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 9 Biggest wins this season
#	Team	Rating	Win Points	Loss Points
1	Texas (8-0)	62	62	0
2	Alabama (8-0)	53.35	53.35	0
3	Florida (8-0)	49.78	49.77	0
4	Iowa (9-0)	42.8	42.8	0
5	Oregon (7-1)	34.38	45.27	10.89
6	Georgia Tech (8-1)	27.23	40.25	13.02
7	TCU (8-0)	24.52	24.52	0
8	Cincinnati (8-0)	23.18	23.18	0
9	Miami (6-2)	19.8	46.5	26.71
10	LSU (7-1)	19.01	24.02	5.01
11	Boise St. (8-0)	14.68	14.67	0
12	Houston (7-1)	10.46	33.06	22.6
13	Southern Cal (6-2)	7.63	37.36	29.73
14	Oklahoma St. (6-2)	5.46	27.69	22.23
15	Penn St. (8-1)	0.01	14.71	14.71
16		0	0	0
17	BYU (6-2)	-0.42	27.64	28.07
18	South Florida (6-2)	-5.89	21.95	27.84
19	South Carolina (6-3)	-6.58	22.57	29.15
20	Notre Dame (6-2)	-8.6	12.51	21.1
21	Oklahoma (5-3)	-9.75	19.24	28.99
22	Texas Tech (6-3)	-11.3	27.73	39.03
23	Pittsburgh (7-1)	-12.25	3.73	15.98
24	Auburn (6-3)	-14.16	28.99	43.15
25	California (6-2)	-14.5	9.65	24.15
26	Wisconsin (6-2)	-14.58	10.32	24.9
27	Virginia Tech (5-3)	-14.66	23.15	37.8
28	Utah (7-1)	-14.75	0	14.75
29	Missouri (5-3)	-15.01	13.84	28.85
30	Cent. Michigan (7-2)	-16.35	9.86	26.21
31	Ohio St. (7-2)	-17.18	7.88	25.06
32	Troy (6-2)	-17.92	0	17.92
33	Arizona (5-2)	-19.06	12.44	31.5
34	Arkansas (4-4)	-20.75	15.21	35.95
35	Georgia (4-4)	-21.36	17.42	38.78
36	Oregon St. (5-3)	-21.52	15.34	36.86
37	Rutgers (6-2)	-23.18	6.11	29.29
38	Tennessee (4-4)	-23.61	16.47	40.09
39	Mississippi (5-3)	-24.84	11.03	35.87
40	Clemson (5-3)	-25.46	20.8	46.26
41	Boston College (6-3)	-26.81	11.48	38.29
42	West Virginia (6-2)	-27.24	2.65	29.88
43	Kentucky (4-4)	-29.47	13.61	43.08
44	Nebraska (5-3)	-31.82	11.91	43.74
45	Texas A&M (5-3)	-32.49	17.03	49.51
46	Temple (6-2)	-34.26	0.31	34.57
47	North Carolina (5-3)	-34.74	17.82	52.56
48	Kansas (5-3)	-36.21	2.23	38.44
49	Idaho (7-2)	-36.4	0	36.39
50	Fresno St. (5-3)	-39.76	0	39.76
51	Navy (6-3)	-41.22	2.81	44.03
52	Florida St. (4-4)	-41.47	19.88	61.35
53	Duke (5-3)	-41.47	7.72	49.19
54	Washington (3-5)	-41.67	24.08	65.75
55	Nevada (5-3)	-41.86	0	41.86
56	Stanford (5-3)	-42.76	4.01	46.77
57	Minnesota (5-4)	-43.35	5.08	48.42
58	Michigan (5-4)	-44.61	14.17	58.78
59	Iowa St. (5-4)	-45.57	18.53	64.1
60	UCF (5-3)	-47.65	0	47.65
61	Middle Tenn. St. (5-3)	-51.35	0	51.35
62	La.-Monroe (4-4)	-51.37	0	51.37
63	East Carolina (5-3)	-52.87	0	52.87
64	Connecticut (4-4)	-54.21	8.18	62.39
65	Kansas St. (5-4)	-54.87	0.76	55.63
66	Mississippi St (4-5)	-56.33	8.56	64.89
67	Ohio (6-3)	-56.83	0	56.83
68	Arizona St. (4-4)	-56.9	0	56.9
69	Wyoming (4-4)	-59.63	0	59.63
70	Baylor (3-5)	-60.58	6.58	67.16
71	UCLA (3-5)	-61.42	9.77	71.19
72	Tulsa (4-4)	-61.93	0	61.93
73	N. Illinois (5-3)	-62.29	2.89	65.18
74	Northwestern (5-4)	-62.78	2.5	65.28
75	Air Force (5-4)	-62.96	0	62.96
76	Marshall (5-4)	-64.78	0	64.78
77	SMU (4-4)	-67.77	4.22	71.99
78	Southern Miss. (5-4)	-68.55	0	68.55
79	Michigan St. (4-5)	-71.13	7.3	78.43
80	Wake Forest (4-5)	-72.27	2.5	74.76
81	La.-Lafayette (4-4)	-72.55	0	72.55
82	Syracuse (3-5)	-73.24	0	73.24
83	Indiana (4-5)	-74.33	0	74.33
84	Louisville (3-5)	-75.54	0	75.54
85	San Diego St. (4-4)	-75.78	0	75.78
86	Kent St. (5-4)	-77.11	0	77.11
87	N.C. State (3-5)	-80.41	5.66	86.07
88	UTEP (3-5)	-80.64	8.71	89.34
89	Virginia (3-5)	-81.21	6.4	87.61
90	Illinois (2-6)	-82.48	4.29	86.77
91	Bowling Green (3-5)	-83.13	4.22	87.35
92	Colorado (2-6)	-83.96	8.71	92.66
93	Purdue (3-6)	-86.34	15.38	101.72
94	Arkansas St. (2-5)	-86.37	0	86.37
95	Louisiana Tech (3-5)	-89.47	0	89.46
96	UAB (3-5)	-90.54	2.36	92.9
97	San Jose St. (1-6)	-91.15	0	91.14
98	UNLV (3-6)	-93.38	0	93.38
99	W. Michigan (4-5)	-94.45	0	94.45
100	Maryland (2-6)	-94.63	8.79	103.42
101	Fla. Atlantic (2-5)	-97.68	0	97.68
102	Tulane (2-6)	-101.1	0	101.1
103	Toledo (4-5)	-102	0	102
104	Buffalo (3-5)	-104.17	0	104.17
105	Utah St. (2-6)	-104.81	0	104.81
106	Washington St. (1-7)	-105.19	0	105.19
107	Colorado St. (3-6)	-106.55	3.76	110.31
108	Hawaii (2-6)	-108.48	0	108.48
109	Army (3-5)	-108.52	0	108.52
110	Vanderbilt (2-7)	-110.62	0	110.62
111	Florida Intl (2-6)	-112.99	0	112.99
112	Memphis (2-6)	-114.34	0	114.34
113	North Texas (2-6)	-126.26	0	126.26
114	New Mexico St. (3-6)	-126.38	0	126.38
115	Rice (0-8)	-133.71	0	133.71
116	Akron (1-7)	-138.58	0	138.58
117	Miami (Ohio) (1-8)	-151.01	0	151.01
118	E. Michigan (0-8)	-158.07	0	158.07
119	New Mexico (0-8)	-165.51	0	165.51
120	W. Ky (0-8)	-171.13	0	165.51

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.