With all of the granular formula's being used to compute team quality (FEI, S&P, FPI) every drive matters. You want ND to climb in these rankings. There's a correlation between the top teams in these rankings, and CFP votes. And these rankings take the success/failure of every single play into consideration. Take quality of opponent into consideration. etc. etc.
The bar is no longer just getting a 'W' in games vs scrubs like UNC ... it's about how successful/dominant your drives/possessions vs them were. (Take note of the bolded below).
The Fremeau Efficiency Index (FEI) considers each of the nearly 20,000 possessions every season in major college football. All drives are filtered to eliminate first-half clock-kills and end-of-game garbage drives and scores. A scoring rate analysis of the remaining possessions then determines the baseline possession efficiency expectations against which each team is measured. A team is rewarded for playing well against good teams, win or lose, and is punished more severely for playing poorly against bad teams than it is rewarded for playing well against bad teams.
The bar is no longer just getting a 'W' in games vs scrubs like UNC ... it's about how successful/dominant your drives/possessions vs them were. (Take note of the bolded below).
The Fremeau Efficiency Index (FEI) considers each of the nearly 20,000 possessions every season in major college football. All drives are filtered to eliminate first-half clock-kills and end-of-game garbage drives and scores. A scoring rate analysis of the remaining possessions then determines the baseline possession efficiency expectations against which each team is measured. A team is rewarded for playing well against good teams, win or lose, and is punished more severely for playing poorly against bad teams than it is rewarded for playing well against bad teams.
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