Special Teams stats

[CougPatrol]

Not trying to be gloomy in the midst of a promising season, but have you looked at our special teams stats this year (conference games only)? We rank dead last in 2 categories, and our "highest" ranking is 9th in punt return average.

KICKOFF RETURNS Avg.

1. Stanford 26.9

2. Arizona State 26.0

3. Utah 25.3

4. Colorado 24.6

5. Oregon 23.7

6. UCLA 23.4

7. Washington 22.0

8. Oregon State 21.9

9. USC 21.6

10. WSU 21.6

11. Arizona 20.8

12. California 20.1


PUNT RETURN AVG

1. Washington 18.2

2. Utah 17.6

3. UCLA 14.5

4. Oregon 14.2

5. Arizona 9.0

6. USC 8.3

7. Arizona State 7.6

8. Oregon State 7.5

9. Washington State 7.3

10. California 4.5

11. Colorado 4.2

12. Stanford 2.3


PUNTING Avg.

1. Utah 42.5

2. Oregon State 40.4

3. Arizona 38.9

4. Arizona State 38.8

5. California 37.9

6. UCLA 37.5

7. Washington 37.5

8. Stanford 37.4

9. USC 36.8

10. Oregon 35.2

11. Colorado 34.9

12. WSU 33.3


KICKOFF COVERAGE Avg.

1. USC 42.3

2. Stanford 42.0

3. Arizona State 40.8

4. Oregon 40.5

5. Colorado 40.1

6. Arizona 38.8

7. UCLA 38.5

8. California 38.5

9. Washington 38.0

10. Utah 37.8

11. Oregon State 37.4

12. WSU 34.7


FIELD GOALS Pct.

1. Oregon .917

2. UCLA .900

3. Stanford .875

4. Washington .778

5. Utah .769

6. Oregon State .750

7. Colorado .733

8. Arizona State .714

USC .714

10. Arizona .700

Washington State .700

12. California .667

 

[wulffui]

What is kickoff coverage average?

 

[CougPatrol]

What is kickoff coverage average?

Not sure. I should have provided the link. Here it is.

http://pac-12.com/content/football-statistics

 

[425cougfan]

Not sure. I should have provided the link. Here it is.

http://pac-12.com/content/football-statistics

I'm guessing here, but given the rank order, I'd expect that a larger number is better, with the yards being the average starting position as measured from the kicking team's 40-yard line.

So, e.g., if USC has a 42.3 "kickoff coverage" average, the opponent's average starting position on kickoffs would be the 17.7 yard line. If correct, this means that WSU's opponents have had an average starting position of the 25.3 yard line.

Honestly, though, I'd expect WSU's stats to be even worse than that, so maybe I'm not analyzing it correctly.