CFB Winning Edge: College football analytics

Scott, Xavier and Nick continue our 2024 college football previews with an in-depth discussion of the new-look ACC, with Part II focusing on the top half of the league according to our Team Strength power ratings, plus Notre Dame. 2024 ACC Power Rankings (Listed in descending order by CFB Winning Edge Team Strength Rating): 33. Virginia Tech 26. NC State 19. North Carolina 17. Louisville 15. Clems...

Scott, Xavier and Nick continue our 2024 college football previews with an in-depth discussion of the new-look ACC, with Part I focusing on the bottom half of the league according to our Team Strength power ratings. We dig into last year's results, returning production, as well as position-by-position projected depth charts, player and coach ratings, stats and team performance, schedule analys...

Scott, Xavier and Nick continue our 2024 college football previews with an in-depth discussion of the American Athletic Conference. 2024 AAC Power Rankings (Listed in descending order by CFB Winning Edge Team Strength Ranking) 132. Temple 130. Navy 124. Tulsa 120. Army 118. Charlotte 108. East Carolina 103. FAU 92. UAB 89. Rice 86. North Texas 75. USF 57. UTSA 40. Tulane 38. Memphis The CFB Winnin...

Scott, Xavier and Nick continue our 2024 college football previews with an in-depth discussion of the Sun Belt Conference. 2024 Sun Belt Power Rankings (Listed in descending order by CFB Winning Edge Team Strength Ranking) 132. ULM 122. Southern Miss 111. Old Dominion 110. Georgia State 100. Arkansas State 98. Marshall 94. Georgia Southern 92. Coastal Carolina 90. Louisiana 84. Troy 83. South Alab...

Scott, Xavier and Nick return to continue our 2024 college football previews with an in-depth discussion of the Mountain West, and the two former Pac-12 teams playing a Mountain West schedule, Washington State and Oregon State. 2024 Mountain West Power Rankings (Listed in descending order by CFB Winning Edge Team Strength Ranking) 127. Nevada 124. Hawai'i 123. New Mexico 104. San Jose State 10...

Scott, Xavier and Nick continue our 2024 college football previews with an in-depth discussion of Conference USA, plus FBS Independents UMass and UConn. 2024 CUSA Power Rankings (Listed in descending order by CFB Winning Edge Team Strength Ranking) 135. Kennesaw State 130. FIU 123. UTEP 115. Louisiana Tech 113. Sam Houston 96. New Mexico State 95. Middle Tennessee 79. Jacksonville State 69. WKU 38...

Scott, Xavier and Nick return to begin our 2024 college football previews beginning with the MAC. 2024 MAC Power Rankings (Listed in descending order by CFB Winning Edge Team Strength Ranking) 134. Kent State 130. Ball State 122. Buffalo 117. Central Michigan 113. Akron 112. Eastern Michigan 107. Western Michigan 98. Ohio 89. Northern Illinois 85. Bowling Green 76. Miami OH 56. Toledo The CFB Winn...

Scott, Xavier and Nick return after a week off, and ahead of a short break for the month of April, to kick off the inaugural First-Year Defensive Coordinator Draft. We discuss a few notes from spring practices, and each select a player for Round 4 of the Heisman Trophy Slow Draft, and then dive into 30 new FBS defensive play-callers and draft them based on which team is most likely to improve next...

Scott, Xavier and Nick give a run down of the recent news in college football, including Miami leading rusher Henry Parrish entering the transfer portal, and former five-star Alabama recruit Kadyn Proctor expected to do the same after transferring to Iowa over the winter, plus an unexpected coaching change involving Ohio State and Michigan - but how much do running backs coaches matter anyway? The...

Scott, Xavier and Nick have held the annual first-year head coach draft each year since 2019, but this week we finally kick off the inaugural First-Year Offensive Coordinator Draft. We discuss a few notes from spring practices, and each select a player for Round 2 of the Heisman Trophy Slow Draft, and then dive into 30 new FBS offensive play-callers and draft them based on which team is most likel...

The CFB Winning Edge Podcast is presented by Campus2Canton. The 2024 Returning Production Database is now available to C2C Winning Edge and All-22 members at Campus2Canton.com! With Xavier away, Scott and Nick return to discuss takeaways from the NFL Combine, react to the news that Jordan McCloud has transferred to Texas State and UMass returned to the MAC, and then dig into the top questions for...

The CFB Winning Edge Podcast is presented by Campus2Canton. The 2024 Returning Production Database is now available to C2C Winning Edge and All-22 members at Campus2Canton.com! Scott, Xavier and Nick react to yet another FBS head coach leaving for a new job as Shawn Elliott resigned at during spring practice at Georgia State to take a new role at South Carolina. We also discuss a few offensive coo...

The CFB Winning Edge Podcast is presented by Campus2Canton. The 2024 Returning Production Database is now available to C2C Winning Edge and All-22 members at Campus2Canton.com! Now that the head coaching carousel has finally come to a stop, Scott, Xavier and Nick can officially kick off the 2024 college football preseason with the fifth annual first-year head coach draft. We discuss the news of Bo...

The CFB Winning Edge Podcast is presented by Campus2Canton. The 2024 Returning Production Database is now available to C2C Winning Edge and All-22 members at Campus2Canton.com! After a week off, Scott, Xavier and Nick offer some thoughts following the traditional National Signing Day, including Alabama holding on to five-star receiver Ryan Williams, Texas A&M signing Terry Bussey to play defen...

The CFB Winning Edge Podcast is presented by Campus2Canton - On Feb. 1, the 2024 Returning Production Database will be available to C2C Winning Edge and All-22 members at Campus2Canton.com! After a week off, Scott, Xavier and Nick react to the news that Jim Harbaugh left Michigan for the NFL and the Wolverines promoted Sharrone Moore to replace him. We also recap the head coaching moves at San Jos...

The CFB Winning Edge Podcast is presented by Campus2Canton After recording a day early for our last show, Scott, Xavier and Nick react to the legendary Nick Saban retiring from college football, and the chain reaction that brought Kalen DeBoer to Alabama, Jedd Fisch to Washington and Brent Brennan to Arizona, and also led to job openings at South Alabama and Buffalo. We also recap the week in tran...

The CFB Winning Edge Podcast is presented by Campus2Canton Scott, Xavier and Nick discuss Michigan beating Washington in the College Football Playoff national championship game, highlights from recent transfer portal news, and then revisit our discussion from last week about our Way Too Early Top 25 rankings to compare to others across the industry. Become a C2C Winning Edge member at https://camp...

The CFB Winning Edge Podcast is presented by Campus2Canton Scott, Xavier and Nick discuss the College Football Playoff semifinals before digging into how our Roster Strength ratings for winners Washington and Michigan compare to raw recruiting rankings. We also discuss transfer portal news, go in-depth on our 2024 Way Too Early Top 25 rankings, and finish with our preview of the national champions...

The CFB Winning Edge Podcast is presented by Campus2Canton Scott, Xavier and Nick discuss the bowl game results to date, what we learned and can apply to 2024, as well transfer portal headlines and their impact across college football before diving into the third batch of previews. We research opt-opts, transfers and injuries and ding into our power rankings, team performance ratings and top playe...

The CFB Winning Edge Podcast is presented by Campus2Canton Scott, Xavier and Nick discuss National Signing Day, transfer portal headlines, head coaching news, and the impacts across college football before diving into the second batch of bowl game previews. We research opt-opts, transfers and injuries and ding into our power rankings, team performance ratings and top players, offer matchup analysi...

The CFB Winning Edge Podcast is presented by Campus2Canton Scott, Xavier and Nick discuss the Heisman Trophy, transfer portal quarterbacks, head coaching moves, and more from the world of college football before diving into the first batch of bowl game previews. We research opt-opts, transfers and injuries and ding into our power rankings, team performance ratings and top players, offer matchup an...

The CFB Winning Edge Podcast is presented by Campus2Canton Scott, Xavier and Nick discuss the College Football Playoff Committee and the decision to snub Florida State before diving into a huge roundup of news from the transfer portal and head coaching carousel. We offer thoughts on top quarterback targets including Cam Ward, Dante Moore and Dillon Gabriel, as well as reports and rumors about wher...

The CFB Winning Edge Podcast is now part of the Campus2Canton family !Scott, Xavier and Nick offer a few thoughts on Week 13, and then dive into the conference championship games that will decide who makes it to the 2023 College Football Playoff. We discuss our power rankings, team performance ratings and top players, offer matchup analysis, and see how our point spread projections compare to the...

The CFB Winning Edge Podcast is now part of the Campus2Canton family! Scott, Xavier and Nick offer a few thoughts on Week 12, and then dive into Week 13 of the 2023 college football season. We discuss our power rankings, team performance ratings and top players, offer matchup analysis, and see how our point spread projections compare to the oddsmakers. Week 13 UTSA at Tulane Oregon State at Oregon...

The CFB Winning Edge Podcast is now part of the Campus2Canton family! Scott, Xavier and Nick offer a few thoughts on Week 11, and then dive into Week 12 of the 2023 college football season. We discuss our power rankings, team performance ratings and top players, offer matchup analysis, and see how our point spread projections compare to the oddsmakers. Week 12 North Carolina at Clemson Louisville...