Tuesday, January 15, 2008

Arizona non-conf scheduling

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Arizona 1998-2007
Average Rank = 60
Gms vs @ v %vs BCS non AA %BCS avW 10+ 10+% T10 T% 0 0%
34 23 11 0 67.6% 9 20 5 26.5% 5.3 11 32.4% 7 20.6% 13 38.2%
NCAA Ranks 85 101 46 48 43 37

Analysis: The Wildcats played some decent teams during the first ten years of the BCS era, but they didn’t play many BCS teams and they didn’t travel much. Their rankings are solid except for those two categories, putting them in the middle of the pack overall. Their usual fare is an above average BCS team, an average to above average non-BCS team, and a below average non-BCS or I-AA team.

Fact: The BCS teams Arizona did play were quality – all were from the Big 10 or SEC, all had average wins over 6, and all had at least a 9+win season in the last five years.

Fact: The last time Arizona played a non-conference game past September 28th was in 1999 (they played UTEP on October 16).

2008 Outlook: No BCS teams for the second year in a row – a disturbing trend. Three average non-BCS teams in Toledo, Idaho, and @ New Mexico put them towards the bottom of 2008.

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Arizona Year-by-Year Opponents over the last 5 years...
Date vs/@ oConf Opponent Type Avg Wins Hi Wins Final Ranking
8/30/08 vs WAC Idaho non 2.6 4 -,-,-,-,-
9/6/08 vs MAC Toledo non 7.2 9 -,38,29,-,-
9/13/08 @ MtnWest New Mexico non 7.2 9 -,-,-,-,-
9/1/07 @ MtnWest BYU non 6.2 11 -,-,-,-,15
9/8/07 vs zAA N Arizona zAA 0 0 -,-,-,-,-
9/15/07 vs MtnWest New Mexico non 6.8 8 -,-,-,-,-
9/2/06 vs MtnWest BYU non 6.4 12 24,-,-,-,-
9/9/06 @ SEC LSU BCS 10.2 13 8,30,1,16,5
9/16/06 vs zAA SF Austin zAA 0 0 -,-,-,-,-
9/2/05 @ MtnWest Utah non 7.8 12 -,35,-,21,5
9/10/05 vs zAA N Arizona zAA 0 0 -,-,-,-,-
9/17/05 vs Big10 Purdue BCS 7.4 9 13,-,-,19,35
9/4/04 vs zAA N Arizona zAA 0 0 -,-,-,-,-
9/11/04 vs MtnWest Utah non 7.2 10 31,-,35,-,21
9/18/04 vs Big10 Wisconsin BCS 7.8 10 4,24,-,35,-
8/30/03 vs WAC UTEP non 4 8 -,-,-,-,-
9/6/03 vs SEC LSU BCS 6.6 10 -,-,29,8,30
9/20/03 @ Big10 Purdue BCS 7.4 9 23,27,13,-,-
9/27/03 vs CUSA TCU non 8.2 10 32,28,18,-,22
8/31/02 vs zAA N Arizona zAA 0 0 -,-,-,-,-
9/14/02 vs MtnWest Utah non 6.8 9 -,-,31,-,35
9/21/02 @ Big10 Wisconsin BCS 8.6 11 35,5,4,24,-
9/28/02 vs SunBelt North Texas non 3.4 5 -,-,-,-,-
8/30/01 @ MtnWest San Diego St non 5.6 8 33,-,-,-,-
9/8/01 vs SunBelt Idaho non 5.2 9 -,-,36,-,-
9/22/01 vs MtnWest UNLV non 3 8 -,-,-,-,-
9/2/00 @ MtnWest Utah non 7.4 9 -,-,-,-,31
9/9/00 vs Big10 Ohio St BCS 9.8 11 8,2,12,2,35
9/16/00 vs MtnWest San Diego St non 6.6 8 -,33,-,-,-
8/28/99 @ Big10 Penn St BCS 10 12 2,12,7,17,15
9/5/99 @ WAC TCU non 5 7 35,-,-,-,32
9/11/99 vs Indy Middle Tenn St non 0 0 -,-,-,-,-
10/16/99 vs WAC UTEP non 2.8 4 -,-,-,-,-
9/3/98 @ WAC Hawaii non 3.6 6 -,-,-,-,-
9/19/98 vs Big10 Iowa BCS 7 9 -,32,22,18,28
9/24/98 @ WAC San Diego St non 6.2 8 -,-,-,33,-
10/24/98 vs Indy LA Monroe non 3 5 -,-,-,-,-

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