| Daily Blog • June 7, 2012 |
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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 |
Please check PhilSteele.com everyday to get my Top 40 Countdown which continued today with #5 Alabama. 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.