Daily Blog • September 2, 2014

As far as my game grades go after the 2008 season was completed, I devised a power ratings system, which lets me analyze at what level each team played during an individual game. This “game grade” takes into account the yards rushing, yards passing, points scored, rushing yards allowed, passing yards allowed and points allowed and factors them in against the opponent played and even factors in the site the game was played at.

With all these factors taken into consideration you will see teams that lost the game having a better individual game grade than teams that beat them simply because the team they played was superior and much less was expected of them.

Week 1 Top Team Performances
According To My Computer's Game Grades

        OFF OFF OFF DEF DEF DEF   Yds Game
Rank
 Team
Opponent RUSH PASS PTS RUSH PASS PTS TO's Diff Grade
1
 Texas A&M
at
 South Carolina 169 511 52 67 366 28 1 247 118.7
2
 USC
Fresno St 277 424 52 157 160 13 2 384 118.1
3
 Baylor
SMU 261 313 45 -24 91 0 1 507 117.9
4
 Nebraska
FAU 498 286 55 105 95 7 0 584 117.2
5
 Georgia
Clemson 328 131 45 102 189 21 0 168 110.8
6
 Auburn
Arkansas 302 293 45 153 175 21 0 267 110.1
7
 Arizona
UNLV 353 434 58 119 252 13 1 416 105.8
8
 Mississippi St
Southern Miss 201 349 49 71 212 0 1 267 101.8
9
 Penn St
†
 UCF 57 454 26 24 222 24 -2 265 100.1
10
 Virginia
UCLA 120 266 20 116 190 28 -1 80 100.1
11
 Florida St
†
 Oklahoma St 106 370 37 161 203 31 0 112 99.6
12
 Pittsburgh
Delaware 409 92 62 26 31 0 2 444 98.5
13
 Western Kentucky
Bowling Green 133 569 59 151 314 31 0 237 97.8
14
 Texas St
Ark Pine Bluff 378 319 65 127 88 0 1 482 96.9
15
 Louisville
Miami, Fl 130 206 31 70 174 13 1 92 96.7
16
 Oklahoma St
Florida St 161 203 31 106 370 37 0 -112 96.7
17
 Texas
North Texas 163 190 38 79 15 7 2 259 95.9
18
 California
at
 Northwestern 114 300 31 108 246 24 0 60 95.4
19
 Oklahoma
Louisiana Tech 183 253 48 54 191 16 -1 191 94.7
20
 UTSA
at
 Houston 142 121 27 -26 234 7 5 55 94.7
21
 Tennessee
Utah St 110 273 38 100 144 7 3 139 94.4
22
 Mississippi
†
 Boise St 71 387 35 135 264 13 1 59 94.1
23
 Notre Dame
Rice 281 295 48 141 226 17 2 209 93.1
24
 Michigan St
Jacksonville St 211 354 45 22 222 7 3 321 92.9
25
 Toledo
New Hampshire 306 360 54 37 338 20 1 291 92.9