It is too early to draw conclusions on any team, but NCAA stats rank is a good UNBIASED indicator of where a team stands in general vs the rest of the other 125 FBS teams. Like Baseball RPI rankings, it swings a lot early based on quality of opponent variance, but settles out as the season progresses into conference play.
This is certainly MUUUUCH MORE ACCURATE than fans debating their wildly divergent "feelings and thoughts" about where a group performed well or did not. It will be updated again tomorrow after Oklahoma and Houston have played.
http://stats.ncaa.org/teams/478038
Week 1: The good for LA Tech-
#1 (tie) in Red Zone Offense (We got in the red zone twice and scored on passing TDs both times).
#22 in Passing Offense
#28 in Fewest Penalties/Game
Week 1: The bad for LA Tech-
#116 in Scoring Defense
#113 in 3rd Down Conversion Percent Defensively
#113 in Rushing Offense
#104 in Team Passing Efficiency Defense
#104 in Scoring Offense
#102 in Passing Yards Allowed
This is certainly MUUUUCH MORE ACCURATE than fans debating their wildly divergent "feelings and thoughts" about where a group performed well or did not. It will be updated again tomorrow after Oklahoma and Houston have played.
http://stats.ncaa.org/teams/478038
Week 1: The good for LA Tech-
#1 (tie) in Red Zone Offense (We got in the red zone twice and scored on passing TDs both times).
#22 in Passing Offense
#28 in Fewest Penalties/Game
Week 1: The bad for LA Tech-
#116 in Scoring Defense
#113 in 3rd Down Conversion Percent Defensively
#113 in Rushing Offense
#104 in Team Passing Efficiency Defense
#104 in Scoring Offense
#102 in Passing Yards Allowed
