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Football Outsiders stats are now opponent adjusted and no longer completely insane. F/+ ratings for top ten, BIG, opponents, plus my best guess for UM's Rose Bowl opponent at the end of the year.
Rank | Team | Record | F/+ |
1 | Ole Miss | 6-0 | 36.20% |
2 | Mississippi State | 6-0 | 33.30% |
3 | Auburn | 5-1 | 29.70% |
4 | Oklahoma | 5-1 | 29.60% |
5 | TCU | 4-1 | 28.90% |
6 | Oregon | 5-1 | 28.80% |
7 | Baylor | 6-0 | 26.60% |
8 | Stanford | 4-2 | 26.00% |
9 | Georgia | 5-1 | 25.70% |
10 | Alabama | 5-1 | 25.40% |
13 | Notre Dame | 6-0 | 23.20% |
16 | Ohio State | 4-1 | 21.10% |
19 | Michigan State | 5-1 | 20.10% |
22 | Nebraska | 5-1 | 18.90% |
24 | Rutgers | 5-1 | 16.80% |
26 | Arizona | 5-1 | 16.20% |
28 | Utah | 4-1 | 16.00% |
39 | Minnesota | 5-1 | 12.50% |
40 | Penn State | 4-2 | 12.10% |
46 | Maryland | 4-2 | 8.20% |
51 | Wisconsin | 4-2 | 6.40% |
52 | Iowa | 5-1 | 5.20% |
53 | Michigan | 3-4 | 4.90% |
54 | Northwestern | 3-3 | 4.90% |
70 | Purdue | 3-4 | -2.20% |
85 | Indiana | 3-3 | -8.60% |
86 | Illinois | 3-4 | -8.70% |
95 | Miami (Ohio) | 1-6 | -14.80% |
128 | Appalachian State | 1-5 | -39.40% |
October 14th, 2014 at 3:48 PM ^
October 14th, 2014 at 3:58 PM ^
October 14th, 2014 at 3:48 PM ^
Surprising.
October 14th, 2014 at 3:54 PM ^
We're solidly mediocre!
We're the best 4-loss team in the country, so suck it, Navy.
October 14th, 2014 at 4:02 PM ^
We are the best 3-4 team in the country. Nothing mediocre about that! Truly outstanding.
EDIT: Beat me to it or reading fail.
October 14th, 2014 at 3:56 PM ^
-1 for including Arizona
October 14th, 2014 at 3:57 PM ^
For I forgive you.
October 15th, 2014 at 9:06 AM ^
hasn't had a kicker worth a tinker's damn since Pat McAfee.
October 14th, 2014 at 3:59 PM ^
So you're telling me they are not terrible?
EDIT: that's 2 spots AHEAD of Arizona...
October 14th, 2014 at 4:01 PM ^
I was actually just looking at the Field Position ratings on Football Outsiders, where we rank #77 overall. On average in non-garbage possessions, we leave 69.7 yards between our opponent and their end zone while having to travel about two yards farther on average when the field is flipped.
Actually, I find it amusing that half the Big Ten appears in the span of about 15 positions on the list. There are some interesting similarities between some teams in the conference on some measures.
October 14th, 2014 at 4:11 PM ^
That is about right; there may be 52 better teams in the country right now.
Hard to believe Penn State is ahead of us. It's actually pretty damning that we're so low with the talent we have.
What's surprised is that our OFEI is not as bad as expected--we are 67 there. But our DFEI? Yeah, we're #50(!). We're even better in S&P - 48th on offense and 23rd on defense (ahead of FSU, Wisconsin, and Ohio State).
What we thought we be good is just okay; what we think is terrible is just worse than mediocre.
Yay, I guess?
October 14th, 2014 at 4:47 PM ^
How long is it going to take you guys to realize the Rose Bowl is part of the playoffs this year? The only team with the posibility of getting there is MSU.
October 14th, 2014 at 5:01 PM ^
They will not have a significant road win and got rolled by Oregon. RR put the nail in Sparty's coffin when Arizona beat the Ducks.
October 14th, 2014 at 5:17 PM ^
Hence why I said possibility.
October 14th, 2014 at 6:54 PM ^
October 14th, 2014 at 4:59 PM ^
Florida State all the way down at 14. Probably shouldve been included in the OP.
October 14th, 2014 at 5:38 PM ^
I have to give them credit for going on the road and beating a depleted (due to heavy graduations) OK State and beating Clemson without their QB. But they have not had the look of an impressive team (top 5) overall. But like MSU they play in a conference with very few speedbumps and other than ND (who I also think is living on borrowed time) there is no much left for them to be challenged with.
I'd probably rank them closer to 8-9 in the country right now regardless of record (i.e. there are some 1 loss teams that should be "ranked" higher than 0 loss teams, and some 2 loss teams better than some 1 loss teams).
That said they could be a bored team that is every team that plays them gets up for, and they turn it up for the big games. There is a reason it is difficult to repeat.
October 14th, 2014 at 7:16 PM ^
Yes, we are a semi-competent outfit! Suck it, Memphis!
October 15th, 2014 at 10:08 AM ^