Week 6 Five Factors box scores

This week’s Five Factors box scores are up! Check out all the results here. Week 6’s superior performances in each category are below.

Top 5 success rate margins (vs. FBS)

1. Ohio State (+38% vs. Maryland)
2. UCF (+34% vs. Cincinnati)
3. Georgia (+25% vs. Vanderbilt)
4. Texas Tech (+23% vs. Kansas)
5. Washington (+20% vs. Cal)

If you’re looking for reasons why Ohio State suddenly jumped to No. 1 in S&P+, start here. The Buckeyes have been impossibly dominant over the last month, even considering the competition. They’ve basically done four times what Bama did to Vanderbilt and Ole Miss.

Top 5 yards per play margins (vs. FBS)

1. UCF (+7.0 vs. Cincinnati)
2. Ohio State (+5.6 vs. Maryland)
3. Arizona (+4.0 vs. Colorado)
4. Georgia (+3.6 vs. Vanderbilt)
5. Washington (+2.9 vs. Cal)

Arizona: now a top-50 team.

Top 5 field position margins (vs. FBS)

1. SDSU (+18.8 vs. UNLV)
2. Penn State (+18.7 vs. Northwestern)
3. Washington (+17.4 vs. California)
4. Northern Illinois (+14.9 vs. Kent State)
5. Middle Tennessee (+14.2 vs. FIU)

Penn State has become dominant at the Little Things, and it’s more than made up for the fact that the Nittany Lions are making fewer big plays (and place-kicking has been problematic).

Top 5 points per scoring opportunity margins (vs. FBS)

1. Washington (+5.4 vs. California)
2. Akron (+5.3 vs. Ball State)
3. USC (+4.0 vs. Oregon State)
4. BYU (+3.6 vs. Boise State)
5. Ohio State (+3.3 vs. Maryland)

Washington’s been really, really good over the last month.

Top 5 turnovers luck margins (vs. FBS)

1. Michigan State (+4.8 vs. Michigan)
2. Fresno State (+3.2 vs. San Jose State)
3. Wake Forest (+2.9 vs. Clemson)
4. South Carolina (+2.4 vs. Arkansas)
5. Idaho (+2.4 vs. UL-Lafayette)

Translation: Michigan State had a turnover margin that was +4.8 ahead of where national averages suggest it should have been. As each turnover is worth approximately five points, that means Michigan suffered about 24 points’ worth of bad turnovers luck. In a four-point loss.