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Against Ranked Teams - Football - Week 13

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 13
Michigan beat #2 Ohio State 45-23 = +46 points
Texas A&M beat #5 Louisiana State 38-23 = +36 points
Southern California beat #15 Notre Dame 38-27 = +22 points
Oregon State beat #9 Oregon 38-34 = +21 points
South Carolina beat #8 Clemson 31-30 = +19 points
Kentucky beat #25 Louisville 26-13 = +14 points
North Carolina State beat #17 North Carolina 30-27 = +12 points
Notre Dame lost to #6 Southern California 27-38 = +9 points
Mississippi State beat #20 Mississippi 24-22 = +8 points
Tulane beat #24 Cincinnati 27-24 = +5 points
Cincinnati lost to #19 Tulane 24-27 = +4 points
Florida lost to #16 Florida State 38-45 = +3 points
Georgia Tech lost to #1 Georgia 14-37 = +2 points
California lost to #18 UCLA 28-35 = +1 point
Ohio State lost to #3 Michigan 23-45 = +1 point
Oregon lost to #21 Oregon State 34-38 = +1 point
Auburn lost to #7 Alabama 27-49 = -3 points
South Florida lost to #22 Central Florida 39-46 = -3 points
Michigan State lost to #11 Penn State 16-35 = -4 points
Washington State lost to #13 Washington 33-51 = -5 points
Kansas lost to #12 Kansas State 27-47 = -6 points
Baylor lost to #23 Texas 27-38 = -8 points
Iowa State lost to #4 Texas Christian 14-62 = -26 points
Colorado lost to #14 Utah 21-63 = -30 points
Vanderbilt lost to #10 Tennessee 0-56 = -40 points
Comments: A combination of major confrontations, rivalry games and teams with a shot at the playoffs running up the score.

Top 25 through WEEK 13

Tennessee +135 points
Notre Dame +110 points
Alabama +108 points
Texas Christian +108 points
Texas A&M +104 points

Georgia +100 points
Kansas State +95 points
Michigan +86 points
South Carolina +68 points
Kentucky +67 points

Texas +67 points
Oregon +62 points
Louisville +61 points
Ohio State +59 points
Louisiana State +56 points

Clemson +55 points
Washington +53 points
UCLA +45 points
Southern California +40 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

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
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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