stats to this point in the season (meaning post-NIU for us)

[beorach]

I screwed up last week when I posted these (on more than formatting, which is the norm for me).  I have since corrected the error and apologize for misleading my fellow Cornhusker fans.

 

I'm calculating z-scores for individual stats in nine categories (pass d&o, rush d&o, scoring d&o, total d&o, and turnover margin), averaging them for those categories, and then averaging those averages to come up with rankings.  A z-score is just the difference between a stat and the national average for that stat, divided by the standard deviation for that stat.  It can be converted to a percentile for easier consideration.  I usually wait to post these until most teams have played at least 3-5 other FBS teams because I don't want to consider stats garnered versus lesser competition...but I got bored and decided to update the spreadsheets early.  We have two more teams in FBS than we did last year (though their status may be classified as provisional yet).

 

For reference, I'm going to start with everyone's favorite team.  These are Nebraska's rankings, relative to all the national statistics from all the games played to date:

 

Passing offense percentile: 25

Passing defense percentile: 19

Rushing offense percentile: 40

Rushing defense percentile: 59

Scoring offense percentile: 50

Scoring defense percentile: 21

Total offense percentile: 46

Total defense percentile: 33

Turnover margin percentile: 33

Overall percentile: 35

Defensive percentile: 32

Offensive percentile: 40

 

Here's the ranking list for passing offense in the B1G so far:

 

1	Maryland
2	Penn State
3	Wisconsin
4	Iowa
5	Purdue
6	Northwestern
7	Ohio State
8	Indiana
9	Michigan State
10	Minnesota
11	Michigan
12	Rutgers
13	Nebraska
14	Illinois

 

Here's the ranking list for passing defense in the B1G so far:

 

1	Michigan State
2	Michigan
3	Penn State
4	Minnesota
5	Rutgers
6	Iowa
7	Wisconsin
8	Purdue
9	Northwestern
10	Illinois
11	Maryland
12	Indiana
13	Ohio State
14	Nebraska

 

Here's the ranking list for rushing offense so far:

 

1	Maryland
2	Wisconsin
3	Ohio State
4	Penn State
5	Michigan State
6	Minnesota
7	Rutgers
8	Northwestern
9	Purdue
10	Michigan
11	Nebraska
12	Iowa
13	Illinois
14	Indiana

 

Here's the ranking list for rushing defense so far:

 

1	Michigan
2	Minnesota
3	Rutgers
4	Michigan State
5	Maryland
6	Wisconsin
7	Penn State
8	Ohio State
9	Iowa
10	Nebraska
11	Purdue
12	Northwestern
13	Illinois
14	Indiana

 

Here's the ranking list for scoring offense so far:

 

1	Maryland
2	Penn State
3	Wisconsin
4	Purdue
5	Iowa
6	Michigan State
7	Northwestern
8	Ohio State
9	Minnesota
10	Nebraska
11	Rutgers
12	Michigan
13	Indiana
14	Illinois

 

Here's the ranking list for scoring defense so far:

 

1	Penn State
2	Minnesota
3	Wisconsin
4	Michigan State
5	Rutgers
6	Michigan
7	Iowa
8	Purdue
9	Ohio State
10	Northwestern
11	Illinois
12	Maryland
13	Indiana
14	Nebraska

 

Here's the ranking list for total offense so far:

 

1	Wisconsin
2	Ohio State
3	Maryland
4	Michigan State
5	Purdue
6	Penn State
7	Northwestern
8	Nebraska
9	Iowa
10	Michigan
11	Minnesota
12	Indiana
13	Rutgers
14	Illinois

 

Here's the ranking list for total defense so far:

 

1	Michigan State
2	Michigan
3	Minnesota
4	Wisconsin
5	Rutgers
6	Penn State
7	Iowa
8	Purdue
9	Maryland
10	Ohio State
11	Northwestern
12	Nebraska
13	Illinois
14	Indiana

 

Here's the ranking list for turnover margin so far:

 

1	Penn State
2	Ohio State
3	Maryland
4	Minnesota
5	Purdue
6	Wisconsin
7	Michigan
8	Rutgers
9	Illinois
10	Iowa
11	Northwestern
12	Nebraska
13	Michigan State
14	Indiana

 

If I averaged all these percentiles for all the FBS teams, these would be the overall rankings (from best to worst - Nebraska's at 95 out of 130 teams):

 

1	Penn State
2	Mississippi State
3	Oregon
4	Duke
5	UCF
6	Oklahoma
7	Wake Forest
8	Clemson
9	TCU
10	Oklahoma State
11	Wisconsin
12	Miami (Florida)
13	Maryland
14	Washington
15	Utah
16	Air Force
17	UTSA
18	South Florida
19	Michigan State
20	Vanderbilt
21	Texas Tech
22	Minnesota
23	Arizona
24	Alabama
25	Virginia Tech
26	Georgia Tech
27	Kansas State
28	North Carolina State
29	Houston
30	Michigan
31	Notre Dame
32	West Virginia
33	Syracuse
34	Colorado
35	Southern Mississippi
36	Washington State
37	Arkansas State
38	LSU
39	Ohio State
40	San Diego State
41	Rutgers
42	Texas A&M
43	Georgia
44	Auburn
45	USC
46	Toledo
47	Purdue
48	Appalachian State
49	Navy
50	Eastern Michigan
51	Iowa State
52	UAB
53	Northern Illinois
54	Texas
55	Ohio
56	Troy
57	Iowa
58	UNLV
59	Virginia
60	Arkansas
61	Kentucky
62	Boise State
63	SMU
64	Ball State
65	North Texas
66	Mississippi
67	Stanford
68	Northwestern
69	Colorado State
70	California
71	Miami (Ohio)
72	Louisville
73	New Mexico
74	Buffalo
75	Memphis
76	UCLA
77	Central Michigan
78	Army
79	Fresno State
80	Western Kentucky
81	Florida Atlantic
82	Tennessee
83	North Carolina
84	New Mexico State
85	Hawai'i
86	South Carolina
87	Coastal Carolina
88	Tulane
89	Marshall
90	Idaho
91	Cincinnati
92	South Alabama
93	Kansas
94	Texas State
95	Nebraska
96	Louisiana Tech
97	Massachusetts
98	Old Dominion
99	Arizona State
100	Connecticut
101	Tulsa
102	Missouri
103	Florida
104	Wyoming
105	Nevada
106	Akron
107	Illinois
108	Temple
109	Florida International
110	Baylor
111	Louisiana-Monroe
112	Western Michigan
113	Middle Tennessee
114	Pittsburgh
115	Indiana
116	Florida State
117	Utah State
118	Boston College
119	Louisiana-Lafayette
120	BYU
121	Oregon State
122	Rice
123	Kent State
124	Georgia Southern
125	Charlotte
126	San Jose State
127	Bowling Green
128	Georgia State
129	East Carolina
130	UTEP