Week 5 Five Factors college football box scores

Here are your Five Factors numbers for Week 5. As always, embedding is funky, so here’s the direct Google Doc link.

Week 5 Superlatives

Largest Yards Per Play margin (FBS vs. FBS):

• Southern Miss vs. Rice (+5.1)
• Maryland vs. Purdue (+5.0)
• Ohio State vs. Rutgers (+4.8)
• Auburn vs. UL-Monroe (+4.5)
• Hawaii vs. Nevada (+4.2)

Largest Points Per Opportunity margin (FBS vs. FBS):

• Ohio State vs. Rutgers (+5.9)
• Maryland vs. Purdue (+5.6)
• Louisiana Tech vs. UTEP (+5.3)
• Washington vs. Stanford (+4.1)
• Colorado vs. Oregon State (+3.9)

Largest Field Position margin (FBS vs. FBS):

• Ohio vs. Miami-Ohio (+21.1)
• Old Dominion vs. Charlotte (+18.7)
• Temple vs. SMU (+17.2)
• Air Force vs. Navy (+17.2)
• Florida vs. Vanderbilt (+17.1)

Largest Success Rate margin (FBS vs. FBS):

• Ohio State vs. Rutgers (+37%)
• Auburn vs. UL-Monroe (+30%)
• Alabama vs. Kentucky (+29%)
• Boston College vs. Buffalo (+28%)
• Washington vs. Stanford (+27%)

Ohio State continues to both a) rank No. 1 in S&P+ and b) exceed expectations. Goodness.