| 2017 | Massachusetts4–8 | 0 (Top-10 classes in the 5 recruiting cycles before that season: median of 4 FBS Independents teams in 2017. Range 0–1.) | 0 (0 regular-season wins over top-10 teams · none added in the postseason) | 0 (0 regular-season wins over top-25 teams · none added in the postseason) | — (315.5 yds/g · 631 yds · 2 games vs power opponents (regular season) · not ranked: fewer than 3) | — (18.0 pts/g · 36 points · 2 games vs power opponents (regular season) · not ranked: fewer than 3) | — (356.0 yds/g allowed · 712 yds · 2 games vs power opponents (regular season) · not ranked: fewer than 3) | — (25.5 pts/g allowed · 51 points · 2 games vs power opponents (regular season) · not ranked: fewer than 3) | — (-7.5 /g · -15 in these games · 2 games vs power opponents (regular season) · not ranked: fewer than 3) | — (+3 in these games · 4 taken, 1 given · +1.50 /g · 2 games vs power opponents (regular season) · not ranked: fewer than 3) | — (29:32 /g · 0h 59m in these games · 2 games vs power opponents (regular season) · not ranked: fewer than 3) | #16 (of 130 teams · 100% of last season's passing plays returning (CFBD usage, a share of plays, not yards)) | #42 (of 130 teams · 67% of last season's receiving plays returning (CFBD usage, a share of plays, not yards)) | #34 (of 130 teams · 83% of last season's rushing plays returning (CFBD usage, a share of plays, not yards)) | #94 (of 130 teams · 367.6 composite · a squad total, so not comparable across seasons) | — (-0.022 predicted points added per play · not opponent-adjusted · 2 games vs power opponents (regular season) · not ranked: fewer than 3) | — (0.061 allowed per play · lower is better, so #1 is the best defense · 2 games vs power opponents (regular season) · not ranked: fewer than 3) | — (34% of plays successful · 2 games vs power opponents (regular season) · not ranked: fewer than 3) | — (43% of opponent plays successful · lower is better · 2 games vs power opponents (regular season) · not ranked: fewer than 3) | — (1.205 average PPA on successful plays · 2 games vs power opponents (regular season) · not ranked: fewer than 3) | — (1.090 allowed on opponent successes · lower is better · 2 games vs power opponents (regular season) · not ranked: fewer than 3) |
| Median | of 4 FBS Independents teams in 2017 | 0 (Top-10 classes in the 5 recruiting cycles before that season: median of 4 FBS Independents teams in 2017. Range 0–1.) | 0 (Regular-season wins over teams ranked 1–10 in the final Playoff Committee Rankings: median of 4 FBS Independents teams in 2017. Regular season only, with each opponent's rank frozen at the final regular-season poll — so a team you pin is measured against games it could also have played.) | 0 (Regular-season wins over teams ranked 1–25 in the final Playoff Committee Rankings: median of 4 FBS Independents teams in 2017. Regular season only, with each opponent's rank frozen at the final regular-season poll — so a team you pin is measured against games it could also have played.) | #12 (Total offense: median of 4 FBS Independents teams in 2017. Range #12–#70. 0 of 4 in the top 10.) | #11 (Scoring offense: median of 4 FBS Independents teams in 2017. Range #11–#70. 0 of 4 in the top 10.) | #30 (Total defense: median of 4 FBS Independents teams in 2017. Range #30–#65. 0 of 4 in the top 10.) | #22 (Scoring defense: median of 4 FBS Independents teams in 2017. Range #22–#42. 0 of 4 in the top 10.) | #13 (Point margin: median of 4 FBS Independents teams in 2017. Range #13–#67. 0 of 4 in the top 10.) | #21 (Turnover margin: median of 4 FBS Independents teams in 2017. Range #21–#59. 0 of 4 in the top 10.) | #39 (Possession: median of 4 FBS Independents teams in 2017. Range #39–#70. 0 of 4 in the top 10.) | #31 (Returning passing: median of 4 FBS Independents teams in 2017. Range #16–#123. 0 of 4 in the top 10.) | #42 (Returning receiving: median of 4 FBS Independents teams in 2017. Range #34–#91. 0 of 4 in the top 10.) | #34 (Returning rushing: median of 4 FBS Independents teams in 2017. Range #31–#125. 0 of 4 in the top 10.) | #53 (Team talent: median of 4 FBS Independents teams in 2017. Range #10–#129. 1 of 4 in the top 10.) | #18 (Offensive EPA: median of 4 FBS Independents teams in 2017. Range #18–#68. 0 of 4 in the top 10.) | #19 (Defensive EPA: median of 4 FBS Independents teams in 2017. Range #19–#62. 0 of 4 in the top 10.) | #38 (Offensive success rate: median of 4 FBS Independents teams in 2017. Range #38–#69. 0 of 4 in the top 10.) | #13 (Defensive success rate: median of 4 FBS Independents teams in 2017. Range #13–#70. 0 of 4 in the top 10.) | #7 — top 10 (Offensive explosiveness: median of 4 FBS Independents teams in 2017. Range #7–#70. 1 of 4 in the top 10.) | #1 — top 10 (Defensive explosiveness: median of 4 FBS Independents teams in 2017. Range #1–#44. 1 of 4 in the top 10.) |
| 2017 | Notre Dame10–3 | 1 — at or above the median (Top-10 classes in the 5 recruiting cycles before that season: median of 4 FBS Independents teams in 2017. Range 0–1.) | 1 (1 regular-season win over top-10 teams · none added in the postseason — #8 USC) | 3 (3 regular-season wins over top-25 teams · 4 including the postseason — regular: #8 USC, #16 Michigan State, #24 NC State · postseason: #17 LSU) | #12 (of 70 teams · 447.1 yds/g · 4,024 yds · 9 games vs power opponents (regular season)) | #11 (of 70 teams · 33.2 pts/g · 299 points · 9 games vs power opponents (regular season)) | #30 (of 70 teams · 375.0 yds/g allowed · 3,375 yds · 9 games vs power opponents (regular season)) | #22 (of 70 teams · 23.6 pts/g allowed · 212 points · 9 games vs power opponents (regular season)) | #13 (of 70 teams · +9.7 /g · +87 in these games · 9 games vs power opponents (regular season)) | #21 (of 70 teams · +3 in these games · 16 taken, 13 given · +0.33 /g · 9 games vs power opponents (regular season)) | #39 (of 70 teams · 29:46 /g · 4h 28m in these games · 9 games vs power opponents (regular season)) | #123 — bottom 10 (of 130 teams · 1% of last season's passing plays returning (CFBD usage, a share of plays, not yards)) | #34 (of 130 teams · 73% of last season's receiving plays returning (CFBD usage, a share of plays, not yards)) | #84 (of 130 teams · 50% of last season's rushing plays returning (CFBD usage, a share of plays, not yards)) | #10 — top 10 (of 130 teams · 837.7 composite · a squad total, so not comparable across seasons) | #18 (of 70 teams · 0.211 predicted points added per play · not opponent-adjusted · 9 games vs power opponents (regular season)) | #19 (of 70 teams · 0.076 allowed per play · lower is better, so #1 is the best defense · 9 games vs power opponents (regular season)) | #38 (of 70 teams · 40% of plays successful · 9 games vs power opponents (regular season)) | #13 (of 70 teams · 37% of opponent plays successful · lower is better · 9 games vs power opponents (regular season)) | #7 — top 10 (of 70 teams · 1.421 average PPA on successful plays · 9 games vs power opponents (regular season)) | #44 (of 70 teams · 1.309 allowed on opponent successes · lower is better · 9 games vs power opponents (regular season)) |
| 2017 | Army10–3 | 0 (Top-10 classes in the 5 recruiting cycles before that season: median of 4 FBS Independents teams in 2017. Range 0–1.) | 0 (0 regular-season wins over top-10 teams · none added in the postseason) | 0 (0 regular-season wins over top-25 teams · none added in the postseason) | — (273.0 yds/g · 546 yds · 2 games vs power opponents (regular season) · not ranked: fewer than 3) | — (14.0 pts/g · 28 points · 2 games vs power opponents (regular season) · not ranked: fewer than 3) | — (419.5 yds/g allowed · 839 yds · 2 games vs power opponents (regular season) · not ranked: fewer than 3) | — (27.0 pts/g allowed · 54 points · 2 games vs power opponents (regular season) · not ranked: fewer than 3) | — (-13.0 /g · -26 in these games · 2 games vs power opponents (regular season) · not ranked: fewer than 3) | — (+0 in these games · 2 taken, 2 given · +0.00 /g · 2 games vs power opponents (regular season) · not ranked: fewer than 3) | — (34:44 /g · 1h 09m in these games · 2 games vs power opponents (regular season) · not ranked: fewer than 3) | #31 (of 130 teams · 98% of last season's passing plays returning (CFBD usage, a share of plays, not yards)) | #91 (of 130 teams · 42% of last season's receiving plays returning (CFBD usage, a share of plays, not yards)) | #31 (of 130 teams · 87% of last season's rushing plays returning (CFBD usage, a share of plays, not yards)) | #129 — bottom 10 (of 130 teams · 88.7 composite · a squad total, so not comparable across seasons) | — (0.081 predicted points added per play · not opponent-adjusted · 2 games vs power opponents (regular season) · not ranked: fewer than 3) | — (0.254 allowed per play · lower is better, so #1 is the best defense · 2 games vs power opponents (regular season) · not ranked: fewer than 3) | — (40% of plays successful · 2 games vs power opponents (regular season) · not ranked: fewer than 3) | — (59% of opponent plays successful · lower is better · 2 games vs power opponents (regular season) · not ranked: fewer than 3) | — (1.034 average PPA on successful plays · 2 games vs power opponents (regular season) · not ranked: fewer than 3) | — (0.954 allowed on opponent successes · lower is better · 2 games vs power opponents (regular season) · not ranked: fewer than 3) |
| 2017 | BYU4–9 | 0 (Top-10 classes in the 5 recruiting cycles before that season: median of 4 FBS Independents teams in 2017. Range 0–1.) | 0 (0 regular-season wins over top-10 teams · none added in the postseason) | 0 (0 regular-season wins over top-25 teams · none added in the postseason) | #70 — bottom 10 (of 70 teams · 174.5 yds/g · 698 yds · 4 games vs power opponents (regular season)) | #70 — bottom 10 (of 70 teams · 7.3 pts/g · 29 points · 4 games vs power opponents (regular season)) | #65 — bottom 10 (of 70 teams · 486.5 yds/g allowed · 1,946 yds · 4 games vs power opponents (regular season)) | #42 (of 70 teams · 30.3 pts/g allowed · 121 points · 4 games vs power opponents (regular season)) | #67 — bottom 10 (of 70 teams · -23.0 /g · -92 in these games · 4 games vs power opponents (regular season)) | #59 (of 70 teams · -3 in these games · 5 taken, 8 given · -0.75 /g · 4 games vs power opponents (regular season)) | #70 — bottom 10 (of 70 teams · 22:11 /g · 1h 29m in these games · 4 games vs power opponents (regular season)) | #103 (of 130 teams · 10% of last season's passing plays returning (CFBD usage, a share of plays, not yards)) | #79 (of 130 teams · 46% of last season's receiving plays returning (CFBD usage, a share of plays, not yards)) | #125 — bottom 10 (of 130 teams · 23% of last season's rushing plays returning (CFBD usage, a share of plays, not yards)) | #53 (of 130 teams · 574.1 composite · a squad total, so not comparable across seasons) | #68 — bottom 10 (of 70 teams · -0.044 predicted points added per play · not opponent-adjusted · 4 games vs power opponents (regular season)) | #62 — bottom 10 (of 70 teams · 0.277 allowed per play · lower is better, so #1 is the best defense · 4 games vs power opponents (regular season)) | #69 — bottom 10 (of 70 teams · 30% of plays successful · 4 games vs power opponents (regular season)) | #70 — bottom 10 (of 70 teams · 51% of opponent plays successful · lower is better · 4 games vs power opponents (regular season)) | #70 — bottom 10 (of 70 teams · 1.076 average PPA on successful plays · 4 games vs power opponents (regular season)) | #1 — top 10 (of 70 teams · 1.011 allowed on opponent successes · lower is better · 4 games vs power opponents (regular season)) |