Now, I am sure people would question Michigan, Wisconsin and several others being ranked higher, but if we're honest it's probably about right.
Offense #66
Defense #5
ST #67
The good news is that we can probably improve a lot on the O and ST. I'd like to see the numbers of our first halves vs second halves...
Link: https://www.footballoutsiders.com/stats/ncaa
The S& P list looks much more realistic than the major polls which continue to have ND #8 (such as the horrible Coaches Poll where wives are known to vote) based on a pre-season rating. You'll notice, none of our remaining opponents rank above ND in the S & P.
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The S&P+ Ratings are a college football ratings system derived from the play-by-play and drive data of all 800+ of a season's FBS college football games (and 140,000+ plays).
I'll google it
Had not heard of it before
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