Tuesday, January 15, 2008

Kent State non-conf scheduling

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Kent State 1998-2007
Average Rank = 61.3
Gms vs @ v %vs BCS non AA %BCS avW 10+ 10+% T10 T% 0 0%
34 12 22 0 35.3% 17 8 9 50.0% 3.9 8 23.5% 5 14.7% 16 47.1%
NCAA Ranks 15 43 102 76 64 68

Analysis: The Golden Flashes are Top 20 in home games but Bottom 20 in opponents’ average wins, while their other rankings are average. Usually they’ll go with teo BCS teams, one average and the other either above or below average, a below average non-BCS team, and a I-AA team. Right in the middle most of the time.

Fact: Like Akron, their MAC neighbor ten miles to the southwest, Kent State likes to mix up who they play. Their 34 opponents have consisted of 25 different teams, and they’ve only played three of those more than twice (Navy, Pittsburgh, and Youngstown State three times each).

Fact: Kent State’s opponents’ average wins is perennially below average – except for 2006 & 2007 when they average 5.2 and 5.3 respectively, their opponents averaged 3.5, hitting a low of 2.4 in 2002.

2008 Outlook: Right down the middle of 2008, which is usual. Boston College in Cleveland is almost a home game and should be tough, @ Iowa State might be tricky, @ LA-Lafayette shouldn’t be, and I-AA Delaware State is a cupcake.

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Kent State Year-by-Year Opponents over the last 5 years...
Date vs/@ oConf Opponent Type Avg Wins Hi Wins Final Ranking
8/30/08 v ACC Boston College BCS 9.4 11 40,21,17,20,11
9/6/08 @ Big12 Iowa St BCS 4.6 7 -,34,-,-,-
9/13/08 vs zAA Delaware St zAA 0 0 -,-,-,-,-
9/20/08 @ SunBelt LA Lafayette non 4.6 6 -,-,-,-,-
8/30/07 @ Big12 Iowa St BCS 5.4 7 -,-,34,-,-
9/8/07 @ SEC Kentucky BCS 4.8 8 -,-,-,-,34
9/15/07 vs zAA Delaware St zAA 0 0 -,-,-,-,-
10/13/07 @ Big10 Ohio St BCS 11 14 1,4,19,4,2
8/31/06 vs Big10 Minnesota BCS 7.2 10 -,34,17,32,-
9/9/06 @ Indy Army non 2 4 -,-,-,-,-
10/7/06 @ Indy Temple non 2.2 4 -,-,-,-,-
11/11/06 @ ACC Virginia Tech BCS 9.4 11 18,14,-,10,7
9/3/05 @ Big10 Michigan St BCS 5.8 8 -,31,-,41,-
9/10/05 vs zAA SE Missouri St zAA 0 0 -,-,-,-,-
10/15/05 @ Indy Navy non 4.2 10 -,-,-,-,24
9/4/04 @ Big10 Iowa BCS 6.4 11 -,-,37,8,8
9/11/04 vs zAA Liberty zAA 0 0 -,-,-,-,-
9/18/04 @ BigEast Rutgers BCS 2.4 5 -,-,-,-,-
9/6/03 @ BigEast Pittsburgh BCS 6 9 -,-,40,36,18
9/13/03 vs zAA Youngstown St zAA 0 0 -,-,-,-,-
9/20/03 @ Big10 Penn St BCS 7.6 10 15,11,-,-,15
10/18/03 vs Indy Connecticut non 2.2 6 -,-,-,-,-
8/29/02 vs zAA New Hampshire zAA 0 0 -,-,-,-,-
9/7/02 @ Big10 Ohio St BCS 8.4 11 12,2,35,28,29
9/14/02 vs zAA Cal Poly SLO zAA 0 0 -,-,-,-,-
11/9/02 @ Indy Connecticut non 1 3 -,-,-,-,-
9/1/01 @ Big10 Iowa BCS 4.6 9 18,28,-,-,-
9/8/01 vs zAA Bucknell zAA 0 0 -,-,-,-,-
9/22/01 @ BigEast West Virginia BCS 6.8 8 26,39,30,-,35
9/2/00 @ BigEast Pittsburgh BCS 3.8 6 -,-,-,-,-
9/9/00 @ Big10 Purdue BCS 6.4 9 -,-,15,23,27
9/16/00 vs zAA Youngstown St zAA 0 0 -,-,-,-,-
9/4/99 @ CUSA Cincinnati non 4.8 8 -,-,-,31,-
9/11/99 vs Indy Navy non 5.4 9 -,-,27,-,-
9/18/99 @ BigEast Pittsburgh BCS 3.4 6 -,-,-,-,-
9/5/98 @ SEC Georgia BCS 6.4 10 -,-,38,-,10
9/12/98 vs zAA Youngstown St zAA 0 0 -,-,-,-,-
9/19/98 @ Indy Navy non 5.6 9 -,-,-,27,-

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