Sports Reference » CFB at Sports Reference http://www.sports-reference.com/blog Sports Statistics Easier Wed, 22 May 2013 14:38:37 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 Search Our Pro Football Data Using the P-F-R Play Index http://www.sports-reference.com/blog/2013/05/search-our-pro-football-data-using-the-p-f-r-play-index-2/ http://www.sports-reference.com/blog/2013/05/search-our-pro-football-data-using-the-p-f-r-play-index-2/#comments Wed, 15 May 2013 20:56:19 +0000 Neil http://www.sports-reference.com/blog/?p=2342 The Play Index is the name we use to refer to PFR's collection of top-notch research tools. Read below for more information on some of the applications we have made available to you, and also check out our blog posts about the Play Index. As always, if you have any suggestions or corrections please fill out our feedback form.

Game Play Finder

Search all plays from 2000 to today to find performances that match your criteria. Answer questions like…

Player Season Finder

Search through player season stats spanning from 1920 to today for single seasons or combined seasons that match your criteria. Answer questions like…

The answers to these questions and many, many more are at your fingertips using the Player Season Finder.

Player Game Finder

Search through player game logs spanning from 1960 to today for games that match your criteria. You can find…

With the Player Game Finder, the possibilities are almost endless.

Player Touchdown Finder

Search through every touchdown scored from 1940 to today for scores that match your criteria. Did you know…

Impress your friends and come up with your own "Did You Know" with a little help from the Player Touchdown Finder.

Team Game Finder

Find team games or seasons matching certain criteria. Did you know…

Super Bowl Play Finder

Search through every play in Super Bowl History.

Draft Finder

Search through every NFL and AFL draft pick.

Boxscore Search Tools

Find head-to-head results and also find games matching a particular score.
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Sports Reference uses twitter to tweet out nuggets of information we find, notify users of new features, make occasional commercial messages, and generally enjoy ourselves. Here are the five Sports Reference twitter feeds:

  1. @baseball_ref: Baseball-Reference.com
  2. @bball_ref: Basketball-Reference.com
  3. @pfref: Pro-Football-Reference.com
  4. @hockey_ref: Hockey-Reference.com
  5. @sports_ref: CFB, CBB, Olympics, and Announcements for All Sites
]]> http://www.sports-reference.com/blog/2013/05/follow-us-on-twitter-to-win-a-free-baseball-reference-com-play-index-subscription/feed/ 1 Fill out your brackets with our NCAA Basketball Tempo-Free Ratings http://www.sports-reference.com/blog/2013/03/fill-out-your-brackets-with-our-ncaa-basketball-tempo-free-ratings/ http://www.sports-reference.com/blog/2013/03/fill-out-your-brackets-with-our-ncaa-basketball-tempo-free-ratings/#comments Mon, 18 Mar 2013 20:48:46 +0000 Neil http://www.sports-reference.com/blog/?p=2103 Tempo-free stats have become all the rage in college basketball recently -- and why? Because they work! Reducing the influence of pace and adjusting for strength of schedule gives a clearer picture of which teams are truly the best in the country, which will help you make better NCAA Tournament picks. That's why we list our own version of schedule-adjusted, tempo-free ratings on our yearly Ratings pages.

Here are this year's top 40 teams:

SRS Adjusted
Rk School Conf OSRS DSRS SRS ORtg DRtg NRtg ▾
1 Florida SEC 8.43 16.27 24.70 119.35 80.46 38.88
2 Indiana Big Ten 18.31 7.64 25.95 122.74 84.65 38.09
3 Louisville Big East 11.73 12.56 24.29 114.89 78.23 36.67
4 Duke ACC 14.88 7.04 21.91 119.76 86.76 33.00
5 Gonzaga WCC 11.81 9.75 21.56 119.06 86.22 32.84
6 Pittsburgh Big East 4.91 14.74 19.65 118.13 85.94 32.19
7 Michigan Big Ten 12.88 7.34 20.22 121.81 90.18 31.63
8 Kansas Big 12 11.88 9.33 21.21 114.47 83.05 31.43
9 Ohio State Big Ten 8.85 11.64 20.49 115.63 84.22 31.41
10 Wisconsin Big Ten 3.89 15.49 19.38 110.87 80.66 30.21
11 Michigan State Big Ten 6.20 12.42 18.62 112.57 83.89 28.68
12 Syracuse Big East 9.25 10.15 19.40 113.58 85.30 28.27
13 Miami (FL) ACC 5.31 11.87 17.18 112.90 86.51 26.38
14 Georgetown Big East 1.43 15.38 16.81 107.77 81.55 26.23
15 Creighton MVC 11.01 5.82 16.83 118.82 92.75 26.07
16 Arizona Pac-12 10.19 6.83 17.02 113.76 88.13 25.63
17 Minnesota Big Ten 7.06 9.74 16.80 112.36 86.77 25.59
18 Oklahoma State Big 12 8.20 8.03 16.22 109.39 85.00 24.39
19 Missouri SEC 11.83 4.31 16.14 114.67 90.39 24.29
20 Virginia Commonwealth A-10 11.60 4.89 16.50 113.36 89.56 23.80
21 Saint Louis A-10 3.92 10.81 14.72 108.34 84.99 23.36
22 Colorado State MWC 9.33 5.13 14.46 116.55 93.49 23.06
23 Saint Mary's (CA) WCC 9.69 5.04 14.73 117.09 94.31 22.78
24 New Mexico MWC 5.24 9.20 14.44 109.03 86.42 22.61
25 Notre Dame Big East 7.38 7.06 14.44 116.00 93.39 22.61
26 Marquette Big East 8.16 6.32 14.48 113.55 91.09 22.47
27 North Carolina State ACC 13.90 0.95 14.85 116.72 94.66 22.06
28 San Diego State MWC 5.26 8.72 13.98 107.78 86.19 21.59
29 Iowa Big Ten 8.01 6.05 14.06 108.42 86.87 21.55
30 Virginia ACC -0.76 14.14 13.38 107.96 86.42 21.55
31 North Carolina ACC 13.27 1.64 14.91 111.37 89.99 21.39
32 Kansas State Big 12 4.45 9.37 13.82 112.52 91.20 21.32
33 Cincinnati Big East 4.01 10.75 14.75 105.53 84.61 20.92
34 Iowa State Big 12 15.34 -1.35 13.99 116.18 95.39 20.79
35 Kentucky SEC 9.90 4.81 14.71 111.35 90.59 20.76
36 Mississippi SEC 13.45 1.10 14.55 110.36 89.76 20.60
37 Baylor Big 12 9.83 3.80 13.63 112.32 91.72 20.60
38 Wichita State MVC 4.24 8.96 13.20 108.36 87.93 20.44
39 Nevada-Las Vegas MWC 7.48 6.31 13.79 105.85 85.45 20.40
40 UCLA Pac-12 12.32 1.41 13.73 111.94 91.67 20.26
Provided by Sports-Reference.com/CBB: View Original Table
Generated 3/18/2013.
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]]> http://www.sports-reference.com/blog/2013/03/check-out-our-college-basketball-site/feed/ 3 Passing, Rushing, and Receiving Stats Back to 1977 http://www.sports-reference.com/blog/2013/03/passing-rushing-and-receiving-stats-back-to-1977/ http://www.sports-reference.com/blog/2013/03/passing-rushing-and-receiving-stats-back-to-1977/#comments Tue, 05 Mar 2013 18:30:17 +0000 Justin Kubatko http://www.sports-reference.com/blog/?p=2048 Today I'm happy to announce a major addition to College Football at Sports-Reference.com. We now have passing, rushing, and receiving stats for all FBS (nee Division I-A) schools dating back to the 1977 season, and for schools from prominent conferences (ACC, Big 8/Big 7, Big Ten, Pac-12/Pac-10/Pac-8/AAWU/PCC, SEC, and SWC) we have passing, rushing, and receiving stats dating back to the 1956 season.

For more information about our data coverage, please see this summary. And if you have any questions or comments regarding these changes, please let us know.

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Player Game Finder
Search through NHL regular season and playoff game logs spanning from 1987-88 to today for games that match your criteria.

Player Season Finder
Search through NHL regular season statistics spanning from 1917-18 to today for single seasons or combined seasons that match your criteria.

Player Playoff Finder
Search through NHL playoff statistics spanning from 1918 to today for single years or combined years that match your criteria.

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