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With a full season of data now in place, we can compare where Alabama finished according to the advanced metrics with their final poll standings.
Get ready to cry.
Alabama was a top four team in just about every metric imaginable, starting with a #2 mark in SP+. Connelly also calculated a résumé SP+ and explains it in the tweet.
RÉSUMÉ SP+ TOP 12
— Bill Connelly (@ESPN_BillC) December 8, 2019
1 Oh St +9.7 PPG
2 Clemson +4.9
3 LSU +2.4
4 Bama +0.3
5 Auburn -4.7
6 Wisc -5.1
7 UGA -5.2
8 Fla -5.3
9 PSU -7.6
10 Utah -8.4
11 Oregon -8.6
12 OU -8.9
Résumé SP+ = your scoring margin against your sched vs expected margin for avg top-5 team.
Tell anyone who wants to whine about Alabama’s body of work to put that in their pipe and smoke it.
In addition, Alabama finished #4 in ESPN FPI.
Oh, what might have been.
Roll Tide.