stats post for the week focusing on the Corn

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I've switched to just using stats from conference games so we don't have to worry so much about strength of schedule differences.  For strength of schedule (SOS) rankings, I'm just taking the average of all the average percentiles for the teams a team has played.  The cfbstats.com website is where I'm getting the stats.  Independent teams are the only ones left off (like Notre Dame, BYU, and UMass) because they're not in conferences.  To clarify further, a 50th percentile ranking means the team's statistic is equal to the national average.  Note also that the last percentiles I'm sharing (in parentheses) are from before the bye week.  p.s. - The other thing about the numbers in the parentheses is they were probably from before I was using just the stats from games teams played against their conference opponents.  I need to get organizized sometimes. 

Percentile ranking comparisons between NU and Bizarro-NU using just games between all 126 conference teams in FBS

Passing Offense: Nebraska 68 (was 57 before PU game) and Northwestern 52

Passing Defense: Nebraska 59 (was 54) and Northwestern 26

Rushing Offense: Northwestern 20 and Nebraska 15 (was 23)

Rushing Defense: Northwestern 90 and Nebraska 35 (was 37)

Scoring Offense: Northwestern 37 and Nebraska 26 (was 28)

Scoring Defense: Northwestern 59 and Nebraska 46 (was 41)

Total Offense: Northwestern 47 and Nebraska 45 (was 35)

Total Defense: Nebraska 66 (was 65) and Northwestern 57

Turnover Margin: Northwestern 39 and Nebraska 38 (was 36)

I don't believe Northwestern's rushing defense is really 90th-percentile good.  I think their opponents have just had an easier time throwing it over their heads.  Let's go, Tanner!

Nebraska passing offense individual stat rankings

Completions per game: 72 (was 57)

Percentage: 56 (was 33)

Yards per attempt: 61 (was 42)

Touchdowns per game: 74 (was 64)

Rating: 63 (was 37)

Yards per game: 81 (was 62)

Nebraska passing defense individual stat rankings

Completions per game: 70 (was 19)

Percentage: 22 (was 7)

Yards per attempt: 67 (was 57)

Touchdowns per game: 57 (was 42)

Rating: 49 (was 36)

Yards per game: 86 (was 51)

Nebraska rushing offense individual stat rankings

Yards per carry: 23 (was 41)

Touchdowns per game: 8 (was 27)

Yards per game: 16 (was 29)

Nebraska rushing defense individual stat rankings

Yards per carry: 25 (was 38)

Yards per game: 33 (was 52)

Touchdowns per game: 47 (was 56)

Nebraska scoring offense individual stat rankings

Touchdowns per game: 25 (was 43)

Points per game: 27 (was 41)

Nebraska scoring defense individual stat rankings

Touchdowns per game: 25 (was 34)

Points per game: 27 (was 37)

Nebraska total offense individual stat rankings

Plays per game: 32 (was 40)

Yards per play: 57 (was 47)

Yards per game: 46 (was 42)

Nebraska total defense individual stat rankings

Yards per play: 48 (was 45)

Yards per game: 65 (was 53)

Plays per game: 81 (was 64)

Nebraska turnover margin individual stat rankings

Fumbles gained per game: 5 (was 16)

Interceptions gained per game: 46 (was 61)

Total gained per game: 15 (was 34)

Fumbles lost per game: 70 (was 84)

Interceptions lost per game: 54 (was 6)

Total lost per game: 65 (was 30)

Margin per game: 33 (was 26)

BIG Rankings are below (and I'm going to share the national ones in another post because of a paste error on my part):


PD


 


1


Wisconsin


2


Michigan


3


Iowa


4


Illinois


5


Ohio State


6


Nebraska


7


Michigan State


8


Minnesota


9


Rutgers


10


Penn State


11


Indiana


12


Purdue


13


Northwestern


14


Maryland


 


 


PO


 


1


Ohio State


2


Penn State


3


Nebraska


4


Indiana


5


Northwestern


6


Michigan State


7


Wisconsin


8


Iowa


9


Purdue


10


Michigan


11


Illinois


12


Maryland


13


Minnesota


14


Rutgers


 


 


RD


 


1


Ohio State


2


Michigan State


3


Wisconsin


4


Northwestern


5


Penn State


6


Michigan


7


Purdue


8


Iowa


9


Minnesota


10


Indiana


11


Maryland


12


Nebraska


13


Illinois


14


Rutgers


 


 


RO


 


1


Ohio State


2


Wisconsin


3


Michigan


4


Penn State


5


Rutgers


6


Purdue


7


Minnesota


8


Maryland


9


Illinois


10


Michigan State


11


Northwestern


12


Nebraska


13


Iowa


14


Indiana


 


 


SD


 


1


Wisconsin


2


Iowa


3


Michigan State


4


Ohio State


5


Penn State


6


Purdue


7


Michigan


8


Minnesota


9


Northwestern


10


Nebraska


11


Rutgers


12


Illinois


13


Indiana


14


Maryland


 


 


SO


 


1


Ohio State


2


Penn State


3


Wisconsin


4


Maryland


5


Northwestern


6


Michigan


7


Nebraska


8


Michigan State


9


Iowa


10


Indiana


11


Minnesota


12


Rutgers


13


Purdue


14


Illinois


 


 


TD


 


1


Michigan


2


Wisconsin


3


Ohio State


4


Michigan State


5


Penn State


6


Minnesota


7


Nebraska


8


Illinois


9


Northwestern


10


Indiana


11


Purdue


12


Iowa


13


Rutgers


14


Maryland


 


 


TO


 


1


Ohio State


2


Penn State


3


Indiana


4


Northwestern


5


Wisconsin


6


Nebraska


7


Michigan


8


Michigan State


9


Purdue


10


Illinois


11


Minnesota


12


Iowa


13


Maryland


14


Rutgers


 


 


Turnovers


 


1


Penn State


2


Michigan State


3


Maryland


4


Ohio State


5


Minnesota


6


Rutgers


7


Wisconsin


8


Purdue


9


Iowa


10


Northwestern


11


Nebraska


12


Illinois


13


Michigan


14


Indiana


 


 


SOS


 


1


Indiana


2


Maryland


3


Northwestern


4


Penn State


5


Rutgers


6


Nebraska


7


Iowa


8


Purdue


9


Michigan


10


Illinois


11


Michigan State


12


Minnesota


13


Ohio State


14


Wisconsin                    

 

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National Rankings based only on stats from games between conference teams


1


Alabama


2


Ohio State


3


Georgia


4


Toledo


5


UCF


6


Auburn


7


South Florida


8


Washington


9


Fresno State


10


Arkansas State


11


Clemson


12


Marshall


13


Boise State


14


Wisconsin


15


TCU


16


Northern Illinois


17


Penn State


18


Virginia Tech


19


Oklahoma State


20


Western Michigan


21


USC


22


Ohio


23


Florida Atlantic


24


North Carolina State


25


Miami (Florida)


26


Oklahoma


27


UTSA


28


Troy


29


Iowa State


30


Texas


31


Miami (Ohio)


32


SMU


33


Washington State


34


Appalachian State


35


Stanford


36


Memphis


37


Colorado State


38


Michigan State


39


Wyoming


40


Mississippi State


41


Georgia Tech


42


San Diego State


43


Western Kentucky


44


South Carolina


45


Michigan


46


Arizona


47


UAB


48


Utah State


49


Southern Mississippi


50


LSU


51


Georgia State


52


Idaho


53


Central Michigan


54


Boston College


55


Wake Forest


56


Florida


57


Tulane


58


South Alabama


59


Navy


60


Louisiana-Monroe


61


Houston


62


Louisiana Tech


63


Texas State


64


Air Force


65


Texas Tech


66


Louisville


67


Northwestern


68


West Virginia


69


North Texas


70


Rice


71


Arizona State


72


Iowa


73


Syracuse


74


UNLV


75


Nevada


76


Eastern Michigan


77


Nebraska


78


Buffalo


79


Oregon


80


Akron


81


Temple


82


Virginia


83


New Mexico State


84


Florida International


85


Texas A&M


86


Purdue


87


Pittsburgh


88


Florida State


89


Minnesota


90


UCLA


91


Colorado


92


Kansas State


93


Middle Tennessee


94


Louisiana-Lafayette


95


Georgia Southern


96


Utah


97


Tulsa


98


Kentucky


99


Indiana


100


Hawai'i


101


Charlotte


102


Duke


103


Connecticut


104


California


105


Mississippi


106


Kent State


107


Bowling Green


108


New Mexico


109


Illinois


110


UTEP


111


Coastal Carolina


112


Tennessee


113


East Carolina


114


Maryland


115


Oregon State


116


Arkansas


117


Rutgers


118


Old Dominion


119


Cincinnati


120


Missouri


121


Baylor


122


North Carolina


123


San Jose State


124


Vanderbilt


125


Ball State


126


Kansas



P5 Conference Average Team Passing Offense

1 - Big XII, 65th percentile

2 - Pac-12, 53rd percentile

3 - ACC and SEC effectively tie with a 44th percentile ranking

4 - B1G, 42nd percentile

P5 Conference Average Team Passing Defense

1 - ACC, 61st percentile

2 - SEC, 59th percentile

3 - B1G, 57th percentile

4 - Pac-12, 48th percentile

5 - Big XII, 32nd percentile

P5 Conference Average Team Rushing Offense

1 - SEC, 55th percentile

2 - PAC-12, 52nd percentile

3 - ACC and Big XII effectively tie with a 43rd percentile ranking

4 - B1G, 36th percentile

P5 Conference Average Team Rushing Defense

1 - B1G, 62nd percentile

2 - Big XII, 57th percentile

3 - ACC, 55th percentile

4 - Pac-12, 45th percentile

5 - SEC, 42nd percentile

P5 Conference Average Team Scoring Offense

1 - Big XII, 59th percentile

2 - Pac-12, 53rd percentile

3 - SEC, 46th percentile

4 - ACC, 40th percentile

5 - B1G, 35th percentile

P5 Conference Average Team Scoring Defense

1 - ACC, 63rd percentile

2 - B1G, 61st percentile

3 - SEC, 51st percentile

4 - Pac-12, 44th percentile

5 - Big XII, 43rd percentile

P5 Conference Average Team Total Offense

1 - Big XII, 58th percentile

2 - Pac-12, 53rd percentile

3 - ACC, 48th percentile

4 - SEC, 45th percentile

5 - B1G, 35th percentile

P5 Conference Average Team Total Defense

1 - B1G, 63rd percentile

2 - ACC and SEC effectively tied with a 53rd percentile ranking

3 - Pac-12, 44th percentile

4 - Big XII, 39th percentile