Tuesday, January 15, 2008

Wake Forest non-conf scheduling

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Wake Forest 1998-2007
Average Rank = 79.2
Gms vs @ v %vs BCS non AA %BCS avW 10+ 10+% T10 T% 0 0%
34 21 13 0 61.8% 13 16 5 38.2% 4.5 7 20.6% 1 2.9% 15 44.1%
NCAA Ranks 68 75 81 85 110 56

Analysis: The Demon Deacons are on the rise, scheduling increasingly harder teams over the last ten years. Their rankings don’t reflect this, mainly because they used to schedule some awful teams, but as their team improves their non-conf schedule has also. They’re willing to travel more, willing to play more BCS teams, and the opponents’ average wins has gotten to right about the norm.

Fact: Wake Forest has only played 1 elite team - Nebraska in 2005.

Fact: After playing only 3 BCS teams in the first 5 years of the BCS, Wake Forest has played 10 in the last 5 years (with half of those games being on the road).

2008 Outlook: Mississippi and Vanderbilt at home shouldn’t be too hard, but Navy should be a test. The opener on the road @ Baylor is interesting, but they should pull it off. Mid-range for 2008.

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Wake Forest Year-by-Year Opponents over the last 5 years...
Date vs/@ oConf Opponent Type Avg Wins Hi Wins Final Ranking
8/30/08 @ Big12 Baylor BCS 3.6 5 -,-,-,-,-
9/6/08 vs SEC Mississippi BCS 4.8 10 14,-,-,-,-
9/27/08 vs Indy Navy non 8.6 10 -,24,30,-,-
11/29/08 vs SEC Vanderbilt BCS 3.6 5 -,-,-,-,-
9/8/07 vs Big12 Nebraska BCS 7.8 10 -,18,-,24,27
9/15/07 vs Indy Army non 2 4 -,-,-,-,-
10/20/07 @ Indy Navy non 7.4 10 -,-,24,30,-
11/24/07 @ SEC Vanderbilt BCS 3 5 -,-,-,-,-
9/2/06 vs BigEast Syracuse BCS 5.4 10 14,-,-,-,-
9/16/06 @ BigEast Connecticut BCS 6 9 -,-,41,36,-
9/23/06 @ SEC Mississippi BCS 6.2 10 -,-,14,-,-
9/30/06 vs zAA Liberty zAA 0 0 -,-,-,-,-
9/1/05 vs SEC Vanderbilt BCS 2.2 3 -,-,-,-,-
9/10/05 @ Big12 Nebraska BCS 8.6 11 7,7,-,18,-
9/17/05 vs CUSA East Carolina non 4.2 8 34,-,-,-,-
9/11/04 @ CUSA East Carolina non 5.6 9 26,34,-,-,-
9/18/04 vs zAA NC A&T zAA 0 0 -,-,-,-,-
9/25/04 vs BigEast Boston College BCS 8 9 -,40,23,26,40
8/30/03 @ BigEast Boston College BCS 7.2 9 -,-,40,23,26
9/13/03 vs Big10 Purdue BCS 7.4 9 23,27,13,-,-
9/20/03 vs CUSA East Carolina non 6.6 9 -,26,34,-,-
11/15/03 vs Indy Connecticut non 2.2 6 -,-,-,-,-
8/29/02 @ MAC N Illinois non 3.8 6 -,-,-,-,-
9/7/02 vs CUSA East Carolina non 6.8 9 -,-,26,34,-
9/21/02 @ Big10 Purdue BCS 7.8 9 15,23,27,13,-
11/23/02 vs Indy Navy non 3.2 7 -,-,-,-,-
9/1/01 @ CUSA East Carolina non 7.2 9 30,-,-,26,34
9/8/01 vs zAA Appalachian St zAA 0 0 -,-,-,-,-
11/24/01 vs MAC N Illinois non 2.8 6 -,-,-,-,-
8/31/00 vs zAA Appalachian St zAA 0 0 -,-,-,-,-
10/7/00 vs SEC Vanderbilt BCS 2.8 5 -,-,-,-,-
11/18/00 @ Indy Navy non 5.8 9 -,27,-,-,-
9/11/99 @ CUSA Army non 5.2 10 -,-,24,-,-
10/2/99 vs BigEast Rutgers BCS 3.2 5 -,-,-,-,-
10/23/99 vs CUSA UAB non 2.8 5 -,-,-,-,-
9/5/98 @ WAC Air Force non 7.2 10 -,31,35,-,25
9/10/98 vs Indy Navy non 5.6 9 -,-,-,27,-
10/3/98 vs zAA Appalachian St zAA 0 0 -,-,-,-,-

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