I have developed several pet peeves after covering college football for nearly three decades. Three of them concern coach speak. The first is when a new HC or a new OC or new DC is hired you always hear them say in the press conference that they are going to have a more attacking style on both sides of the ball. You never hear a HC say that the team is going to be more laid back, play more soft coverage, ease up on offense.
The 2nd coach speak comes on Signing Day. I don’t think I have ever heard a coach say that “this year we really missed the boat on several recruits and we have a disappointing class coming in.” I always hear “I really like my class” and “we addressed a lot of needs.”
My final coach speak is when I hear a coach say that we are young and inexperienced and have more underclassmen than upperclassmen. This bothers me for a couple of reasons. First, when you consider that most freshman end up red-shirting their freshman seasons, it is almost like having another class when you add them to the true incoming freshman class. This means you basically have five classes on a football roster (true frosh, rFr, Soph, Jr, Sr) and that means roughly 60% of your roster should be filled with underclassmen. Second, usually on signing day teams sign anywhere between 20-25 recruits on avg but after three years of injuries, transfers, early entries to the NFL draft, that class is usually down at least 5-10 players which means your senior class is smaller than your freshman class.
Today’s blog I decided to take the official rosters on all 124 teams and add up the total number of Seniors (incl 5th yr), Juniors, Sophomores and Freshman (including true and redshirts) to see if indeed there are far more underclassmen on a roster than upperclassmen.
Below is a chart of every team and naturally those numbers could be in flux due to transfers, suspensions, etc but I do think you get a reasonably accurate look at the number for each class and each team.
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In the past several blogs I have been breaking down each factor that goes into my New and Improved Experience Chart and today I conclude the series by combining the five factors into my final ranking.
For more than 7 years I have listed an experience chart, which broke down the number of seniors, juniors, sophomores and freshmen each team had in the two deep and rated the teams experience level with a formula I devised. In ’09 I made the experience chart FIVE TIMES better.
We still do the exact same chart but now I just list the Senior starters, the rest of the seniors in the two deep and the points accumulated by using the system I used from 2002-‘08. In the chart listed below I have now included 4 other factors. The 2nd factor listed in the chart below is the % of lettermen returning. I devised a point system for this and explain it in depth on page 319 of this year’s magazine. Also added was the % of returning offensive yards. I took the total yards passing, rushing and receiving for each team and divided out the yardage of the returning players and the yards returning % listed below is that figure. I did the same with the total tackles from last year and the % of tackles returning. This gives us an idea of the defense’s experience. The final factor is the career starts returning for the offensive line. These players are not included in the stats but are a vital part of the offense.
I then devised a formula that factors all 5 into the total points equation and then turned the point total into a number from 100 to 0. A 100 would be a team with 25 seniors (NCAA scholarship limit) in the two deep and every yard and tackle returning and 120+ career starts on the offensive line. A 0 would be a team with no experience and 0 seniors in the two deep. Just as in years past the first number is where each team ranks in the NCAA.
If you have been following the past couple of experience blogs, it should come as no surprise that UTSA has the most experience points for 2012 with 81.1 as they have the most returning starters and finished among the tops in % of Lettermen returning and % of tackles returning. Tennessee also is one of the most experienced teams with 78.8 pts as they return at least 75% of their lettermen, yds and tackles while also boasting 105 career OL starts.
At the bottom of the chart is Colorado and Miami, Fl who both feature 2nd-Year HC’s who certainly have their work cut out for them. Remember though two years ago Oklahoma St was #120 in this chart and surprised EVERYONE.
Here is the complete New and Improved Experience Chart which is featured on page 321 in this year’s magazine.
2012 Combined Experience Chart
|
|
Total |
Senior |
Senior |
Senior |
% LTR |
% YDS |
% TKL |
OL CAR |
|
Rank
|
Team |
Exp Pts |
Strs |
2 Deep |
Exp Pts |
Return |
Return |
Return |
STRS |
|
1
|
UTSA |
81.1 |
3 |
1 |
51 |
85.5% |
91.0% |
89.0% |
48 |
|
2
|
Tennessee |
78.8 |
5 |
5 |
66 |
76.6% |
79.5% |
75.8% |
105 |
|
3
|
Central Michigan |
76.6 |
11 |
3 |
69 |
77.6% |
86.4% |
73.2% |
94 |
|
4
|
Oklahoma |
75.6 |
12 |
3 |
73 |
70.0% |
83.9% |
68.0% |
102 |
|
5
|
Kent St |
75.4 |
13 |
1 |
70 |
69.1% |
71.2% |
81.9% |
101 |
|
6
|
Eastern Michigan |
73.7 |
11 |
3 |
64 |
72.6% |
95.3% |
66.0% |
95 |
|
7
|
West Virginia |
73.2 |
10 |
6 |
66 |
66.7% |
92.3% |
60.2% |
105 |
|
8
|
Duke |
72.4 |
9 |
2 |
61 |
66.7% |
81.5% |
74.2% |
90 |
|
9
|
Miami, Oh |
72.2 |
13 |
1 |
70 |
73.1% |
88.3% |
55.5% |
88 |
|
10
|
Rutgers |
72.1 |
10 |
3 |
67 |
75.4% |
78.0% |
80.3% |
76 |
|
11
|
Louisiana Tech |
71.8 |
13 |
8 |
79 |
76.7% |
82.2% |
53.7% |
92 |
|
12
|
Ohio |
71.6 |
11 |
4 |
71 |
75.4% |
63.2% |
74.4% |
98 |
|
13
|
NC State |
71.6 |
11 |
3 |
72 |
59.6% |
75.0% |
65.3% |
112 |
|
14
|
Utah |
71.2 |
11 |
4 |
69 |
78.4% |
95.8% |
58.3% |
65 |
|
15
|
Ball St |
71.1 |
9 |
4 |
63 |
63.8% |
83.7% |
60.2% |
115 |
|
16
|
WKU |
70.8 |
9 |
3 |
64 |
82.8% |
66.0% |
71.4% |
88 |
|
17
|
Texas Tech |
70.8 |
12 |
1 |
61 |
67.1% |
87.0% |
76.6% |
69 |
|
18
|
FIU |
70.6 |
11 |
5 |
73 |
78.7% |
42.6% |
88.2% |
103 |
|
19
|
Boston College |
70.5 |
6 |
2 |
55 |
72.7% |
98.4% |
69.5% |
66 |
|
20
|
Mississippi |
70.3 |
6 |
5 |
67 |
78.9% |
84.1% |
74.0% |
57 |
|
21
|
Army |
70.3 |
9 |
4 |
75 |
71.3% |
91.6% |
74.8% |
45 |
|
22
|
South Alabama |
69.9 |
5 |
4 |
66 |
73.4% |
89.9% |
96.0% |
30 |
|
23
|
Florida St |
69.8 |
8 |
3 |
63 |
77.3% |
87.8% |
75.6% |
50 |
|
24
|
Troy |
69.6 |
13 |
4 |
78 |
67.1% |
95.2% |
58.2% |
56 |
|
25
|
UCLA |
69.3 |
11 |
3 |
62 |
73.9% |
69.1% |
84.6% |
74 |
|
26
|
Kansas St |
69.0 |
13 |
8 |
86 |
66.7% |
95.8% |
58.8% |
43 |
|
27
|
USF |
68.8 |
12 |
4 |
72 |
70.3% |
85.5% |
77.3% |
46 |
|
28
|
Oregon St |
68.8 |
9 |
4 |
68 |
70.3% |
87.1% |
77.6% |
50 |
|
29
|
Texas St |
68.7 |
8 |
3 |
64 |
72.7% |
89.8% |
79.5% |
43 |
|
30
|
Georgia Tech |
68.6 |
7 |
2 |
66 |
76.8% |
65.7% |
77.5% |
83 |
|
31
|
Georgia |
68.4 |
10 |
1 |
63 |
73.0% |
89.4% |
88.5% |
31 |
|
32
|
Bowling Green |
68.1 |
4 |
2 |
49 |
72.4% |
66.6% |
87.9% |
78 |
|
33
|
UCF |
67.5 |
10 |
6 |
64 |
66.7% |
55.0% |
76.8% |
89 |
|
34
|
Michigan |
66.8 |
10 |
3 |
63 |
67.6% |
81.8% |
77.4% |
64 |
|
35
|
Tulane |
66.5 |
8 |
1 |
48 |
77.8% |
90.6% |
86.0% |
50 |
|
36
|
Louisville |
66.5 |
5 |
3 |
53 |
77.0% |
77.7% |
70.8% |
74 |
|
37
|
Purdue |
66.4 |
10 |
4 |
71 |
65.8% |
86.3% |
66.7% |
49 |
|
38
|
Iowa St |
66.4 |
11 |
7 |
79 |
66.7% |
84.9% |
65.1% |
53 |
|
39
|
BYU |
66.3 |
9 |
8 |
70 |
73.0% |
64.1% |
66.4% |
77 |
|
40
|
North Carolina |
66.2 |
9 |
4 |
62 |
65.0% |
77.3% |
55.8% |
93 |
|
41
|
Nebraska |
66.0 |
9 |
7 |
74 |
66.7% |
92.0% |
62.1% |
44 |
|
42
|
FAU |
65.7 |
5 |
5 |
70 |
74.2% |
63.3% |
74.9% |
57 |
|
43
|
Fresno St |
65.6 |
10 |
6 |
73 |
66.0% |
79.4% |
68.9% |
51 |
|
44
|
Missouri |
65.1 |
10 |
3 |
66 |
62.7% |
83.3% |
67.8% |
68 |
|
45
|
UMass |
65.1 |
11 |
4 |
69 |
71.2% |
42.1% |
74.8% |
85 |
|
46
|
Vanderbilt |
64.6 |
11 |
2 |
62 |
67.2% |
83.1% |
62.8% |
60 |
|
47
|
Wyoming |
64.6 |
11 |
4 |
68 |
72.9% |
77.5% |
64.2% |
64 |
|
48
|
Connecticut |
64.3 |
11 |
3 |
66 |
63.3% |
79.1% |
75.9% |
48 |
|
49
|
ULM |
63.9 |
7 |
3 |
62 |
68.3% |
94.6% |
47.0% |
69 |
|
50
|
Ohio St |
63.7 |
9 |
2 |
60 |
66.7% |
75.9% |
81.9% |
42 |
|
51
|
Florida |
63.6 |
8 |
2 |
63 |
84.6% |
36.5% |
86.3% |
79 |
|
52
|
Arkansas |
63.6 |
9 |
6 |
71 |
71.0% |
73.3% |
56.4% |
65 |
|
53
|
Clemson |
63.2 |
8 |
2 |
51 |
66.7% |
94.0% |
71.7% |
48 |
|
54
|
Texas |
63.1 |
3 |
3 |
57 |
68.3% |
83.9% |
57.6% |
63 |
|
55
|
USC |
63.0 |
8 |
1 |
50 |
56.3% |
85.3% |
71.8% |
60 |
|
56
|
Pittsburgh |
62.4 |
10 |
0 |
61 |
74.6% |
92.9% |
47.7% |
52 |
|
57
|
Illinois |
61.8 |
10 |
4 |
57 |
71.9% |
63.7% |
68.2% |
68 |
|
58
|
Indiana |
61.5 |
3 |
1 |
51 |
69.4% |
79.0% |
64.8% |
58 |
|
59
|
Virginia |
61.4 |
7 |
4 |
57 |
62.7% |
81.4% |
56.0% |
76 |
|
60
|
East Carolina |
61.1 |
7 |
3 |
73 |
70.6% |
46.8% |
76.9% |
68 |
|
61
|
UNLV |
61.1 |
5 |
4 |
56 |
64.8% |
76.7% |
54.6% |
82 |
|
62
|
Washington St |
61.1 |
8 |
5 |
68 |
71.0% |
55.5% |
68.0% |
57 |
|
63
|
Louisiana |
61.0 |
11 |
0 |
58 |
70.0% |
84.9% |
42.9% |
73 |
|
64
|
Colorado St |
60.8 |
7 |
2 |
50 |
63.5% |
79.1% |
83.0% |
56 |
|
65
|
Notre Dame |
60.5 |
7 |
3 |
53 |
56.9% |
75.4% |
64.8% |
65 |
|
66
|
Baylor |
60.4 |
9 |
6 |
73 |
77.1% |
30.9% |
81.2% |
77 |
|
67
|
Western Michigan |
60.3 |
8 |
4 |
62 |
64.2% |
63.3% |
60.3% |
68 |
|
68
|
UTEP |
60.1 |
12 |
5 |
71 |
66.2% |
63.8% |
61.1% |
53 |
|
69
|
Syracuse |
59.9 |
7 |
5 |
60 |
65.6% |
65.9% |
68.4% |
63 |
|
70
|
New Mexico |
59.8 |
12 |
5 |
74 |
65.7% |
51.5% |
55.6% |
65 |
|
71
|
South Carolina |
59.4 |
10 |
5 |
61 |
69.8% |
73.5% |
59.3% |
61 |
|
72
|
Kansas |
59.4 |
12 |
3 |
76 |
69.9% |
49.5% |
60.6% |
75 |
|
73
|
LSU |
58.9 |
4 |
5 |
59 |
63.2% |
52.3% |
62.8% |
104 |
|
74
|
Maryland |
58.9 |
10 |
2 |
55 |
65.6% |
71.3% |
84.8% |
46 |
|
75
|
Utah St |
58.8 |
11 |
3 |
70 |
64.9% |
54.4% |
60.0% |
66 |
|
76
|
Alabama |
58.5 |
7 |
1 |
60 |
64.1% |
56.7% |
50.6% |
95 |
|
77
|
Washington |
58.1 |
3 |
6 |
54 |
64.6% |
60.6% |
70.3% |
62 |
|
78
|
Memphis |
58.0 |
7 |
2 |
63 |
74.5% |
71.3% |
70.4% |
42 |
|
79
|
Tulsa |
57.9 |
12 |
5 |
74 |
68.3% |
52.3% |
61.5% |
70 |
|
80
|
Buffalo |
57.7 |
7 |
3 |
64 |
73.3% |
42.1% |
70.7% |
72 |
|
81
|
Akron |
57.5 |
7 |
4 |
57 |
65.1% |
87.9% |
57.2% |
34 |
|
82
|
California |
57.1 |
8 |
4 |
56 |
67.6% |
81.7% |
45.8% |
63 |
|
83
|
Marshall |
56.9 |
4 |
1 |
53 |
72.7% |
90.8% |
43.3% |
44 |
|
84
|
Middle Tennessee |
56.7 |
7 |
3 |
61 |
61.2% |
79.1% |
57.4% |
37 |
|
85
|
Navy |
56.3 |
11 |
7 |
86 |
51.4% |
59.2% |
71.6% |
34 |
|
86
|
Arkansas St |
56.3 |
11 |
7 |
79 |
66.7% |
77.9% |
44.1% |
33 |
|
87
|
North Texas |
55.4 |
7 |
3 |
58 |
56.5% |
64.0% |
46.4% |
67 |
|
88
|
Texas A&M |
55.3 |
11 |
4 |
60 |
66.3% |
39.3% |
61.3% |
95 |
|
89
|
Oklahoma St |
54.9 |
10 |
2 |
67 |
71.4% |
35.7% |
78.7% |
63 |
|
90
|
Kentucky |
54.1 |
8 |
4 |
53 |
67.1% |
84.7% |
42.1% |
50 |
|
91
|
Minnesota |
54.0 |
7 |
1 |
57 |
71.2% |
69.1% |
53.5% |
40 |
|
92
|
Michigan St |
54.0 |
5 |
5 |
59 |
71.4% |
21.0% |
86.8% |
74 |
|
93
|
TCU |
53.7 |
7 |
2 |
51 |
65.6% |
91.9% |
53.7% |
28 |
|
94
|
Auburn |
53.7 |
8 |
1 |
51 |
70.6% |
58.0% |
81.8% |
35 |
|
95
|
Southern Miss |
53.3 |
11 |
3 |
74 |
64.6% |
45.4% |
50.9% |
80 |
|
96
|
Wisconsin |
52.8 |
7 |
1 |
65 |
64.1% |
51.8% |
74.3% |
49 |
|
97
|
Oregon |
52.1 |
9 |
1 |
57 |
79.2% |
36.5% |
72.8% |
65 |
|
98
|
Penn St |
52.1 |
9 |
4 |
71 |
60.3% |
79.5% |
52.1% |
17 |
|
99
|
Mississippi St |
52.0 |
7 |
7 |
65 |
76.1% |
54.2% |
60.4% |
43 |
|
100
|
Iowa |
51.9 |
6 |
5 |
58 |
64.5% |
59.9% |
55.2% |
45 |
|
101
|
San Diego St |
51.6 |
6 |
6 |
67 |
63.5% |
38.9% |
55.3% |
75 |
|
102
|
Nevada |
51.5 |
11 |
3 |
58 |
57.4% |
38.6% |
52.6% |
75 |
|
103
|
Virginia Tech |
51.4 |
8 |
3 |
58 |
65.2% |
53.8% |
76.5% |
17 |
|
104
|
Houston |
51.2 |
8 |
5 |
69 |
74.6% |
16.5% |
68.4% |
71 |
|
105
|
San Jose St |
51.2 |
6 |
6 |
66 |
62.3% |
44.2% |
60.9% |
66 |
|
106
|
Wake Forest |
50.4 |
6 |
2 |
50 |
72.4% |
63.4% |
68.8% |
19 |
|
107
|
UAB |
49.8 |
8 |
3 |
55 |
66.7% |
78.8% |
49.7% |
17 |
|
108
|
Toledo |
49.3 |
9 |
6 |
72 |
69.6% |
59.2% |
47.1% |
26 |
|
109
|
Stanford |
48.8 |
5 |
4 |
56 |
79.2% |
41.1% |
67.7% |
37 |
|
110
|
Rice |
47.9 |
6 |
1 |
58 |
64.7% |
61.8% |
60.0% |
15 |
|
111
|
Northwestern |
47.5 |
8 |
3 |
57 |
69.0% |
41.7% |
49.4% |
73 |
|
112
|
Arizona |
47.4 |
6 |
8 |
67 |
75.3% |
22.7% |
52.7% |
61 |
|
113
|
Northern Illinois |
46.5 |
11 |
2 |
65 |
71.6% |
33.2% |
71.8% |
24 |
|
114
|
Idaho |
46.1 |
14 |
3 |
81 |
68.3% |
34.8% |
52.3% |
31 |
|
115
|
Cincinnati |
45.7 |
8 |
6 |
69 |
67.2% |
41.8% |
57.7% |
28 |
|
116
|
SMU |
45.2 |
11 |
5 |
65 |
63.6% |
39.8% |
71.7% |
24 |
|
117
|
Temple |
44.7 |
11 |
1 |
71 |
70.0% |
37.9% |
44.2% |
29 |
|
118
|
Boise St |
43.6 |
9 |
7 |
67 |
70.6% |
36.0% |
39.9% |
64 |
|
119
|
New Mexico St |
43.5 |
9 |
6 |
73 |
64.2% |
35.1% |
41.1% |
59 |
|
120
|
Arizona St |
42.5 |
9 |
3 |
71 |
66.7% |
30.2% |
47.6% |
47 |
|
121
|
Air Force |
42.1 |
11 |
8 |
73 |
68.0% |
37.4% |
48.2% |
39 |
|
122
|
Hawaii |
41.4 |
7 |
3 |
61 |
69.2% |
51.1% |
45.6% |
20 |
|
123
|
Miami, Fl |
38.1 |
6 |
3 |
59 |
63.1% |
23.7% |
50.8% |
36 |
|
124
|
Colorado |
37.8 |
6 |
0 |
43 |
58.7% |
22.3% |
62.3% |
51 |
hart just took into account the overall experience from the 2 deep for each squad. A couple years ago I revised the Experience Chart and created a New and Improved version. The new chart uses 20% of the experience grade from the old chart, 20% from the % of lettermen returning, 20% from the % of tackles returning, 20% from the % of yards returning and 20% from the career starts of the offensive line.
The most experienced teams when using the old chart were usually the service academies which play a lot of seniors and juniors. Using the old method (which is listed below) the top 5 most experienced teams in terms of upperclassmen in the two deep are: 1. Kansas St 1. Navy 3. Idaho 4. Iowa St 4. Louisiana Tech 4. Arkansas St.
The least experienced teams using this method are: 124. Colorado 123. Tulane and 122. Bowling Green. The next paragraph is an explanation of how the chart works and below that is the old version of the Experience Chart.
Experience can be a big thing in college football. A player gains valuable experience for every year he plays and becomes a better player because of it. Players also mature physically while they are in college and there is a big difference between a raw 17 or 18 year old true freshman and a mature and physically stronger 22 year old senior. Some teams that send their players away on missions, like BYU, routinely have Seniors up to 25 years old. There is also a coaching adage that for every freshman starter you have, you lose one game. With that in mind, we compiled the following chart. It lists the total amount of senior starters on the team as well as seniors in the two deep. It also shows all of the juniors, sophomores and freshmen starters and the total amount in the two deep.
To formulate a point system, I awarded 3 points for every senior starter (2.5 for every additional senior in the two deep) 2 points for every junior starter (1.5 for every additional junior in the two deep) 1 point for a sophomore starter (0.5 for every additional soph in the 2 deep then subtracted 1 point for every frosh starter and .5 for every frosh in the two deep. The total points column uses that formula to figure out the points awarded to a team. The number before the team is where they came up in my overall ranking of all the teams in the NCAA. This list was compiled during magazine season and there have been some changes to the 2 deep since it went to press, which may not be accounted for. This chart will give you an idea of the most experienced and least experienced teams in the NCAA this year.
ST-Starter
2D=2 Deep
2 Deep Class Breakdown
|
Rank
|
Team |
SR ST
|
SR 2D
|
JR ST
|
JR 2D
|
SO ST
|
SO 2D
|
FR ST
|
FR 2D
|
Pts
|
|
1
|
Kansas St |
13
|
8
|
8
|
5
|
1
|
7
|
0
|
2
|
86
|
|
1
|
Navy |
11
|
7
|
5
|
12
|
6
|
3
|
0
|
0
|
86
|
|
3
|
Idaho |
14
|
3
|
5
|
12
|
3
|
4
|
0
|
3
|
81
|
|
4
|
Iowa St |
11
|
7
|
6
|
6
|
5
|
7
|
0
|
2
|
79
|
|
4
|
Arkansas St |
11
|
7
|
6
|
8
|
5
|
3
|
0
|
4
|
79
|
|
4
|
Louisiana Tech |
13
|
8
|
6
|
3
|
2
|
8
|
1
|
3
|
79
|
|
7
|
Troy |
13
|
4
|
5
|
10
|
3
|
6
|
1
|
2
|
78
|
|
8
|
Kansas |
12
|
3
|
10
|
6
|
0
|
10
|
0
|
3
|
76
|
|
9
|
Army |
9
|
4
|
7
|
9
|
6
|
9
|
0
|
0
|
75
|
|
10
|
Nebraska |
9
|
7
|
8
|
6
|
4
|
6
|
1
|
3
|
74
|
|
10
|
Tulsa |
12
|
5
|
6
|
7
|
2
|
8
|
2
|
2
|
74
|
|
10
|
New Mexico |
12
|
5
|
5
|
6
|
5
|
7
|
0
|
4
|
74
|
|
10
|
Southern Miss |
11
|
3
|
10
|
8
|
1
|
6
|
0
|
5
|
74
|
|
14
|
Oklahoma |
12
|
3
|
8
|
9
|
1
|
5
|
1
|
5
|
73
|
|
14
|
Baylor |
9
|
6
|
9
|
7
|
3
|
5
|
1
|
4
|
73
|
|
14
|
Fresno St |
10
|
6
|
8
|
5
|
4
|
6
|
0
|
5
|
73
|
|
14
|
Air Force |
11
|
8
|
8
|
3
|
2
|
4
|
1
|
7
|
73
|
|
14
|
East Carolina |
7
|
3
|
12
|
11
|
3
|
5
|
0
|
3
|
73
|
|
14
|
New Mexico St |
9
|
6
|
9
|
8
|
3
|
3
|
1
|
5
|
73
|
|
14
|
FIU |
11
|
5
|
8
|
7
|
2
|
5
|
1
|
5
|
73
|
|
21
|
NC State |
11
|
3
|
7
|
8
|
4
|
7
|
0
|
4
|
72
|
|
21
|
Toledo |
9
|
6
|
8
|
4
|
5
|
9
|
0
|
3
|
72
|
|
21
|
USF |
12
|
4
|
7
|
6
|
3
|
6
|
0
|
6
|
72
|
|
24
|
Penn St |
9
|
4
|
9
|
9
|
3
|
5
|
1
|
4
|
71
|
|
24
|
Purdue |
10
|
4
|
10
|
6
|
2
|
6
|
0
|
6
|
71
|
|
24
|
Temple |
11
|
1
|
9
|
11
|
1
|
6
|
1
|
4
|
71
|
|
24
|
Arizona St |
9
|
3
|
11
|
9
|
1
|
6
|
1
|
4
|
71
|
|
24
|
Arkansas |
9
|
6
|
7
|
8
|
5
|
3
|
1
|
5
|
71
|
|
24
|
UTEP |
12
|
5
|
5
|
5
|
4
|
8
|
1
|
4
|
71
|
|
24
|
Ohio |
11
|
4
|
8
|
5
|
3
|
8
|
0
|
5
|
71
|
|
31
|
BYU |
9
|
8
|
7
|
4
|
4
|
6
|
2
|
4
|
70
|
|
31
|
Miami, Oh |
13
|
1
|
5
|
9
|
4
|
7
|
0
|
5
|
70
|
|
31
|
Kent |
13
|
1
|
6
|
8
|
3
|
8
|
0
|
5
|
70
|
|
31
|
Utah St |
11
|
3
|
8
|
7
|
3
|
6
|
0
|
6
|
70
|
|
31
|
FAU |
5
|
5
|
12
|
9
|
4
|
6
|
1
|
2
|
70
|
|
36
|
Utah |
11
|
4
|
6
|
8
|
4
|
4
|
1
|
6
|
69
|
|
36
|
Cincinnati |
8
|
6
|
7
|
5
|
7
|
7
|
0
|
4
|
69
|
|
36
|
Houston |
8
|
5
|
8
|
8
|
5
|
5
|
1
|
4
|
69
|
|
36
|
Central Michigan |
11
|
3
|
3
|
7
|
8
|
10
|
0
|
2
|
69
|
|
36
|
Umass |
11
|
4
|
10
|
5
|
1
|
4
|
0
|
9
|
69
|
|
41
|
Washington St |
8
|
5
|
7
|
10
|
3
|
7
|
4
|
0
|
68
|
|
41
|
Oregon St |
9
|
4
|
6
|
6
|
7
|
9
|
0
|
3
|
68
|
|
41
|
Wyoming |
11
|
4
|
4
|
7
|
6
|
7
|
1
|
4
|
68
|
|
44
|
Oklahoma St |
10
|
2
|
10
|
8
|
1
|
6
|
1
|
6
|
67
|
|
44
|
Rutgers |
10
|
3
|
6
|
8
|
5
|
7
|
1
|
4
|
67
|
|
44
|
Arizona |
6
|
8
|
7
|
3
|
8
|
9
|
1
|
2
|
67
|
|
44
|
Mississippi |
6
|
5
|
8
|
8
|
8
|
5
|
0
|
4
|
67
|
|
44
|
San Diego St |
6
|
6
|
9
|
5
|
7
|
7
|
0
|
4
|
67
|
|
44
|
Boise St |
9
|
7
|
7
|
4
|
5
|
4
|
1
|
7
|
67
|
|
50
|
Missouri |
10
|
3
|
7
|
8
|
4
|
5
|
1
|
6
|
66
|
|
50
|
West Virginia |
10
|
6
|
8
|
2
|
3
|
7
|
1
|
7
|
66
|
|
50
|
Georgia Tech |
7
|
2
|
11
|
7
|
4
|
10
|
0
|
3
|
66
|
|
50
|
Tennessee |
5
|
5
|
11
|
7
|
6
|
5
|
0
|
5
|
66
|
|
50
|
San Jose St |
6
|
6
|
11
|
5
|
5
|
4
|
0
|
7
|
66
|
|
50
|
Connecticut |
11
|
3
|
4
|
6
|
7
|
8
|
0
|
5
|
66
|
|
50
|
South Alabama |
5
|
4
|
10
|
8
|
7
|
7
|
0
|
3
|
66
|
|
57
|
Wisconsin |
7
|
1
|
13
|
9
|
1
|
8
|
1
|
4
|
65
|
|
57
|
Mississippi St |
7
|
7
|
6
|
4
|
7
|
9
|
2
|
2
|
65
|
|
57
|
SMU |
11
|
5
|
7
|
3
|
2
|
8
|
2
|
6
|
65
|
|
57
|
Northern Illinois |
11
|
2
|
6
|
7
|
4
|
8
|
1
|
5
|
65
|
|
61
|
Buffalo |
7
|
3
|
9
|
6
|
5
|
11
|
1
|
2
|
64
|
|
61
|
Eastern Michigan |
11
|
3
|
4
|
5
|
7
|
8
|
0
|
6
|
64
|
|
61
|
UCF |
10
|
6
|
3
|
4
|
9
|
4
|
0
|
8
|
64
|
|
61
|
WKU |
9
|
3
|
8
|
6
|
4
|
8
|
1
|
5
|
64
|
|
61
|
Texas St |
8
|
3
|
10
|
10
|
2
|
2
|
2
|
7
|
64
|
|
66
|
Michigan |
10
|
3
|
6
|
7
|
5
|
5
|
1
|
7
|
63
|
|
66
|
Florida St |
8
|
3
|
7
|
6
|
7
|
8
|
0
|
5
|
63
|
|
66
|
Florida |
8
|
2
|
10
|
6
|
3
|
10
|
1
|
4
|
63
|
|
66
|
Georgia |
10
|
1
|
8
|
5
|
4
|
11
|
0
|
5
|
63
|
|
66
|
Memphis |
7
|
2
|
8
|
9
|
7
|
6
|
0
|
5
|
63
|
|
66
|
Ball St |
9
|
4
|
8
|
5
|
4
|
6
|
1
|
7
|
63
|
|
72
|
UCLA |
11
|
3
|
4
|
9
|
5
|
2
|
2
|
8
|
62
|
|
72
|
North Carolina |
9
|
4
|
5
|
5
|
8
|
6
|
0
|
7
|
62
|
|
72
|
Vanderbilt |
11
|
2
|
8
|
5
|
3
|
5
|
0
|
10
|
62
|
|
72
|
Western Michigan |
8
|
4
|
9
|
6
|
4
|
4
|
1
|
8
|
62
|
|
72
|
ULM |
7
|
3
|
9
|
6
|
5
|
9
|
1
|
4
|
62
|
|
77
|
Texas Tech |
12
|
1
|
5
|
7
|
3
|
8
|
2
|
6
|
61
|
|
77
|
Pittsburgh |
10
|
0
|
6
|
7
|
6
|
10
|
0
|
5
|
61
|
|
77
|
Duke |
9
|
2
|
7
|
7
|
6
|
5
|
0
|
8
|
61
|
|
77
|
South Carolina |
10
|
5
|
4
|
3
|
6
|
9
|
2
|
5
|
61
|
|
77
|
Hawaii |
7
|
3
|
8
|
8
|
4
|
9
|
3
|
2
|
61
|
|
77
|
Middle Tennessee |
7
|
3
|
11
|
5
|
3
|
8
|
1
|
6
|
61
|
|
83
|
Ohio St |
9
|
2
|
9
|
3
|
4
|
10
|
0
|
7
|
60
|
|
83
|
Texas A&M |
11
|
4
|
5
|
6
|
3
|
4
|
3
|
8
|
60
|
|
83
|
Syracuse |
7
|
5
|
11
|
2
|
3
|
7
|
1
|
8
|
60
|
|
83
|
Alabama |
7
|
1
|
11
|
6
|
4
|
9
|
0
|
6
|
60
|
|
87
|
Michigan St |
5
|
5
|
12
|
3
|
5
|
5
|
0
|
9
|
59
|
|
87
|
Miami, Fl |
6
|
3
|
8
|
8
|
7
|
5
|
1
|
6
|
59
|
|
87
|
LSU |
4
|
5
|
14
|
3
|
4
|
5
|
0
|
9
|
59
|
|
90
|
Iowa |
6
|
5
|
10
|
3
|
4
|
8
|
2
|
6
|
58
|
|
90
|
Virginia Tech |
8
|
3
|
9
|
3
|
3
|
11
|
2
|
5
|
58
|
|
90
|
Rice |
6
|
1
|
10
|
9
|
4
|
8
|
2
|
4
|
58
|
|
90
|
Nevada |
11
|
3
|
4
|
4
|
6
|
6
|
1
|
9
|
58
|
|
90
|
North Texas |
7
|
3
|
8
|
6
|
6
|
6
|
1
|
7
|
58
|
|
90
|
Louisiana |
11
|
0
|
7
|
5
|
3
|
10
|
1
|
7
|
58
|
|
96
|
Illinois |
10
|
4
|
7
|
1
|
4
|
7
|
1
|
10
|
57
|
|
96
|
Minnesota |
7
|
1
|
9
|
4
|
6
|
12
|
0
|
5
|
57
|
|
96
|
Northwestern |
8
|
3
|
7
|
5
|
6
|
6
|
1
|
8
|
57
|
|
96
|
Texas |
3
|
3
|
11
|
6
|
8
|
8
|
0
|
5
|
57
|
|
96
|
Oregon |
9
|
1
|
5
|
8
|
6
|
8
|
2
|
5
|
57
|
|
96
|
Virginia |
7
|
4
|
6
|
2
|
8
|
12
|
1
|
4
|
57
|
|
96
|
Akron |
7
|
4
|
6
|
7
|
6
|
6
|
3
|
5
|
57
|
|
103
|
Stanford |
5
|
4
|
10
|
6
|
6
|
3
|
1
|
9
|
56
|
|
103
|
California |
8
|
4
|
3
|
8
|
7
|
6
|
4
|
4
|
56
|
|
103
|
UNLV |
5
|
4
|
8
|
8
|
7
|
3
|
2
|
7
|
56
|
|
106
|
Boston College |
6
|
2
|
9
|
3
|
7
|
11
|
0
|
6
|
55
|
|
106
|
Maryland |
10
|
2
|
5
|
5
|
4
|
9
|
3
|
6
|
55
|
|
106
|
UAB |
8
|
3
|
8
|
4
|
4
|
7
|
2
|
8
|
55
|
|
109
|
Washington |
3
|
6
|
8
|
4
|
10
|
5
|
1
|
7
|
54
|
|
110
|
Notre Dame |
7
|
3
|
9
|
4
|
5
|
4
|
1
|
11
|
53
|
|
110
|
Kentucky |
8
|
4
|
4
|
3
|
8
|
8
|
2
|
7
|
53
|
|
110
|
Louisville |
5
|
3
|
5
|
7
|
11
|
6
|
1
|
6
|
53
|
|
110
|
Marshall |
4
|
1
|
10
|
9
|
6
|
7
|
2
|
5
|
53
|
|
114
|
Indiana |
3
|
1
|
11
|
3
|
8
|
14
|
0
|
4
|
51
|
|
114
|
Clemson |
8
|
2
|
5
|
2
|
9
|
9
|
0
|
9
|
51
|
|
114
|
Auburn |
8
|
1
|
7
|
3
|
5
|
12
|
2
|
6
|
51
|
|
114
|
TCU |
7
|
2
|
6
|
4
|
7
|
10
|
2
|
6
|
51
|
|
114
|
UTSA |
3
|
1
|
5
|
6
|
14
|
14
|
0
|
1
|
51
|
|
119
|
USC |
8
|
1
|
4
|
6
|
9
|
6
|
1
|
9
|
50
|
|
119
|
Wake Forest |
6
|
2
|
8
|
6
|
5
|
7
|
3
|
7
|
50
|
|
119
|
Colorado St |
7
|
2
|
7
|
4
|
5
|
10
|
3
|
6
|
50
|
|
122
|
Bowling Green |
4
|
2
|
9
|
5
|
7
|
9
|
2
|
6
|
49
|
|
123
|
Tulane |
8
|
1
|
6
|
4
|
6
|
8
|
2
|
9
|
48
|
|
124
|
Colorado |
6
|
0
|
7
|
3
|
8
|
9
|
1
|
10
|
43
|
Also on PhilSteele.com around June 15th, we will be posting the players who are no longer with each team since the magazine went to press more than a month ago. What I do in my personal magazine is circle the players and that way you can tell at a glance which teams suffer the most attrition and those that do not lose anybody. Remember when Oklahoma won their National Title in 2000, not a single starter missed a single start due to injury. This list will be updated DAILY so check it often. Also during the season we will provide an updated starts lost list for each school so you can see which schools are banged up and which fall into the zero starts lost category. This section will also update late additions.
Today’s blog continues my in-depth look at my New and Improved Experience Chart. For 7 years I had listed an experience chart, which broke down the number of seniors, juniors, sophomores and freshmen each team had in the two deep and rated the teams experience level with a formula I devised. In 2009, I made the experience chart FIVE TIMES better.
Today I will look at the % of tackles returning. I took all of the tackles made by the team a year ago and then took all of the returning tackles from ’11 for the percentage.
% of Tackles Returning
|
|
% TKL |
| Rank |
Team |
Return |
|
1
|
South Alabama |
96.05% |
|
2
|
UTSA |
89.00% |
|
3
|
Georgia |
88.47% |
|
4
|
FIU |
88.17% |
|
5
|
Bowling Green |
87.94% |
|
6
|
Michigan St |
86.85% |
|
7
|
Florida |
86.34% |
|
8
|
Tulane |
85.97% |
|
9
|
Maryland |
84.78% |
|
10
|
UCLA |
84.57% |
|
11
|
Colorado St |
82.97% |
|
12
|
Ohio St |
81.95% |
|
13
|
Kent St |
81.86% |
|
14
|
Auburn |
81.81% |
|
15
|
Baylor |
81.24% |
|
16
|
Rutgers |
80.27% |
|
17
|
Texas St |
79.51% |
|
18
|
Oklahoma St |
78.70% |
|
19
|
Oregon St |
77.57% |
|
20
|
Georgia Tech |
77.51% |
|
21
|
Michigan |
77.35% |
|
22
|
USF |
77.27% |
|
23
|
East Carolina |
76.92% |
|
24
|
UCF |
76.79% |
|
25
|
Texas Tech |
76.57% |
|
26
|
Virginia Tech |
76.46% |
|
27
|
Connecticut |
75.95% |
|
28
|
Tennessee |
75.77% |
|
29
|
Florida St |
75.62% |
|
30
|
FAU |
74.94% |
|
31
|
UMass |
74.85% |
|
32
|
Army |
74.76% |
|
33
|
Ohio |
74.38% |
|
34
|
Wisconsin |
74.33% |
|
35
|
Duke |
74.18% |
|
36
|
Mississippi |
74.02% |
|
37
|
Central Michigan |
73.19% |
|
38
|
Oregon |
72.76% |
|
39
|
USC |
71.82% |
|
40
|
Northern Illinois |
71.75% |
|
41
|
SMU |
71.75% |
|
42
|
Clemson |
71.71% |
|
43
|
Navy |
71.60% |
|
44
|
WKU |
71.43% |
|
45
|
Louisville |
70.76% |
|
46
|
Buffalo |
70.71% |
|
47
|
Memphis |
70.36% |
|
48
|
Washington |
70.27% |
|
49
|
Boston College |
69.45% |
|
50
|
Fresno St |
68.85% |
|
51
|
Wake Forest |
68.76% |
|
52
|
Houston |
68.42% |
|
53
|
Syracuse |
68.41% |
|
54
|
Illinois |
68.25% |
|
55
|
Oklahoma |
68.05% |
|
56
|
Washington St |
68.04% |
|
57
|
Missouri |
67.77% |
|
58
|
Stanford |
67.67% |
|
59
|
Purdue |
66.70% |
|
60
|
BYU |
66.36% |
|
61
|
Eastern Michigan |
66.04% |
|
62
|
NC State |
65.33% |
|
63
|
Iowa St |
65.15% |
|
64
|
Notre Dame |
64.81% |
|
65
|
Indiana |
64.79% |
|
66
|
Wyoming |
64.20% |
|
67
|
LSU |
62.78% |
|
68
|
Vanderbilt |
62.77% |
|
69
|
Colorado |
62.31% |
|
70
|
Nebraska |
62.11% |
|
71
|
Tulsa |
61.48% |
|
72
|
Texas A&M |
61.25% |
|
73
|
UTEP |
61.14% |
|
74
|
San Jose St |
60.87% |
|
75
|
Kansas |
60.62% |
|
76
|
Miss St |
60.40% |
|
77
|
Western Michigan |
60.29% |
|
78
|
Ball St |
60.23% |
|
79
|
West Virginia |
60.22% |
|
80
|
Rice |
59.98% |
|
81
|
Utah St |
59.96% |
|
82
|
South Carolina |
59.31% |
|
83
|
Kansas St |
58.76% |
|
84
|
Utah |
58.25% |
|
85
|
Troy |
58.22% |
|
86
|
Cincinnati |
57.65% |
|
87
|
Texas |
57.62% |
|
88
|
Middle Tennessee |
57.45% |
|
89
|
Akron |
57.22% |
|
90
|
Arkansas |
56.40% |
|
91
|
Virginia |
56.04% |
|
92
|
North Carolina |
55.80% |
|
93
|
New Mexico |
55.56% |
|
94
|
Miami, Oh |
55.53% |
|
95
|
San Diego St |
55.25% |
|
96
|
Iowa |
55.18% |
|
97
|
UNLV |
54.56% |
|
98
|
Louisiana Tech |
53.75% |
|
99
|
TCU |
53.66% |
|
100
|
Minnesota |
53.48% |
|
101
|
Arizona |
52.65% |
|
102
|
Nevada |
52.60% |
|
103
|
Idaho |
52.35% |
|
104
|
Penn St |
52.07% |
|
105
|
Southern Miss |
50.91% |
|
106
|
Miami, Fl |
50.76% |
|
107
|
Alabama |
50.56% |
|
108
|
UAB |
49.67% |
|
109
|
Northwestern |
49.41% |
|
110
|
Air Force |
48.16% |
|
111
|
Pittsburgh |
47.67% |
|
112
|
Arizona St |
47.57% |
|
113
|
Toledo |
47.11% |
|
114
|
ULM |
47.01% |
|
115
|
North Texas |
46.41% |
|
116
|
California |
45.84% |
|
117
|
Hawaii |
45.55% |
|
118
|
Temple |
44.16% |
|
119
|
Arkansas St |
44.15% |
|
120
|
Marshall |
43.25% |
|
121
|
Louisiana |
42.90% |
|
122
|
Kentucky |
42.08% |
|
123
|
New Mexico St |
41.05% |
|
124
|
Boise St |
39.92% |
Not surprising, recent start-up programs South Alabama and UTSA topped the list as both teams enter FBS play this year with several starters back. Georgia comes in at #3 with 9 returning starters on D including 12 of their top 13 tacklers back from a year ago! At the bottom of the list is Boise St who returns just 2 starters on D this year and lost 9 of their top 10 tacklers!
Categories: Offseason Notes Tags: % of Tackles Returning, 2012, blog, Boise St, college football, experience chart, Georgia, Magazine, phil steele, South Alabama, UTSA
Today’s blog continues my in-depth look at my New and Improved Experience Chart. For 7 years I had listed an experience chart, which broke down the number of seniors, juniors, sophomores and freshmen each team had in the two deep and rated the teams experience level with a formula I devised. In 2009, I made the experience chart FIVE TIMES better.
Today I will look at the % of yards returning. I took all of the yards each QB threw for as well as all of the individual rushing yards and receiving yards for each team. I then took all of the returning yards from ’11 for the percentage.
% of Yards Returning
|
NCAA
|
|
% YDS
|
|
Rank
|
Team |
Return
|
|
1
|
Boston College |
98.45% |
|
2
|
Kansas St |
95.83% |
|
3
|
Utah |
95.82% |
|
4
|
Eastern Michigan |
95.28% |
|
5
|
Troy |
95.23% |
|
6
|
ULM |
94.60% |
|
7
|
Clemson |
94.03% |
|
8
|
Pittsburgh |
92.86% |
|
9
|
West Virginia |
92.35% |
|
10
|
Nebraska |
91.98% |
|
11
|
TCU |
91.87% |
|
12
|
Army |
91.65% |
|
13
|
Marshall |
90.84% |
|
14
|
UTSA |
90.73% |
|
15
|
Tulane |
90.62% |
|
16
|
South Alabama |
89.90% |
|
17
|
Texas St |
89.77% |
|
18
|
Georgia |
89.36% |
|
19
|
Miami Oh |
88.32% |
|
20
|
Akron |
87.89% |
|
21
|
Florida St |
87.75% |
|
22
|
Oregon St |
87.15% |
|
23
|
Texas Tech |
86.98% |
|
24
|
Central Michigan |
86.36% |
|
25
|
Purdue |
86.34% |
|
26
|
USF |
85.51% |
|
27
|
USC |
85.25% |
|
28
|
Louisiana |
84.92% |
|
29
|
Iowa St |
84.91% |
|
30
|
Kentucky |
84.74% |
|
31
|
Mississippi |
84.11% |
|
32
|
Oklahoma |
83.95% |
|
33
|
Texas |
83.89% |
|
34
|
Ball St |
83.65% |
|
35
|
Missouri |
83.29% |
|
36
|
Vanderbilt |
83.11% |
|
37
|
Louisiana Tech |
82.23% |
|
38
|
Michigan |
81.80% |
|
39
|
California |
81.74% |
|
40
|
Duke |
81.52% |
|
41
|
Virginia |
81.37% |
|
42
|
Tennessee |
79.53% |
|
43
|
Penn St |
79.51% |
|
44
|
Fresno St |
79.38% |
|
45
|
Middle Tennessee |
79.11% |
|
46
|
Connecticut |
79.09% |
|
47
|
Colorado St |
79.06% |
|
48
|
Indiana |
79.00% |
|
49
|
UAB |
78.81% |
|
50
|
Rutgers |
78.03% |
|
51
|
Arkansas St |
77.94% |
|
52
|
Louisville |
77.75% |
|
53
|
Wyoming |
77.49% |
|
54
|
North Carolina |
77.34% |
|
55
|
UNLV |
76.71% |
|
56
|
Ohio St |
75.89% |
|
57
|
Notre Dame |
75.37% |
|
58
|
NC State |
75.04% |
|
59
|
South Carolina |
73.50% |
|
60
|
Arkansas |
73.28% |
|
61
|
Memphis |
71.29% |
|
62
|
Maryland |
71.29% |
|
63
|
Kent St |
71.16% |
|
64
|
Minnesota |
69.07% |
|
65
|
UCLA |
69.05% |
|
66
|
Bowling Green |
66.59% |
|
67
|
WKU |
65.96% |
|
68
|
Syracuse |
65.87% |
|
69
|
Georgia Tech |
65.69% |
|
70
|
BYU |
64.11% |
|
71
|
North Texas |
64.04% |
|
72
|
UTEP |
63.83% |
|
73
|
Illinois |
63.74% |
|
74
|
Wake Forest |
63.44% |
|
75
|
Western Michigan |
63.28% |
|
76
|
FAU |
63.27% |
|
77
|
Ohio |
63.16% |
|
78
|
Rice |
61.84% |
|
79
|
Washington |
60.65% |
|
80
|
Iowa |
59.94% |
|
81
|
Navy |
59.25% |
|
82
|
Toledo |
59.21% |
|
83
|
Auburn |
57.97% |
|
84
|
Alabama |
56.72% |
|
85
|
Washington St |
55.53% |
|
86
|
UCF |
55.03% |
|
87
|
Utah St |
54.44% |
|
88
|
Miss St |
54.17% |
|
89
|
Virginia Tech |
53.81% |
|
90
|
Tulsa |
52.34% |
|
91
|
LSU |
52.29% |
|
92
|
Wisconsin |
51.77% |
|
93
|
New Mexico |
51.55% |
|
94
|
Hawaii |
51.07% |
|
95
|
Kansas |
49.47% |
|
96
|
East Carolina |
46.82% |
|
97
|
Southern Miss |
45.43% |
|
98
|
San Jose St |
44.23% |
|
99
|
FIU |
42.63% |
|
100
|
Buffalo |
42.12% |
|
101
|
UMass |
42.10% |
|
102
|
Cincinnati |
41.84% |
|
103
|
Northwestern |
41.74% |
|
104
|
Stanford |
41.06% |
|
105
|
SMU |
39.76% |
|
106
|
Texas A&M |
39.33% |
|
107
|
San Diego St |
38.90% |
|
108
|
Nevada |
38.64% |
|
109
|
Temple |
37.93% |
|
110
|
Air Force |
37.35% |
|
111
|
Oregon |
36.55% |
|
112
|
Florida |
36.55% |
|
113
|
Boise St |
35.96% |
|
114
|
Oklahoma St |
35.69% |
|
115
|
New Mexico St |
35.11% |
|
116
|
Idaho |
34.85% |
|
117
|
Northern Illinois |
33.25% |
|
118
|
Baylor |
30.95% |
|
119
|
Arizona St |
30.22% |
|
120
|
Miami Fl |
23.74% |
|
121
|
Arizona |
22.69% |
|
122
|
Colorado |
22.34% |
|
123
|
Michigan St |
20.96% |
|
124
|
Houston |
16.54% |
At the top of the chart is Boston College. They return 10 starters from last years offense (only lost 1 OL) including 6 of their top 7 rushers and top 4 receivers. The Eagles only lose RB Montel Harris who had 135 yds rushing and WR Ifeanyi Momah who had 171 yds receiving. They are followed closely by Kansas St who returns 8 starters on offense (only lost 3 OL) and returns their all-everything QB in Collin Klein (1,918 pass, 1,141 rush) along with RB John Hubert who had 970 rush yds. Other schools at the top of the list include: Utah (95.82%), Eastern Michigan (95.28%) and Troy (95.23%).
At the bottom of the list are five teams that lost OVER 75% of their yards gained from last year. Houston loses record-setting QB Case Keenum who threw for 5,631 yds last year along with RB’s Michael Hayes and Bryce Beall who combined for 1,068 rush along with their Top 3 WR’s in Patrick Edwards, Justin Johnson and Tyron Carrier who combined for an incredible 3,939 rec yds last year! Michigan St loses QB Kirk Cousins (3,316 yds pass) RB Baker (665 yds rush) along with their top 4 WR’s who combined for 2,799 yds last year! Colorado, Arizona and Miami, Fl were the other three teams to lose more than 75% of their yards from last year.
Categories: Offseason Notes Tags: % of Yards Returning, 2012, blog, Boston College, college football, experience chart, Houston, Kansas St, Magazine, Michigan St, phil steele
Today’s blog starts my in-depth look at my New and Improved Experience Chart. For 7 years I had listed an experience chart, which broke down the number of seniors, juniors, sophomores and freshmen each team had in the two deep and rated the teams experience level with a formula I devised. In 2009, I made the experience chart FIVE TIMES better.
Today I will look at the returning letterman/lost percentages.
Last year I went back and looked at percentages of lettermen returning and lost. Using percentages is more reliable than the amount of returning or lost lettermen because schools give out letters in different manners. Some schools hand out a lot of letters and others far fewer. Getting a letter at Syracuse under Paul Pasqualoni was tough, as he handed out just 38 total letters in 2004 and 40 in 2003. This year the low’s went to Ball St with 46 while Connecticut under Pasqualoni had 49. Nebraska in 2001 handed out 82 letters or over double what Syracuse was giving out. It was also the most given out by any school in the previous 6 years. In 2007, Ohio broke all records with an amazing 91 letters given out while Hawaii had 90! Last year BYU was number one with 89 total letters given out while Florida St was #2 with 88.
Returning Letterman/Lost %
|
Rank
|
Team |
Returning |
Lost |
% |
Total |
|
1
|
UTSA |
53 |
9 |
85.48% |
62 |
|
2
|
Florida |
55 |
10 |
84.62% |
65 |
|
3
|
WKU |
48 |
10 |
82.76% |
58 |
|
4
|
Stanford |
61 |
16 |
79.22% |
77 |
|
4
|
Oregon |
61 |
16 |
79.22% |
77 |
|
6
|
Mississippi |
60 |
16 |
78.95% |
76 |
|
7
|
FIU |
48 |
13 |
78.69% |
61 |
|
8
|
Utah |
58 |
16 |
78.38% |
74 |
|
9
|
Tulane |
56 |
16 |
77.78% |
72 |
|
10
|
Central Michigan |
45 |
13 |
77.59% |
58 |
|
11
|
Florida St |
68 |
20 |
77.27% |
88 |
|
12
|
Baylor |
54 |
16 |
77.14% |
70 |
|
13
|
Louisville |
47 |
14 |
77.05% |
61 |
|
14
|
Georgia Tech |
53 |
16 |
76.81% |
69 |
|
15
|
Louisiana Tech |
46 |
14 |
76.67% |
60 |
|
16
|
Tennessee |
49 |
15 |
76.56% |
64 |
|
17
|
Mississippi St |
54 |
17 |
76.06% |
71 |
|
18
|
Rutgers |
43 |
14 |
75.44% |
57 |
|
19
|
Ohio |
49 |
16 |
75.38% |
65 |
|
20
|
Arizona |
55 |
18 |
75.34% |
73 |
|
21
|
Pittsburgh |
53 |
18 |
74.65% |
71 |
|
21
|
Houston |
53 |
18 |
74.65% |
71 |
|
23
|
Memphis |
41 |
14 |
74.55% |
55 |
|
24
|
FAU |
46 |
16 |
74.19% |
62 |
|
25
|
UCLA |
51 |
18 |
73.91% |
69 |
|
26
|
South Alabama |
47 |
17 |
73.44% |
64 |
|
27
|
Buffalo |
55 |
20 |
73.33% |
75 |
|
28
|
Miami (Oh) |
49 |
18 |
73.13% |
67 |
|
29
|
BYU |
65 |
24 |
73.03% |
89 |
|
30
|
Georgia |
54 |
20 |
72.97% |
74 |
|
31
|
Wyoming |
43 |
16 |
72.88% |
59 |
|
32
|
Marshall |
48 |
18 |
72.73% |
66 |
|
32
|
Texas St |
48 |
18 |
72.73% |
66 |
|
32
|
Boston Coll |
40 |
15 |
72.73% |
55 |
|
35
|
Eastern Michigan |
45 |
17 |
72.58% |
62 |
|
36
|
Bowling Green |
42 |
16 |
72.41% |
58 |
|
37
|
Wake Forest |
55 |
21 |
72.37% |
76 |
|
38
|
Illinois |
41 |
16 |
71.93% |
57 |
|
39
|
Northern Illinois |
53 |
21 |
71.62% |
74 |
|
40
|
Michigan St |
50 |
20 |
71.43% |
70 |
|
40
|
Oklahoma St |
50 |
20 |
71.43% |
70 |
|
42
|
Army |
57 |
23 |
71.25% |
80 |
|
43
|
Minnesota |
52 |
21 |
71.23% |
73 |
|
44
|
Umass |
42 |
17 |
71.19% |
59 |
|
45
|
Arkansas |
49 |
20 |
71.01% |
69 |
|
46
|
Washington St |
44 |
18 |
70.97% |
62 |
|
47
|
Auburn |
48 |
20 |
70.59% |
68 |
|
47
|
East Carolina |
48 |
20 |
70.59% |
68 |
|
47
|
Boise St |
48 |
20 |
70.59% |
68 |
|
50
|
USF |
45 |
19 |
70.31% |
64 |
|
51
|
Oregon St |
52 |
22 |
70.27% |
74 |
|
52
|
Oklahoma |
49 |
21 |
70.00% |
70 |
|
52
|
Temple |
49 |
21 |
70.00% |
70 |
|
52
|
Louisiana |
49 |
21 |
70.00% |
70 |
|
55
|
Kansas |
51 |
22 |
69.86% |
73 |
|
56
|
South Carolina |
44 |
19 |
69.84% |
63 |
|
57
|
Toledo |
48 |
21 |
69.57% |
69 |
|
58
|
Indiana |
50 |
22 |
69.44% |
72 |
|
59
|
Hawaii |
54 |
24 |
69.23% |
78 |
|
60
|
Kent St |
38 |
17 |
69.09% |
55 |
|
61
|
Northwestern |
58 |
26 |
69.05% |
84 |
|
62
|
Tulsa |
41 |
19 |
68.33% |
60 |
|
62
|
ULM |
41 |
19 |
68.33% |
60 |
|
64
|
Texas |
43 |
20 |
68.25% |
63 |
|
64
|
Idaho |
43 |
20 |
68.25% |
63 |
|
66
|
Air Force |
51 |
24 |
68.00% |
75 |
|
67
|
Michigan |
50 |
24 |
67.57% |
74 |
|
67
|
California |
50 |
24 |
67.57% |
74 |
|
69
|
Vanderbilt |
43 |
21 |
67.19% |
64 |
|
69
|
Cincinnati |
43 |
21 |
67.19% |
64 |
|
71
|
Troy |
47 |
23 |
67.14% |
70 |
|
72
|
Texas Tech |
49 |
24 |
67.12% |
73 |
|
72
|
Kentucky |
49 |
24 |
67.12% |
73 |
|
74
|
Nebraska |
56 |
28 |
66.67% |
84 |
|
74
|
Arizona St |
52 |
26 |
66.67% |
78 |
|
74
|
Arkansas St |
52 |
26 |
66.67% |
78 |
|
74
|
Ohio St |
48 |
24 |
66.67% |
72 |
|
74
|
Clemson |
48 |
24 |
66.67% |
72 |
|
74
|
Iowa St |
44 |
22 |
66.67% |
66 |
|
74
|
Kansas St |
44 |
22 |
66.67% |
66 |
|
74
|
Duke |
44 |
22 |
66.67% |
66 |
|
74
|
UAB |
44 |
22 |
66.67% |
66 |
|
74
|
UCF |
42 |
21 |
66.67% |
63 |
|
74
|
West Virginia |
36 |
18 |
66.67% |
54 |
|
85
|
Texas A&M |
53 |
27 |
66.25% |
80 |
|
86
|
UTEP |
45 |
23 |
66.18% |
68 |
|
87
|
Fresno St |
35 |
18 |
66.04% |
53 |
|
88
|
Purdue |
50 |
26 |
65.79% |
76 |
|
89
|
New Mexico |
46 |
24 |
65.71% |
70 |
|
90
|
Syracuse |
42 |
22 |
65.63% |
64 |
|
90
|
Maryland |
42 |
22 |
65.63% |
64 |
|
90
|
TCU |
42 |
22 |
65.63% |
64 |
|
93
|
Virginia Tech |
43 |
23 |
65.15% |
66 |
|
94
|
Akron |
41 |
22 |
65.08% |
63 |
|
95
|
North Carolina |
39 |
21 |
65.00% |
60 |
|
96
|
Utah St |
50 |
27 |
64.94% |
77 |
|
97
|
UNLV |
46 |
25 |
64.79% |
71 |
|
98
|
Rice |
44 |
24 |
64.71% |
68 |
|
99
|
Washington |
42 |
23 |
64.62% |
65 |
|
99
|
Southern Miss |
42 |
23 |
64.62% |
65 |
|
101
|
Iowa |
40 |
22 |
64.52% |
62 |
|
102
|
Western Michigan |
34 |
19 |
64.15% |
53 |
|
102
|
New Mexico St |
34 |
19 |
64.15% |
53 |
|
104
|
Wisconsin |
41 |
23 |
64.06% |
64 |
|
104
|
Alabama |
41 |
23 |
64.06% |
64 |
|
106
|
Ball St |
30 |
17 |
63.83% |
47 |
|
107
|
SMU |
35 |
20 |
63.64% |
55 |
|
108
|
Colorado St |
40 |
23 |
63.49% |
63 |
|
108
|
San Diego St |
40 |
23 |
63.49% |
63 |
|
110
|
Connecticut |
31 |
18 |
63.27% |
49 |
|
111
|
LSU |
43 |
25 |
63.24% |
68 |
|
112
|
Miami (Fla) |
41 |
24 |
63.08% |
65 |
|
113
|
Missouri |
37 |
22 |
62.71% |
59 |
|
114
|
Virginia |
42 |
25 |
62.69% |
67 |
|
115
|
San Jose St |
38 |
23 |
62.30% |
61 |
|
116
|
Middle Tennessee |
41 |
26 |
61.19% |
67 |
|
117
|
Penn St |
35 |
23 |
60.34% |
58 |
|
118
|
NC State |
31 |
21 |
59.62% |
52 |
|
119
|
Colorado |
44 |
31 |
58.67% |
75 |
|
120
|
Nevada |
31 |
23 |
57.41% |
54 |
|
121
|
Notre Dame |
41 |
31 |
56.94% |
72 |
|
122
|
North Texas |
35 |
27 |
56.45% |
62 |
|
123
|
USC |
36 |
28 |
56.25% |
64 |
|
124
|
Navy |
38 |
36 |
51.35% |
74 |
UTSA is #1 here in % of lettermen returning with 53 of 62 players back (85.48%). This should come as no surprise as they are just a 2nd-year program. I expect big things out of Florida this year and the Gators are #2 with 55 out of 65 lettermen returning (84.62%). At the bottom of the rankings is Navy which returns only 51.35% of their lettermen. This should not come as a concern though to Midshipmen fans as typically the Service Academies are among the lowest when it comes to returning experience. What is surprising is that probable preseason AP #1 USC sits at #123 as they lose 26 lettermen (56.25%) from last year and Notre Dame is #121 losing an incredible 31 lettermen.
Please check PhilSteele.com everyday to get my Top 40 Countdown which continued today with #18 Stanford and #17 Nebraska. Every day now thru June 12th, I will post both magazine pages on each team that day and you can get an early look on how I breakdown your favorite team. Remember I will make those magazine pages available for only 24 hours for you to download.
Categories: Offseason Notes Tags: 2012, blog, college football, experience chart, florida, Lettermen Returning/Lost, Magazine, Navy, phil steele, USC, UTSA
In the past several blogs I have been breaking down each factor that goes into my New and Improved Experience Chart and today I conclude the series by combining the five factors into my final ranking.
For more than 7 years I have listed an experience chart, which broke down the number of seniors, juniors, sophomores and freshmen each team had in the two deep and rated the teams experience level with a formula I devised. In ’09 I made the experience chart FIVE TIMES better.
We still do the exact same chart but now I just list the Senior starters, the rest of the seniors in the two deep and the points accumulated by using the system I used from 2002-‘08. In the chart listed below I have now included 4 other factors. The 2nd factor listed in the chart below is the % of lettermen returning. I devised a point system for this and explain it in depth on page 319 of this year’s magazine. Also added was the % of returning offensive yards. I took the total yards passing, rushing and receiving for each team and divided out the yardage of the returning players and the yards returning % listed below is that figure. I did the same with the total tackles from last year and the % of tackles returning. This gives us an idea of the defense’s experience. The final factor is the career starts returning for the offensive line. These players are not included in the stats but are a vital part of the offense. Read more…
The “official” start of the College Football season is when you have your Phil Steele College Football Preview Magazine in your hands and TODAY the 2011 Preview hits newsstands and bookstores nationwide!
The magazine is packed cover to cover with two full pages on all 120 FBS schools and is the most complete college football preview magazine on the market! Pick up a copy today at your local bookstore or newsstand for just $8.95 or order it online for $13.70 (includes shipping) at the PhilSteele.com Store and choose from 11 different covers! You can also order it thru our offices by calling us at 1-866-918-7711. Read more…
Today’s blog continues my in-depth look at my new and improved experience chart. For 7 years I had listed an experience chart, which broke down the number of Seniors, Juniors, Sophomores and Freshmen each team had in the two deep and rated the teams experience level with a formula I devised. In 2009, I made the experience chart FIVE TIMES better. I am just listing the Senior starters, and the seniors in the two deep and the points accumulated by using the system in the magazine (pg 311). In a future blog, I will break down each number of starters for the Junior, Sophomore and Freshman classes. The 2nd factor that goes into my overall chart is the % of yards returning which I featured in the June 4th blog. Another factor listed is the % of lettermen returning and Career OL Starts which I broke down last week. Today I will discuss the % of tackles returning.
% of Tackles Returning Read more…
Yesterday I started my in-depth look at my Experience Chart with number of career starts returning for offensive lineman and the % of lettermen returning. For 7 years I had listed an experience chart, which broke down the number of seniors, juniors, sophomores and freshmen each team had in the two deep and rated the teams experience level with a formula I devised. In 2009, I made the experience chart FIVE TIMES better. Today I will look at the % of yards returning. I took all of the yards each QB threw for as well as all of the individual rushing yards and receiving yards for each team. I then took all of the returning yards from ’10 for the percentage.
At the top of the chart is Toledo. They return 9 starters from last years offense (only lost 2 OL) including their top 6 rushers and top 7 receivers. The Rockets only lose RB Johnnie Bush who had 9 yds rushing and QB Alex Pettee who threw for 8 yds and ran for 1. They are followed closely by UCLA who like the Rockets return 9 starters on offense (only lost 2 OL) and only loses 22 rec yds from last year. Other schools at the top of the list include: Clemson (96.65%), Boston College (96.5%) and Mississippi St (95.68%).
At the bottom of the list are four teams that lost OVER 75% of their yards gained from last year. Iowa loses QB Ricky Stanzi who threw for more than 3,000 yds last year and RB Adam Robinson (941 rush) and Derrell J-Koulianos (745 rec yds). Kansas St loses RB Daniel Thomas who ran for nearly 1,600 yds and they also lose their top passer and reciever! Kentucky lost their QB Mike Hartline and their do-everything player Randall Cobb (nearly 1,500 rush/rec yds) and RB Derrick Locke who ran for 887 yds. North Carolina lost QB TJ Yates who threw for nearly 3,500 yds plus RB’s Shaun Draughn and Johnny White who combined for 1,357 rush yds. Read more…