College Football by the Numbers: Quick Note: heaviest team in college football

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Tuesday, July 31, 2012

Quick Note: heaviest team in college football

In 2011, the average player on the Air Force roster was 26 lbs lighter than the average Spartan. I was tempted to make jokes about Maryland dropping 6.8 lbs between 2009 and 2011, falling to 33rd in 2011 from being #1 just a couple years earlier. (Kansas likewise dropped 6.2 lbs since 2008.) Louisiana-Monroe has dropped 18 lbs in the last five years, falling from 5th nationally to 118th. Miami has been the heaviest team over the last five years on average. Temple is the only team in the top 20 that is not in a BCS conference., and Texas Tech is the only team in the bottom 20 that is in a BCS conference.

Average Weight by Team
Team	2011		2010		2009		2008		2007		Average
Michigan St.	240.6	1	234.3	11	231.7	24	230.3	44	230.4	43	233.5	9
Penn St.	237.0	2	234.8	7	230.4	37	232.7	22	234.8	12	233.9	4
UCLA	236.6	3	236.1	4	231.9	23	227.8	73	232.9	24	233.1	12
Arkansas	236.6	4	234.8	8	235.6	5	230.8	38	230.3	46	233.6	5
Florida St.	236.6	5	230.4	42	224.3	91	227.3	75	229.3	58	229.6	46
Temple	236.5	6	239.2	1	234.8	11	226.7	82	226.2	87	232.7	16
Notre Dame	235.7	7	234.3	10	231.4	27	235.8	5	230.3	45	233.5	8
LSU	235.0	8	228.3	60	228.0	61	234.4	13	233.6	17	231.9	25
Boston College	234.7	9	232.2	20	230.5	35	228.9	60	231.8	31	231.6	28
Wisconsin	234.6	10	237.5	2	234.9	10	229.2	54	227.9	77	232.8	15
Nebraska	234.5	11	230.8	37	231.4	25	229.2	55	234.8	11	232.1	21
Alabama	234.5	12	232.9	17	235.5	6	232.6	23	229.3	59	233.0	14
Auburn	234.4	13	232.7	18	225.3	82	225.4	90	229.6	55	229.5	47
Kentucky	234.2	14	231.8	27	230.0	41	228.9	59	225.1	97	230.0	41
Clemson	234.2	15	234.3	13	237.0	3	231.4	30	233.0	22	234.0	3
Ohio St.	234.2	16	232.0	24	229.0	47	231.5	28	229.6	52	231.3	32
Miami (Fla.)	234.0	17	237.2	3	237.6	2	237.1	2	233.5	19	235.9	1
Mississippi	233.8	18	232.0	23	228.9	49	228.9	58	230.1	50	230.8	38
Mississippi St.	233.4	19	235.1	6	233.4	16	232.9	19	233.0	23	233.6	6
South Fla.	232.9	20	227.3	73	223.4	99	229.7	48	227.7	82	228.2	68
Buffalo	232.8	21	218.6	115	232.8	19	231.2	34	229.3	57	228.9	56
BYU	232.5	22	229.8	45	231.4	26	235.7	6	228.4	68	231.6	29
Missouri	232.4	23	230.3	43	234.5	13	229.2	53	230.5	42	231.4	31
UCF	232.3	24	231.3	34	230.4	36	230.1	46	228.2	71	230.5	39
North Carolina	232.2	25	231.8	26							232.0	23
Northern Ill.	232.2	26	227.9	65	224.0	94	224.7	99	225.6	90	226.9	82
California	231.8	27	231.3	33	236.2	4	236.9	3	230.2	49	233.3	11
Rutgers	231.8	28	231.6	31	231.2	30	226.9	80	229.1	60	230.1	40
Tennessee	231.7	29	225.2	89	226.6	74	233.0	18	231.7	32	229.6	45
Rice	231.7	30	221.4	110	219.6	111	223.8	106	225.6	91	224.4	104
Virginia Tech	231.5	31	228.2	61	230.8	33	235.4	7	241.7	1	233.5	7
Oregon St.	231.4	32	233.6	14	228.8	52	234.5	12	237.1	3	233.1	13
Maryland	231.1	33	234.3	12	237.9	1	239.5	1	236.4	4	235.8	2
Wake Forest	230.9	34	229.6	47	226.6	73	229.1	56	228.3	69	228.9	57
Texas	230.9	35	228.0	64	230.0	39	227.9	72	228.7	65	229.1	53
Nevada	230.7	36	228.0	62	226.8	72	229.2	52	228.0	73	228.5	62
Virginia	230.5	37	226.8	79	227.3	68	231.5	29	229.7	51	229.2	51
Syracuse	230.5	38	227.5	69	228.5	55	227.9	71	230.7	41	229.0	55
Illinois	230.3	39	231.8	28	233.4	17	236.5	4	234.5	14	233.3	10
Georgia	230.1	40	233.4	15	231.0	32	230.4	43	235.9	6	232.2	20
Oklahoma	230.1	41	230.1	44	228.9	50	228.4	65	227.9	78	229.1	54
TCU	230.0	42	230.7	38	228.3	57	222.5	109	224.2	103	227.2	77
Kansas St.	229.8	43	229.0	54	223.7	97	224.7	100	224.3	102	226.3	87
Minnesota	229.8	44	235.8	5	231.3	29	227.0	79	231.6	33	231.1	34
Texas A&M	229.8	45	232.2	21	231.1	31	231.7	26	235.2	8	232.0	22
Utah	229.7	46	226.5	81	228.6	54	228.4	66	228.5	66	228.3	65
Oregon	229.7	47	227.7	66	224.3	92	230.1	45	232.1	29	228.8	58
Idaho	229.6	48	231.7	30	221.9	103	225.0	95	228.0	72	227.2	76
Central Mich.	229.5	49	229.5	48	222.8	101	217.3	118	222.1	111	224.2	105
Purdue	229.5	49	231.1	36	230.7	34	233.6	16	229.0	61	230.8	37
Washington	229.4	51	229.3	50	229.7	44	234.3	14	234.8	10	231.5	30
Connecticut	229.2	52	230.6	39	232.8	20	231.3	32	230.4	44	230.9	35
East Caro.	229.2	53	224.4	94	230.0	40	230.6	40	232.4	28	229.3	50
San Jose St.	229.2	54	226.8	80	229.9	43	226.8	81	234.4	15	229.4	48
North Carolina St.	229.0	55	232.6	19	228.4	56	231.3	33	233.0	21	230.9	36
South Carolina	228.9	56	228.0	63	226.9	70	232.5	24	232.9	25	229.8	43
Iowa	228.8	57	232.1	22	232.7	21	232.1	25	234.1	16	232.0	24
Duke	228.7	58	231.4	32	225.4	81	225.4	89	230.8	39	228.3	66
Baylor	228.7	59	228.6	56	227.2	69	225.3	91	225.3	94	227.0	79
Indiana	228.6	60	233.0	16	234.6	12	234.0	15	230.8	40	232.2	19
Oklahoma St.	228.5	61	226.9	78	234.5	14	230.4	42	228.9	63	229.8	42
UTEP	228.5	62	224.2	96	225.1	84	225.1	94	231.6	34	226.9	81
Cincinnati	228.5	63	225.1	91	228.0	60	228.5	64	225.4	93	227.1	78
Arizona	228.3	64	230.6	41	231.3	28	230.5	41	227.7	81	229.7	44
USC	228.0	65	226.2	83	229.0	48	230.8	37	227.7	80	228.3	64
Southern Miss.	227.9	66	224.8	92			224.3	104	224.5	101	225.4	100
Tulane	227.6	67	227.4	71	226.8	71	230.9	36	230.9	37	228.7	59
Akron	227.6	68	223.0	102	225.8	79	226.4	84	225.2	95	225.6	97
Pittsburgh	227.6	69	229.6	46	233.6	15	234.5	11	235.8	7	232.2	18
Michigan	227.5	70	224.4	95			231.0	35	234.7	13	229.4	49
Boise St.	227.5	71	222.7	105	224.1	93	225.3	92	227.8	79	225.5	98
Kansas	227.4	72	228.4	59	228.3	58	231.6	27	228.0	75	228.7	60
Northwestern	227.3	73	226.1	84	228.7	53	228.8	61	226.8	85	227.6	74
Marshall	227.3	74	225.5	88	224.5	87	227.3	74	224.1	104	225.7	95
Florida	227.3	75	234.5	9	235.2	7	233.4	17	228.0	74	231.7	27
North Texas	227.2	76	229.3	51	227.5	67	224.9	96	223.3	108	226.4	86
Miami (Ohio)	227.2	77	230.6	40	229.3	45	226.2	85	228.3	70	228.3	67
Arizona St.	227.0	78	227.5	68	235.0	9	235.2	8	238.0	2	232.5	17
Iowa St.	226.8	79	225.8	86	226.1	76	228.6	62	235.0	9	228.4	63
Stanford	226.7	80	229.3	49	233.3	18	232.9	20	233.2	20	231.1	33
Wyoming	226.7	81	221.4	109	223.8	95	229.5	50	229.0	62	226.1	91
Louisiana Tech	226.6	82	228.7	55	229.3	46	228.3	69	232.9	26	229.2	52
SMU	226.5	83	221.8	108	216.0	116	220.3	113	221.9	112	221.3	114
Colorado St.	226.1	84	227.1	74	224.4	89	226.1	86	226.1	88	226.0	92
Washington St.	226.0	85	221.9	107	229.9	42	223.3	107	225.9	89	225.4	99
Colorado	225.9	86	229.2	52			228.3	68	228.0	75	227.8	70
Ohio	225.7	87	227.1	75	228.3	59	227.2	76	230.9	38	227.8	71
Toledo	225.7	88	226.2	82	224.7	85	225.9	87			225.6	96
Western Ky.	225.6	89	227.0	77	227.7	65	224.6	101			226.2	89
Kent St.	225.4	90	223.2	101	220.1	110	218.8	115	223.7	107	222.3	113
Vanderbilt	225.3	91	227.4	72	226.0	77	225.2	93	230.2	48	226.8	83
Hawaii	225.2	92	228.6	57	232.5	22	227.2	77	224.6	100	227.6	73
Fla. Atlantic	225.1	93	222.2	106	221.7	105	224.8	98	221.4	113	223.0	110
Memphis	224.5	94	231.2	35	235.0	8	234.5	10	233.6	18	231.8	26
Bowling Green	224.5	95	224.5	93	224.6	86	223.1	108	228.9	64	225.1	101
Louisville	224.3	96	229.2	53	227.5	66	229.9	47	226.7	86	227.5	75
Fresno St.	224.1	97	227.6	67	228.0	62	228.9	57	229.6	54	227.7	72
West Virginia	224.0	98	227.4	70	223.5	98	230.7	39	224.8	99	226.1	90
Western Mich.	223.7	99	231.8	25	228.8	51	227.1	78	231.4	35	228.6	61
Georgia Tech	223.4	100	223.7	97	225.8	78	228.6	63	229.6	53	226.2	88
UNLV	223.4	101	225.8	85	224.4	90	228.3	67	227.6	83	225.9	93
New Mexico St.	223.1	102	223.4	99	225.3	83	222.3	110	231.2	36	225.1	102
Tulsa	222.9	103	221.0	113	223.3	100	223.9	105	221.3	114	222.5	112
La.-Lafayette	222.6	104	231.7	29	230.3	38	224.8	97	225.1	96	226.9	80
Arkansas St.	222.6	105	228.6	58	227.7	64	231.4	31	229.3	56	227.9	69
Middle Tenn. St.	222.6	106	221.0	112	222.6	102	224.5	102	230.2	47	224.2	107
Florida Int'l	222.1	107	225.6	87	225.5	80	221.2	111	223.9	106	223.7	108
Houston	221.6	108			221.8	104	224.5	103	222.6	110	222.6	111
Troy	220.9	109	221.2	111	223.7	96	225.5	88	223.9	105	223.0	109
Navy	220.2	110	217.1	117	218.5	113	218.0	117	217.1	116	218.2	120
Utah St.	219.5	111	223.3	100	220.5	108	229.3	51	228.4	67	224.2	106
Eastern Mich.	218.7	112	222.8	104	221.2	106					220.9	116
Ball St.	218.7	113	217.9	116	216.3	115	219.3	114	223.2	109	219.1	118
San Diego St.	218.5	114	225.2	90	220.2	109	232.8	21	232.5	27	225.8	94
New Mexico	218.4	115	227.1	76	227.9	63	227.9	70	232.1	30	226.7	85
UAB	218.3	116	220.7	114	224.5	88	221.0	112	221.2	115	221.1	115
Texas Tech	218.3	117	222.9	103	226.1	75	229.6	49	227.5	84	224.9	103
La.-Monroe	217.8	118	223.6	98	221.1	107	234.9	9	236.2	5	226.7	84
Air Force	217.4	119	212.4	119	218.3	114	218.3	116	225.5	92	218.4	119
Army	214.1	120	215.6	118	218.5	112	226.4	83	225.0	98	219.9	117

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AnonymousAugust 04, 2012
Can you show the average weight by position group?
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BPR	A system for ranking teams based only one wins and losses and strength of schedule. See BPR for an explanation.
EPA (Expected Points Added)	Expected points are the points a team can "expect" to score based on the distance to the end zone and down and distance needed for a first down, with an adjustment for the amount of time remaining in some situations. Expected points for every situation is estimated using seven years of historical data. The expected points considers both the average points the offense scores in each scenario and the average number of points the other team scores on their ensuing possession. The Expected Points Added is the change in expected points before and after a play.
EP3 (Effective Points Per Possession)	Effective Points Per Possession is based on the same logic as the EPA, except it focuses on the expected points added at the beginning and end of an offensive drive. In other words, the EP3 for a single drive is equal to the sum of the expected points added for every offensive play in a drive (EP3 does not include punts and field goal attempts). We can also think of the EP3 as points scored+expected points from a field goal+the value of field position change on the opponent's next possession.
Adjusted for Competition	We attempt to adjust some statistics to compensate for differences in strength of schedule. While the exact approach varies some from stat to stat the basic concept is the same. We use an algorithm to estimate scores for all teams on both sides of the ball (e.g., offense and defense) that best predict real results. For example, we give every team an offensive and defensive yards per carry score. Subtracting the offensive score from the defensive score for two opposing teams will estimate the yards per carry if the two teams were to play. Generally, the defensive scores average to zero while offensive scores average to the national average, e.g., yards per carry, so we call the offensive score "adjusted for competition" and roughly reflects what the team would do against average competition
Impact	see Adjusted for Competition. Impact scores are generally used to evaluate defenses. The value roughly reflects how much better or worse a team can expect to do against this opponent than against the average opponent.

Total <=0	Percent of plays that are negative or no gain
Total >=10	Percent of plays that gain 10 or more yards
Total >=25	Percent of plays that gain 25 or more yards
10 to 0	Ratio of Total >=10 to Total <=0

Total <=0	Percent of plays that are negative or no gain
Total >=10	Percent of plays that gain 10 or more yards
Total >=25	Percent of plays that gain 25 or more yards
10 to 0	Ratio of Total >=10 to Total <=0

Total <=0	Percent of plays that are negative or no gain
Total >=10	Percent of plays that gain 10 or more yards
Total >=25	Percent of plays that gain 25 or more yards
10 to 0	Ratio of Total >=10 to Total <=0

3rdLComp%	Completion % on 3rd and long (7+ yards)
SitComp%	Standardized completion % for down and distance. Completion % by down and distance are weighted by the national average of pass plays by down and distance.
Pass <=0	Percent of pass plays that are negative or no gain
Pass >=10	Percent of pass plays that gain 10 or more yards
Pass >=25	Percent of pass plays that gain 25 or more yards
10 to 0	Ratio of Pass >=10 to Pass<=0
%Sacks	Ratio of sacks to pass plays
Bad INTs	Interceptions on 1st or 2nd down early before the last minute of the half

YPC1stD	Yards per carry on 1st down
CPCs	Conversions (1st down/TD) per carry in short yardage situations - the team 3 or fewer yards for a 1st down or touchdown
%Team Run	Player's carries as a percent of team's carries
%Team RunS	Player's carries as a percent of team's carries in short yardage situations
Run <=0	Percent of running plays that are negative or no gain
Run >=10	Percent of running plays that gain 10 or more yards
Run >=25	Percent of running plays that gain 25 or more yards
10 to 0	Ratio of Run >=10 to Run <=0

Conv/T 3rd	Conversions per target on 3rd Downs
Conv/T PZ	Touchdowns per target inside the 10 yardline
%Team PZ	Percent of team's targets inside the 10 yardline
Rec <=0	Percent of targets that go for negative yards or no net gain
Rec >=10	Percent of targets that go for 10+ yards
Rec >=25	Percent of targets that go for 25+ yards
10 to 0	Ratio of Rec>=0 to Rec<=0

NEPA	"Net Expected Points Added": (expected points after play - expected points before play)-(opponent's expected points after play - opponent's expected points before play). Uses the expected points for the current possession and the opponent's next possession based on down, distance and spot
NEPA/PP	Average NEPA per play
Max/Min	Single game high and low

Points/Poss	Offensive points per possession
EP3	Effective Points per Possession
EP3+	Effective Points per Possession impact
Plays/Poss	Plays per possession
Yards/Poss	Yards per possession
Start Spot	Average starting field position
Time of Poss	Average time of possession (in seconds)
TD/Poss	Touchdowns per possession
TO/Poss	Turnovers per possession
FGA/Poss	Attempted field goals per possession
%RZ	Red zone trips per possession
Points/RZ	Average points per red zone trip. Field Goals are included using expected points, not actual points.
TD/RZ	Touchdowns per red zone trip
FGA/RZ	Field goal attempt per red zone trip
Downs/RZ	Turnover on downs per red zone trip

EPA/Pass	Expected Points Added per pass attempt
EPA/Rush	Expected Points Added per rush attempt
EPA/Pass+	Expected Points Added per pass attempt impact
EPA/Rush+	Expected Points Added per rush attempt impact
Yards/Pass	Yards per pass
Yards/Rush	Yards per rush
Yards/Pass+	Yards per pass impact
Yards/Rush+	Yards per rush impact
Exp/Pass	Explosive plays (25+ yards) per pass
Exp/Rush	Explosive plays (25+ yards) per rush
Exp/Pass+	Explosive plays (25+ yards) per pass impact
Exp/Rush+	Explosive plays (25+ yards) per rush impact
Comp%	Completion percentage
Comp%+	Completion percentage impact
Yards/Comp	Yards per completion
Sack/Pass	Sacks per pass
Sack/Pass+	Sacks per pass impact
Sack/Pass*	Sacks per pass on passing downs
INT/Pass	Interceptions per pass
Neg/Rush	Negative plays (<=0) per rush
Neg/Run+	Negative plays (<=0) per rush impact
Run Short	% Runs in short yardage situations
Convert%	3rd/4th down conversions
Conv%*	3rd/4th down conversions versus average by distance
Conv%+	3rd/4th down conversions versus average by distance impact

Plays	Number of offensive plays
%Pass	Percent pass plays
EPA/Pass	Expected Points Added per pass attempt
EPA/Rush	Expected Points Added per rush attempt
EPA/Pass+	Expected Points Added per pass attempt adjusted for competition
EPA/Rush+	Expected Points Added per rush attempt adjusted for competition
Yards/Pass	Yards per pass
Yards/Rush	Yards per rush
Yards/Pass+	Yards per pass adjusted for competition
Yards/Rush+	Yards per rush adjusted for competition
Exp Pass	Explosive plays (25+ yards) per pass
Exp Run	Explosive plays (25+ yards) per rush
Exp Pass+	Explosive plays (25+ yards) per pass adjusted for competition
Exp Run+	Explosive plays (25+ yards) per rush adjusted for competition
Comp%	Completion percentage
Comp%+	Completion percentage adjusted for competition
Sack/Pass	Sacks per pass
Sack/Pass+	Sacks per pass adjusted for competition
Sack/Pass*	Sacks per pass on passing downs
Int/Pass	Interceptions per pass
Neg/Run	Negative plays (<=0) per rush
Neg/Run+	Negative plays (<=0) per rush adjusted for competition
Run Short	% Runs in short yardage situations
Convert%	3rd/4th down conversions
Conv%*	3rd/4th down conversions versus average by distance
Conv%+	3rd/4th down conversions versus average by distance adjusted for competition

BPR	A method for ranking teams based only on their wins and losses and the strength of schedule. See BPR for an explanation.
Power	A composite measure that is the best predictor of future game outcomes
Hybrid	A composite measure that quantifies human polls
SOS-BE	Strength of Schedule - Bowl Eligible. A measure of strength of schedule that focuses on the difficulty of becoming bowl eligible
SOS-Und	Strength of Schedule - Undefeated. A measure of strength of schedule that focuses on the difficulty of going undefeated
Offense	An outdated composite measure of offensive effeciency
Defense	An outdated composite measure of defensive efficiency
Pass Eff	An outdated composite measure of passing efficiency
Run Eff	An outdated composite measure of rushing efficiency
Pass D Eff	An outdated composite measure of passing defense efficiency
Run D Eff	An outdated composite measure of run defense efficiency
cRPI*	A formulaic approach to ranking teams similar to the RPI used in college basketball

BPR	A method for ranking conferences based only on their wins and losses and the strength of schedule. See BPR for an explanation.
Power	A composite measure that is the best predictor of future game outcomes, averaged across all teams in the conference
P-Top	The power ranking of the top teams in the conference
P-Mid	The power ranking of the middling teams in the conference
P-Bot	The power ranking of the worst teams in the conference
SOS-Und	Strength of Schedule - Undefeated. Focuses on the difficulty of going undefeated, averaged across teams in the conference
SOS-BE	Strength of Schedule - Bowl Eligible. Focuses on the difficulty of becoming bowl eligible, averaged across teams in the conference
Hybrid	A composite measure that quantifies human polls, applied to converences

EPA	Expected points added (see glossary)
oEPA	Defense-independent performance

EP3	Effective points per possession (see glossary)
oEP3	Defense-independent offensive performance
dEP3	Offense-independent defensive performance
EPA	Expected points added (see glossary)
oEPA	Defense-independent offensive performance
dEPA	Offense-independent defensive performance
EPAp	Expected points added per play