Against Ranked Teams - Football - after week 9

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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 9
Alabama beat #21 Missouri 34-0 = +39 points
Notre Dame beat #24 Navy 51-14 = +39
Oregon beat #20 Illinois 38-9 = +35
Texas A&M beat #8 Louisiana State 38-23 = +33
Nebraska lost to #4 Ohio State 17-21 = +18
Vanderbilt lost to #5 Texas 24-27 = +18
Kansas lost to #16 Kansas State 27-29 = +8
Wisconsin lost to #3 Penn State 13-28 = +8
Texas beat #25 Vanderbilt 27-24 = +4
UNLV lost to #17 Boise State 24-29 = +4
Duke lost to #22 Southern Methodist 27-28 = +3
Central Florida lost to #11 Brigham Young 24-37 = +2
Washington lost to #13 Indiana 17-31 = -1
Florida State lost to #6 U of Miami 14-36 = -2
Louisiana State lost to #14 Texas A&M 23-38 = -3
Illinois lost to #1 Oregon 9-38 = -4
Oklahoma lost to #18 Mississippi 14-26 = -4
Syracuse lost to #19 Pittsburgh 13-41 = -21
Missouri lost to #15 Alabama 0-34 = -23
Navy lost to #12 Notre Dame 14-51= -23



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


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 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 +47

Boston College +45
Southern California +44
Brigham Young +42
Illinois +39
Minnesota +33

Washington +25
Northern Illinois +23
Ohio State +22
Arkansas +21
Penn State +21

Southern California +20
California +19
Arizona State +18
Boise State +16
Louisville +16
Mississippi State +16


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 none
Virginia Tech +15
Boston College +45
California +19
Connecticut none
U of Miami none