relative national rankings of stats with a Husker focus

beorach

beorach

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I've shared details on what I'm posting here and, from this point on, the only difference is games against lower division opponents will no longer be counted.  There have been enough games played between FBS teams now.  Eventually, I might share stats from games played only between P5 teams as well.  I'm using cfbstats.com and footballperspective.com now for data and SOS rankings, respectively.  The Congrove SOS numbers I had used were based on the whole season before the games had been played (so that was a mistake).

Nebraska Cornhuskers by percentile (relative to national averages across the listed categories from games played to date)

Pass D: 32.5 (was 55.0 before Ohio State game)

Pass O: 49.2 (was 43.1)

Rush D: 48.7 (was 61.4)

Rush O: 32.0 (was 39.2)

Scoring D: 35.4 (was 57.7)

Scoring O: 42.0 (was 48.3)

Total D: 53.8 (was 72.0)

Total O: 43.1 (was 43.0)

Turnover Margin: 33.8 (was 37.0)

OVERALL Percentile Average: 41.2 (was 50.7)

DEFENSIVE Percentile Average: 42.6 (was 61.5)

OFFENSIVE Percentile Average: 41.5 (was 43.4)

Here are the B1G rankings for all these categories and SOS (strength of schedule with national rank given) for information only and no ranking adjustment was made per SOS:


PD


 


1


Michigan


2


Michigan State


3


Penn State


4


Ohio State


5


Minnesota


6


Purdue


7


Indiana


8


Iowa


9


Northwestern


10


Wisconsin


11


Illinois


12


Rutgers


13


Maryland


14


Nebraska


 


 


PO


 


1


Ohio State


2


Penn State


3


Wisconsin


4


Iowa


5


Purdue


6


Northwestern


7


Nebraska


8


Indiana


9


Michigan State


10


Minnesota


11


Maryland


12


Michigan


13


Illinois


14


Rutgers


 


 


RD


 


1


Wisconsin


2


Michigan


3


Michigan State


4


Ohio State


5


Penn State


6


Northwestern


7


Iowa


8


Minnesota


9


Rutgers


10


Purdue


11


Indiana


12


Nebraska


13


Illinois


14


Maryland


 


 


RO


 


1


Ohio State


2


Wisconsin


3


Penn State


4


Michigan State


5


Michigan


6


Minnesota


7


Northwestern


8


Rutgers


9


Nebraska


10


Maryland


11


Iowa


12


Indiana


13


Illinois


14


Purdue


 


 


SD


 


1


Penn State


2


Wisconsin


3


Michigan


4


Ohio State


5


Iowa


6


Michigan State


7


Minnesota


8


Purdue


9


Northwestern


10


Rutgers


11


Indiana


12


Nebraska


13


Illinois


14


Maryland


 


 


SO


 


1


Ohio State


2


Penn State


3


Wisconsin


4


Iowa


5


Indiana


6


Northwestern


7


Minnesota


8


Maryland


9


Nebraska


10


Purdue


11


Michigan


12


Michigan State


13


Illinois


14


Rutgers


 


 


TD


 


1


Michigan


2


Wisconsin


3


Michigan State


4


Penn State


5


Ohio State


6


Minnesota


7


Northwestern


8


Nebraska


9


Iowa


10


Purdue


11


Rutgers


12


Indiana


13


Illinois


14


Maryland


 


 


TO


 


1


Ohio State


2


Wisconsin


3


Penn State


4


Northwestern


5


Michigan State


6


Indiana


7


Nebraska


8


Michigan


9


Purdue


10


Iowa


11


Minnesota


12


Illinois


13


Maryland


14


Rutgers


 


 


Turnovers


 


1


Penn State


2


Ohio State


3


Minnesota


4


Purdue


5


Maryland


6


Michigan State


7


Wisconsin


8


Iowa


9


Illinois


10


Michigan


11


Nebraska


12


Northwestern


13


Rutgers


14


Indiana


 


 


SOS


 


5


Maryland


6


Michigan State


8


Indiana


11


Northwestern


13


Purdue


14


Iowa


19


Nebraska


23


Michigan


36


Ohio State


43


Penn State


51


Wisconsin


54


Minnesota


67


Rutgers


76


Illinois



Here are the Cornhusker percentiles (relative to national averages for FBS teams) for all the stats I'm tracking in the categories shared above:

Rushing Defense Percentiles

Yards per carry: 38.4 (was 51.5)

Yards per game: 52.3 (was 65.2)

Touchdowns per game: 55.6 (was 67.1)

Passing Offense Percentiles

Completions per game: 57.4 (was 47.0)

Percentage: 32.8 (was 27.2)

Yards per attempt: 42.4 (was 39.4)

Touchdowns per game: 64.0 (was 61.3)

Rating: 36.7 (was 33.3)

Yards per game: 62.2 (was 52.0)

Passing Defense Percentiles

Completions per game: 19.3 (was 39.2)

Percentage: 6.5 (was 18.7)

Yards per attempt: 56.8 (was 68.3)

Touchdowns per game: 42.4 (was 74.3)

Rating: 36.1 (was 61.0)

Yards per game: 51.4 (was 69.6)

Rushing Offense Percentiles

Yards per carry: 40.7 (was 45.1)

Touchdowns per game: 27.3 (was 34.8)

Yards per game: 28.5 (was 37.9)

Scoring Defense Percentiles

Touchdowns per game: 34.3 (was 57.8)

Points per game: 36.5 (was 57.6)

Scoring Offense Percentiles

Touchdowns per game: 43.0 (was 48.4)

Points per game: 40.8 (was 48.3)

Total Defense Percentiles

Yards per play: 44.5 (was 60.8)

Yards per game: 52.6 (was 73.1)

Plays per game: 64.1 (was 80.4)

Total Offense Percentiles

Plays per game: 39.8 (was 45.2)

Yards per play: 47.0 (was 42.6)

Yards per game: 42.4 (was 41.3)

Turnover Margin Percentiles:

Fumbles gained per game: 15.5 (was 19.6)

Interceptions gained per game: 60.9 (was 72.0)

Total gained per game: 33.5 (was 46.1)

Fumbles lost per game: 83.6 (was 78.6)

Interceptions lost per game: 5.9 (was 5.8)

Total lost per game: 29.5 (was 24.8)

Margin per game: 26.2 (was 30.8)

Here are the national rankings, with average category percentile ratings, without any adjustment having been made for SOS:


Rank


Team


overall


1


Ohio State


88.74


2


Alabama


88.06


3


UCF


87.43


4


South Florida


86.21


5


Penn State


85.35


6


Georgia


80.88


7


Wisconsin


78.18


8


Clemson


78.11


9


Virginia Tech


77.10


10


Auburn


76.36


11


Oklahoma State


76.30


12


Washington


75.10


13


Oklahoma


75.02


14


Notre Dame


74.11


15


TCU


72.94


16


Miami (Florida)


70.70


17


North Carolina State


68.55


18


UTSA


67.94


19


USC


67.32


20


Virginia


67.23


21


Arizona


66.81


22


Washington State


66.55


23


Stanford


65.77


24


Michigan State


65.67


25


Michigan


63.99


26


Texas


63.84


27


Utah


63.27


28


Georgia Tech


62.91


29


Marshall


62.58


30


Wake Forest


62.44


31


Southern Mississippi


62.37


32


Iowa State


62.27


33


San Diego State


61.68


34


Mississippi State


61.08


35


Oregon


60.40


36


Texas Tech


60.32


37


Minnesota


59.85


38


Colorado State


59.76


39


Western Kentucky


58.91


40


SMU


58.02


41


West Virginia


57.91


42


Toledo


57.73


43


Duke


57.72


44


Boise State


57.31


45


Louisville


57.29


46


Houston


56.99


47


LSU


56.73


48


Fresno State


56.37


49


Northern Illinois


55.74


50


Texas A&M


55.48


51


Memphis


54.99


52


Navy


54.87


53


Kansas State


54.72


54


Iowa


54.41


55


New Mexico State


54.12


56


Florida


53.95


57


Syracuse


53.82


58


Western Michigan


53.64


59


Purdue


53.42


60


South Carolina


53.40


61


Army


53.25


62


Appalachian State


52.71


63


Northwestern


51.97


64


UAB


51.49


65


Colorado


51.34


66


Eastern Michigan


51.18


67


Troy


50.98


68


Kentucky


50.46


69


Ohio


49.59


70


Florida Atlantic


49.44


71


Georgia State


48.74


72


North Texas


48.55


73


Florida State


48.00


74


Louisiana-Monroe


47.08


75


Miami (Ohio)


46.50


76


UCLA


46.34


77


Arkansas State


45.41


78


Tulane


45.30


79


Middle Tennessee


44.77


80


Coastal Carolina


44.12


81


UNLV


44.11


82


Buffalo


43.95


83


Louisiana Tech


43.74


84


Air Force


43.58


85


Arizona State


42.95


86


New Mexico


42.87


87


Hawai'i


42.74


88


Massachusetts


42.58


89


Wyoming


42.10


90


Idaho


41.98


91


Tulsa


41.97


92


Louisiana-Lafayette


41.62


93


Indiana


41.62


94


California


41.47


95


Nebraska


41.15


96


Utah State


40.18


97


Mississippi


39.82


98


Central Michigan


37.84


99


Temple


36.61


100


Arkansas


36.27


101


Florida International


35.87


102


Boston College


35.69


103


North Carolina


35.44


104


Ball State


35.27


105


Tennessee


34.76


106


Pittsburgh


33.51


107


Nevada


32.80


108


Connecticut


32.28


109


Rutgers


30.39


110


South Alabama


30.37


111


Akron


30.17


112


Illinois


29.58


113


Maryland


29.53


114


Bowling Green


26.30


115


Cincinnati


25.66


116


Georgia Southern


25.10


117


Vanderbilt


24.98


118


Kent State


24.90


119


Texas State


24.31


120


Baylor


22.69


121


Kansas


22.10


122


Charlotte


21.88


123


East Carolina


21.05


124


Oregon State


20.50


125


BYU


19.58


126


Rice


18.87


127


Missouri


18.38


128


Old Dominion


16.64


129


UTEP


14.24


130


San Jose State


12.19


 
B10 STATS:

Scoring PPG: 11th 

Defense PPG: 13th 

Rushing Offense: 12th

Rushing YPC: 8th 

Rushing Defense: 10th

Passing Offense: 4th

Passing Defense: 10th

Sacks Forced: T-10th 

Sacks allowed/Game: 3rd 

TFL: 12th 

Penalties: 9th

TO Margin: 12th 

Red Zone Conversion %: 12th 

 
BIG ERN said:
B10 STATS:

Scoring PPG: 11th 

Defense PPG: 13th 

Rushing Offense: 12th

Rushing YPC: 8th 

Rushing Defense: 10th

Passing Offense: 4th

Passing Defense: 10th

Sacks Forced: T-10th 

Sacks allowed/Game: 3rd 

TFL: 12th 

Penalties: 9th

TO Margin: 12th 

Red Zone Conversion %: 12th 
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We suck across the board but it's nice to see us at 3rd in sacks allowed. Alot of people thought we'd be 14th in the preseason with our statue qb

 
In the Deed the Glory said:
Thats a lot of stats to say we don't have a very good football team right now.
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Let's be fair, though.  We have loads of people regularly saying worse than that without sharing factual information.  I need to start keeping a record so I can provide a graph spanning multiple coaches, years, decades...  The stats are still there (going back to 2008 on cfbstats.com) so it'd just be a matter of time and effort.  2012's historical scores are looking similar to this season's but the conference was weaker back then.  Michigan and Penn State certainly were anyway...and then you had Iowa and Minnesota arguably.  We had to get our blowout loss to Wisconsin in the CCG, too.

 
BIG ERN said:
B10 STATS:

Scoring PPG: 11th 

Defense PPG: 13th 

Rushing Offense: 12th

Rushing YPC: 8th 

Rushing Defense: 10th

Passing Offense: 4th

Passing Defense: 10th

Sacks Forced: T-10th 

Sacks allowed/Game: 3rd 

TFL: 12th 

Penalties: 9th

TO Margin: 12th 

Red Zone Conversion %: 12th 
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The only issue I have with any of that is they're only considering one stat within each of those categories to determine rankings.  E.g., passing offense rank is determined by passing yards per game only.  Never mind how many touchdowns you scored with the pass, how high your completion percentage is, etc.

 
BIG ERN said:
B10 STATS:

Scoring PPG: 11th 

Defense PPG: 13th 

Rushing Offense: 12th

Rushing YPC: 8th 

Rushing Defense: 10th

Passing Offense: 4th

Passing Defense: 10th

Sacks Forced: T-10th 

Sacks allowed/Game: 3rd 

TFL: 12th 

Penalties: 9th

TO Margin: 12th 

Red Zone Conversion %: 12th 
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The stats show this is a bottom tier team. The eye test says the same thing. 

 
beorach said:
The only issue I have with any of that is they're only considering one stat within each of those categories to determine rankings.  E.g., passing offense rank is determined by passing yards per game only.  Never mind how many touchdowns you scored with the pass, how high your completion percentage is, etc.
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Well if you add those in it probably makes it worse

 
Cy the Cyclone said:
Wow...32nd nationally!  Oops...uh, I mean...bummer.
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Not sure where you are getting that 32nd nationally thing...  the only 32 I see in that data is Pass D and Rush O and both of those are percentiles, which means that literally 68% of teams are BETTER than us in that.  We aren't 32nd.  We are considerably worse than that.

 
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