Tuesday, January 8, 2008

Non-Conference Report, Part I

Alright, let's get this going. Here's the non-conference reports for the BCS conferences - I'll have the non-BCS confs up in a day or so, as soon as I can. A few quick notes:

There's two tables per conference, one for their wins then one for their losses right below it. All of the columns are pretty self explanatory if you're familiar with my rankings (if not, check out the explanation under the "Sections of this Site" to the left). When it comes to the oPoints, the darker the blue, the better the team, and the darker the red, the worse the team - make sense? I thought so.

ACC Wins: 33 (11 vs BCS confs, 14 vs teams in the blue)
Conf. TeamvsoConfOpponentoPtsoW-Lscore
VirginiavsBigEastConnecticut232.42(9-3)17-16
Florida StatevSECAlabama183.77(6-6)21-14
Clemson@SECSouth Carolina163.21(6-6)23-21
Maryland@BigEastRutgers146.22(7-5)34-24
Miami (Florida)vsBig12Texas A&M130.38(7-5)34-17
Wake Forest@IndyNavy111.25(8-4)44-24
Florida State@Big12Colorado93.36(6-6)16-6
North Carolina State@CUSAEast Carolina89.72(7-5)34-20
Virginia TechvsCUSAEast Carolina89.72(7-5)17-7
Wake Forest@SECVanderbilt81.35(5-7)31-17
Boston CollegevsMACBowling Green State78.07(8-4)55-24
VirginiavsBigEastPittsburgh76.93(5-7)44-14
ClemsonvsMACCentral Michigan67.04(8-5)70-14
Duke@Big10Northwestern30.44(6-6)20-14
ClemsonvsSunBeltLouisiana-Monroe-29.37(6-6)49-26
Virginia TechvsMACOhio-44.80(6-6)28-7
Virginia@SunBeltMiddle Tennessee State-67.63(5-7)23-21
Georgia Tech@IndyNotre Dame-135.91(3-9)33-3
Boston College@IndyNotre Dame-135.91(3-9)27-14
Miami (Florida)vsCUSAMarshall-158.83(3-9)31-3
Georgia TechvsIndyArmy-176.09(3-9)34-10
Boston CollegevsIndyArmy-176.09(3-9)37-17
Wake ForestvsIndyArmy-176.09(3-9)21-10
Florida StatevsCUSAAlabama-Birmingham-232.52(2-10)34-24
Maryland@SunBeltFlorida International-322.14(1-11)26-10
Miami (Florida)vsSunBeltFlorida International-322.14(1-11)23-9
Boston CollegevsAAMassachusetts-(0-1)24-14
Virginia TechvsAAWilliam & Mary-(0-1)44-3
ClemsonvsAAFurman-(0-1)38-10
MarylandvsAAVillanova-(0-1)31-14
Georgia TechvsAASamford-(0-1)69-14
North Carolina StatevsAAWofford-(0-1)38-17
North CarolinavsAAJames Madison-(0-1)37-14

ACC Losses: 15 (4 vs non-BCS confs, 2 vs teams in the red)
Conf. TeamvsoConfOpponentoPtsoW-Lscore
Virginia Tech@SECLouisiana State460.13(11-2)7-48
Georgia TechvsSECGeorgia412.72(10-2)17-31
Miami (Florida)@Big12Oklahoma409.00(11-2)13-51
Florida State@SECFlorida377.83(9-3)12-45
MarylandvsBigEastWest Virginia364.93(10-2)14-31
North Carolina@BigEastSouth Florida316.42(9-3)10-37
North Carolina StatevsCUSACentral Florida266.42(10-3)23-25
DukevsBigEastConnecticut232.42(9-3)14-45
North CarolinavsSECSouth Carolina163.21(6-6)15-21
Duke@IndyNavy111.25(8-4)43-46
North Carolina StatevsBigEastLouisville106.21(6-6)10-29
North Carolina@CUSAEast Carolina89.72(7-5)31-34
Wake ForestvsBig12Nebraska29.14(5-7)17-20
Virginia@MtnWestWyoming-10.45(5-7)3-23
Duke@IndyNotre Dame-135.91(3-9)7-28

Solid showing for the ACC. Some decent wins, nothing great, but they did play 7 AA schools. No horrible losses except to Notre Dame, but that was Duke.

Big 10 Wins: 33 (9 vs BCS confs, 7 vs teams in the blue)
Conf. TeamvsoConfOpponentoPtsoW-Lscore
Michigan StatevsMACBowling Green State78.07(8-4)28-17
Michigan StatevsBigEastPittsburgh76.93(5-7)17-13
IndianavsMACBall State70.73(7-5)38-20
IllinoisvsMACBall State70.73(7-5)28-17
PurduevsMACCentral Michigan67.04(8-5)45-22
NorthwesternvsWACNevada54.00(6-6)36-31
WisconsinvsPac10Washington State31.17(5-7)42-21
Ohio State@Pac10Washington-9.09(4-9)33-14
MinnesotavsMACMiami (Ohio)-62.83(6-7)41-35
Indiana@MACWestern Michigan-65.03(5-7)37-27
Penn StatevsMACBuffalo-89.67(5-7)45-24
Purdue@MACToledo-104.61(5-7)52-24
MichiganvsMACEastern Michigan-130.05(4-8)33-22
NorthwesternvMACEastern Michigan-130.05(4-8)26-14
Michigan State@IndyNotre Dame-135.91(3-9)31-14
Penn StatevsIndyNotre Dame-135.91(3-9)31-10
MichiganvsIndyNotre Dame-135.91(3-9)38-0
PurduevsIndyNotre Dame-135.91(3-9)33-19
Ohio StatevsMACAkron-140.28(4-8)20-2
IndianavsMACAkron-140.28(4-8)41-24
Penn State@MACTemple-154.45(4-8)31-0
Illinois@BigEastSyracuse-156.52(2-10)41-20
IowavsBigEastSyracuse-156.52(2-10)35-0
Wisconsin@MtnWestNevada-Las Vegas-178.29(2-10)20-13
Ohio StatevsMACKent-226.51(3-9)48-3
Michigan StatevsCUSAAlabama-Birmingham-232.52(2-10)55-18
WisconsinvsMACNorthern Illinois-277.35(2-10)44-3
IowavMACNorthern Illinois-277.35(2-10)16-3
Penn StatevsSunBeltFlorida International-322.14(1-11)59-0
WisconsinvsAACitadel-(0-1)45-31
Ohio StatevsAAYoungstown State-(0-1)38-6
IllinoisvsAAWestern Illinois-(0-1)21-0
PurduevsAAEastern Illinois-(0-1)52-6
NorthwesternvsAANortheastern-(0-1)27-0
IndianavsAAIndiana State-(0-2)55-7

Big 10 Losses: 9 (5 vs non-BCS confs, 5 vs teams in the red)
Conf. TeamvsoConfOpponentoPtsoW-Lscore
IllinoisvBig12Missouri331.01(11-2)34-40
MichiganvsPac10Oregon251.78(8-4)7-39
MinnesotavsMACBowling Green State78.07(8-4)31-32
Minnesota@SunBeltFlorida Atlantic42.85(7-5)39-42
IowavsMACWestern Michigan-65.03(5-7)19-28
Iowa@Big12Iowa State-155.31(3-9)13-15
NorthwesternvsACCDuke-205.27(1-11)14-20
MinnesotavsAANorth Dakota State-(2-0)21-27
MichiganvsAAAppalachian State-(1-0)32-34

The Big 10's best win was against Bowling Green. Enough said. Not a single respectable BCS conference win. Ouch. Add to that losses to 2 AA schools, Duke, & Iowa State and you've got the worst losses of the BCS conferences - that's why people are down on the conference this year.

Big 12 Wins: 36 (5 vs BCS confs, 12 vs teams in the blue)
Conf. TeamvsoConfOpponentoPtsoW-Lscore
MissourivBig10Illinois331.13(9-3)40-34
Texas@CUSACentral Florida266.42(10-3)35-32
Nebraska@ACCWake Forest245.33(8-4)20-17
Oklahoma@CUSATulsa164.04(9-4)62-21
TexasvsMtnWestTexas Christian152.77(7-5)34-13
Texas A&MvsWACFresno State151.91(8-4)47-45
Iowa StatevsBig10Iowa72.07(6-6)15-13
NebraskavsMACBall State70.73(7-5)41-40
KansasvsMACCentral Michigan67.04(8-5)52-7
NebraskavsWACNevada54.00(6-6)52-10
OklahomavsACCMiami (Florida)46.58(5-7)51-13
Oklahoma StatevsSunBeltFlorida Atlantic42.85(7-5)42-6
Texas A&MvsSunBeltLouisiana-Monroe-29.37(6-6)54-14
Missouri@SECMississippi-39.22(3-9)38-25
Kansas StatevsWACSan Jose State-53.88(5-7)34-14
ColoradovsMACMiami (Ohio)-62.83(6-7)42-0
TexasvsSunBeltArkansas State-63.37(5-7)21-13
MissourivsMACWestern Michigan-65.03(5-7)52-24
Baylor@MACBuffalo-89.67(5-7)34-21
KansasvsMACToledo-104.61(5-7)45-13
ColoradovMtnWestColorado State-109.68(3-9)31-28
Texas TechvsCUSATexas-El Paso-110.58(4-8)45-31
OklahomavsWACUtah State-209.19(2-10)54-3
Texas Tech@CUSARice-221.19(3-9)59-24
BaylorvsCUSARice-221.19(3-9)42-17
TexasvsCUSARice-221.19(3-9)58-14
Texas Tech@CUSASouthern Methodist-292.91(1-11)49-9
OklahomavsSunBeltNorth Texas-309.82(2-10)79-10
KansasvsSunBeltFlorida International-322.14(1-11)55-3
MissourivsAAIllinois State-(0-1)38-17
Texas A&MvsAAMontana State-(0-1)38-7
Oklahoma StatevsAASam Houston State-(0-1)39-3
Kansas StatevsAAMissouri State-(0-1)61-10
BaylorvsAATexas State-(0-1)34-27
Texas TechvsAANorthwestern State-(0-2)75-7
KansasvsAASoutheastern Louisiana-(0-3)62-0

Big 12 Losses: 12 (6 vs non-BCS confs, 3 vs teams in the red)
Conf. TeamvsoConfOpponentoPtsoW-Lscore
Oklahoma State@SECGeorgia412.72(10-2)14-35
NebraskavsPac10Southern California321.57(10-2)31-49
Kansas State@SECAuburn294.68(8-4)13-23
ColoradovsPac10Arizona State241.73(10-2)14-33
ColoradovsACCFlorida State200.76(7-5)6-16
Baylor@MtnWestTexas Christian152.77(7-5)0-27
Kansas State@WACFresno State151.91(8-4)29-45
Oklahoma State@SunBeltTroy134.44(8-4)23-41
Texas A&M@ACCMiami (Florida)46.58(5-7)17-34
Iowa State@MACToledo-104.61(5-7)35-36
Iowa StatevsMACKent-226.51(3-9)14-23
Iowa StatevsAANorthern Iowa-(1-0)13-24

The Big 12 avoided the other BCS conferences like the plague this season, though Missouri did have a solid win over Illinois. Iowa State had all 3 of the conferences really bad losses, which is a good sign.

Big East Wins: 29 (7 vs BCS confs, 10 vs teams in the blue)
Conf. TeamvsoConfOpponentoPtsoW-Lscore
South Florida@SECAuburn294.68(8-4)26-23
South FloridavsCUSACentral Florida266.42(10-3)64-12
CincinnativsPac10Oregon State209.72(8-4)34-3
West VirginiavsSECMississippi State191.92(7-5)38-13
West Virginia@ACCMaryland134.68(6-6)31-14
RutgersvsIndyNavy111.25(8-4)41-24
West VirginiavsCUSAEast Carolina89.72(7-5)48-7
South Florida@SunBeltFlorida Atlantic42.85(7-5)35-23
Louisville@ACCNorth Carolina State34.24(5-7)29-10
South FloridavsACCNorth Carolina7.57(4-8)37-10
Cincinnati@MACMiami (Ohio)-62.83(6-7)47-10
West VirginiavsMACWestern Michigan-65.03(5-7)62-24
LouisvillevsSunBeltMiddle Tennessee State-67.63(5-7)58-42
Cincinnati@MtnWestSan Diego State-84.16(4-8)52-23
RutgersvsMACBuffalo-89.67(5-7)38-3
SyracusevsMACBuffalo-89.67(5-7)20-12
PittsburghvsMACEastern Michigan-130.05(4-8)27-3
ConnecticutvsMACAkron-140.28(4-8)44-10
ConnecticutvsMACTemple-154.45(4-8)22-17
West Virginia@CUSAMarshall-158.83(3-9)48-23
CincinnativsCUSAMarshall-158.83(3-9)40-14
Rutgers@IndyArmy-176.09(3-9)41-6
Connecticut@ACCDuke-205.27(1-11)45-14
South FloridavsAAElon-(0-1)28-13
CincinnativsAASoutheast Missouri State-(0-1)59-3
ConnecticutvsAAMaine-(0-1)38-0
LouisvillevsAAMurray State-(0-1)73-10
RutgersvsAANorfolk State-(0-1)59-0
PittsburghvsAAGrambling State-(0-2)34-10

Big East Losses: 11 (3 vs non-BCS confs, 2 vs teams in the red)
Conf. TeamvsoConfOpponentoPtsoW-Lscore
SyracusevsBig10Illinois331.13(9-3)20-41
Pittsburgh@ACCVirginia254.75(9-3)14-44
Connecticut@ACCVirginia254.75(9-3)16-17
LouisvillevsMtnWestUtah213.09(8-4)35-44
Louisville@SECKentucky208.61(7-5)34-40
Pittsburgh@Big10Michigan State196.40(7-5)13-17
RutgersvsACCMaryland134.68(6-6)24-34
PittsburghvsIndyNavy111.25(8-4)45-48
Syracuse@Big10Iowa72.07(6-6)0-35
SyracusevsPac10Washington-9.09(4-9)12-42
Syracuse@MACMiami (Ohio)-62.83(6-7)14-17

The Big East held their own this year, even if they did beat each other up in the conference games. Some solid wins over other BCS schools, and Syracuse had the 3 worst losses.

Pac 10 Wins: 21 (6 vs BCS confs, 9 vs teams in the blue)
Conf. TeamvsoConfOpponentoPtsoW-Lscore
CaliforniavsSECTennessee349.37(9-4)45-31
UCLAvsMtnWestBrigham Young341.36(10-2)27-17
Oregon@Big10Michigan235.72(8-4)39-7
WashingtonvsWACBoise State229.41(10-2)24-10
Oregon StatevsMtnWestUtah213.09(8-4)24-7
OregonvsWACFresno State151.91(8-4)52-21
OregonvsCUSAHouston111.86(8-4)48-27
Arizona State@Big12Colorado93.36(6-6)33-14
Southern California@Big12Nebraska29.14(5-7)49-31
CaliforniavsWACLouisiana Tech-48.55(5-7)42-12
Arizona StatevsWACSan Jose State-53.88(5-7)45-3
StanfordvsWACSan Jose State-53.88(5-7)37-0
Washington StatevMtnWestSan Diego State-84.16(4-8)45-17
Arizona StatevsMtnWestSan Diego State-84.16(4-8)34-13
California@MtnWestColorado State-109.68(3-9)34-28
Southern California@IndyNotre Dame-135.91(3-9)38-0
Washington@BigEastSyracuse-156.52(2-10)42-12
Southern CaliforniavsWACIdaho-335.66(1-11)38-10
Washington StatevsWACIdaho-335.66(1-11)45-28
Oregon StatevsAAIdaho State-(0-1)61-10
ArizonavsAANorthern Arizona-(0-1)45-24

Pac 10 Losses: 10 (5 vs non-BCS confs, 2 vs teams in the red)
Conf. TeamvsoConfOpponentoPtsoW-Lscore
WashingtonvsBig10Ohio State403.68(11-1)14-33
Washington@WACHawaii395.58(12-0)28-35
Arizona@MtnWestBrigham Young341.36(10-2)7-20
Oregon State@BigEastCincinnati298.96(9-3)3-34
Washington State@Big10Wisconsin234.68(9-3)21-42
UCLA@MtnWestUtah213.09(8-4)6-44
ArizonavsMtnWestNew Mexico154.26(8-4)27-29
StanfordvsMtnWestTexas Christian152.77(7-5)36-38
StanfordvsIndyNotre Dame-135.91(3-9)14-21
UCLAvsIndyNotre Dame-135.91(3-9)6-20

A couple good wins over dark blue BCS teams, and only two bad losses (to Notre Dame).

SEC Wins: 40 (7 vs BCS confs, 16 vs teams in the blue)
Conf. TeamvsoConfOpponentoPtsoW-Lscore
Louisiana StatevsACCVirginia Tech439.85(11-2)48-7
FloridavsACCFlorida State200.76(7-5)45-12
Georgia@ACCGeorgia Tech154.13(7-5)31-17
ArkansasvsSunBeltTroy134.44(8-4)46-26
FloridavsSunBeltTroy134.44(8-4)59-31
GeorgiavsSunBeltTroy134.44(8-4)44-34
GeorgiavsBig12Oklahoma State112.55(6-6)35-14
AlabamavsCUSAHouston111.86(8-4)30-24
KentuckyvsBigEastLouisville106.21(6-6)40-34
TennesseevsCUSASouthern Mississippi53.31(7-5)39-19
AuburnvsBig12Kansas State43.10(5-7)23-13
KentuckyvsSunBeltFlorida Atlantic42.85(7-5)45-17
FloridavsSunBeltFlorida Atlantic42.85(7-5)59-20
Mississippi@CUSAMemphis21.52(7-5)23-21
FloridavsAAWestern Kentucky11.29(7-5)49-3
South Carolina@ACCNorth Carolina7.57(4-8)21-15
MississippivsWACLouisiana Tech-48.55(5-7)24-0
Louisiana StatevsWACLouisiana Tech-48.55(5-7)58-10
VanderbiltvsMACMiami (Ohio)-62.83(6-7)24-13
TennesseevsSunBeltArkansas State-63.37(5-7)48-27
Louisiana StatevsSunBeltMiddle Tennessee State-67.63(5-7)44-0
VanderbiltvsMACEastern Michigan-130.05(4-8)30-7
Mississippi State@CUSATulane-144.98(4-8)38-17
Louisiana State@CUSATulane-144.98(4-8)34-9
AuburnvsWACNew Mexico State-156.16(4-9)55-20
TennesseevsSunBeltLouisiana-Lafayette-210.36(3-9)59-7
South CarolinavsSunBeltLouisiana-Lafayette-210.36(3-9)28-14
KentuckyvsMACKent-226.51(3-9)56-20
Mississippi StatevsCUSAAlabama-Birmingham-232.52(2-10)30-13
ArkansasvsSunBeltNorth Texas-309.82(2-10)66-7
ArkansasvsSunBeltFlorida International-322.14(1-11)58-10
ArkansasvAATennessee-Chattanooga-(0-1)34-15
VanderbiltvsAARichmond-(0-1)41-17
AuburnvsAATennessee Tech-(0-1)35-3
AlabamavsAAWestern Carolina-(0-2)52-6
GeorgiavsAAWestern Carolina-(0-2)45-16
South CarolinavsAASouth Carolina State-(0-2)38-3
Mississippi StatevsAAGardner-Webb-(0-2)31-15
KentuckyvsAAEastern Kentucky-(0-2)50-10
MississippivsAANorthwestern State-(0-2)38-31

SEC Losses: 8 (1 vs non-BCS confs, 1 vs teams in the red)
Conf. TeamvsoConfOpponentoPtsoW-Lscore
Mississippi State@BigEastWest Virginia364.93(10-2)13-38
MississippivsBig12Missouri331.01(11-2)25-38
AuburnvsBigEastSouth Florida316.42(9-3)23-26
South CarolinavsACCClemson293.25(9-3)21-23
VanderbiltvsACCWake Forest245.33(8-4)17-31
AlabamavACCFlorida State200.76(7-5)14-21
Tennessee@Pac10California87.95(6-6)31-45
AlabamavsSunBeltLouisiana-Monroe-29.37(6-6)14-21

More than double the number of wins of the Pac 10, but only one more win over a BCS conference team than them. One solid win (LSU over Virginia Tech) but then not much. Stellar in the loss category though - except for Alabama's embarassment, all of their losses were to good teams.

Looking at each conference's toughest 10 games (against the highest oPts), we get this...
ACC: 2-8 (10th toughest game = 183.77 pts)
Big 10: 6-4 (10th toughest game = 42.85 pts)
Big 12: 5-5 (10th toughest game = 152.77 pts)
Big East: 4-6 (10th toughest game = 191.92 pts)
Pac 10: 5-5 (10th toughest game = 213.09 pts)
SEC: 4-6 (10th toughest game = 134.44 pts)

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