri was the best performance of the season so far. It seems like a somewhat flat year, without a dominant team, a good situation for the first 12 team playoff.

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

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 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 6 Vanderbilt beat #1 Alabama 40-35 = +30
Week 5 Arizona beat #10 Utah 23-10 = +29


TOP 25 CUMULATIVE

Tennessee +64 points
Georgia +58
Kansas State +58
Texas A&M +57
Kentucky +47

Vanderbilt +46
Boston College +45
Brigham Young +42
Texas +35
Notre Dame +34

Minnesota +33
Alabama +31
Arkansas +27
Illinois +27
Washington +26

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

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


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

Syracuse has +10 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 +14
Stanford -17
Holy Cross none
Nevada-Las Vegas none
North Carolina State -48
Pittsburgh none
Virginia Tech +15
Boston College +45
California +17
Connecticut none
U of Miami none