season stats and rankings considering FBS games only

[beorach]

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 teamrankings.com.  ***UPDATE: See a response from me below (because it's tough to edit after you've pasted so much for me) if you want to see all the individual percentile rankings for stats within these categories.***

Nebraska Cornhuskers by percentile (relative to national averages across the listed categories from 4 games played)

Pass D: 42.7

Pass O: 26.6

Rush D: 73.3

Rush O: 46.8

Scoring D: 46.3

Scoring O: 57.6

Total D: 62.2

Total O: 45.2

Turnover Margin: 38.4

OVERALL Percentile Average: 48.8

DEFENSIVE Percentile Average: 56.1

OFFENSIVE Percentile Average: 44.1

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


PD


 


1


Michigan


2


Michigan State


3


Penn State


4


Minnesota


5


Rutgers


6


Iowa


7


Northwestern


8


Ohio State


9


Wisconsin


10


Purdue


11


Illinois


12


Indiana


13


Nebraska


14


Maryland


 


 


PO


 


1


Ohio State


2


Wisconsin


3


Penn State


4


Iowa


5


Northwestern


6


Purdue


7


Michigan State


8


Indiana


9


Minnesota


10


Maryland


11


Michigan


12


Nebraska


13


Illinois


14


Rutgers


 


 


RD


 


1


Michigan


2


Minnesota


3


Wisconsin


4


Penn State


5


Rutgers


6


Michigan State


7


Nebraska


8


Ohio State


9


Purdue


10


Iowa


11


Northwestern


12


Illinois


13


Indiana


14


Maryland


 


 


RO


 


1


Wisconsin


2


Penn State


3


Ohio State


4


Minnesota


5


Michigan State


6


Northwestern


7


Michigan


8


Nebraska


9


Maryland


10


Iowa


11


Purdue


12


Indiana


13


Illinois


14


Rutgers


 


 


SD


 


1


Penn State


2


Minnesota


3


Purdue


4


Ohio State


5


Wisconsin


6


Michigan


7


Illinois


8


Iowa


9


Indiana


10


Maryland


11


Nebraska


12


Northwestern


13


Rutgers


14


Michigan State


 


 


SO


 


1


Wisconsin


2


Penn State


3


Ohio State


4


Indiana


5


Northwestern


6


Minnesota


7


Maryland


8


Iowa


9


Nebraska


10


Purdue


11


Michigan


12


Michigan State


13


Illinois


14


Rutgers


 


 


TD


 


1


Michigan


2


Minnesota


3


Wisconsin


4


Michigan State


5


Penn State


6


Rutgers


7


Nebraska


8


Ohio State


9


Purdue


10


Iowa


11


Northwestern


12


Indiana


13


Illinois


14


Maryland


 


 


TO


 


1


Ohio State


2


Wisconsin


3


Penn State


4


Michigan State


5


Northwestern


6


Indiana


7


Michigan


8


Minnesota


9


Purdue


10


Nebraska


11


Iowa


12


Maryland


13


Illinois


14


Rutgers


 


 


Turnovers


 


1


Penn State


2


Minnesota


3


Purdue


4


Ohio State


5


Wisconsin


6


Michigan


7


Illinois


8


Iowa


9


Indiana


10


Maryland


11


Nebraska


12


Northwestern


13


Rutgers


14


Michigan State


 


 


SOS


 


1


Ohio State


2


Indiana


3


Purdue


4


Michigan


5


Maryland


6


Iowa


7


Penn State


8


Michigan State


9


Nebraska


10


Northwestern


11


Illinois


12


Rutgers


13


Wisconsin


14


Minnesota



Here are the national rankings, without any consideration having been given to SOS:


Rank


Team


Overall %


1


South Florida


86.17


2


UCF


86.13


3


Alabama


85.28


4


Penn State


83.93


5


Virginia Tech


83.46


6


Wisconsin


81.24


7


Clemson


80.73


8


Oklahoma


78.74


9


UTSA


77.29


10


Minnesota


75.04


11


Duke


74.45


12


Ohio State


73.29


13


Washington


72.70


14


Auburn


72.69


15


Oregon


72.29


16


Kansas State


72.09


17


Washington State


71.42


18


Utah


71.22


19


Wake Forest


70.93


20


Oklahoma State


70.89


21


Michigan


69.85


22


Miami (Florida)


69.72


23


TCU


69.32


24


USC


68.54


25


Notre Dame


68.43


26


Michigan State


65.80


27


Arizona


65.72


28


West Virginia


65.27


29


Navy


65.00


30


Georgia


64.44


31


Louisville


63.80


32


Mississippi State


63.79


33


Texas


63.68


34


Virginia


63.56


35


North Carolina State


63.49


36


San Diego State


62.89


37


New Mexico State


62.52


38


Iowa State


62.49


39


Georgia Tech


62.01


40


LSU


60.13


41


Houston


59.73


42


Stanford


59.62


43


Miami (Ohio)


59.45


44


Texas A&M


59.11


45


Southern Mississippi


58.90


46


Texas Tech


58.89


47


Eastern Michigan


58.22


48


Northwestern


58.21


49


Purdue


57.22


50


Iowa


55.70


51


Troy


55.16


52


Syracuse


55.06


53


Colorado


54.56


54


SMU


54.48


55


Mississippi


54.37


56


Memphis


53.16


57


Ball State


52.56


58


Kentucky


52.33


59


Boise State


52.25


60


South Carolina


51.59


61


Western Kentucky


50.75


62


Northern Illinois


50.61


63


Appalachian State


50.38


64


Coastal Carolina


49.90


65


Indiana


49.78


66


UAB


49.27


67


North Carolina


48.91


68


Nebraska


48.79


69


California


48.22


70


Colorado State


47.64


71


UCLA


47.34


72


Marshall


47.18


73


Toledo


46.60


74


Hawai'i


46.57


75


Louisiana-Monroe


46.51


76


Ohio


45.82


77


New Mexico


45.81


78


Arizona State


45.61


79


North Texas


45.49


80


Florida


45.29


81


UNLV


45.27


82


Tennessee


45.17


83


Massachusetts


44.79


84


Buffalo


44.42


85


Middle Tennessee


44.18


86


Tulsa


44.07


87


Idaho


42.43


88


Rutgers


41.57


89


Central Michigan


41.40


90


Connecticut


40.94


91


Arkansas


40.57


92


Florida State


39.99


93


Utah State


39.67


94


Tulane


38.89


95


Air Force


38.15


96


Maryland


38.10


97


Illinois


37.82


98


Vanderbilt


37.61


99


Louisiana-Lafayette


37.44


100


Army


36.79


101


Western Michigan


36.74


102


Georgia State


35.80


103


Kansas


35.70


104


Cincinnati


34.05


105


Louisiana Tech


33.70


106


Arkansas State


33.38


107


Wyoming


33.24


108


Florida Atlantic


33.03


109


Baylor


30.82


110


Florida International


30.63


111


Rice


30.43


112


South Alabama


30.07


113


Boston College


28.95


114


Texas State


28.42


115


East Carolina


26.79


116


Oregon State


25.01


117


Old Dominion


24.96


118


Pittsburgh


24.82


119


Nevada


24.69


120


Bowling Green


23.16


121


Temple


22.40


122


Fresno State


21.45


123


Charlotte


20.65


124


Missouri


20.07


125


BYU


19.75


126


Georgia Southern


19.54


127


Kent State


16.71


128


Akron


15.41


129


UTEP


11.40


130


San Jose State


10.55

 

[knapplc]

There's just no excuse for those rankings in year three of a coach's tenure.  I get the injuries and I get the fact that Armstrong didn't fit Riley's system, but he's had time to get his kind of QB in for this year, build his offensive line, and get his coaches all on the same page to have these guys trained. 

We're as low as we are because, in three of our four games, we have been less disciplined than our opponents.  The exception is Rutgers, but that was close. 

Not necessarily tied to this, but not wanting to start a new thread for it:

 

[Mavric]

There's just no excuse for those rankings in year three of a coach's tenure.  I get the injuries and I get the fact that Armstrong didn't fit Riley's system, but he's had time to get his kind of QB in for this year, build his offensive line, and get his coaches all on the same page to have these guys trained. 

We're as low as we are because, in three of our four games, we have been less disciplined than our opponents.  The exception is Rutgers, but that was close. 

And the scary thing is the opponents are not going to get worse going forward.

 

[beorach]

Amen, gentlemen.  I was not at the game last weekend but, at one point when they were showing the crowd looking like I felt, all I could think was that these are the easy days....

 

[beorach]

Just for fun (?), I'm going to add some more figures to the Nebraska stats in our best and worst categories.

Rushing Defense Percentiles

Yards per carry: 70.2

Yards per game: 81.3

Touchdowns per game: 67.2

Passing Offense Percentiles

Completions per game: 49.1

Percentage: 25.1

Yards per attempt: 27.2

Touchdowns per game: 57.4

Interceptions per game: 0.8 (sadly not a typo)

Rating: 23.2 (and I'll freely admit I don't even really know what this is)

Yards per game: 45.8

I guess it's easy enough to share it all.

Passing Defense Percentiles

Completions per game: 9.6

Percentage: 19.3

Yards per attempt: 63.7

Touchdowns per game: 54.7

Interceptions per game: 74.5

Rating: 54.0

Yards per game: 36.1

Rushing Offense Percentiles

Yards per carry: 45.6

Touchdowns per game: 52.1

Yards per game: 42.7

Scoring Defense Percentiles

Touchdowns per game: 45.1

Points per game: 47.6

Scoring Offense Percentiles

Touchdowns per game: 56.1

Points per game: 59.1

Total Defense Percentiles

Yards per play: 61.0

Yards per game: 65.4

Plays per game: 63.4

Total Offense Percentiles

Plays per game: 65.8

Yards per play: 31.5

Yards per game: 40.8

Turnover Margin Percentiles:

Fumbles gained per game: 34.0

Interceptions gained per game: 74.5

Total gained per game: 58.8

Fumbles lost per game: 89.4

Interceptions lost per game: 0.8 (sort of double-counting here)

Total lost per game: 18.1

Margin per game: 33.0

p.s. - If I take interceptions out of the passing categories, it changes the average percentile rankings somewhat drastically.  PD and PO would both be 37.2 then.  Each category lists interceptions, of course.  I just don't want to be counting things twice as it skews the presentation.

 

[billdozer15]

Mike Riley is taking this program to new lows. Do not underestimate this man. He very easily could take us to 0-12 if he's allowed to really sink his teeth into this program.

Its truly amazing this guy has lasted in the coaching world as long as he has. I really cant make sense of it. If this were any other job he would be demoted to a position of less responsibility until he could prove he was better than average. Yet he has managed to be a head coach somewhere for 27 years of his 42 year career. I don't care how nice you are, the math doesn't work.

1) How is he a head coach given his history?

2) How in the world did he fall into the head coach position at Nebraska?

3) Does anyone have Aleve? My head hurts from trying to understand this.

 

[Frost Advisory]

Its truly amazing this guy has lasted in the coaching world as long as he has. I really cant make sense of it. If this were any other job he would be demoted to a position of less responsibility until he could prove he was better than average. Yet he has managed to be a head coach somewhere for 27 years of his 42 year career. I don't care how nice you are, the math doesn't work.

1) How is he a head coach given his history?

2) How in the world did he fall into the head coach position at Nebraska?

3) Does anyone have Aleve? My head hurts from trying to understand this.

Want to know what's even more unbelievable?  Riley is the highest paid public employee in the entire state of Nebraska..