Rivalry Week college football Five Factors box scores

This week’s Five Factors box scores are up! Check out all the results here. Week 13’s superior performances in each category are below.

Top 5 success rate margins (vs. FBS)

1. Toledo (+41% vs. CMU)
2. Georgia (+38% vs. Georgia Tech)
3. Cincinnati (+36% vs. ECU)
4. Vanderbilt (+30% vs. Tennessee)
5. Kentucky (+29% vs. Louisville)

It probably goes without saying that when an option team has a disadvantage of nearly 40 percentage points, it’s probably gonna get blown out.

Top 5 yards per play margins (vs. FBS)

1. Temple (+7.3 vs. UConn!!!)
2. Alabama (+4.7 vs. Auburn)
3. MTSU (+4.5 vs. UAB)
4. Washington (+4.2 vs. Wazzu)
5. Wyoming (+4.0 vs. New Mexico)

Man, UConn made an art out of getting gashed on defense this year.

Top 5 field position margins (vs. FBS)

1. Toledo (+21.8 vs. CMU)
2. WMU (+17.6 vs. NIU)
3. Florida (+16.3 vs. Florida State)
4. Georgia Southern (+15.7 vs. Georgia State)
5. Temple (+15.7 vs. UConn)

Florida tilted the field, wrecked FSU in terms of efficiency, and benefited from turnovers luck. That’s how you turn a rivalry game into a rout.

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

1. Oregon (+5.3 vs. Oregon State)
2. Missouri (+5.2 vs. Arkansas)
3. Penn State (+4.8 vs. Maryland)
4. UNLV (+4.5 vs. Nevada)
5. Arkansas State (+4.3 vs. Texas State)

Oregon and Oregon State created the same number of scoring opportunities on offense (six each). And Oregon won by 40. Hard to do.

Top 5 turnovers luck margins (vs. FBS)

1. Southern Miss (+4.1 vs. UTEP)
2. Florida (+3.0 vs. Florida State)
3. Houston (+2.8 vs. Memphis)
4. Cal (+2.7 vs. Colorado)
5. CMU (+2.6 vs. Toledo)

Translation: Houston had a turnover margin that was an incredible +2.8 ahead of where national averages suggest it should have been. As each turnover is worth approximately five points, that means the Cougars enjoyed about a 14-point boost thanks to turnovers luck. In a three-touchdown loss. In case you’re wondering why Memphis rose by quite a bit in S&P+...