Cue the adage about statistics, but here is a deep analysis using systems, multiple metrics to determine conference strength YTD.
http://www.sbnation.com/2015/9/29/9413705/acc-football-2015-best-conferences
http://www.footballoutsiders.com/stats/ncaa2015
The ACC is ranking #4 for offense but #1 for defense, with Boston College showing up at #1 defense in the nation.
I'm not expecting the ACC to get any love out of this, but maybe our strength of schedule will show up better than we originally thought at the outset of the season. What say you?
http://www.sbnation.com/2015/9/29/9413705/acc-football-2015-best-conferences
- SEC
- ACC
- Big 12
- Pac 12
- Big 10
- Independent
- American
- MAC
- MWC
- Conference USA
- Sun Belt
http://www.footballoutsiders.com/stats/ncaa2015
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).
The ACC is ranking #4 for offense but #1 for defense, with Boston College showing up at #1 defense in the nation.
I'm not expecting the ACC to get any love out of this, but maybe our strength of schedule will show up better than we originally thought at the outset of the season. What say you?
