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The stats I track don't include those from games versus teams outside your conference, let alone your division, but Nebraska's place changes relative to what everyone else did all the same. See below for the matchup with those who would follow the urban liar... passing defense completions per game: 9th percentile (NU) to 57th percentile (those who think dotting an "i" is noteworthy) percentage: 54 to 91 yards per attempt: 42 to 53 touchdowns per game: 50 to 50 rating: 51 to 67 yards per game: 6 to 29 passing offense completions per game: 78 to 100 percentage: 81 to 97 yards per attempt: 61 to 77 touchdowns per game: 49 to 100 rating: 62 to 91 yards per game: 74 to 99 rushing defense yards per game: 29 to 71 touchdowns per game: 6 to 74 yards per carry: 19 to 47 rushing offense yards per game: 74 to 25 touchdowns per game: 74 to 12 yards per carry: 89 to 26 scoring defense touchdowns per game: 12 to 65 points per game: 8 to 69 scoring offense touchdowns per game: 61 to 84 points per game: 57 to 84 total defense yards per play: 21 to 42 yards per game: 8 to 53 plays per game: 13 to 69 rush yds per game: 29 to 71 pass yds per game: 6 to 29 total offense yards per play: 86 to 77 yards per game: 89 to 98 plays per game: 59 to 98 rush yds per game: 74 to 25 pass yds per game: 74 to 99 turnover margin fumbles gained per game: 12 to 64 interceptions gained per game: 45 to 45 turnovers gained per game: 20 to 55 fumbles lost per game: 36 to 87 interceptions lost per game: 55 to 55 turnovers lost per game: 44 to 81 turnover margin per game: 26 to 74

I'm not disagreeing but I feel that what he did last year, considering his youth and all that was (not?) going on around him, has to count for at least as much.

FIFY

Ah, thanks for clarifying. It's a little less odd, then. I know there was a PI I thought would be called against us had we been playing against a bigger team than Minnesota last weekend.

Maybe this was already covered but Sharp and Benning were talking about how the holding call against Minnesota last weekend marked the first time in 21 conference games for Nebraska that their opponent was called for holding. That's unreal and obviously extends beyond the Frost era.

Mackerel snappers unite! Things have changed a lot in this country over the past century. I mean, sure, there was recently a TV show on FOX called, "The Mick," but it's not like it was about some drunk. Was it? I didn't watch but FOX seems to be pretty sensitive when it comes to the perception of racism against the pale (if their news programming is any indicator).

It's not my cup of tea, as one of Irish Catholic descent (who tries not to be a plastic paddy), but it's in keeping with the history of Nebraska football.

I don't follow how the free minor league becoming a paid minor league will be bad for the sport. I think it's bad that a kid's test scores and grades can affect his ability to benefit from the best coaching available. I think it's bad that a team in the top division can't play for a championship even when they've gone undefeated over the course of the regular season. I don't even know how to sum up what a joke NCAA discipline is...

National Statistical Leaders (by averaging the averages for the appropriate categories) overall (all 9 categories) 1 Alabama 87.50 2 Clemson 84.76 3 Michigan 80.02 4 Cincinnati 75.76 5 UAB 74.13 6 UCF 73.87 7 Appalachian State 73.86 8 Buffalo 72.65 9 Fresno State 72.12 10 Troy 71.90 11 Miami (Ohio) 70.04 12 Georgia 69.39 13 Florida International 68.52 14 Western Michigan 67.80 15 Ohio State 67.10 16 Houston 66.00 17 Iowa 65.69 18 Purdue 65.14 19 LSU 65.11 20 Boise State 65.06 21 Miami (Florida) 65.00 22 Temple 64.86 23 Utah 64.64 24 Texas Tech 64.54 25 Florida 64.45 26 Oklahoma 64.13 27 Georgia Southern 64.06 28 Texas 63.84 29 Utah State 63.55 30 Wisconsin 62.58 31 Southern Mississippi 62.41 32 Ohio 61.98 33 Washington 61.81 34 Marshall 61.62 35 Kentucky 60.60 36 Maryland 60.46 37 Northern Illinois 60.09 38 Colorado 59.87 39 North Texas 59.54 40 Memphis 58.84 41 Penn State 58.79 42 Virginia Tech 58.66 43 Boston College 58.19 44 Iowa State 58.16 45 South Florida 57.81 46 West Virginia 56.89 47 Virginia 56.05 48 Washington State 55.77 49 Charlotte 54.78 50 Syracuse 54.68 51 California 53.93 52 Oregon 53.41 53 Eastern Michigan 53.41 54 New Mexico 52.59 55 Nevada 52.36 56 San Diego State 52.16 57 Texas A&M 52.09 58 Tulane 51.71 59 Pittsburgh 51.55 60 Stanford 51.34 61 Louisiana-Lafayette 50.94 62 Colorado State 50.78 63 Auburn 50.64 64 Louisiana Tech 50.16 65 Ball State 50.04 66 Arizona State 49.58 67 North Carolina State 49.20 68 Middle Tennessee 48.59 69 Northwestern 48.38 70 Georgia Tech 48.09 71 UCLA 48.08 72 Florida Atlantic 47.86 73 Mississippi State 47.26 74 Georgia State 47.22 75 Hawai'i 46.86 76 Arkansas State 46.57 77 Air Force 46.20 78 Kansas State 45.80 79 San Jose State 45.79 80 Baylor 45.72 81 Arizona 45.23 82 Navy 44.71 83 North Carolina 43.88 84 Louisiana-Monroe 43.81 85 Nebraska 43.73 86 UTEP 43.29 87 UTSA 43.11 88 Texas State 42.75 89 Michigan State 42.59 90 SMU 41.92 91 Toledo 41.72 92 Florida State 41.33 93 South Carolina 40.90 94 Indiana 40.86 95 Duke 39.92 96 USC 38.84 97 Oklahoma State 38.39 98 Tulsa 37.90 99 Western Kentucky 37.86 100 Coastal Carolina 37.53 101 Wyoming 36.13 102 Old Dominion 35.26 103 Kent State 34.72 104 Central Michigan 34.69 105 Bowling Green 34.41 106 TCU 33.15 107 Missouri 32.69 108 South Alabama 28.04 109 East Carolina 27.34 110 Mississippi 26.94 111 Vanderbilt 25.88 112 Akron 25.88 113 Illinois 25.35 114 Kansas 24.74 115 Arkansas 24.50 116 Louisville 24.21 117 Oregon State 22.99 118 UNLV 22.68 119 Tennessee 21.93 120 Rutgers 20.06 121 Wake Forest 19.55 122 Rice 19.53 123 Minnesota 19.37 124 Connecticut 18.76 defensive categories 1 Michigan 94.53 2 Fresno State 92.12 3 Clemson 89.20 4 Miami (Florida) 88.04 5 UAB 87.95 6 San Diego State 86.85 7 Cincinnati 86.35 8 Kentucky 84.76 9 Mississippi State 82.39 10 Alabama 82.21 11 Maryland 81.82 12 Appalachian State 81.18 13 Temple 79.43 14 Virginia 79.09 15 LSU 78.59 16 Northern Illinois 78.55 17 Iowa 77.62 18 Buffalo 76.45 19 Florida International 75.80 20 Southern Mississippi 75.41 21 Washington 74.80 22 Florida 73.57 23 Charlotte 72.81 24 Georgia Southern 71.00 25 Auburn 70.76 26 Colorado 70.64 27 Georgia 69.27 28 Louisiana Tech 69.16 29 Utah 68.93 30 Virginia Tech 68.27 31 Texas A&M 68.06 32 New Mexico 67.04 33 UTSA 66.24 34 Texas 66.01 35 Marshall 65.53 36 Boise State 64.39 37 North Texas 64.20 38 Nevada 63.04 39 California 62.34 40 Florida State 61.78 41 Miami (Ohio) 61.78 42 Michigan State 61.23 43 Wyoming 60.66 44 Middle Tennessee 60.28 45 Ohio State 59.61 46 UTEP 58.94 47 Texas Tech 58.46 48 South Florida 58.13 49 Duke 58.11 50 Tulane 57.96 51 West Virginia 57.95 52 Iowa State 57.71 53 Northwestern 56.97 54 Western Michigan 56.08 55 Ohio 54.84 56 Utah State 54.29 57 Stanford 53.63 58 UCF 53.43 59 Troy 52.82 60 North Carolina State 52.35 61 Central Michigan 51.45 62 TCU 51.01 63 USC 50.79 64 Wisconsin 50.60 65 Texas State 50.56 66 South Carolina 49.72 67 Syracuse 48.63 68 Arizona State 47.90 69 Washington State 47.70 70 Memphis 47.58 71 Kansas State 47.27 72 Eastern Michigan 47.23 73 Purdue 46.22 74 San Jose State 45.77 75 Houston 43.03 76 Boston College 42.52 77 Akron 42.05 78 Ball State 42.01 79 Tulsa 41.82 80 Penn State 41.75 81 Arizona 41.36 82 UCLA 40.65 83 Pittsburgh 40.60 84 Oregon 39.31 85 SMU 39.06 86 Air Force 38.95 87 Oklahoma 38.58 88 Louisiana-Monroe 38.53 89 Georgia Tech 37.60 90 Arkansas State 37.31 91 Louisiana-Lafayette 36.89 92 Colorado State 36.00 93 Western Kentucky 35.99 94 Rice 35.11 95 Florida Atlantic 34.72 96 North Carolina 34.65 97 Indiana 33.54 98 Navy 33.27 99 Rutgers 33.21 100 Hawai'i 33.13 101 East Carolina 33.08 102 Missouri 32.32 103 Baylor 30.48 104 Toledo 30.41 105 South Alabama 29.10 106 Georgia State 25.64 107 Vanderbilt 24.83 108 Louisville 24.09 109 Kent State 23.86 110 Coastal Carolina 22.67 111 Oklahoma State 19.70 112 Tennessee 19.04 113 Arkansas 18.39 114 Nebraska 17.12 115 Kansas 16.94 116 Old Dominion 16.93 117 Bowling Green 15.09 118 Mississippi 11.04 119 Minnesota 10.32 120 Illinois 8.69 121 Oregon State 5.86 122 UNLV 3.79 123 Wake Forest 3.00 124 Connecticut 1.08 offensive categories 1 Oklahoma 95.04 2 Alabama 93.19 3 Troy 91.93 4 Clemson 90.85 5 Purdue 89.43 6 UCF 89.25 7 Houston 86.75 8 Western Michigan 80.64 9 Ohio 78.68 10 Texas Tech 77.31 11 Penn State 76.61 12 Cincinnati 76.38 13 Utah State 76.33 14 Ohio State 74.77 15 Miami (Ohio) 74.66 16 Georgia 74.22 17 Nebraska 72.82 18 Memphis 72.52 19 Wisconsin 71.23 20 Michigan 70.42 21 Boston College 70.08 22 Washington State 69.95 23 Colorado State 68.82 24 Georgia State 68.57 25 Buffalo 68.24 26 Appalachian State 68.13 27 Florida Atlantic 66.65 28 South Florida 65.76 29 Boise State 65.73 30 Louisiana-Lafayette 65.20 31 Oregon 63.98 32 Utah 61.59 33 Hawai'i 61.39 34 UAB 61.31 35 Pittsburgh 60.70 36 Baylor 59.87 37 Ball State 59.79 38 Florida International 59.77 39 West Virginia 59.16 40 Arkansas State 59.00 41 Southern Mississippi 58.83 42 North Carolina 58.02 43 California 57.83 44 Bowling Green 57.46 45 Oklahoma State 57.35 46 Iowa State 57.20 47 Syracuse 56.88 48 Iowa 56.29 49 Old Dominion 56.11 50 North Texas 55.86 51 Marshall 55.68 52 Texas 55.60 53 Coastal Carolina 55.57 54 Arizona State 54.43 55 Eastern Michigan 54.34 56 Louisiana-Monroe 53.79 57 Florida 53.77 58 Georgia Tech 53.49 59 Toledo 53.24 60 Air Force 52.73 61 North Carolina State 52.02 62 Temple 51.89 63 Georgia Southern 50.34 64 Washington 50.17 65 Fresno State 50.05 66 Navy 50.00 67 Nevada 48.51 68 LSU 48.39 69 Colorado 46.64 70 Tulane 46.02 71 Indiana 45.96 72 UCLA 45.50 73 Arizona 45.13 74 Stanford 41.89 75 Texas A&M 41.30 76 New Mexico 41.07 77 Virginia Tech 40.83 78 Northern Illinois 40.48 79 San Jose State 40.24 80 Kent State 39.89 81 Missouri 37.86 82 Kansas State 37.30 83 South Carolina 37.15 84 Mississippi 36.82 85 Northwestern 36.80 86 Miami (Florida) 36.48 87 Charlotte 36.43 88 Connecticut 36.01 89 Illinois 35.94 90 Auburn 35.79 91 Tulsa 35.58 92 Middle Tennessee 34.89 93 Oregon State 34.84 94 SMU 34.73 95 Western Kentucky 34.38 96 UNLV 34.23 97 UTEP 33.65 98 Maryland 33.38 99 Kentucky 32.85 100 USC 32.26 101 Virginia 31.18 102 Minnesota 30.85 103 Arkansas 30.58 104 Wake Forest 30.14 105 Louisiana Tech 29.57 106 Texas State 29.45 107 South Alabama 28.06 108 Louisville 26.35 109 East Carolina 26.23 110 Duke 25.14 111 Florida State 25.00 112 Kansas 23.00 113 Tennessee 22.90 114 Central Michigan 22.56 115 Michigan State 22.08 116 TCU 21.91 117 San Diego State 16.31 118 Vanderbilt 15.88 119 Mississippi State 12.81 120 Akron 11.46 121 Wyoming 9.85 122 UTSA 7.94 123 Rutgers 7.22 124 Rice 5.77 p.s. - I got rid of Army, Liberty, and New Mexico State (because they were showing up in the list for conference teams for some reason at cfbstats.com). p.p.s. - How about that? We have a Top 25 offense by this metric!

B1G Rankings per average percentile of stats in the categories listed passing defense 1 Michigan 98.15 2 Maryland 92.86 3 Northwestern 60.09 4 Wisconsin 59.09 5 Iowa 58.33 6 Ohio State 58.09 7 Rutgers 48.15 8 Penn State 43.57 9 Purdue 32.23 10 Nebraska 31.50 11 Michigan State 29.53 12 Illinois 20.78 13 Indiana 17.22 14 Minnesota 8.97 passing offense 1 Ohio State 97.06 2 Purdue 81.60 3 Iowa 71.72 4 Indiana 69.27 5 Nebraska 67.91 6 Northwestern 55.37 7 Michigan 54.60 8 Penn State 50.31 9 Wisconsin 41.61 10 Minnesota 37.13 11 Michigan State 30.58 12 Illinois 12.40 13 Maryland 9.10 14 Rutgers 5.61 rushing defense 1 Michigan 88.67 2 Michigan State 86.66 3 Iowa 83.64 4 Maryland 74.61 5 Indiana 64.59 6 Ohio State 63.41 7 Purdue 57.89 8 Penn State 50.86 9 Northwestern 42.39 10 Wisconsin 31.01 11 Rutgers 20.10 12 Nebraska 17.03 13 Minnesota 13.75 14 Illinois 4.26 rushing offense 1 Wisconsin 94.31 2 Penn State 90.95 3 Purdue 84.24 4 Nebraska 78.39 5 Maryland 76.76 6 Michigan 76.75 7 Illinois 76.71 8 Iowa 26.83 9 Minnesota 26.25 10 Ohio State 21.68 11 Indiana 21.16 12 Rutgers 18.32 13 Michigan State 12.45 14 Northwestern 11.86 scoring defense 1 Michigan 91.60 2 Iowa 79.73 3 Maryland 78.48 4 Northwestern 74.92 5 Purdue 72.26 6 Michigan State 71.34 7 Wisconsin 65.90 8 Ohio State 64.88 9 Penn State 54.71 10 Rutgers 27.66 11 Indiana 17.70 12 Nebraska 10.10 13 Minnesota 5.13 14 Illinois 3.24 scoring offense 1 Purdue 94.91 2 Ohio State 84.38 3 Penn State 82.01 4 Michigan 79.52 5 Wisconsin 78.46 6 Iowa 70.97 7 Nebraska 60.06 8 Northwestern 41.22 9 Maryland 38.35 10 Indiana 28.30 11 Illinois 26.10 12 Minnesota 24.46 13 Michigan State 22.50 14 Rutgers 2.37 total defense 1 Michigan 99.39 2 Iowa 88.66 3 Maryland 81.54 4 Michigan State 59.36 5 Ohio State 53.85 6 Northwestern 53.11 7 Wisconsin 47.64 8 Rutgers 40.34 9 Indiana 37.51 10 Purdue 26.32 11 Penn State 22.28 12 Minnesota 15.80 13 Nebraska 13.85 14 Illinois 8.61 total offense 1 Ohio State 93.06 2 Purdue 92.80 3 Nebraska 79.23 4 Penn State 78.92 5 Wisconsin 66.91 6 Michigan 65.54 7 Indiana 61.62 8 Iowa 51.79 9 Northwestern 36.00 10 Minnesota 34.45 11 Illinois 26.10 12 Michigan State 22.42 13 Maryland 7.24 14 Rutgers 3.33 turnover margin 1 Maryland 82.47 2 Wisconsin 74.66 3 Ohio State 65.32 4 Northwestern 59.67 5 Michigan 59.58 6 Iowa 55.20 7 Penn State 55.08 8 Michigan State 49.59 9 Illinois 49.35 10 Indiana 49.31 11 Purdue 43.36 12 Nebraska 33.91 13 Rutgers 19.17 14 Minnesota 10.09

I don't have FCS stats figured so I won't have Bethune-Cookman represented ITT but you can see how things have changed since last weekend for the Big Red Machine below: passing defense completions per game: 10th percentile (winless N) to 11th percentile (N with a win) percentage: 49 to 53 yards per attempt: 56 to 41 touchdowns per game: 43 to 49 rating: 54 to 51 yards per game: 13 to 7 passing offense completions per game: 73 to 77 percentage: 61 to 78 yards per attempt: 51 to 61 touchdowns per game: 35 to 50 rating: 45 to 63 yards per game: 72 to 75 rushing defense yards per game: 20 to 29 touchdowns per game: 9 to 8 yards per carry: 12 to 19 rushing offense yards per game: 44 to 72 touchdowns per game: 51 to 72 yards per carry: 59 to 88 scoring defense touchdowns per game: 11 to 12 points per game: 5 to 8 scoring offense touchdowns per game: 35 to 61 points per game: 31 to 59 total defense yards per play: 23 to 20 yards per game: 7 to 7 plays per game: 14 to 16 total offense yards per play: 63 to 86 yards per game: 66 to 88 plays per game: 55 to 57 turnover margin fumbles gained per game: 18 to 14 interceptions gained per game: 42 to 45 turnovers gained per game: 22 to 21 fumbles lost per game: 44 to 39 interceptions lost per game: 41 to 54 turnovers lost per game: 39 to 46 turnover margin per game: 26 to 28

We are the better team on paper, based on what I look at (which doesn't include penalty yardage, to be fair). My concern would be that the Gophers have their ground game figured out now...because they certainly hadn't through several games this season. Turnovers have been an even bigger problem for them than for us but I'm not confident we can take advantage of their young QB. Home field is worth some points and then I'm sure we've already been discussing what the (Vegas) line means enough already...

Pardon the slight "necro" but you're not giving it (his leading the team many have called the greatest ever in college football) any respect by calling him (the person many consider the greatest Husker ever) names. If you really think you can sum up what he gave the program as "what he did as a 21 year old," you clearly don't know your team's history.

How's that super random? It's just not a good idea to go back there. As ugly as the current season has been, at least the fans largely seem to be supporting the program.

I like 2016 all right from the picture ITT but these are mostly poor. I get that it's all about what the kids like, though. I'm not going to complain. We haven't had mirror helmets yet and that's something...

Here's a link to an old thread on stats for UCF last season (to extend the period over which Chinander's relative statistical successes may be considered): https://www.huskerboard.com/index.php?/topic/85357-ucf-statistical-rankings/&tab=comments#comment-1947318

It's definitely fair to speculate given Notre Dame isn't listed, for example. I may write the webmaster and see what's what.

In looking at things again a little more closely, I'm confused why Army is listed in here. They're independent? New Mexico State is another. I will fix things up next week if I still can't trust cfbstats.com.

3. National Rankings per average of average percentile category rankings (the LONG post) overall 1 Alabama 85.50 2 Cincinnati 82.96 3 Clemson 81.80 4 Michigan 79.27 5 Appalachian State 76.95 6 UAB 76.86 7 Ohio State 75.38 8 UCF 72.35 9 Troy 70.65 10 Army 70.45 11 New Mexico 70.19 12 Houston 69.93 13 Buffalo 69.69 14 Temple 69.31 15 Maryland 68.88 16 Miami (Ohio) 68.36 17 Georgia 67.45 18 North Carolina State 66.87 19 Fresno State 66.59 20 Colorado 66.34 21 LSU 65.36 22 Purdue 64.65 23 Miami (Florida) 64.21 24 Penn State 63.66 25 Utah State 63.44 26 Georgia Southern 63.06 27 Florida 63.02 28 Texas 62.51 29 North Texas 62.07 30 Kentucky 61.28 31 Boise State 61.14 32 Washington 60.15 33 Iowa 60.06 34 Northern Illinois 59.50 35 Florida Atlantic 58.91 36 Western Michigan 58.67 37 Florida International 58.42 38 Colorado State 58.28 39 Oregon 58.26 40 Virginia Tech 58.20 41 Memphis 57.89 42 New Mexico State 57.84 43 Utah 57.37 44 Oklahoma 57.27 45 Iowa State 57.25 46 Boston College 57.22 47 Texas Tech 56.62 48 West Virginia 56.50 49 Ball State 56.42 50 Georgia State 56.04 51 Marshall 55.73 52 Tulane 54.64 53 South Florida 54.46 54 Southern Mississippi 54.19 55 Charlotte 54.10 56 Syracuse 53.70 57 Washington State 53.34 58 Louisiana-Lafayette 52.95 59 San Diego State 52.37 60 Virginia 52.25 61 Middle Tennessee 52.24 62 Texas A&M 52.12 63 Michigan State 51.87 64 Arizona State 51.84 65 Pittsburgh 51.04 66 Hawai'i 50.88 67 UTSA 49.47 68 Wisconsin 49.37 69 Stanford 49.03 70 Louisiana Tech 48.34 71 Eastern Michigan 48.16 72 Nevada 48.10 73 Toledo 48.02 74 Mississippi State 47.93 75 Georgia Tech 47.88 76 Auburn 47.32 77 Navy 46.59 78 USC 46.37 79 Northwestern 46.21 80 UCLA 46.18 81 Kansas State 45.99 82 Baylor 45.66 83 TCU 45.65 84 North Carolina 44.97 85 Arizona 44.92 86 San Jose State 44.87 87 Duke 44.13 88 UTEP 44.01 89 Ohio 42.48 90 South Carolina 41.84 91 Central Michigan 41.59 92 Louisiana-Monroe 41.45 93 Texas State 41.34 94 Bowling Green 41.24 95 Air Force 40.82 96 Tulsa 38.90 97 Oklahoma State 38.69 98 California 38.36 99 Indiana 38.21 100 Arkansas State 37.71 101 Coastal Carolina 37.23 102 Florida State 36.82 103 SMU 36.39 104 Western Kentucky 34.20 105 Missouri 33.81 106 Nebraska 33.75 107 Liberty 33.55 108 Old Dominion 33.48 109 Kent State 31.41 110 Wyoming 31.39 111 Illinois 30.66 112 Oregon State 30.19 113 South Alabama 29.27 114 East Carolina 28.84 115 Tennessee 28.28 116 Kansas 27.83 117 Mississippi 27.09 118 Arkansas 26.04 119 Louisville 25.87 120 Vanderbilt 23.38 121 Rice 22.96 122 Minnesota 21.88 123 Akron 21.27 124 Wake Forest 19.73 125 UNLV 17.07 126 Rutgers 16.10 127 Connecticut 13.29 defense 1 UAB 94.20 2 Fresno State 92.08 3 Michigan 90.32 4 Cincinnati 88.47 5 Clemson 88.42 6 Miami (Florida) 87.13 7 San Diego State 85.39 8 New Mexico 82.87 9 Kentucky 82.65 10 Appalachian State 82.46 11 Maryland 81.52 12 Temple 81.26 13 Alabama 80.44 14 Northern Illinois 78.24 15 UTSA 78.17 16 Virginia 77.21 17 Mississippi State 77.07 18 Boise State 75.84 19 TCU 74.81 20 Ohio State 74.67 21 Colorado 73.10 22 Florida 72.86 23 Auburn 72.66 24 LSU 72.39 25 Buffalo 72.18 26 South Florida 71.44 27 Georgia Southern 71.18 28 North Carolina State 69.72 29 Washington 69.41 30 Louisiana Tech 69.29 31 Georgia 69.06 32 Virginia Tech 68.62 33 Texas A&M 68.02 34 Florida International 67.97 35 North Texas 67.44 36 Charlotte 65.98 37 Texas 65.95 38 Utah 64.78 39 Army 64.11 40 USC 63.63 41 Michigan State 63.12 42 Miami (Ohio) 62.65 43 Nevada 62.21 44 Florida State 60.81 45 Marshall 60.30 46 UTEP 60.14 47 Duke 59.60 48 Houston 59.31 49 Iowa 59.09 50 West Virginia 58.73 51 Iowa State 58.38 52 Syracuse 58.36 53 Southern Mississippi 56.80 54 Central Michigan 56.63 55 Middle Tennessee 56.01 56 Penn State 54.30 57 Troy 54.20 58 Tulane 53.68 59 Ball State 53.07 60 Purdue 52.80 61 UCF 52.05 62 Navy 51.85 63 South Carolina 50.93 64 Texas Tech 50.45 65 Colorado State 50.06 66 Stanford 49.86 67 Wyoming 49.61 68 Kansas State 48.82 69 Memphis 48.81 70 Western Kentucky 46.85 71 Ohio 46.42 72 Eastern Michigan 46.23 73 California 46.09 74 Arizona 45.03 75 Northwestern 44.99 76 UCLA 44.88 77 North Carolina 44.56 78 Boston College 44.53 79 Arkansas State 44.40 80 Arizona State 43.91 81 Oregon 43.54 82 Tulsa 43.09 83 Texas State 43.08 84 Air Force 42.66 85 Georgia State 42.62 86 Hawai'i 42.38 87 Pittsburgh 42.21 88 Utah State 41.79 89 Western Michigan 41.68 90 Wisconsin 40.96 91 Rice 40.06 92 Washington State 39.52 93 Georgia Tech 39.36 94 East Carolina 36.59 95 Akron 35.84 96 Indiana 35.14 97 Missouri 34.11 98 Baylor 32.55 99 Florida Atlantic 32.09 100 Tennessee 31.79 101 Louisiana-Lafayette 31.27 102 San Jose State 30.81 103 SMU 30.42 104 Oklahoma 30.03 105 South Alabama 30.03 106 Toledo 29.40 107 Louisville 25.79 108 Minnesota 25.28 109 Louisiana-Monroe 24.38 110 Rutgers 23.55 111 Coastal Carolina 23.39 112 Oklahoma State 22.43 113 Bowling Green 21.69 114 Kansas 20.93 115 Arkansas 20.63 116 Old Dominion 18.71 117 Kent State 17.46 118 Nebraska 17.23 119 New Mexico State 15.64 120 Vanderbilt 14.20 121 Liberty 12.84 122 Illinois 11.31 123 Mississippi 10.56 124 UNLV 7.88 125 Oregon State 6.88 126 Wake Forest 2.10 127 Connecticut 0.87 offense 1 New Mexico State 92.66 2 Utah State 91.80 3 Cincinnati 91.45 4 UCF 90.99 5 Oklahoma 90.52 6 Alabama 90.05 7 Clemson 88.76 8 Troy 88.42 9 Purdue 84.12 10 Florida Atlantic 82.70 11 Western Michigan 79.56 12 Penn State 77.07 13 Ohio State 76.87 14 Houston 75.84 15 Louisiana-Lafayette 75.65 16 Oregon 73.57 17 Appalachian State 72.96 18 Michigan 71.69 19 North Carolina State 71.17 20 Miami (Ohio) 70.93 21 Washington State 70.35 22 Army 70.34 23 Georgia 70.31 24 Memphis 69.22 25 Hawai'i 66.98 26 Buffalo 66.88 27 Colorado State 66.62 28 Boston College 66.57 29 Toledo 66.42 30 Bowling Green 66.00 31 Texas Tech 65.91 32 Georgia State 65.68 33 Iowa 63.89 34 New Mexico 63.07 35 Ball State 61.66 36 Liberty 60.95 37 UAB 60.55 38 Colorado 60.28 39 Louisiana-Monroe 59.98 40 Temple 59.93 41 Arizona State 58.89 42 North Texas 58.37 43 LSU 58.21 44 Pittsburgh 58.15 45 Baylor 57.99 46 West Virginia 57.09 47 Marshall 55.75 48 Wisconsin 55.64 49 Iowa State 54.98 50 Oklahoma State 54.95 51 Texas 53.68 52 Coastal Carolina 53.48 53 Southern Mississippi 52.71 54 San Jose State 52.21 55 Georgia Tech 51.76 56 Florida 51.75 57 Florida International 51.52 58 Tulane 51.46 59 North Carolina 51.15 60 Maryland 50.83 61 Nebraska 50.62 62 Washington 50.35 63 Boise State 50.16 64 Utah 49.21 65 Oregon State 48.97 66 Georgia Southern 48.78 67 Old Dominion 48.42 68 Middle Tennessee 47.04 69 Ohio 46.16 70 Eastern Michigan 44.43 71 Syracuse 44.15 72 Stanford 44.13 73 Michigan State 43.02 74 Northwestern 42.42 75 South Florida 41.99 76 Charlotte 41.76 77 Texas A&M 41.05 78 Virginia Tech 40.25 79 Kent State 40.01 80 Northern Illinois 39.95 81 Illinois 39.81 82 California 39.72 83 UCLA 38.22 84 Arizona 38.06 85 Fresno State 38.06 86 Missouri 37.62 87 Mississippi 37.54 88 Arkansas State 37.45 89 South Carolina 37.20 90 Texas State 37.07 91 USC 37.06 92 Kansas State 37.01 93 Indiana 36.72 94 Navy 36.59 95 Miami (Florida) 36.16 96 Kentucky 36.08 97 Tulsa 35.74 98 Air Force 34.85 99 Nevada 34.77 100 UTEP 34.01 101 SMU 33.45 102 Wake Forest 32.25 103 Arkansas 31.25 104 Central Michigan 29.84 105 Duke 29.61 106 South Alabama 28.98 107 Virginia 27.57 108 Kansas 27.57 109 Louisville 27.45 110 Auburn 26.98 111 Louisiana Tech 26.91 112 Connecticut 26.80 113 TCU 26.32 114 Tennessee 24.95 115 Minnesota 22.27 116 East Carolina 21.31 117 UNLV 20.71 118 Vanderbilt 20.22 119 Western Kentucky 20.08 120 San Diego State 17.63 121 Florida State 16.17 122 Mississippi State 14.60 123 UTSA 12.21 124 Rutgers 9.26 125 Wyoming 8.97 126 Akron 7.00 127 Rice 6.14 p.s. - Remember these figures were calculated using only the stats from games between conference teams. That doesn't mean UAB has a better defense than Alabama's or whatever. It just means they've posted better numbers against their conference opponents than Alabama has against theirs to date.

2. B1G Rankings per average percentile of stats in the respective categories passing defense 1 Michigan 95.29 2 Maryland 88.29 3 Ohio State 72.96 4 Purdue 58.39 5 Penn State 54.45 6 Northwestern 44.23 7 Wisconsin 35.79 8 Nebraska 34.69 9 Iowa 34.25 10 Rutgers 33.66 11 Michigan State 26.64 12 Illinois 18.69 13 Minnesota 15.29 14 Indiana 12.89 passing offense 1 Ohio State 97.07 2 Iowa 86.30 3 Purdue 77.25 4 Indiana 67.98 5 Northwestern 66.23 6 Nebraska 56.41 7 Penn State 54.19 8 Michigan 52.64 9 Michigan State 49.49 10 Wisconsin 34.01 11 Minnesota 27.08 12 Illinois 19.65 13 Maryland 18.52 14 Rutgers 7.73 rushing defense 1 Michigan State 90.26 2 Michigan 80.12 3 Maryland 77.44 4 Iowa 76.86 5 Indiana 72.77 6 Ohio State 72.47 7 Penn State 63.91 8 Purdue 41.66 9 Minnesota 41.54 10 Wisconsin 35.90 11 Northwestern 35.51 12 Nebraska 12.95 13 Rutgers 12.24 14 Illinois 9.43 rushing offense 1 Penn State 91.83 2 Maryland 90.06 3 Wisconsin 86.47 4 Michigan 83.24 5 Purdue 83.02 6 Illinois 74.03 7 Nebraska 51.47 8 Ohio State 29.92 9 Iowa 26.54 10 Michigan State 26.19 11 Minnesota 22.32 12 Rutgers 19.78 13 Indiana 11.75 14 Northwestern 11.18 scoring defense 1 Michigan 87.48 2 Ohio State 85.22 3 Maryland 77.45 4 Michigan State 71.02 5 Purdue 67.46 6 Northwestern 66.34 7 Penn State 59.19 8 Wisconsin 59.12 9 Iowa 57.17 10 Rutgers 17.47 11 Indiana 16.82 12 Minnesota 11.94 13 Nebraska 7.55 14 Illinois 6.48 scoring offense 1 Ohio State 91.12 2 Purdue 85.47 3 Michigan 84.92 4 Iowa 81.82 5 Penn State 81.21 6 Maryland 72.14 7 Wisconsin 51.87 8 Northwestern 50.47 9 Michigan State 41.62 10 Nebraska 33.14 11 Illinois 32.52 12 Indiana 23.80 13 Minnesota 17.90 14 Rutgers 3.54 total defense 1 Michigan 98.40 2 Maryland 82.89 3 Iowa 68.07 4 Ohio State 68.02 5 Michigan State 64.56 6 Purdue 43.69 7 Penn State 39.67 8 Indiana 38.09 9 Northwestern 33.90 10 Wisconsin 33.03 11 Minnesota 32.35 12 Rutgers 30.81 13 Nebraska 13.72 14 Illinois 10.63 total offense 1 Purdue 90.73 2 Ohio State 89.36 3 Penn State 81.05 4 Michigan 65.97 5 Nebraska 61.46 6 Iowa 60.89 7 Michigan State 54.80 8 Wisconsin 50.22 9 Indiana 43.34 10 Northwestern 41.81 11 Illinois 33.04 12 Maryland 22.57 13 Minnesota 21.78 14 Rutgers 6.01 turnover margin 1 Maryland 90.58 2 Ohio State 72.33 3 Illinois 71.50 4 Northwestern 66.20 5 Michigan 65.40 6 Wisconsin 57.92 7 Indiana 56.48 8 Iowa 48.64 9 Penn State 47.48 10 Michigan State 42.26 11 Purdue 34.19 12 Nebraska 32.36 13 Rutgers 13.66 14 Minnesota 6.71

Now that all conference teams have played at least a couple of conference games, I switched to my conference-games-only spreadsheets to share the following... 1. Nebraska versus Minnesota passing defense completions per game: 10th percentile (N) to 22nd percentile (M) percentage: 49 to 14 yards per attempt: 56 to 19 touchdowns per game: 43 to 11 rating: 54 to 12 yards per game: 13 to 16 passing offense completions per game: 73 to 26 percentage: 61 to 13 yards per attempt: 51 to 38 touchdowns per game: 35 to 38 rating: 45 to 16 yards per game: 72 to 39 rushing defense yards per game: 20 to 49 touchdowns per game: 9 to 38 yards per carry: 12 to 37 rushing offense yards per game: 44 to 22 touchdowns per game: 51 to 22 yards per carry: 59 to 24 scoring defense touchdowns per game: 11 to 14 points per game: 5 to 10 scoring offense touchdowns per game: 35 to 19 points per game: 31 to 17 total defense yards per play: 23 to 19 yards per game: 7 to 23 plays per game: 14 to 59 total offense yards per play: 63 to 26 yards per game: 66 to 16 plays per game: 55 to 24 turnover margin fumbles gained per game: 18 to 23 interceptions gained per game: 42 to 17 turnovers gained per game: 22 to 11 fumbles lost per game: 44 to 51 interceptions lost per game: 41 to 0 turnovers lost per game: 39 to 1 turnover margin per game: 26 to 1

You parrot that stats don't matter and then laud the BCS for having "trust in the impartial computers"? Plenty of football players know about math, too, and it's not like this is quantum mechanics. It's pretty much Statistics 101 fodder.

We can still bet on the rest of the college football games. I like to know how our performances are measuring up relative to those of our neighbors and rivals, too. As for the playoff we have, you seem pretty certain Notre Dame won't win out...

I haven't read anything from the WWL in awhile. It would seem that's for the best.

That's not a bad idea. We can only measure how special a team was relative to the teams that were playing in the same seasons, of course. I'm not sure I can find a database that already takes out the cupcake games then... When I've done this kind of thing, it has generally been to compare Husker teams in the past.