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Against Ranked Teams - Football - Week 12

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.

WEEK 12
South Carolina beat #5 Tennessee 63-38 = +46 points
Arkansas beat #14 Mississippi 42-27 = +27 points
Baylor lost to #4 Texas Christian 28-29 = +21 points
Illinois lost to #3 Michigan 17-19 = +21 points
Oklahoma beat #22 Oklahoma State 28-13 = +19 points
Oregon beat #10 Utah 20-17 = +19 points
Georgia Tech beat to #13 North Carolina 21-17 = +17 points
Louisville beat #24 North Carolina State 25-10 = +16 points
Kentucky lost to #1 Georgia 6-16 = +15 points
Southern California beat #16 UCLA 48-45 = +13 points
Alabama-Birmingham lost to #6 Louisiana State = +11 points
Utah lost to #12 Oregon 17-20 = +11 points
Maryland lost to #2 Ohio State 30-43 = +11 points
Navy beat #20 Central Florida 17-14 = +9 points
West Virginia lost to #15 Kansas State 31-48 = -6 points
U of Miami lost to #9 Clemson 10-40 = -13 points
Austin Peay lost to #8 Alabama 0-34 = -16 points
Temple lost to #25 Cincinnati 3-23 = -19 points
Arizona State lost to #23 Oregon State 7-31 = -21 points
SW Louisiana lost to #19 Florida State 17-49 = -25 points
Rutgers lost to #11 Penn State 10-55 = -30 points
Southern Methodist lost to #21 Tulane 24-59 = -30 points
Boston College lost to #18 Notre Dame 0-44 = -36 points
Colorado lost to #17 Washington 7-54 = -38 points

Comment: Most of the SEC gave itself a week off – playing FCS teams.

Top 25 through WEEK 12

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
Louisville +61 points
Oregon +61 points

Ohio State +58 points
Louisiana State +56 points
Clemson +55 points
Kentucky +53 points
Washington +53 points

South Carolina +49 points
UCLA +45 points
Michigan +40 points
Oklahoma +36 points
Arkansas +35 points

Mississippi +33 points
Wake Forest +32 points
Florida +31 points
Kansas +31 points
Illinois +30 points
Washington State +30 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
WEEK 12 South Carolina beat #5 Tennessee 63-38 = +46 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 12 South Carolina beat #5 Tennessee 63-38 = +46 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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