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Big Ten Football Ratings Week 6: Vectors For Teams that Matter to Minnesota

Thanks to some positive feedback from last week, I decided to refresh the S&P Vectors visualization with the latest data from Football Outsiders. I'm truly standing on the shoulders of giants here, and I should say up front that nothing I've done here is particularly ground-breaking. However, if you're looking for an easy way to look at lots of complex data, I think I can help.

For instance, looking at the Minnesota vs. Nebraska match-up on Saturday, it's easy to say "Minnesota's defense is better than Nebraska's, but Nebraska's offense is better than Minnesota's." It's not easy to know what that means in terms of the overall strength of each team.