Where rankings are shown, the rankings are the final season average computer rankings at the Massey comparison page.
Against,W-L,MOV
Top 25, 2-7, -13
26-50, 7-6, +1.5
50-75, 7-2, +9
the rest, 28-0, +26
Against, W-L, MOV
BCS, 6-8, -.1
non-BCS, 38-7, +16
Excluding the 2005 season and rerunning just for the four (I'm hopeful) 10 win seasons in a row.
Against,W-L,MOV
Top 25, 2-4, -12
26-50, 7-5, +2
50-75, 5-0, +19
the rest, 24-0, +26
Against, W-L, MOV
BCS, 6-5, +4.4
non-BCS, 32-4, +17
A couple points I make from this:
1. David Locke used to call us "Barometer U" meaning you could evaluate any team we play based on our performance against them. We always beat the bad teams and always lost to the great teams, without much variance. This is probably more true than ever looking at these W-L records by ranking category. I give Bronco some credit on this. He has had a lot of consistency.
2. I know a lot of us have a lot of pride and fulfillment in the team by pointing to the three potentially four 10 win seasons in a row. I think this data provides some meaning to this. Those 10 win seasons are made by beating up the worst teams in the nation. During that stretch of 10 win seasons, our against BCS record is 6-5, implying we'd be middle of the road in a BCS conference. We're 2-4 against top 25, implying we're not on average over the four years a top 25 team (maybe the bottom of the top 25). And we're 7-5 with MOV of +2 against teams 26-50, implying on average we're right in the middle of that category.
Compare that to the talent level Bronco recruited and the potential for the program. Has Bronco done a good job? Maybe. I wouldn't say he's done a bad job. Maybe average based on expectations.
Against,W-L,MOV
Top 25, 2-7, -13
26-50, 7-6, +1.5
50-75, 7-2, +9
the rest, 28-0, +26
Against, W-L, MOV
BCS, 6-8, -.1
non-BCS, 38-7, +16
Excluding the 2005 season and rerunning just for the four (I'm hopeful) 10 win seasons in a row.
Against,W-L,MOV
Top 25, 2-4, -12
26-50, 7-5, +2
50-75, 5-0, +19
the rest, 24-0, +26
Against, W-L, MOV
BCS, 6-5, +4.4
non-BCS, 32-4, +17
A couple points I make from this:
1. David Locke used to call us "Barometer U" meaning you could evaluate any team we play based on our performance against them. We always beat the bad teams and always lost to the great teams, without much variance. This is probably more true than ever looking at these W-L records by ranking category. I give Bronco some credit on this. He has had a lot of consistency.
2. I know a lot of us have a lot of pride and fulfillment in the team by pointing to the three potentially four 10 win seasons in a row. I think this data provides some meaning to this. Those 10 win seasons are made by beating up the worst teams in the nation. During that stretch of 10 win seasons, our against BCS record is 6-5, implying we'd be middle of the road in a BCS conference. We're 2-4 against top 25, implying we're not on average over the four years a top 25 team (maybe the bottom of the top 25). And we're 7-5 with MOV of +2 against teams 26-50, implying on average we're right in the middle of that category.
Compare that to the talent level Bronco recruited and the potential for the program. Has Bronco done a good job? Maybe. I wouldn't say he's done a bad job. Maybe average based on expectations.
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