Tuesday, January 15, 2008

Arizona State non-conf scheduling

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Arizona State 1998-2007
Average Rank = 62.8
Gms vs @ v %vs BCS non AA %BCS avW 10+ 10+% T10 T% 0 0%
33 24 9 0 72.7% 13 17 3 39.4% 5.2 9 27.3% 8 24.2% 15 45.5%
NCAA Ranks 99 74 51 63 29 61

Analysis: The Sun Devils’ rankings are all over the board, with a high of #29 and a low of #99. As such, it’s hard to tell what their scheduling tendencies are. From 2002-2005 they played two BCS teams and one non-BCS team per season, but since then they’ve switched that around. So the direction they’re heading is one average to above-average BCS team, and two average to below average non-BCS or I-AA teams.

Fact: Arizona State likes to mix up who they play and where they’re from – the only conference they haven’t played a team from is CUSA, and the most games they’ve played against a single conference is 5 (against the Mtn West & WAC). Their 33 games have been against 22 different teams.

Fact: Arizona State’s 13 BCS opponents average a collective 7.0 in the average wins category, and they all have at least an 8+win season under their belt.

2008 Outlook: The home game against Georgia is going to be a doozy, and it helps put them in the top half of 2008. Other home dates against UNLV and I-AA Northern Arizona should be easy.

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Arizona State Year-by-Year Opponents over the last 5 years...
Date vs/@ oConf Opponent Type Avg Wins Hi Wins Final Ranking
8/30/08 vs zAA Northern Arizona zAA 0 0 -,-,-,-,-
9/13/08 vs MtnWest UNLV non 2.8 6 -,-,-,-,-
9/20/08 vs SEC Georgia BCS 10.2 11 6,6,10,26,3
9/1/07 vs WAC San Jose St non 4.6 9 -,-,-,-,-
9/8/07 vs Big12 Colorado BCS 6.2 9 21,-,31,-,-
9/15/07 vs MtnWest San Diego St non 4.4 6 -,-,-,-,-
8/31/06 vs zAA N Arizona zAA 0 0 -,-,-,-,-
9/9/06 vs WAC Nevada non 5.6 9 -,-,-,-,27
9/16/06 @ Big12 Colorado BCS 7.8 10 9,21,-,31,-
9/1/05 vs Indy Temple non 3 4 -,-,-,-,-
9/10/05 vs SEC LSU BCS 9.6 13 29,8,30,1,16
9/17/05 vs Big10 Northwestern BCS 5.4 8 26,-,-,-,-
9/2/04 vs WAC UTEP non 3.8 8 -,-,-,-,-
9/11/04 @ Big10 Northwestern BCS 4.8 8 -,26,-,-,-
9/18/04 vs Big10 Iowa BCS 6.4 11 -,-,37,8,8
9/6/03 vs zAA N Arizona zAA 0 0 -,-,-,-,-
9/13/03 vs SunBelt Utah St non 4 5 -,-,-,-,-
9/20/03 @ Big10 Iowa BCS 5 11 -,-,-,37,8
10/18/03 @ ACC North Carolina BCS 5.4 8 37,-,-,27,-
8/24/02 @ Big12 Nebraska BCS 11 13 1,20,2,7,7
8/31/02 vs zAA E Washington zAA 0 0 -,-,-,-,-
9/7/02 vs MAC UCF non 6.2 9 -,-,-,-,-
9/14/02 @ MtnWest San Diego St non 4.6 7 -,-,-,-,-
10/5/02 vs ACC North Carolina BCS 7 11 4,37,-,-,27
9/8/01 vs MtnWest San Diego St non 5.6 8 33,-,-,-,-
9/29/01 vs WAC San Jose St non 4.2 7 -,-,-,-,-
10/6/01 vs SunBelt LA Lafayette non 2.2 5 -,-,-,-,-
8/31/00 @ MtnWest San Diego St non 6.6 8 -,33,-,-,-
9/16/00 vs MtnWest Colorado St non 8.4 11 32,-,16,-,33
9/23/00 vs BigWest Utah St non 4.6 6 -,-,-,-,-
9/6/99 vs Big12 Texas Tech BCS 7 9 -,20,36,-,-
9/18/99 vs BigWest New Mexico St non 2.6 4 -,-,-,-,-
10/9/99 @ Indy Notre Dame BCS 7.8 9 -,13,21,41,22
9/12/98 @ WAC BYU non 8.6 14 30,10,-,5,-
9/19/98 vs BigWest North Texas non 2.2 5 -,-,-,-,-
10/10/98 vs Indy Notre Dame BCS 8.2 11 2,-,13,21,41

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