ESPN FPI Team Efficiencies Update

Submitted by Ecky Pting on

The updated FPI team efficiency ratings have been posted and Michigan, overall is #1. Hashtag Uno. Nice, but not surprising all things considered. IMHO, what's even nicer is MSU being #89 after it's tussle with FCS Furman. Bwaa-ha-ha. Reap what you sow, little bro!

RK TEAM OFFENSE DEFENSE S/T OVERALL
1 Michigan, Big Ten 92.7 99.5 15.2 98.8
2 Alabama, SEC 66.1 99.9 57.1 98.5
3 Louisville, ACC 98.4 88.4 34.5 97.6
4 Boise State, MW 98.7 89.5 19.6 97.6
5 Washington, Pac-12 88.6 93.4 89.1 97.5
6 Oklahoma State, Big 12 48.6 88.9 100.0 96.4
7 Colorado, Pac-12 75.3 98.8 55.3 95.1
8 Houston, American 88.7 80.3 93.5 95.0
9 Tulsa, American 77.2 95.6 68.7 93.3
10 Clemson, ACC 75.9 95.8 30.2 92.0
16 OSU, Big Ten 85.3 75.3 33.2 85.8
89 Michigan State, Big Ten 32.3 45.4 57.6 37.8

edit: added OSU & MSU to the table. Click the link above to see the whole page &/or sort by category.

Muttley

September 4th, 2016 at 5:30 PM ^

The Buckeyes turned the ball over on a pick six, on downs, and on a punt, with the remaining non-half-ending possessions resulting in TDs.

http://www.espn.com/college-football/playbyplay?gameId=400869260

Michigan turned the ball over on Wilton's first pass (INT), with the remaining non-half-ending possessions resulting in TDs.

Back in the day, my best friend & I used to play Mattel's Electronic Football every day.

 

 

We played every day until we got so good that both of us could score on one play while running out the entire half. What had been 70-63 shootouts became 7-7 ties. If you left any time on the clock on your scoring play, you lost 14-7.

Brhino

September 4th, 2016 at 2:50 PM ^

Yeah, but there's Colorado up there at #7.  Third game of the season may actually be interesting.  Guess we'll see how they do against Idaho State next week.

kevin holt

September 4th, 2016 at 5:11 PM ^

Yeah maybe. But we didn't punt; OSU punted once or twice. We also didn't throw a pick-6; they did. So those would give some hits to the numbers. Especially when it comes to efficiency, I would think the fact that we never punted is a relatively big deal.

BlowGoo

September 4th, 2016 at 3:12 PM ^

Answered my own question by clicking the provided link (doi!).

OSU #18 on offensive efficiency, #40 defensive efficiency But they have us beat on Special Teams efficiency so far. /s (well, they do).
Overall theyre #16 team efficiency.

Note we're NUMBER TWO on DEFENSIVE efficiency, too, fwiw.

Number six offensive, equals number one overall!

It seems pick-sixes weigh HEAVILY on this metric. Our defense gave us two, making our defense 2nd place in efficiency. OSU gave up one, dragging down their offensive eficiency despite putting up major yardage.
Note Alabama had a pick six as well, and are the only team ranked above us in defensive efficiency.

LSAClassOf2000

September 4th, 2016 at 3:19 PM ^

They must weigh on it - the very definition in fact involves each unit's contribution to scoring margin, so hold a bad team to a field goal and get two pick six plays and your defensive unit is definitely contributing. to that. I would imagine that's why we're second only to Alabama on defense in this metric, who barely let USC get a play in edgewise, if you will. 

charblue.

September 4th, 2016 at 7:03 PM ^

It is what it is. But, you know what, I don't care who we played yesterday, the outcome would have been dominating. Acting like taking the long view is appropriate, disregards the effort that was offered. And you know what, you know how I know it was a better performance than most want to even acknowledge here, because the coach was impressed by it. And he's my measuring stick.

MGOTokyo

September 4th, 2016 at 3:49 PM ^

OP-We've been joking about it for the past 2 weeks ad nauseum, but I don't think that we can be calling Sparty 'Little Bro' until we beat them.

RoseInBlue

September 4th, 2016 at 3:51 PM ^

The "Little Bro" title is about far more than football and recent performances.  Until they stop relating everything they do to us, they will always be Little Brother.  And they know that, too. 

Alpaca

September 4th, 2016 at 4:04 PM ^

I believe Sparty fits the "Little Bro" perfectly. I know sometimes the little brother does better than the big bro but it doesn't take away from the fact that they are still little bro. Its all about their demeanor and how they act on and off the field that they fit the "Little Bro" mentality perfectly. So no, we can still call them little bro no matter what. 

NittanyFan

September 4th, 2016 at 5:11 PM ^

I honestly LOVE the advanced metrics.  

But not after week 1 (which still isn't even over!).

~4 weeks of games allows all the various FBS teams to get "adequately connected" to each other in terms of making comparisons.  U-M at this point is connected to Hawaii and California.

S&P+ and FEI don't typically get released until after week 4 or week 5.  Of course, there's a reason for that.  Those metrics don't have quite the "marketing push" that ESPN's FPI has.

charblue.

September 4th, 2016 at 6:53 PM ^

but Colorado in crushing CSU, is rated 7th in those efficiency rankings. I only mention it because our team will be playing the Buffalos in a couple of weeks.

poseidon7902

September 4th, 2016 at 7:52 PM ^

According to rcmb this is because harbaugh is an idiot and used our whole playbook. On the other hand dantonio realizes the value of a close game against an inferior opponent because it makes it so the team has something to work on and the opponents don't know what dantonio is going to do. It's because dantonio is obviously the better coach.




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BlueinLansing

September 4th, 2016 at 9:48 PM ^

curious how good Washington will be this year.    They'll be 3-0 with big stats when they hit a 3 game stretch of @Arizona, Stanford and @Oregon.    They could be a dark horse top 10 team by years end.

MGOFishBio

September 6th, 2016 at 2:39 PM ^

We had, what was considered one of the "easiest schedules" in the country, before the season.  I really like that Wisconsin and Colorado have added some value, we control everything....PAC 10 big 12 champs will have 2 losses...GoBluePlayoffs16!