Phil Steele Blog • November 18, 2015

 

Offensive and Defensive YPG Averages
Compared to Opponent Average thru Week #11

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 11th I posted this blog with the Offensive and Defensive averages thru Week 10 (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 5 161.7 8 108.7 270.3 1
ALABAMA 31 55.7 1 166.3 222.0 2
OKLAHOMA 16 94.9 5 123.3 218.2 3
BAYLOR 4 162.2 56 27.0 189.1 4
OHIO ST 27 67.0 6 114.5 181.5 5
CINCINNATI 2 186.5 77 -6.0 180.5 6
BOISE ST 17 93.3 16 80.8 174.2 7
TCU 6 160.0 71 6.3 166.3 8
MISSISSIPPI 7 132.0 50 34.1 166.0 9
BOWLING GREEN 1 207.7 104 -46.4 161.3 10
NOTRE DAME 13 105.8 40 44.0 149.9 11
FLORIDA ST 20 79.4 34 52.3 131.7 12
MEMPHIS 8 131.6 76 -1.1 130.6 13
Appalachian St 33 51.6 17 78.7 130.3 14
WEST VIRGINIA 36 47.0 14 81.3 128.3 15
USC 29 63.8 30 60.0 123.8 16
STANFORD 45 32.7 12 90.6 123.3 17
ARKANSAS 35 47.5 23 73.8 121.3 18
WISCONSIN 58 8.6 7 108.9 117.5 19
MICHIGAN 81 -17.0 3 134.1 117.2 20
AIR FORCE 28 64.6 33 52.4 117.0 21
S MISS 18 89.8 58 26.7 116.4 22
FLORIDA 74 -10.3 4 125.9 115.6 23
UCLA 22 76.1 48 39.2 115.3 24
LOUISVILLE 44 36.0 21 75.3 111.4 25
HOUSTON 26 70.0 46 40.5 110.5 26
NC State 32 51.6 32 57.3 108.9 27
W MICHIGAN 21 78.6 63 19.6 98.2 28
W KENTUCKY 11 111.3 84 -14.4 96.9 29
N CAROLINA 9 127.3 97 -30.6 96.7 30
TEXAS TECH 3 174.3 118 -80.2 94.1 31
IOWA 47 30.9 29 61.7 92.5 32
LSU 49 21.2 25 70.5 91.8 33
MISS ST 30 63.7 55 27.2 90.8 34
BYU 43 37.4 37 49.7 87.1 35
TENNESSEE 39 41.9 42 42.0 83.9 36
LOUISIANA TECH 38 43.8 47 39.9 83.7 37
MINNESOTA 59 8.3 24 72.4 80.7 38
TOLEDO 34 50.7 53 29.1 79.8 39
Georgia Southern 73 -9.1 13 88.2 79.1 40
PITTSBURGH 68 -1.2 19 77.5 76.3 41
WASH ST 25 70.6 75 0.8 71.4 42
NAVY 62 4.9 26 66.2 71.1 43
MICHIGAN ST 67 2.4 27 65.1 67.4 44
MIDDLE TENN 23 75.8 79 -8.7 67.0 45
SAN DIEGO ST 85 -24.9 10 91.3 66.4 46
OREGON 14 104.6 101 -39.3 65.3 47
C MICHIGAN 77 -12.9 20 75.6 62.7 48
GEORGIA 55 11.6 36 50.6 62.2 49
OKLAHOMA ST 41 39.1 61 22.1 61.1 50
NEBRASKA 19 81.5 91 -21.1 60.3 51
GEORGIA TECH 57 8.7 38 46.1 54.8 52
CALIFORNIA 15 103.0 107 -49.8 53.2 53
ARIZONA ST 48 29.4 64 18.6 48.0 54
UTAH ST 51 13.3 51 33.6 46.9 55
N ILLINOIS 40 40.2 70 6.7 46.9 56
DUKE 37 44.5 74 1.5 46.0 57
WASHINGTON 99 -47.2 9 92.9 45.8 58
PENN ST 88 -28.4 22 74.0 45.6 59
BOSTON COLL 122 -102.9 2 146.3 43.4 60
TEXAS A&M 50 17.3 60 23.3 40.6 61
ILLINOIS 64 4.0 49 35.4 39.4 62
OHIO U 54 11.7 57 26.9 38.6 63
VIRGINIA TECH 79 -14.8 35 51.8 37.0 64
UTAH 84 -23.2 31 58.4 35.2 65
VANDERBILT 105 -57.8 11 90.9 33.1 66
IOWA ST 52 12.2 65 18.3 30.5 67
MIAMI FLA 42 37.7 81 -10.8 26.8 68
AUBURN 69 -4.1 54 29.0 24.9 69
ARIZONA 24 70.6 109 -51.4 19.2 70
NORTHWESTERN 97 -45.5 28 63.3 17.7 71
ARKANSAS ST 65 4.0 69 8.2 12.2 72
INDIANA 12 106.3 124 -95.2 11.1 73
COLORADO ST 46 31.9 93 -25.2 6.8 74
TULSA 10 111.7 125 -107.4 4.3 75
MARSHALL 78 -13.7 67 17.3 3.6 76
MISSOURI 116 -80.3 15 81.0 0.7 77
VIRGINIA 80 -16.3 68 14.5 -1.9 78
SOUTH FLORIDA 72 -6.3 73 3.1 -3.2 79
EAST CAROLINA 56 9.5 85 -15.7 -6.2 80
MARYLAND 90 -30.1 62 22.1 -8.0 81
AKRON 120 -88.7 18 78.0 -10.7 82
TEMPLE 101 -52.7 43 41.9 -10.8 83
CONNECTICUT 98 -45.5 59 25.9 -19.6 84
WAKE FOREST 107 -65.8 39 45.4 -20.4 85
SAN JOSE ST 93 -38.2 66 17.6 -20.6 86
TROY ST 104 -55.8 52 32.6 -23.2 87
WYOMING 91 -30.7 72 6.3 -24.4 88
TEXAS 115 -71.7 41 43.5 -28.2 89
KENTUCKY 61 5.6 98 -34.6 -29.0 90
BUFFALO 75 -12.3 86 -17.0 -29.2 91
SOUTH ALABAMA 82 -21.1 83 -12.1 -33.2 92
Georgia St 70 -4.5 95 -30.4 -34.8 93
KANSAS ST 121 -90.2 45 40.8 -49.3 94
COLORADO 96 -43.8 80 -9.5 -53.3 95
FLORIDA ATLANTIC 95 -43.5 82 -11.3 -54.9 96
NEVADA 87 -26.9 94 -28.0 -54.9 97
S CAROLINA 71 -5.0 108 -50.6 -55.6 98
UNLV 53 12.1 116 -69.5 -57.4 99
Mass 66 3.8 114 -62.9 -59.2 100
SMU 89 -29.7 99 -35.9 -65.6 101
MIAMI (OH) 106 -59.4 78 -8.5 -67.9 102
UL LAFAYETTE 100 -52.4 89 -17.8 -70.2 103
PURDUE 86 -26.7 105 -49.5 -76.2 104
Old Dominion 94 -38.8 102 -40.3 -79.1 105
ARMY 110 -69.7 90 -18.2 -87.9 106
UTSA 114 -71.2 88 -17.5 -88.7 107
IDAHO 63 4.9 123 -94.0 -89.1 108
Charlotte 113 -71.2 96 -30.4 -101.5 109
KENT ST 128 -146.8 44 41.3 -105.6 110
FLORIDA INT'L 119 -84.7 92 -22.1 -106.8 111
OREGON ST 108 -66.2 106 -49.8 -116.0 112
SYRACUSE 92 -32.1 121 -84.7 -116.8 113
RICE 109 -68.3 111 -52.9 -121.2 114
RUTGERS 103 -54.2 115 -67.5 -121.7 115
NEW MEXICO 112 -71.1 113 -62.6 -133.7 116
HAWAII 117 -82.8 110 -51.6 -134.4 117
BALL STATE 102 -53.9 119 -82.7 -136.6 118
TULANE 126 -120.6 87 -17.4 -138.0 119
NEW MEXICO ST 60 6.2 127 -145.5 -139.2 120
UL MONROE 123 -107.4 100 -39.0 -146.5 121
E MICHIGAN 83 -21.2 126 -131.0 -152.2 122
NORTH TEXAS 111 -70.2 120 -83.6 -153.8 123
UTEP 124 -111.3 103 -43.0 -154.3 124
FRESNO ST 118 -83.5 117 -76.0 -159.5 125
Texas St 76 -12.7 128 -148.0 -160.7 126
UCF 127 -142.4 112 -54.4 -196.8 127
KANSAS 125 -119.2 122 -88.2 -207.4 128

 

 

 

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