Good morning @everyone, We did say we were going to start the continuing of College Football Focus with a new look. So here is the new main logo of College football focus. We wanted to keep with the old and bring a new flare in it. Mike's blessing was important so with that being said, the new logo will be present on this and future posts moving forward. Hopefully you all like it. Also, more things will be coming for College football focus. More updates to come!!

Tate Martell: 2012: commits to Washington 2015: decommits from UW 2015: commits to A&M 2016: says A&M QBs are ass & he can start as frosh 2016: decommits from A&M 2017: enrolls at OSU 2018: tweets abt "swinging and missing" 2019: transfers to Miami, loses QB race What next?

Or maybe just carry the ball into the end zone instead of trying to be cool?

ESPN DEFENSIVE EFFICIENCY 1 Texas 98.5 2 Memphis 96.9 3 Oregon State 92.0 4 California 91.9 5 Utah 91.8 6 Auburn 91.4 7 Syracuse 90.9 8 Washington State 90.8 9 Iowa 89.2 10 Florida State 88.0 11 Michigan 87.3 12 SMU 85.4 13 Rutgers 84.8 14 Georgia 84.6 15 Clemson 84.5 16 Air Force 84.2 17 Arkansas 83.5 18 Ohio State 82.9 19 Sam Houston 82.8 20 Cincinnati 82.4 Team efficiencies are based on the point contributions of each unit to the team's scoring margin, on a per-play basis. The values are adjusted for strength of schedule and down-weighted for "garbage time" (based on win probability). Defensive efficiency on 0-100 scale; based on defense's contribution to scoring margin on per-play basis, adjusted for strength of opposing offenses faced. #CFB2023 #Efficiency #HookEm

CFB Total QBR 1 Tua Tagovailoa/ALA 98.8 2 Ty Storey/ARK 96.6 3 Eric Dungey/SYR 96.1 4 Brett Rypien/BSU 95.5 5 Anthony Brown/BC 95.1 6 Keytaon Thompson/MSST 95.0 7 Brady White/MEM 94.4 8 Steven Montez/COLO 94.3 9 Tyler Wiegers/EMU 93.8 10 McKenzie Milton/UCF 93.2

ESPN TOTAL QBR (SEASON) 1 Connor Weigman/Texas A&M 97.2 2 Sam Hartman/Notre Dame 97.1 3 Dillon Gabriel/Oklahoma 97.1 4 Emory Jones/Cincinnati 96.6 5 Michael Pratt/Tulane 96.5 6 TJ Finley/Texas State 96.2 7 Jaxson Dart/Ole Miss 95.9 8 JJ McCarthy/Michigan 95.4 9 Jalen Milroe/Alabama 94.4 10 Cardell Williams/Tulsa 92.6 #CFB2023 #QBR #GigEm #GoIrish #BoomerSooner

SCORING OFFENSE 1 Penn State 55.5 2 Ohio State 54.5 3 Alabama 53.8 4 Houston 52.3 5 Texas Tech 52.0 6 Appalachian State 51.7 7 Utah State 51.5 8 Toledo 51.0 9 UCF 50.0 10 Memphis 49.5 10 Syracuse 49.5

CFB DL SACK RATE (Football Outsiders) 1 Oklahoma 14.0 2 Ohio State 13.9 3 Wisconsin 13.7 4 Clemson 13.3 5 Charlotte 12.9 6 Virginia 12.0 7 Pittsburgh 11.4 8 Michigan 11.2 9 Florida 11.1 10 Bowling Green 10.8 10 Marshall 10.8

Top 10 ILB/MLB returnees 2018: 1 Devin White/LSU 2 Troy Dye/Oregon 3 Paddy Fisher/Northwestern 4 Tyrel Dodson/Texas A&M 5 Cameron Smith/USC 6 TJ Edwards/Wisconsin 7 Devin Bush/Michigan 8 Logan Wilson/Wyoming 9 De'Jon Harris/Arkansas 10 Azeez Al-Shaair/FAU

Top 10 OLB returnees 2018: 1 David Long Jr/WVirginia 2 Dakota Allen/Texas Tech 3 Chris Peace/Virginia 4 D'Andre Walker/Georgia 5 Joe Dineen/Kansas 6 Kenneth Murray/Oklahoma 7 Joe Giles-Harris/Duke 8 Anfernee Jennings/Alabama 9 Colin Schooler/Arizona 10 Jeffrey Allison/Fresno St

ESPN DEFENSIVE EFFICIENCY (SEASON) 1 Texas 91.7 2 Clemson 90.8 3 Michigan 89.5 4 Penn State 89.2 5 Auburn 89.0 6 Utah 88.6 7 Oklahoma 86.5 8 Syracuse 84.4 9 Sam Houston 84.1 10 Washington State 84.0 Defensive efficiency on 0-100 scale; based on defense's contribution to scoring margin on per-play basis, adjusted for strength of opposing offenses faced. Team efficiencies are based on the point contributions of each unit to the team's scoring margin, on a per-play basis. The values are adjusted for strength of schedule and down-weighted for "garbage time" (based on win probability). The scale goes from 0 to 100; higher numbers are better and the average is roughly 50 for all categories. #CFB2023 #Efficiency #HookEm

What facts is FSU dealing with, @KirkHerbstreit? Their exclusion from the CFP was based wholly on opinion. Keep being the mouthpiece for the SEC.

OFFENSIVE TDs L5 YRS (MINIMUM 300) 1 Oklahoma 384 2 Ohio State 372 3 Alabama 365 4 Clemson 349 5 Memphis 344 5 Oregon 344 7 Western Kentucky 315 8 Boise State 312 8 Texas Tech 312 10 Oklahoma State 311 11 Toledo 309 12 Baylor 308 13 Houston 304

Winningest CFB programs of the Modern Era (1950-2017): 1 Ohio State .767 2 Oklahoma .762 3 Penn State .724 4 Alabama .718 5 Nebraska .714 6 Michigan .698 7 Texas .69647 7 USC .69643 9 Florida State .679 10 Notre Dame .674

TOP G5 PROGRAMS 2014-2018 1 Boise State 52-15 .776 2 App State 48-16 .750 3 Toledo 46-18 .718 4 Houston 45-19 .703 5 San Diego State 46-20 .696 6 Memphis 45-20 .692 7 W Michigan 42-22 .656 7 Marshall 42-22 .656 9 USF 40-22 .645 10 UCF 40-23 .634

ESPN SPECIAL TEAMS EFFICIENCY 1 South Carolina 82.2 2 San Diego State 77.8 3 NC State 73.4 4 Arkansas State 71.7 5 Cincinnati 70.0 6 Texas 69.5 7 Iowa 69.4 8 Notre Dame 69.2 9 Middle Tennessee 69.1 10 Miami (OH) 68.7 1/

WEEK 1 TOTAL QBR 1 JalenHurts/Oklahoma 96.7 2 SkylerThompson/Kansas St 96.6 3 JoeBurrow/LSU 95.6 3 AnthonyGordon/Wazzu 95.6 5 JonWassink/WMU 95.4 6 TuaTagovailoa/Bama 94.9 7 SpencerSanders/Okla St 8 JustinFields/Ohio St 92.8 9 MikeGlass III/EMU 91.4 10 StevenMontez/Colorado 89.0

CFB 2022 TOP 25 1 Ohio State 2 Bama 3 Utah 4 NC State 5 UGA 6 Clemson 7 TAMU 8 ND 9 Baylor 10 Michigan 11 Wake Forest 12 Oklahoma 13 Oregon 14 Michigan State 15 Houston 16 USC 17 Kentucky 18 Iowa 19 BYU 20 Pitt 21 Arkansas 22 Fresno State 23 Kansas State 24 Miami 25 Wisconsin

Top 10 WR returnees 2018: 1 David Sills IV/W Virginia 2 AJ Brown/Ole Miss 3 Marquise Brown/Oklahoma 4 N'Keal Harry/Arizona St 5 Anthony Johnson/Buffalo 6 Emanuel Hall/Missouri 7 Jalen Reagor/TCU 8 Dez Fitzpatrick/Louisville 9 Stanley Morgan Jr/Nebraska 10 Deebo Samuel/S Carolina

CFB Offense Efficiency 1 Alabama 97.4 2 Oklahoma 96.5 3 Appalachian State 90.2 4 West Virginia 89.1 5 Ohio State 88.3 6 Boise State 87.3 7 Georgia 85.3 8 UCF 83.0 9 NC State 81.1 10 Oregon 80.8

ESPN TOTAL QBR WEEK 3 1 Dillon Gabriel/Oklahoma 98.4 2 Michael Penix Jr/Washington 98.2 3 Cameron Ward/Washington State 98.1 4 Connor Weigman/Texas A&M 96.9 5 Brett Gabbert/Miami Ohio 96.5 6 Kyle McCord/Ohio State 95.7 7 Cardell Williams/Tulsa 95.6 8 Tyler Van Dyke/Miami Fla 95.3 9 Jayden Daniels/LSU 95.3 10 Zeon Chriss/Louisiana 94.3 11 Darren Grainger/Georgia State 93.7 12 Preston Stone/SMU 92.5 13 EJ Warner/Temple 91.8 14 Graham Mertz/Florida 91.6 15 Jaxson Dart/Ole Miss 91.5 16 Carter Bradley/South Alabama 91.3 17 TJ Finley/Texas State 90.7 18 Cade Klubnik/Clemson 89.7 19 Bo Nix/Oregon 88.3 20 Riley Leonard/Duke 88.0 To qualify, a player must play a minimum of 20 action plays #CFB2023 #QBR #BoomerSooner

20+YARD PLAYS L5 YEARS 1 Oklahoma 471 2 Oregon 427 3 Oklahoma State 425 4 Alabama 413 5 Clemson 411 6 Memphis 404 7 Louisville 392 8 Ole Miss 389 9 Ohio State 385 10 W Kentucky 381 11 Texas Tech 380 12 Notre Dame 379 13 Baylor 375 14 W Virginia 373 15 Toledo 372

CFB 2018 DIVISION RANKINGS 1 B1G East 2 SEC West 3 ACC Atlantic 4 Big 12 5 Pac 12 North 6 SEC East 7 B1G West 8 ACC Coastal 9 Pac 12 South 10 Independent 11 AAC West 12 CUSA East 13 MWC Mountain 14 MAC West 15 AAC East 16 MWC West 17 SBC East 18 MAC East 19 CUSA West 20 SBC West

ESPN SPECIAL TEAMS EFFICIENCY 1 Memphis 85.0 2 Penn St 77.7 3 Maryland 75.0 4 Georgia Southern 73.0 5 Washington 72.7 6 San Diego St 72.6 7 Virginia 71.3 8 Stanford 70.3 9 Houston 68.5 10 Illinois 68.5

H2H is only relevant when records are the same. Texas has one loss, Georgia has two. Penn State has one loss, Ohio State has two. Do better.

ESPN OVERALL EFFICIENCY (SEASON) 1 Oklahoma 99.4 2 Oregon 96.8 3 Michigan 95.7 4 Notre Dame 95.5 5 Syracuse 95.1 6 Alabama 94.9 7 Cincinnati 93.9 8 Ohio State 92.3 9 Texas State 91.4 10 Pittsburgh 91.4 Team efficiencies are based on the point contributions of each unit to the team's scoring margin, on a per-play basis. The values are adjusted for strength of schedule and down-weighted for "garbage time" (based on win probability). The scale goes from 0 to 100; higher numbers are better and the average is roughly 50 for all categories. Net efficiency on 0-100 scale; incorporates offense, defense and special teams efficiencies into a single schedule-adjusted measure of per-play efficiency. #CFB2023 #Efficiency

CFB 2018 TOP WRs 1 AJ Brown/Ole Miss 2 David Sills V/West Virginia 3 Anthony Johnson/Buffalo 4 Deebo Samuel/South Carolina 5 N'Keal Harry/Arizona State 6 Marquise Brown/Oklahoma 7 Stanley Morgan Jr/Nebraska 8 Tyler Vaughns/USC 9 Kelvin Harmon/NC State 10 Greg Dortch/Wake Forest

CFB STRENGTH OF RECORD (ESPN) 1 Clemson 2 Notre Dame 3 LSU 4 Alabama 5 Kentucky 6 Georgia 7 Michigan 8 Ohio State 9 Washington State 10 Oklahoma 11 Florida 12 West Virginia 13 UCF 14 Texas 15 Utah

ESPN OVERALL EFFICIENCY 1 Oregon State 98.2 2 Florida State 95.4 3 USC 94.0 4 Notre Dame 93.5 5 Texas 93.3 6 Syracuse 92.9 7 Michigan 92.4 8 Cincinnati 92.0 9 Oklahoma 90.8 10 Oregon 88.9 11 Auburn 87.4 12 Ole Miss 86.8 13 Ohio State 86.3 14 Penn State 86.0 15 Washington 85.9 16 Miami FL 85.5 17 Utah 84.2 18 Washington State 83.3 19 Georgia 82.9 20 Kansas State 82.4 Team efficiencies are based on the point contributions of each unit to the team's scoring margin, on a per-play basis. The values are adjusted for strength of schedule and down-weighted for "garbage time" (based on win probability). Net efficiency on 0-100 scale; incorporates offense, defense and special teams efficiencies into a single schedule-adjusted measure of per-play efficiency. #CFB2023 #Efficiency #GoBeavs

CFB WINS SINCE 2000 1 Boise State 219 1 Oklahoma 219 3 Ohio State 207 4 LSU 202 5 Georgia 198 6 Clemson 196 7 Oregon 188 7 Wisconsin 188 9 Virginia Tech 183 10 Alabama 182 10 TCU 182 #GoBroncos #BoomerSooner #CFB

HEISMAN TROPHY 1 QB TuaTagovailoa/Alabama 2 RB JonathanTaylor/Wisconsin 3 WR LaviskaShenault/Colorado 4 QB DwayneHaskins/OhioSt 5 QB KylerMurray/Oklahoma 6 RB DarrellHenderson/Memphis 7 QB IanBook/NotreDame 8 QB JustinHerbert/Oregon 9 QB WillGrier/WVU 10 QB McKenzieMilton/UCF

ESPN TOTAL QBR WEEK 8 1 JJ McCarthy/Michigan 97.7 2 Will Howard/Kansas State 97.6 3 Jayden Daniels/LSU 96.0 4 Carter Bradley/South Alabama 95.7 5 Thomas Castellanos/Boston College 95.4 6 Avery Johnson/Kansas State 91.6 7 Jordan McCloud/James Madison 90.8 8 Ethan Garbers/UCLA 90.8 9 Caleb Williams/USC 89.3 10 Luke Altmyer/Illinois 88.7 11 Brady Cook/Missouri 88.6 12 Kyle McCord/Ohio State 87.2 13 Gavin Wimsatt/Rutgers 87.1 14 Dylan Hopkins/New Mexico 86.6 15 Jaxson Dart/Ole MIss 86.2 16 Bo Nix/Oregon 85.9 17 Jordan Travis/Florida State 82.6 18 Emory Williams/Miami Fla 81.2 19 Donovan Smith/Houston 79.8 20 Bryson Barnes/Utah 79.0 QBR values the quarterback on all play types on a 0-100 scale adjusted for the strength of opposing defenses faced. To qualify, a player must play a minimum of 20 action plays. #CFB2023 #QBR #GoBlue

CFB 2018 WR/TE Unit Ranks: 1 Ole Miss 2 South Carolina 3 West Virginia 4 Oklahoma 5 Toledo 6 USC 7 Ohio State 8 Georgia 9 Arizona State 10 Louisville

CFB % Of Possessions W/Points 1 W Virginia 58.82 2 Oklahoma 57.78 3 Ohio St 55.56 4 UCF 53.85 5 Missouri 51.85 6 Alabama 51.72 7 Penn St 51.67 8 Syracuse 51.61 9 Washington St 50.98 10 Memphis 50 10 Utah St 50 10 South Carolina 50 10 Texas A&M 50 10 Hawai'i 50 10 Texas Tech 50

It's funny to hear a select few people still saying that Will Howard is the weak link to Ohio State's offense. Full disclosure -- when the Buckeyes were looking for a transfer QB, my first choice was Cam Ward. Insane arm talent, could step up in the pocket, could make all of the throws. My second choice was Howard, and in hindsight he should have been my first choice because he is a better fit for a Chip Kelly offense. Quarterback runs are a part of Kelly's mindset, and that's not what Ward is. Howard may not have elite NFL arm talent, but has shown the ability to make some outstanding tight window throws, especially in the CFP. He is also an outstanding leader, and that more than anything is why he has been embraced by Buckeyes fans. He holds himself and his teammates accountable but also tries to lift them up. That's what a real leader does. If folks want to continue to say Howard lacks what it takes to play quarterback at a high level, ignore them. They don't understand what they are looking at. He has three of the top dozen QBR marks this postseason, including the top two (and none below 90). Kansas State's loss was Ohio State's gain, and while it may be hyperbole to say, here goes -- I don't believe the Buckeyes are in this position with someone else playing quarterback. #GoBucks #WillHoward @OhioStateFB @TheSG_Podcast @JBook_37 @ChaseDisPaper1 @BuckeyesNetwork @JamieSumner @whoward_

ESPN TOTAL QBR WEEK 9 1 KJ Jefferson/ARK 95.7 2 Mikey Keene/UCF 94.7 3 Chris Reynolds/CHAR 94.3 4 CJ Stroud/OHST 93.6 5 Jalen Mayden/SDSU 93.5 6 Drake Maye/UNC 93.4 7 Will Howard/KSU 92.1 8 Taylen Green/BOISE 90.8 9 Jordan Travis/FSU 90.4 10 Hendon Hooker/TENN 89.9 #CFB2022

CFB CURRENT ROAD WIN STREAK 1 Oklahoma 17 2 UCF 7 3 Clemson 5 3 Northwestern 5 5 Buffalo 4 5 Duke 4 7 Cincinnati 3 7 Florida 3 7 Iowa 3 7 Marshall 3 7 North Texas 3 7 Penn State 3 7 Purdue 3 7 Texas Tech 3 7 USF 3 7 Western Michigan 3

Ohio State fans can breathe now ... Eddrick Houston's injury isn't serious. He may be limited for a few practices but should be ready for the opener. #CFB2025 #GoBucks #OhioState

CFB 2018 Most Improved Teams, per @philsteele042: 1 Florida 2 Utah State 3 North Carolina 4 Colorado 5 Georgia Southern 6 Old Dominion 7 Nebraska 8 Louisiana-Monroe 9 Miami Ohio 10 Indiana 11 Cal 12 Arkansas 13 UNLV 14 Western Michigan 15 Buffalo

AP FINAL RANKINGS ALL-TIME 1 Oklahoma 1182 2 Alabama 1062 3 Ohio State 1052 4 Michigan 985 5 Notre Dame 975 6 USC 832 7 Texas 789 8 Nebraska 783 9 Penn State 694 10 Tennessee 686 11 LSU 653 12 Georgia 591 13 Auburn 572 14 Florida State 563 15 Miami 530

ESPN OFFENSE EFFICIENCY 1 USC 99.3 2 Kansas 96.5 3 Ohio State 93.7 4 Washington 91.6 5 Georgia 91.0 6 Maryland 90.7 7 Michigan 89.9 8 North Carolina 89.2 9 Duke 87.6 10 Alabama 85.7 1

CFB TOP RETURNEES 2019 LB 1 Isaiah Simmons/Clemson 2 Anfernee Jennings/Alabama 3 Merlin Robertson/Arizona St 4 Troy Dye/Oregon 5 David Woodward/Utah St 6 Micah Parsons/Penn St 7 Shaq Quarterman/Miami Fla. 8 De'Jon Harris/Arkansas 9 Evan Weaver/California 10 Javahn Fergurson/NMSU

BIG TEN QBR* (Overall Rank) 1 JJ McCarthy/Michigan 95.4 (8) 2 Taulia Tagovailoa/Maryland 86.4 (19) 3 Drew Allar/Penn State 86.0 (20) 4 Luke Altmyer/Illinois 79.2 (25) 5 Kyle McCord/Ohio State 78.1 (26) 6 Hudson Card/Purdue 66.4 (43) 7 Noah Kim/Michigan State 60.6 (53) 8 Athan Kaliakmanis/Minnesota 53.1 (67) 9 Tanner Mordecai/Wisconsin 36.0 (94) 10 Cade McNamara/Iowa 35.9 (95) 11 Jeff Sims/Nebraska 34.9 (97) 12 Brendan Sorsby/Indiana 28.0 (105) *Northwestern and Rutgers play today. #CFB2023 #BigTen #QBR

ESPN TOTAL QBR WEEK 2 1 Tyler Huntley/UTAH 98.6 2 Justin Fields/OSU 93.5 3 Kedon Slovic/USC 93.4 4 Justin Herbert/ORE 91.1 5 Joe Burrow/LSU 90.1 6 Shane Buechele/SMU 89.6 7 Jack Coan/WIS 89.0 8 Brian Lewerke/MICHST 88.7 9 Tua Tagovailoa/BAMA 88.5 10 Feleipe Franks/FLA 88.4

What I expect for #OhioState between now and Sunday's national championship celebration: • Ryan Day to get an extension and raise, possibly north of $11M per season. If not before then shortly after. • Jim Knowles to get a raise, though the pull of Oklahoma appears to be real. • Quinshon Judkins to turn pro, Sonny Styles and Davison Igbinosun to return • Carnell Tate to stick around. There was some chatter on boards about him possibly bolting due to his place in the WR pecking order, but he seems to be geared up to take the next step for the Buckeyes. One expectation for beyond Sunday and into spring practice: • Lincoln Kienholz to make for an actual quarterback competition with Julian Sayin. #CFB2025 #GoBucks

PRESEASON FCS TOP 25 1 South Dakota State 2 North Dakota State 3 Montana State 4 Idaho 5 Samford 6 Holy Cross 7 William & Mary 8 SE Missouri 9 New Hampshire 10 Furman 11 North Dakota 12 Montana 13 Mercer 14 Delaware 15 North Carolina Central 16 UC-Davis 17 Incarnate Word 18 Gardner-Webb 19 Sacramento State 20 Weber State 21 SE Louisiana 22 Rhode Island 23 Youngstown State 24 Eastern Kentucky 25 Central Arkansas OTHERS: Chattanooga/Richmond/Jackson State/Yale/Northern Iowa/UT Martin/Southern Illinois/Villanova/Florida A&M/Austin Peay This is how I think the rankings will end up, not how the teams are going into the season. #CFB2023 #FCSFootball @FCSNationRadio1 @SamHerderFCS @FCS_Football @NCAA_FCS @TNTCollegeFoot1 @ConfCommandos @Pypeline_

CFB TOP RETURNEES 2019 CB 1 Bryce Hall/UVA 2 Thomas Graham/Oregon 3 Paulson Adebo/Stanford 4 Lavert Hill/Michigan 5 Josiah Scott/Mich St 6 Kindle Vildor/Ga Southern 7 Stanford Samuels II/Florida St 8 Patrick Surtain II/Alabama 9 Avery Williams/Boise St 10 DJ Williams/Utah State

ESPN STRENGTH OF RECORD 1 Texas 2 Florida State 3 Colorado 4 Duke 5 Oregon 6 North Carolina 7 Utah 8 Auburn 9 Miami 10 Washington Reflects chance that an average Top 25 team would have team's record or better, given the schedule. #CFB2023 #SOR #StrengthOfRecord #HookEm

CFB Rushing Yards Per Carry 1 Memphis 9.12 2 Mississippi State 7.60 3 UCF 7.37 4 Georgia Tech 7.05 4 Purdue 7.05 6 Georgia 6.80 7 Kentucky 6.67 8 UNLV 6.38 9 Houston 6.27 10 Texas A&M 6.20

FEWEST TDs ALLOWED L5 YEARS 1 Alabama 127 2 Wisconsin 135 3 Michigan 139 4 LSU 143 5 Clemson 147 6 Washington 149 7 Appalachian State 150 8 Florida 153 9 Iowa 161 10 Georgia 163

CFB TOP RETURNEES 2019 S 1 Grant Delpit/LSU 2 Greg Eisworth/Iowa State 3 Jevon Holland/Oregon 4 Alohi Gilman/Notre Dame 5 Jaiden Woodbey/Florida State 6 Shyheim Carter/Alabama 7 Caden Sterns/Texas 8 Andre Cisco/Syracuse 9 Richie Grant/UCF 10 Reggie Floyd/Virginia Tech

CFB TOP RETURNEES 2019 QB 1 Trevor Lawrence/Clemson 2 Tua Tagovailoa/Alabama 3 Jake Fromm/Georgia 4 D'Eriq King/Houston 5 Jalen Hurts/Oklahoma 6 Justin Fields/Ohio State 7 Justin Herbert/Oregon 8 Zac Thomas/Appalachian State 9 Sam Ehlinger/Texas 10 KJ Costello/Stanford

ESPN OVERALL EFFICIENCY (SEASON) 1 Oklahoma 95.3 2 Washington 93.6 3 USC 92.9 4 Oregon 92.4 5 Oregon State 90.7 6 Florida State 89.7 7 Syracuse 89.5 8 Ohio State 89.5 9 Notre Dame 89.0 10 Penn State 88.6 Net efficiency on 0-100 scale; incorporates offense, defense and special teams efficiencies into a single schedule-adjusted measure of per-play efficiency. Team efficiencies are based on the point contributions of each unit to the team's scoring margin, on a per-play basis. The values are adjusted for strength of schedule and down-weighted for "garbage time" (based on win probability). The scale goes from 0 to 100; higher numbers are better and the average is roughly 50 for all categories. #CFB2023 #Efficiency #BoomerSooner

ESPN DEFENSE EFFICIENCY 1 Tulsa 93.3 2 Clemson 92.3 3 Georgia 89.4 4 Arkansas 89.1 5 Oklahoma State 88.5 6 Air Force 87.1 7 Marshall 84.8 8 Kentucky 84.5 9 Mississippi State 83.1 10 Baylor 80.7

CFB 2020 TOP DT/IDL 1 Marvin Wilson/Florida St 2 Jay Tufele/USC 3 Tyler Shelvin/LSU 4 Tyler Davis/Clemson 5 Darius Stills/WVU 6 Christian Barmore/Alabama 7 Jaylen Twyman/Pitts 8 Levi Onwuzurike/Washington 9 Mustafa Johnson/Colorado 10 Cameron Thomas/San Diego St #CFB2020

NCAA RETURNING OL CAREER STARTS (@philsteele042) 1 Florida State 206 2 Louisville 150 3 Oklahoma 147 4 Michigan 145 5 Texas Tech 142 6 Houston 140 7 Missouri 138 8 Boston College 137 8 North Carolina 137 10 Kansas 133 #CFB2023 #OLine @FSUFootball

CFB Total QBR Week 5 1 Zac Thomas/APPST99.3 2 Kyler Murray/OKLA 99.2 3 Justin Herbert/ORE 97.4 4 Ryan Willis/VATECH 96.3 5 Marcus McMaryion/FRESST 95.2 6 AJ Erdely/UAB 95.1 7 Jake Browning/WASH 95.0 7 Sam Hartman/WF 95.0 9 Taylor Cornelius/OKST 94.7 10 McKenzie Milton/UCF 94.3

ESPN SPECIAL TEAMS EFFICIENCY 1 South Carolina 80.0 2 NC State 78.5 3 San Diego State 77.7 4 Arkansas State 76.9 5 Wyoming 74.3 6 Rutgers 74.0 7 West Virginia 73.6 8 Oklahoma State 71.5 9 Notre Dame 70.9 10 FIU 70.3

CFB 2018 DB Unit Ranks: 1 Washington 2 Florida 3 LSU 4 Michigan 5 Florida State 6 Clemson 7 Michigan State 8 Miami 9 Mississippi State 10 Ohio State

CFB TOP RETURNEES 2019 WR 1 Jerry Jeudy/Alabama 2 Laviska Shenault Jr/Colorado 3 Rondale Moore/Purdue 4 CeeDee Lamb/Oklahoma 5 Justyn Ross/Clemson 6 Tylan Wallace/Oklahoma State 7 JD Spielman/Nebraska 8 Tee Higgins/Clemson 9 Jalen Reagor/TCU 10 Collin Johnson/Texas

You know as well as anyone that it has always skewed toward deserving, and saying otherwise is disingenuous. And what constitutes "better"? It's such a subjective term, which is why "deserving" has typically held the day. Less subjectivity, which is what the process should be.

Don't be surprised if Ohio State shows some interest in a Boston College offensive tackle, should he enter the transfer portal. Ozzy Trapilo has two years of eligibility left, and was just followed yesterday by OSU offensive line coach Justin Frye. Trapilo was one of the better OTs in the ACC last season, finishing as one of just four players with a pass-blocking grade above 80, according to Pro Football Focus. He is also a solid run blocker, and ranked third overall by PFF among ACC tackles. He didn't allow a sack in 764 snaps for Boston College in 2023, and only 11 pressures in 363 opportunities, for a pass blocking efficiency grade of 98.5 from PFF. Listed at 6-8, 313 pounds, Trapilo has played both left and right tackle for the Eagles. This is one that bears watching at depth along the offensive line is one thing Ohio State still needs. Ryan Day, of course, has ties to Boston College from his time as an assistant coach in Chestnut Hill. With Jeff Hafley leaving for the NFL, the 30-day transfer window for Boston College players is now open. #CFB2024 #GoBucks @OhioStateFB @TheSG_Podcast @BuckeyesNetwork

Top 10 DT returnees 2018: 1 Ed Oliver/Houston 2 Christian Wilkins/Clemson 3 Ricky Walker/Va Tech 4 Jeffery Simmons/Mississippi St 5 Youhanna Ghaifon/Wyoming 6 Kingsley Keke/Texas A&M 7 Derrick Brown/Auburn 8 Ryan Bee/Marshall 9 Greg Gaines/Washington 10 Jerry Tillery/Notre Dame

He was nowhere near an elite passer, for sure, and OSU's system and talent did help him. That said, folks saying he was a "bad" passer weren't paying attention. Not elite, but also not bad. Probably average or slightly above average.

CFB SCORING DEFENSE 1 Mississippi State 12.7 2 Fresno State 13.5 3 Cincinnati 13.7 4 Kentucky 13.8 5 UAB 14.2 6 Clemson 14.5 7 Alabama 15.1 8 Appalachian State 15.4 8 Michigan 15.4 10 Utah 16.0 10 Washington 16.0

Following Ohio State's loss to Oregon, a lot has been made about Ryan Day and his inability to win "big games" (in quotes because people have their own definition of big games, though truthfully it's pretty evident which ones are) and, going forward, taking the Buckeyes to their stated goal of a national title. Day is in his sixth full season in Columbus, which seems like a long time but really is not. The coaching business has changed, with fans expecting results sooner, and with transfers now a big part of the equation it is possible to boost a program to the top much quicker than in prior years. OSU fans who have skepticism seem to think that if Day was going to win a title, it would have happened already. But that's not the way it works. Some of the all-time greatest coaches took a long time to nab their first crown. Only Barry Switzer at Oklahoma and Pete Carroll at USC were able to break through in rapid fashion. Switzer won in his second year as a head coach at any college level, and Carroll took three years (though had a lot of NFL experience). Most of the others took quite awhile to grab their first national title, as the following numbers show. Kirby Smart (6th year as HC/6th at Georgia) Urban Meyer (6th year as HC/2nd at Florida) Woody Hayes(9th year as HC/4th at Ohio State) Jimmy Johnson (9th year as HC/4th at Miami) Dabo Swinney (9th year as HC/9th at Clemson) Darrell Royal (10th year as HC/7th at Texas) Steve Spurrier (10th year as HC/7th at Florida) Ara Parseghian (11th year as HC/3rd at Notre Dame) Nick Saban (14th year as HC/3rd at Alabama) Jim Harbaugh (16th year as HC/9th at Michigan) Jim Tressel (17th year as HC/2nd at Ohio State) Bear Bryant (17th year as HC/4th at Alabama) Tom Osborne (22nd year as HC/22nd at Nebraska) Bobby Bowden (28th year as HC/18th at Florida State) It's a good thing for a lot of these coaches that they weren't coming up today, because many probably wouldn't have had the chance to stick around long enough to win a natty. To say someone can't win a title just because they haven't is silly. They can't until they do. Most of the coaches on this list were probably derided by their fanbase as being unable to win the big one, to bring home the brass ring. Until they did. It is possible that Ryan Day isn't the guy to bring a title to Ohio State. But here's the thing -- that's impossible to say after one loss (by a single point) on the road to an excellent team, in an expanded CFP, with all of the Buckeyes' goals still attainable. If Ohio State loses another on the way then maybe that kind of talk can heat up. One current coach who has followed kind of the same trajectory and was bashed as someone who couldn't get it done is Steve Sarkisian at Texas. While he hasn't made that ultimate breakthrough, the Longhorns are once again relevant and seem ready for the long haul. Sark is in his 11th season and has a club that is more than just a small threat to win it all. Yet it wasn't that long ago that he was laughed at by outside fanbases, that Texas was going to continue in the malaise it had been in since Mack Brown left. Ohio State has not been in any kind of malaise under Day -- hell, the Buckeyes played for the national title in 2020 (yeah, it was a wacky year with Covid). You learn the most about a team following adversity, and the Buckeyes have a full week off before they get ready for another game. We'll see whether there is championship mettle with this bunch, from Day on down to the players. I am confident there will still be calls for his head -- with no definitive upgrade presented -- and that's fine. Fans can fan however they want to. But it should be noted that expectations don't always jibe with reality. #CFB2024 #GoBucks #NotOvernight @AlwaysTalkBall @JakeCrain_ @philsteele042 @JoshPateCFB @ThreeTechPod @FansOfCFB @MPFB_Prediction @mcillecesports @ConfCommandos @TNTCollegeFoot1 @fbintheboot @tscheine @ChipMinnich @bmoorecfb @ChappyCFB @_PatSullivan_ @TheSG_Podcast @JBook_37 @MrOH1O @ChaseDisPaper1 @OhioStateFB @ryandaytime

ESPN TOTAL QBR SEASON 1 Michael Penix Jr/Washington 94.1 2 Connor Weigman/Texas A&M 92.8 3 Dillon Gabriel/Oklahoma 92.5 4 Caleb Williams/USC 92.2 5 Jalon Daniels/Kansas 90.4 6 Tyler Van Dyke/Miami Fla 89.5 7 Sam Hartman/Notre Dame 89.4 8 Jordan Travis/Florida State 87.8 9 Riley Leonard/Duke 87.5 10 Kyle McCord/Ohio State 87.4 11 Dante Moore/UCLA 86.1 12 JJ McCarthy/Michigan 85.7 13 Jaxson Dart/Ole Miss 85.6 14 DJ Uiagalelei/Oregon State 84.2 15 Garrett Shrader/Syracuse 83.9 16 Drake Maye/North Carolina 83.8 17 Cameron Ward/Washington State 83.7 18 Bo Nix/Oregon 83.1 19 Jayden Daniels/LSU 83.0 20 Chandler Rogers/North Texas 81.3 To qualify, a player must play a minimum of 20 action plays per team game #CFB2023 #QBR #HuskyFootball #USvsUS

CFB 2018 CB All America Candidates Deandre Baker/Georgia Trajan Bandy/Miami Fla Essang Bassey/Wake Forest Sam Beal/Western Michigan Julian Blackmon/Utah Kris Boyd/Texas Monquavion Brinson/Georgia Southern Blace Brown/Troy Jaron Bryant/Fresno State TJ Carter/Memphis

Wonder if she is this passionate going after Trump for cheating on every one of his wives, as well as making routine false statements. I think I know the answer.

Top 10 S returnees 2018: 1 Andrew Wingard/Wyoming 2 Lukas Denis/Boston College 3 Mike Edwards/Kentucky 4 Mark McLaurin/Mississippi St 5 Tariq Thompson/San Diego St 6 Chauncey Gardner/Florida 7 Grant Delpit/LSU 8 Jaquan Johnson/Miami 9 Umo Amadi/Oregon 10 Ryan Pulley/Arkansas

For the fans who have followed their team to away games, which road atmosphere has impressed you the most? My two are below ⤵️

It really would have been nice had @FSUFootball, after all of its posturing about being left out of the College Football Playoff, treated the Orange Bowl seriously. I guess there's nothing to proving a point, maybe showing the committee it was wrong in leaving you out? Instead all of your top guys bail on the game. #CFB2023 #BowlSeason

ESPN DEFENSE EFFICIENCY 1 Iowa 98.1 2 Georgia 98.0 3 Alabama 94.8 4 Clemson 92.3 5 Texas A&M 91.4 6 Troy 90.6 7 South Carolina 90.1 8 Rutgers 89.6 9 Wisconsin 86.8 10 Oregon 83.3 1/

HEISMAN TROPHY, FINAL 1 Kyler Murray/Oklahoma 2 Dwayne Haskins/Ohio St 3 Tua Tagovailoa/Alabama 4 Darrell Henderson/Memphis 5 Will Grier/W Virginia 6 Travis Etienne/Clemson 7 Gardner Minshew/Washington St 8 Jake Fromm/Georgia 9 Jonathan Taylor/Wisconsin 10 Rondale Moore/Purdue

BIG 12 FOOTBALL LAST FIVE YEARS Oklahoma 56-10 (.848) Oklahoma St 45-19 (.703) Iowa St 39-25 (.609) Texas 37-25 (.597) TCU 34-27 (.557) Kansas St 33-28 (.541) W Virginia 32-28 (.533) Baylor 33-29 (.532) Texas Tech 26-34 (.433) Kansas 9-48 (.158) #CFB2022

FBS BEST NOVEMBER RECORD L5 YEARS 1 Oklahoma 19-0 2 Clemson 19-1 3 Georgia 19-2 4 Ohio State 18-2 5 Alabama 17-3 6 Appalachian State 15-3 7 Boise State 16-4 8 Memphis 15-5 9 USC 14-5 10 Notre Dame 15-6 #CFB2020 #LateSeasonWinners

ACC TOTAL QBR THROUGH WEEK 1 (OVERALL) 1 Jordan Travis/Florida State 94.7 (9) 2 Grant Wells/Virginia Tech 88.0 (18) 3 Drake Maye/North Carolina 87.0 (20) 4 Riley Leonard/Duke 85.4 (23) 5 Haynes King/Georgia Tech 75.8 (33) 6 Phil Jurkovec/Pittsburgh 73.9 (36) 7 Brennan Armstrong/NC State 71.5 (39) 8 Garrett Shrader/Syracuse 70.1 (42) 9 Jack Plummer/Louisville 64.8 (50) 10 Tyler Van Dyke/Miami 55.9 (67) 11 Thomas Castellanos/Boston College 44.5 (83) 12 Mitch Griffis/Wake Forest 41.6 (92) 13 Cade Klubnik/Clemson 27.9 (111) 14 Tony Muskett/Virginia 10.9 (125) To qualify, a player must play a minimum of 20 action plays per team game #CFB2023 #ACC #QBR

CFB 2018 LB Unit Ranks: 1 Alabama 2 Miami 3 Michigan 4 Texas 5 USC 6 Wisconsin 7 Duke 8 Clemson 9 LSU 10 TCU

Folks are going to be happy with an upcoming OSU player decision in the very near future ... #CFB2023 #GoBucks

It would be easier to say you haven't seen Howard play.

The optimism I had for Ohio State making a run in the CFP has been greatly diminished. Seth McLaughlin has been the Buckeyes best lineman this season, and was a good bet to be an All-America center. He is currently undergoing an MRI for what is believed to be an Achilles' injury. This would be a real blow for a unit that was already patchwork. A team is only as good as the guys up front, and Ohio State will now be severely tested in that area. #CFB2024 #GoBucks

CFB SPECIAL TEAMS EFFICIENCY (ESPN) 1 Navy 98.3 2 Michigan State 94.4 3 Nevada 93.4 4 Houston 93.0 5 Memphis 91.8 6 Penn State 88.1 7 Appalachian State 87.4 8 C Michigan 87.0 9 Marshall 86.5 10 Florida 86.4 0-100 scale, based on contribution to scoring margin on per play basis

DEFENSIVE TDs SCORED L5 YEARS 1 Ohio State 23 2 Alabama 22 2 Arkansas State 22 4 Utah State 19 5 Boise State 18 5 Florida 18 5 Houston 18 5 Louisiana Tech 18 9 Utah 17 10 Clemson 16 10 Memphis 16 10 TCU 16 10 Temple 16

CFB 2018 TOP C 1 Ross Pierschbacher/Alabama 2 Justin Falcinelli/Clemson 3 Ryan Anderson/Wake Forest 4 Tyler Biadasz/Wisconsin 5 Lamont Gaillard/Georgia 6 Toa Lobendahn/USC 7 Kirk Barron/Purdue 8 Alec Eberle/Florida State 9 Levi Brown/Marshall 10 Elgton Jenkins/Mississippi State

HEISMAN TROPHY 1 Tua Tagovailoa/Alabama 2 Kyler Murray/Oklahoma 3 Travis Etienne/Clemson 4 Dwayne Haskins/Ohio State 5 Jonathan Taylor/Wisconsin 6 Ed Oliver/Houston 7 Shea Patterson/Michigan 8 Benny Snell/Kentucky 9 Darrell Henderson/Memphis 10 Laviska Shenault/Colorado

Top 10 QB returnees 2018: 1 Trace McSorley/Penn St 2 Will Grier/W Virginia 3 McKenzie Milton/UCF 4 Khalil Tate/Arizona 5 Jake Browning/Washington 6 Jake Fromm/Georgia 7 Ryan Finley/NC St 8 Drew Lock/Missouri 9 Nick Fitzgerald/Mississippi St 10 Justice Hansen/Arkansas St

Winningest CFB programs by decade: 2000-2009 1 Boise State .868 2 Texas .853 3 Oklahoma .821 4 Ohio State .803 5 USC .772 6 Florida .769 7 TCU .766 8 LSU .762 9 Georgia .760 10 Virginia Tech .756

CFB 2018 TOP S 1 Lukas Denis/Boston College 2 Jaquan Johnson/Miami Fla 3 Mark McLaurin/Mississippi State 4 Andrew Wingard/Wyoming 5 Mike Edwards/Kentucky 6 Taylor Rapp/Washington 7 Grant Delpit/LSU 8 Cameron Glenn/Wake Forest 9 Evan Worthington/Colorado 10 JR Reed/Georgia

CFB YARDS PER PLAY ALLOWED LAST 10 YEARS 2023 Iowa 3.87 2022 Iowa 4.14 2021 Georgia 4.10 2020 Iowa 4.28 2019 Georgia 4.08 2018 Clemson 4.02 2017 Clemson 4.09 2016 Alabama 4.12 2015 Wisconsin 4.30 2014 Clemson 4.03 Stats from @bcfremeau, Yards Per Play defense on non-garbage regulation drives in FBS vs FBS games. #CFB2024 #Defense #HawkeyesFB @HawkeyeFootball @JakeCrain_ @LateKickJosh @philsteele042 @ConfCommandos @mcillecesports @MPFB_Prediction @ChipMinnich @tonythomasCFB @fbintheboot @TNTCollegeFoot1 @bmoorecfb @ChappyCFB @_PatSullivan_ @JeffreyTheGreek @BGilmer18 @Mach10Sports @donnymac98

A quick nugget on the OSU basketball coaching search (though if the Buckeyes keep playing the way they have lately maybe the search won't be needed): One name that has come up is FAU coach Dusty May, and he is the guy LeBron James is pushing for. Word is that if OSU does end up hiring May, LeBron's youngest son, Bryce, is almost assured of attending Ohio State. Additionally, James would help out the basketball program with a large monetary donation, in the millions. #CFB2024 #OSUHoops

CFB 2018 PASSING YPA 1 Nevada 15.0 2 Oklahoma 14.5 3 New Mexico 14.4 4 Colorado 13.5 5 Charlotte 13.4 6 Houston 12.8 7 West Virginia 12.6 8 Arkansas State 12.4 9 Toledo 12.2 9 Arkansas 12.2

CFB 2018 Top JUCO Transfers OFFENSE QB Terry Wilson/Kentucky RB Greg Bell/Nebraska RB Scott Phillips/Ole Miss WR Kirk Merritt/Arkansas State WR Antonio Gibson/Memphis WR Stephen Guidry/Mississippi State TE Dominick Wood-Anderson/Tennessee

The best offense in college football the last 5 seasons belongs to Oklahoma. The Sooners have finished top 6 in scoring offense every year s/2014, including first in 2015 at 48.4. OU has averaged 44.6 PPG, the only team to average more than 42 PPG in that span @OU_Football

Top 10 TE returnees 2018: 1 Noah Fant/Iowa 2 Albert Okwuegbunam/Missouri 3 Caleb Wilson/UCLA 4 Matt Bushman/Brigham Young 5 CJ Conrad/Kentucky 6 Jacob Breeland/Oregon 7 Farood Green/Mississippi State 8 Harrison Bryant/FAU 9 Tommy Sweeney/Boston College 10 Kaden Smith/Stanford

Top 10 CB returnees 2018: 1 Greedy Williams/LSU 2 Julian Love/Notre Dame 3 Mark Gilbert/Duke 4 Lorenzo Burns/Arizona 5 Deandre Baker/Georgia 6 Byron Murphy/Washington 7 Lavert Hill/Michigan 8 Essang Bassey/Wake Forest 9 Stanford Samuels III/Florida State 10 Blace Brown/Troy

CFB OFFENSE EFFICIENCY (ESPN) 1 Alabama 98.0 2 Oklahoma 95.2 3 Ohio State 94.2 4 Boise State 88.3 5 West Virginia 88.2 6 Georgia 87.3 7 Appalachian State 87.1 8 Penn State 84.6 9 Memphis 81.9 10 Buffalo 81.4

CFB % Of Possessions w/Points 1 West Virginia 71.43 2 Missouri 61.54 3 Mississippi State 61.11 4 Oklahoma 59.46 5 UCF 56.00 6 Utah State 55.56 7 Oklahoma State 54.55 8 Georgia 54.29 9 Texas A&M 53.85 10 Syracuse 53.33

ESPN SPECIAL TEAMS EFFICIENCY 1 Memphis 85.1 2 Penn State 75.7 3 Virginia 73.7 4 Maryland 73.1 5 Georgia Southern 69.9 6 San Diego State 69.3 7 Washington 69.3 8 Houston 68.6 9 Iowa 67.9 10 Syracuse 67.4

RUSHING TDs L5 YEARS 1 Navy 238 2 Army 200 3 Air Force 189 4 Georgia Tech 187 4 Georgia Southern 187 6 Oklahoma 177 7 Clemson 173 7 Oregon 173 9 Alabama 170 9 Ohio State 170

MY FINAL 2018 RANKINGS 1 Clemson 2 Bama 3 Ohio St 4 Oklahoma 5 Notre Dame 6 LSU 7 Florida 8 Texas 9 Wash St 10 Georgia 11 Kentucky 12 Fresno St 13 Texas A&M 14 UCF 15 Michigan 16 Washington 17 Penn St 18 Cuse 19 Army 20 Utah St 21 WVU 22 App St 23 Boise St 24 Nwestern 25 Iowa

Top CFB coaches 2018: 1 Nick Saban/Alabama 2 Dabo Swinney/Clemson 3 Urban Meyer/Ohio State 4 David Shaw/Stanford 5 Chris Peterson/Washington 6 Gary Patterson/TCU 7 Jimbo Fisher/Texas A&M 8 James Franklin/Penn State 9 Mark Richt/Miami 10 Kirby Smart/Georgia