Daily Blog • April 28, 2010

We are only 40 days away from the official on sale date of my 2010 COLLEGE PREVIEW!!! It goes on sale Tuesday, June 8th and there is a possibility you could see it earlier than that at your local bookstore.

Today I want to look at the % of yards returning for the offenses. 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 '09 for the percentage.

At the top of the chart is Boise St. They return all 11 starters from last years offense including 100% of their rushing yards. The Broncos only lose TE/FB Richie Brockel who had 75 rec yds (9.4) last year. They are followed closely by Washington who returns 10 starters on offense and only loses 45 rush yds and 63 pass yds from last year. Other BCS schools at the top of the list include: North Carolina (98.41%), Virginia Tech (98.38%), Texas Tech (96.53%), Ohio St (95.17%) and Nebraska (94.9%).

At the bottom of the list are three teams that lost OVER 75% of their yards gained from last year. Bowling Green loses QB Tyler Sheehan who threw for more than 4,000 yds last year and Biletnikoff finalist Freddie Barnes who set the NCAA record with 155 receptions last year and had more than 1800 yds rushing and receiving! Kansas loses QB Todd Reesing who threw for 3,616 yds last year and a pair of WRs in Kerry Meier and Dezmon Briscoe who combined for more than 2,300 receiving yards! Memphis lost their #1 and #2 all-time receivers in Duke Calhoun and Carlos Singleton and their #3 all-time RB in Curtis Steele along with QB Will Hudgens who threw for more than 1,500 yds!

I will be back next week to take a look at another experience chart. Have a great week!!!

Here is the complete list of this years % of yards returning.

Rank
Team
% Yds Ret
Rank
Team
% Yds Ret
1
BOISE ST
99.25%
61
BAYLOR
72.01%
2
WASHINGTON
99.13%
62
MISSOURI
71.63%
3
N CAROLINA
98.41%
63
CINCINNATI
71.60%
4
VIRGINIA TECH
98.38%
64
RUTGERS
71.60%
5
AIR FORCE
98.21%
65
STANFORD
71.57%
6
TEXAS  TECH
96.53%
66
HAWAII
71.51%
7
OHIO STATE
95.17%
67
CONNECTICUT
69.16%
8
NEBRASKA
94.90%
68
UCLA
68.18%
9
N TEXAS
94.12%
69
LA TECH
65.72%
10
TULSA
93.29%
70
GEORGIA TECH
65.34%
11
HOUSTON
93.06%
71
MARYLAND
63.53%
12
WYOMING
92.60%
72
LSU
63.37%
13
NAVY
92.59%
73
USC
62.68%
14
INDIANA
92.30%
74
RICE
61.94%
15
N ILLINOIS
92.05%
75
GEORGIA
61.66%
16
ARIZONA
91.53%
76
VIRGINIA 
60.69%
17
S CAROLINA
91.31%
77
PITTSBURGH
59.94%
18
TEXAS A&M
90.79%
78
SOUTHERN MISS
59.87%
19
TEMPLE
90.77%
79
TULANE
59.65%
20
KENT ST
90.54%
80
UCF
59.19%
21
WISCONSIN
90.43%
81
AKRON
58.15%
22
SAN DIEGO ST
90.23%
82
CLEMSON
56.68%
23
ARKANSAS 
90.06%
83
FIU
55.71%
24
ALABAMA
89.59%
84
OREGON ST
54.73%
25
KENTUCKY
89.14%
85
DUKE
54.36%
26
IOWA 
88.13%
86
PENN ST
54.15%
27
UTAH ST
87.82%
87
WAKE FOREST
53.32%
28
BALL ST
87.76%
88
WEST VIRGINIA
53.02%
29
IOWA ST
87.15%
89
AUBURN
51.48%
30
NEVADA
87.01%
90
FRESNO  ST
50.67%
31
MIAMI, FL
86.85%
91
COLORADO ST
49.53%
32
TCU
86.72%
92
SYRACUSE
49.34%
33
OREGON
86.23%
93
NEW MEXICO
49.03%
34
N MEXICO ST
85.61%
94
SMU
48.89%
35
UTEP
84.60%
95
ILLINOIS
48.09%
36
COLORADO
84.54%
96
FAU
47.54%
37
FLORIDA ST
84.41%
97
KANSAS ST
47.07%
38
MIDDLE TENN
84.36%
98
TROY
46.14%
39
MICHIGAN ST
83.35%
99
TOLEDO
45.48%
40
LOUISVILLE
81.48%
100
BYU
42.50%
41
OKLAHOMA
81.00%
101
PURDUE
42.36%
42
LOUISIANA
80.01%
102
OHIO
41.33%
43
VANDERBILT
79.57%
103
TEXAS
40.42%
44
ARMY
79.54%
104
NOTRE DAME
40.26%
45
ULM
78.96%
105
W MICHIGAN
39.46%
46
UTAH
78.88%
106
ARKANSAS ST
38.22%
47
SOUTH FLORIDA
78.57%
107
TENNESSEE
37.62%
48
NC STATE
77.79%
108
UAB
37.52%
49
MIAMI OH
77.75%
109
E CAROLINA
37.50%
50
IDAHO
77.36%
110
MISS ST
37.13%
51
UNLV
77.26%
111
NORTHWESTERN
36.73%
52
MICHIGAN
76.28%
112
OKLAHOMA ST
34.81%
53
CALIFORNIA
75.65%
113
FLORIDA
34.17%
54
MARSHALL
74.89%
114
C MICHIGAN
31.35%
55
E MICHIGAN
74.81%
115
MISSISSIPPI
27.94%
56
MINNESOTA
74.65%
116
BUFFALO
27.52%
57
BOSTON COLLEGE
73.52%
117
ARIZONA ST
25.78%
58
W KENTUCKY
72.92%
118
MEMPHIS
23.90%
59
SAN JOSE ST
72.86%
119
KANSAS
22.22%
60
WASH ST
72.31%
120
BOWLING GREEN
21.90%