Grading the Big 12 North Thus Far

[Cy the Cyclone]

There are many different ways of grading out the Big 12 North thus far this year and…for your convenience, I have listed out as many here as possible. Be the envy of your neighborhood as you point out logical reasons why your favorite team is actually the best team playing! (against D-I opponents only – Sorry KSU)

 

Won-Lose Method:

 

1. Kansas 4-0

Missouri 4-0

3. Iowa State 3-1

Nebraska 3-1

5. Kansas State 2-2

6. Colorado 1-2

 

Prolific Scoring Offense Method

 

1. Kansas - 162 pts

2. Nebraska - 157 pts

3. Missouri - 147 pts

4. Iowa State - 102 pts

5. Kansas State - 94 pts

6. Colorado - 79 pts

 

Stingiest Scoring Defense Method

 

1. Nebraska - 28 pts allowed

2. Kansas - 54 pts allowed

3. Missouri - 62 pts allowed

4. Kansas State - 64 pts allowed

5. Iowa State - 76 pts allowed

6. Colorado - 77 pts allowed

 

Biggest Scoring Differential Method

 

1. Nebraska - +129

2. Kansas - +108

3. Missouri - +85

4. Iowa State - +32

5. Kansas State - +30

6. Colorado - +2

 

Those are all easy…now we get into the more detailed ones:

 

Playing Non-Conference Games Against Ranked Opponents Method

 

1. Iowa State - 1

Nebraska - 1

3. Colorado - 0

Kansas - 0

Kansas State - 0

Missouri – 0

 

Playing Non-Conference Games Against Actual D-I Opponents Method

 

1. Nebraska - 4

2. Colorado - 3

Iowa State - 3

Kansas - 3

Missouri – 3

6. Kansas State - 2

 

Opponent’s Won/Lose Method (combined)

 

1. Kansas State – 9-5

2. Iowa State – 9-7

3. Colorado – 7-5

4. Kansas – 7-9

5. Nebraska – 6-8

6. Missouri – 5-9

 

Opponents Offensive Prowess Method (combined rank of all D-1 opponents)

 

1. Colorado – 50th

2. Kansas – 66th

3. Nebraska – 72nd

4. Missouri – 77th

5. Iowa State – 98th

6. Kansas State – 99th

 

Opponents Defensive Fearsomeness Method (combined rank of all D-1 opponents)

 

1. Iowa State – 48th

2. Kansas State – 49th

3. Kansas – 63th

4. Nebraska – 75nd

5. Colorado – 91th

6. Missouri – 96th

 

Opponents Combined Offensive and Defensive Rank Method

 

1. Kansas - 64

2. Colorado - 70

3. Iowa State - 73

Nebraska - 73

5. Kansas State - 74

6. Missouri - 86

 

Now, to get a real feel for who is going to win the North, simply add up all the placings above. For instance with Nebraska you get 3+2+1+1+1+1+5+3+4+3=24

 

Do this for all the North teams (the lower the number the better) and the final Big 12 North rankings are determined mathematically to be:

 

Kansas (20)

Nebraska (24)

Iowa State (30)

Missouri (37)

Colorado (38)

Kansas State (42)

 

30 and above go to bowl games…the rest are left out.

 

There you go…a scientific method behind the madness which is the Big 12 North. You can argue however you want but…statistics don’t lie.

[Lyons in the Sea of Red.]

[caveman99]

Seems to me that you need to put some % weight method in this. Perhaps you could show how the performances of each team offensively and defensively stack up as opposed to what their opponents normally give up or gain.

[MUTigerFan]

You forgot to factor in the air speed velocity of an unladen swallow.

[J_2_THA_BONE]

LOL I love this guy! His posts' always make me laugh.

[Incandenza]

Not even close to specific enough.

[mattbri17]

Iowa State above Missouri...sweet.

[knapplc]

You forgot to factor in the air speed velocity of an unladen swallow.

 

C'mon Cy. You're slacking!

[Husker Runner]

You forgot to factor in the air speed velocity of an unladen swallow.

 

[redout22]

I like it. Nice work

[knapplc]

The one sad thing about this ranking... even massaging the numbers like you did, it's still only possible to work ISU up to third. That's funny and sad and not so funny all at the same time.

[In the Deed the Glory]

You forgot to factor in the air speed velocity of an unladen swallow.

 

I almost pissed myself on that one, wow!

[carlfense]

You forgot to factor in the air speed velocity of an unladen swallow.

 

African or European?

[Bradr]

You forgot to factor in the air speed velocity of an unladen swallow.

 

African or European?

 

I don't know that...

AAAAAHHHHHHHHH!!!!!

[Husker Runner]

There is a joke in here somewhere involving the words "Missouri" and "swallow"...