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Three data trends highlight what priorities should be in Rutgers coaching search

On the Banks | October 7, 2019

Related Topics: Rutgers University, Rutgers Scarlet Knights football, Pennsylvania State University, trend estimation, Joe Moorhead, Standard & Poor's, Leonte Carroo

While we are not even half-way through the football season, Rutgers football is very much in a time of transition. In reflecting on how the program got to its current state, here are some interesting findings, using data from www.collegefootballdata.com and their visualization tools. A lot of the data included is from Bill Connelly’s S&P+ rating system, which uses power-rankings to compare college football programs and is similar to KenPom. For example, here is Rutgers overall S&P+ rating over the years, which provides a good macro-view of the program highs and lows.

#1: ISO PPP: Rutgers vs Penn State

What is it?

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