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 4 Biggest wins this season
#	Team	Rating	Win Points	Loss Points
1	Houston (3-0)	29.53	29.53	0
2	Iowa (4-0)	22.17	22.17	0
3	Cincinnati (4-0)	16.23	16.23	0
4	Virginia Tech (3-1)	15.26	22.23	6.97
5	South Florida (4-0)	15.25	15.25	0
6	Alabama (4-0)	14.69	14.69	0
7	Michigan (4-0)	14.17	14.17	0
8	TCU (3-0)	12.81	12.81	0
9	Missouri (4-0)	12.8	12.8	0
10	Florida (4-0)	12.78	12.77	0
11	BYU (3-1)	11.55	27.64	16.1
12	Georgia (3-1)	11.07	17.42	6.35
13	Texas (4-0)	10.51	10.51	0
14	South Carolina (3-1)	9.9	21.15	11.25
15	UCLA (3-0)	9.77	9.77	0
16	Boise St. (4-0)	8.43	8.43	0
17	Oregon (3-1)	6.79	17.68	10.89
18	Miami (2-1)	5.72	19.05	13.33
19	Wisconsin (4-0)	4.4	4.4	0
20	Auburn (4-0)	3.5	3.5	0
21	Kansas (4-0)	2.23	2.23	0
22	LSU (4-0)	0.93	0.92	0
23	Texas A&M (3-0)	0	0	0
24		0	0	0
25	Cent. Michigan (3-1)	-1.15	9.86	11.02
26	Notre Dame (3-1)	-1.5	10.74	12.24
27	Georgia Tech (3-1)	-2.09	10.93	13.02
28	Ohio St. (3-1)	-2.49	4.89	7.38
29	Oklahoma St. (3-1)	-3.23	13.28	16.51
30	Kentucky (2-1)	-4.59	0	4.6
31	Washington (2-2)	-4.68	18.57	23.24
32	Southern Cal (3-1)	-5.53	13.5	19.03
33	Tulsa (3-1)	-6	0	6
34	Arizona (3-1)	-6.36	7.38	13.74
35	Oklahoma (2-1)	-6.38	6.82	13.21
36	Connecticut (3-1)	-6.87	8.18	15.05
37	N.C. State (3-1)	-8.43	5.66	14.09
38	Colorado St. (3-1)	-8.77	3.76	12.53
39	Minnesota (3-1)	-10.83	0	10.84
40	Southern Miss. (3-1)	-10.85	0	10.85
41	Nebraska (3-1)	-11.19	0	11.19
42	Arizona St. (2-1)	-11.31	0	11.31
43	Boston College (3-1)	-11.34	2.01	13.35
44	Middle Tenn. St. (3-1)	-11.98	0	11.98
45	California (3-1)	-12.48	1.66	14.14
46	Marshall (3-1)	-12.78	0	12.78
47	Indiana (3-1)	-13.06	0	13.06
48	Baylor (2-1)	-13.15	6.58	19.73
49	West Virginia (2-1)	-13.17	0	13.17
50	Mississippi (2-1)	-13.68	0	13.68
51	North Carolina (3-1)	-13.84	0.55	14.39
52	Rutgers (3-1)	-14.05	0	14.05
53	Penn St. (3-1)	-14.7	0	14.71
54	Utah (3-1)	-14.75	0	14.75
55	Pittsburgh (3-1)	-15.98	0	15.98
56	Iowa St. (3-1)	-16.24	0	16.23
57	Stanford (3-1)	-16.46	0	16.46
58	Florida St. (2-2)	-16.73	13.54	30.27
59	Air Force (3-1)	-17.6	0	17.6
60	Troy (2-2)	-17.92	0	17.92
61	Texas Tech (2-2)	-17.93	0	17.93
62	La.-Monroe (2-2)	-18.46	0	18.46
63	Idaho (3-1)	-19.1	0	19.1
64	Tennessee (2-2)	-19.34	0	19.34
65	Hawaii (2-1)	-19.49	0	19.49
66	La.-Lafayette (2-2)	-21.31	0	21.31
67	Arkansas (1-2)	-22.27	0	22.27
68	Navy (2-2)	-22.27	0	22.27
69	Clemson (2-2)	-22.41	3.33	25.74
70	Illinois (1-2)	-22.43	0	22.43
71	Mississippi St (2-2)	-22.75	2.74	25.49
72	Toledo (2-2)	-26.3	0	26.3
73	Wyoming (2-2)	-26.75	0	26.75
74	Syracuse (2-2)	-26.97	0	26.97
75	SMU (2-1)	-27.29	0	27.29
76	Utah St. (1-2)	-27.5	0	27.5
77	Oregon St. (2-2)	-27.93	1.89	29.82
78	Louisiana Tech (1-2)	-29.08	0	29.08
79	East Carolina (2-2)	-29.78	0	29.78
80	Louisville (1-2)	-30.22	0	30.22
81	Wake Forest (2-2)	-30.32	0	30.32
82	Ohio (2-2)	-31.47	0	31.47
83	Vanderbilt (2-2)	-31.74	0	31.74
84	Tulane (1-2)	-32.13	0	32.13
85	Arkansas St. (1-2)	-32.6	0	32.6
86	W. Michigan (2-2)	-32.94	0	32.94
87	UCF (2-2)	-34.56	0	34.56
88	Temple (1-2)	-34.57	0	34.57
89	Duke (2-2)	-35.99	0	35.99
90	UNLV (2-2)	-36.54	0	36.54
91	Kent St. (2-2)	-37.05	0	37.05
92	Kansas St. (2-2)	-37.27	0	37.27
93	N. Illinois (2-2)	-38.01	2.89	40.89
94	San Jose St. (1-3)	-39.27	0	39.27
95	Fresno St. (1-3)	-39.76	0	39.76
96	Colorado (1-2)	-40.36	0	40.36
97	Northwestern (2-2)	-40.6	0	40.6
98	Army (2-2)	-40.77	0	40.77
99	UTEP (1-3)	-40.85	0	40.85
100	Nevada (0-3)	-41.86	0	41.86
101	Bowling Green (1-3)	-42.02	4.22	46.24
102	Michigan St. (1-3)	-45.91	0	45.91
103	Fla. Atlantic (0-3)	-48.4	0	48.4
104	Florida Intl (0-3)	-49.15	0	49.15
105	Purdue (1-3)	-49.33	0	49.33
106	Akron (1-3)	-49.79	0	49.79
107	Washington St. (1-3)	-49.88	0	49.88
108	Maryland (1-3)	-50.34	0	50.34
109	E. Michigan (0-3)	-52.27	0	52.27
110	Virginia (0-3)	-52.65	0	52.65
111	New Mexico St. (2-2)	-53.17	0	53.17
112	Memphis (1-3)	-55.22	0	55.22
113	Rice (0-4)	-56.53	0	56.53
114	North Texas (1-3)	-56.78	0	56.78
115	UAB (1-3)	-60.82	0	60.82
116	San Diego St. (1-3)	-61.61	0	61.61
117	Buffalo (1-3)	-62.72	0	62.72
118	W. Ky (0-4)	-68.29	0	68.29
119	Miami (Ohio) (0-4)	-75.73	0	75.73
120	New Mexico (0-4)	-81.02	0	75.73

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.