| 2018 | New Mexico State3–9 | 0 (Top-10 classes in the 5 recruiting cycles before that season: median of 6 FBS Independents teams in 2018. Range 0–2.) | 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) | — (271.0 yds/g · 271 yds · 1 game vs power opponents (regular season) · not ranked: fewer than 3) | — (10.0 pts/g · 10 points · 1 game vs power opponents (regular season) · not ranked: fewer than 3) | — (522.0 yds/g allowed · 522 yds · 1 game vs power opponents (regular season) · not ranked: fewer than 3) | — (48.0 pts/g allowed · 48 points · 1 game vs power opponents (regular season) · not ranked: fewer than 3) | — (-38.0 /g · -38 in these games · 1 game vs power opponents (regular season) · not ranked: fewer than 3) | — (+0 in these games · 1 taken, 1 given · +0.00 /g · 1 game vs power opponents (regular season) · not ranked: fewer than 3) | — (25:26 /g · 0h 25m in these games · 1 game vs power opponents (regular season) · not ranked: fewer than 3) | #100 (of 130 teams · 12% of last season's passing plays returning (CFBD usage, a share of plays, not yards)) | #88 (of 130 teams · 51% of last season's receiving plays returning (CFBD usage, a share of plays, not yards)) | #122 — bottom 10 (of 130 teams · 26% of last season's rushing plays returning (CFBD usage, a share of plays, not yards)) | #127 — bottom 10 (of 130 teams · 249.3 composite · a squad total, so not comparable across seasons) | — (-0.173 predicted points added per play · not opponent-adjusted · 1 game vs power opponents (regular season) · not ranked: fewer than 3) | — (0.352 allowed per play · lower is better, so #1 is the best defense · 1 game vs power opponents (regular season) · not ranked: fewer than 3) | — (29% of plays successful · 1 game vs power opponents (regular season) · not ranked: fewer than 3) | — (46% of opponent plays successful · lower is better · 1 game vs power opponents (regular season) · not ranked: fewer than 3) | — (1.213 average PPA on successful plays · 1 game vs power opponents (regular season) · not ranked: fewer than 3) | — (1.251 allowed on opponent successes · lower is better · 1 game vs power opponents (regular season) · not ranked: fewer than 3) |
| Median | of 6 FBS Independents teams in 2018 | 0 (Top-10 classes in the 5 recruiting cycles before that season: median of 6 FBS Independents teams in 2018. Range 0–2.) | 0 (Regular-season wins over teams ranked 1–10 in the final Playoff Committee Rankings: median of 6 FBS Independents teams in 2018. 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 6 FBS Independents teams in 2018. 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.) | #11 (Total offense: median of 6 FBS Independents teams in 2018. Range #11–#69. 0 of 6 in the top 10.) | #11 (Scoring offense: median of 6 FBS Independents teams in 2018. Range #11–#56. 0 of 6 in the top 10.) | #11 (Total defense: median of 6 FBS Independents teams in 2018. Range #11–#22. 0 of 6 in the top 10.) | #6 — top 10 (Scoring defense: median of 6 FBS Independents teams in 2018. Range #6–#28. 1 of 6 in the top 10.) | #3 — top 10 (Point margin: median of 6 FBS Independents teams in 2018. Range #3–#46. 1 of 6 in the top 10.) | #14 (Turnover margin: median of 6 FBS Independents teams in 2018. Range #14–#25. 0 of 6 in the top 10.) | #25 (Possession: median of 6 FBS Independents teams in 2018. Range #25–#46. 0 of 6 in the top 10.) | #38 (Returning passing: median of 6 FBS Independents teams in 2018. Range #10–#100. 1 of 6 in the top 10.) | #84 (Returning receiving: median of 6 FBS Independents teams in 2018. Range #17–#109. 0 of 6 in the top 10.) | #67 (Returning rushing: median of 6 FBS Independents teams in 2018. Range #2–#122. 1 of 6 in the top 10.) | #99 (Team talent: median of 6 FBS Independents teams in 2018. Range #10–#130. 1 of 6 in the top 10.) | #10 — top 10 (Offensive EPA: median of 6 FBS Independents teams in 2018. Range #10–#50. 1 of 6 in the top 10.) | #9 — top 10 (Defensive EPA: median of 6 FBS Independents teams in 2018. Range #9–#50. 1 of 6 in the top 10.) | #23 (Offensive success rate: median of 6 FBS Independents teams in 2018. Range #23–#40. 0 of 6 in the top 10.) | #8 — top 10 (Defensive success rate: median of 6 FBS Independents teams in 2018. Range #8–#55. 1 of 6 in the top 10.) | #19 (Offensive explosiveness: median of 6 FBS Independents teams in 2018. Range #19–#73. 0 of 6 in the top 10.) | #5 — top 10 (Defensive explosiveness: median of 6 FBS Independents teams in 2018. Range #5–#12. 1 of 6 in the top 10.) |
| 2018 | Notre Dame12–1 | 2 — at or above the median (Top-10 classes in the 5 recruiting cycles before that season: median of 6 FBS Independents teams in 2018. Range 0–2.) | 1 (1 regular-season win over top-10 teams · none added in the postseason — #7 Michigan) | 3 (3 regular-season wins over top-25 teams · none added in the postseason — #7 Michigan, #20 Syracuse, #22 Northwestern) | #11 (of 74 teams · 447.5 yds/g · 4,475 yds · 10 games vs power opponents (regular season)) | #11 (of 74 teams · 33.7 pts/g · 337 points · 10 games vs power opponents (regular season)) | #11 (of 74 teams · 328.5 yds/g allowed · 3,285 yds · 10 games vs power opponents (regular season)) | #6 — top 10 (of 74 teams · 16.9 pts/g allowed · 169 points · 10 games vs power opponents (regular season)) | #3 — top 10 (of 74 teams · +16.8 /g · +168 in these games · 10 games vs power opponents (regular season)) | #14 (of 74 teams · +6 in these games · 16 taken, 10 given · +0.60 /g · 10 games vs power opponents (regular season)) | #46 (of 74 teams · 29:16 /g · 4h 53m in these games · 10 games vs power opponents (regular season)) | #25 (of 130 teams · 98% of last season's passing plays returning (CFBD usage, a share of plays, not yards)) | #109 (of 130 teams · 44% of last season's receiving plays returning (CFBD usage, a share of plays, not yards)) | #97 (of 130 teams · 45% of last season's rushing plays returning (CFBD usage, a share of plays, not yards)) | #10 — top 10 (of 130 teams · 847.9 composite · a squad total, so not comparable across seasons) | #10 — top 10 (of 74 teams · 0.246 predicted points added per play · not opponent-adjusted · 10 games vs power opponents (regular season)) | #9 — top 10 (of 74 teams · 0.048 allowed per play · lower is better, so #1 is the best defense · 10 games vs power opponents (regular season)) | #23 (of 74 teams · 44% of plays successful · 10 games vs power opponents (regular season)) | #8 — top 10 (of 74 teams · 38% of opponent plays successful · lower is better · 10 games vs power opponents (regular season)) | #19 (of 74 teams · 1.339 average PPA on successful plays · 10 games vs power opponents (regular season)) | #12 (of 74 teams · 1.171 allowed on opponent successes · lower is better · 10 games vs power opponents (regular season)) |
| 2018 | Massachusetts4–8 | 0 (Top-10 classes in the 5 recruiting cycles before that season: median of 6 FBS Independents teams in 2018. Range 0–2.) | 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) | — (352.5 yds/g · 705 yds · 2 games vs power opponents (regular season) · not ranked: fewer than 3) | — (24.0 pts/g · 48 points · 2 games vs power opponents (regular season) · not ranked: fewer than 3) | — (661.5 yds/g allowed · 1,323 yds · 2 games vs power opponents (regular season) · not ranked: fewer than 3) | — (60.5 pts/g allowed · 121 points · 2 games vs power opponents (regular season) · not ranked: fewer than 3) | — (-36.5 /g · -73 in these games · 2 games vs power opponents (regular season) · not ranked: fewer than 3) | — (-3 in these games · 1 taken, 4 given · -1.50 /g · 2 games vs power opponents (regular season) · not ranked: fewer than 3) | — (27:11 /g · 0h 54m in these games · 2 games vs power opponents (regular season) · not ranked: fewer than 3) | #10 — top 10 (of 130 teams · 100% of last season's passing plays returning (CFBD usage, a share of plays, not yards)) | #31 (of 130 teams · 76% of last season's receiving plays returning (CFBD usage, a share of plays, not yards)) | #2 — top 10 (of 130 teams · 100% of last season's rushing plays returning (CFBD usage, a share of plays, not yards)) | #99 (of 130 teams · 388.9 composite · a squad total, so not comparable across seasons) | — (0.076 predicted points added per play · not opponent-adjusted · 2 games vs power opponents (regular season) · not ranked: fewer than 3) | — (0.542 allowed per play · lower is better, so #1 is the best defense · 2 games vs power opponents (regular season) · not ranked: fewer than 3) | — (39% 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) | — (1.345 average PPA on successful plays · 2 games vs power opponents (regular season) · not ranked: fewer than 3) | — (1.328 allowed on opponent successes · lower is better · 2 games vs power opponents (regular season) · not ranked: fewer than 3) |
| 2018 | Army11–2 | 0 (Top-10 classes in the 5 recruiting cycles before that season: median of 6 FBS Independents teams in 2018. Range 0–2.) | 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) | — (372.0 yds/g · 744 yds · 2 games vs power opponents (regular season) · not ranked: fewer than 3) | — (17.5 pts/g · 35 points · 2 games vs power opponents (regular season) · not ranked: fewer than 3) | — (368.0 yds/g allowed · 736 yds · 2 games vs power opponents (regular season) · not ranked: fewer than 3) | — (31.0 pts/g allowed · 62 points · 2 games vs power opponents (regular season) · not ranked: fewer than 3) | — (-13.5 /g · -27 in these games · 2 games vs power opponents (regular season) · not ranked: fewer than 3) | — (-1 in these games · 2 taken, 3 given · -0.50 /g · 2 games vs power opponents (regular season) · not ranked: fewer than 3) | — (40:24 /g · 1h 21m in these games · 2 games vs power opponents (regular season) · not ranked: fewer than 3) | #90 (of 130 teams · 36% of last season's passing plays returning (CFBD usage, a share of plays, not yards)) | #84 (of 130 teams · 51% of last season's receiving plays returning (CFBD usage, a share of plays, not yards)) | #67 (of 130 teams · 66% of last season's rushing plays returning (CFBD usage, a share of plays, not yards)) | #128 — bottom 10 (of 130 teams · 230.8 composite · a squad total, so not comparable across seasons) | — (0.221 predicted points added per play · not opponent-adjusted · 2 games vs power opponents (regular season) · not ranked: fewer than 3) | — (0.408 allowed per play · lower is better, so #1 is the best defense · 2 games vs power opponents (regular season) · not ranked: fewer than 3) | — (45% of plays successful · 2 games vs power opponents (regular season) · not ranked: fewer than 3) | — (58% of opponent plays successful · lower is better · 2 games vs power opponents (regular season) · not ranked: fewer than 3) | — (1.161 average PPA on successful plays · 2 games vs power opponents (regular season) · not ranked: fewer than 3) | — (1.192 allowed on opponent successes · lower is better · 2 games vs power opponents (regular season) · not ranked: fewer than 3) |
| 2018 | BYU7–6 | 0 (Top-10 classes in the 5 recruiting cycles before that season: median of 6 FBS Independents teams in 2018. Range 0–2.) | 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) | #69 — bottom 10 (of 74 teams · 308.2 yds/g · 1,541 yds · 5 games vs power opponents (regular season)) | #56 (of 74 teams · 20.8 pts/g · 104 points · 5 games vs power opponents (regular season)) | #22 (of 74 teams · 375.6 yds/g allowed · 1,878 yds · 5 games vs power opponents (regular season)) | #28 (of 74 teams · 27.0 pts/g allowed · 135 points · 5 games vs power opponents (regular season)) | #46 (of 74 teams · -6.2 /g · -31 in these games · 5 games vs power opponents (regular season)) | #25 (of 74 teams · +2 in these games · 6 taken, 4 given · +0.40 /g · 5 games vs power opponents (regular season)) | #25 (of 74 teams · 30:56 /g · 2h 35m in these games · 5 games vs power opponents (regular season)) | #38 (of 130 teams · 96% of last season's passing plays returning (CFBD usage, a share of plays, not yards)) | #17 (of 130 teams · 84% of last season's receiving plays returning (CFBD usage, a share of plays, not yards)) | #58 (of 130 teams · 69% of last season's rushing plays returning (CFBD usage, a share of plays, not yards)) | #56 (of 130 teams · 565.9 composite · a squad total, so not comparable across seasons) | #50 (of 74 teams · 0.108 predicted points added per play · not opponent-adjusted · 5 games vs power opponents (regular season)) | #50 (of 74 teams · 0.224 allowed per play · lower is better, so #1 is the best defense · 5 games vs power opponents (regular season)) | #40 (of 74 teams · 41% of plays successful · 5 games vs power opponents (regular season)) | #55 (of 74 teams · 46% of opponent plays successful · lower is better · 5 games vs power opponents (regular season)) | #73 — bottom 10 (of 74 teams · 1.096 average PPA on successful plays · 5 games vs power opponents (regular season)) | #5 — top 10 (of 74 teams · 1.124 allowed on opponent successes · lower is better · 5 games vs power opponents (regular season)) |
| 2018 | Liberty6–6 | 0 (Top-10 classes in the 5 recruiting cycles before that season: median of 6 FBS Independents teams in 2018. Range 0–2.) | 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) | — (244.0 yds/g · 488 yds · 2 games vs power opponents (regular season) · not ranked: fewer than 3) | — (12.0 pts/g · 24 points · 2 games vs power opponents (regular season) · not ranked: fewer than 3) | — (460.0 yds/g allowed · 920 yds · 2 games vs power opponents (regular season) · not ranked: fewer than 3) | — (49.0 pts/g allowed · 98 points · 2 games vs power opponents (regular season) · not ranked: fewer than 3) | — (-37.0 /g · -74 in these games · 2 games vs power opponents (regular season) · not ranked: fewer than 3) | — (-6 in these games · 1 taken, 7 given · -3.00 /g · 2 games vs power opponents (regular season) · not ranked: fewer than 3) | — (25:38 /g · 0h 51m in these games · 2 games vs power opponents (regular season) · not ranked: fewer than 3) | — (— of last season's passing plays returning (CFBD usage, a share of plays, not yards)) | — (— of last season's receiving plays returning (CFBD usage, a share of plays, not yards)) | — (— of last season's rushing plays returning (CFBD usage, a share of plays, not yards)) | #130 — bottom 10 (of 130 teams · 94.0 composite · a squad total, so not comparable across seasons) | — (-0.004 predicted points added per play · not opponent-adjusted · 2 games vs power opponents (regular season) · not ranked: fewer than 3) | — (0.292 allowed per play · lower is better, so #1 is the best defense · 2 games vs power opponents (regular season) · not ranked: fewer than 3) | — (35% of plays successful · 2 games vs power opponents (regular season) · not ranked: fewer than 3) | — (54% of opponent plays successful · lower is better · 2 games vs power opponents (regular season) · not ranked: fewer than 3) | — (1.137 average PPA on successful plays · 2 games vs power opponents (regular season) · not ranked: fewer than 3) | — (1.024 allowed on opponent successes · lower is better · 2 games vs power opponents (regular season) · not ranked: fewer than 3) |