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Message: [QUOTE="SWC75, post: 4414002, 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 8 Louisiana State beat #7 Mississippi 45-20 = +44 points Oregon beat #9 UCLA 45-30 = +32 points Alabama beat #24 Mississippi State 30-6 = +26 points Texas Christian beat #17 Kansas State 38-28 = +19 points Clemson beat #14 Syracuse 27-21 = +18 points Syracuse lost to #5 Clemson 21-27 = +15 points Oklahoma State beat #20 Texas 41-34 = +13 points Kansas State lost to #8 Texas Christian 28-38 = +8 points Texas lost to #11 Oklahoma State 34-41 = +8 points So Methodist lost to #21 Cincinnati 27-29 = +2 points UCLA lost to #10 Oregon 30-45 = +1 points Mississippi State lost to #6 Alabama 6-30 = -4 points Memphis lost to #25 Tulane 28-38 = -9 points Boston College lost to #13 Wake Forest 15-43 = -15 points Minnesota lost to #16 Penn State 17-45 = -18 points UT Martin lost to #3 Tennessee 24-65 = -18 points Iowa lost to #2 Ohio State 10-54 = -20 points Comment: there were five confrontations between ranked teams this week. Our game with Clemson was tied with Oregon-UCLA for the highest combined rankings and we got the highest TV ratings. Top 25 through WEEK 5 Texas Christian +93 points Tennessee +81 points Alabama +72 points Georgia +61 points Texas A&M +60 points Clemson +55 points Kentucky +53 points UCLA +45 points Oklahoma State +44 points Oregon +44 points Syracuse +41 points Michigan +40 points Kansas State +35 points Louisiana State +35 points Ohio State +32 points Texas +32 points Notre Dame +31 points Florida +28 points Wake Forest +28 points Kansas State +27 points Syracuse +26 points Washington +26 points Illinois +24 points Appalachian State +23 points Marshall +23 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 The top ten single game performances: WEEK 1 Georgia beat #11 Oregon 49-3 = +61 points WEEK 8 Louisiana State beat #7 Mississippi 45-20 = +44 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 WEEK 5 Alabama beat #20 Arkansas 49-26 = +29 points WEEK 6 Tennessee beat #25 Louisiana State 40-13 = +28 points WEEK 4 Kansas State beat #6 Oklahoma 41-34 = +27 points WEEK 5 Mississippi State beat #17 Texas A&M 42-24 = +27 points [/QUOTE]

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