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Buffalo Opponents Review: BCS Final Edition

3-5 not bad in a BCS Conference!

Dave Reginek

The Good: Finished in the top 100 in 3 of 6 computer polls.

The Bad: Our schedule was rough: the SEC East Champion, both MAC CG participants.

The Ugly:
Against our 6 worse opponents: 4-2, outscoring opponents 32-27.
Against our 6 best opponents: 0-6, outscored 30-11.

Every year of the Quinn era we have played the MAC East and West Champions:

In 2010, we were 0-2 outscored by 43 (66-23) in those games.
In 2011, we were 1-1 tied in score, (68-68) in those games.
In 2012, we regressed, 0-2 outscored by 49 (83-34) in those games.

Anderson and Hester, Billingsly and Coley:
Average UB Rank 98
Average Opponent Rank: 64
Average Army Rank: 116 (+1)
Average Syracuse Rank: 55
Winnable games (teams +20 or - from UB's ranking): 4 (UConn, Miami, WMU, UMass)
Winnable games record: (3-1)

Team Rank
Buffalo 98
Georgia 11 (+5)
Morgan State n/a
Kent State 23 (+5)
Uconn 85 (+3)
Ohio 67
NIU 17 (-5)
Pitt 74 (-4)
Toledo 41 (+1)
Miami 94 (-1)
WMU 106 (+1)
Umass 124
BGSU 66

Massey, Sagarin & Wolfe:
UB Rank 115 (-5)
Average Opponent Rank: 88 (-3)
Stony Brook Ranking: 129 (+9)
Albany Ranking: 154 (+4)
Army Ranking: 140 (-3)
Syracuse Ranking: 52 (+2)
Winnable games (teams +20 or - from UB's ranking): 4 (Morgan St, Miami, WMU, UMass)
Winnable games record: (4-0)

Team Rank
Buffalo 115 (-5)
Georgia 10 (+4)
Morgan State 233 (-1)
Kent State 41 (+5)
UConn 93 (+4)
Ohio 81 (-5)
NIU 24 (-11)
Pitt 68 (-2)
Toledo 49 (-6)
Miami 110 (-9)
WMU 111 (-4)
Umass 171 (-4)
BGSU 68 (-4)