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)
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.
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.
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.
