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We all know there's not much of a sample size to be had at this point.  Schedule strength is different.  One team has had the same QB for the most part, insofar as I'm aware (only having watched our B1G home field favorites* against Notre Dame this season).

 

I'm going to share the percentiles with more of a focus this time around since it seemed like some found the last post to be a bit much.  I'll just respond with the additional data so no one post, with the Nebraska-focused stuff, is quite so gigantic.  I suppose I'll run the risk of someone claiming I'm just trying to pad my post count now but here it go...

 

passing defense

completions per game: 1 to 12 (after 1 and now 2 games, respectively, for the good guys) with the skunkbears posting 73 (after having played three, I believe)

percentage:                  15 to 13, 78

yards per attempt:        47 to 62, 88

touchdowns per game: 6 to 49, 57

passer rating:                26 to 42, 81

yards per game:            4 to 44, 85

 

passing offense:

completions per game: 47 to 47, 34

percentage:                  71 to 83, 91

yards per attempt:        58 to 42, 72

touchdowns per game: 20 to 34, 67

passer rating:                45 to 44, 85

yards per game:            47 to 31, 33

 

rushing defense

yards per carry:             97 to 87, 79

touchdowns per game:  64 to 48, 82

yards per game:            94 to 85, 72

 

rushing offense

yards per carry:              85 to 65, 68

touchdowns per game:  82 to 31, 50

yards per game:             97 to 87, 51

 

scoring defense

touchdowns per game:  26 to 40, 80

points per game:            20 to 36, 82

 

scoring offense

touchdowns per game:  44 to 22, 69

points per game:            34 to 19, 65

 

total defense

yards per play:               71 to 77, 91

yards per game:             40 to 73, 88

plays per game:              3 to 47, 51

 

total offense

yards per play:               73 to 46, 71

yards per game:             91 to 66, 36

plays per game:             95 to 86, 5 (so meatchicken apparently has gone three and out a lot?)

 

turnover margin

fumbles gained per game:           12 to 35, 9 (so there's one good bit of news here, at least)

interceptions gained per game:   8 to 25, 56

turnovers gained per game:        4 to 22, 22

fumbles lost per game:                1 to 3, 77

interceptions lost per game:        34 to 9, 59

turnovers lost per game:              3 to 1, 74

turnover margin per game:          1 to 2, 44

 

* - If all you know is that it's BS the Corn have to travel to a whore named Ann Arbor for a third time before getting a second game in Lincoln, you might be interested to know that these guys in the winged helmets (originally worn at Princeton) went decades at a time hosting the likes of Indiana and Michigan State.  Given there is such a thing as home field advantage, it puts certain claims on the record books into perspective.  Let's remember, too, that people first think of prison when they hear the name of the stadium Tommy Armstrong won in as a true freshman...

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Here's a post for best stats overall (with average z-scores for all those stats listed above next to the team names below)...

 

Rk       TEAM                             Avg. Z-Score (all categories)

1 Mississippi State 1.17
2 Alabama 1.05
3 UCF 0.94
4 Georgia 0.94
5 Ohio State 0.93
6 Memphis 0.91
7 Boston College 0.84
8 Virginia Tech 0.83
9 Oklahoma State 0.82
10 Washington State 0.82
11 West Virginia 0.77
12 Clemson 0.74
13 North Texas 0.72
14 Cincinnati 0.72
15 Miami (Florida) 0.69
16 Oregon 0.69
17 Texas A&M 0.68
18 Utah State 0.68
19 Fresno State 0.64
20 Penn State 0.64
21 Boise State 0.58
22 Indiana 0.55
23 Oklahoma 0.55
24 Wisconsin 0.55
25 Texas Tech 0.54
26 Iowa State 0.53
27 Louisiana Tech 0.52
28 Missouri 0.50
29 Kent State 0.48
30 Syracuse 0.48
31 Colorado 0.47
32 Tennessee 0.44
33 TCU 0.44
34 Auburn 0.44
35 Michigan 0.42
36 Minnesota 0.39
37 Southern Mississippi 0.36
38 Illinois 0.31
39 Buffalo 0.31
40 Florida 0.30
41 Toledo 0.30
42 North Carolina State 0.29
43 UAB 0.28
44 Virginia 0.28
45 Vanderbilt 0.27
46 Stanford 0.26
47 Washington 0.26
48 Arizona State 0.24
49 Appalachian State 0.23
50 Utah 0.23
51 Air Force 0.22
52 UNLV 0.22
53 Georgia Tech 0.20
54 South Florida 0.19
55 California 0.19
56 Akron 0.18
57 Marshall 0.17
58 LSU 0.14
59 Baylor 0.12
60 Duke 0.07
61 Kentucky 0.03
62 East Carolina 0.03
63 Houston 0.02
64 South Carolina 0.01
65 Florida International 0.01
66 Navy 0.01
67 Army 0.00
68 Maryland 0.00
69 Notre Dame -0.01
70 Georgia Southern -0.03
71 Troy -0.04
72 Texas -0.05
73 Coastal Carolina -0.08
74 Wake Forest -0.09
75 Michigan State -0.09
76 Eastern Michigan -0.10
77 Nebraska -0.11
78 Western Michigan -0.12
79 Ball State -0.12
80 Hawai'i -0.17
81 Idaho -0.17
82 San Diego State -0.19
83 Arkansas -0.19
84 Northwestern -0.20
85 Purdue -0.23
86 Nevada -0.23
87 Tulane -0.23
88 Arkansas State -0.26
89 Charlotte -0.27
90 New Mexico -0.28
91 BYU -0.29
92 Pittsburgh -0.29
93 Temple -0.30
94 Arizona -0.33
95 Tulsa -0.33
96 USC -0.36
97 Mississippi -0.37
98 Western Kentucky -0.40
99 Florida Atlantic -0.42
100 Kansas -0.43
101 Wyoming -0.43
102 Louisiana-Lafayette -0.43
103 Texas State -0.45
104 Oregon State -0.47
105 Kansas State -0.49
106 Louisiana-Monroe -0.51
107 Louisville -0.54
108 Northern Illinois -0.57
109 Ohio -0.58
110 Iowa -0.58
111 Florida State -0.59
112 Rice -0.63
113 Massachusetts -0.64
114 Miami (Ohio) -0.67
115 North Carolina -0.69
116 Middle Tennessee -0.72
117 Central Michigan -0.74
118 South Alabama -0.74
119 UCLA -0.76
120 Colorado State -0.82
121 Old Dominion -0.86
122 Bowling Green -0.93
123 San Jose State -0.99
124 SMU -1.03
125 Georgia State -1.04
126 Rutgers -1.13
127 New Mexico State -1.16
128 UTEP -1.20
129 UTSA -1.22
130 Connecticut -1.40

 

 

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Here's a post ranking teams per only the defensive z-scores...

 

RK        TEAM                             Avg. Z-Score (only "D" categories)

1 Indiana 1.45
2 Utah 1.35
3 Cincinnati 1.28
4 Mississippi State 1.27
5 Washington State 1.20
6 Minnesota 1.17
7 Stanford 1.05
8 Georgia 1.05
9 Miami (Florida) 1.02
10 Alabama 1.01
11 Virginia Tech 0.96
12 Clemson 0.95
13 Wisconsin 0.84
14 Southern Mississippi 0.83
15 Auburn 0.82
16 Tennessee 0.82
17 Michigan 0.82
18 Fresno State 0.78
19 LSU 0.77
20 Washington 0.76
21 Kent State 0.75
22 Iowa State 0.75
23 Vanderbilt 0.72
24 North Texas 0.70
25 Air Force 0.69
26 Oregon 0.66
27 Oklahoma State 0.66
28 Memphis 0.66
29 West Virginia 0.63
30 California 0.61
31 TCU 0.59
32 Utah State 0.58
33 UCF 0.58
34 Florida 0.55
35 Texas A&M 0.54
36 North Carolina State 0.53
37 Arizona State 0.52
38 Notre Dame 0.47
39 Penn State 0.45
40 Illinois 0.44
41 Marshall 0.44
42 Virginia 0.40
43 Louisiana Tech 0.37
44 Akron 0.37
45 UAB 0.34
46 East Carolina 0.34
47 San Diego State 0.33
48 Colorado 0.30
49 Ohio State 0.28
50 Northern Illinois 0.27
51 Duke 0.27
52 Appalachian State 0.24
53 Georgia Tech 0.22
54 Syracuse 0.22
55 Georgia Southern 0.22
56 Michigan State 0.21
57 Missouri 0.21
58 Boise State 0.20
59 Boston College 0.18
60 Maryland 0.17
61 Temple 0.17
62 Buffalo 0.14
63 Texas 0.12
64 Nebraska 0.11
65 Charlotte 0.08
66 Oklahoma 0.07
67 Miami (Ohio) 0.07
68 USC 0.04
69 Western Kentucky 0.02
70 UNLV 0.01
71 BYU 0.00
72 Kansas -0.01
73 Wyoming -0.01
74 Troy -0.02
75 Toledo -0.03
76 Iowa -0.05
77 Pittsburgh -0.05
78 Ball State -0.07
79 Army -0.08
80 Louisville -0.09
81 Baylor -0.10
82 Kentucky -0.12
83 South Florida -0.13
84 Northwestern -0.14
85 South Carolina -0.16
86 Arkansas -0.16
87 Tulsa -0.19
88 Florida State -0.21
89 Central Michigan -0.21
90 Florida International -0.28
91 Tulane -0.31
92 North Carolina -0.32
93 Texas State -0.32
94 Idaho -0.34
95 Wake Forest -0.43
96 Eastern Michigan -0.47
97 Western Michigan -0.47
98 Texas Tech -0.51
99 Nevada -0.54
100 Arkansas State -0.56
101 Purdue -0.57
102 Coastal Carolina -0.61
103 UCLA -0.67
104 Navy -0.67
105 Louisiana-Monroe -0.69
106 Kansas State -0.83
107 Rutgers -0.83
108 Arizona -0.86
109 New Mexico State -0.88
110 New Mexico -0.88
111 Middle Tennessee -0.92
112 South Alabama -0.93
113 Hawai'i -0.96
114 UTEP -0.97
115 Old Dominion -0.97
116 Louisiana-Lafayette -0.98
117 SMU -1.01
118 San Jose State -1.05
119 Houston -1.16
120 Florida Atlantic -1.16
121 UTSA -1.17
122 Rice -1.18
123 Massachusetts -1.19
124 Colorado State -1.23
125 Mississippi -1.35
126 Ohio -1.43
127 Georgia State -1.45
128 Bowling Green -1.47
129 Oregon State -1.50
130 Connecticut -2.75

 

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Finally, here's the offensive pecking order...

 

RK          TEAM                            Avg. Z-Score (only "O" categories)

1 Ohio State 1.59
2 Texas Tech 1.59
3 Memphis 1.53
4 Boston College 1.51
5 UCF 1.36
6 Mississippi State 1.32
7 Alabama 1.28
8 Oklahoma State 1.26
9 West Virginia 1.18
10 Oklahoma 1.18
11 Houston 1.11
12 Texas A&M 1.11
13 Boise State 0.99
14 Penn State 0.96
15 Georgia 0.94
16 Oregon 0.91
17 Missouri 0.88
18 Utah State 0.84
19 Louisiana Tech 0.75
20 Syracuse 0.69
21 Colorado 0.63
22 Clemson 0.63
23 Oregon State 0.62
24 Washington State 0.61
25 Toledo 0.57
26 North Texas 0.56
27 Hawai'i 0.56
28 Miami (Florida) 0.51
29 Kent State 0.50
30 Virginia Tech 0.50
31 Baylor 0.49
32 Mississippi 0.49
33 Coastal Carolina 0.48
34 TCU 0.46
35 Wake Forest 0.44
36 South Florida 0.44
37 Florida International 0.42
38 Georgia Tech 0.42
39 UNLV 0.41
40 Wisconsin 0.37
41 Appalachian State 0.37
42 Navy 0.37
43 Kentucky 0.36
44 Fresno State 0.32
45 UAB 0.31
46 Cincinnati 0.30
47 Purdue 0.28
48 Buffalo 0.28
49 Florida Atlantic 0.27
50 Virginia 0.25
51 Arizona 0.23
52 New Mexico 0.22
53 Western Michigan 0.21
54 Auburn 0.19
55 South Carolina 0.18
56 Illinois 0.18
57 Eastern Michigan 0.15
58 North Carolina State 0.15
59 Michigan 0.14
60 Southern Mississippi 0.10
61 Louisiana-Lafayette 0.09
62 Tennessee 0.09
63 Nevada 0.04
64 Arkansas State 0.04
65 Army 0.01
66 Nebraska -0.02
67 East Carolina -0.05
68 Akron -0.07
69 Marshall -0.08
70 Florida -0.10
71 Texas -0.10
72 Washington -0.11
73 Iowa State -0.11
74 Vanderbilt -0.11
75 Connecticut -0.13
76 Troy -0.13
77 Massachusetts -0.14
78 Arizona State -0.16
79 Air Force -0.16
80 Ohio -0.20
81 Ball State -0.22
82 Rice -0.24
83 Kansas State -0.24
84 California -0.24
85 Arkansas -0.24
86 Northwestern -0.24
87 Maryland -0.25
88 Idaho -0.26
89 Tulane -0.27
90 Indiana -0.30
91 Tulsa -0.33
92 Duke -0.33
93 Minnesota -0.37
94 Michigan State -0.40
95 Louisiana-Monroe -0.43
96 Georgia Southern -0.49
97 Utah -0.50
98 Middle Tennessee -0.52
99 Colorado State -0.55
100 Pittsburgh -0.58
101 San Diego State -0.58
102 Notre Dame -0.63
103 Stanford -0.63
104 Kansas -0.69
105 Bowling Green -0.70
106 Texas State -0.70
107 Charlotte -0.71
108 Temple -0.72
109 BYU -0.73
110 USC -0.73
111 South Alabama -0.74
112 LSU -0.77
113 Western Kentucky -0.85
114 Old Dominion -0.90
115 Georgia State -0.92
116 North Carolina -0.93
117 Louisville -0.96
118 UCLA -0.97
119 Florida State -0.99
120 Wyoming -1.06
121 San Jose State -1.14
122 Iowa -1.18
123 Rutgers -1.24
124 Central Michigan -1.27
125 SMU -1.29
126 UTSA -1.45
127 Miami (Ohio) -1.46
128 New Mexico State -1.49
129 Northern Illinois -1.52
130 UTEP -1.57

 

 

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1 hour ago, Cdog923 said:

Back in my day, it was sCUm. 

 

 

But good work. 

 

I'm sure we'd agree that still applies.  I'm not sure I hated Meecheegan in 1986 but I know I hated seeing Iowans wearing the maize and blue following our Fiesta Bowl (?) loss to them.  If it hadn't been for Steve Taylor lightening the mood at the end, I suppose it would be more clear cut.

 

Regardless, we need to learn to hate again.  I know I have enough to share where college football is concerned.

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