Quality Win-Loss Matrix

The Quality Win-Loss Matrix ranks teams solely on three factors: (1) Who did you play? (2) Where did you play them? and (3) Did you win or lose?

Year: 2009 | 2008 |

Week: Pre-season | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 |

Quality Win-Loss Matrix- Week 16 Biggest wins this season
#	Team	Rating	Win Points	Loss Points
1	Alabama (14-0)	135.79	135.79	0
2	Texas (13-1)	84.57	89.43	4.86
3	Florida (13-1)	64.77	72.59	7.82
4	Boise St. (14-0)	44.85	44.84	0
5	Cincinnati (12-1)	33.61	39.27	5.67
6	Oregon (10-3)	29.27	65.3	36.03
7	Ohio St. (11-2)	28.39	53.45	25.06
8	Iowa (11-2)	26.96	56.03	29.07
9	TCU (12-1)	16.72	27.18	10.47
10	BYU (11-2)	16.59	44.66	28.07
11	Penn St. (11-2)	14	40.25	26.26
12	Georgia Tech (11-3)	12.7	54.4	41.7
13	Nebraska (10-4)	7.39	55.68	48.3
14	Texas Tech (9-4)	6.28	56.05	49.78
15	LSU (9-4)	3.38	36.47	33.08
16		0	0	0
17	Oklahoma St. (9-4)	-2.4	40.5	42.9
18	Virginia Tech (10-3)	-2.71	35.1	37.8
19	Miami (9-4)	-5.24	50.47	55.71
20	Oklahoma (8-5)	-5.28	44.81	50.09
21	Mississippi (9-4)	-7.43	44.18	51.61
22	Georgia (8-5)	-9.13	47.09	56.23
23	Southern Cal (9-4)	-13.93	45.75	59.68
24	Cent. Michigan (12-2)	-14.48	11.73	26.21
25	Arkansas (8-5)	-16.78	29.66	46.44
26	Wisconsin (10-3)	-19.65	22.96	42.62
27	Pittsburgh (10-3)	-25.65	16.67	42.32
28	Stanford (8-5)	-27.51	41.93	69.44
29	Utah (10-3)	-27.54	7.02	34.56
30	South Carolina (7-6)	-29.57	34.17	63.73
31	Oregon St. (8-5)	-32.28	27.52	59.8
32	Auburn (8-5)	-34.38	30.09	64.47
33	Arizona (8-5)	-38.04	28.92	66.96
34	Tennessee (7-6)	-38.31	22.54	60.85
35	Houston (10-4)	-38.74	34.78	73.52
36	West Virginia (9-4)	-40.53	17.17	57.7
37	Clemson (9-5)	-41.79	31.11	72.9
38	California (8-5)	-42.22	32.21	74.43
39	Florida St. (7-6)	-44.03	33.68	77.71
40	Missouri (8-5)	-44.29	23.38	67.68
41	Kentucky (7-6)	-44.55	25.54	70.09
42	Troy (9-4)	-46.03	0	46.03
43	North Carolina (8-5)	-48	36.85	84.85
44	Connecticut (8-5)	-48.04	24.79	72.83
45	Middle Tenn. St. (10-3)	-49.36	1.98	51.35
46	Navy (10-4)	-49.44	18.92	68.37
47	South Florida (8-5)	-52.01	21.95	73.96
48	Boston College (8-5)	-55.95	11.48	67.43
49	Northwestern (8-5)	-57.2	22.04	79.24
50	Rutgers (9-4)	-59.61	8.31	67.92
51	Mississippi St (5-7)	-63.42	21.83	85.25
52	UCF (8-5)	-63.53	3.79	67.32
53	Washington (5-7)	-64.26	32.01	96.27
54	East Carolina (9-5)	-65.68	10.85	76.54
55	Air Force (8-5)	-67.94	8.3	76.24
56	Nevada (8-5)	-70	1.25	71.25
57	Notre Dame (6-6)	-71.12	12.51	83.62
58	Iowa St. (7-6)	-71.75	18.6	90.35
59	Temple (9-4)	-72.55	0.31	72.86
60	UCLA (7-6)	-73.09	9.77	82.86
61	Texas A&M (6-7)	-74.73	17.03	91.76
62	Kansas St. (6-6)	-75.93	6.32	82.25
63	Fresno St. (8-5)	-77.74	0.65	78.39
64	Kansas (5-7)	-81.8	2.23	84.03
65	SMU (8-5)	-82.56	10.11	92.68
66	Baylor (4-8)	-82.95	16.55	99.5
67	Wyoming (7-6)	-84.02	0	84.02
68	Idaho (8-5)	-88.27	0	88.27
69	Michigan (5-7)	-89.09	14.17	103.26
70	Michigan St. (6-7)	-92.09	9.71	101.8
71	Ohio (9-5)	-94.97	0	94.97
72	Minnesota (6-7)	-96.3	5.08	101.37
73	N.C. State (5-7)	-97.31	12.02	109.33
74	Purdue (5-7)	-98.02	19.51	117.53
75	La.-Monroe (6-6)	-98.23	0	98.23
76	Duke (5-7)	-99.1	7.72	106.83
77	Wake Forest (5-7)	-99.96	2.5	102.46
78	Southern Miss. (7-6)	-103.29	0	103.29
79	Marshall (7-6)	-105.43	0	105.43
80	Bowling Green (7-6)	-106.51	4.22	110.73
81	Arizona St. (4-8)	-108.62	0	108.62
82	UNLV (5-7)	-110.14	0	110.14
83	La.-Lafayette (6-6)	-112.35	0	112.35
84	Tulsa (5-7)	-115.16	0	115.16
85	Indiana (4-8)	-116.67	0	116.67
86	N. Illinois (7-6)	-116.92	2.89	119.81
87	Syracuse (4-8)	-118.14	3.33	121.47
88	Colorado (3-9)	-122.44	11.77	134.21
89	Hawaii (6-7)	-124.9	0	124.9
90	UAB (5-7)	-125.47	2.36	127.83
91	Louisville (4-8)	-125.48	0	125.48
92	Louisiana Tech (4-8)	-128.03	0	128.03
93	Illinois (3-9)	-128.94	8.02	136.96
94	Virginia (3-9)	-131.79	6.4	138.19
95	W. Michigan (5-7)	-137.01	0	137
96	Fla. Atlantic (5-7)	-137.56	0	137.56
97	Toledo (5-7)	-140.91	0	140.91
98	Utah St. (4-8)	-141.08	0	141.08
99	Kent St. (5-7)	-144.11	0	144.11
100	Army (5-7)	-145.07	0	145.07
101	Vanderbilt (2-10)	-145.36	0	145.36
102	San Diego St. (4-8)	-151.51	0	151.5
103	Buffalo (5-7)	-151.82	0	151.82
104	UTEP (4-8)	-155.97	8.71	164.67
105	Maryland (2-10)	-156.33	8.79	165.12
106	Arkansas St. (4-8)	-158.12	0	158.12
107	Tulane (3-9)	-167.18	0	167.18
108	Florida Intl (3-9)	-167.34	0	167.34
109	Rice (2-10)	-168.1	0	168.1
110	Washington St. (1-11)	-170.92	0	170.92
111	San Jose St. (2-10)	-176.54	0	176.54
112	Akron (3-9)	-182.57	0	182.57
113	Memphis (2-10)	-182.89	0	182.89
114	Colorado St. (3-9)	-183.74	3.76	187.5
115	New Mexico St. (3-10)	-200.97	0	200.96
116	New Mexico (1-11)	-201.38	0	201.38
117	Ball St. (2-10)	-212.74	0	212.74
118	Miami (Ohio) (1-11)	-219.14	0	219.13
119	North Texas (2-10)	-229.41	0	229.41
120	E. Michigan (0-12)	-254.44	0	229.41

Computing the Quality Win-Loss Matrix

The Quality Win-Loss Matrix assigns win points and loss points to every game of the season based on the strength of the opponent’s VSI and where the game was played.

Defeat a team with a VSI of 8 and receive ~8 win points. Defeat a team with a VSI of 21 and receive ~21 win points.

If you defeat a below average team, one with a negative VSI, you do not receive any win points - after all what have you really accomplished by beating a below average team?

Loss points are calculated in reverse. The lower the VSI of your opponent, the higher the loss points a team accumulates so teams are penalized more for losing to bad teams.

Win points and loss points are combined to create a single ranking for apples-to-apples comparisons across teams playing widely different strengths of schedule.