Where Middle Tennessee Stands Out Football Standouts 2026

3-3 · Conference USA

  1. 3rd down conversion

    Extreme · Weakness

    26.2%

    2nd-lowest of 138 teams

    -2.1 SD from the average of 41.0%

  2. Yards / play allowed

    Notable · Weakness

    6.4

    13th-highest of 138 teams

    +1.3 SD from the average of 5.5

  3. Yards / game

    Notable · Weakness

    321.5

    17th-fewest of 138 teams

    -1.2 SD from the average of 394.4

  4. Turnovers / game

    Notable · Strength

    0.7

    Tied for 20th-fewest of 138 teams

    -1.1 SD from the average of 1.2

  5. Yards allowed / game

    Notable · Weakness

    412.8

    22nd-most of 138 teams

    +1.1 SD from the average of 354.5

How these are picked: each stat is compared with every team that has it this season and at least 3 games played (and, for a percentage of tries like 4th downs, at least 10 tries). The team's z-score is its distance from those teams' mean in standard deviations (population SD). A stat is listed at 1.0 SD or more, the largest first, up to 10: Notable from 1.0, Outlier from 1.5, Extreme from 2. Ties share a rank. Only stats counted in the box score, and ratios worked out from them - no other source's model numbers, such as EPA. From every game played, postseason included, not adjusted for the opponents faced.