ESPN FPI Team Efficiencies Update, 2016 Final

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This post is largely just for the record, it being now 5+ weeks after the fact, but the final 2016 post-bowl season FPI team efficiency ratings did actually get posted at some point a while back. The results end up with Michigan having held steady at #3 despite losing in the Orange Bowl. On the bright side, that's one spot better than the National Champion Clemson Tigers.

The U-M splits did move a bit. They are offense, #17 (down from #12); defense, #3 (same a prior rating); and special teams, #3 (up from #8 based on another season of quality punting!). Despite getting throttled by 'Bama Clemson in the CFP, OSU somewhat surprisingly finished with the #2 defense, while sliding to #6 overall.

Of U-M's other 2016 opponents, FSU climbed to #8 from #11, Colorado slipped to #17 from #12, and Wisconsin slid to #11 from #10. UCF remains rated above 5 of Michigan's other opponents this season, getting edged out by one spot by Sparty apparently due to second-order effects of the ratings formulae. Sparty holds on to #72 and retains the title of Third Best Team in the State of Michigan. Meanwhile Western Michigan finishes up at #16 from #17, and at this point it appears that the captain of the rowboat has run aground and issued the "abandon ship" order. Meanwhile, Hawai'i edged out Illinois to finish at #100.

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 70.8 97.4 56.2 93.5
2 Washington, Pac-12 81.6 85.4 56.6 89.3
3 Michigan, Big Ten 73.7 87.4 74.8 88.9
4 Clemson, ACC 81.8 82.9 47.0 87.1
5 OSU, Big Ten 70.7 88.5 48.6 85.2
6 LSU, SEC 73.2 86.7 32.4 82.9
7 Oklahoma, Big 12 92.1 59.1 41.1 82.8
8 FSU, ACC 80.8 75.6 32.4 80.6
9 USC, Pac-12 78.1 68.5 64.2 80.6
10 Louisville, ACC 80.3 74.6 35.4 80.1
11 Wisconsin, Big Ten 63.8 85.5 45.5 79.3
16 W Michigan, MAC 79.1 55.8 54.1 74.2
17 Colorado, Pac-12 61.3 82.2 33.3 73.6
19 Penn State, Big Ten 71.2 63.3 61.0 72.6
30 Iowa, Big Ten 51.4 66.3 69.5 65.5
70 Indiana, Big Ten 39.3 60.9 37.5 47.1
72 Michigan State, Big Ten 52.4 41.7 50.6 46.6
73 UCF, American 21.6 71.8 55.7 46.2
75 Maryland, Big Ten 47.5 40.2 64.4 44.8
92 E Michigan, MAC 40.2 34.9 58.6 36.4
98 Cent Michigan, MAC 35.0 42.0 39.4 33.8
100 Hawai'i, MW 34.7 33.8 52.8 31.4
103 Illinois, Big Ten 27.4 43.0 38.1 30.4
117 Rutgers, Big Ten 16.0 41.2 37.6 21.0

So there you have it. Stick it in a shoe box and shove it under the bed. It's done and time to move on.

Yung Geezer

February 9th, 2017 at 2:42 PM ^

but my god that bama defense...

the next thing that stands out to me is the western michigan defensive rating... PJ might want to shore that up now that he's in the B1G

 

ski-past-you 

into the endzone



 

edit: Rutgers LMAO

 

 

alum96

February 9th, 2017 at 2:52 PM ^

Congrats to Bama for winning the ESPN FPI Team Efficiency trophy, and UM's new trophy for winning the Big 10 ESPN FPI Team Efficiency.

I also think you have a typo - right above MSU you have a 3-9 listed for Indiana's offense; surely you got that mixed up with MSU's.  Thanks for fixing that in advance.

ska4punkkid

February 9th, 2017 at 2:57 PM ^

Doesn't mean crap we lost 3 of our last 4. Who cares about these rankings? Just makes our losses even worse seeing this

No moral victories we are not MSU

 

Btw OP, OSU got throttled by Clemson, not 'Bama in the CFP

An Angelo's Addict

February 9th, 2017 at 3:25 PM ^

I guess some people take solace in viewing these types of rankings? If anything it just makes me kind of sad how good we are statistically but couldn't pull out those wins. To each his own

blueblueblue

February 9th, 2017 at 3:30 PM ^

What does this even mean? We lost 3 of our last 4 games in efficient manner? I think this ranking had some meaning during the season, in that perhaps it gave us reason to think we could win the next game. After the season its pretty meaningless.