Tuesday, January 15, 2008

Louisville non-conf scheduling

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Louisville 1998-2007
Average Rank = 53.7
Gms vs @ v %vs BCS non AA %BCS avW 10+ 10+% T10 T% 0 0%
44 26 17 1 59.1% 27 12 5 61.4% 4.7 12 27.3% 8 18.2% 19 43.2%
NCAA Ranks 64 20 71 63 50 54

Analysis: The Cardinals are middle of the road in most rankings – nothing special, but nothing horrible either. Even after switching from CUSA to the Big East in 2004, their scheduling philosophy basically stayed the same. They usually go with rival Kentucky, two more BCS teams, usually average to below average, and two non-BCS or I-AA teams, average to below average.

Fact: Louisville ranks in the Top 20 in %BCS, but those opponents are mostly weaker BCS teams – 18 of the 27 had average wins under 5.2.

Fact: Having Kentucky as a rival brings Louisville down – the Wildcats average wins usually hovers between 4 & 5, they don’t have any 10+ win seasons, and they usually never have any votes. The only thing Louisville can point to is that they’re a BCS team.

2008 Outlook: Similar to years past – Kentucky is at home, as is Kansas State. @ Memphis is a road game but shouldn’t be too bad, and Middle Tennessee State and I-AA Tennessee Tech are easy home games. On the easy side for 2008.

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Louisville Year-by-Year Opponents over the last 5 years...
Date vs/@ oConf Opponent Type Avg Wins Hi Wins Final Ranking
8/30/08 vs SEC Kentucky BCS 5 8 -,-,-,34,30
9/6/08 vs zAA Tennessee Tech zAA 0 0 -,-,-,-,-
9/17/08 vs Big12 Kansas St BCS 6.4 11 13,-,-,-,-
10/10/08 @ CUSA Memphis non 6.6 9 41,-,-,-,-
10/18/08 vs SunBelt Middle Tenn St non 5 7 -,-,-,-,-
8/30/07 vs zAA Murray St zAA 0 0 -,-,-,-,-
9/6/07 vs SunBelt Middle Tenn St non 4.8 7 -,-,-,-,-
9/15/07 @ SEC Kentucky BCS 4.8 8 -,-,-,-,34
9/29/07 @ ACC NC State BCS 6.8 11 11,30,-,38,-
10/5/07 vs MtnWest Utah non 8.4 12 -,21,5,38,-
9/3/06 vs SEC Kentucky BCS 3.6 7 -,-,-,-,-
9/9/06 @ Indy Temple non 2.2 4 -,-,-,-,-
9/16/06 vs ACC Miami FL BCS 10.6 12 1,2,5,11,18
9/23/06 @ Big12 Kansas St BCS 7.4 11 -,6,13,-,-
10/6/06 v SunBelt Middle Tenn St non 5 8 -,-,-,-,-
9/4/05 @ SEC Kentucky BCS 3.4 7 -,-,-,-,-
9/17/05 vs Pac10 Oregon St BCS 7.8 11 5,-,-,31,33
10/1/05 vs SunBelt FL Atlantic non 0 0 -,-,-,-,-
10/8/05 vs ACC North Carolina BCS 5 8 -,27,-,-,-
9/5/04 vs SEC Kentucky BCS 4.2 7 -,-,-,-,-
9/25/04 @ ACC North Carolina BCS 4.4 8 -,-,27,-,-
10/14/04 @ ACC Miami FL BCS 11 12 15,2,1,2,5
8/31/03 @ SEC Kentucky BCS 4.8 7 31,-,-,-,-
9/13/03 @ BigEast Syracuse BCS 7 10 24,35,-,14,-
9/20/03 vs WAC UTEP non 4 8 -,-,-,-,-
9/27/03 vs BigEast Temple BCS 3.2 4 -,-,-,-,-
9/1/02 vs SEC Kentucky BCS 4.4 7 -,31,-,-,-
9/7/02 @ ACC Duke BCS 1.8 4 -,-,-,-,-
9/14/02 @ MtnWest Colorado St non 8.8 11 16,-,33,15,-
9/26/02 vs ACC Florida St BCS 10.6 12 3,3,1,4,15
8/23/01 vs SunBelt New Mexico St non 3 6 -,-,-,-,-
9/1/01 @ SEC Kentucky BCS 4.8 7 -,-,31,-,-
9/8/01 vs zAA W Carolina zAA 0 0 -,-,-,-,-
9/22/01 @ Big10 Illinois BCS 3.6 8 -,-,-,25,-
10/4/01 vs MtnWest Colorado St non 8.8 11 -,16,-,33,15
9/2/00 vs SEC Kentucky BCS 5.2 7 -,-,-,31,-
9/9/00 vs zAA Grambling zAA 0 0 -,-,-,-,-
9/23/00 @ ACC Florida St BCS 11 12 5,3,3,3,1
9/30/00 vs Indy Connecticut non 0 0 -,-,-,-,-
9/4/99 @ SEC Kentucky BCS 4.2 7 -,-,-,-,31
9/11/99 vs zAA Chattanooga zAA 0 0 -,-,-,-,-
9/18/99 vs Big10 Illinois BCS 3.4 7 27,-,-,-,-
9/25/99 vs Big12 Oklahoma BCS 4.6 6 -,-,-,-,-
10/2/99 vs MAC E Michigan non 4.2 6 -,-,-,-,-
9/5/98 vs SEC Kentucky BCS 4 6 31,-,-,-,-
9/12/98 @ WAC Utah non 7.6 10 -,8,-,-,-
9/19/98 @ Big10 Illinois BCS 3.8 7 -,27,-,-,-
9/26/98 vs BigEast Boston College BCS 5.8 9 12,22,-,-,-
10/31/98 vs zAA W Kentucky zAA 0 0 -,-,-,-,-

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