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Covariance Rankings After Ten Weeks

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Okay, so another week passed with me failing to produce an all-encompassing excel file with all the advanced goodies in it. Will try again next week. In the meantime, here's a Covariance update. As a reminder, Covariance is your look at which teams play their best against good teams and which play best against poor ones. At the top are the "best against worst" teams; at the bottom, the "best against best" teams. Plenty of good (and bad) teams at both ends of the list.

(And yes, my Tigers have picked a poor time to be a "best against worst" team, considering they have barely played any "worst" teams.)

F/+ Rk Team Covariance Rk Covariance
(2 Wks Ago)
Rk Chg
54 SMU 524.9 1 579.7 1 0
35 Missouri 438.8 2 483.4 3 1
42 Florida 370.9 3 376.6 4 1
104 Army 358.1 4 134.2 37 33
20 Texas 344.9 5 189.9 23 18
93 Kentucky 332.7 6 341.9 6 0
17 Michigan 302.6 7 295.9 7 0
34 Temple 290.9 8 287.5 10 2
79 Purdue 287.6 9 269.4 13 4
43 Kansas State 279.9 10 172.4 30 20
26 Ohio State 278.4 11 492.2 2 -9
55 California 260.9 12 367.0 5 -7
16 Michigan State 254.1 13 290.7 9 -4
29 Illinois 247.9 14 279.6 11 -3
96 Ball State 246.9 15 276.1 12 -3
10 Florida State 236.4 16 291.9 8 -8
37 South Florida 228.0 17 251.3 14 -3
11 Georgia 218.8 18 226.1 15 -3
33 TCU 187.1 19 218.2 16 -3
102 Eastern Michigan 184.4 20 175.4 28 8
110 Kansas 180.9 21 94.4 48 27
112 Colorado 177.4 22 194.3 22 0
72 Nevada 177.0 23 140.8 36 13
40 Baylor 171.9 24 29.1 65 41
12 Penn State 171.2 25 91.5 49 24

Full list after the jump.

F/+ Rk Team Covariance Rk Covariance
(2 Wks Ago)
Rk Chg
89 UL-Monroe 164.5 26 157.3 32 6
70 San Diego State 163.3 27 125.1 38 11
15 Georgia Tech 154.9 28 210.2 18 -10
76 Duke 151.4 29 123.3 42 13
39 Tennessee 151.0 30 34.5 63 33
24 South Carolina 150.8 31 211.1 17 -14
81 Bowling Green 150.5 32 149.6 35 3
119 Memphis 149.7 33 149.9 34 1
48 Mississippi State 146.8 34 200.4 19 -15
115 Akron 144.6 35 178.9 27 -8
9 Notre Dame 144.6 36 77.1 57 21
100 Kent State 143.5 37 84.8 54 17
74 Connecticut 138.7 38 158.3 31 -7
13 Virginia Tech 133.6 39 124.9 40 1
84 Miami-OH 130.9 40 -148.6 109 69
120 New Mexico 124.8 41 173.1 29 -12
52 Utah State 119.3 42 181.4 24 -18
1 LSU 116.4 43 197.3 21 -22
65 Western Michigan 113.5 44 125.0 39 -5
53 Wake Forest 107.7 45 199.8 20 -25
103 Central Michigan 105.5 46 179.0 26 -20
116 Florida Atlantic 104.8 47 152.5 33 -14
62 Arkansas State 97.2 48 180.1 25 -23
2 Alabama 95.9 49 -93.5 98 49
44 Rutgers 90.6 50 112.0 45 -5
67 Central Florida 87.7 51 113.1 44 -7
8 Stanford 83.6 52 56.3 59 7
99 Washington State 82.1 53 105.1 46 -7
30 Houston 80.7 54 123.8 41 -13
94 San Jose State 76.1 55 90.8 51 -4
63 Arizona 75.4 56 91.2 50 -6
109 Middle Tennessee 73.8 57 -34.5 83 26
58 Vanderbilt 72.0 58 51.0 60 2
91 East Carolina 59.4 59 98.4 47 -12
101 Idaho 58.7 60 90.1 52 -8
14 Texas A&M 57.8 61 -56.5 88 27
97 Wyoming 54.6 62 87.5 53 -9
87 UL-Lafayette 49.6 63 20.7 69 6
32 North Carolina 46.4 64 76.9 58 -6
41 Virginia 39.1 65 2.5 74 9
95 Rice 38.0 66 26.8 67 1
98 Buffalo 36.7 67 114.2 43 -24
75 Navy 22.2 68 -167.3 112 44
71 Florida International 18.0 69 46.0 61 -8
61 BYU 13.7 70 40.0 62 -8
28 Cincinnati 11.6 71 20.0 70 -1
22 Southern Miss 9.6 72 -5.4 75 3
80 Fresno State 8.4 73 28.4 66 -7
78 UTEP 4.3 74 -6.2 76 2
25 Toledo 1.5 75 -65.1 92 17
59 Utah 1.0 76 18.6 71 -5
114 Tulane 0.8 77 -79.5 94 17
47 Tulsa -15.7 78 31.4 64 -14
113 North Texas -18.0 79 -31.7 82 3
7 Oregon -19.0 80 12.0 72 -8
69 UCLA -21.5 81 -17.3 80 -1
105 New Mexico State -32.2 82 -75.6 93 11
4 Oklahoma State -44.2 83 -15.6 79 -4
5 Oklahoma -46.1 84 81.1 55 -29
66 Hawaii -48.2 85 -31.6 81 -4
85 Oregon State -50.7 86 -8.4 77 -9
6 Wisconsin -57.1 87 -191.4 115 28
60 Northern Illinois -58.4 88 25.0 68 -20
51 Washington -58.7 89 -163.8 110 21
92 Ole Miss -60.5 90 -61.1 91 1
108 Troy -63.0 91 -135.8 105 14
83 Boston College -64.0 92 -106.7 101 9
57 Auburn -68.0 93 -49.4 87 -6
82 Marshall -68.9 94 -107.1 102 8
111 Colorado State -72.8 95 -57.2 89 -6
90 Western Kentucky -81.7 96 -35.5 84 -12
107 Minnesota -82.6 97 78.4 56 -41
88 Air Force -84.6 98 -112.0 103 5
45 Louisiana Tech -86.7 99 -79.9 95 -4
117 UAB -99.8 100 -57.5 90 -10
64 Syracuse -102.5 101 -140.7 108 7
23 Arizona State -104.1 102 -88.5 97 -5
27 Arkansas -117.8 103 -112.6 104 1
50 Louisville -127.2 104 -184.7 114 10
38 West Virginia -128.8 105 -87.9 96 -9
56 Ohio -133.8 106 -48.5 86 -20
3 Boise State -134.6 107 11.6 73 -34
46 Pittsburgh -136.9 108 -165.9 111 3
106 Indiana -144.1 109 -136.0 106 -3
68 NC State -150.7 110 -180.6 113 3
86 Iowa State -157.7 111 -138.3 107 -4
73 Texas Tech -160.2 112 -210.8 116 4
36 Iowa -163.4 113 -12.0 78 -35
21 Nebraska -165.9 114 -42.8 85 -29
18 USC -187.3 115 -104.3 100 -15
77 Maryland -197.5 116 -95.9 99 -17
49 Northwestern -256.5 117 -369.0 120 3
31 Miami-FL -268.6 118 -291.5 118 0
19 Clemson -292.9 119 -301.2 119 0
118 UNLV -331.4 120 -290.8 117 -3