The college football season continues to swiftly move along with just a few weeks left in the regular season.
Believe it or not, we are now nine full weeks in, and we continue to get more data points with Big Ten quarterbacks to see who is doing the best at the position. That includes Ohio State football’s starter under center, Kyle McCord, who probably had his worst performance of the year at Wisconsin throwing two picks and losing a fumble, but he still did enough to notch another victory for his Buckeye brothers.
Just like every other week, there were Big Ten quarterback performances besides what we saw from McCord, and we like to keep track of how they are all doing when stacking them up against one another.
The metric we like to use more than any other is ESPN’s Total QBR rating. We find it to be a better indicator of performance because it takes into account many aspects others don’t, including the level of competition.
So what is Total QBR exactly? According to ESPN, Adjusted Total Quarterback Rating “values the quarterback on all play types on a 0-100 scale adjusted for the strength of opposing defenses faced.”
OK, we’re game.
So where are McCord and Big Ten gunslingers such as J.J. McCarthy of Michigan, Drew Allar of Penn State, Taulia Tagovailoa of Maryland and Gavin Wimsatt of Rutgers following Week 9 of the college football season? It’s now becoming increasingly clear that one guy is separating from the pack with another the clear No. 2. And with only four games left for most, it’s going to be awfully hard to reel in either.
Nonetheless, here’s how things stack up with Total QBR after another week of a very wild college football season in the Big Ten.