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Against Ranked Teams - football - Championship week

SWC75

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I’ve decided to simplify this. The last couple of years I kept track of how teams playing ranked teams did and how ranked teams did against unranked teams. The latter was too heavily influenced by schools that set up their non-conference schedules with uncompetitive opponents. It also took too much of my time. I’ll stick to keeping track of how teams did against ranked teams. The formula is to give teams points based on the ranking of the team they paid: 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.

Examples: Central Michigan lost to #12 Oklahoma State 44-58. The Chips get 14 points for playing the #12 team but lose 14 for losing to that team 44-58. Net points: Zero. I’ll still list them because they’ve played a ranked team, but their point total is zero. West Virginia lost to #17 Pittsburgh 31-38. They get 9 points for playing the #17 team but lost 7 points for the game result for a net of 2 points. Let’s see who had the best result each week and who accumulates the most points over the season.

Championship Week
Utah beat #4 Southern California 47-24 = +45 points
Clemson beat #23 North Carolina 39-10 = +32 points
Georgia beat #14 Louisiana State 50-30 = +32 points
Tulane beat #22 Central Florida 45-28 = +21 points
Kansas State beat #3 Texas Christian 31-28 = +20 points
Texas Christian lost to #10 Kansas State 28-31 = +13 points
Louisiana State lost to #1 Georgia 30-50 = +5 points
Purdue lost to #2 Michigan 22-43 = +3 points
Southern California lost to #11 Utah 24-47 = -8 points
Central Florida lost to #18 Tulane 28-45 = -9 points
North Carolina lost to #9 Clemson 10-39 = -12 points

Comment: Utah was behind 3-17 and won the rest of the game 44-7. Clemson was behind 0-7 and won the rest of the game 39-3. Georgia was up 35-7, then held off a comeback, 15-23.

Top 25 through WEEK 13

Tennessee +135 points
Georgia +132 points
Texas Christian +121 points
Kansas State +115 points
Notre Dame +110 points

Alabama +108 points
Texas A&M +104 points
Clemson +100 points
Michigan +86 points
Utah +74 points

South Carolina +68 points
Kentucky +67 points
Texas +67 points
Oregon +62 points
Louisiana State +61 points

Louisville +61 points
Ohio State +59 points
Washington +53 points
UCLA +45 points
Oklahoma +36 points

Arkansas +35 points
Mississippi +33 points
Wake Forest +32 points
Florida +31 points
Illinois +30 points
North Carolina State +30 points

The worst performance against ranked teams so far is that of Vanderbilt (-117 points).

The weekly best performances:
WEEK 1 Georgia beat #11 Oregon 49-3 = +61 points
WEEK 2 Kentucky beat #12 Florida 26-16 = +24 points
And Texas lost to #1 Alabama 19-20 = +24 points
WEEK 3 Oregon beat #12 Brigham Young 41-20 = +35 points
WEEK 4 Kansas State beat #6 Oklahoma 41-34 = +27 points
WEEK 5 Texas Christian beat #18 Oklahoma 55-24 = +39 points
WEEK 6 Tennessee beat #25 Louisiana State 40-13 = +28 points
WEEK 7 Michigan beat #10 Penn State 41-17 = +40 points
WEEK 8 Louisiana State beat #7 Mississippi 45-20 = +44 points
WEEK 9 Kansas State beat #9 Oklahoma State 48-0 = +65 points
WEEK 10 Notre Dame beat #4 Clemson 35-14 = +43 points
WEEK 11 Alabama beat #11 Mississippi 30-24 = +21 points
WEEK 11 Washington beat #8 Oregon 37-34 = +21 points
WEEK 12 South Carolina beat #5 Tennessee 63-38 = +46 points
WEEK 13 Michigan beat #2 Ohio State 45-23 = +46 points
Championship Week Utah beat #4 Southern California 47-24 = +45 points

The top ten single game performances:
WEEK 9 Kansas State beat #9 Oklahoma State 48-0 = +65 points
WEEK 1 Georgia beat #11 Oregon 49-3 = +61 points
WEEK 13 Michigan beat #2 Ohio State 45-23 = +46 points
WEEK 12 South Carolina beat #5 Tennessee 63-38 = +46 points
Championship Week Utah beat #4 Southern California 47-24 = +45 points
WEEK 9 Tennessee beat #19 Kentucky 44-6 = +45 points
WEEK 8 Louisiana State beat #7 Mississippi 45-20 = +44 points
WEEK 9 Louisville beat #10 Wake Forest 48-21 = +43 points
WEEK 10 Notre Dame beat #4 Clemson 35-14 = +43 points
WEEK 7 Michigan beat #10 Penn State 41-17 = +40 points
WEEK 10 Georgia beat #1 Tennessee 27-13 = +39 points
WEEK 5 Texas Christian beat #18 Oklahoma 55-24 = +39 points
 

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