S&P+ offense rankings through seven games

Submitted by Prince_of_Nachos on

If you clicked on this link you must really be in the Halloween spirit, because what you're about to see is truely macabre.

Summary of Michigan's S&P+ rakings on offense over the last several years

Year

Overall

Rushing

Passing

Success Rate

IsoPPP

2017

(through

7 games)

85th

41st

74th

37th

56th

2016

40th

49th

29th

19th

46th

2015

38th

61st

17th

29th

22nd

2014

89th

62nd

84th

42nd

97th

2013

50th

74th

25th

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Note - Success Rate is a measure of efficiency (staying ahead of the chains), and IsoPPP is a measure of explosiveness (big plays)

Nothing too surprising here. The one positive I would take away is that the run offense is already demonstrably better than the last two years. And it probably would be ranked closer to 20th if opposing safeties had any respect for the passing game.

For comparison, in Harbaugh's third year at Stanford, he had the 6th ranked S&P+ offense. He also had two All-American offensive tackles, David Shaw at OC, and Luck under center.

     

bo_lives

October 26th, 2017 at 1:34 PM ^

Also what makes you think they will breeze by the cupcakes on the schedule? I agree if they play to their potential the stats should improve. But if they play like they have the last 3 weeks they could very easily drop one of those "guaranteed" wins. They went to OT vs. Indiana who is last in the Big Ten right now. Luckily, the defense will not face an offense like PSU until the last game of the season. That should hopefully mean the floor is 8-4 but the degree to which they got eviscerated by PSU is very disconcerting.