Tuesday, January 15, 2008

Stanford non-conf scheduling

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Stanford 1998-2007
Average Rank = 43
Gms vs @ v %vs BCS non AA %BCS avW 10+ 10+% T10 T% 0 0%
30 19 11 0 63.3% 15 14 1 50.0% 6.0 14 46.7% 3 10.0% 10 33.3%
NCAA Ranks 76 43 17 15 85 22

Analysis: The Cardinal have Top 20 rankings in two important categories – opponents’ average wins and % of opponents with a 10+win season – while their other categories combine to average each other out. Almost the opposite of Oregon State, things run like clockwork on the Farm – Notre Dame and San Jose State are always on the schedule, and their opponents’ average wins is always between 5.8 and 7.4 (except for one year, 2005 when they played I-AA UC-Davis). The only thing they’ve tweaked is before 2003 they would add another BCS team into the mix – since 2003 they’ve added a non-BCS team.

Fact: The only teams that Stanford has played which haven’t received any coach’s votes in the previous five seasons are I-AA UC-Davis and San Jose State.

Fact: Stanford has only played three elite teams in the BCS era – Notre Dame and North Carolina in 1998 and TCU in 2007.

2008 Outlook: More of the same, which looks to be a shade on the tough side for 2008. @ TCU will be a test, as might @ Notre Dame. San Jose State at home won’t be too bad.

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Stanford Year-by-Year Opponents over the last 5 years...
Date vs/@ oConf Opponent Type Avg Wins Hi Wins Final Ranking
9/13/08 @ MtnWest TCU non 9.2 11 24,-,9,21,-
9/20/08 vs WAC San Jose St non 4.4 9 -,-,-,-,-
10/4/08 @ Indy Notre Dame BCS 6.6 10 -,-,11,19,-
9/15/07 vs WAC San Jose St non 4.6 9 -,-,-,-,-
10/13/07 vs MtnWest TCU non 9.6 11 22,24,-,9,21
11/24/07 vs Indy Notre Dame BCS 8 10 17,-,-,11,19
9/9/06 @ WAC San Jose St non 3.4 6 -,-,-,-,-
9/16/06 vs Indy Navy non 5.6 10 -,-,-,24,30
10/7/06 @ Indy Notre Dame BCS 7 10 -,17,-,-,11
9/10/05 @ Indy Navy non 4.2 10 -,-,-,-,24
9/17/05 vs zAA UC Davis zAA 0 0 -,-,-,-,-
11/26/05 vs Indy Notre Dame BCS 7 10 16,-,17,-,-
9/4/04 vs WAC San Jose St non 4.4 7 -,-,-,-,-
9/11/04 vs MtnWest BYU non 7 12 32,-,24,-,-
10/9/04 @ Indy Notre Dame BCS 6.8 10 -,16,-,17,-
9/6/03 vs WAC San Jose St non 4.6 7 -,-,-,-,-
9/20/03 @ MtnWest BYU non 8 12 -,32,-,24,-
11/29/03 vs Indy Notre Dame BCS 7.6 10 22,-,16,-,17
9/7/02 @ BigEast Boston College BCS 6.2 8 -,-,-,40,23
9/14/02 vs WAC San Jose St non 4.2 7 -,-,-,-,-
10/5/02 @ Indy Notre Dame BCS 7 9 41,22,-,16,-
9/8/01 vs BigEast Boston College BCS 5.6 8 -,-,-,-,40
11/24/01 vs Indy Notre Dame BCS 7.6 9 21,41,22,-,16
12/1/01 @ WAC San Jose St non 4.2 7 -,-,-,-,-
9/9/00 vs WAC San Jose St non 3.4 4 -,-,-,-,-
9/16/00 vs Big12 Texas BCS 8 10 14,23,-,16,23
10/7/00 @ Indy Notre Dame BCS 7.6 9 13,21,41,22,-
9/4/99 @ Big12 Texas BCS 7.8 10 23,14,23,-,16
10/2/99 vs WAC San Jose St non 3.4 4 -,-,-,-,-
11/27/99 vs Indy Notre Dame BCS 7.8 9 -,13,21,41,22
9/5/98 vs WAC San Jose St non 3 4 -,-,-,-,-
9/19/98 vs ACC North Carolina BCS 9.2 11 21,21,26,10,4
10/3/98 @ Indy Notre Dame BCS 8.2 11 2,-,13,21,41

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