| Phil Steele Blog • June 23, 2017 |
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2017 Experience Chart (page 29 of 2017 Magazine)
For the last week or so I have been going thru the individual factors in my experience chart from the 2017 magazine.
For a complete breakdown of each of the factors involved you can read those individual blogs.
2017 Career Starts Offensive Line - June 13th
2017 % of Yards returning - June 16th
2017 % of Tackles returning - June 19th
2017 Two Deep Class breakdown - June 21st
I conclude the series by combining the five factors into my final ranking. 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.
At the top of the chart this year is Florida Atlantic as they have 17 returning starters and just 8 lettermen lost from last year and ranked high in every category. Miami, Oh #2 with 17 returning starters this year and just 11 lettermen lost. The most experience Power 5 Conference teams are Auburn which checks in at #6 overall and NC State at #7 overall.
At the bottom of the list is UAB as they are back from having no football program the last 2 years. The Blazers only return 4 starters from the ’14 season all on defense. The rest of the of the bottom 10 are Michigan St (#117 LY), Georgia Southern (#63 LY), Michigan (#61 LY), Nebraska (#64 LY), West Virginia #54 LY), Illinois (#85 LY), Pittsburgh (#7 LY), Utah (#91 LY), and Texas A&M (#114 LY).
| NCAA | Total | Senior | Senior | Senior | % LTR | % YDS | % TKL | OL CAR | ||
| RANK | TEAM (Conf Rank) | Conf | EXP Pts | Strs | 2 Deep | Exp Pts | Return | Return | Return | STRS |
| 1 | Florida Atlantic (1) | CUSA | 80.3 | 8 | 3 | 73 | 87.9% | 96.2% | 74.9% | 82 |
| 2 | Miami, Oh (1) | MAC | 77.1 | 7 | 2 | 70 | 83.1% | 86.3% | 77.6% | 80 |
| 3 | TCU (1) | BIG 12 | 76.9 | 13 | 4 | 76 | 73.3% | 91.3% | 74.9% | 75 |
| 4 | FIU (2) | CUSA | 76.8 | 9 | 6 | 76 | 77.0% | 90.7% | 81.0% | 73 |
| 5 | Memphis (1) | AAC | 75.7 | 10 | 8 | 77 | 67.2% | 90.1% | 58.6% | 103 |
| 6 | Auburn (1) | SEC | 75.3 | 7 | 4 | 66 | 71.3% | 83.5% | 71.9% | 106 |
| 7 | NC State (1) | ACC | 73.5 | 10 | 5 | 71 | 71.4% | 78.1% | 67.9% | 89 |
| 8 | Army West Point (1) | IND | 73.1 | 12 | 2 | 80 | 78.1% | 84.6% | 56.0% | 77 |
| 9 | SMU (2) | AAC | 72.8 | 10 | 3 | 68 | 74.3% | 94.8% | 67.4% | 80 |
| 10 | Texas (2) | BIG 12 | 72.7 | 5 | 5 | 72 | 75.4% | 65.7% | 82.9% | 75 |
| 11 | Penn St (1) | BIG 10 | 72.6 | 12 | 1 | 64 | 74.2% | 89.9% | 67.4% | 87 |
| 12 | Georgia (2) | SEC | 72.2 | 9 | 6 | 74 | 66.3% | 87.1% | 86.6% | 45 |
| 13 | Washington (1) | PAC 12 | 71.8 | 6 | 5 | 66 | 76.1% | 84.5% | 64.0% | 97 |
| 14 | New Mexico St (1) | SUN | 71.4 | 9 | 8 | 79 | 73.3% | 86.6% | 76.8% | 43 |
| 15 | Washington St (2) | PAC 12 | 71.2 | 11 | 4 | 68 | 73.3% | 83.7% | 77.8% | 62 |
| 16 | UTSA (3) | CUSA | 71.0 | 13 | 9 | 77 | 73.4% | 74.5% | 71.6% | 75 |
| 17 | Northwestern (2) | BIG 10 | 70.7 | 10 | 5 | 73 | 72.5% | 80.9% | 68.7% | 67 |
| 18 | Georgia St (2) | SUN | 70.7 | 13 | 5 | 71 | 72.2% | 81.1% | 58.3% | 88 |
| 19 | Missouri (3) | SEC | 70.4 | 10 | 3 | 77 | 70.0% | 89.6% | 62.0% | 63 |
| 20 | Kentucky (4) | SEC | 70.4 | 10 | 2 | 64 | 80.3% | 67.5% | 77.7% | 73 |
| 21 | Oregon (3) | PAC 12 | 70.1 | 7 | 10 | 61 | 72.5% | 67.7% | 82.6% | 77 |
| 22 | Colorado St (1) | MTW | 69.6 | 13 | 2 | 73 | 67.2% | 88.1% | 69.4% | 64 |
| 23 | ULM (3) | SUN | 69.6 | 4 | 3 | 63 | 72.6% | 89.1% | 74.8% | 62 |
| 24 | Syracuse (2) | ACC | 69.1 | 6 | 2 | 59 | 70.0% | 73.1% | 89.2% | 51 |
| 25 | Oklahoma St (3) | BIG 12 | 68.5 | 12 | 6 | 78 | 62.9% | 78.5% | 53.4% | 95 |
| 26 | South Carolina (5) | SEC | 68.4 | 10 | 1 | 62 | 61.8% | 76.0% | 59.3% | 98 |
| 27 | Akron (2) | MAC | 68.3 | 14 | 5 | 82 | 72.2% | 69.1% | 68.4% | 57 |
| 28 | Fresno St (2) | MTW | 67.8 | 7 | 4 | 70 | 74.1% | 77.6% | 56.7% | 71 |
| 29 | Oklahoma (4) | BIG 12 | 67.5 | 10 | 3 | 68 | 71.0% | 55.0% | 62.6% | 97 |
| 30 | Eastern Michigan (3) | MAC | 67.4 | 10 | 3 | 68 | 77.3% | 81.4% | 86.0% | 26 |
| 31 | Oregon St (4) | PAC 12 | 67.3 | 6 | 7 | 69 | 74.3% | 80.7% | 67.6% | 56 |
| 32 | Wake Forest (3) | ACC | 66.8 | 5 | 3 | 56 | 76.4% | 95.9% | 53.8% | 75 |
| 33 | Wisconsin (3) | BIG 10 | 66.1 | 11 | 3 | 62 | 77.6% | 50.1% | 72.4% | 90 |
| 34 | Appalachian St (4) | SUN | 66.0 | 13 | 3 | 70 | 64.3% | 75.9% | 60.0% | 76 |
| 35 | Troy (5) | SUN | 66.0 | 12 | 5 | 69 | 73.0% | 98.7% | 59.1% | 41 |
| 36 | USF (3) | AAC | 66.0 | 13 | 2 | 71 | 74.2% | 74.2% | 73.7% | 40 |
| 37 | Vanderbilt (6) | SEC | 65.9 | 14 | 1 | 66 | 69.8% | 93.7% | 62.5% | 41 |
| 38 | Ohio St (4) | BIG 10 | 65.8 | 9 | 3 | 62 | 64.9% | 70.9% | 66.8% | 80 |
| 39 | Purdue (5) | BIG 10 | 65.8 | 6 | 8 | 72 | 69.9% | 73.7% | 68.1% | 63 |
| 40 | Connecticut (4) | AAC | 65.3 | 15 | 5 | 75 | 69.1% | 71.9% | 57.1% | 68 |
| 41 | Houston (5) | AAC | 64.7 | 10 | 8 | 79 | 78.9% | 46.5% | 67.5% | 86 |
| 42 | Arizona (5) | PAC 12 | 64.6 | 8 | 4 | 59 | 70.8% | 70.7% | 57.5% | 89 |
| 43 | UCLA (6) | PAC 12 | 64.6 | 8 | 6 | 65 | 71.4% | 68.3% | 50.9% | 85 |
| 44 | Florida St (4) | ACC | 64.3 | 6 | 3 | 60 | 73.8% | 56.8% | 87.2% | 57 |
| 45 | Wyoming (3) | MTW | 63.8 | 3 | 2 | 58 | 70.8% | 48.0% | 78.8% | 87 |
| 46 | Boston College (5) | ACC | 63.7 | 9 | 4 | 69 | 75.8% | 55.6% | 66.9% | 88 |
| 47 | Indiana (6) | BIG 10 | 63.7 | 9 | 2 | 66 | 77.5% | 64.4% | 79.8% | 40 |
| 48 | Tennessee (7) | SEC | 63.5 | 10 | 7 | 73 | 77.9% | 25.7% | 75.0% | 111 |
| 49 | Stanford (7) | PAC 12 | 63.5 | 4 | 3 | 55 | 70.4% | 62.6% | 74.0% | 68 |
| 50 | San Jose St (4) | MTW | 63.3 | 8 | 1 | 57 | 68.6% | 42.0% | 70.0% | 125 |
| 51 | Hawaii (5) | MTW | 63.2 | 10 | 2 | 58 | 74.0% | 64.3% | 63.3% | 79 |
| 52 | Bowling Green (4) | MAC | 63.0 | 8 | 4 | 66 | 74.1% | 69.6% | 60.2% | 71 |
| 53 | UCF (6) | AAC | 62.9 | 6 | 5 | 61 | 64.3% | 74.3% | 41.4% | 101 |
| 54 | Arizona St (8) | PAC 12 | 62.7 | 9 | 3 | 66 | 69.7% | 85.0% | 62.6% | 41 |
| 55 | Central Michigan (5) | MAC | 62.4 | 12 | 6 | 75 | 70.1% | 47.8% | 65.6% | 87 |
| 56 | Massachusetts (2) | IND | 62.4 | 9 | 2 | 60 | 73.1% | 81.5% | 75.2% | 29 |
| 57 | Nevada (6) | MTW | 62.3 | 6 | 3 | 56 | 68.8% | 71.4% | 77.3% | 54 |
| 58 | Tulane (7) | AAC | 62.0 | 9 | 2 | 62 | 74.2% | 71.2% | 70.6% | 37 |
| 59 | UTEP (4) | CUSA | 61.8 | 7 | 6 | 67 | 62.9% | 53.1% | 67.8% | 84 |
| 60 | Kansas St (5) | BIG 12 | 61.6 | 6 | 2 | 64 | 66.2% | 79.0% | 51.3% | 63 |
| 61 | Marshall (5) | CUSA | 61.5 | 7 | 3 | 56 | 65.5% | 67.4% | 73.4% | 67 |
| 62 | Buffalo (6) | MAC | 61.5 | 10 | 1 | 61 | 66.7% | 50.2% | 79.0% | 68 |
| 63 | Louisville (6) | ACC | 61.5 | 9 | 5 | 68 | 71.4% | 70.1% | 69.1% | 53 |
| 64 | Florida (8) | SEC | 61.4 | 6 | 3 | 57 | 74.2% | 75.0% | 57.0% | 63 |
| 65 | Georgia Tech (7) | ACC | 60.6 | 10 | 2 | 73 | 72.9% | 53.8% | 73.0% | 54 |
| 66 | Iowa (7) | BIG 10 | 60.5 | 11 | 2 | 68 | 72.3% | 30.4% | 75.0% | 99 |
| 67 | Alabama (9) | SEC | 60.5 | 6 | 4 | 58 | 71.2% | 78.6% | 57.6% | 67 |
| 68 | Kent St (7) | MAC | 60.4 | 8 | 1 | 64 | 69.0% | 88.7% | 43.2% | 55 |
| 69 | Middle Tennessee (6) | CUSA | 60.1 | 5 | 7 | 64 | 66.7% | 74.5% | 71.1% | 42 |
| 70 | Rice (7) | CUSA | 60.1 | 8 | 4 | 69 | 71.1% | 31.5% | 73.1% | 92 |
| 71 | Iowa St (6) | BIG 12 | 60.0 | 9 | 6 | 72 | 65.6% | 92.7% | 52.3% | 35 |
| 72 | USC (9) | PAC 12 | 59.0 | 4 | 2 | 44 | 71.9% | 68.3% | 69.5% | 73 |
| 73 | Miami, Fl (8) | ACC | 58.8 | 6 | 4 | 64 | 67.2% | 33.3% | 67.9% | 100 |
| 74 | North Texas (8) | CUSA | 58.6 | 6 | 7 | 71 | 70.0% | 55.1% | 61.8% | 55 |
| 75 | UNLV (7) | MTW | 58.5 | 8 | 6 | 69 | 69.7% | 78.0% | 27.6% | 77 |
| 76 | Ohio (8) | MAC | 58.5 | 9 | 5 | 67 | 68.4% | 48.8% | 59.2% | 69 |
| 77 | Virginia (9) | ACC | 58.3 | 13 | 2 | 71 | 60.7% | 59.5% | 69.3% | 42 |
| 78 | Cincinnati (8) | AAC | 58.1 | 12 | 5 | 77 | 72.4% | 68.7% | 57.9% | 32 |
| 79 | Toledo (9) | MAC | 58.1 | 11 | 6 | 72 | 66.7% | 66.7% | 58.2% | 43 |
| 80 | WKU (9) | CUSA | 57.8 | 12 | 3 | 70 | 70.3% | 51.9% | 53.3% | 76 |
| 81 | Rutgers (8) | BIG 10 | 57.8 | 8 | 1 | 63 | 65.7% | 55.8% | 73.1% | 42 |
| 82 | Duke (10) | ACC | 57.4 | 7 | 1 | 52 | 62.3% | 81.6% | 63.7% | 49 |
| 83 | Kansas (7) | BIG 12 | 57.1 | 6 | 3 | 68 | 62.5% | 53.2% | 46.9% | 74 |
| 84 | Notre Dame (3) | IND | 56.5 | 5 | 2 | 57 | 69.6% | 43.6% | 71.8% | 76 |
| 85 | Southern Miss (10) | CUSA | 56.3 | 15 | 10 | 86 | 66.7% | 60.6% | 55.0% | 44 |
| 86 | Mississippi St (10) | SEC | 56.2 | 5 | 4 | 60 | 71.0% | 76.9% | 56.9% | 30 |
| 87 | South Alabama (6) | SUN | 56.2 | 10 | 3 | 73 | 61.2% | 60.2% | 64.5% | 39 |
| 88 | Colorado (10) | PAC 12 | 55.6 | 10 | 3 | 68 | 62.4% | 69.4% | 38.2% | 83 |
| 89 | BYU (4) | IND | 55.4 | 8 | 1 | 55 | 73.8% | 24.6% | 67.0% | 85 |
| 90 | Arkansas (11) | SEC | 55.4 | 7 | 3 | 54 | 64.3% | 55.0% | 59.8% | 70 |
| 91 | Old Dominion (11) | CUSA | 55.3 | 7 | 2 | 58 | 75.4% | 51.5% | 55.4% | 77 |
| 92 | New Mexico (8) | MTW | 55.2 | 12 | 3 | 77 | 63.1% | 66.2% | 39.3% | 54 |
| 93 | Charlotte (12) | CUSA | 54.5 | 7 | 3 | 67 | 62.0% | 52.4% | 61.0% | 47 |
| 94 | Tulsa (9) | AAC | 54.4 | 10 | 6 | 66 | 72.1% | 27.0% | 60.5% | 91 |
| 95 | LSU (12) | SEC | 54.4 | 9 | 5 | 62 | 66.2% | 68.2% | 41.7% | 60 |
| 96 | Maryland (9) | BIG 10 | 53.8 | 9 | 3 | 62 | 70.7% | 50.2% | 75.2% | 46 |
| 97 | Arkansas St (7) | SUN | 53.7 | 11 | 7 | 81 | 67.6% | 79.9% | 49.8% | 2 |
| 98 | East Carolina (10) | AAC | 53.3 | 11 | 7 | 85 | 66.2% | 40.7% | 59.9% | 46 |
| 99 | Air Force (9) | MTW | 53.2 | 13 | 9 | 95 | 73.4% | 60.3% | 25.0% | 42 |
| 100 | Idaho (8) | SUN | 52.6 | 9 | 4 | 66 | 58.2% | 71.3% | 49.5% | 40 |
| 101 | Baylor (8) | BIG 12 | 52.1 | 8 | 5 | 65 | 77.6% | 47.0% | 65.5% | 40 |
| 102 | Navy (11) | AAC | 51.8 | 11 | 8 | 87 | 60.3% | 31.3% | 71.6% | 36 |
| 103 | Virginia Tech (11) | ACC | 51.8 | 8 | 3 | 60 | 71.2% | 25.6% | 75.3% | 72 |
| 104 | Coastal Carolina (9) | SUN | 51.4 | 8 | 5 | 66 | 75.4% | 54.3% | 58.9% | 26 |
| 105 | Ball St (10) | MAC | 50.8 | 8 | 3 | 54 | 58.6% | 73.3% | 39.1% | 49 |
| 106 | Mississippi (13) | SEC | 50.6 | 5 | 5 | 61 | 69.0% | 33.5% | 64.4% | 73 |
| 107 | Utah St (10) | MTW | 50.5 | 9 | 5 | 65 | 60.0% | 78.1% | 50.6% | 16 |
| 108 | Clemson (12) | ACC | 50.1 | 2 | 3 | 59 | 68.4% | 22.4% | 64.8% | 83 |
| 109 | Louisiana (10) | SUN | 49.7 | 10 | 3 | 65 | 66.7% | 27.1% | 58.1% | 70 |
| 110 | California (11) | PAC 12 | 49.6 | 10 | 5 | 65 | 72.6% | 34.6% | 77.2% | 25 |
| 111 | Temple (12) | AAC | 49.3 | 8 | 5 | 68 | 68.9% | 46.8% | 49.0% | 61 |
| 112 | North Carolina (13) | ACC | 49.0 | 10 | 1 | 58 | 67.3% | 12.7% | 78.8% | 73 |
| 113 | Western Michigan (11) | MAC | 49.0 | 8 | 2 | 55 | 54.5% | 32.6% | 76.3% | 67 |
| 114 | Northern Illinois (12) | MAC | 48.9 | 10 | 3 | 64 | 69.5% | 37.6% | 65.3% | 46 |
| 115 | San Diego St (11) | MTW | 48.3 | 12 | 4 | 63 | 60.7% | 66.4% | 51.1% | 14 |
| 116 | Minnesota (10) | BIG 10 | 47.8 | 9 | 3 | 65 | 60.6% | 47.1% | 63.0% | 36 |
| 117 | Texas St (11) | SUN | 47.6 | 6 | 6 | 61 | 58.7% | 48.5% | 68.1% | 30 |
| 118 | Texas Tech (9) | BIG 12 | 46.8 | 6 | 5 | 63 | 67.1% | 37.8% | 53.5% | 46 |
| 119 | Boise St (12) | MTW | 46.3 | 5 | 6 | 60 | 60.0% | 58.7% | 40.2% | 40 |
| 120 | Louisiana Tech (13) | CUSA | 45.9 | 7 | 4 | 70 | 55.1% | 30.6% | 57.9% | 53 |
| 121 | Texas A&M (14) | SEC | 45.8 | 7 | 4 | 55 | 64.3% | 44.3% | 56.6% | 48 |
| 122 | Utah (12) | PAC 12 | 45.7 | 10 | 5 | 68 | 63.3% | 63.7% | 48.8% | 27 |
| 123 | Pittsburgh (14) | ACC | 43.9 | 6 | 4 | 54 | 57.4% | 37.0% | 42.0% | 81 |
| 124 | Illinois (11) | BIG 10 | 43.7 | 6 | 1 | 46 | 53.6% | 56.5% | 54.2% | 51 |
| 125 | West Virginia (10) | BIG 12 | 42.3 | 10 | 4 | 70 | 61.4% | 34.4% | 38.9% | 58 |
| 126 | Nebraska (12) | BIG 10 | 41.5 | 7 | 2 | 58 | 62.0% | 22.4% | 59.5% | 51 |
| 127 | Michigan (13) | BIG 10 | 41.0 | 4 | 2 | 40 | 64.0% | 62.1% | 36.5% | 54 |
| 128 | Georgia Southern (12) | SUN | 39.3 | 4 | 2 | 54 | 45.1% | 33.6% | 43.7% | 65 |
| 129 | Michigan St (14) | BIG 10 | 39.2 | 3 | 3 | 46 | 60.6% | 46.9% | 55.5% | 40 |
| 130 | UAB (14) | CUSA | 16.2 | 4 | 1 | 75 | 11.2% | 0.0% | 17.9% | 18 |
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