Better Know a B1G: Adv. Stat Comparison Maryland Terrapins

This is the fourth in the series comparing some statistical rankings between BigTen opponents and UW. This week’s comparison is with the Maryland Terrapins. You can find the comparisons with Indiana here, Illinois here, and Iowa here.

Composite Ranking Comparison

Let’s start first by looking at the final ranking in the Massey Composite (https://masseyratings.com/ranks) over the last 9 years.

The first note is that Maryland has improved a lot in the last few seasons. How much of that was due to just the QB play of Taulia Tagovailoa and how much is general improvement with the program is something we’ll see this fall.