Against Ranked Teams - Week 5

[SWC75]

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.

(The last couple of years I’ve also kept track of ranked team’s performances vs. unranked teams by totaling the points gained or lost against them but that was a lot of extra work and tended to favor schools with weak schedules so I’m dropping that measure this year, as I did for the football version of this.)

WEEK 5 (12/5-11)
Alabama beat #1 Houston 71-65 = +31
Illinois beat #2 Texas 85-78 = +31
Arizona beat #14 Indiana 89-75 = +26
Memphis beat #11 Auburn 82-73 = +24
Penn State beat #17 Illinois 74-59 = +24
Nebraska lost to #4 Purdue 62-65 = +19
James Madison lost to #3 Virginia 50-55 = +18
Wisconsin beat #13 Maryland 64-59 = +18
Maryland lost to #7 Tennessee 53-56 = +16
Tennessee beat #13 Maryland 56-53 = +16
Houston lost to #8 Alabama 65-71 = +12
St. Mary’s beat #22 San Diego State 68-61 = +11
UNC Greensboro lost to #9 Arkansas 58-65 = +10
Brigham Young beat #21 Creighton 83-80 = +8
Oklahoma lost to #9 Arkansas 78-88 = +7
Hofstra lost to #4 Purdue 66-85 = +3
Indiana lost to #10 Arizona 75-89 = +2
Texas lost to #17 Illinois 78-85 = +2
Kent State lost to #18 Gonzaga 66-73 = +1
Florida lost to #5 Connecticut 54-75 = 0
Rutgers lost to #25 Ohio State 66-67 = 0
Yale lost to #16 Kentucky 59-69 = 0
Iowa lost to #15 Duke 62-74 = -1
Troy lost to #22 San Diego State 55-60 = -1
Nebraska lost to #14 Indiana 65-81 = -4
Southern Methodist lost to #24 Texas Christian 75-83 = -6
Missouri lost to #6 Kansas 67-95 = -8
North Florida lost to #1 Houston 42-76 = -9
Tarleton lost to #12 Baylor 57-80 = -9
Washington lost to #18 Gonzaga 60-77 = -9
Iowa State lost to #20 Iowa 56-75 = -13
Minnesota lost to #23 Mississippi State 51-69 = -15
Eastern Kentucky lost to #7 Tennessee 49-84 = -16
Maryland-Eastern Shore lost to #15 Duke 55-82 = -16
Denver lost to #19 UCLA 64-87 = -16
Arkansas-Pine Bluff lost to #2 Texas 43-88 = -21
Jackson State lost to #24 Texas Christian 51-78 = -25
McNeese State lost to #20 Iowa State 40-77 = -31
Long Island lost to #5 Connecticut 61-114 = -32

TOP 25
Purdue +75
Alabama +74
Arizona +70
Texas +69
Creighton +65

Illinois +58
Michigan State +54
Tennessee +53
Marquette +46
Nebraska +44

Virginia +44
Wisconsin +40
Baylor +39
Xavier +39
Utah +37

Gonzaga +34
Maryland +33
Arizona State +31
St. Mary’s +31
Rutgers +31

Colorado +30
Florida State +29
James Madison +27
Illinois +27
Arkansas +26
Portland +26

The worst performance against ranked teams so far is that of Monmouth (-70)
Syracuse has -19 points after the Illinois game.

WEEKLY CHAMPIONS:
WEEK 1 Michigan State lost to #2 Gonzaga 63-64 = +23
WEEK 2 Texas beat #2 Gonzaga 93-74 = +43
WEEK 3 Purdue beat #6 Gonzaga 84-66 = +38
WEEK 4 Marquette beat #6 Baylor 70-96 = +46
WEEK 5 Alabama beat #1 Houston 71-65 = +31
Illinois beat #2 Texas 85-78 = +31

TOP TEN PERFORMANCES:
WEEK 4 Marquette beat #6 Baylor 70-96 = +46
WEEK 2 Texas beat #2 Gonzaga 93-74 = +43
WEEK 2 Gonzaga beat #4 Kentucky 88-72 = +38
WEEK 3 Purdue beat #6 Gonzaga 84-66 = +38
WEEK 3 Purdue beat #8 Duke 75-56 = +37
WEEK 3 Tennessee beat #3 Kansas 64-50 = +37
WEEK 4 Utah beat #4 Arizona 81-66 = +37
WEEK 5 Alabama beat #1 Houston 71-65 = +31
WEEK 2 Arizona State beat #20 Michigan 87-62 = +31
WEEK 5 Illinois beat #2 Texas 85-78 = +31
WEEK 2 Michigan State beat #4 Kentucky 86-77 = +31
WEEK 4 Rutgers beat #10 Indiana 63-48 = +31