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Message: [QUOTE="SWC75, post: 4453901, 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 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 [/QUOTE]

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