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Stats that most correlate to winning (statistical analysis)

Posted on 12/4/14 at 12:11 pm
Posted by trooploop
Member since Feb 2013
831 posts
Posted on 12/4/14 at 12:11 pm
I was doing a little statistical work and wanted to find out how success in various statistical categories relates to winning in Power 5 conferences. Over the last three years this is what I found using the top 10 Power 5 finishers in each of the following categories:

2014 (combined winning percentage of Power 5 teams in top 10 in NCAA in each of these categories)

Third down conversions - 85.0 winning percentage
Passing Efficiency - 83.3
Points - 83.3
TO Margin - 78.3
Time of Possession - 73.6
Rushing Offense - 72.1
Points allowed - 72.0
Defensive Passing Efficiency - 68.8
Total Offense - 68.1
Total Defense - 65.0
Fewest Penalties - 63.7
Most Penalties - 54.2
Passing Yardage - 49.6


2013
Passing Efficiency - 84.9
Points - 82.9
Points allowed - 82.3
TO Margin - 82.3
Third down conversions - 78.8
Defensive Passing Efficiency - 77.1
Total Offense - 76.1
Rushing Offense - 76.1
Total Defense - 74.2
Fewest Penalties - 62.3
Passing Yardage- 58.8
Most Penalties - 75.0
Time of Possession - 56.7


2012
Points allowed - 80.0
TO Margin - 79.6
Total Defense - 79.6
Points - 77.7
3rd down conversions - 75.0
Defensive Passing Efficiency - 74.6
Passing Efficiency - 73.9
Rushing Offense - 72.1
Total Offense - 71.4
Passing Yardage - 67.1
Time of Possession - 65.2
Most Penalties - 63.7
Fewest Penalties - 52.2

Overall Rank (order of importance)
1. Points scored (3,2,4) - 9
2t. Turnover Margin (4,4,2) - 10
2t. Passing Efficiency (2,1,7) - 10
4t. Points allowed (7,3,1) 11
4t. Third Down Conversions (1,5,5) - 11
6. Defensive Passing Efficiency (8,6,6) - 20
7. Rushing Offense (6, 8, 8) - 22
8. Total Defense (10,9,3) - 22
9. Total Offense (8,7,9) - 24
10. Time of Possession (5,13,11) - 29
11. Passing Yardage (13,11,10) - 34
12t. Fewest Penalties (13,10,13) - 36
12t. Most Penalties (12,12,12) - 36






This post was edited on 12/4/14 at 1:05 pm
Posted by CptBengal
BR Baby
Member since Dec 2007
71661 posts
Posted on 12/4/14 at 12:12 pm to
quote:

4. Passing Efficiency (2,1,7) - 10



so under 50% completion is efficient, right?
Posted by NotRight37
Nashville, TN
Member since Jul 2014
5843 posts
Posted on 12/4/14 at 12:14 pm to
That was a great deal of effort on your part.
Posted by kdbroom
Member since Feb 2012
160 posts
Posted on 12/4/14 at 12:16 pm to
quote:

Overall Rank (order of importance)
1. Points scored (3,2,4) - 9
2. Points allowed (7,3,1) 10


Not surprising.
Posted by LSU GrandDad
houston, texas
Member since Jun 2009
21564 posts
Posted on 12/4/14 at 12:17 pm to
so passing yardage is 11th out of 13. you have just made many enemies on here trooploop. the posters that want baylors offense (or whoever is hot) will not believe you. all they want is lots and lots of passing yardage and quick scores.
Posted by Salviati
Member since Apr 2006
5690 posts
Posted on 12/4/14 at 12:20 pm to
Just Remember, Kids

Safety First

Correlation =/= Causation
Posted by Sasquatch Smash
Member since Nov 2007
24179 posts
Posted on 12/4/14 at 12:25 pm to
quote:

2. Points allowed (7,3,1) 10
3. Turnover Margin (4,4,2) - 10
4. Passing Efficiency (2,1,7) - 10
quote:

12. Fewest Penalties (13,10,13) - 36
13. Most Penalties (12,12,12) - 36


Why didn't you call these ties rather than arbitrarily ranking one higher than the other?

Also, points allowed equals 11 not 10.
This post was edited on 12/4/14 at 12:28 pm
Posted by GumboPot
Member since Mar 2009
119500 posts
Posted on 12/4/14 at 12:31 pm to
quote:

1. Points scored (3,2,4) - 9
2. Points allowed (7,3,1) 10


That's pretty much the object of the game.

After the scoreboard the next most important stat is:

quote:

TO Margin - 78.3


...because you get more chances to increase 1.

And...

quote:

4. Passing Efficiency (2,1,7) - 10


This is an area the LSU need major work to increase this:

quote:

5. Third Down Conversions (1,5,5) - 1


Which will translate into increases in no. 1.
Posted by Football_Freak
Member since May 2012
2410 posts
Posted on 12/4/14 at 1:16 pm to
finally, someone who subscribes to reason. Thank you for this research, good man!
Posted by TFS4E
Washington DC
Member since Nov 2008
13422 posts
Posted on 12/4/14 at 1:36 pm to
Did you calculate a multiple linear regression? If so, what were your r-square value and and ANOVA stats?
Posted by TigerBlood17
Member since Jan 2014
1460 posts
Posted on 12/4/14 at 2:04 pm to
quote:

1. Points scored (3,2,4) - 9
So you are saying that if you score more points than the other team than you will win...ok, got it.
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