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2015 YPP Factor

Offensive YPP

Twelve years ago I did an article on YPP and every year there are some solid charts for you to review. First of all, let's explain what YPP is exactly. A YPP is simply yards per point. An offense is more efficient when their YPP is a lower number like in golf. If a team had an offensive YPP of 10.0, that would mean for every 200 yards they gained, they scored 20 points. Meanwhile, if they had an offensive YPP of 20.0, then for every 200 yards they gained, they only scored 10 points. On the other side of the ball, defenses want to have a higher YPP. Inverting the same thought, if a team allowed 200 yards and had a 20.0 YPP, that means they would allow just 10 points for every 200 yards the opposition traveled, whereas a 10.0 YPP would be 20 points for every 200 yards allowed. When I started this research in 1990, the average YPP for a team was 15.44 and the median was 15.49. It surprises me how much the median has dropped inside this decade.

Teams that had an extremely low YPP the previous year usually have a weaker record the next season. The statistics are not as dominant as the high YPP, usually because there are some teams that benefit from turnovers on a yearly basis, keeping their YPP low. Still, according to the chart teams whose YPP were less than 11.50 the previous year had either a weaker or the same record 72.7% of the time the next year. There are a lot of teams that fit into the category of under 13.59. Looking at the history of the offensive YPP, these teams have a 67.5% chance of a weaker or same record this season.

2014 Offensive YPP

Defensive YPP

Now let's take a look at the teams under the Defensive YPP that were not so fortunate last year. As the chart below shows, if a team allows a defensive YPP of 11.27 or lower, (meaning they gave up a lot of points but not a lot of yds), their record improves or is the same the next year 75.0% of the time. Last year Southern Miss with their 10.39 Def YPP is the lowest since Eastern Michigan in 2010 (10.34). In 2011 The Eagles went 6-6 improving from a 2-10 record. Overall, teams that have a 13.29 defensive YPP or lower since 1990 have either had a stronger or same record 72.4% of the time.

Teams that allowed a lot of yards but not a lot of points are generally considered bend but don't break D's. However teams whose Def YPP was 17.71 or greater have a weaker or the same record the following year 66.5% of the time. Since 1990 only 35 teams have had a Def  YPP over 22.45 incl both participants in the 2012 Nat'l Championship. Notre Dame (23.92) and Alabama (22.88) combined for a 25-2 record with those incredible YPP's but LY while still very respectable the combined record fell to 20-6. It should be noted that Bama had a streak of 4 straight years being among the 4 best Def YPP broken last year as they were only 10th best. Ole Miss had the best Def YPP at 20.59.

2014 Defensive YPP

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