Big TenBoilermakers

Purdue

21st of 1309–4

Rank

21st

of 130 FBS teams

Rating

+10.7

90% range 1.6 to 19.9

Offense

34.1

19th: points scored vs an average team

Defense

23.4

29th: points allowed vs an average team

Record

9–4

Playoff

—

no field saved for this season

13 games, 9–4

Schedule

Ranks are retrospective TEMPO estimates, not poll rankings or ranks saved before kickoff.

Wk 1Sep 4 · 7:00 PM ET vs

Oregon State W 30–21

Rating change+0.5

Wk 2Sep 11 · 3:00 PM ET at

UConn W 49–0

Rating change+3.2

Wk 3Sep 18 · 2:30 PM ET at#14

Notre Dame L 13–27

Rating change+0.7

Wk 4Sep 25 · 3:30 PM ET vs

Illinois W 13–9

Rating change+0.3

Wk 5Oct 2 · 12:00 PM ET vs

Minnesota L 13–20

Rating change+0.2

Wk 7Oct 16 · 3:30 PM ET at#17

Iowa W 24–7

Rating change+2.6

Wk 8Oct 23 · 3:00 PM ET vs#9

Wisconsin L 13–30

Rating change−1.2

Wk 9Oct 30 · 3:30 PM ET at

Nebraska W 28–23

Rating change0.0

Wk 10Nov 6 · 3:30 PM ET vs

Michigan State W 40–29

Rating change+0.7

Wk 11Nov 13 · 3:30 PM ET at#2

Ohio State L 31–59

Rating change0.0

Wk 12Nov 20 · 12:00 PM ET vs

NorthwesternNeutral W 32–14

Rating change+0.5

Wk 13Nov 27 · 3:30 PM ET vs

Indiana W 44–7

Rating change+1.9

PostDec 30 · 3:00 PM ET vs#20

TennesseeTransPerfect Music City Bowl W 48–45

Rating change+0.5

With its 90% range at each cutoff

Rating through 2021

90% range

Estimated after the fact at each cutoff.

Estimates of how good the team was, not forecasts to grade

Past seasons

Season	Conference	Rank#	Rating	Off.	Def.	RecordW–L	CFP entryCFP
2020	Big Ten	38 of 127	6.2	33.0	26.8	2–4	—
2019	Big Ten	58 of 130	1.2	30.4	29.2	4–8	—
2018	Big Ten	58 of 130	2.6	33.1	30.5	6–7	—
2017	Big Ten	43 of 130	6.1	28.8	22.7	7–6	—
2016	Big Ten	100 of 128	−10.4	29.2	39.6	3–9	—
2015	Big Ten	99 of 128	−10.8	27.2	38.0	2–10	—

Adjusted for opponents; outward is better on both sides

Profile

PUR offenseFBS average

MeasureValue

Points per drive · points per possession.

Profiles and percentiles