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Message: [QUOTE="SWC75, post: 4430791, member: 289"] 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. WEEK 10 Notre Dame beat #4 Clemson 35-14 = +43 points Georgia beat #1 Tennessee 27-13 = +39 points Kansas beat #18 Oklahoma State 37-16 = +29 points Louisiana State beat #6 Alabama 32-31 = +21 points Texas beat #13 Kansas State 34-27 = +20 points Pittsburgh beat #20 Syracuse 19-9 = +16 points Alabama lost to #10 Louisiana State 31-32 = +15 points North Carolina State beat #21 Wake Forest 30-21 = +14 points California lost to #9 Southern California 35-41 = +11 points Northwestern lost to #2 Ohio State 7-21 = +10 points Tennessee lost to #3 Georgia 13-27 = +9 points Texas Tech lost to #7 Texas Christian 24-34 = +9 points Virginia lost to #17 North Carolina 28-31 = +6 points Washington beat #23 Oregon State 24-21 = +6 points Michigan State beat #16 Illinois 15-23 = +2 points Arizona State lost to #12 UCLA 36-50 = 0 points Kansas State lost to #24 Texas 27-34 = -5 points Wake Forest lost to #22 North Carolina State 21-30 = -5 points Memphis lost to #25 Central Florida 28-35 = -6 points Tulsa lost to #19 Tulane 13-27 = -7 points Arizona lost to #14 Utah 20-45 = -13 points Rutgers lost to #5 Michigan 17-52 = -14 points Indiana lost to #15 Penn State 14-45 = -20 points Colorado lost to #8 Oregon 10-49 = -21 points Comment: At least other teams won’t be getting points for beating us, (as a ranked team) anymore. Top 25 through WEEK 5 Tennessee +135 points Notre Dame +101 points Georgia +100 points Kansas State +95 points Texas Christian +93 points Alabama +87 points Texas A&M +68 points Ohio State +58 points Louisiana State +56 points Clemson +55 points Texas +52 points UCLA +45 points Oregon +44 points Louisville +43 points Syracuse +41 points Michigan +40 points Kentucky +38 points Missouri +35 points Washington +32 points Florida +31 points Kansas +31 points Washington State +30 points Kansas State +27 points Syracuse +26 points Illinois +24 points The worst performance against ranked teams so far is that of Akron, (-86). 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 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 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 WEEK 3 Oregon beat #12 Brigham Young 41-20 = +35 points [/QUOTE]

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