Note:
All of the above rankings are taken directly from the NCAA except for strength of schedule, which is not ranked by the NCAA and instead taken from S&P+.
The Redzone TD% and Redzone TD% Defense are calculated by me and not ranked by the NCAA. Determining who has the advantage in these categories is strictly my arbitrary judgment.
Quick thoughts:
When I compile these statistics, I look back at previous charts. In doing that for this Just the Stats post, a couple things stood out to me: while Penn State’s defensive statistics have taken a dip since the meat of the schedule (the three week stretch of Michigan, Ohio State and Michigan State, which saw the Lions drop two of three by a combined four points), it hasn’t been significantly such - and other numbers, like the passing stats and the Nittany Lions’ performance on third downs, have actually significantly improved.