conference rankings by the numbers again - UPDATED

[beorach]

Overall Ratings, by average z-score method across nine 'equally-weighted' categories (pass d/o, rush d/o, scoring d/o, total d/o, and turnover margin)*

 

B1G (average rating of 0.115)

Ohio State 0.844 Wisconsin 0.701 Iowa 0.695 Michigan 0.539 Michigan State 0.493 Penn State 0.215 Northwestern 0.142 Nebraska 0.037 Indiana 0.033 Illinois -0.044 Minnesota -0.089 Maryland -0.611 Rutgers -0.636 Purdue -0.712

 

SEC (average rating of 0.183)

Alabama 0.932 LSU 0.515 Florida 0.511 Georgia 0.45 Mississippi 0.436 Tennessee 0.424 Arkansas 0.229 Texas A&M 0.1 Mississippi State 0.077 Auburn -0.079 Kentucky -0.096 Missouri -0.211 South Carolina -0.28 Vanderbilt -0.448

 

ACC (average rating of 0.093)

Clemson 0.989 North Carolina 0.684 Florida State 0.642 North Carolina State 0.451 Pittsburgh 0.218 Duke 0.178 Louisville 0.176 Virginia Tech 0.061 Miami (Florida) -0.089 Boston College -0.22 Georgia Tech -0.244 Virginia -0.346 Syracuse -0.595 Wake Forest -0.598

 

Big XII (average rating of 0.107)

Oklahoma 1.081 Baylor 0.954 TCU 0.528 West Virginia 0.5 Oklahoma State 0.341 Texas Tech 0.133 Texas -0.151 Kansas State -0.437 Iowa State -0.445 Kansas -1.433

 

Pac-12 (average rating of 0.064)

USC 0.459 Utah 0.406 Stanford 0.402 UCLA 0.323 Oregon 0.282 Washington 0.244 Arizona State 0.134 Washington State 0.078 California -0.018 Arizona -0.228 Colorado -0.313 Oregon State -1.001

 

* - See my posts on the Husker Football board if you want an explanation as to how these figures were calculated.

 

p.s. - Thanks for noticing I had North Carolina State missing. As for these ratings indicating which teams are best, I don't want to mislead anyone. This is just showing what stats these teams have racked up over the course of the season and how much they differ from national averages. Oklahoma played a conference schedule and Tennessee. Baylor played nobody out of conference...and even played one FCS school (didn't count that game's stats, of course). Wisconsin may have played Alabama but they missed out on playing Ohio State and Michigan this season. I may try to develop some rankings sometime but I'm not really sure how to do it mathematically. For now, I just consider SOS when making a bet. The last time I checked the odds, Alabama was the short money for winning it all this season (+135). Clemson was +280 and Oklahoma +700.

 

OVERALL OFFENSIVE PERFORMANCE RATINGS

 

B1G (average rating of -0.137)

Indiana 0.749 Ohio State 0.527 Iowa 0.376 Nebraska 0.287 Michigan State 0.093 Michigan 0.041 Wisconsin -0.171 Rutgers -0.416 Minnesota -0.445 Penn State -0.447 Illinois -0.526 Purdue -0.591 Maryland -0.622 Northwestern -0.770

 

SEC (average rating of -.101)

Mississippi 0.8343 Alabama 0.4433 Tennessee 0.433 Arkansas 0.3965 LSU 0.3785 Mississippi State 0.2334 Texas A&M -0.0254 Auburn -0.0559 Georgia -0.191 Kentucky -0.284 Florida -0.469 South Carolina -0.4783 Vanderbilt -1.223 Missouri -1.4081

 

ACC (average rating of -0.115)

North Carolina 1.1832 Clemson 1.0006 Florida State 0.455 North Carolina State 0.3144 Duke 0.1811 Miami (Florida) 0.0188 Pittsburgh -0.105 Louisville -0.1765 Virginia -0.2414 Virginia Tech -0.346 Georgia Tech -0.3806 Syracuse -0.5924 Wake Forest -1.2113 Boston College -1.7106

 

Big XII (average rating of 0.560)

Baylor 1.7357 Texas Tech 1.6138 Oklahoma 1.5046 TCU 1.1817 Oklahoma State 0.6997 West Virginia 0.4996 Iowa State -0.033 Texas -0.0635 Kansas State -0.2524 Kansas -1.2901

 

Pac-12 (average rating of 0.360)

Oregon 1.3203 Stanford 0.7232 California 0.6557 Arizona State 0.6219 USC 0.6065 UCLA 0.6037 Arizona 0.5753 Washington State 0.4922 Utah 0.0999 Washington -0.2161 Colorado -0.3256 Oregon State -0.8356

 

OVERALL DEFENSIVE PERFORMANCE RATINGS

 

B1G (average rating of 0.384)

Wisconsin 1.696 Ohio State 1.340 Michigan 1.313 Northwestern 0.994 Iowa 0.873 Penn State 0.831 Michigan State 0.731 Minnesota 0.331 Illinois 0.294 Nebraska 0.046 Maryland -0.420 Indiana -0.807 Purdue -0.890 Rutgers -0.958

 

SEC (average rating of 0.470)

Alabama 1.54676 Florida 1.41586 Georgia 1.1129 Missouri 0.95467 LSU 0.6292 Tennessee 0.53778 Vanderbilt 0.31937 Texas A&M 0.2924 Mississippi 0.15278 Mississippi State 0.05555 Kentucky 0.05375 Arkansas 0.03126 Auburn -0.24343 South Carolina -0.27444

 

ACC (average rating of 0.313)

Clemson 1.24929 Boston College 1.21718 Florida State 0.9271 Louisville 0.69306 Pittsburgh 0.50483 North Carolina State 0.46035 Virginia Tech 0.37755 Duke 0.25276 North Carolina 0.20862 Wake Forest 0.14083 Georgia Tech 0.04825 Virginia -0.41979 Miami (Florida) -0.49106 Syracuse -0.78943

 

Big XII (average rating of -0.381)

Oklahoma 0.74609 West Virginia 0.3824 Baylor 0.28874 TCU 0.02021 Oklahoma State -0.25612 Texas -0.43236 Kansas State -0.6759 Iowa State -0.72698 Texas Tech -1.2969 Kansas -1.85594

 

Pac-12 (average rating of -0.246)

Utah 0.65664 Washington 0.61784 Stanford 0.21534 USC 0.1637 UCLA 0.10977 Washington State -0.29899 Arizona State -0.34741 Colorado -0.35576 California -0.70805 Oregon -0.78634 Arizona -0.89968 Oregon State -1.32171

[NUance]

Overall Ratings, by average z-score method across nine 'equally-weighted' categories (pass d/o, rush d/o, scoring d/o, total d/o, and turnover margin)*

 

B1G (average rating of 0.115)

Ohio State 0.844 Wisconsin 0.701 Iowa 0.695 Michigan 0.539 Michigan State 0.493 Penn State 0.215 Northwestern 0.142 Nebraska 0.037 Indiana 0.033 Illinois -0.044 Minnesota -0.089 Maryland -0.611 Rutgers -0.636 Purdue -0.712

 

SEC (average rating of 0.183)

Alabama 0.932 LSU 0.515 Florida 0.511 Georgia 0.45 Mississippi 0.436 Tennessee 0.424 Arkansas 0.229 Texas A&M 0.1 Mississippi State 0.077 Auburn -0.079 Kentucky -0.096 Missouri -0.211 South Carolina -0.28 Vanderbilt -0.448

 

ACC (average rating of 0.093)

Clemson 0.989 North Carolina 0.684 North Carolina 0.684 Florida State 0.642 Pittsburgh 0.218 Duke 0.178 Louisville 0.176 Virginia Tech 0.061 Miami (Florida) -0.089 Boston College -0.22 Georgia Tech -0.244 Virginia -0.346 Syracuse -0.595 Wake Forest -0.598

 

Big XII (average rating of 0.107)

Oklahoma 1.081 Baylor 0.954 TCU 0.528 West Virginia 0.5 Oklahoma State 0.341 Texas Tech 0.133 Texas -0.151 Kansas State -0.437 Iowa State -0.445 Kansas -1.433

 

Pac-12 (average rating of 0.064)

USC 0.459 Utah 0.406 Stanford 0.402 UCLA 0.323 Oregon 0.282 Washington 0.244 Arizona State 0.134 Washington State 0.078 California -0.018 Arizona -0.228 Colorado -0.313 Oregon State -1.001

 

* - See my posts on the Husker Football board if you want an explanation as to how these figures were calculated.

 

Nice work! But it seems like Wisconsin and Mich State should be flipped around. Also, the maths have Oklahoma rated very high. I think there are four or five teams that could beat the Sooners. Baylor too.

[It'sNotAFakeID]

These rankings to me seem to reflect the relative parity within the conference, such that the lower the rating, the more parity within the conference.