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VolNation's Lesser Poobah
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10-5-21 UPDATE:
What a difference 2 weeks makes. Below are the updated ESPN FPI (power index) and team efficiency rankings (partial lists). now #26 in the FPI, #24 offense and #32 defense efficiencies!
Also, note that the projected record has gone up almost an entire game, from 5.9 wins to now projecting 6.9 wins.
ORIGINAL Post below *9-20-21
I was just looking through ESPN FPI (power index). Let's start with the good. According to the projection, we are still on target for almost 6 wins, finishing with a projected record of 5.9-6.1. Hopefully that will instill a bit of confidence that we will pick off at least one good team.
ESPN FPI
Now, for the bad. We have the 4th toughest remaining strength of schedule in all of college football. That likely doesnt surprise the average volnation fan.
The scariest part for me is when I started looking through the team efficiencies (charts below). The overall efficiency "net efficiency on 0-100 scale" is 47.4, which ranks 86th. The offensive team efficiency "based on offense's contribution to scoring margin on per-play basis, adjusted for strength of opposing defenses faced" is an abysmal 35.1, ranking 91st. From the first 3 games, although the eye test is that we are fine offensively, you got to ask, do we really have a high powered offense? or our we just hoping it comes in year 3 with Heupel?


ESPN Team Efficiencies

What a difference 2 weeks makes. Below are the updated ESPN FPI (power index) and team efficiency rankings (partial lists). now #26 in the FPI, #24 offense and #32 defense efficiencies!
Also, note that the projected record has gone up almost an entire game, from 5.9 wins to now projecting 6.9 wins.
ORIGINAL Post below *9-20-21
I was just looking through ESPN FPI (power index). Let's start with the good. According to the projection, we are still on target for almost 6 wins, finishing with a projected record of 5.9-6.1. Hopefully that will instill a bit of confidence that we will pick off at least one good team.
ESPN FPI
Now, for the bad. We have the 4th toughest remaining strength of schedule in all of college football. That likely doesnt surprise the average volnation fan.
The scariest part for me is when I started looking through the team efficiencies (charts below). The overall efficiency "net efficiency on 0-100 scale" is 47.4, which ranks 86th. The offensive team efficiency "based on offense's contribution to scoring margin on per-play basis, adjusted for strength of opposing defenses faced" is an abysmal 35.1, ranking 91st. From the first 3 games, although the eye test is that we are fine offensively, you got to ask, do we really have a high powered offense? or our we just hoping it comes in year 3 with Heupel?


ESPN Team Efficiencies

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