Clubs will again play 19
games against division opponents (76 total games) and either six or seven contests vs. nondivisional league opponents in home and home series (66 total games).
Records reflect only
games against Division I competition, per Selection Committee guidelines.
For now, they're in control of their own destiny with four of their final five
games against division opponents.
Note: Quality win data (the ratio in parentheses, see Jan. 26 post for more info) and RPI information are courtesy WarrenNolan.com and accurate as of the morning of Feb. 16, 2018 and only reflect
games against Division I opponents.
In a big
game against a division rival for control of the division, Mack found a way to come up huge in the fourth quarter.
Alcorn State, which lost in the SWAC tournament title game last season, has not won a non-league
game against a Division I school in five years.
If you can't give Poe the chance to be the heaviest man since JaMarcus Russell to throw a touchdown pass and the first defensive lineman with a sack, a rushing touchdown, and a passing touchdown in the same season with a big lead at the end of
a game against a division rival, when the hell can you run that play?
In addition, DeShaun Watson's bounce back
game against division rival Florida State improved his Heisman Odds.
The Reds are underdogs tonight in a high total
game against a division rival.
Not exact matches
The Lightning extended their lead atop the Eastern Conference and Atlantic
Division to six points over idle Boston, which has played two fewer
games and is 2 - 0
against Tampa Bay this season.
If we drop a
division game besides the (probably meaningless) finale
against Washington, I would expect it to be that 2nd Dallas
game.
With Florida flopping in its opener
against Michigan and Tennessee barely squeaking past Georgia Tech in double overtime despite getting gashed for 655 yards last week, the Bulldogs could well take the
division and give the Crimson Tide a
game in the conference title bout.
Given another chance to shine as a junior, Tomlinson led the nation in rushing with 1,850 yards in 11
games, including a
Division I - A record 406 yards
against Texas — El Paso.
Now, if Team Harris drops their final
game against Team Shamberg, then they can drop down to # 4 IF Team Zimmerman wins AND wins the tiebreaker (explained below) with Team Lalez for the South
Division crown.
There would never be a better time for Jones to have another big
game than on Sunday
against the suddenly resurgent Raiders, a hated
division rival, to try to get himself and his team back on track..
They've stormed their way into a fast October start, though, taking the first two
games of the National League
Division Series
against the Arizona Diamondbacks, following an 8 - 5 win in
Game 2.
The
game will be broadcast on NBA TV and will pit the top teams in the Southeast and Southwest
divisions from last season
against one another.
However, if they play
against Texas anything like they did the last time the two met, when the Rangers swept a four -
game series that sent Houston toppling from atop the
division, they can make sure their season is effectively over before all 162 are played.
Most important, top striker Eric Wynalda, who had undergone knee surgery in April, proved that he had recovered his speed in a 4 - 0 practice -
game victory held behind closed doors on June 9
against a French second -
division team from Gueugnon.
Having already beaten the Saints once this year and sporting a perfect 4 - 0
division record, they would have had their fate in their own hands with the last two
games of the season
division contests
against those very same Saints and the Panthers.
Opposing quarterbacks threw for over 235 yards - per -
game against the Raiders last season — and with Peyton Manning and Phillip Rivers in the
division, the Raiders need to improve in the secondary.
Seattle will head down to Santa Clara on Thursday for another enormous
game against the Niners, looking keep gaining ground in the
division.
The Cowboys are now set to face off
against the
division rival Eagles twice in the next three weeks and the outcomes of those
games will obviously have a huge impact on seeding in the NFC playoffs.
Well that's fair, but put us
against a big market or something, maybe a
division game.
The Stars fell to 3 -8-1 away from home and have just one win in seven road
games against fellow Central
Division teams.
In 1998 Martinez was physically unable to pitch on short rest in a win - or - go - home
Division Series
game against Cleveland.
Debuchy is not what we need, he is at best useful for EFL cup
games against lesser
division teams and Europa league groupstage
games, not in d Knockout round where we might face Dortmund, ATM, Celtic etc.....
3 3 -
game home - and - home series
against each team in own
Division (3 * 3 * 2 * 3 = 54 games) 1 3 - game home - and - home series against each team in own League (1 * 3 * 2 * 12 = 72 games) 1 3 - game home - and - home series against each team in one division of other League (1 * 3 * 2 * 4 = 24 games) Total = 1
Division (3 * 3 * 2 * 3 = 54
games) 1 3 -
game home - and - home series
against each team in own League (1 * 3 * 2 * 12 = 72
games) 1 3 -
game home - and - home series
against each team in one
division of other League (1 * 3 * 2 * 4 = 24 games) Total = 1
division of other League (1 * 3 * 2 * 4 = 24
games) Total = 150
games
3 3 -
game home - and - home series
against each team in own
Division (3 * 3 * 2 * 3 = 54
games) 1 3 -
game home - and - home series
against each team in own League (1 * 3 * 2 * 12 = 72
games) 1 3 -
game home - and - home series
against each team in other League (1 * 3 * 2 * 4 = 24
games) Total = 150
games
The Bells» challenging early season schedule
against top NorCal competition included a road
game at State
Division II - AA qualifier, Del Oro - Loomis, in addition to the West Catholic Athletic League gauntlet.
The Baltimore Orioles, who were supposed to struggle
against division foes like the defending World Series champion Boston Red Sox and the re-vamped New York Yankees, are currently leading the AL East by 4
games.
He pitched in four of the five
games in the National League
Division Series
against the Los Angeles Dodgers, and pitched 4 1/3 scoreless innings with five strikeouts and one save.
More importantly for the Thunder, however, is that they've won big
games against playoff - caliber opponents, and they'll face another one Sunday night in their Northwest
Division rival, the Denver Nuggets.
One of the biggest surprises of the week came when Oklahoma Christian, an NAIA school playing a rare
game against an NCAA
Division I team, came through with a 90 - 76 triumph at Memphis State.
Most remarkably, Stourbridge — from Tier 7, remember, the Northern Premier League — scored the only goal of the
game against League One Northampton Town, overcoming a gap of four
divisions and booking their place in...
The Seahawks also have to deal with another elite team in their
division in the Cardinals, as well as several tough non-
division games against the Panthers, Patriots, and Packers.
3 out of 5 are
division games and the other 2 are
against good teams late in the season... the only advantage is that 4 out of the 5 are in Seattle.
All four teams in a
division will play 14
games against the same opponents.
His job is currently under pressure after a poor start to the season, and he will be hoping that the
game against the lower
division side can be used to regain some confidence.
«We had good spots in the
game but
against a team that's not in the playoffs and (if) we want to stay atop our
division and the league we need the same effort we had
against Toronto (on Monday) with the emotion and desperation and it just wasn't there tonight.»
Buffalo is 4 -0-1 in its last five
games against Atlantic
Division foes.
Their real test is a second half loaded with
division games; two
against the Sehawks and two
against the Rams before finishing the season on the road
against the 49ers.
LOS ANGELES — What a difference two weeks made for Yasiel Puig, who has helped energize the Los Angeles Dodgers in the first two
games of their National League
Division Series
against the Arizona Diamondbacks.
In the team's final series
against Benicia for the SJS
Division III title, Bates went 6 - for - 7 with two doubles and helped turn a double play that ended the deciding
game.
AC Milan have lost three of their last four
games against Napoli at the San Siro, and the visitors have the strongest away record in the
division.
The Canes couldn't clinch the ACC Coastal on Saturday, but with
games against Pitt and UVA remaining, Miami looks in outstanding shape to represent the
division on Championship Saturday in the ACC Championship.
Seattle was scheduled to play 39 of its final 48
games against wild - card contenders or
division leaders, «so it's in our hands,» Piniella says.
But instead, the Royals have continued to press on and are in the thick of the AL Central race, coming off eight wins in their last nine
games, all
against division rivals.
>> It's hard to argue
against competitive - equity
divisions when so many of the
games come down to the wire.
Hold a less formal preseason
game against a lower -
division team?