college football rankings by z-score with a focus on NU

[beorach]

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

[beorach]

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

 

[beorach]

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.

[beorach]

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.

[Moiraine]

8 minutes ago, beorach said:

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.

 

 

Is “Independent” considered to be their conference?

[beorach]

15 minutes ago, Moiraine said:

 

 

Is “Independent” considered to be their conference?

 

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