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The party continues with a season in which the numbers came together sooooooo much better than in 2007. The correlation between F/+ and win percentage in 2007: 0.826. The correlation in 2008: 0.888. Unlike 2007, teams in 2008 were actually allowed to occasionally be good at offense AND defense.
New 2008 S&P+ Rankings
Official 2008 F/+ Rankings
Expanded 2008 Off. S&P+ Rankings
Expanded 2008 Def. S&P+ Rankings
The F/+ Top 40 for 2008 is below. The entire list can be found at Outsiders. Some quick notes:
- Thanks to a ridiculous defense, TCU makes the Top 6 despite ranking 75th in Off. F/+. Tough to do.
- How good were the offenses in the Big 12 in 2008? Oklahoma's defense ranked 68th in total yardage ... and 21st in opponent-adjusted F/+. Missouri was 100th and 63rd. Texas was 51st and 12th.
- This is the second straight year where USC ranked in the F/+ Top Two and didn't make the title game.
2008 F/+ Top 40
| F/+ Rk | Team | Record | F/+ | Off F/+ |
Rk | Def F/+ |
Rk | Spec. Tms F/+ |
Rk |
| 1 | Florida | 13-1 | +35.4% | 11.5% | 9 | 23.4% | 3 | 0.5% | 2 |
| 2 | USC | 12-1 | +33.8% | 7.8% | 16 | 25.8% | 2 | 0.2% | 25 |
| 3 | Oklahoma | 12-2 | +29.4% | 18.3% | 1 | 11.3% | 21 | -0.2% | 89 |
| 4 | Texas | 12-1 | +26.3% | 11.1% | 11 | 15.0% | 12 | 0.2% | 23 |
| 5 | Penn State | 11-2 | +25.8% | 15.8% | 3 | 9.7% | 25 | 0.3% | 15 |
| 6 | TCU | 11-2 | +23.7% | -5.0% | 75 | 28.5% | 1 | 0.1% | 29 |
| 7 | Alabama | 12-2 | +20.0% | 5.0% | 29 | 15.0% | 13 | 0.0% | 56 |
| 8 | Boise State | 12-1 | +20.0% | 1.4% | 50 | 18.3% | 6 | 0.3% | 8 |
| 9 | Ohio State | 10-3 | +17.7% | 3.7% | 37 | 13.5% | 16 | 0.5% | 3 |
| 10 | Utah | 13-0 | +16.5% | 1.0% | 53 | 15.3% | 11 | 0.3% | 9 |
| 11 | Ole Miss | 9-4 | +16.4% | 5.3% | 26 | 10.9% | 24 | 0.2% | 22 |
| 12 | Iowa | 9-4 | +15.3% | -1.2% | 60 | 16.5% | 7 | 0.1% | 36 |
| 13 | Texas Tech | 11-2 | +13.4% | 11.6% | 8 | 1.9% | 56 | -0.1% | 84 |
| 14 | Missouri | 10-4 | +13.4% | 12.7% | 5 | 0.3% | 63 | 0.4% | 4 |
| 15 | Georgia | 10-3 | +13.2% | 13.9% | 4 | -0.7% | 68 | -0.1% | 71 |
| 16 | Pittsburgh | 9-4 | +12.9% | 1.6% | 48 | 11.0% | 22 | 0.2% | 18 |
| 17 | Oregon | 10-3 | +12.6% | 8.2% | 15 | 4.5% | 39 | 0.0% | 62 |
| 18 | Florida State | 9-4 | +12.6% | 3.2% | 40 | 9.1% | 28 | 0.3% | 6 |
| 19 | Cincinnati | 11-3 | +12.3% | -0.6% | 57 | 12.6% | 20 | 0.3% | 13 |
| 20 | North Carolina | 8-5 | +12.2% | -1.2% | 61 | 13.1% | 17 | 0.3% | 7 |
| F/+ Rk | Team | Record | F/+ | Off F/+ |
Rk | Def F/+ |
Rk | Spec. Tms F/+ |
Rk |
| 21 | Virginia Tech | 10-4 | +11.1% | -3.6% | 68 | 14.9% | 14 | -0.1% | 80 |
| 22 | Boston College | 9-5 | +11.0% | -7.9% | 94 | 19.1% | 5 | -0.2% | 100 |
| 23 | Oklahoma State | 9-4 | +10.7% | 16.2% | 2 | -5.7% | 85 | 0.3% | 12 |
| 24 | West Virginia | 9-4 | +9.9% | 3.9% | 36 | 6.1% | 31 | -0.1% | 74 |
| 25 | South Florida | 8-5 | +9.9% | 4.5% | 32 | 5.3% | 34 | 0.1% | 43 |
| 26 | Rutgers | 9-4 | +9.8% | 7.2% | 20 | 2.8% | 49 | -0.1% | 88 |
| 27 | Clemson | 7-6 | +9.8% | -6.8% | 84 | 16.4% | 8 | 0.1% | 33 |
| 28 | Oregon State | 9-4 | +9.7% | 7.2% | 19 | 2.4% | 52 | 0.1% | 44 |
| 29 | Wake Forest | 8-5 | +9.6% | -11.0% | 106 | 20.5% | 4 | 0.1% | 32 |
| 30 | Connecticut | 8-5 | +9.2% | -6.7% | 83 | 16.1% | 9 | -0.1% | 87 |
| 31 | LSU | 8-5 | +9.2% | 5.3% | 28 | 3.4% | 46 | 0.5% | 1 |
| 32 | Georgia Tech | 9-4 | +8.8% | 4.7% | 31 | 4.3% | 40 | -0.2% | 101 |
| 33 | California | 9-4 | +8.8% | -4.0% | 71 | 12.8% | 18 | -0.1% | 70 |
| 34 | Ball State | 12-2 | +8.1% | 6.5% | 23 | 1.4% | 60 | 0.2% | 28 |
| 35 | Arizona | 8-5 | +7.9% | 5.3% | 27 | 2.3% | 54 | 0.3% | 11 |
| 36 | Tulsa | 12-2 | +6.4% | 11.8% | 7 | -5.3% | 84 | -0.1% | 73 |
| 37 | BYU | 10-3 | +5.5% | 11.3% | 10 | -6.0% | 89 | 0.2% | 17 |
| 38 | South Carolina | 7-6 | +5.3% | -7.5% | 91 | 12.7% | 19 | 0.0% | 51 |
| 39 | Nebraska | 9-4 | +4.6% | 8.7% | 14 | -4.3% | 80 | 0.2% | 19 |
| 40 | Michigan State | 9-4 | +4.2% | -0.5% | 54 | 4.5% | 36 | 0.2% | 24 |