College Football Analysis

Western Michigan vs. USC Notes: Western Michigan had 12 wins against FBS schools in 2016 with a combined overall record of 64-84 or .426%.   Former Western Michigan quarterback, Tim Lester, new head coach taking over for P.J Fleck (New Head Coach at Minnesota).     Since 2006, the Broncos …

  Wyoming vs Iowa Notes: Wyoming finished the 2016 season with an 8-6 overall record. The Cowboys defeated 7 FBS teams with a combined overall record of 51-38 or .573% (Northern Illinois, Colorado State, Air Force, Nevada, Boise State, Utah State and San Diego State).       The Cowboys …

South Carolina vs. North Carolina State Notes: Since 2006, South Carolina is 14-5 against FBS teams from the Carolinas and has won those games by an average margin of victory of 16 points per game. All five losses have come to the Clemson Tigers in that span.     South …

CAL vs. North Carolina Notes: CAL finished with a 5-7 overall record in 2016 and lost those games to opponents with a combined overall record of 60-31 or .659% (San Diego St., Arizona St., Oregon St. , USC, Washington, Washington St. and Stanford). The Bears lost four of five games …

Louisville vs. Purdue Notes: Louisville won nine games in 2016 and outscored those opponents (Charlotte, Syracuse, Florida State, Marshall, Duke, N.C State, Virginia, Boston College and Wake Forest) by a combined margin of 460-161 or 33.2 points per game.   Those opponents had a combined overall record of 48-64 overall …

Temple vs. Notre Dame   Notes: Temple lost four games in 2016 to Army, Penn State, Memphis and Wake Forest (all bowl teams) and lost those games by a total of 37 points or 9.25 points per game.   Those opponents had a combined record of 34-19 or .641%. Three …

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Michigan vs. Florida   Notes: Florida was 9-4 in 2016, however, the Gators lost four games to Tennessee, Arkansas, Florida and Alabama all on the road or on neutral field sites. Florida was outscored by a margin of 154-67 in those games or 21.7 points per game.   Those four …

West Virginia vs. Virginia Tech   Notes: West Virginia lost three games in 2016 to Oklahoma State, Oklahoma and Miami. Those teams were a combined 30-9 overall in 2016 with a winning percentage of .769%. The Mountaineers were outscored by a 124-62 margin or by an average margin of defeat …

Colorado State vs. Colorado   Notes: Since 2011, Colorado is 4-2 against the Rams and have won those games by an average margin of victory of 17 points per game. Colorado beat the Colorado State 44-7 in 2016.   Colorado’s four losses to Michigan, USC, Washington and Oklahoma State were …