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Message: [QUOTE="SWC75, post: 4465290, 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 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 [/QUOTE]

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