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Message: [QUOTE="SWC75, post: 4424302, 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 9 Kansas State beat #9 Oklahoma State 48-0 = +65 points Tennessee beat #19 Kentucky 44-6 = +45 points Louisville beat #10 Wake Forest 48-21 = +43 points Notre Dame beat #16 Syracuse 41-24 = +27 points Ohio State beat #13 Penn State 44-31 = +26 points Missouri beat #25 South Carolina 23-10 = +14 points Penn State lost to #2 Ohio State 31-44 = +11 points Central Florida beat #20 Cincinnati 25-21 = +10 points West Virginia lost to #7 Texas Christian 31-41 = +9 points Arizona lost to #10 Southern California 37-45 = +8 points Texas A&M lost to #15 Mississippi 28-31 = +8 points Washington State lost to #14 Utah 17-21 = +8 points Florida lost to #1 Georgia 20-42 = +3 points Virginia Tech lost to #24 North Carolina State 21-22 = +1 point California lost to #8 Oregon 24-42 = 0 points Michigan State lost to #4 Michigan 7-29 = 0 points Nebraska lost to #17 Illinois 9-26 = -8 points Stanford lost to #12 UCLA 13-38 = -11 points Pittsburgh lost to #21 North Carolina 24-42 = -13 points Kentucky lost to #3 Tennessee 6-44 = -15 points Oklahoma State lost to #22 Kansas State 0-48 = -45 points Comment: It wasn’t a good week to be ranked. Seven ranked teams lost by a combined 160 points. K-State’s 48-0 win over #9 ranked Oklahoma was the most impressive performance against a ranked team this season, topping Georgia’s 49-3 drubbing of #11 Oregon in Week 1. The Cowboys went from +44 for the season to -1. Top 25 through WEEK 5 Tennessee +126 points Kansas State +100 points Texas Christian +93 points Alabama +72 points Texas A&M +68 points Georgia +61 points Notre Dame +58 points Ohio State +58 points Clemson +55 points UCLA +45 points Oregon +44 points Louisville +43 points Syracuse +41 points Michigan +40 points Kentucky +38 points Louisiana State +35 points Missouri +35 points Texas +32 points Florida +31 points Washington State +30 points Wake Forest +28 points Kansas State +27 points Syracuse +26 points Washington +26 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 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 7 Michigan beat #10 Penn State 41-17 = +40 points WEEK 5 Texas Christian beat #18 Oklahoma 55-24 = +39 points WEEK 3 Oregon beat #12 Brigham Young 41-20 = +35 points WEEK 1 Ohio State beat #5 Notre Dame 21-10 = +32 points WEEK 8 Oregon beat #9 UCLA 45-30 = +32 points [/QUOTE]

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