ESPN FPI Team Efficiencies Update, Wk. 14

Submitted by Ecky Pting on

The penultimate FPI team efficiency ratings have been posted. Following the various conference championship games taking place around the country whil Michigan stood idle, the results end up with Michigan slipping one spot to #3 after being #2 for three consecutive weeks. The team that moved ahead of M is not OSU, who remains at the #4 spot. It's the Washington Huskies who advance to #2, leapfrogging both M and OSU.

The U-M splits all declined by one spot. They are offense, #12 (down from #11); defense, #3 (down from #2); and special teams, #8 (down from #7).

Of U-M's 2016 opponents, Colorado slipped to #12 from #11, one behind #11 Florida State, who is one behind #10 Wisconsin. UCF remains rated above 6 of Michigan's other opponents this season, including Sparty. Sparty holds on to #70 and retains the title of Third Best Team in the State of Michigan. Meanwhile Western Michigan slips to #17 from #13, but has punched its ticket to the Cotton Bowl game.

Here's the selectively abbreviated synopsis of the ratings. Click the link above to see the whole list &/or sort by category:

RK TEAM OFF DEF S/T O'ALL
1 Alabama, SEC 71.5 98.0 55.8 94.2
2 Washington, Pac-12 86.0 85.8 55.5 91.3
3 Michigan, Big Ten 77.8 89.2 71.7 90.9
4 OSU, Big Ten 75.0 89.4 50.1 87.8
5 Clemson, ACC 78.7 80.8 47.7 84.6
6 USC, Pac-12 76.6 73.6 68.7 82.7
7 Louisville, ACC 83.7 75.4 30.9 82.2
8 Oklahoma, Big 12 91.1 58.1 45.0 81.6
9 LSU, SEC 72.6 83.9 33.8 81.1
10 Wisconsin, Big Ten 63.1 86.7 44.2 79.5
11 FSU, ACC 79.7 72.6 36.3 79.2
12 Colorado, Pac-12 64.3 85.3 33.7 77.5
17 W Michigan, MAC 79.5 58.6 55.7 76.1
19 Penn State, Big Ten 68.4 67.0 59.8 73.0
27 Iowa, Big Ten 55.1 68.8 72.0 69.6
63 UCF, American 24.1 72.1 65.6 51.0
68 Maryland, Big Ten 54.2 40.6 64.9 48.9
70 Michigan State, Big Ten 53.2 43.1 50.5 47.9
71 Indiana, Big Ten 39.5 61.7 38.0 47.8
92 E Michigan, MAC 40.2 36.1 60.4 37.5
95 Cent Michigan, MAC 37.0 44.4 39.0 36.2
101 Illinois, Big Ten 27.6 44.4 38.1 31.3
103 Hawai'i, MW 31.5 32.7 51.2 28.7
116 Rutgers, Big Ten 16.2 43.0 37.6 21.9

 

mGrowOld

December 5th, 2016 at 2:47 PM ^

Penn State at 19 - two spots behind Western Michigan but DAMMIT THEY DESERVE A CHANCE IN THE FINAL FOUR!  

They are gonna get so killed by USC......

smwilliams

December 5th, 2016 at 4:10 PM ^

Yes! Outside of the whole Sandusky thing, their fans have been obnoxious (although I'm sure we have been as well). Every PSU fan on Reddit decided that since they beat Ohio State and Iowa and we didn't, they were a better team.

Why did we beat them 49-10, then? 

All of their LBs were injured and if they just had those guys, it would've been different.

When I brought up that their offense only scored 3 points before garbage time against us and to my knowledge LBs don't usually play offense (Peppers exempt), they didn't really have anything to say. 

They were also mean to Brian when he said they reminded him a lot of last year's State team who was super lucky and not really a great team. 

UM Fan from Sydney

December 5th, 2016 at 5:28 PM ^

PSU fans are such idiots. I saw many talking shit to UM fans after winning the Big Ten. Uh, ok. UM still beat the living fuck out of PSU and would again.

LSAClassOf2000

December 5th, 2016 at 4:59 PM ^

Offensive and defensive stats and rankings in FBS for Michigan from TeamRankings:

Offense
Value (rank) Defense Value (rank)
Points/Game 41.0 (#12) Opp Points/Game 12.5 (#1)
Yards/Game 439.3 (#41) Opp Yards/Game 252.7 (#1)
Points/Play 0.554 (#10) Opp Points/Play 0.190 (#2)
Yards/Play 5.9 (#42) Opp Yards/Play 3.8 (#2)
3D Conversion % 44.17% (#29) Opp 3D Conv % 20.86% (#1)
4D Conversion % 66.67% (#10) Opp 4D Conv % 38.46% (#27)
RZ Scoring % 90.62% (#16) Opp RZ Scoring % 68.00% (#2)
Rush Play % 60.59% (#19) Opp Rush Play % 56.46% (#92)
Yards/Rush 5.0 (#41) Opp Yards/Rush 3.1 (#5)
Rushes/Game 44.8 (#21) Opp Rushes/Game 37.2 (#47)
Rush Yards/Game 223.2 (#28) Opp Rush Yards/Game 116.8 (#12)
Pass Play % 39.41% (#110) Opp Pass Play % 43.54% (#37)
Completion % 62.35% (#23) Opp Completion % 44.52% (#1)
Yards/Pass 7.8 (#40) Opp Yards/Pass 5.4 (#1)
Passes/Game 27.7 (#98) Opp Passes/Game 25.1 (#10)
Pass Yards/Game 216.1 (#78) Opp Pass Yards/Game 135.9 (#1)
Int Thrown % 1.81% (#20) Opp Int Thrown % 3.99% (#18)
QB Sacked % 5.14% (#36) Sack % 12.50% (#1)