Phil Steele Blog • October 21, 2015

 

 

Offensive and Defensive YPG Averages
Compared to Opponent Average thru Week #7

 

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 October 13th I posted this blog with the Offensive and Defensive averages thru Week 6 (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 7 College Football Games.

    Offensive   Defensive    
  Rank Average Rank Average Total Rank
BAYLOR 1 237.3 16 96.1 333.4 1
CLEMSON 8 137.4 4 148.1 285.5 2
ALABAMA 24 79.0 2 189.5 268.5 3
WEST VIRGINIA 9 132.4 11 113.0 245.4 4
BOISE ST 30 67.3 10 116.3 183.6 5
NOTRE DAME 11 122.2 38 58.7 181.0 6
FLORIDA ST 19 91.6 24 86.2 177.7 7
OKLAHOMA 41 56.4 9 118.4 174.8 8
OHIO ST 37 59.3 14 106.7 166.1 9
MICHIGAN 84 -22.8 3 187.0 164.3 10
LSU 31 67.1 20 94.6 161.7 11
MISSISSIPPI 12 121.9 52 39.1 161.0 12
USC 7 142.1 62 15.3 157.4 13
TEXAS TECH 2 218.9 113 -63.0 155.9 14
Appalachian St 40 56.4 17 95.5 151.9 15
TCU 4 174.0 89 -23.6 150.4 16
STANFORD 27 74.0 29 71.2 145.2 17
BOSTON COLL 103 -51.7 1 194.5 142.8 18
WISCONSIN 52 25.8 12 112.9 138.7 19
IOWA 42 54.9 26 83.7 138.6 20
CINCINNATI 6 161.8 93 -26.7 135.1 21
ARKANSAS 57 22.5 13 112.3 134.8 22
BOWLING GREEN 3 196.2 115 -65.2 131.0 23
TEXAS A&M 26 75.9 46 49.0 124.9 24
BYU 29 67.6 39 56.5 124.1 25
N CAROLINA 13 121.8 70 1.0 122.8 26
DUKE 47 33.9 25 85.5 119.4 27
TENNESSEE 21 85.2 56 32.9 118.0 28
HOUSTON 34 62.8 43 50.5 113.2 29
NC State 60 18.7 21 92.9 111.6 30
GEORGIA 39 58.6 41 51.7 110.3 31
FLORIDA 79 -16.1 6 120.9 104.9 32
MICHIGAN ST 55 23.4 27 79.8 103.3 33
W KENTUCKY 17 110.3 77 -8.3 102.1 34
UCLA 35 61.8 51 39.6 101.4 35
MEMPHIS 14 121.5 86 -21.9 99.7 36
LOUISVILLE 49 30.2 32 68.0 98.2 37
GEORGIA TECH 32 65.9 57 32.0 98.0 38
C MICHIGAN 56 23.1 28 72.3 95.3 39
LOUISIANA TECH 38 59.2 54 35.1 94.4 40
CALIFORNIA 10 131.4 102 -37.9 93.5 41
WASH ST 23 80.7 63 9.7 90.4 42
NEBRASKA 15 113.2 90 -23.8 89.3 43
UTAH 45 39.8 44 49.5 89.3 44
MIDDLE TENN 22 82.5 68 5.1 87.6 45
ILLINOIS 58 22.4 34 64.2 86.6 46
MIAMI FLA 25 77.6 65 7.2 84.8 47
PITTSBURGH 93 -39.1 5 123.4 84.3 48
NAVY 65 14.0 31 68.3 82.3 49
VANDERBILT 76 -13.5 19 95.2 81.7 50
UTAH ST 64 15.2 37 61.4 76.6 51
TOLEDO 46 34.2 49 41.3 75.5 52
PENN ST 99 -44.7 7 118.9 74.2 53
AIR FORCE 63 16.9 40 55.4 72.3 54
ARIZONA ST 68 4.2 35 64.0 68.2 55
NORTHWESTERN 82 -21.5 23 88.3 66.9 56
MISS ST 62 17.1 45 49.1 66.3 57
ARIZONA 18 108.2 103 -42.0 66.2 58
TULSA 5 169.2 124 -105.7 63.5 59
MINNESOTA 90 -32.1 18 95.2 63.2 60
OKLAHOMA ST 50 27.0 55 33.4 60.4 61
OREGON 20 90.8 98 -31.6 59.1 62
WASHINGTON 109 -63.4 8 118.7 55.4 63
WYOMING 66 13.8 53 37.0 50.8 64
N ILLINOIS 48 32.0 61 16.9 48.9 65
W MICHIGAN 28 68.6 92 -26.2 42.4 66
VIRGINIA TECH 73 -7.4 47 49.0 41.5 67
INDIANA 16 110.4 118 -68.9 41.4 68
TEMPLE 105 -55.3 22 89.5 34.2 69
S MISS 36 60.9 94 -26.8 34.1 70
IOWA ST 59 21.2 67 5.7 26.9 71
Georgia Southern 78 -15.7 50 40.2 24.5 72
TEXAS 96 -40.4 36 63.0 22.6 73
SAN DIEGO ST 101 -45.8 33 66.3 20.5 74
EAST CAROLINA 61 18.0 75 -6.6 11.4 75
KENTUCKY 53 24.0 82 -18.0 6.0 76
WAKE FOREST 97 -42.1 48 46.2 4.0 77
MISSOURI 123 -103.3 15 104.8 1.5 78
COLORADO ST 43 45.3 108 -45.4 -0.1 79
Mass 33 64.5 117 -67.9 -3.4 80
VIRGINIA 75 -12.5 64 7.7 -4.8 81
CONNECTICUT 71 -4.2 73 -2.9 -7.1 82
S CAROLINA 54 23.4 99 -32.6 -9.1 83
AUBURN 69 3.1 79 -13.7 -10.6 84
UL LAFAYETTE 80 -17.8 66 5.9 -11.9 85
FLORIDA ATLANTIC 74 -12.4 78 -12.7 -25.1 86
AKRON 121 -96.6 30 70.9 -25.8 87
SMU 87 -24.5 74 -3.4 -28.0 88
SOUTH FLORIDA 72 -7.0 87 -22.2 -29.2 89
SOUTH ALABAMA 70 2.7 104 -42.2 -39.5 90
KANSAS ST 112 -71.9 58 31.5 -40.4 91
ARKANSAS ST 108 -62.7 60 19.3 -43.4 92
NEVADA 85 -23.2 91 -25.4 -48.6 93
ARMY 89 -31.2 83 -19.0 -50.2 94
BUFFALO 92 -36.5 80 -14.3 -50.8 95
OHIO U 98 -43.2 76 -8.0 -51.3 96
OREGON ST 91 -36.1 81 -15.8 -51.9 97
TROY ST 115 -80.6 59 22.7 -57.9 98
COLORADO 81 -19.0 107 -44.7 -63.7 99
Georgia St 83 -22.6 105 -42.2 -64.8 100
MARSHALL 110 -65.6 72 -0.2 -65.7 101
KENT ST 125 -118.6 42 50.5 -68.0 102
PURDUE 95 -40.3 96 -30.1 -70.4 103
UTSA 114 -79.8 69 4.2 -75.5 104
SAN JOSE ST 102 -49.5 97 -30.9 -80.4 105
SYRACUSE 100 -45.5 106 -42.7 -88.1 106
RUTGERS 67 4.8 122 -96.0 -91.2 107
MARYLAND 106 -56.9 100 -34.7 -91.6 108
UNLV 94 -39.8 111 -54.6 -94.4 109
BALL STATE 77 -15.0 120 -80.1 -95.1 110
FLORIDA INT'L 122 -98.2 71 0.7 -97.5 111
RICE 113 -77.1 85 -21.1 -98.2 112
Charlotte 111 -71.1 95 -27.9 -99.1 113
MIAMI (OH) 104 -53.5 109 -45.8 -99.3 114
HAWAII 117 -82.6 84 -19.1 -101.6 115
UL MONROE 118 -89.4 88 -23.0 -112.5 116
Old Dominion 107 -62.4 110 -51.5 -113.9 117
Texas St 44 41.8 127 -156.3 -114.5 118
E MICHIGAN 51 26.4 125 -143.1 -116.7 119
TULANE 120 -95.3 114 -64.5 -159.9 120
FRESNO ST 119 -93.4 116 -66.9 -160.2 121
NEW MEXICO 124 -104.6 119 -73.3 -177.9 122
KANSAS 126 -143.1 101 -36.2 -179.3 123
NORTH TEXAS 116 -81.8 123 -99.5 -181.3 124
IDAHO 88 -29.6 126 -153.9 -183.5 125
NEW MEXICO ST 86 -23.2 128 -177.7 -200.9 126
UCF 128 -154.1 112 -57.0 -211.1 127
UTEP 127 -146.9 121 -92.0 -238.9 128

 

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