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This week’s Five Factors box scores are up! Check out all the results here. Week 14’s superior performances in each category are below.
Top 5 success rate margins (vs. FBS)
- Florida State (+26% vs. ULM)
- Toledo (+18% vs. Akron)
- UCF (+16% vs. Memphis)
- Appalachian State (+14% vs. UL-Lafayette)
- Georgia State (+11% vs. Idaho)
Top 5 yards per play margins (vs. FBS)
- FAU (+3.3 vs. North Texas)
- Florida State (+3.1 vs. ULM)
- Appalachian State (+2.6 vs. UL-Lafayette)
- Georgia (+2.6 vs. Auburn)
- Ohio State (+2.5 vs. Wisconsin)
Top 5 field position margins (vs. FBS)
- Coastal Carolina (+11.8 vs. Georgia Southern)
- Stanford (+9.5 vs. USC)
- Boise State (+8.9 vs. Fresno State)
- UMass (+8.8 vs. FIU)
- Appalachian State (+6.9 vs. UL-Lafayette)
Top 5 points per scoring opportunity margins (vs. FBS)
- FSU (+5.0 vs. ULM)
- Clemson (+4.8 vs. Miami)
- Idaho (+3.4 vs. Georgia State)
- FAU (+2.7 vs. North Texas)
- Appalachian State (+2.3 vs. UL-Lafayette)
Top 5 turnovers luck margins (vs. FBS)
- Stanford (+3.9 vs. USC)
- Akron (+3.0 vs. Toledo)
- ULM (+2.4 vs. Florida State)
- Troy (+2.4 vs. Arkansas State)
- Idaho (+2.3 vs. Georgia State)
Translation: Stanford had a turnover margin that was +3.9 ahead of where national averages suggest it should have been. As each turnover is worth approximately five points, that means USC suffered about 19-20 points’ worth of bad turnovers luck. Still won, though.