Phil Steele Blog • December 2, 2015

 

Offensive and Defensive YPG Averages
Compared to Opponent Average thru Week #13

Every year I am adding to new features and articles to my College Football Preview and PhilSteele.com and for all 128 teams I have added a couple extra columns to the Game-by-Game Stats that you will find on for every team. A lot of people have been asking me what those columns stand for and I thought I would explain it further in today’s blog.

A couple years ago during the season I was wondering how certain offensive and defensive performances that a team had vs a particular opponent stacked up on how the other opponents fared against that team. Not every performance as far as yards gained and given up is created equal due to the quality of opponent played. So to the right of the net yards and points columns, you will see an offensive vs foe and defensive vs foe numbers. The first # is what that performance ranked compared to every other team their opponent allowed throughout the year (#1 being the best, with #12 being the worst since most teams play 12 games) while the second column contains the number of yards positive or negative against their opponent’s average.

I have broke down the offensive and defensive averages and in today’s blog I took all those averages (both offense and defense) and combined them to come up with the most impressive teams in the country compared to how they fared against their opponent. Here is a ranking of all 128 teams and how they did. This list does take out Garbage yards that may occur during overtime and/or blowout wins/losses. You you may see a difference in rankings from the Game by Game Stats listed on the actual Teams Pages. The team page game by game stats include garbage yards.

On November 25th I posted this blog with the Offensive and Defensive averages thru Week 12 (HERE) if you wanted to take a look and see the changes from last week to this week. Here is the updated list thru week 11 College Football Games.

    Offensive   Defensive    
  Rank Average Rank Average Total Rank
CLEMSON 5 155.9 10 99.7 255.6 1
OKLAHOMA 15 106.4 5 117.8 224.3 2
BAYLOR 4 157.2 28 59.1 216.3 3
ALABAMA 28 56.2 1 154.1 210.2 4
TCU 8 122.7 46 35.3 158.0 5
OHIO ST 37 45.2 7 110.4 155.6 6
NOTRE DAME 12 114.7 45 37.2 151.9 7
BOISE ST 17 94.8 32 51.1 145.9 8
BOWLING GREEN 3 165.1 90 -20.0 145.1 9
S MISS 14 114.1 50 29.2 143.3 10
MISSISSIPPI 6 126.3 62 16.3 142.6 11
CINCINNATI 2 166.5 95 -24.7 141.7 12
Appalachian St 35 46.8 12 88.5 135.3 13
W KENTUCKY 11 116.5 63 14.6 131.1 14
FLORIDA ST 23 72.4 30 56.8 129.2 15
AIR FORCE 22 73.2 38 46.5 119.6 16
WEST VIRGINIA 44 32.2 14 86.6 118.8 17
Georgia Southern 54 12.3 8 105.9 118.2 18
MICHIGAN 78 -9.1 4 120.3 111.2 19
LSU 46 26.9 16 79.9 106.8 20
WISCONSIN 75 -7.6 6 113.9 106.4 21
MEMPHIS 18 92.7 64 13.1 105.8 22
USC 38 45.0 27 59.8 104.7 23
ARKANSAS 29 54.2 33 50.0 104.2 24
MISS ST 21 74.8 58 20.4 95.2 25
LOUISVILLE 41 35.1 29 59.0 94.1 26
HOUSTON 24 72.0 59 20.0 92.0 27
TEXAS TECH 1 182.0 120 -90.0 92.0 28
UCLA 34 49.2 42 42.8 92.0 29
W MICHIGAN 19 82.0 67 9.9 91.9 30
TOLEDO 39 44.9 39 46.4 91.2 31
FLORIDA 89 -32.1 3 123.2 91.2 32
MICHIGAN ST 64 5.6 15 84.5 90.1 33
N CAROLINA 7 125.8 101 -36.8 89.0 34
STANFORD 48 22.7 23 66.2 89.0 35
NC State 32 50.7 44 38.0 88.6 36
TENNESSEE 27 58.8 52 26.6 85.4 37
OREGON 9 122.5 102 -38.2 84.3 38
NAVY 52 16.1 25 62.1 78.2 39
GEORGIA 57 8.9 24 64.4 73.3 40
NEBRASKA 20 81.8 84 -9.1 72.8 41
CALIFORNIA 10 117.4 103 -44.8 72.6 42
SAN DIEGO ST 87 -28.3 9 100.5 72.2 43
PITTSBURGH 69 2.3 21 69.5 71.8 44
BYU 40 35.2 49 29.4 64.5 45
C MICHIGAN 70 0.1 26 62.0 62.1 46
OKLAHOMA ST 33 50.6 66 10.2 60.8 47
LOUISIANA TECH 42 35.0 53 25.3 60.3 48
WASH ST 31 52.0 70 6.4 58.5 49
TEXAS A&M 55 11.8 41 45.0 56.8 50
UTAH ST 61 8.2 35 48.5 56.7 51
WASHINGTON 98 -44.9 11 99.0 54.0 52
MINNESOTA 67 3.5 34 49.6 53.2 53
IOWA 66 4.8 36 47.5 52.3 54
MIDDLE TENN 26 60.2 82 -8.0 52.2 55
ARIZONA ST 30 52.7 77 -0.8 51.9 56
OHIO U 50 18.1 54 25.0 43.1 57
PENN ST 85 -24.2 22 67.2 43.0 58
GEORGIA TECH 72 -3.2 43 41.0 37.8 59
SOUTH FLORIDA 51 16.2 56 20.8 37.0 60
UTAH 96 -39.9 18 74.0 34.1 61
TEMPLE 97 -41.4 19 73.8 32.3 62
N ILLINOIS 45 27.5 72 4.4 31.9 63
ILLINOIS 60 8.3 55 21.7 30.0 64
MIAMI FLA 43 34.7 80 -4.9 29.8 65
DUKE 36 45.3 92 -21.5 23.9 66
EAST CAROLINA 49 21.2 76 0.1 21.3 67
VIRGINIA TECH 86 -27.8 37 46.7 19.0 68
NORTHWESTERN 103 -53.6 20 70.0 16.4 69
AKRON 107 -61.5 17 75.2 13.7 70
ARKANSAS ST 56 11.5 75 0.1 11.6 71
VIRGINIA 68 3.4 69 7.7 11.1 72
AUBURN 77 -8.8 61 16.5 7.7 73
BOSTON COLL 124 -118.9 2 126.5 7.6 74
INDIANA 13 114.2 124 -106.6 7.6 75
IOWA ST 76 -8.3 71 6.0 -2.3 76
ARIZONA 25 61.0 112 -64.1 -3.1 77
SAN JOSE ST 81 -15.8 68 9.7 -6.1 78
VANDERBILT 106 -60.7 31 52.5 -8.2 79
Georgia St 58 8.7 89 -17.8 -9.1 80
COLORADO ST 53 13.8 94 -24.4 -10.5 81
MARSHALL 84 -24.0 65 10.4 -13.6 82
MARYLAND 73 -3.8 85 -11.0 -14.8 83
MISSOURI 120 -106.6 13 88.4 -18.2 84
CONNECTICUT 109 -65.3 40 46.1 -19.2 85
KENTUCKY 62 7.1 97 -28.8 -21.7 86
WYOMING 83 -22.6 78 -3.3 -25.9 87
WAKE FOREST 108 -61.6 47 34.9 -26.7 88
FLORIDA ATLANTIC 88 -29.3 74 1.4 -27.8 89
TULSA 16 94.9 126 -124.3 -29.4 90
BUFFALO 71 -0.4 100 -34.7 -35.0 91
TROY ST 105 -55.4 60 18.4 -37.0 92
TEXAS 111 -68.7 48 29.5 -39.3 93
S CAROLINA 65 5.1 108 -52.3 -47.2 94
NEVADA 91 -32.4 88 -16.5 -48.9 95
COLORADO 104 -55.1 79 -4.1 -59.2 96
SOUTH ALABAMA 101 -51.8 83 -8.7 -60.5 97
Mass 74 -5.3 109 -58.3 -63.6 98
UL LAFAYETTE 99 -48.6 87 -15.8 -64.4 99
MIAMI (OH) 110 -68.6 73 2.5 -66.1 100
SMU 94 -38.6 99 -33.2 -71.8 101
UNLV 63 6.2 119 -79.7 -73.6 102
PURDUE 79 -13.9 110 -62.9 -76.8 103
RICE 93 -38.0 105 -48.0 -86.0 104
IDAHO 59 8.4 121 -94.7 -86.3 105
Old Dominion 95 -39.7 107 -49.0 -88.7 106
ARMY 114 -77.1 86 -12.1 -89.1 107
KANSAS ST 121 -110.6 57 20.5 -90.2 108
UTSA 112 -70.2 98 -29.3 -99.5 109
NEW MEXICO 102 -52.6 106 -48.3 -100.9 110
SYRACUSE 90 -32.1 116 -69.5 -101.5 111
KENT ST 127 -141.0 51 26.7 -114.4 112
FLORIDA INT'L 119 -96.5 91 -21.4 -117.8 113
NEW MEXICO ST 47 25.5 128 -143.8 -118.3 114
UTEP 122 -111.9 81 -7.8 -119.7 115
RUTGERS 92 -32.5 122 -95.4 -127.9 116
BALL STATE 100 -49.3 118 -79.4 -128.7 117
Texas St 80 -14.4 125 -116.1 -130.5 118
Charlotte 118 -85.3 104 -47.0 -132.3 119
TULANE 123 -114.0 93 -23.0 -137.0 120
OREGON ST 113 -72.2 115 -67.8 -140.0 121
FRESNO ST 115 -77.8 113 -64.5 -142.3 122
HAWAII 116 -80.5 111 -63.8 -144.4 123
NORTH TEXAS 117 -83.7 114 -65.6 -149.3 124
UL MONROE 125 -125.0 96 -28.3 -153.3 125
E MICHIGAN 82 -20.4 127 -134.8 -155.2 126
UCF 128 -149.5 117 -72.0 -221.5 127
KANSAS 126 -130.3 123 -98.0 -228.3 128