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College Football Teams 2008 Statistically Compared using cfbstats.com: Florida vs. USC
The current college football rating system by popular polls should be scrapped. A review of football statistics this season shows this clearly. Too much emphasis is being placed upon a team going undefeated against weak opposition, rather than on hard football facts. We have already shown that USC is the much better team when compared to Alabama. On the other hand, Oklahoma and Texas are very close. We also showed Florida to be much stronger than, e.g., Texas Tech. What about a comparison of the two teams that our YPPSYS Ratings clearly regard to be the best teams this season, USC and Florida?
College Football Teams 2008 Statistically Compared by LawPundit using statistics from cfbstats.com:
Florida vs. USC
In comparing these stats consider that the Massey Ratings rank the Florida schedule difficulty as the 23rd most difficult in the country and the USC schedule difficulty as the 35th most difficult. Sagarin at USATODAY.COM has the respective schedule difficulty as 28th for Florida and 33rd for USC.
To our surprise, Florida holds the edge.
Permalink : Andis Kaulins : 12/01/2008 11:18:00 PM
College Football Teams 2008 Statistically Compared using cfbstats.com: Florida vs. USC
The current college football rating system by popular polls should be scrapped. A review of football statistics this season shows this clearly. Too much emphasis is being placed upon a team going undefeated against weak opposition, rather than on hard football facts. We have already shown that USC is the much better team when compared to Alabama. On the other hand, Oklahoma and Texas are very close. We also showed Florida to be much stronger than, e.g., Texas Tech. What about a comparison of the two teams that our YPPSYS Ratings clearly regard to be the best teams this season, USC and Florida?
College Football Teams 2008 Statistically Compared by LawPundit using statistics from cfbstats.com:
Florida vs. USC
In comparing these stats consider that the Massey Ratings rank the Florida schedule difficulty as the 23rd most difficult in the country and the USC schedule difficulty as the 35th most difficult. Sagarin at USATODAY.COM has the respective schedule difficulty as 28th for Florida and 33rd for USC.
| Parameter | Florida (12 games) | Opponents | USC (11 games) | Opponents | Advantage to |
| Scoring/game | 46.3 | 12.3 | 38.4 | 7.8 | Florida |
| Points scored | 556 | 147 | 422 | 86 | Florida |
| First Downs | 263 | 191 | 245 | 155 | USC |
| Yards per Play Rushing | 6.20 | 3.26 | 5.39 | 2.60 | Florida |
| Rushing Yards | 2845 | 1233 | 2273 | 952 | USC |
| Passing Rating | 173.08 | 93.68 | 158.72 | 81.78 | Florida |
| Passing Yards | 2548 | 2075 | 2686 | 1364 | USC |
| Yards per play Total Offense | 7.3 | 4.3 | 6.7 | 3.4 | USC |
| Total Offense Yards | 5393 | 3308 | 4959 | 2316 | USC |
| Punt Returns Yards/Return | 14.89 | 3.91 | 8.17 | 11.09 | Florida |
| Kickoff Returns Yards/Return | 21.43 | 22.28 | 28.11 | 20.16 | USC |
| Punting Yards/Punt | 42.41 | 39.29 | 36.37 | 41.78 | Florida |
| Interceptions | 23 | 3 | 16 | 11 | Florida |
| Fumbles (No. - Lost) | 19-8 | 16-9 | 20-8 | 15-9 | even |
| Penalties -Yards | 88 - 713 | 81 - 640 | 91 - 833 | 61 - 469 | Florida |
| 3rd Down Conversions | 48.58% | 31.14% | 44.85% | 27.5% | even |
| Red Zone Success | 91.38% | 67.74% | 81.82% | 71.43% | Florida |
| Field Goal Success | 100% (10-10) | 71.4% (14-10) | 88.9% (9-8) | 50.% (12-6) | USC |
| PAT Success | 98.7% | 81.3% | 98.2% | 88.9% | Florida |
| Advantage | |||||
| to Florida | |||||
| Final Totals | 10-7-2 |
To our surprise, Florida holds the edge.
Permalink : Andis Kaulins : 12/01/2008 11:18:00 PM
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