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 11 Biggest wins this season
#	Team	Rating	Win Points	Loss Points
1	Alabama (10-0)	75.55	75.55	0
2	Texas (10-0)	64.6	64.6	0
3	Florida (10-0)	56.83	56.83	0
4	Georgia Tech (10-1)	29.48	42.5	13.02
5	Cincinnati (10-0)	28.44	28.44	0
6	TCU (10-0)	27.18	27.18	0
7	Oregon (8-2)	20.45	45.27	24.82
8	Oklahoma St. (8-2)	18.26	40.5	22.23
9	Boise St. (10-0)	14.68	14.67	0
10	Iowa (9-2)	13.73	42.8	29.07
11	LSU (8-2)	11.66	24.02	12.36
12	Ohio St. (9-2)	6.21	31.27	25.06
13	Miami (7-3)	5.16	46.5	41.35
14		0	0	0
15	BYU (8-2)	-0.42	27.64	28.07
16	Nebraska (7-3)	-1.33	42.41	43.74
17	Southern Cal (7-3)	-3.14	41.44	44.58
18	Houston (8-2)	-6.74	34.78	41.52
19	Pittsburgh (9-1)	-6.84	9.14	15.98
20	Stanford (7-3)	-8.57	38.2	46.77
21	Oregon St. (7-3)	-9.34	27.52	36.86
22	Penn St. (9-2)	-11.54	14.71	26.26
23	Wisconsin (8-2)	-13.94	10.96	24.9
24	Georgia (6-4)	-14.17	24.61	38.78
25	Virginia Tech (7-3)	-14.59	23.21	37.8
26	Mississippi (7-3)	-14.63	21.24	35.87
27	Arkansas (6-4)	-15.51	20.44	35.95
28	Cent. Michigan (8-2)	-16.35	9.86	26.21
29	Oklahoma (6-4)	-17.19	22.06	39.26
30	Clemson (7-3)	-19.73	26.53	46.26
31	Rutgers (7-2)	-21.85	7.44	29.29
32	Utah (8-2)	-21.89	0	21.89
33	Texas Tech (6-4)	-22.05	27.73	49.78
34	South Florida (6-3)	-22.54	21.95	44.49
35	California (7-3)	-22.94	17.08	40.02
36	North Carolina (7-3)	-23.98	28.57	52.56
37	South Carolina (6-5)	-25.21	22.57	47.79
38	Boston College (7-3)	-26.81	11.48	38.29
39	Auburn (7-4)	-27.03	28.99	56.02
40	Kentucky (6-4)	-29.47	13.61	43.08
41	Troy (7-3)	-30	0	30
42	Missouri (6-4)	-31.76	17.67	49.43
43	Navy (8-3)	-32.35	11.68	44.03
44	Arizona (6-3)	-32.5	12.44	44.95
45	Tennessee (5-5)	-34.17	16.47	50.65
46	Temple (8-2)	-34.26	0.31	34.57
47	West Virginia (7-3)	-38.32	2.65	40.97
48	Nevada (7-3)	-40.6	1.25	41.86
49	Notre Dame (6-4)	-41.83	12.51	54.34
50	Florida St. (5-5)	-46.08	27.3	73.38
51	UCF (6-4)	-46.95	3.79	50.74
52	Northwestern (7-4)	-50.43	14.85	65.28
53	Middle Tenn. St. (7-3)	-51.35	0	51.35
54	La.-Monroe (6-4)	-51.37	0	51.37
55	Fresno St. (6-4)	-54.15	0	54.15
56	Baylor (4-6)	-56.02	16.55	72.57
57	Ohio (7-3)	-56.83	0	56.83
58	Texas A&M (5-5)	-58.03	17.03	75.05
59	Iowa St. (6-5)	-59.31	18.53	77.84
60	UCLA (5-5)	-61.42	9.77	71.19
61	N. Illinois (7-3)	-62.29	2.89	65.18
62	Air Force (7-4)	-62.96	0	62.96
63	East Carolina (6-4)	-63.46	1.49	64.95
64	Minnesota (6-5)	-63.5	5.08	68.57
65	Idaho (7-4)	-63.54	0	63.54
66	Connecticut (4-5)	-64.65	8.18	72.83
67	Kansas (5-5)	-65.11	2.23	67.34
68	Kansas St. (6-5)	-65.41	6.32	71.73
69	Mississippi St (4-6)	-65.46	8.56	74.02
70	SMU (6-4)	-67.77	4.22	71.99
71	Southern Miss. (6-4)	-68.55	0	68.55
72	Michigan St. (6-5)	-68.72	9.71	78.43
73	Duke (5-5)	-69.01	7.72	76.73
74	Washington (3-7)	-72.19	24.08	96.27
75	Wyoming (5-5)	-75.38	0	75.38
76	Arizona St. (4-6)	-76.57	0	76.57
77	Michigan (5-6)	-78.11	14.17	92.28
78	Bowling Green (5-5)	-83.13	4.22	87.35
79	Marshall (5-5)	-83.25	0	83.25
80	Louisville (4-6)	-89.27	0	89.27
81	UAB (5-5)	-90.54	2.36	92.9
82	La.-Lafayette (5-5)	-92.58	0	92.58
83	N.C. State (4-6)	-94.25	5.66	99.91
84	Purdue (4-7)	-98.02	19.51	117.53
85	Indiana (4-7)	-98.25	0	98.25
86	Tulsa (4-6)	-98.36	0	98.36
87	Colorado (3-7)	-98.76	11.77	110.53
88	Illinois (3-7)	-98.87	8.02	106.89
89	Wake Forest (4-7)	-99.96	2.5	102.46
90	Kent St. (5-5)	-102.48	0	102.48
91	Syracuse (3-7)	-106.13	0	106.13
92	Hawaii (4-6)	-108.48	0	108.48
93	W. Michigan (5-6)	-109.01	0	109
94	Virginia (3-7)	-109.93	6.4	116.33
95	UNLV (4-7)	-110.14	0	110.14
96	Louisiana Tech (3-7)	-110.83	0	110.83
97	San Diego St. (4-6)	-112.34	0	112.33
98	Toledo (4-6)	-118.83	0	118.83
99	Fla. Atlantic (3-6)	-119.64	0	119.64
100	Maryland (2-8)	-124.44	8.79	133.24
101	Army (4-6)	-126.09	0	126.09
102	Tulane (3-7)	-128.14	0	128.14
103	UTEP (3-7)	-128.67	8.71	137.38
104	Utah St. (3-7)	-130.31	0	130.31
105	Colorado St. (3-7)	-131.07	3.76	134.83
106	San Jose St. (1-8)	-132.1	0	132.1
107	Vanderbilt (2-9)	-132.51	0	132.51
108	Florida Intl (3-7)	-134.33	0	134.32
109	Washington St. (1-9)	-138.2	0	138.2
110	Arkansas St. (2-7)	-138.65	0	138.65
111	Memphis (2-8)	-148.99	0	148.99
112	New Mexico St. (3-7)	-149.95	0	149.95
113	Buffalo (3-7)	-151.82	0	151.82
114	Rice (1-9)	-154.55	0	154.55
115	Akron (2-8)	-160.38	0	160.38
116	North Texas (2-8)	-177.88	0	177.88
117	Miami (Ohio) (1-10)	-194.58	0	194.58
118	Ball St. (1-9)	-194.85	0	194.85
119	New Mexico (0-10)	-194.9	0	194.9
120	E. Michigan (0-10)	-203.3	0	194.9

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.