Phil Steele Blog • January 4, 2016

 

Offensive and Defensive YPG Averages
Compared to Opponent Average thru the Bowl Games

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 December 10th I posted this blog with the Offensive and Defensive averages thru Week 14 (HERE) if you wanted to take a look and see the changes from last week to this week. Here is the updated list thru College Football Bowl Games.

    Offensive   Defensive    
  Rank Average Rank Average Total Rank
CLEMSON 3 156.1 7 105.2 261.3 1
ALABAMA 23 64.9 1 156.7 221.6 2
BAYLOR 2 157.5 29 51.5 209.0 3
OKLAHOMA 16 101.3 8 104.3 205.6 4
BOISE ST 14 107.4 16 80.5 188.0 5
OHIO ST 32 48.7 6 106.5 155.2 6
MISSISSIPPI 7 126.3 55 24.7 151.1 7
TCU 13 108.9 39 41.2 150.1 8
W KENTUCKY 6 128.6 63 13.3 141.8 9
NOTRE DAME 12 109.9 52 27.3 137.2 10
BOWLING GREEN 4 149.7 85 -17.1 132.6 11
Appalachian St 34 46.0 14 84.4 130.4 12
CINCINNATI 5 148.9 91 -22.8 126.1 13
LSU 45 30.6 12 90.2 120.8 14
MICHIGAN 59 7.6 5 110.8 118.4 15
FLORIDA ST 26 60.7 25 55.7 116.4 16
ARKANSAS 25 61.2 26 55.1 116.4 17
MISS ST 19 88.5 53 26.5 115.0 18
WISCONSIN 69 -6.6 3 116.8 110.2 19
S MISS 17 94.9 64 12.5 107.4 20
WEST VIRGINIA 39 40.6 21 66.5 107.1 21
Georgia Southern 63 3.4 10 98.8 102.2 22
AIR FORCE 22 68.3 49 30.4 98.8 23
SAN DIEGO ST 83 -22.7 4 116.1 93.3 24
LOUISVILLE 37 42.1 30 51.1 93.2 25
W MICHIGAN 18 89.3 74 0.5 89.8 26
STANFORD 48 21.5 19 67.7 89.3 27
TENNESSEE 27 60.5 54 26.2 86.8 28
TOLEDO 33 46.2 42 39.4 85.6 29
USC 43 33.9 32 49.7 83.6 30
MICHIGAN ST 64 1.7 15 80.9 82.6 31
HOUSTON 21 69.1 62 13.4 82.5 32
CALIFORNIA 9 125.5 101 -43.3 82.2 33
LOUISIANA TECH 31 50.0 48 30.8 80.9 34
OREGON 11 112.8 98 -32.3 80.5 35
WASHINGTON 82 -21.6 9 99.4 77.8 36
BYU 40 37.1 41 39.7 76.8 37
UCLA 35 44.3 47 31.9 76.2 38
NEBRASKA 20 80.4 81 -7.3 73.1 39
NAVY 47 22.0 31 50.5 72.4 40
MEMPHIS 24 64.7 69 6.2 70.9 41
TEXAS TECH 1 166.8 122 -101.9 64.9 42
NC State 42 35.1 50 28.5 63.6 43
N CAROLINA 10 113.1 106 -50.1 63.0 44
FLORIDA 90 -33.4 11 96.2 62.8 45
MINNESOTA 61 5.1 24 57.5 62.6 46
UTAH ST 55 9.6 27 52.8 62.4 47
GEORGIA 58 7.7 28 51.7 59.3 48
TEXAS A&M 49 21.3 46 34.2 55.4 49
WASH ST 36 42.8 65 10.6 53.5 50
PENN ST 79 -16.1 20 66.6 50.5 51
OKLAHOMA ST 38 40.9 71 2.0 42.9 52
MIDDLE TENN 30 56.0 86 -17.2 38.7 53
C MICHIGAN 73 -11.1 33 49.5 38.4 54
SOUTH FLORIDA 44 30.7 68 6.9 37.6 55
PITTSBURGH 72 -10.5 35 47.4 36.9 56
ARIZONA ST 29 56.2 89 -20.5 35.7 57
IOWA 74 -11.3 36 46.6 35.3 58
TEMPLE 98 -43.4 17 78.3 34.8 59
OHIO U 53 13.0 58 20.6 33.6 60
AUBURN 75 -11.7 37 43.8 32.1 61
GEORGIA TECH 81 -16.5 38 41.5 25.0 62
Georgia St 56 8.7 61 14.9 23.5 63
ILLINOIS 65 1.2 59 19.3 20.6 64
INDIANA 8 125.7 124 -105.6 20.1 65
UTAH 103 -51.8 18 70.8 19.0 66
MIAMI FLA 52 14.9 70 3.1 18.0 67
EAST CAROLINA 51 17.2 77 -1.0 16.2 68
VIRGINIA TECH 88 -29.4 44 37.4 8.0 69
COLORADO ST 46 24.0 87 -18.0 6.0 70
NORTHWESTERN 105 -59.3 22 64.7 5.5 71
SAN JOSE ST 87 -24.4 51 27.9 3.5 72
VIRGINIA 70 -6.6 66 9.6 2.9 73
DUKE 41 36.2 99 -34.3 2.0 74
AKRON 106 -65.6 23 62.7 -2.9 75
BOSTON COLL 124 -131.7 2 125.5 -6.3 76
MARSHALL 86 -24.0 60 15.5 -8.5 77
ARKANSAS ST 54 10.7 90 -21.1 -10.4 78
IOWA ST 76 -13.2 76 -0.4 -13.6 79
ARIZONA 28 59.2 116 -73.3 -14.1 80
MARYLAND 71 -7.6 84 -10.0 -17.6 81
VANDERBILT 107 -66.9 34 48.6 -18.3 82
N ILLINOIS 77 -14.4 80 -6.7 -21.1 83
TROY ST 99 -44.1 57 21.6 -22.5 84
MISSOURI 120 -108.8 13 86.0 -22.9 85
KENTUCKY 60 5.1 96 -29.6 -24.5 86
WYOMING 84 -23.2 78 -2.7 -25.9 87
CONNECTICUT 108 -73.0 40 40.9 -32.1 88
TULSA 15 102.4 128 -137.5 -35.1 89
WAKE FOREST 109 -73.4 43 38.0 -35.5 90
TEXAS 113 -75.5 45 35.6 -40.0 91
FLORIDA ATLANTIC 96 -42.8 75 -0.1 -43.0 92
BUFFALO 66 -4.5 103 -45.7 -50.3 93
SOUTH ALABAMA 100 -44.6 83 -9.2 -53.8 94
S CAROLINA 67 -4.6 108 -52.1 -56.7 95
NEVADA 91 -34.8 93 -24.2 -59.0 96
COLORADO 104 -56.5 82 -8.3 -64.8 97
Mass 68 -6.1 109 -61.7 -67.8 98
UL LAFAYETTE 101 -49.2 94 -24.5 -73.8 99
MIAMI (OH) 111 -75.1 73 0.6 -74.5 100
ARMY 114 -76.4 72 1.1 -75.3 101
SMU 94 -41.4 100 -34.9 -76.3 102
UNLV 62 5.1 118 -82.2 -77.1 103
PURDUE 78 -14.9 111 -64.5 -79.4 104
NEW MEXICO 95 -42.8 102 -44.6 -87.4 105
RICE 92 -40.3 105 -49.4 -89.7 106
IDAHO 57 7.8 121 -97.7 -89.9 107
Old Dominion 97 -43.0 107 -51.2 -94.2 108
UTSA 110 -73.9 97 -31.8 -105.7 109
SYRACUSE 93 -41.3 112 -65.9 -107.2 110
KANSAS ST 122 -116.1 67 7.9 -108.2 111
NEW MEXICO ST 50 17.9 126 -132.3 -114.4 112
FLORIDA INT'L 119 -96.2 88 -19.6 -115.7 113
KENT ST 127 -140.8 56 24.0 -116.8 114
UTEP 121 -112.1 79 -5.8 -117.9 115
RUTGERS 89 -31.9 120 -93.3 -125.2 116
Charlotte 117 -86.3 104 -49.0 -135.4 117
Texas St 80 -16.3 125 -122.3 -138.6 118
BALL STATE 102 -50.8 119 -88.2 -139.0 119
TULANE 123 -116.4 95 -26.3 -142.7 120
HAWAII 116 -81.6 110 -62.7 -144.3 121
FRESNO ST 115 -78.0 113 -66.6 -144.6 122
OREGON ST 112 -75.4 115 -69.3 -144.7 123
NORTH TEXAS 118 -88.7 114 -67.6 -156.3 124
E MICHIGAN 85 -24.0 127 -136.3 -160.3 125
UL MONROE 126 -137.6 92 -23.3 -160.9 126
UCF 128 -150.9 117 -76.4 -227.3 127
KANSAS 125 -134.9 123 -102.9 -237.8 128