beorach
Special Teams Player
I'm taking all the stats for nine categories from all the games played this season between FBS teams. I'm calculating z-scores and turning them into percentiles for individual stats within those categories and then averaging all those to come up with rankings (based on the average percentile ranking for the stats within those categories). No adjustment has been made for strength of schedule (SOS).
Let's start with all the Nebraska stats in these nine categories (with the number on the right being the percentile, relative to the national average for that statistic):
Pass D stats
completions per game
27
percentage
13
yards per attempt
55
touchdowns per game
53
rating
40
yards per game
54
Pass O stats
completions per game
75
percentage
50
yards per attempt
57
touchdowns per game
69
rating
52
yards per game
81
Rush D stats
yards per carry
9
touchdowns per game
14
yards per game
21
Rush O stats
yards per carry
17
touchdowns per game
24
yards per game
14
Scoring D stats
touchdowns per game
16
points per game
18
Scoring O stats
touchdowns per game
44
points per game
44
Total D stats
yards per play
23
yards per game
31
plays per game
58
Total O stats
yards per play
50
yards per game
48
plays per game
46
Turnover Margin stats
fumbles gained per game
9
interceptions gained per game
46
turnovers gained per game
19
fumbles lost per game
94
interceptions lost per game
11
turnovers lost per game
54
turnover margin per game
30
Average % for all these stats
39
Here is how we measure up, in terms of statistics, within our conference (considering all games played vs. FBS teams, not just conference ones like I sometimes do):
PD
1
Michigan
2
Wisconsin
3
Ohio State
4
Michigan State
5
Minnesota
6
Iowa
7
Penn State
8
Indiana
9
Purdue
10
Illinois
11
Maryland
12
Rutgers
13
Northwestern
14
Nebraska
PO
1
Ohio State
2
Penn State
3
Nebraska
4
Wisconsin
5
Indiana
6
Purdue
7
Northwestern
8
Iowa
9
Michigan State
10
Michigan
11
Maryland
12
Illinois
13
Minnesota
14
Rutgers
RD
1
Wisconsin
2
Ohio State
3
Northwestern
4
Penn State
5
Michigan State
6
Michigan
7
Purdue
8
Iowa
9
Indiana
10
Minnesota
11
Rutgers
12
Maryland
13
Illinois
14
Nebraska
RO
1
Ohio State
2
Wisconsin
3
Michigan
4
Penn State
5
Minnesota
6
Northwestern
7
Michigan State
8
Maryland
9
Rutgers
10
Purdue
11
Nebraska
12
Indiana
13
Iowa
14
Illinois
SD
1
Wisconsin
2
Penn State
3
Michigan
4
Purdue
5
Iowa
6
Ohio State
7
Michigan State
8
Northwestern
9
Minnesota
10
Indiana
11
Rutgers
12
Illinois
13
Nebraska
14
Maryland
SO
1
Ohio State
2
Penn State
3
Wisconsin
4
Northwestern
5
Nebraska
6
Indiana
7
Iowa
8
Michigan
9
Minnesota
10
Purdue
11
Maryland
12
Michigan State
13
Illinois
14
Rutgers
TD
1
Wisconsin
2
Michigan
3
Ohio State
4
Michigan State
5
Minnesota
6
Penn State
7
Indiana
8
Purdue
9
Iowa
10
Northwestern
11
Rutgers
12
Illinois
13
Maryland
14
Nebraska
TO
1
Ohio State
2
Penn State
3
Northwestern
4
Wisconsin
5
Indiana
6
Nebraska
7
Purdue
8
Michigan State
9
Michigan
10
Iowa
11
Minnesota
12
Maryland
13
Illinois
14
Rutgers
Turnovers
1
Penn State
2
Purdue
3
Wisconsin
4
Northwestern
5
Maryland
6
Ohio State
7
Iowa
8
Minnesota
9
Michigan
10
Michigan State
11
Nebraska
12
Indiana
13
Illinois
14
Rutgers
The average Nebraska ranking, for all the categories above, is effectively 10th (but, as you can see below, Minnesota gets the official nod for that slot). I guess that says something about our offense, given how poor the defensive numbers are. The season could have been even worse?
Here are the overall rankings for the B1G stats (based on the average of all the category averages):
1
Ohio State
87.67
2
Wisconsin
82.09
3
Penn State
81.17
4
Michigan
64.03
5
Northwestern
60.82
6
Purdue
57.90
7
Michigan State
57.29
8
Iowa
51.89
9
Indiana
51.70
10
Minnesota
48.71
11
Nebraska
35.29
12
Maryland
29.73
13
Rutgers
25.54
14
Illinois
25.06
The number on the right is calculated by taking the average of all the averages for the individual categories. In other words, I average all the stats I listed above for NU for each B1G team by category and then average those averages to get the overall ranking. I'm almost certainly laboring the point now. The average % I shared for NU up top was a straight percentage of all, regardless of category, in contrast to what I've done for the B1G rankings.
Here are the national rankings, per this method of averaging category averages, considering all games between FBS teams, and not adjusting for SOS:
1
Alabama
89.59
2
Ohio State
87.67
3
Auburn
86.12
4
UCF
84.76
5
Wisconsin
82.09
6
South Florida
81.74
7
Penn State
81.17
8
Georgia
79.68
9
Clemson
78.50
10
Washington
77.25
11
Oklahoma
73.93
12
Miami (Florida)
73.49
13
Virginia Tech
73.40
14
Notre Dame
72.32
15
TCU
71.32
16
Boise State
70.68
17
San Diego State
69.84
18
Washington State
69.45
19
Toledo
67.67
20
Mississippi State
66.68
21
USC
66.23
22
Oklahoma State
65.62
23
LSU
65.41
24
Louisville
64.80
25
UTSA
64.44
26
Texas
64.38
27
Michigan
64.03
28
Southern Mississippi
63.98
29
Arkansas State
63.13
30
Northern Illinois
62.64
31
Stanford
62.50
32
Florida Atlantic
62.31
33
Memphis
61.36
34
Northwestern
60.82
35
Fresno State
60.58
36
North Carolina State
60.04
37
Troy
59.42
38
Ohio
58.86
39
Iowa State
58.44
40
Appalachian State
58.15
41
Colorado State
57.96
42
Purdue
57.90
43
Marshall
57.88
44
Houston
57.44
45
Missouri
57.44
46
Michigan State
57.29
47
Wake Forest
56.97
48
Oregon
56.70
49
Texas A&M
56.03
50
Western Michigan
55.49
51
Georgia Tech
55.48
52
Army
55.40
53
Massachusetts
55.38
54
Utah
54.15
55
UAB
54.09
56
Central Michigan
53.52
57
South Carolina
53.33
58
Eastern Michigan
53.28
59
Western Kentucky
52.70
60
West Virginia
52.04
61
Iowa
51.89
62
Wyoming
51.85
63
Indiana
51.70
64
Navy
51.67
65
Boston College
51.29
66
Texas Tech
51.11
67
Duke
50.90
68
Arizona
50.71
69
SMU
50.05
70
Miami (Ohio)
49.61
71
Georgia State
49.15
72
Arizona State
49.08
73
Buffalo
48.95
74
Kansas State
48.78
75
Minnesota
48.71
76
North Texas
48.32
77
Louisiana Tech
48.30
78
Utah State
48.22
79
Virginia
48.11
80
New Mexico State
47.25
81
Middle Tennessee
47.11
82
Florida
46.37
83
UNLV
45.18
84
Pittsburgh
43.50
85
Colorado
43.10
86
UCLA
43.07
87
Mississippi
42.46
88
Louisiana-Monroe
42.26
89
California
42.24
90
Tulane
41.87
91
Kentucky
40.80
92
Air Force
40.38
93
Temple
38.97
94
Idaho
38.81
95
Florida State
38.34
96
Louisiana-Lafayette
37.48
97
Tulsa
37.36
98
Florida International
35.44
99
Syracuse
35.35
100
Nebraska
35.29
101
Nevada
34.15
102
Hawai'i
32.36
103
Coastal Carolina
32.34
104
New Mexico
31.82
105
Arkansas
31.51
106
BYU
31.50
107
Akron
31.02
108
South Alabama
30.56
109
Tennessee
29.91
110
Baylor
29.87
111
Maryland
29.73
112
North Carolina
29.53
113
Georgia Southern
29.10
114
Texas State
28.51
115
East Carolina
27.89
116
Cincinnati
27.80
117
Old Dominion
27.79
118
Bowling Green
26.53
119
Vanderbilt
25.68
120
Connecticut
25.64
121
Rutgers
25.54
122
Illinois
25.06
123
Rice
20.38
124
Charlotte
19.49
125
Ball State
18.98
126
Kent State
18.54
127
Oregon State
18.16
128
Kansas
13.93
129
UTEP
13.73
130
San Jose State
7.84
We're consistent in that we've retained the 100th spot we were at ahead of the Penn State game. I'm looking forward to the UCF-South Florida game this Friday.
Lastly, I figured I'd share the yards per carry given up by the Blackshirts going back to 2008 (because that's how far back cfbstats.com allows me to go and filter out games versus lower division teams):
2017 - 5.44
2016 - 4.44
2015 - 3.77
2014 - 4.82
2013 - 3.61
2012 - 4.96
2011 - 4.13
2010 - 3.90
2009 - 2.78
2008 - 3.67
Only six teams have posted a stat below 3 this season. 42 teams (including the aforementioned six) have posted a stat below 4.
Get well, Big Red!
Let's start with all the Nebraska stats in these nine categories (with the number on the right being the percentile, relative to the national average for that statistic):
Pass D stats
completions per game
27
percentage
13
yards per attempt
55
touchdowns per game
53
rating
40
yards per game
54
Pass O stats
completions per game
75
percentage
50
yards per attempt
57
touchdowns per game
69
rating
52
yards per game
81
Rush D stats
yards per carry
9
touchdowns per game
14
yards per game
21
Rush O stats
yards per carry
17
touchdowns per game
24
yards per game
14
Scoring D stats
touchdowns per game
16
points per game
18
Scoring O stats
touchdowns per game
44
points per game
44
Total D stats
yards per play
23
yards per game
31
plays per game
58
Total O stats
yards per play
50
yards per game
48
plays per game
46
Turnover Margin stats
fumbles gained per game
9
interceptions gained per game
46
turnovers gained per game
19
fumbles lost per game
94
interceptions lost per game
11
turnovers lost per game
54
turnover margin per game
30
Average % for all these stats
39
Here is how we measure up, in terms of statistics, within our conference (considering all games played vs. FBS teams, not just conference ones like I sometimes do):
PD
1
Michigan
2
Wisconsin
3
Ohio State
4
Michigan State
5
Minnesota
6
Iowa
7
Penn State
8
Indiana
9
Purdue
10
Illinois
11
Maryland
12
Rutgers
13
Northwestern
14
Nebraska
PO
1
Ohio State
2
Penn State
3
Nebraska
4
Wisconsin
5
Indiana
6
Purdue
7
Northwestern
8
Iowa
9
Michigan State
10
Michigan
11
Maryland
12
Illinois
13
Minnesota
14
Rutgers
RD
1
Wisconsin
2
Ohio State
3
Northwestern
4
Penn State
5
Michigan State
6
Michigan
7
Purdue
8
Iowa
9
Indiana
10
Minnesota
11
Rutgers
12
Maryland
13
Illinois
14
Nebraska
RO
1
Ohio State
2
Wisconsin
3
Michigan
4
Penn State
5
Minnesota
6
Northwestern
7
Michigan State
8
Maryland
9
Rutgers
10
Purdue
11
Nebraska
12
Indiana
13
Iowa
14
Illinois
SD
1
Wisconsin
2
Penn State
3
Michigan
4
Purdue
5
Iowa
6
Ohio State
7
Michigan State
8
Northwestern
9
Minnesota
10
Indiana
11
Rutgers
12
Illinois
13
Nebraska
14
Maryland
SO
1
Ohio State
2
Penn State
3
Wisconsin
4
Northwestern
5
Nebraska
6
Indiana
7
Iowa
8
Michigan
9
Minnesota
10
Purdue
11
Maryland
12
Michigan State
13
Illinois
14
Rutgers
TD
1
Wisconsin
2
Michigan
3
Ohio State
4
Michigan State
5
Minnesota
6
Penn State
7
Indiana
8
Purdue
9
Iowa
10
Northwestern
11
Rutgers
12
Illinois
13
Maryland
14
Nebraska
TO
1
Ohio State
2
Penn State
3
Northwestern
4
Wisconsin
5
Indiana
6
Nebraska
7
Purdue
8
Michigan State
9
Michigan
10
Iowa
11
Minnesota
12
Maryland
13
Illinois
14
Rutgers
Turnovers
1
Penn State
2
Purdue
3
Wisconsin
4
Northwestern
5
Maryland
6
Ohio State
7
Iowa
8
Minnesota
9
Michigan
10
Michigan State
11
Nebraska
12
Indiana
13
Illinois
14
Rutgers
The average Nebraska ranking, for all the categories above, is effectively 10th (but, as you can see below, Minnesota gets the official nod for that slot). I guess that says something about our offense, given how poor the defensive numbers are. The season could have been even worse?
Here are the overall rankings for the B1G stats (based on the average of all the category averages):
1
Ohio State
87.67
2
Wisconsin
82.09
3
Penn State
81.17
4
Michigan
64.03
5
Northwestern
60.82
6
Purdue
57.90
7
Michigan State
57.29
8
Iowa
51.89
9
Indiana
51.70
10
Minnesota
48.71
11
Nebraska
35.29
12
Maryland
29.73
13
Rutgers
25.54
14
Illinois
25.06
The number on the right is calculated by taking the average of all the averages for the individual categories. In other words, I average all the stats I listed above for NU for each B1G team by category and then average those averages to get the overall ranking. I'm almost certainly laboring the point now. The average % I shared for NU up top was a straight percentage of all, regardless of category, in contrast to what I've done for the B1G rankings.
Here are the national rankings, per this method of averaging category averages, considering all games between FBS teams, and not adjusting for SOS:
1
Alabama
89.59
2
Ohio State
87.67
3
Auburn
86.12
4
UCF
84.76
5
Wisconsin
82.09
6
South Florida
81.74
7
Penn State
81.17
8
Georgia
79.68
9
Clemson
78.50
10
Washington
77.25
11
Oklahoma
73.93
12
Miami (Florida)
73.49
13
Virginia Tech
73.40
14
Notre Dame
72.32
15
TCU
71.32
16
Boise State
70.68
17
San Diego State
69.84
18
Washington State
69.45
19
Toledo
67.67
20
Mississippi State
66.68
21
USC
66.23
22
Oklahoma State
65.62
23
LSU
65.41
24
Louisville
64.80
25
UTSA
64.44
26
Texas
64.38
27
Michigan
64.03
28
Southern Mississippi
63.98
29
Arkansas State
63.13
30
Northern Illinois
62.64
31
Stanford
62.50
32
Florida Atlantic
62.31
33
Memphis
61.36
34
Northwestern
60.82
35
Fresno State
60.58
36
North Carolina State
60.04
37
Troy
59.42
38
Ohio
58.86
39
Iowa State
58.44
40
Appalachian State
58.15
41
Colorado State
57.96
42
Purdue
57.90
43
Marshall
57.88
44
Houston
57.44
45
Missouri
57.44
46
Michigan State
57.29
47
Wake Forest
56.97
48
Oregon
56.70
49
Texas A&M
56.03
50
Western Michigan
55.49
51
Georgia Tech
55.48
52
Army
55.40
53
Massachusetts
55.38
54
Utah
54.15
55
UAB
54.09
56
Central Michigan
53.52
57
South Carolina
53.33
58
Eastern Michigan
53.28
59
Western Kentucky
52.70
60
West Virginia
52.04
61
Iowa
51.89
62
Wyoming
51.85
63
Indiana
51.70
64
Navy
51.67
65
Boston College
51.29
66
Texas Tech
51.11
67
Duke
50.90
68
Arizona
50.71
69
SMU
50.05
70
Miami (Ohio)
49.61
71
Georgia State
49.15
72
Arizona State
49.08
73
Buffalo
48.95
74
Kansas State
48.78
75
Minnesota
48.71
76
North Texas
48.32
77
Louisiana Tech
48.30
78
Utah State
48.22
79
Virginia
48.11
80
New Mexico State
47.25
81
Middle Tennessee
47.11
82
Florida
46.37
83
UNLV
45.18
84
Pittsburgh
43.50
85
Colorado
43.10
86
UCLA
43.07
87
Mississippi
42.46
88
Louisiana-Monroe
42.26
89
California
42.24
90
Tulane
41.87
91
Kentucky
40.80
92
Air Force
40.38
93
Temple
38.97
94
Idaho
38.81
95
Florida State
38.34
96
Louisiana-Lafayette
37.48
97
Tulsa
37.36
98
Florida International
35.44
99
Syracuse
35.35
100
Nebraska
35.29
101
Nevada
34.15
102
Hawai'i
32.36
103
Coastal Carolina
32.34
104
New Mexico
31.82
105
Arkansas
31.51
106
BYU
31.50
107
Akron
31.02
108
South Alabama
30.56
109
Tennessee
29.91
110
Baylor
29.87
111
Maryland
29.73
112
North Carolina
29.53
113
Georgia Southern
29.10
114
Texas State
28.51
115
East Carolina
27.89
116
Cincinnati
27.80
117
Old Dominion
27.79
118
Bowling Green
26.53
119
Vanderbilt
25.68
120
Connecticut
25.64
121
Rutgers
25.54
122
Illinois
25.06
123
Rice
20.38
124
Charlotte
19.49
125
Ball State
18.98
126
Kent State
18.54
127
Oregon State
18.16
128
Kansas
13.93
129
UTEP
13.73
130
San Jose State
7.84
We're consistent in that we've retained the 100th spot we were at ahead of the Penn State game. I'm looking forward to the UCF-South Florida game this Friday.
Lastly, I figured I'd share the yards per carry given up by the Blackshirts going back to 2008 (because that's how far back cfbstats.com allows me to go and filter out games versus lower division teams):
2017 - 5.44
2016 - 4.44
2015 - 3.77
2014 - 4.82
2013 - 3.61
2012 - 4.96
2011 - 4.13
2010 - 3.90
2009 - 2.78
2008 - 3.67
Only six teams have posted a stat below 3 this season. 42 teams (including the aforementioned six) have posted a stat below 4.
Get well, Big Red!
