Daily Blog • June 4, 2010
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. Last year 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 at no surprise that Boise St has the most experience points for 2010 with 92, which is 12 points higher than #2 Arkansas. Utah St, Ball St and North Texas round out the Top 5 and all three of those teams are looking to improve upon last year. North Carolina is the 2nd highest BCS school with 77.8 pts.

At the bottom of the chart is #120 Oklahoma St who last year ranked #10 and the Cowboys are clearly less experienced this year. Tennessee comes in at #119 and HC Derek Dooley will not be the only new face on the Volunteer sidelines this fall. Bowling Green, Mississsippi and Arizona St round out the bottom 5.

Here is the complete New and Improved Experience Chart which is featured on page 311 in this year’s magazine.

 
Total
Senior
Senior
% Ltr
% Yds
% Tkl
OL Career
Rank
Team
Exp Pts
Strs
2 Deep
Exp Pts
Return
Return
Return
Sts
1
Boise St
92
11
6
75
91.70%
99.30%
94.90%
94
2
Arkansas 
80
9
6
75
83.10%
90.10%
74.30%
77
3
Utah St
79.8
10
9
75
75.00%
87.80%
74.50%
91
4
Ball St
79
9
5
72
73.70%
87.80%
73.90%
92
5
North Texas
78.9
10
5
73
72.70%
94.10%
75.00%
113
6
Louisiana Tech
78.6
10
5
84
77.80%
65.70%
71.50%
126
7
N Carolina
77.8
13
5
73
78.00%
98.40%
79.90%
57
8
Army
77.6
14
9
92
69.00%
79.50%
79.00%
72
9
Colorado
76.7
9
2
73
73.30%
84.50%
58.10%
109
10
Washington
76.6
8
5
75
72.50%
99.10%
72.10%
88
12
Florida St
76.4
6
1
56
70.50%
84.40%
58.60%
146
11
Temple
76.4
10
2
68
80.00%
90.80%
75.60%
107
13
Wisconsin
76.2
8
4
65
69.70%
90.40%
67.40%
107
14
S Carolina
75.6
10
4
71
83.10%
91.30%
74.20%
72
15
Nebraska
75.2
14
5
82
79.70%
94.90%
58.60%
75
16
Middle Tennessee
74.4
13
3
79
75.00%
84.40%
61.20%
93
17
UNLV
74.2
13
7
81
72.70%
77.30%
69.00%
86
18
TCU
74
14
6
75
79.40%
86.70%
72.50%
67
19
Rice
73.8
7
4
68
77.30%
61.90%
80.20%
91
20
Oregon
73.6
12
4
73
71.90%
86.20%
78.70%
85
21
Ohio St
73.5
11
4
67
69.60%
95.20%
65.00%
93
22
New Mexico St
73.2
11
7
87
68.30%
85.60%
62.80%
70
23
Boston College
73
11
4
70
65.60%
73.50%
71.80%
108
24
Houston
73
10
3
66
74.60%
93.10%
66.20%
84
25
Miami Oh
72.6
10
3
65
73.90%
77.80%
83.50%
86
26
Auburn
72.4
15
5
83
71.40%
51.50%
81.90%
111
27
Missouri
72.3
7
2
68
72.10%
71.60%
82.20%
80
28
Kent St
71.4
10
4
66
77.80%
90.50%
76.50%
61
30
Northern Illinois
71.4
9
4
70
66.70%
92.00%
83.90%
52
29
San Jose St
71.4
11
4
73
60.30%
72.90%
71.30%
95
31
Washington St
71
10
5
71
71.40%
72.30%
72.10%
85
32
San Diego St
70.5
12
3
74
63.80%
90.20%
64.10%
67
33
USF
70.4
12
4
72
76.60%
78.60%
46.50%
99
34
Iowa St
69.4
11
3
83
68.90%
87.10%
43.90%
89
35
Fresno St
69.4
13
0
59
75.00%
50.70%
80.50%
107
36
Wyoming
69.3
6
4
61
62.50%
92.60%
74.30%
70
37
Marshall
69.1
6
10
75
75.40%
74.90%
67.40%
69
38
UAB
69
7
11
87
75.00%
37.50%
87.30%
87
39
Georgia
68.4
7
3
60
66.20%
61.70%
50.60%
155
40
California
68.3
8
7
73
75.30%
75.70%
65.30%
70
41
Michigan
68.1
4
7
60
68.80%
76.30%
72.00%
82
43
Navy
68
15
4
89
55.20%
92.60%
54.10%
57
42
WKU
68
8
1
55
71.00%
72.90%
81.30%
65
44
Louisiana
68
12
4
78
68.30%
80.00%
64.80%
65
45
Akron
67.9
14
0
67
74.70%
58.10%
81.00%
84
46
Tulsa
67.6
7
4
66
75.00%
93.30%
57.20%
64
47
Eastern Michigan
67.5
10
4
64
71.00%
74.80%
64.80%
76
48
Idaho
66.8
11
7
88
81.00%
77.40%
90.60%
19
49
Stanford
66.6
11
5
74
72.90%
71.60%
60.60%
66
50
Miami, Fl
66.3
11
3
73
71.80%
86.90%
67.50%
47
51
Texas A&M
66.1
4
3
52
70.50%
90.80%
81.90%
43
52
UCF
65.4
10
7
78
79.30%
59.20%
67.80%
76
53
Arizona
65.2
10
6
75
73.40%
91.50%
39.10%
71
54
Clemson
65.1
7
4
63
71.80%
56.70%
72.40%
88
55
Connecticut
64.3
6
2
52
69.60%
69.20%
71.50%
74
56
Iowa 
64.2
13
5
82
70.60%
88.10%
68.20%
36
57
Utah
64
8
8
67
67.10%
78.90%
46.10%
89
58
Louisville
63.9
15
6
77
70.10%
81.50%
39.80%
74
60
UTEP
63.4
14
6
80
64.30%
84.60%
43.70%
62
59
Nevada
63.4
11
4
62
73.00%
87.00%
59.40%
46
61
SMU
63.1
6
2
58
76.80%
48.90%
65.50%
88
63
Texas Tech
62.7
12
2
61
72.30%
96.50%
64.80%
29
62
Hawaii
62.7
13
10
96
62.30%
71.50%
64.10%
24
64
Minnesota
62.5
9
2
61
63.30%
74.70%
40.30%
114
65
Virginia Tech
62.3
7
4
62
63.90%
98.40%
50.60%
54
66
Oregon St
62.2
10
5
70
77.30%
54.70%
68.50%
74
67
Georgia Tech
62
11
4
69
77.10%
65.30%
72.80%
37
68
Air Force
61.9
11
6
86
75.00%
98.20%
58.10%
1
69
Indiana
61.7
8
7
71
67.20%
92.30%
39.80%
54
70
Michigan St
61.5
10
4
63
69.00%
83.40%
64.70%
43
71
UCLA
60.6
3
4
54
65.20%
68.20%
52.20%
92
72
Western Michigan
60.2
7
2
57
71.40%
39.50%
72.60%
107
73
Tulane
60
8
4
62
70.60%
59.70%
53.90%
87
74
Northwestern
59.6
7
4
70
73.30%
36.70%
72.70%
89
75
Miss St
59.6
9
3
65
76.60%
37.10%
75.00%
85
76
USC
58.6
10
5
68
67.50%
62.70%
61.10%
59
77
Buffalo
58.3
11
6
68
75.00%
27.50%
80.00%
82
78
Toledo
58.1
6
2
68
69.80%
45.50%
56.60%
100
79
Syracuse
57.8
12
4
73
71.90%
49.30%
78.40%
40
80
Duke
57.4
11
4
66
69.00%
54.40%
56.30%
74
81
Cincinnati
57.4
8
4
72
72.10%
71.60%
55.30%
55
82
West Virginia
57.4
10
5
65
59.60%
53.00%
74.90%
57
83
Illinois
57.3
9
2
72
75.00%
48.10%
80.80%
48
84
Oklahoma
56.7
6
5
57
67.10%
81.00%
52.60%
42
85
Central Michigan
56.5
9
2
59
74.10%
31.40%
67.80%
104
86
FIU
56.4
9
3
67
66.70%
55.70%
79.60%
50
87
Arkansas St
56.2
9
6
79
67.10%
38.20%
63.50%
78
88
Kentucky
55.2
8
0
53
63.00%
89.10%
57.00%
31
89
Baylor
55.1
7
7
61
67.10%
72.00%
56.60%
37
90
Rutgers
54.9
6
4
56
64.30%
71.60%
55.30%
48
91
Kansas
54.7
11
4
70
76.50%
22.20%
63.40%
85
92
Kansas St
54.6
11
6
80
64.50%
47.10%
58.20%
63
93
Memphis
54.5
10
8
80
64.30%
23.90%
60.90%
80
94
N  Carolina St
54.2
9
1
61
59.20%
77.80%
56.70%
30
95
Ohio
53.7
11
7
78
78.00%
41.30%
66.80%
40
96
Southern Miss
53.5
9
6
69
65.60%
59.90%
77.70%
26
97
Maryland
53.3
7
3
57
79.30%
63.50%
70.50%
38
98
Virginia 
53.1
5
4
59
69.40%
60.70%
61.60%
56
99
Colorado St
53
9
5
64
74.20%
49.50%
82.50%
30
100
Alabama
52.5
4
3
56
63.10%
89.60%
35.00%
46
101
ULM
52.3
7
4
64
60.60%
79.00%
41.80%
35
102
LSU
51.9
8
1
57
70.80%
63.40%
47.00%
52
103
Vanderbilt
51.7
4
3
51
64.90%
79.60%
62.00%
20
104
Penn St
51.5
8
3
67
63.20%
54.20%
51.50%
56
105
Notre Dame
50.5
6
3
58
61.10%
40.30%
69.80%
55
106
Wake Forest
50.3
6
1
56
70.60%
53.30%
62.90%
45
107
Pittsburgh
50.2
9
0
58
69.00%
59.90%
63.60%
42
108
Texas
49.9
11
6
70
67.60%
40.40%
60.70%
47
109
Purdue
49.5
5
3
55
67.70%
42.40%
79.40%
47
110
Troy
48.8
8
4
71
63.90%
46.10%
54.10%
57
111
Florida
48.2
8
6
57
63.60%
34.20%
50.50%
87
112
BYU
46.2
8
4
52
63.90%
42.50%
51.00%
66
113
East Carolina
46.1
9
5
70
58.90%
37.50%
38.00%
82
114
FAU
45.4
10
3
65
64.00%
47.50%
79.70%
0
115
New Mexico
43
7
0
44
72.10%
49.00%
57.00%
38
116
Arizona St
42.3
4
4
67
70.80%
25.80%
53.40%
47
117
Mississippi
39.1
9
5
61
63.50%
27.90%
59.60%
22
118
Bowling Green
37
9
4
62
68.30%
21.90%
43.80%
41
119
Tennessee
36.5
11
3
58
66.20%
37.60%
54.00%
13
120
Oklahoma St
33.8
7
5
62
57.90%
34.80%
44.50%
12

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