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Message: [QUOTE="SWC75, post: 4197522, member: 289"] The last few years I’ve attempted to quantify team’s performances against ranked teams, (historically a big factor in decisions made about getting into playoffs) with a system that gives points to teams for the ranking of their opponents and adds or subtracts the point differential in their games, (adds in a win, subtracts in a loss). The ‘ranking’ points are 25 for playing a #1 ranked team, 24 for playing a #2 ranked team, etc, down to 1 point for playing a 25th ranked team. These points are easily computed by subtracting the ranking number from 26, (26-1 = 25; 26-25 =1, etc). Over the course of the season, I add the points earned by each team in their games against ranked teams as a sort of standings but have always maintained that this is just one thing to look at in evaluating the team, not a final overall ranking. I didn’t do that for this year’s football season because with some conferences opting out and then opting back in later in the seasons, the rankings were a mess. But everybody is playing basketball now, or trying to, so I’ve decided to keep track of performances against ranked teams in this sport. I’ve decided to add an extra wrinkle: I will keep track of the performances of the ranked teams themselves by totaling the points earned against them, with the +/- reversed. This will measure their performance “as a ranked team” We’ll see how that goes and I’ll decide whether to continue with that. When ranked teams play each other, their only points will be under the first test. Otherwise the Duke-Kentucky game would look like this: Duke beat #10 Kentucky 79-71: Duke +24 Kentucky -24 Kentucky lost to #9 Duke 71-79: Kentucky +9 Duke -9 That would give Duke +15 points and Kentucky -15 points. They should both get credit for playing each other in a competitive game. Giving Duke +24 points and Kentucky +9 makes more sense.) WEEK #17 (2/28-3/6) North Carolina beat #4 Duke 94-81 North Carolina +35 Duke -35 Arizona beat #16 Southern California 91-71 Arizona +30 both ranked Texas Christian beat #6 Kansas 74-64 Texas Christian +30 Kansas -30 Memphis beat #14 Houston 75-61 Memphis +28 Houston -28 Wisconsin beat #8 Purdue 70-67 Wisconsin +21 both ranked Villanova beat #9 Providence 76-74 Villanova +19 both ranked Nebraska beat #10 Wisconsin 74-73 Nebraska +17 Wisconsin -17 Texas A&M beat #25 Alabama 87-71 Texas A&M +17 Alabama -17 UCLA beat #16 Southern California 75-68 UCLA +17 both ranked Indiana lost to #8 Purdue 67-69 Indiana +16 Purdue -16 Iowa State lost to #3 Baylor 68-75 Iowa State +16 Baylor -16 Tennessee beat #14 Arkansas 78-74 Tennessee +16 both ranked Texas lost to #3 Baylor 61-68 Texas +16 both ranked Texas Christian lost to #6 Kansas 68-72 Texas Christian +16 Kansas -16 Oklahoma State beat #12 Texas Tech Oklahoma State +15 Texas Tech -15 Providence lost to #11 Villanova 74-76 Providence +13 both ranked Purdue lost to #10 Wisconsin 67-70 Purdue +13 both ranked Texas lost to #6 Kansas 63-70 Texas +13 both ranked Baylor beat #21 Texas 68-61 Baylor +12 both ranked Kansas beat #21 Texas 70-63 Kansas +12 both ranked Stanford lost to #2 Arizona 69-81 Stanford +12 Arizona -12 Florida lost to #7 Kentucky 63-71 Florida +11 both ranked Louisiana State lost to #14 Arkansas 76-77 Louisiana State +11 Arkansas -11 Nebraska beat #23 Ohio State 78-70 Nebraska +11 Ohio State -11 Creighton beat #18 Connecticut 64-62 Creighton +10 Connecticut -10 South Carolina lost to #5 Auburn 71-82 South Carolina +10 Auburn -10 SE Missouri lost to #22 Murray State 74-88 SE Missouri -10 Murray State +10 Arkansas lost to #13 Tennessee 74-78 Arkansas +9 both ranked Kansas State lost to #12 Texas Tech 68-73 Kansas State +9 Texas Tech -9 Michigan beat #23 Ohio State 75-69 Michigan +9 Ohio State -9 Mississippi lost to #7 Kentucky 72-83 Mississippi +8 Kentucky -8 Mississippi State lost to #5 Auburn 68-81 Mississippi State +8 Auburn -8 Georgia lost to #13 Tennessee 68-75 Georgia +6 Tennessee -6 Illinois beat #24 Iowa 74-72 Illinois +4 both ranked Iowa lost to #20 Illinois 72-74 Iowa +4 both ranked Louisiana State beat #25 Alabama 80-77 Louisiana State +4 Alabama -4 Southern California lost to #17 UCLA 68-75 So California +2 both ranked Butler lost to #11 Villanova 59-78 Butler -4 Villanova +4 California lost to #2 Arizona 61-89 California -4 Arizona +4 Southern California lost to #2 Arizona 71-91 So. California +4 both ranked DePaul lost to #18 Connecticut 68-75 DePaul +1 Connecticut -1 Penn State lost to #20 Illinois 55-60 Penn State +1 Illinois -1 Morehead State lost to #22 Murray State 67-71 Morehead State 0 Murray State 0 Washington lost to #17 UCLA 66-77 Washington -2 UCLA +2 Cincinnati lost to #14 Houston 53-71 Cincinnati -6 Houston +6 Michigan State lost to #23 Ohio State 69-80 Michigan State -8 Ohio State +8 Pittsburgh lost to #4 Duke 56-86 Pittsburgh -8 Duke +8 Michigan lost to #24 Iowa 71-82 Michigan -9 Iowa +9 Northwestern lost to #24 Iowa 61-82 Northwestern -19 Iowa +19 Temple lost to #14 Houston 46-84 Temple -26 Houston +26 Top Ten Against Ranked Teams Texas Tech +179 Oklahoma +164 Villanova +153 Alabama +135 Tennessee +126 Arizona +125 Gonzaga +124 Rutgers +124 Texas +124 Baylor +122 The worst is NW Louisiana -75 Syracuse is at -14. Syracuse opponents: Arizona State +58, Auburn +51, Boston College +7, Clemson +15, Duke +52, Florida State +18, Georgetown -20, Georgia Tech -12, Indiana +37, Lafayette -14, Louisville +3, U of Miami +10, North Carolina +35, North Carolina St. +18, Notre Dame +23, Pittsburgh -8, Villanova +153, Virginia +25, Virginia Commonwealth +12, Virginia Tech +36 Wake Forest +21 Top Ten as a Ranked Team Against Unranked Teams Tennessee +176 Connecticut +147 Gonzaga +111 Baylor +100 Kentucky +96 Texas +86 Houston +72 Florida +63 Murray State +58 Seton Hall +53 The worst team is Purdue -175 Syracuse has not been ranked. Syracuse opponents: Auburn -58, Duke -138, Florida State +29, North Carolina +12, Villanova +22, Virginia +20 [/QUOTE]

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