Phil Steele Blog • September 15, 2015

 

 

Week #2 Top 27 Team Performances
According To My Computer's Game Grades

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 then factors them in against the opponent played and even factors in the site the game was played at.

The Opponent faced is one of the main factors and there will be plenty of times this year when a team lost a game but actually came out with a high individual game grade especially if they out gained a superior foe on the road as a large dog.

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. This week 3 teams that lost last week actually earned a Top 27 grade in Virginia and Miss St who were both good sized home dogs and played tight games. Virginia gave up a TD pass in the final seconds to lose and Miss St, down 2, missed a 52 yard FG at the end. Also Oregon took on a top 5 team o the road and also played it to the wire.

Here are the Top 27 Individual Performances for Week 2.
  Week 2     OFF OFF OFF DEF DEF DEF   TOTAL Game
Rank Team   Opponent RUSH PASS PTS RUSH PASS PTS TO's YDS Grade
1 Bowling Green at Maryland 201 491 48 156 185 27 3 351 105.4
2 Georgia Tech Tulane 439 132 65 71 177 10 1 323 104.6
3 USC Idaho 284 453 59 71 240 9 0 426 103.6
4 Boston College Howard 347 136 76 7 4 0 2 472 103.6
5 TCU SF Austin 224 403 70 146 21 7 2 460 103.2
6 Oklahoma at Tennessee 148 150 17 115 112 17 -1 71 103.2
7 Mississippi Fresno St 215 392 73 163 153 21 1 291 103.1
8 Ohio St Hawaii 182 181 38 80 85 0 4 198 101.6
9 Wisconsin Miami, Oh 188 263 58 -3 160 0 3 294 101.2
10 Alabama Middle Tennesse 220 312 37 86 189 10 2 257 100.8
11 Texas Tech UTEP 229 445 69 227 187 20 2 260 100.5
12 Stanford UCF 130 361 31 30 151 7 2 310 99.9
13 Illinois Western Illinois 147 353 44 98 43 0 -2 359 99.8
14 Michigan St Oregon 197 192 31 123 309 28 1 -43 99.7
15 Michigan Oregon St 225 180 35 59 79 7 -1 267 99.3
16 Oregon at Michigan St 123 309 28 197 192 31 -1 43 98.6
17 LSU at Mississippi St 266 71 21 43 335 19 0 -41 98.0
18 California San Diego St 164 321 35 152 173 7 1 160 97.7
19 Northwestern Eastern Illinois 344 152 41 70 68 0 1 358 96.9
20 Houston at Louisville 226 236 34 70 325 31 3 67 96.8
21 Miss St LSU 43 335 19 266 71 21 0 41 96.7
22 UCLA at UNLV 273 253 37 181 56 3 -1 289 95.5
23 Georgia Southern Western Michigan 413 7 43 25 227 17 4 168 95.3
24 Notre Dame at Virginia 253 207 34 127 289 27 1 44 95.3
25 Virginia Notre Dame 127 289 27 253 207 34 -1 -44 95.2
26 Memphis at Kansas 281 370 55 194 165 23 -3 292 95.2
27 Toledo at Arkansas 81 237 16 103 412 12 1 -197 95.1

 

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