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Special Teams Player
I'm taking just the stats from games versus other FBS teams and calculating z-scores for every team's individual figures within nine categories: pass d&o, rush d&o, scoring d&o, total d&o, and turnover margin. I'm then averaging those z-scores for each category before averaging those averages for what we have below. If it's not clear, you can look at my old posts for examples. The long story short is a z-score is just the difference from the mean, expressed in terms of the number of standard deviations. If I share a value of 0, that means the average z-score for that team in that category is exactly average. If it's 1, that means it's one standard deviation better than the average. If it's -1, that means it's one standard deviation worse than the average. I suppose that's clear or really confusing but I tried again. I did not calculate these values with any consideration for strength of schedule. I.e., no weighting has been done.
B1G Teams Overall (considers all categories listed above)
Michigan 1.70
Ohio State 1.53
Minnesota 0.52
Wisconsin 0.48
Penn State 0.36
Nebraska 0.22
Indiana 0.22
Iowa 0.17
Northwestern 0.00
Maryland -0.18
Michigan State -0.31
Illinois -0.54
Purdue -0.95
Rutgers -1.12
B1G Teams Defensively (considers passing, rushing, scoring, and total defense categories)
Michigan 2.07
Ohio State 1.88
Wisconsin 1.54
Minnesota 0.96
Nebraska 0.50
Indiana 0.47
Penn State 0.45
Iowa 0.40
Northwestern 0.31
Michigan State -0.24
Maryland -0.33
Illinois -0.41
Rutgers -1.07
Purdue -1.08
B1G Teams Offensively (considers passing, rushing, scoring, and total offense categories)
Michigan 1.52
Ohio State 1.30
Penn State 0.32
Indiana 0.09
Maryland 0.03
Nebraska -0.09
Minnesota -0.12
Iowa -0.21
Northwestern -0.33
Michigan State -0.34
Wisconsin -0.45
Purdue -0.58
Illinois -0.87
Rutgers -1.34
I'm just going to share all the rankings I have but, again, without any consideration of schedule strength...
FBS Rankings Overall
Michigan 1.70
Ohio State 1.53
Louisville 1.41
Alabama 1.32
Washington 1.30
San Diego State 1.05
Western Michigan 1.04
Washington State 0.92
Auburn 0.91
Colorado 0.80
Clemson 0.75
Florida 0.69
LSU 0.69
Troy 0.68
Appalachian State 0.66
Houston 0.62
Toledo 0.61
Baylor 0.61
West Virginia 0.61
Oklahoma 0.60
Louisiana Tech 0.58
Virginia Tech 0.58
Air Force 0.54
Minnesota 0.52
Western Kentucky 0.50
Wisconsin 0.48
USC 0.47
Boise State 0.46
Memphis 0.42
TCU 0.41
Tulsa 0.41
Temple 0.41
South Florida 0.37
Penn State 0.36
Army 0.36
Texas A&M 0.32
Ohio 0.32
Miami (Florida) 0.31
Utah 0.29
North Carolina 0.27
New Mexico 0.26
Nebraska 0.22
UCF 0.22
Indiana 0.22
Texas 0.21
Oklahoma State 0.19
BYU 0.18
Iowa 0.17
Old Dominion 0.16
Middle Tennessee 0.16
Mississippi State 0.16
UTSA 0.14
Florida State 0.14
Georgia 0.14
Wyoming 0.09
UCLA 0.09
Navy 0.08
North Carolina State 0.06
Notre Dame 0.01
South Carolina 0.01
Pittsburgh 0.01
Northern Illinois 0.00
Colorado State 0.00
Northwestern 0.00
Miami (Ohio) -0.01
Wake Forest -0.03
Kansas State -0.04
Stanford -0.07
Georgia Tech -0.07
Mississippi -0.08
Arkansas State -0.11
Tulane -0.11
Kent State -0.13
Tennessee -0.18
Maryland -0.18
Southern Mississippi -0.19
Louisiana-Lafayette -0.20
Kentucky -0.20
Cincinnati -0.24
South Alabama -0.24
North Texas -0.24
Duke -0.26
Vanderbilt -0.27
California -0.27
Central Michigan -0.28
Virginia -0.28
Georgia Southern -0.29
Oregon -0.29
Eastern Michigan -0.30
Michigan State -0.31
Georgia State -0.32
Ball State -0.33
UNLV -0.33
Arkansas -0.34
Utah State -0.35
Texas Tech -0.35
Missouri -0.38
Nevada -0.39
East Carolina -0.41
SMU -0.41
Boston College -0.43
Iowa State -0.43
Charlotte -0.49
Idaho -0.50
Connecticut -0.50
Oregon State -0.51
Arizona State -0.51
Buffalo -0.52
Illinois -0.54
Syracuse -0.56
Hawai'i -0.59
Akron -0.61
Florida International -0.63
Florida Atlantic -0.69
UTEP -0.69
New Mexico State -0.74
Massachusetts -0.77
Arizona -0.80
Marshall -0.83
San Jose State -0.83
Louisiana-Monroe -0.93
Purdue -0.95
Fresno State -1.07
Rutgers -1.12
Rice -1.21
Texas State -1.24
Bowling Green -1.30
Kansas -1.31
FBS Defensively
Michigan 2.07
Alabama 1.97
Ohio State 1.88
Florida 1.85
San Diego State 1.57
Wisconsin 1.54
LSU 1.53
Louisville 1.30
Colorado 1.28
Appalachian State 1.27
Clemson 1.21
Auburn 1.09
Army 1.06
Minnesota 0.96
Washington 0.95
Stanford 0.87
Houston 0.86
Troy 0.85
Virginia Tech 0.85
Temple 0.85
Air Force 0.80
UCLA 0.74
West Virginia 0.71
Washington State 0.69
UCF 0.67
Miami (Florida) 0.63
Western Michigan 0.62
Wake Forest 0.62
Ohio 0.57
South Carolina 0.57
Miami (Ohio) 0.57
Georgia 0.55
Kent State 0.50
Nebraska 0.50
Georgia State 0.50
USC 0.49
Boise State 0.49
North Carolina State 0.48
Indiana 0.47
Penn State 0.45
Iowa 0.40
Vanderbilt 0.39
Tulane 0.36
TCU 0.33
Utah 0.32
Northwestern 0.31
Boston College 0.29
Arkansas State 0.27
BYU 0.26
Louisiana-Lafayette 0.25
Mississippi State 0.20
North Carolina 0.19
Western Kentucky 0.18
Notre Dame 0.18
Colorado State 0.13
Cincinnati 0.12
Baylor 0.12
Memphis 0.07
Texas A&M 0.06
Toledo 0.04
South Alabama 0.04
UTSA 0.02
Oklahoma -0.02
Old Dominion -0.03
North Texas -0.04
Tennessee -0.07
New Mexico -0.08
Duke -0.09
Utah State -0.09
Connecticut -0.09
Kentucky -0.09
Tulsa -0.11
Central Michigan -0.11
Georgia Southern -0.14
Louisiana Tech -0.14
Kansas State -0.21
Michigan State -0.24
Florida State -0.25
Virginia -0.26
Georgia Tech -0.28
Southern Mississippi -0.31
SMU -0.32
Maryland -0.33
Wyoming -0.34
Buffalo -0.35
Navy -0.38
Eastern Michigan -0.39
Illinois -0.41
Northern Illinois -0.43
UNLV -0.44
Oklahoma State -0.46
Texas -0.46
South Florida -0.51
Oregon State -0.51
Middle Tennessee -0.53
Arkansas -0.53
Nevada -0.57
Mississippi -0.60
Ball State -0.60
East Carolina -0.61
Idaho -0.64
Iowa State -0.65
Florida International -0.67
Massachusetts -0.73
Missouri -0.73
Pittsburgh -0.73
Charlotte -0.75
UTEP -0.82
San Jose State -0.85
Hawai'i -0.85
Fresno State -0.94
Syracuse -0.99
Florida Atlantic -1.00
Akron -1.01
Arizona -1.02
Rutgers -1.07
Arizona State -1.07
Purdue -1.08
Marshall -1.12
Kansas -1.24
New Mexico State -1.28
Texas State -1.39
Louisiana-Monroe -1.45
California -1.45
Oregon -1.63
Texas Tech -1.76
Bowling Green -1.78
Rice -1.88
FBS Offensively
Louisville 1.92
Washington 1.63
Michigan 1.52
Oklahoma 1.50
South Florida 1.35
Louisiana Tech 1.34
Ohio State 1.30
Toledo 1.30
Western Michigan 1.29
Texas Tech 1.15
Washington State 1.11
Baylor 1.06
Tulsa 1.03
Western Kentucky 1.02
Texas 0.93
Oregon 0.93
Alabama 0.93
Auburn 0.91
New Mexico 0.82
California 0.80
Oklahoma State 0.76
Middle Tennessee 0.75
Pittsburgh 0.75
Boise State 0.75
TCU 0.63
Houston 0.63
West Virginia 0.63
Memphis 0.62
USC 0.59
San Diego State 0.56
Navy 0.56
Clemson 0.51
Texas A&M 0.50
Florida State 0.44
Northern Illinois 0.44
Troy 0.43
Mississippi 0.43
Wyoming 0.41
Virginia Tech 0.40
North Carolina 0.40
Air Force 0.33
Colorado 0.32
Penn State 0.32
Southern Mississippi 0.19
Old Dominion 0.19
Georgia Tech 0.15
Temple 0.14
Utah 0.12
Indiana 0.09
Ball State 0.06
Mississippi State 0.06
Appalachian State 0.05
Missouri 0.04
UTSA 0.03
Maryland 0.03
Notre Dame -0.01
LSU -0.01
Kansas State -0.02
Miami (Florida) -0.02
East Carolina -0.06
Arizona State -0.06
Ohio -0.08
Nebraska -0.09
Kentucky -0.09
Minnesota -0.12
Colorado State -0.12
BYU -0.14
Arkansas -0.15
Syracuse -0.18
Tennessee -0.19
Army -0.19
Iowa -0.21
UCF -0.22
Hawai'i -0.23
UNLV -0.25
Eastern Michigan -0.26
Akron -0.28
Iowa State -0.32
Central Michigan -0.32
Northwestern -0.33
Michigan State -0.34
Florida -0.35
New Mexico State -0.35
Charlotte -0.37
Arizona -0.38
Georgia -0.38
North Carolina State -0.39
Nevada -0.41
Virginia -0.41
Duke -0.44
Wisconsin -0.45
UCLA -0.49
Louisiana-Monroe -0.50
Arkansas State -0.51
Florida International -0.52
SMU -0.52
Idaho -0.53
UTEP -0.54
Florida Atlantic -0.54
North Texas -0.56
Miami (Ohio) -0.57
Georgia Southern -0.57
Oregon State -0.57
Purdue -0.58
Utah State -0.59
South Alabama -0.61
Louisiana-Lafayette -0.64
Rice -0.66
Tulane -0.72
Cincinnati -0.72
Marshall -0.72
South Carolina -0.75
Bowling Green -0.76
Buffalo -0.80
Massachusetts -0.84
Illinois -0.87
Stanford -0.88
San Jose State -0.91
Kent State -0.96
Wake Forest -0.97
Connecticut -1.04
Vanderbilt -1.13
Georgia State -1.13
Fresno State -1.21
Boston College -1.22
Texas State -1.25
Kansas -1.25
Rutgers -1.34
B1G Teams Overall (considers all categories listed above)
Michigan 1.70
Ohio State 1.53
Minnesota 0.52
Wisconsin 0.48
Penn State 0.36
Nebraska 0.22
Indiana 0.22
Iowa 0.17
Northwestern 0.00
Maryland -0.18
Michigan State -0.31
Illinois -0.54
Purdue -0.95
Rutgers -1.12
B1G Teams Defensively (considers passing, rushing, scoring, and total defense categories)
Michigan 2.07
Ohio State 1.88
Wisconsin 1.54
Minnesota 0.96
Nebraska 0.50
Indiana 0.47
Penn State 0.45
Iowa 0.40
Northwestern 0.31
Michigan State -0.24
Maryland -0.33
Illinois -0.41
Rutgers -1.07
Purdue -1.08
B1G Teams Offensively (considers passing, rushing, scoring, and total offense categories)
Michigan 1.52
Ohio State 1.30
Penn State 0.32
Indiana 0.09
Maryland 0.03
Nebraska -0.09
Minnesota -0.12
Iowa -0.21
Northwestern -0.33
Michigan State -0.34
Wisconsin -0.45
Purdue -0.58
Illinois -0.87
Rutgers -1.34
I'm just going to share all the rankings I have but, again, without any consideration of schedule strength...
FBS Rankings Overall
Michigan 1.70
Ohio State 1.53
Louisville 1.41
Alabama 1.32
Washington 1.30
San Diego State 1.05
Western Michigan 1.04
Washington State 0.92
Auburn 0.91
Colorado 0.80
Clemson 0.75
Florida 0.69
LSU 0.69
Troy 0.68
Appalachian State 0.66
Houston 0.62
Toledo 0.61
Baylor 0.61
West Virginia 0.61
Oklahoma 0.60
Louisiana Tech 0.58
Virginia Tech 0.58
Air Force 0.54
Minnesota 0.52
Western Kentucky 0.50
Wisconsin 0.48
USC 0.47
Boise State 0.46
Memphis 0.42
TCU 0.41
Tulsa 0.41
Temple 0.41
South Florida 0.37
Penn State 0.36
Army 0.36
Texas A&M 0.32
Ohio 0.32
Miami (Florida) 0.31
Utah 0.29
North Carolina 0.27
New Mexico 0.26
Nebraska 0.22
UCF 0.22
Indiana 0.22
Texas 0.21
Oklahoma State 0.19
BYU 0.18
Iowa 0.17
Old Dominion 0.16
Middle Tennessee 0.16
Mississippi State 0.16
UTSA 0.14
Florida State 0.14
Georgia 0.14
Wyoming 0.09
UCLA 0.09
Navy 0.08
North Carolina State 0.06
Notre Dame 0.01
South Carolina 0.01
Pittsburgh 0.01
Northern Illinois 0.00
Colorado State 0.00
Northwestern 0.00
Miami (Ohio) -0.01
Wake Forest -0.03
Kansas State -0.04
Stanford -0.07
Georgia Tech -0.07
Mississippi -0.08
Arkansas State -0.11
Tulane -0.11
Kent State -0.13
Tennessee -0.18
Maryland -0.18
Southern Mississippi -0.19
Louisiana-Lafayette -0.20
Kentucky -0.20
Cincinnati -0.24
South Alabama -0.24
North Texas -0.24
Duke -0.26
Vanderbilt -0.27
California -0.27
Central Michigan -0.28
Virginia -0.28
Georgia Southern -0.29
Oregon -0.29
Eastern Michigan -0.30
Michigan State -0.31
Georgia State -0.32
Ball State -0.33
UNLV -0.33
Arkansas -0.34
Utah State -0.35
Texas Tech -0.35
Missouri -0.38
Nevada -0.39
East Carolina -0.41
SMU -0.41
Boston College -0.43
Iowa State -0.43
Charlotte -0.49
Idaho -0.50
Connecticut -0.50
Oregon State -0.51
Arizona State -0.51
Buffalo -0.52
Illinois -0.54
Syracuse -0.56
Hawai'i -0.59
Akron -0.61
Florida International -0.63
Florida Atlantic -0.69
UTEP -0.69
New Mexico State -0.74
Massachusetts -0.77
Arizona -0.80
Marshall -0.83
San Jose State -0.83
Louisiana-Monroe -0.93
Purdue -0.95
Fresno State -1.07
Rutgers -1.12
Rice -1.21
Texas State -1.24
Bowling Green -1.30
Kansas -1.31
FBS Defensively
Michigan 2.07
Alabama 1.97
Ohio State 1.88
Florida 1.85
San Diego State 1.57
Wisconsin 1.54
LSU 1.53
Louisville 1.30
Colorado 1.28
Appalachian State 1.27
Clemson 1.21
Auburn 1.09
Army 1.06
Minnesota 0.96
Washington 0.95
Stanford 0.87
Houston 0.86
Troy 0.85
Virginia Tech 0.85
Temple 0.85
Air Force 0.80
UCLA 0.74
West Virginia 0.71
Washington State 0.69
UCF 0.67
Miami (Florida) 0.63
Western Michigan 0.62
Wake Forest 0.62
Ohio 0.57
South Carolina 0.57
Miami (Ohio) 0.57
Georgia 0.55
Kent State 0.50
Nebraska 0.50
Georgia State 0.50
USC 0.49
Boise State 0.49
North Carolina State 0.48
Indiana 0.47
Penn State 0.45
Iowa 0.40
Vanderbilt 0.39
Tulane 0.36
TCU 0.33
Utah 0.32
Northwestern 0.31
Boston College 0.29
Arkansas State 0.27
BYU 0.26
Louisiana-Lafayette 0.25
Mississippi State 0.20
North Carolina 0.19
Western Kentucky 0.18
Notre Dame 0.18
Colorado State 0.13
Cincinnati 0.12
Baylor 0.12
Memphis 0.07
Texas A&M 0.06
Toledo 0.04
South Alabama 0.04
UTSA 0.02
Oklahoma -0.02
Old Dominion -0.03
North Texas -0.04
Tennessee -0.07
New Mexico -0.08
Duke -0.09
Utah State -0.09
Connecticut -0.09
Kentucky -0.09
Tulsa -0.11
Central Michigan -0.11
Georgia Southern -0.14
Louisiana Tech -0.14
Kansas State -0.21
Michigan State -0.24
Florida State -0.25
Virginia -0.26
Georgia Tech -0.28
Southern Mississippi -0.31
SMU -0.32
Maryland -0.33
Wyoming -0.34
Buffalo -0.35
Navy -0.38
Eastern Michigan -0.39
Illinois -0.41
Northern Illinois -0.43
UNLV -0.44
Oklahoma State -0.46
Texas -0.46
South Florida -0.51
Oregon State -0.51
Middle Tennessee -0.53
Arkansas -0.53
Nevada -0.57
Mississippi -0.60
Ball State -0.60
East Carolina -0.61
Idaho -0.64
Iowa State -0.65
Florida International -0.67
Massachusetts -0.73
Missouri -0.73
Pittsburgh -0.73
Charlotte -0.75
UTEP -0.82
San Jose State -0.85
Hawai'i -0.85
Fresno State -0.94
Syracuse -0.99
Florida Atlantic -1.00
Akron -1.01
Arizona -1.02
Rutgers -1.07
Arizona State -1.07
Purdue -1.08
Marshall -1.12
Kansas -1.24
New Mexico State -1.28
Texas State -1.39
Louisiana-Monroe -1.45
California -1.45
Oregon -1.63
Texas Tech -1.76
Bowling Green -1.78
Rice -1.88
FBS Offensively
Louisville 1.92
Washington 1.63
Michigan 1.52
Oklahoma 1.50
South Florida 1.35
Louisiana Tech 1.34
Ohio State 1.30
Toledo 1.30
Western Michigan 1.29
Texas Tech 1.15
Washington State 1.11
Baylor 1.06
Tulsa 1.03
Western Kentucky 1.02
Texas 0.93
Oregon 0.93
Alabama 0.93
Auburn 0.91
New Mexico 0.82
California 0.80
Oklahoma State 0.76
Middle Tennessee 0.75
Pittsburgh 0.75
Boise State 0.75
TCU 0.63
Houston 0.63
West Virginia 0.63
Memphis 0.62
USC 0.59
San Diego State 0.56
Navy 0.56
Clemson 0.51
Texas A&M 0.50
Florida State 0.44
Northern Illinois 0.44
Troy 0.43
Mississippi 0.43
Wyoming 0.41
Virginia Tech 0.40
North Carolina 0.40
Air Force 0.33
Colorado 0.32
Penn State 0.32
Southern Mississippi 0.19
Old Dominion 0.19
Georgia Tech 0.15
Temple 0.14
Utah 0.12
Indiana 0.09
Ball State 0.06
Mississippi State 0.06
Appalachian State 0.05
Missouri 0.04
UTSA 0.03
Maryland 0.03
Notre Dame -0.01
LSU -0.01
Kansas State -0.02
Miami (Florida) -0.02
East Carolina -0.06
Arizona State -0.06
Ohio -0.08
Nebraska -0.09
Kentucky -0.09
Minnesota -0.12
Colorado State -0.12
BYU -0.14
Arkansas -0.15
Syracuse -0.18
Tennessee -0.19
Army -0.19
Iowa -0.21
UCF -0.22
Hawai'i -0.23
UNLV -0.25
Eastern Michigan -0.26
Akron -0.28
Iowa State -0.32
Central Michigan -0.32
Northwestern -0.33
Michigan State -0.34
Florida -0.35
New Mexico State -0.35
Charlotte -0.37
Arizona -0.38
Georgia -0.38
North Carolina State -0.39
Nevada -0.41
Virginia -0.41
Duke -0.44
Wisconsin -0.45
UCLA -0.49
Louisiana-Monroe -0.50
Arkansas State -0.51
Florida International -0.52
SMU -0.52
Idaho -0.53
UTEP -0.54
Florida Atlantic -0.54
North Texas -0.56
Miami (Ohio) -0.57
Georgia Southern -0.57
Oregon State -0.57
Purdue -0.58
Utah State -0.59
South Alabama -0.61
Louisiana-Lafayette -0.64
Rice -0.66
Tulane -0.72
Cincinnati -0.72
Marshall -0.72
South Carolina -0.75
Bowling Green -0.76
Buffalo -0.80
Massachusetts -0.84
Illinois -0.87
Stanford -0.88
San Jose State -0.91
Kent State -0.96
Wake Forest -0.97
Connecticut -1.04
Vanderbilt -1.13
Georgia State -1.13
Fresno State -1.21
Boston College -1.22
Texas State -1.25
Kansas -1.25
Rutgers -1.34
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