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 13 Biggest wins this season
#	Team	Rating	Win Points	Loss Points
1	Alabama (12-0)	85.79	85.79	0
2	Texas (12-0)	75.52	75.51	0
3	Florida (12-0)	59.91	59.9	0
4	Oregon (9-2)	31.06	55.88	24.82
5	Cincinnati (11-0)	28.44	28.44	0
6	TCU (12-0)	27.18	27.18	0
7	Boise St. (12-0)	21.65	21.65	0
8	Georgia Tech (10-2)	15.35	42.5	27.15
9	LSU (9-3)	14.22	36.47	22.25
10	Iowa (10-2)	13.73	42.8	29.07
11	Ohio St. (10-2)	9.59	34.64	25.06
12	Oklahoma St. (9-3)	9.47	40.5	31.03
13	Miami (9-3)	9.12	50.47	41.35
14	BYU (10-2)	4.54	32.61	28.07
15	Nebraska (9-3)	0.93	44.66	43.74
16		0	0	0
17	Texas Tech (8-4)	-0.07	49.71	49.78
18	Penn St. (10-2)	-1.97	24.28	26.26
19	Southern Cal (8-3)	-2.34	42.24	44.58
20	Houston (10-2)	-6.74	34.78	41.52
21	California (8-3)	-7.82	32.21	40.02
22	Oregon St. (8-3)	-9.34	27.52	36.86
23	South Carolina (7-5)	-13.62	34.17	47.79
24	Virginia Tech (9-3)	-14.43	23.37	37.8
25	Georgia (7-5)	-15.15	41.08	56.23
26	Oklahoma (7-5)	-16.28	33.8	50.09
27	Cent. Michigan (10-2)	-16.35	9.86	26.21
28	Mississippi (8-4)	-17.72	33.89	51.61
29	Stanford (8-4)	-19.5	41.93	61.42
30	Pittsburgh (9-2)	-21.08	9.14	30.22
31	Arkansas (7-5)	-23.13	23.31	46.44
32	Missouri (8-4)	-26.05	23.38	49.43
33	Tennessee (7-5)	-28.1	22.54	50.65
34	West Virginia (8-3)	-29.77	11.19	40.97
35	Troy (9-3)	-30	0	30
36	Kentucky (7-5)	-31.57	25.54	57.12
37	Wisconsin (8-3)	-31.65	10.96	42.62
38	North Carolina (8-4)	-33.99	36.85	70.84
39	Clemson (8-4)	-34.1	26.53	60.63
40	Utah (9-3)	-34.56	0	34.56
41	Auburn (7-5)	-35.48	28.99	64.47
42	South Florida (7-4)	-36.98	21.95	58.93
43	Arizona (7-4)	-40.27	15.09	55.36
44	Boston College (8-4)	-42.78	11.48	54.26
45	Northwestern (8-4)	-43.23	22.04	65.28
46	Rutgers (8-3)	-43.7	7.44	51.15
47	UCF (8-4)	-46.95	3.79	50.74
48	Nevada (8-4)	-48.93	1.25	50.19
49	Florida St. (6-6)	-50.41	27.3	77.71
50	Middle Tenn. St. (9-3)	-51.35	0	51.35
51	Fresno St. (7-4)	-54.15	0	54.15
52	Temple (9-3)	-54.89	0.31	55.2
53	Navy (8-4)	-56.68	11.68	68.37
54	Connecticut (6-5)	-56.78	16.05	72.83
55	Ohio (9-3)	-56.83	0	56.83
56	Texas A&M (6-6)	-62.57	17.03	79.6
57	Mississippi St (5-7)	-63.42	21.83	85.25
58	East Carolina (8-4)	-63.46	1.49	64.95
59	Notre Dame (6-6)	-71.12	12.51	83.62
60	Iowa St. (6-6)	-71.82	18.53	90.35
61	Washington (4-7)	-72.19	24.08	96.27
62	UCLA (6-6)	-73.09	9.77	82.86
63	Kansas St. (6-6)	-75.93	6.32	82.25
64	Air Force (7-5)	-76.24	0	76.24
65	Minnesota (6-6)	-77.22	5.08	82.29
66	Michigan St. (6-6)	-80.9	9.71	90.61
67	Kansas (5-7)	-81.8	2.23	84.03
68	Baylor (4-8)	-82.95	16.55	99.5
69	Bowling Green (7-5)	-83.13	4.22	87.35
70	Southern Miss. (7-5)	-83.97	0	83.97
71	Wyoming (6-6)	-84.02	0	84.02
72	Idaho (7-5)	-88.27	0	88.27
73	SMU (7-5)	-88.46	4.22	92.68
74	Michigan (5-7)	-89.09	14.17	103.26
75	N.C. State (5-7)	-97.31	12.02	109.33
76	Purdue (5-7)	-98.02	19.51	117.53
77	La.-Monroe (6-6)	-98.23	0	98.23
78	Duke (5-7)	-99.1	7.72	106.83
79	N. Illinois (7-5)	-99.14	2.89	102.02
80	Wake Forest (5-7)	-99.96	2.5	102.46
81	Marshall (6-6)	-105.43	0	105.43
82	Hawaii (6-6)	-108.48	0	108.48
83	Arizona St. (4-8)	-108.62	0	108.62
84	Illinois (3-8)	-109.24	8.02	117.27
85	UNLV (5-7)	-110.14	0	110.14
86	La.-Lafayette (6-6)	-112.35	0	112.35
87	Tulsa (5-7)	-115.16	0	115.16
88	Indiana (4-8)	-116.67	0	116.67
89	Syracuse (4-8)	-118.14	3.33	121.47
90	Colorado (3-9)	-122.44	11.77	134.21
91	UAB (5-7)	-125.47	2.36	127.83
92	Louisville (4-8)	-125.48	0	125.48
93	Army (5-6)	-126.09	0	126.09
94	Louisiana Tech (3-8)	-128.03	0	128.03
95	Virginia (3-9)	-131.79	6.4	138.19
96	W. Michigan (5-7)	-137.01	0	137
97	Fla. Atlantic (4-7)	-137.56	0	137.56
98	Florida Intl (3-8)	-139.7	0	139.7
99	Toledo (5-7)	-140.91	0	140.91
100	Utah St. (4-8)	-141.08	0	141.08
101	Kent St. (5-7)	-144.11	0	144.11
102	Vanderbilt (2-10)	-145.36	0	145.36
103	San Diego St. (4-8)	-151.51	0	151.5
104	Buffalo (5-7)	-151.82	0	151.82
105	UTEP (4-8)	-155.97	8.71	164.67
106	Maryland (2-10)	-156.33	8.79	165.12
107	San Jose St. (2-9)	-157.95	0	157.95
108	Arkansas St. (3-8)	-158.12	0	158.12
109	Tulane (3-9)	-167.18	0	167.18
110	Rice (2-10)	-168.1	0	168.1
111	Washington St. (1-11)	-170.92	0	170.92
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. (3-9)	-192.42	0	192.42
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	W. Ky (0-11)	-236.96	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.