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Special Teams Player
I'm calculating z-scores across individual stats in nine categories (pass d&o, rush d&o, scoring d&o, total d&o, and turnover margin), averaging them for those categories, and then averaging those averages to come up with rankings. A z-score is just the difference between a stat and the national average for that stat, divided by the standard deviation for that stat. It can be converted to a percentile for easier consideration. I usually wait to post these until most teams have played at least 3-5 other FBS teams because I don't want to consider stats garnered versus lesser competition...but I got bored and decided to update the spreadsheets early. We have two more teams in FBS than we did last year (though their status may be classified as provisional yet).
For reference, I'm going to start with everyone's favorite team. These are Nebraska rankings, relative to all the national statistics from all the games played to date:
Passing offense percentile: 19
Passing defense percentile: 49
Rushing offense percentile: 85
Rushing defense percentile: 66
Scoring offense percentile: 55
Scoring defense percentile: 63
Total offense percentile: 53
Total defense percentile: 72
Turnover margin percentile: 29
If I averaged all these percentiles for all the teams, these would be the rankings (from best to worst - Nebraska's at 56 out of 130 teams):
Air Force
Toledo
Missouri
East Carolina
Marshall
Temple
Kent State
Clemson
Oregon State
UNLV
Virginia Tech
Old Dominion
West Virginia
Oklahoma State
Pittsburgh
Miami (Ohio)
Washington State
Massachusetts
Middle Tennessee
Alabama
South Alabama
UTEP
Southern Mississippi
Mississippi
Hawai'i
Michigan State
Troy
Stanford
Army
Texas A&M
Appalachian State
LSU
Western Kentucky
Colorado State
Tulsa
TCU
Utah State
Northern Illinois
Central Michigan
Northwestern
San Jose State
Syracuse
Connecticut
Western Michigan
Mississippi State
Virginia
Auburn
Ohio
Arizona
Ohio State
North Texas
Georgia
Florida
UCLA
Tulane
Nebraska
Utah
Louisiana Tech
Arkansas
Texas State
Washington
Iowa State
Michigan
Colorado
Miami (Florida)
Oklahoma
Boise State
Georgia Southern
Wake Forest
Oregon
California
USC
Navy
Duke
North Carolina
Ball State
Idaho
Texas
Kansas
New Mexico State
South Florida
Rice
Indiana
Houston
Akron
Wisconsin
Illinois
UTSA
Kansas State
Arizona State
Purdue
Cincinnati
Louisiana-Lafayette
Minnesota
Memphis
San Diego State
Nevada
Notre Dame
Louisville
Baylor
UCF
Boston College
Texas Tech
Buffalo
Arkansas State
BYU
Maryland
Florida State
Louisiana-Monroe
Iowa
North Carolina State
New Mexico
Fresno State
Rutgers
Georgia Tech
Tennessee
Florida Atlantic
SMU
Penn State
Bowling Green
Wyoming
Georgia State
Florida International
South Carolina
Kentucky
Charlotte
Eastern Michigan
Vanderbilt
For reference, I'm going to start with everyone's favorite team. These are Nebraska rankings, relative to all the national statistics from all the games played to date:
Passing offense percentile: 19
Passing defense percentile: 49
Rushing offense percentile: 85
Rushing defense percentile: 66
Scoring offense percentile: 55
Scoring defense percentile: 63
Total offense percentile: 53
Total defense percentile: 72
Turnover margin percentile: 29
If I averaged all these percentiles for all the teams, these would be the rankings (from best to worst - Nebraska's at 56 out of 130 teams):
Air Force
Toledo
Missouri
East Carolina
Marshall
Temple
Kent State
Clemson
Oregon State
UNLV
Virginia Tech
Old Dominion
West Virginia
Oklahoma State
Pittsburgh
Miami (Ohio)
Washington State
Massachusetts
Middle Tennessee
Alabama
South Alabama
UTEP
Southern Mississippi
Mississippi
Hawai'i
Michigan State
Troy
Stanford
Army
Texas A&M
Appalachian State
LSU
Western Kentucky
Colorado State
Tulsa
TCU
Utah State
Northern Illinois
Central Michigan
Northwestern
San Jose State
Syracuse
Connecticut
Western Michigan
Mississippi State
Virginia
Auburn
Ohio
Arizona
Ohio State
North Texas
Georgia
Florida
UCLA
Tulane
Nebraska
Utah
Louisiana Tech
Arkansas
Texas State
Washington
Iowa State
Michigan
Colorado
Miami (Florida)
Oklahoma
Boise State
Georgia Southern
Wake Forest
Oregon
California
USC
Navy
Duke
North Carolina
Ball State
Idaho
Texas
Kansas
New Mexico State
South Florida
Rice
Indiana
Houston
Akron
Wisconsin
Illinois
UTSA
Kansas State
Arizona State
Purdue
Cincinnati
Louisiana-Lafayette
Minnesota
Memphis
San Diego State
Nevada
Notre Dame
Louisville
Baylor
UCF
Boston College
Texas Tech
Buffalo
Arkansas State
BYU
Maryland
Florida State
Louisiana-Monroe
Iowa
North Carolina State
New Mexico
Fresno State
Rutgers
Georgia Tech
Tennessee
Florida Atlantic
SMU
Penn State
Bowling Green
Wyoming
Georgia State
Florida International
South Carolina
Kentucky
Charlotte
Eastern Michigan
Vanderbilt
