This week, some South Carolina fans got upset with me because I made an unfair and offensive comparison between their team and another 6-5 team. They couldn’t believe I would do such a thing. I couldn’t believe the way they reacted.
The team was Wake Forest. You know, the same team that Clemson easily defeated a week ago on the road. The similarities go far beyond their dueling barely-above-.500 records. Allow me to explain.
Advanced metrics of all shapes and sizes have some interesting things to say about those two teams. The two efficiency standards I most frequently use—the S&P+ and ESPN’s Football Power Index—currently give Wake Forest an average ranking of 66th in the nation.