re: LSU defense has played three horrible games against experienced veteran QBs

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What in the world is SP+

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“What is SP+? In a single sentence, it's a tempo- and opponent-adjusted measure of college football efficiency. I created the system at Football Outsiders in 2008, and as my experience with both college football and its stats has grown, I have made quite a few tweaks to the system.

SP+ is indeed intended to be predictive and forward-facing. It is not a résumé ranking that gives credit for big wins or particularly brave scheduling -- no good predictive system is. It is simply a measure of the most sustainable and predictable aspects of football. If you're lucky or unimpressive in a win, your rating will probably fall. If you're strong and unlucky in a loss, it will probably rise.”

Weekly article written by Bill Connelly on ESPN. Right now LSU is 10 and Bama is 3. Bama jumped quite a few spots this week because of all the bad performances from the other top 10 teams.

LSU also keeps rising. Number 2 offense. After the Ole Miss and Mizzou games, LSU’s D fell all the way down to the 70s. They’ve risen back up the last couple weeks to 47.