I wanted to share this with the community in case anyone found it to be useful. I couldn’t really find all of this information in one, easy-to-reference spot, so I created it myself (scraping box scores and transforming the data in python). Great ranking systems like Bill Connelly’s S&P+ ratings and Brian Fremeau’s FEI ratings certainly exist and are much more technically-involved than these efficiency metrics, but in their complexity, they tend to become harder to interpret. Here, I aim to provide insight into the best teams in college football in terms that are relatable and easy to understand like adjusted yards per rush, pass, and play.
I’ve also generated 2018 projections based on the returning production at each school. (Watch out for Wake Forest?)
I’m looking to add detailed team pages and interesting data visualizations over the course of the season. I would appreciate any and all feedback!
*Adjustments are made for strength of opponents and to remove sack yardage from rushing and reallocate to passing (how the NFL accounts for sack yardage)
**I do the same analysis for the NFL and you can toggle between the two using the links in the top-left corner (still working through NFL projections)
http://parrystats.com