Whiteboard - BCF Toys

I’m asked from time to time about how I gather the data to produce FEI ratings and other metrics I publish on this site.

Preseason ratings and projections are just a (decent) starting point.

Building on the drive summary plot design introduced a few weeks ago and inspired by last week’s look into historic handmade possession diagrams, this week I’m pulling a few elements together into an overall game possession and drive summary visualization:

There’s no time like the present to obsess over old school, hand-illustrated possession charts.

I’ve been working on better ways to visualize college football game data for as long as I’ve been collecting it.

Possessions per game have steadily declined since 2015, points per game reached a 15-year low in 2025, plays per game have held steady over the last three seasons, points per possession appear to be leveling off, and plays per possession jumped to a 19-ye…

Let’s talk about visualizing game possessions in college football.

Fifteen wins over FBS teams.

Welcome to the bcftoys whiteboard, something new here at the site.