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Special Teams Player
To come up with a team's overall statistical rating, I've explained that I've just averaged all its average z-scores across nine categories (pass d/o, rush d/o, scoring d/o, total d/o, and turnover margin). To come up with strength of schedule (SOS), I've just averaged the overall statistical ratings for each team played. To rank all 128 FBS teams, I've just taken the average ranking for each one...meaning the ranking of overall stats and the ranking of SOS. E.g., the rank for Nebraska's overall statistics (mathematically equivalent to the average z-score for those nine categories listed above) is 66th. The rank of their SOS is 45th. The average of those two ranks is what puts them where they are below:
1. Alabama
2. Notre Dame
3. Tennessee
4. Navy
5. Arkansas, LSU, West Virginia (tie)
6. Clemson
7. Mississippi State, USC (tie)
8. Oklahoma
9. Mississippi
10. Western Michigan
11. Michigan State, Washington (tie)
12. California, Florida, Louisville, Pittsburgh (tie)
13. Florida State
14. Penn State
15. Utah State
16. Illinois
17. Auburn, Ohio State (tie)
18. Boston College
19. Oregon
20. Georgia Tech, Memphis (tie)
21. Minnesota
22. Northwestern
23. BYU, Georgia, Oklahoma State (tie)
24. Vanderbilt
25. Miami (Florida)
26. Arizona State
27. Michigan
28. North Carolina State
29. North Carolina, Texas A&M (tie)
30. Iowa State
31. Maryland, Virginia Tech (tie)
32. Baylor
33. Utah
34. Missouri, Syracuse, TCU (tie)
35. Nebraska
36. Toledo
37. Wake Forest
38. Bowling Green, Stanford, Texas Tech, Virginia (tie)
39. Purdue
40. South Carolina
41. Air Force
42. Appalachian State
43. Indiana
44. Iowa
45. Boise State
46. UCLA
47. Georgia Southern, SMU, Western Kentucky (tie)
48. South Florida
49. Connecticut, Houston (tie)
50. Wisconsin
51. Cincinnati
52. San Diego State
53. East Carolina, Northern Illinois (tie)
54. Southern Mississippi
55. Wyoming
56. Kansas
57. Central Michigan, Kansas State, Middle Tennessee (tie)
58. Akron
59. Oregon State
60. Texas
61. Ball State
62. Arizona, Temple (tie)
63. Arkansas State
64. Marshall
65. Duke
66. Kentucky
67. Colorado State, Kent State, Louisiana Tech (tie)
68. Buffalo
69. Washington State
70. Rutgers
71. North Texas
72. Fresno State
73. South Alabama, UNLV (tie)
74. Troy
75. Old Dominion
76. Ohio, UCF (tie)
77. Colorado
78. San Jose State
79. Miami (Ohio)
80. Hawai'i
81. New Mexico, Tulsa (tie)
82. Nevada
83. Texas State, Tulane (tie)
84. Florida Atlantic
85. Louisiana-Monroe
86. Georgia State, Massachusetts (tie)
87. New Mexico State
88. Louisiana-Lafayette, Rice (tie)
89. Charlotte, Idaho (tie)
90. Army
91. Florida International
92. Eastern Michigan
93. UTSA
94. UTEP
To repeat, this order was determined by taking the average of two rankings: 1) the national ranking for the stats taken from the z-score method I've explained previously; and 2) the national ranking for the schedule strength a team played (by taking the average of all the overall statistical average z-scores for all the teams played). Seeing Iowa ranked below Nebraska doesn't mean the Cornhuskers are better than the Hawkeyes this season. It just means that the average of the Husker stats and strength of schedule rankings is higher than that of Iowa.
The rankings, by just the overall statiscal average z-scores, are as follows:
1 Oklahoma
2 Baylor
3 Ohio State
4 Alabama
5 Clemson
6 Houston
7 San Diego State
8 Western Kentucky
9 Southern Mississippi
10 Iowa
11 Appalachian State
12 Bowling Green
13 Georgia Southern
14 North Carolina
15 Navy
16 Boise State
17 Wisconsin
18 Florida State
19 Toledo
20 Michigan
21 West Virginia
22 Florida
23 Air Force
24 Michigan State
25 North Carolina State
26 Stanford
27 Notre Dame
28 Mississippi
29 LSU
30 USC
31 TCU
32 Temple
33 South Florida
34 Georgia
35 Northern Illinois
36 Memphis
37 Tennessee
38 Utah
39 UCLA
40 Oklahoma State
41 Marshall
42 Washington
43 Pittsburgh
44 Arkansas
45 Arkansas State
46 BYU
47 Oregon
48 Louisiana Tech
49 Western Michigan
50 Central Michigan
51 Middle Tennessee
52 Utah State
53 Louisville
54 Ohio
55 Penn State
56 Mississippi State
57 Texas A&M
58 Northwestern
59 Akron
60 Duke
61 Texas Tech
62 Washington State
63 Cincinnati
64 Arizona State
65 California
66 Nebraska
67 Virginia Tech
68 Nevada
69 East Carolina
70 Connecticut
71 Illinois
72 Georgia State
73 Auburn
74 Minnesota
75 San Jose State
76 Indiana
77 Boston College
78 Texas
79 Kentucky
80 Miami (Florida)
81 Colorado State
82 Georgia Tech
83 New Mexico
84 Missouri
85 Army
86 Florida Atlantic
87 Tulsa
88 Louisiana-Lafayette
89 Buffalo
90 Arizona
91 Massachusetts
92 South Carolina
93 Colorado
94 Virginia
95 Vanderbilt
96 Troy
97 UTSA
98 Florida International
99 Kansas State
100 Iowa State
101 Old Dominion
102 UNLV
103 Syracuse
104 Maryland
105 Wyoming
106 Wake Forest
107 South Alabama
108 Kent State
109 Idaho
110 New Mexico State
111 Rutgers
112 Purdue
113 UTEP
114 Rice
115 Tulane
116 Texas State
117 Miami (Ohio)
118 Ball State
119 Fresno State
120 SMU
121 Eastern Michigan
122 Charlotte
123 Oregon State
124 North Texas
125 Louisiana-Monroe
126 Hawai'i
127 UCF
128 Kansas
The rankings, by just SOS (as calculated with the z-scores), are as follows:
1 Maryland
2 Vanderbilt
3 Purdue
4 Iowa State
5 Mississippi State
6 Syracuse
7 Wake Forest
8 SMU
9 Georgia Tech
10 Boston College
11 Arkansas
12 Kansas
13 Auburn
14 Illinois
15 California
16 Tennessee
17 Alabama
18 Minnesota
19 Miami (Florida)
20 Virginia
21 Western Michigan
22 Oregon State
23 Notre Dame
24 South Carolina
25 Missouri
26 LSU
27 Louisville
28 Penn State
29 Washington
30 Ball State
31 USC
32 Utah State
33 Wyoming
34 West Virginia
35 Northwestern
36 Arizona State
37 Pittsburgh
38 Virginia Tech
39 Navy
40 Mississippi
41 Oregon
42 North Texas
43 Kansas State
44 Indiana
45 Nebraska
46 Texas A&M
47 Michigan State
48 Fresno State
49 UCF
50 BYU
51 Clemson
52 Kent State
53 Texas Tech
54 Rutgers
55 Memphis
56 Oklahoma State
57 Hawai'i
58 Florida
59 Arizona
60 Connecticut
61 South Alabama
62 Georgia
63 Florida State
64 Miami (Ohio)
65 Oklahoma
66 UNLV
67 East Carolina
68 Texas
69 Cincinnati
70 Utah
71 Louisiana-Monroe
72 Buffalo
73 Old Dominion
74 Troy
75 Texas State
76 Tulane
77 North Carolina State
78 TCU
79 Colorado State
80 Kentucky
81 Michigan
82 Charlotte
83 Ohio State
84 Akron
85 Colorado
86 UCLA
87 Rice
88 Stanford
89 North Carolina
90 New Mexico State
91 Middle Tennessee
92 Central Michigan
93 Toledo
94 Air Force
95 Idaho
96 South Florida
97 Eastern Michigan
98 Duke
99 Tulsa
100 Washington State
101 Northern Illinois
102 Bowling Green
103 New Mexico
104 San Jose State
105 Baylor
106 Massachusetts
107 Boise State
108 Appalachian State
109 Florida Atlantic
110 Arkansas State
111 Iowa
112 Louisiana Tech
113 Louisiana-Lafayette
114 Wisconsin
115 Georgia Southern
116 Marshall
117 Temple
118 UTEP
119 Florida International
120 Western Kentucky
121 Nevada
122 Ohio
123 UTSA
124 Houston
125 Georgia State
126 Army
127 San Diego State
128 Southern Mississippi
p.s. - I should have noted before that I did not consider any games played against teams from outside the FBS. By this rationale, Alabama is not penalized for playing Sam Houston State or whatever. I only figured out the average rating of the teams on their schedule that were from the top division.
1. Alabama
2. Notre Dame
3. Tennessee
4. Navy
5. Arkansas, LSU, West Virginia (tie)
6. Clemson
7. Mississippi State, USC (tie)
8. Oklahoma
9. Mississippi
10. Western Michigan
11. Michigan State, Washington (tie)
12. California, Florida, Louisville, Pittsburgh (tie)
13. Florida State
14. Penn State
15. Utah State
16. Illinois
17. Auburn, Ohio State (tie)
18. Boston College
19. Oregon
20. Georgia Tech, Memphis (tie)
21. Minnesota
22. Northwestern
23. BYU, Georgia, Oklahoma State (tie)
24. Vanderbilt
25. Miami (Florida)
26. Arizona State
27. Michigan
28. North Carolina State
29. North Carolina, Texas A&M (tie)
30. Iowa State
31. Maryland, Virginia Tech (tie)
32. Baylor
33. Utah
34. Missouri, Syracuse, TCU (tie)
35. Nebraska
36. Toledo
37. Wake Forest
38. Bowling Green, Stanford, Texas Tech, Virginia (tie)
39. Purdue
40. South Carolina
41. Air Force
42. Appalachian State
43. Indiana
44. Iowa
45. Boise State
46. UCLA
47. Georgia Southern, SMU, Western Kentucky (tie)
48. South Florida
49. Connecticut, Houston (tie)
50. Wisconsin
51. Cincinnati
52. San Diego State
53. East Carolina, Northern Illinois (tie)
54. Southern Mississippi
55. Wyoming
56. Kansas
57. Central Michigan, Kansas State, Middle Tennessee (tie)
58. Akron
59. Oregon State
60. Texas
61. Ball State
62. Arizona, Temple (tie)
63. Arkansas State
64. Marshall
65. Duke
66. Kentucky
67. Colorado State, Kent State, Louisiana Tech (tie)
68. Buffalo
69. Washington State
70. Rutgers
71. North Texas
72. Fresno State
73. South Alabama, UNLV (tie)
74. Troy
75. Old Dominion
76. Ohio, UCF (tie)
77. Colorado
78. San Jose State
79. Miami (Ohio)
80. Hawai'i
81. New Mexico, Tulsa (tie)
82. Nevada
83. Texas State, Tulane (tie)
84. Florida Atlantic
85. Louisiana-Monroe
86. Georgia State, Massachusetts (tie)
87. New Mexico State
88. Louisiana-Lafayette, Rice (tie)
89. Charlotte, Idaho (tie)
90. Army
91. Florida International
92. Eastern Michigan
93. UTSA
94. UTEP
To repeat, this order was determined by taking the average of two rankings: 1) the national ranking for the stats taken from the z-score method I've explained previously; and 2) the national ranking for the schedule strength a team played (by taking the average of all the overall statistical average z-scores for all the teams played). Seeing Iowa ranked below Nebraska doesn't mean the Cornhuskers are better than the Hawkeyes this season. It just means that the average of the Husker stats and strength of schedule rankings is higher than that of Iowa.
The rankings, by just the overall statiscal average z-scores, are as follows:
1 Oklahoma
2 Baylor
3 Ohio State
4 Alabama
5 Clemson
6 Houston
7 San Diego State
8 Western Kentucky
9 Southern Mississippi
10 Iowa
11 Appalachian State
12 Bowling Green
13 Georgia Southern
14 North Carolina
15 Navy
16 Boise State
17 Wisconsin
18 Florida State
19 Toledo
20 Michigan
21 West Virginia
22 Florida
23 Air Force
24 Michigan State
25 North Carolina State
26 Stanford
27 Notre Dame
28 Mississippi
29 LSU
30 USC
31 TCU
32 Temple
33 South Florida
34 Georgia
35 Northern Illinois
36 Memphis
37 Tennessee
38 Utah
39 UCLA
40 Oklahoma State
41 Marshall
42 Washington
43 Pittsburgh
44 Arkansas
45 Arkansas State
46 BYU
47 Oregon
48 Louisiana Tech
49 Western Michigan
50 Central Michigan
51 Middle Tennessee
52 Utah State
53 Louisville
54 Ohio
55 Penn State
56 Mississippi State
57 Texas A&M
58 Northwestern
59 Akron
60 Duke
61 Texas Tech
62 Washington State
63 Cincinnati
64 Arizona State
65 California
66 Nebraska
67 Virginia Tech
68 Nevada
69 East Carolina
70 Connecticut
71 Illinois
72 Georgia State
73 Auburn
74 Minnesota
75 San Jose State
76 Indiana
77 Boston College
78 Texas
79 Kentucky
80 Miami (Florida)
81 Colorado State
82 Georgia Tech
83 New Mexico
84 Missouri
85 Army
86 Florida Atlantic
87 Tulsa
88 Louisiana-Lafayette
89 Buffalo
90 Arizona
91 Massachusetts
92 South Carolina
93 Colorado
94 Virginia
95 Vanderbilt
96 Troy
97 UTSA
98 Florida International
99 Kansas State
100 Iowa State
101 Old Dominion
102 UNLV
103 Syracuse
104 Maryland
105 Wyoming
106 Wake Forest
107 South Alabama
108 Kent State
109 Idaho
110 New Mexico State
111 Rutgers
112 Purdue
113 UTEP
114 Rice
115 Tulane
116 Texas State
117 Miami (Ohio)
118 Ball State
119 Fresno State
120 SMU
121 Eastern Michigan
122 Charlotte
123 Oregon State
124 North Texas
125 Louisiana-Monroe
126 Hawai'i
127 UCF
128 Kansas
The rankings, by just SOS (as calculated with the z-scores), are as follows:
1 Maryland
2 Vanderbilt
3 Purdue
4 Iowa State
5 Mississippi State
6 Syracuse
7 Wake Forest
8 SMU
9 Georgia Tech
10 Boston College
11 Arkansas
12 Kansas
13 Auburn
14 Illinois
15 California
16 Tennessee
17 Alabama
18 Minnesota
19 Miami (Florida)
20 Virginia
21 Western Michigan
22 Oregon State
23 Notre Dame
24 South Carolina
25 Missouri
26 LSU
27 Louisville
28 Penn State
29 Washington
30 Ball State
31 USC
32 Utah State
33 Wyoming
34 West Virginia
35 Northwestern
36 Arizona State
37 Pittsburgh
38 Virginia Tech
39 Navy
40 Mississippi
41 Oregon
42 North Texas
43 Kansas State
44 Indiana
45 Nebraska
46 Texas A&M
47 Michigan State
48 Fresno State
49 UCF
50 BYU
51 Clemson
52 Kent State
53 Texas Tech
54 Rutgers
55 Memphis
56 Oklahoma State
57 Hawai'i
58 Florida
59 Arizona
60 Connecticut
61 South Alabama
62 Georgia
63 Florida State
64 Miami (Ohio)
65 Oklahoma
66 UNLV
67 East Carolina
68 Texas
69 Cincinnati
70 Utah
71 Louisiana-Monroe
72 Buffalo
73 Old Dominion
74 Troy
75 Texas State
76 Tulane
77 North Carolina State
78 TCU
79 Colorado State
80 Kentucky
81 Michigan
82 Charlotte
83 Ohio State
84 Akron
85 Colorado
86 UCLA
87 Rice
88 Stanford
89 North Carolina
90 New Mexico State
91 Middle Tennessee
92 Central Michigan
93 Toledo
94 Air Force
95 Idaho
96 South Florida
97 Eastern Michigan
98 Duke
99 Tulsa
100 Washington State
101 Northern Illinois
102 Bowling Green
103 New Mexico
104 San Jose State
105 Baylor
106 Massachusetts
107 Boise State
108 Appalachian State
109 Florida Atlantic
110 Arkansas State
111 Iowa
112 Louisiana Tech
113 Louisiana-Lafayette
114 Wisconsin
115 Georgia Southern
116 Marshall
117 Temple
118 UTEP
119 Florida International
120 Western Kentucky
121 Nevada
122 Ohio
123 UTSA
124 Houston
125 Georgia State
126 Army
127 San Diego State
128 Southern Mississippi
p.s. - I should have noted before that I did not consider any games played against teams from outside the FBS. By this rationale, Alabama is not penalized for playing Sam Houston State or whatever. I only figured out the average rating of the teams on their schedule that were from the top division.
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