Top 25 Game Performances
Welcome to my Sunday Blog. During the offseason I had just one weekend blog but each week during the season I will take a look at the Top 25 performances from the just completed week with a little analysis as well as a quick review of the past weekend. On Monday I will give you my News & Notes where I delve deeper into every game that was played this past weekend, breaking down individual drives and giving you misleading finals and other interesting tidbits.
As far as my game grades go after the 2008 season was completed I devised a power ratings system, which lets me analyze at what level each team played during an individual game. This “game grade” takes into account the yards rushing, yards passing, points scored, rushing yards allowed, passing yards allowed and points allowed and factors them in against the opponent played and even factors in the site the game was played at.
With all these factors taken into consideration you will see teams that lost the game having a better individual game grade than teams that beat them simply because the team they played was superior and much less was expected of them.
Top 25 Performances of the Week So Far
| Rk | Tm | FOE | Off Rush |
Off Pass |
Off Pts |
Def Rush |
Def Pass |
Def Pts |
Diff | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | OREGON | New Mexico | 392 | 359 | 72 | 39 | 80 | 0 | 632 | 117.7 |
| 2 | ARIZONA | Toledo | 105 | 413 | 41 | 80 | 103 | 2 | 335 | 100.9 |
| 3 | TCU | Oregon St | 278 | 176 | 30 | 90 | 180 | 21 | 184 | 100.1 |
| 4 | OHIO STATE | Marshall | 280 | 249 | 45 | 44 | 155 | 7 | 330 | 98.7 |
| 5 | MISS ST | Memphis | 197 | 372 | 49 | 41 | 196 | 7 | 332 | 95.7 |
| 6 | CALIFORNIA | UC DAVIS | 230 | 287 | 52 | 14 | 67 | 3 | 436 | 94.6 |
| 7 | ALABAMA | San Jose St | 268 | 310 | 48 | 84 | 92 | 3 | 402 | 94.3 |
| 8 | UTAH ST | Oklahoma | 97 | 340 | 24 | 198 | 215 | 31 | 24 | 93.2 |
| 9 | GEORGIA | Louisiana | 184 | 193 | 55 | 14 | 114 | 7 | 249 | 91.3 |
| 10 | N CAROLINA | LSU | 23 | 410 | 24 | 176 | 157 | 30 | 100 | 90.7 |
| 11 | MICHIGAN | Connecticut | 287 | 186 | 30 | 138 | 205 | 10 | 130 | 89.7 |
| 12 | TENNESSEE | UT MARTIN | 332 | 205 | 50 | 56 | 86 | 0 | 395 | 89.1 |
| 13 | OKLAHOMA ST | Washington St | 291 | 253 | 65 | 112 | 212 | 17 | 220 | 88.8 |
| 14 | WISCONSIN | UNLV | 278 | 197 | 41 | 110 | 105 | 21 | 260 | 88.6 |
| 15 | Utah | Pittsburgh | 122 | 283 | 27 | 82 | 184 | 24 | 139 | 87.7 |
| 16 | Fresno St | Cincinnati | 49 | 247 | 28 | 15 | 219 | 14 | 62 | 87.2 |
| 17 | S CAROLINA | S Mississippi | 224 | 225 | 41 | 67 | 337 | 13 | 45 | 86.6 |
| 17 | Hawaii | USC | 129 | 459 | 36 | 146 | 277 | 49 | 165 | 86.6 |
| 19 | SYRACUSE | Akron | 202 | 229 | 29 | 55 | 111 | 3 | 265 | 86.1 |
| 20 | MISSOURI | Illinois | 98 | 281 | 23 | 200 | 81 | 13 | 98 | 85.8 |
| 21 | STANFORD | SACRAMENTO | 213 | 316 | 52 | 54 | 113 | 17 | 362 | 84.7 |
| 22 | TEXAS | Rice | 196 | 172 | 34 | 89 | 131 | 17 | 148 | 84.6 |
| 23 | FLORIDA ST | SAMFORD | 185 | 296 | 59 | 77 | 223 | 6 | 181 | 84.4 |
| 24 | BYU | Washington | 146 | 262 | 23 | 128 | 266 | 17 | 14 | 84.3 |
| 25 | ARIZONA ST | PORTLAND ST | 242 | 311 | 54 | 54 | 209 | 9 | 290 | 84.2 |
| 25 | AUBURN | Arkansas St | 367 | 241 | 52 | 43 | 323 | 26 | 242 | 84.2 |
1. Despite breaking in a new QB and last year’s top RB LaMichael James being suspended for the game, the Ducks easily had the top performance of the week rolling up a 751-119 yd advantage and scoring 72 points against an overmatched New Mexico team.
2. Arizona used last year’s Holiday Bowl defeat as motivation all offseason and roared to a great start with a 518-183 yd edge over a Toledo team that beat Colorado in the same spot a year ago.
3. TCU only won by 9 over Oregon St but dominated the stat sheet with 454-270 yd edge over Oregon St. A couple of TO’s by the Frogs cost them a chance to win the game by a much larger margin.
4. Ohio St started their quest to make it to a 4th national title game in the last 9 years with a dominating win over Marshall. The Bucks were balanced offensively with 280 yards rushing and 249 yds passing and the defense limited the Herd to just 199 yds.
5. Miss St used two different QB’s effectively in their 49-7 trouncing of Memphis and gained 569 yards. The Bulldog D was so dominant that it did not even give up a 3rd down conversion until late in the 4th quarter.
6. California had a 331-32 yd edge at the half and cruised from their in their 52-3 win over FCS UC Davis.
7. No Ingram, no Dareus, no problem for the defending national champs as the Crimson Tide rolled San Jose St 48-3 and had a 578-176 yd edge.
8. Despite playing without their leading receiver and rusher from a year ago Utah St was still able to gain 437 yds against the Sooners and nearly pulled off the monumental upset in the 31-24 loss.
9. Georgia was playing without All-American WR AJ Green but still rolled up 55 points and limited Louisiana to just 128 total yards.
10. North Carolina HC Butch Davis did an outstanding job getting his depleted Tar Heels ready for a big game against LSU as North Carolina had a 433-333 yd edge and nearly pulled out a big comeback win in the 2nd half.
