22. Cincinnati
- 2011 Preview

Program Analysis: Thanks to a few phenomenal seasons under Brian Kelly, including coming within a Texas field goal of possibly playing for the 2009 national title, Cincinnati is going to be high up in the rankings for a while. The miserable 4-8 rebuilding season under Butch Jones was offset by the loss of the 4-7 2005 season from the formula, while the sheer bulk of wins is able to overcome the lowest Attendance Score of any program in the top 53. Winning 66% of Big East games is impressive, and the Bearcats are doing a great job of winning the games they’re supposed to while coming up with 21 Quality Wins.

2011 TOTAL SCORE: 85.10
2010 Ranking: 25
2009 Ranking: 35
Attendance Score: 3.03
APR Score: 7
Drafted Players: 14
FBS Wins: 40
Quality Wins: 21
Elite Win Score: 2
Bad Loss Score: 0
Elite Losses: 6
Bad Wins: 12
Conference Score: 6.57

http://cfn.scout.com/2/1098781.html

What is accounting for that Attendance Score? If it's TOTAL attendance that makes no sense as Nippert is tiny among the BCS schools. If it's pct. attendance/capacity then that score seems more legitimate.

(08-24-2011 08:24 AM)cinbinsportsfan Wrote:  What is accounting for that Attendance Score? If it's TOTAL attendance that makes no sense as Nippert is tiny among the BCS schools. If it's pct. attendance/capacity then that score seems more legitimate.

Quick Explanation of Scores
- Attendance: Home attendance average over the last five years divided by 10,000. Avg. Score: 4.39
- APR: The most recently released Academic Performance Rate. 90th to 100th percentile (best) gets a 10, 1st to 10th percentile (worst) gets a 1 Avg. Score: 5.84
- Quality Wins: Wins over FBS teams that finished with a winning record. Avg. Score: 10.58
- Total Wins: Wins over FBS teams. Avg. Score: 29.76
- Players Drafted: Number of players drafted. Avg. Score: 9.56
- Conference Win %: Conference winning percentage times 10. Avg. Score: 4.97
- Elite Win Score: Wins over FBS teams that finished with two losses or fewer, or on the road, at a neutral site, or in a bowl over teams that finished with three losses or fewer. Add an additional 0.5 for an Elite Win over a two-loss team on the road. Avg. Number: 1.18
- Bad Loss Score: Losses to teams that finished with three wins or fewer or any loss to a non-FBS team. Subtract each loss from the overall total. Subtract an additional 0.5 for each Bad Loss at home. Avg. Number: 2.20
- Elite Losses: Losses to teams that finished with two wins or fewer. Take 0.25 of the number. Avg. Number: 5.14
- Bad Wins: Wins over teams that finished with three wins or fewer or any win to a non-FBS team Avg. Number: 11.27

Yea that's stupid. It should be the percentage of attendance/capacity. Nippert is clearly small but that states that attendance has been poor compared to other school when in fact Nippert was busting out the seams in recent years.

They claim our attendance score is the lowest in the top 53.