[Husker] NU-VT Stat Comparisons

[Steve Schmadeke]

I was surprised by that as well, but once I clicked on the link, it  
became clear.

The Schedule Strength number reports the NCAA ranking of our strength  
of schedule and they calculate the strength of schedule by aggregating  
the current record of all of the opponents played so far, discarding  
the games played against Nebraska (or the team in question).   
Nebraska's three opponents are a combined 4-1 in games played outside  
of Nebraska, for an .800 winning percentage, tied for 10th in the  
nation.  The NCAA doesn't care that those games include opponents such  
as Cal-Davis.  Virginia Tech's opponents are a combined 5-1, for a  
slightly better .833 percentage.

Click on the link to see the full national list.  It also includes  
data for the future opponents as well.  Nebraska shows pretty strong  
in that category as well since the Big XII has a pretty good non- 
conference record so far.

On Sep 22, 2008, at 7:42 AM, Steve Reichenbach wrote:

> I assume that something is wrong with the Schedule Strength number,
> which lists Nebraska tied for 10th nationally and 1st in the Big 12.
> Perhaps that is for the entire season, but if that is the case it
> is misleading as all statistics are for the games to date.  There
> is no way that is a rating of Nebraska's schedule to date.
>
> It is interesting that NU looks to have an edge on offense, with
> perhaps a slight disadvantage on some defensive statistics.
> Virginia Tech's passing numbers aren't very good, so if NU can
> stop the run and score some points then Tech may be pressed to
> keep up.
>
>> Interesting but probably not important:
>> http://www.huskerpedia.com/games/2008/files/04vatech_nu_stats.html
>
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