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[quote author=Boston Card link=topic=15906.msg175651#msg175651 date=1476482726]
Well, by my admittedly crude metric, Votre Dame's defense is roughly comparable to WSU's,

What's your crude metric?
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Posted here: http://thecardboard.org/board/index.php?...#msg175644

S&P rates Washington State as the 93rd ranked defense, so not very good.

http://www.footballoutsiders.com/stats/ncaadef

Washington is ranked #10;
Votre Dame is ranked #32
We are still somehow ranked #16

So I guess take that with a grain of salt.

On a ypp basis:
Rushing YPP:
UW 3.45
Stanford 3.71
ND 4.01
Wazzu 4.03

Passing YPA:
UW 5.7
Stanford 7.8
ND 8.0
WSU 8.1

Pass efficiency D:
UW 113.3
WSU 137.7
Stanford 141.5
ND 141.8


Basically, ND is marginally better than Washington State in ypp, not taking opponents into account and slightly worse when you go by PER defense.  Given that, unless we heal up or figure things out quickly, hard to see us scoring in the 20's.

BC

[BostonCard]

[quote author=Boston Card link=topic=15906.msg175651#msg175651 date=1476482726]
Well, by my admittedly crude metric, Votre Dame's defense is roughly comparable to WSU's,

What's your crude metric?
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Posted here: http://thecardboard.org/board/index.php?...#msg175644

S&P rates Washington State as the 93rd ranked defense, so not very good.

http://www.footballoutsiders.com/stats/ncaadef

Washington is ranked #10;
Votre Dame is ranked #32
We are still somehow ranked #16

So I guess take that with a grain of salt.

On a ypp basis:
Rushing YPP:
UW 3.45
Stanford 3.71
ND 4.01
Wazzu 4.03

Passing YPA:
UW 5.7
Stanford 7.8
ND 8.0
WSU 8.1

Pass efficiency D:
UW 113.3
WSU 137.7
Stanford 141.5
ND 141.8


Basically, ND is marginally better than Washington State in ypp, not taking opponents into account and slightly worse when you go by PER defense.  Given that, unless we heal up or figure things out quickly, hard to see us scoring in the 20's.

BC