Daily Blog •June 12, 2013

Today’s blog continues my in-depth look at my New and Improved Experience Chart. For 7 years, I had 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 2009, I made the experience chart FIVE TIMES better.

Today I will look at the % of yards returning. 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 2012 for the percentage.

At the top of the chart is Buffalo. They return 9 starters from last year’s offense (only lost 2 OL) including 11 of their top 12 rushers and top 10 receivers. The Bulls only lose FB Rashad Jean, who had 73 yards rushing. They are followed closely by Indiana, who returns 10 starters on offense (only lost 1 OL) and returns all 3 of their QB’s, their top 7 rushers and their top 7 receivers. Other schools at the top of the list include: Washington (97.4%), Boston College (96.4%) and Ohio St (95.3%).

At the bottom of the list are two teams that lost OVER 75% of their yards gained from last year. West Virginia loses record-setting QB Geno Smith who threw for 4,205 yards last year along with Tavon Austin and Shawne Alston who combined for 1,029 rush yards and their Top 3 WR’s in Stedman Bailey, Tavon Austin and JD Woods who combined for an incredible 3,548 yards last year! Pittsburgh loses QB Tino Sunseri (3,288 yds pass) RB’s Ray Graham (1,042 yds rush) and Rushel Shell (641 yards) along with 3 of their top 4 WR’s who combined for 1,552 yds last year!

I will be back tomorrow to take a look at another factor in my experience chart (% of tackles returning).

% of Offensive Yards Returning

Rank Team % of Yards Returning Rank Team % of Yards Returning
#1 Buffalo 98.8 #64 Eastern Michigan 69.4
#2 Indiana 98 #65 South Carolina 68.4
#3 Washington 97.4 #66 Kansas 68
#4 Boston College 96.4 #67 UCLA 67.9
#5 Ohio St 95.3 #68 Western Michigan 67.7
#6 Northwestern 92.9 #69 Clemson 67.2
#7 Illinois 92.7 #70 Navy 67.1
#8 Texas 92.3 #71 Temple 66.6
#9 Ball St 92.3 #72 Virginia Tech 66.4
#10 Bowling Green 91.6 #73 SMU 65.6
#11 UTSA 91 #74 Massachusetts 65.6
#12 Wyoming 90.8 #75 Notre Dame 63.8
#13 Ohio 89.3 #76 UTEP 63.4
#14 Toledo 88.7 #77 Kent St 63.4
#15 Mississippi 87.8 #78 Troy 62
#16 UNLV 87.7 #79 Virginia  61.7
#17 Tulsa 86.6 #80 Rutgers 61.5
#18 Memphis 86.4 #81 Cincinnati 61.3
#19 Georgia 85.7 #83 Georgia Tech 60.4
#20 Old Dominion 85.2 #82 BYU 60.4
#21 Wake Forest 84.9 #84 Auburn 60
#22 Houston 84.7 #86 San Jose St 59.9
#23 Miami, Fl 84.1 #85 Army 59.9
#24 Rice 84 #87 Tulane 59.2
#25 New Mexico St 83.9 #88 Minnesota 58.4
#26 Washington St 83.9 #89 WKU 58.1
#27 UAB 83.8 #90 Utah St 57.2
#28 Marshall 82.9 #91 Iowa St 56
#29 East Carolina 82.5 #92 Florida 55.2
#30 Maryland 82.1 #93 Florida Atlantic 54.6
#31 LSU 81.6 #94 Michigan 54.1
#32 South Alabama 81.4 #95 Penn St 53.7
#33 Alabama 81.4 #96 Utah 53.7
#34 Kentucky 81.1 #97 Cental Michigan 52
#35 Arizona St 80.9 #98 Akron 51.8
#36 Colorado St 80.5 #99 San Diego St 50.5
#38 Oregon St 80.4 #100 Arizona 50.2
#37 Colorado 80.4 #101 Southern Miss 49.9
#39 Nebraska 80 #103 Iowa  48.7
#40 Northern Illinois 79.7 #102 Baylor 48.7
#41 Oklahoma St 79.6 #104 Vanderbilt 47.2
#42 North Texas 79.2 #105 USC 47
#43 Texas A&M 77.8 #106 Duke 46.6
#44 ULM 77 #107 Arkansas St 46.3
#46 Louisiana 76.7 #108 Florida St 43.5
#45 Louisville 76.7 #109 Oklahoma 42.2
#47 Fresno St 76.4 #110 NC State 41.6
#48 Wisconsin 75.4 #111 Texas St 41.1
#49 Connecticut 75.3 #112 Miami,Oh 40.9
#50 Hawaii 75.1 #113 Syracuse 40.3
#51 Boise St 74.9 #114 Texas Tech 39
#52 Georgia St 74.6 #115 Idaho 38.7
#53 North Carolina 74.1 #116 USF 36.5
#54 Middle Tennessee 73.7 #117 Kansas St 35.7
#55 Missouri 73.3 #118 Purdue 33.2
#56 Oregon 73 #119 Stanford 30.9
#57 FIU 72.2 #120 Arkansas  30.5
#58 New Mexico 71.9 #121 Louisiana Tech 29.8
#59 UCF 71.5 #122 Air Force 28.7
#60 TCU 71.4 #123 California 27.8
#61 Mississippi St 70.9 #124 Tennessee 26.1
#62 Michigan St 70.6 #125 Pittsburgh 21.9
#63 Nevada 70.2 #126 West Virginia 15.5

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