Against Ranked Teams - Football - Week 11

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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.

WEEK 11
Alabama beat #11 Mississippi 30-24 = +21 points
Washington beat #8 Oregon 37-34 = +21 points
Arizona lost to #12 UCLA 34-28 = +20 points
Arkansas lost to #7 Louisiana State 10-13 = +16 points
Texas lost to #4 Texas Christian 10-17 = +15 points
Texas Christian beat #18 Texas 17-10 = +15 points
Purdue beat #21 Illinois 31-24 = +12 points
Boston College beat #16 North Carolina State 21-20 = +11 points
Central Florida beat #17 Tulane 38-31 = +11 points
Mississippi lost to #9 Alabama 24-30 = +11 points
Wake Forest lost to #15 North Carolina 34-36 = +9 points
Vanderbilt beat #24 Kentucky 24-21 = +5 points
Navy lost to #20 Notre Dame 32-35 = +3 points
Louisville lost to #10 Clemson 16-31 = +1 points
Mississippi State lost to #1 Georgia 19-45 = -1 point
Oregon lost to #25 Washington 34-37 = -2 points
Tulane lost to #22 Central Florida 31-38 = -3 points
Nebraska lost to #3 Michigan 3-34 = -8 points
Indiana lost to #2 Ohio State 14-56 = -18 points
Maryland lost to #14 Penn State 0-30 = -18 points
Colorado lost to #8 Southern California 17-55 = -20 points
Baylor lost to #19 Kansas State 3-31 = -21 points
Missouri lost to #5 Tennessee 24-66 = -21 points
Stanford lost to #13 Utah 7-42 = -22 points
Syracuse lost to #23 Florida State 3-38 = -32 points

Comment: Now that we’ve hit bottom, there’s no where to go but up.

Top 25 through WEEK 11

Tennessee +135 points
Alabama +108 points
Texas Christian +108 points
Notre Dame +101 points
Georgia +100 points

Kansas State +95 points
Texas A&M +68 points
Texas +67 points
Ohio State +58 points
Louisiana State +56 points

Clemson +55 points
Washington +53 points
UCLA +45 points
Oregon +44 points
Louisville +43 points

Michigan +40 points
Kentucky +38 points
Mississippi +33 points
Wake Forest +32 points
Florida +31 points

Kansas +31 points
Washington State +30 points
Kansas State +27 points
Purdue +27 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
WEEK 11 Alabama beat #11 Mississippi 30-24 = +21 points
WEEK 11 Washington beat #8 Oregon 37-34 = +21 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