Tuesday, January 15, 2008

Ball State non-conf scheduling

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Ball State 1998-2007
Average Rank = 41.7
Gms vs @ v %vs BCS non AA %BCS avW 10+ 10+% T10 T% 0 0%
37 10 27 0 27.0% 25 6 6 67.6% 4.8 10 27.0% 6 16.2% 15 40.5%
NCAA Ranks 5 9 70 67 58 41

Analysis: The Cardinals rankings are pretty solid – two Top 20’s. They mix it up with their opponents’ difficulty, but most of the time they’re on the road against a BCS team. In the past few years, they’ve gone with BCS teams almost exclusively with a non-BCS or I-AA team sprinkled in.

Fact: In the first five years of the BCS, Ball State played 2 BCS teams per year. In the second five they played 3 per year.

Fact: Ball State’s 25 BCS opponents average wins is 6.4, but they run the gamut from a low of 1.8 to a high of 10.6. In fact, their opponents are very evenly spread across that range, tallying at least one team at each integer.

2008 Outlook: A change of pace for this year – only one BCS team (@ Indiana). Navy might be tricky, but Western Kentucky and I-AA Northeastern make this one of the easiest schedules of 2008.

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Ball State Year-by-Year Opponents over the last 5 years...
Date vs/@ oConf Opponent Type Avg Wins Hi Wins Final Ranking
8/28/08 vs zAA Northeastern zAA 0 0 -,-,-,-,-
9/5/08 vs Indy Navy non 8.6 10 -,24,30,-,-
9/20/08 @ Big10 Indiana BCS 4.2 7 -,-,-,-,-
10/11/08 @ SunBelt Western Kentucky non 0 0 -,-,-,-,-
9/15/07 @ Indy Navy non 7.4 10 -,-,24,30,-
9/22/07 @ Big12 Nebraska BCS 7.8 10 -,18,-,24,27
10/13/07 vs zAA W Kentucky zAA 0 0 -,-,-,-,-
10/27/07 @ Big10 Illinois BCS 2.6 5 -,-,-,-,-
11/3/07 @ Big10 Indiana BCS 3.4 5 -,-,-,-,-
9/9/06 vs Big10 Indiana BCS 3.4 5 -,-,-,-,-
9/16/06 @ Big10 Purdue BCS 6.8 9 -,-,19,35,-
9/23/06 vs zAA N Dakota St zAA 0 0 -,-,-,-,-
11/4/06 @ Big10 Michigan BCS 8.8 10 20,9,7,12,28
9/3/05 @ Big10 Iowa BCS 8.2 11 -,37,8,8,8
9/17/05 @ SEC Auburn BCS 9.2 13 20,37,16,29,2
10/1/05 @ ACC Boston College BCS 8.2 9 40,23,26,40,21
9/2/04 vs BigEast Boston College BCS 8 9 -,40,23,26,40
9/11/04 @ Big10 Purdue BCS 7.4 9 27,13,-,-,19
9/18/04 @ Big12 Missouri BCS 4.8 8 -,-,-,-,41
8/28/03 vs zAA Indiana St zAA 0 0 -,-,-,-,-
9/6/03 vs Big12 Missouri BCS 4.8 8 25,-,-,-,-
9/13/03 @ BigEast Pittsburgh BCS 6 9 -,-,40,36,18
9/27/03 @ BigEast Boston College BCS 7.2 9 -,-,40,23,26
9/7/02 @ Big12 Missouri BCS 5.2 8 23,25,-,-,-
9/14/02 vs zAA Indiana St zAA 0 0 -,-,-,-,-
9/21/02 @ ACC Clemson BCS 6.4 9 26,-,-,14,39
9/28/02 @ Indy Connecticut non 1 3 -,-,-,-,-
9/1/01 @ SEC Auburn BCS 7 10 25,11,-,-,20
9/8/01 @ SEC Kentucky BCS 4.8 7 -,-,31,-,-
9/22/01 vs zAA Northern Iowa zAA 0 0 -,-,-,-,-
10/27/01 @ Indy Connecticut non 0.6 3 -,-,-,-,-
9/2/00 @ SEC Florida BCS 10.6 12 3,1,6,6,14
9/9/00 vs zAA W Illinois zAA 0 0 -,-,-,-,-
9/16/00 @ Big12 Kansas St BCS 10.4 11 6,17,7,9,6
11/18/00 vs Indy Connecticut non 0 0 -,-,-,-,-
9/4/99 @ Big10 Indiana BCS 3.6 7 -,-,-,-,-
9/11/99 @ Big10 Wisconsin BCS 7.8 11 26,-,31,35,5
9/25/99 @ CUSA Army non 5.2 10 -,-,24,-,-
9/5/98 @ SEC South Carolina BCS 5.4 7 -,29,-,-,-
9/19/98 @ Big12 Iowa St BCS 1.8 3 -,-,-,-,-
11/14/98 @ Indy UCF non 2 5 -,-,-,-,-

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