| Daily Blog • June 4, 2010 |
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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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