| Daily Blog •June 8, 2011 |
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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. 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 at no surprise that SMU has the most experience points for 2011 with 90.5 has they have by far the most OL Career Sts with 158 and were #2 in % of Lettermen Returning. The next three teams like SMU all qualified for a bowl game last year in Northwestern, Tulsa and Toledo.
At the bottom of the chart is defending national champ Auburn. Remember though last year Oklahoma St was #120 in this chart and surprised EVERYONE. Louisville comes in at #119 and HC Charlie Strong will have his work cut out for him to duplicate last year's success. Iowa, Memphis and Rose Bowl Champ TCU 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.
Only 84 DAYS LEFT UNTIL THE FIRST COLLEGE FOOTBALL GAME!!!
Combined Experience Chart
| NCAA | Total | Senior | Senior | Senior | % LTR | % YDS | % TKL | OL CAR | |
| Rank | Team | Exp Pts | Strs | 2 Deep | Exp Pts | Return | Return | Return | STRS |
| 1 | SMU | 90.5 | 12 | 5 | 79 | 83.08% | 83.81% | 71.44% | 158 |
| 2 | Northwestern | 86.3 | 16 | 3 | 78 | 80.00% | 89.28% | 72.38% | 137 |
| 3 | Tulsa | 84.6 | 8 | 7 | 75 | 80.60% | 82.75% | 82.35% | 116 |
| 4 | Toledo | 83.0 | 13 | 6 | 76 | 84.75% | 99.75% | 77.10% | 85 |
| 5 | Rice | 82.6 | 11 | 2 | 73 | 74.65% | 93.51% | 77.43% | 109 |
| 6 | Miami, Oh | 77.3 | 7 | 3 | 72 | 70.83% | 72.91% | 84.52% | 98 |
| 7 | UCLA | 77.0 | 8 | 3 | 71 | 70.83% | 99.60% | 71.13% | 80 |
| 8 | Texas A&M | 76.6 | 11 | 3 | 72 | 80.26% | 76.45% | 76.32% | 86 |
| 9 | ULM | 76.6 | 11 | 4 | 65 | 78.33% | 88.55% | 71.46% | 94 |
| 10 | Temple | 76.5 | 13 | 7 | 83 | 77.42% | 87.82% | 54.95% | 111 |
| 11 | BYU | 76.1 | 9 | 4 | 64 | 79.22% | 94.44% | 57.43% | 107 |
| 12 | Ball St | 75.7 | 8 | 4 | 63 | 76.81% | 87.10% | 70.47% | 96 |
| 13 | N Mexico St | 75.6 | 10 | 5 | 78 | 72.58% | 73.31% | 70.34% | 98 |
| 14 | Purdue | 73.9 | 9 | 9 | 78 | 78.48% | 61.45% | 83.80% | 79 |
| 15 | Vanderbilt | 72.7 | 9 | 0 | 64 | 77.78% | 75.40% | 80.16% | 68 |
| 16 | Miss St | 72.6 | 9 | 5 | 71 | 64.71% | 95.68% | 61.47% | 80 |
| 17 | Boise St | 72.3 | 14 | 5 | 74 | 77.33% | 68.26% | 67.82% | 98 |
| 18 | Florida St | 72.1 | 8 | 3 | 59 | 80.65% | 73.23% | 75.60% | 115 |
| 19 | Michigan | 71.6 | 9 | 4 | 67 | 68.75% | 92.54% | 65.65% | 70 |
| 20 | Air Force | 71.2 | 17 | 8 | 94 | 77.33% | 72.06% | 77.46% | 41 |
| 21 | W Kentucky | 71.0 | 5 | 4 | 65 | 79.66% | 86.62% | 69.90% | 71 |
| 22 | Colorado | 70.7 | 11 | 7 | 69 | 69.86% | 65.25% | 68.10% | 97 |
| 23 | Kent St | 70.1 | 11 | 4 | 72 | 73.33% | 87.30% | 50.17% | 89 |
| 24 | Utah St | 69.8 | 10 | 8 | 81 | 65.71% | 80.75% | 66.29% | 90 |
| 25 | Arizona St | 69.5 | 13 | 7 | 77 | 75.71% | 61.24% | 76.32% | 84 |
| 26 | N Illinois | 69.5 | 12 | 4 | 69 | 66.20% | 75.10% | 54.57% | 116 |
| 27 | Notre Dame | 69.5 | 8 | 4 | 68 | 67.57% | 81.84% | 70.95% | 63 |
| 28 | FIU | 69.4 | 6 | 4 | 73 | 76.56% | 90.04% | 66.67% | 50 |
| 29 | Oklahoma | 69.1 | 7 | 5 | 59 | 75.00% | 76.69% | 69.78% | 81 |
| 30 | Arkansas St | 69.1 | 11 | 6 | 84 | 74.67% | 94.61% | 72.21% | 28 |
| 31 | Kansas | 68.7 | 8 | 2 | 56 | 63.08% | 92.25% | 55.81% | 97 |
| 32 | Miami Florida | 68.7 | 12 | 5 | 73 | 74.19% | 72.21% | 67.63% | 74 |
| 33 | UAB | 68.4 | 14 | 2 | 72 | 63.49% | 31.65% | 74.39% | 118 |
| 34 | San Jose St | 68.3 | 12 | 4 | 69 | 75.38% | 42.64% | 98.41% | 80 |
| 35 | Cincinnati | 68.3 | 11 | 5 | 67 | 73.91% | 74.03% | 94.98% | 39 |
| 36 | Clemson | 67.9 | 7 | 3 | 48 | 65.71% | 98.65% | 58.83% | 118 |
| 37 | Duke | 67.4 | 6 | 3 | 51 | 72.88% | 93.65% | 66.25% | 77 |
| 38 | Washington St | 67.1 | 8 | 3 | 55 | 69.12% | 78.13% | 78.73% | 71 |
| 39 | Wake Forest | 67.0 | 9 | 4 | 58 | 74.03% | 77.02% | 67.09% | 68 |
| 40 | Southern Miss | 66.7 | 9 | 9 | 77 | 71.43% | 83.70% | 70.28% | 39 |
| 41 | S Carolina | 66.6 | 7 | 3 | 58 | 70.59% | 87.84% | 70.04% | 70 |
| 42 | Oklahoma St | 66.6 | 9 | 4 | 69 | 69.81% | 77.66% | 58.51% | 76 |
| 43 | Alabama | 66.6 | 6 | 8 | 67 | 77.94% | 37.68% | 91.22% | 90 |
| 44 | Missouri | 66.5 | 12 | 5 | 73 | 79.37% | 60.19% | 55.45% | 105 |
| 45 | LSU | 66.5 | 8 | 4 | 60 | 72.97% | 69.64% | 69.83% | 78 |
| 46 | Penn St | 66.1 | 9 | 3 | 66 | 70.31% | 75.15% | 76.94% | 52 |
| 47 | San Diego St | 65.6 | 10 | 5 | 60 | 75.00% | 66.51% | 70.48% | 83 |
| 48 | W Michigan | 65.3 | 7 | 3 | 58 | 72.13% | 87.40% | 70.95% | 50 |
| 49 | Rutgers | 65.2 | 5 | 4 | 54 | 67.27% | 88.67% | 51.24% | 89 |
| 50 | Oregon St | 64.5 | 10 | 3 | 71 | 68.83% | 66.22% | 53.05% | 91 |
| 51 | Baylor | 64.0 | 5 | 4 | 64 | 70.27% | 82.67% | 45.77% | 77 |
| 52 | Houston | 63.9 | 11 | 0 | 65 | 75.36% | 80.74% | 68.96% | 52 |
| 53 | Colorado St | 63.6 | 8 | 4 | 61 | 70.59% | 75.39% | 66.24% | 62 |
| 54 | C Michigan | 63.4 | 9 | 0 | 58 | 68.85% | 81.97% | 58.08% | 69 |
| 55 | Tulane | 63.1 | 5 | 5 | 57 | 72.22% | 66.67% | 76.39% | 62 |
| 56 | Louisiana | 63.1 | 12 | 5 | 72 | 64.18% | 90.56% | 69.32% | 28 |
| 57 | Troy | 63.1 | 9 | 4 | 74 | 69.01% | 65.91% | 67.68% | 54 |
| 58 | West Virginia | 63.1 | 8 | 4 | 63 | 67.21% | 72.17% | 50.48% | 92 |
| 59 | Boston College | 62.9 | 6 | 3 | 46 | 71.19% | 96.50% | 69.41% | 50 |
| 60 | Michigan St | 62.5 | 8 | 2 | 61 | 76.81% | 85.98% | 56.54% | 57 |
| 61 | Maryland | 61.7 | 6 | 3 | 56 | 65.28% | 66.02% | 67.34% | 73 |
| 62 | South Florida | 61.6 | 9 | 1 | 62 | 75.00% | 70.78% | 66.91% | 62 |
| 63 | E Michigan | 61.4 | 5 | 6 | 62 | 75.00% | 70.04% | 57.89% | 64 |
| 64 | Georgia | 60.8 | 5 | 3 | 54 | 64.29% | 66.40% | 55.99% | 86 |
| 65 | Pittsburgh | 60.5 | 11 | 3 | 56 | 67.69% | 67.74% | 73.73% | 53 |
| 66 | Ohio State | 60.2 | 7 | 5 | 58 | 66.22% | 81.82% | 45.13% | 77 |
| 67 | Bowling Green | 60.2 | 6 | 5 | 50 | 66.67% | 72.01% | 68.22% | 63 |
| 68 | Syracuse | 60.0 | 9 | 3 | 65 | 67.21% | 78.07% | 50.40% | 57 |
| 69 | Kentucky | 60.0 | 10 | 3 | 68 | 72.60% | 24.68% | 91.41% | 77 |
| 70 | New Mexico | 59.8 | 5 | 3 | 56 | 69.49% | 74.27% | 84.11% | 20 |
| 71 | Buffalo | 59.4 | 8 | 6 | 60 | 72.46% | 92.01% | 42.18% | 58 |
| 72 | Virginia | 59.3 | 11 | 2 | 57 | 69.35% | 39.73% | 74.40% | 82 |
| 73 | Tennessee | 58.9 | 4 | 4 | 53 | 73.02% | 73.34% | 66.10% | 50 |
| 74 | La Tech | 58.8 | 9 | 4 | 77 | 66.67% | 64.67% | 69.74% | 46 |
| 75 | Illinois | 58.6 | 8 | 1 | 55 | 72.41% | 64.81% | 55.89% | 69 |
| 76 | UCF | 58.3 | 5 | 2 | 51 | 67.65% | 75.85% | 49.17% | 87 |
| 77 | Texas | 57.7 | 8 | 1 | 53 | 71.01% | 83.88% | 65.02% | 36 |
| 78 | Stanford | 57.6 | 7 | 2 | 48 | 74.36% | 80.57% | 64.48% | 50 |
| 79 | Minnesota | 57.5 | 10 | 4 | 57 | 72.55% | 57.43% | 76.88% | 60 |
| 80 | Middle Tenn | 57.4 | 10 | 5 | 68 | 74.63% | 49.93% | 48.64% | 104 |
| 81 | Nebraska | 57.1 | 7 | 3 | 62 | 67.95% | 68.32% | 65.81% | 40 |
| 82 | North Texas | 56.8 | 10 | 5 | 72 | 68.83% | 59.39% | 62.93% | 59 |
| 83 | Oregon | 56.5 | 9 | 2 | 57 | 67.61% | 76.49% | 51.99% | 56 |
| 84 | Arkansas | 56.3 | 10 | 3 | 66 | 70.67% | 57.88% | 72.40% | 49 |
| 85 | Idaho | 56.2 | 13 | 4 | 72 | 75.81% | 38.53% | 74.43% | 61 |
| 86 | Virginia Tech | 55.5 | 8 | 5 | 58 | 67.16% | 39.19% | 65.48% | 98 |
| 87 | Connecticut | 54.8 | 10 | 3 | 65 | 67.35% | 28.59% | 69.52% | 72 |
| 88 | Utah | 54.8 | 7 | 5 | 62 | 66.67% | 48.92% | 60.22% | 63 |
| 89 | Wyoming | 54.6 | 9 | 3 | 61 | 68.52% | 37.62% | 66.11% | 78 |
| 90 | Wisconsin | 54.6 | 10 | 1 | 60 | 78.87% | 42.35% | 65.39% | 74 |
| 91 | Akron | 54.2 | 8 | 5 | 64 | 59.26% | 45.07% | 64.04% | 49 |
| 92 | E Carolina | 54.2 | 8 | 3 | 59 | 68.49% | 68.47% | 60.58% | 27 |
| 93 | Nevada | 54.1 | 13 | 4 | 75 | 71.74% | 29.68% | 69.70% | 64 |
| 94 | N Carolina St | 53.4 | 6 | 7 | 67 | 60.42% | 33.00% | 76.73% | 60 |
| 95 | Marshall | 53.3 | 10 | 2 | 53 | 65.71% | 49.20% | 71.87% | 63 |
| 96 | California | 53.3 | 9 | 5 | 61 | 73.13% | 37.46% | 58.13% | 85 |
| 97 | Florida | 53.0 | 7 | 1 | 54 | 68.49% | 90.25% | 53.78% | 27 |
| 98 | Army | 52.7 | 6 | 6 | 71 | 62.12% | 86.08% | 36.91% | 21 |
| 99 | Texas Tech | 52.3 | 7 | 3 | 62 | 71.23% | 31.39% | 53.56% | 83 |
| 100 | Washington | 52.0 | 7 | 3 | 47 | 72.73% | 54.03% | 57.43% | 65 |
| 101 | Hawaii | 51.8 | 11 | 8 | 78 | 62.03% | 52.02% | 65.28% | 21 |
| 102 | USC | 51.2 | 5 | 5 | 53 | 62.90% | 62.00% | 63.98% | 27 |
| 103 | Indiana | 51.1 | 9 | 5 | 60 | 67.61% | 33.33% | 63.91% | 71 |
| 104 | Iowa St | 51.1 | 9 | 4 | 71 | 64.91% | 29.42% | 72.63% | 54 |
| 105 | Arizona | 51.0 | 10 | 4 | 56 | 67.69% | 84.87% | 60.33% | 1 |
| 106 | Kansas St | 51.0 | 6 | 8 | 75 | 68.18% | 24.63% | 75.17% | 42 |
| 107 | Mississippi | 50.6 | 7 | 2 | 53 | 65.28% | 46.31% | 50.45% | 77 |
| 108 | Navy | 50.1 | 15 | 5 | 88 | 59.09% | 43.97% | 37.77% | 61 |
| 109 | N Carolina | 49.0 | 8 | 4 | 60 | 69.35% | 24.98% | 68.84% | 60 |
| 110 | UNLV | 47.1 | 9 | 2 | 61 | 71.62% | 58.04% | 49.40% | 36 |
| 111 | FAU | 46.4 | 9 | 2 | 65 | 62.50% | 30.69% | 53.01% | 59 |
| 112 | Fresno St | 45.5 | 7 | 3 | 57 | 69.09% | 46.33% | 60.54% | 40 |
| 113 | UTEP | 44.2 | 9 | 4 | 72 | 64.71% | 28.20% | 78.08% | 7 |
| 114 | Georgia Tech | 42.2 | 6 | 2 | 44 | 65.71% | 51.38% | 52.07% | 38 |
| 115 | Ohio University | 42.1 | 9 | 2 | 63 | 70.37% | 38.06% | 40.21% | 39 |
| 116 | TCU | 41.9 | 9 | 3 | 57 | 63.38% | 45.34% | 57.69% | 36 |
| 117 | Memphis | 41.5 | 4 | 8 | 65 | 56.52% | 41.19% | 52.74% | 34 |
| 118 | Iowa | 40.8 | 9 | 5 | 64 | 57.58% | 24.58% | 47.16% | 59 |
| 119 | Louisville | 36.7 | 8 | 3 | 48 | 60.71% | 29.02% | 62.82% | 25 |
| 120 | Auburn | 25.4 | 4 | 3 | 38 | 55.07% | 31.19% | 42.81% | 15 |