| Phil Steele Blog • June 23, 2015 |
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Looking at First Downs per Game
Last week (6/20 blog) I wrote about what to look for when analyzing a team’s rush/pass ratio. In today’s blog I provide you with the teams FD’s/gm overall, rush, pass and via penalty.
The MOST IMPORTANT thing to remember when analyzing the stats, especially from last season, is to do so with per/game averages AND NOT total overall numbers. In 2014 four teams (Buffalo, Florida, Idaho & Kent St) only played 11 games while Ohio St and Oregon each played 15. That is FOUR EXTRA games played (+36.4%) making, in this case, total FD’s a mute point.
Let’s first look at the offensive FD’s/gm. Baylor led the country averaging 30.1 FD’s/gm. That is the 3rd best in the last 11 seasons being bested by only La Tech in 2012 (31.5) and by Houston in 2009 (30.3). You will also see that I colored the 20 best in each category green and the 20 worst in each category red. Wake Forest had the lowest average last season earning just 14.3 FD’s/gm. The lowest in the last 11 seasons was Temple in 2006 when they only averaged 11.5 FD’s/gm.| OFFENSIVE FIRST DOWNS | per/ | per/gm | Rush | Pass | Pen | Rush | Pass | Pen |
| game | rank | FD/gm | FD/gm | FD/gm | % | % | % | |
| Air Force (10-3) | 22.1 | 50 | 15.2 | 5.7 | 1.2 | 69.0% | 25.8% | 5.2% |
| Akron (5-7) | 21.6 | 58 | 7.8 | 11.8 | 1.9 | 35.9% | 54.8% | 8.9% |
| Alabama (12-2) | 24.3 | 19 | 11.0 | 12.1 | 1.1 | 45.3% | 50.0% | 4.7% |
| Appalchan St (7-5) | 23.6 | 27 | 11.4 | 9.5 | 2.7 | 48.4% | 40.3% | 11.3% |
| Arizona (10-4) | 24.7 | 15 | 9.1 | 12.6 | 3.0 | 37.0% | 50.9% | 12.1% |
| Arizona St (10-3) | 23.2 | 33 | 8.5 | 12.8 | 1.9 | 36.5% | 55.1% | 8.3% |
| Arkansas (7-6) | 22.2 | 47 | 11.2 | 9.2 | 1.7 | 50.7% | 41.7% | 7.6% |
| Arkansas St (7-6) | 23.4 | 30 | 11.2 | 10.7 | 1.6 | 47.7% | 45.7% | 6.9% |
| Army (4-8) | 18.0 | 108 | 15.1 | 2.1 | 0.8 | 83.8% | 11.6% | 4.2% |
| Auburn (8-5) | 24.2 | 20 | 13.2 | 10.2 | 0.8 | 54.8% | 42.0% | 3.2% |
| Ball State (5-7) | 20.3 | 81 | 7.7 | 10.8 | 1.8 | 37.9% | 53.1% | 9.1% |
| Baylor (11-2) | 30.1 | 1 | 13.2 | 14.8 | 2.1 | 43.7% | 49.4% | 6.9% |
| Boise State (12-2) | 24.1 | 21 | 10.6 | 12.4 | 1.2 | 43.8% | 51.2% | 5.0% |
| Boston College (7-6) | 19.1 | 97 | 12.1 | 5.6 | 1.3 | 63.3% | 29.4% | 6.9% |
| Bowling Green (8-6) | 22.1 | 48 | 8.6 | 11.3 | 2.3 | 38.7% | 51.0% | 10.3% |
| Buffalo (5-6) | 22.2 | 46 | 8.8 | 11.1 | 2.3 | 39.8% | 50.0% | 10.2% |
| BYU (8-5) | 25.0 | 12 | 11.0 | 12.3 | 1.7 | 44.0% | 49.2% | 6.8% |
| California (5-7) | 26.6 | 6 | 8.3 | 15.7 | 2.8 | 31.0% | 58.9% | 10.7% |
| Central Michigan (7-6) | 22.1 | 50 | 9.0 | 11.4 | 1.7 | 40.8% | 51.6% | 7.7% |
| Cincinnati (9-4) | 23.8 | 23 | 7.9 | 14.2 | 1.7 | 33.2% | 59.7% | 7.1% |
| Clemson (10-3) | 20.5 | 72 | 8.1 | 11.2 | 1.2 | 39.3% | 54.3% | 6.0% |
| Colorado (2-10) | 24.7 | 17 | 8.4 | 13.3 | 3.0 | 34.1% | 53.7% | 12.2% |
| Colorado St (10-3) | 23.0 | 34 | 8.1 | 13.6 | 1.3 | 35.1% | 59.2% | 5.7% |
| Connecticut (2-10) | 14.8 | 126 | 5.8 | 7.3 | 1.8 | 38.8% | 48.9% | 12.4% |
| Duke (9-4) | 22.0 | 52 | 10.2 | 10.0 | 1.8 | 46.5% | 45.5% | 8.0% |
| East Carolina (8-5) | 29.1 | 2 | 8.2 | 18.3 | 2.5 | 28.3% | 63.0% | 8.7% |
| Eastern Michigan (2-10) | 15.8 | 123 | 8.3 | 6.6 | 1.0 | 52.1% | 41.6% | 6.3% |
| Florida (7-5) | 17.5 | 112 | 9.3 | 7.2 | 1.1 | 52.9% | 41.0% | 6.2% |
| Florida Atlantic (3-9) | 18.3 | 106 | 8.3 | 9.0 | 1.0 | 45.5% | 49.1% | 5.5% |
| Florida International (4-8) | 16.3 | 120 | 8.3 | 6.8 | 1.2 | 51.0% | 41.8% | 7.1% |
| Florida St (13-1) | 23.0 | 34 | 7.9 | 13.4 | 1.7 | 34.5% | 58.1% | 7.5% |
| Fresno St (6-8) | 21.1 | 65 | 9.0 | 9.9 | 2.2 | 42.6% | 47.0% | 10.5% |
| Georgia (10-3) | 22.9 | 37 | 11.8 | 9.7 | 1.4 | 51.7% | 42.3% | 6.0% |
| Georgia Southern (9-3) | 21.8 | 55 | 16.8 | 4.1 | 0.9 | 77.1% | 18.7% | 4.2% |
| Georgia St (1-11) | 20.3 | 79 | 7.0 | 11.5 | 1.9 | 34.4% | 56.6% | 9.4% |
| Georgia Tech (11-3) | 25.0 | 12 | 18.5 | 5.6 | 0.9 | 74.0% | 22.3% | 3.7% |
| Hawaii (4-9) | 19.5 | 88 | 8.5 | 9.2 | 1.9 | 43.3% | 46.9% | 9.8% |
| Houston (8-5) | 22.0 | 52 | 10.0 | 9.5 | 2.5 | 45.5% | 43.0% | 11.5% |
| Idaho (1-10) | 23.5 | 29 | 8.9 | 12.2 | 2.3 | 38.0% | 51.9% | 9.7% |
| Illinois (6-7) | 19.2 | 95 | 6.5 | 10.5 | 2.2 | 33.7% | 54.6% | 11.6% |
| Indiana (4-8) | 18.8 | 99 | 11.1 | 6.1 | 1.5 | 58.8% | 32.3% | 8.0% |
| Iowa (7-6) | 21.5 | 59 | 9.5 | 10.0 | 2.1 | 43.9% | 46.4% | 9.6% |
| Iowa State (2-10) | 21.3 | 61 | 7.7 | 11.8 | 1.9 | 35.9% | 55.1% | 9.0% |
| Kansas (3-9) | 16.3 | 121 | 6.8 | 8.7 | 0.8 | 41.5% | 53.3% | 5.1% |
| Kansas St (9-4) | 22.5 | 41 | 8.0 | 12.5 | 2.1 | 35.5% | 55.3% | 9.2% |
| Kent State (2-9) | 18.0 | 108 | 4.5 | 11.5 | 2.1 | 24.7% | 63.6% | 11.6% |
| Kentucky (5-7) | 19.3 | 94 | 8.8 | 9.0 | 1.5 | 45.5% | 46.8% | 7.8% |
| Louisiana Tech (9-5) | 20.0 | 85 | 7.4 | 10.4 | 2.1 | 37.1% | 52.1% | 10.4% |
| Louisville (9-4) | 20.4 | 76 | 8.9 | 10.2 | 1.3 | 43.8% | 50.2% | 6.4% |
| LSU (8-5) | 20.2 | 82 | 12.2 | 6.5 | 1.6 | 60.3% | 32.4% | 8.0% |
| Marshall (13-1) | 26.1 | 7 | 11.5 | 13.1 | 1.6 | 44.0% | 50.0% | 6.0% |
| Maryland (7-6) | 17.5 | 113 | 6.8 | 9.2 | 1.5 | 38.8% | 52.4% | 8.8% |
| Memphis (10-3) | 22.6 | 40 | 9.1 | 11.5 | 2.1 | 40.1% | 50.7% | 9.2% |
| Miami FL (6-7) | 19.8 | 87 | 8.8 | 9.8 | 1.4 | 44.2% | 49.2% | 7.0% |
| Miami OH (2-10) | 20.5 | 74 | 6.2 | 12.3 | 2.1 | 30.1% | 60.2% | 10.2% |
| Michigan (5-7) | 18.5 | 102 | 8.4 | 8.7 | 1.4 | 45.5% | 46.8% | 7.7% |
| Michigan St (11-2) | 24.7 | 16 | 11.8 | 11.8 | 1.1 | 47.7% | 48.0% | 4.4% |
| Middle Tennessee (6-6) | 21.2 | 63 | 11.1 | 9.2 | 0.9 | 52.4% | 43.3% | 4.3% |
| Minnesota (8-5) | 18.3 | 107 | 11.4 | 5.8 | 1.1 | 62.2% | 31.9% | 5.9% |
| Mississippi St (10-3) | 25.7 | 10 | 12.3 | 12.2 | 1.2 | 47.9% | 47.6% | 4.5% |
| Missouri (11-3) | 19.3 | 93 | 9.2 | 8.7 | 1.4 | 47.8% | 45.2% | 7.4% |
| Navy (8-5) | 20.7 | 71 | 17.2 | 2.8 | 0.8 | 82.9% | 13.8% | 3.7% |
| NC State (8-5) | 21.7 | 57 | 10.8 | 9.4 | 1.5 | 49.6% | 43.3% | 7.1% |
| Nebraska (9-4) | 22.2 | 45 | 11.5 | 8.8 | 1.8 | 51.6% | 39.8% | 8.0% |
| Nevada (7-6) | 21.1 | 66 | 10.5 | 9.4 | 1.2 | 50.0% | 44.5% | 5.5% |
| New Mexico (4-8) | 17.1 | 117 | 12.9 | 3.4 | 0.8 | 75.6% | 20.0% | 4.4% |
| New Mexico St (2-10) | 21.5 | 60 | 9.2 | 11.2 | 1.2 | 42.6% | 51.9% | 5.4% |
| North Carolina (6-7) | 23.9 | 22 | 9.8 | 12.2 | 1.9 | 41.2% | 50.8% | 8.0% |
| North Texas (4-8) | 17.8 | 111 | 8.8 | 7.2 | 1.8 | 49.8% | 40.4% | 9.9% |
| Northern Illinois (11-3) | 22.8 | 39 | 13.1 | 8.6 | 1.1 | 57.4% | 37.9% | 4.7% |
| Northwestern (5-7) | 20.3 | 80 | 7.6 | 11.3 | 1.5 | 37.3% | 55.3% | 7.4% |
| Notre Dame (8-5) | 23.8 | 24 | 9.0 | 12.9 | 1.8 | 37.9% | 54.4% | 7.8% |
| Ohio (6-6) | 19.5 | 89 | 8.9 | 8.6 | 2.0 | 45.7% | 44.0% | 10.3% |
| Ohio State (14-1) | 25.7 | 9 | 14.5 | 10.0 | 1.3 | 56.2% | 38.9% | 4.9% |
| Oklahoma (8-5) | 22.5 | 41 | 12.4 | 9.1 | 1.1 | 54.9% | 40.3% | 4.8% |
| Oklahoma St (7-6) | 18.9 | 98 | 7.1 | 9.8 | 2.0 | 37.4% | 52.0% | 10.6% |
| Old Dominion (6-6) | 22.9 | 37 | 8.0 | 13.0 | 1.9 | 34.9% | 56.7% | 8.4% |
| Ole Miss (9-4) | 20.4 | 76 | 7.5 | 11.5 | 1.5 | 36.6% | 56.2% | 7.5% |
| Oregon (13-2) | 27.1 | 4 | 12.2 | 13.2 | 1.7 | 45.1% | 48.8% | 6.2% |
| Oregon St (5-7) | 20.8 | 69 | 6.5 | 11.5 | 2.8 | 31.3% | 55.4% | 13.3% |
| Penn State (7-6) | 19.2 | 95 | 6.5 | 10.5 | 2.2 | 33.7% | 55.0% | 11.2% |
| Pittsburgh (6-7) | 23.6 | 26 | 14.0 | 8.2 | 1.4 | 59.3% | 34.9% | 5.9% |
| Purdue (3-9) | 17.2 | 116 | 7.9 | 8.3 | 0.8 | 46.1% | 48.5% | 4.9% |
| Rice (8-5) | 19.4 | 91 | 9.0 | 9.2 | 1.2 | 46.4% | 47.6% | 6.0% |
| Rutgers (8-5) | 18.5 | 101 | 9.0 | 8.8 | 0.8 | 48.5% | 47.3% | 4.1% |
| San Antonio (4-8) | 16.7 | 119 | 7.0 | 8.5 | 1.2 | 42.0% | 51.0% | 7.0% |
| San Diego St (7-6) | 19.4 | 92 | 9.9 | 8.1 | 1.4 | 51.2% | 41.7% | 7.1% |
| San Jose St (3-9) | 21.2 | 63 | 8.1 | 11.9 | 1.2 | 38.2% | 56.3% | 5.5% |
| SMU (1-11) | 14.6 | 127 | 6.2 | 7.1 | 1.3 | 42.3% | 48.6% | 9.1% |
| South Alabama (6-7) | 21.0 | 67 | 10.0 | 9.5 | 1.5 | 47.6% | 45.1% | 7.3% |
| South Carolina (7-6) | 23.5 | 28 | 10.1 | 11.5 | 1.8 | 43.0% | 49.2% | 7.9% |
| South Florida (4-8) | 15.2 | 124 | 5.2 | 8.7 | 1.3 | 34.1% | 57.1% | 8.8% |
| Southern Miss (3-9) | 20.8 | 69 | 6.4 | 11.8 | 2.5 | 30.9% | 57.0% | 12.0% |
| Stanford (8-5) | 20.5 | 75 | 7.3 | 11.5 | 1.7 | 35.7% | 56.0% | 8.3% |
| Syracuse (3-9) | 16.8 | 118 | 7.7 | 7.8 | 1.4 | 45.5% | 46.0% | 8.4% |
| TCU (12-1) | 25.5 | 11 | 10.7 | 13.3 | 1.5 | 42.0% | 52.3% | 5.7% |
| Temple (6-6) | 15.2 | 124 | 6.2 | 7.8 | 1.3 | 40.7% | 51.1% | 8.2% |
| Tennessee (7-6) | 21.3 | 62 | 9.1 | 10.7 | 1.5 | 42.6% | 50.2% | 7.2% |
| Texas (6-7) | 17.8 | 110 | 7.7 | 8.8 | 1.3 | 43.1% | 49.6% | 7.3% |
| Texas A&M (8-5) | 23.0 | 34 | 8.2 | 13.8 | 1.1 | 35.5% | 59.9% | 4.7% |
| Texas State (7-5) | 23.2 | 32 | 11.8 | 10.3 | 1.0 | 51.1% | 44.2% | 4.3% |
| Texas Tech (4-8) | 24.7 | 18 | 7.9 | 14.8 | 1.9 | 32.1% | 60.1% | 7.8% |
| Toledo (9-4) | 24.8 | 14 | 12.5 | 10.5 | 1.8 | 50.3% | 42.5% | 7.1% |
| Troy (3-9) | 18.4 | 103 | 9.7 | 7.6 | 1.2 | 52.5% | 41.2% | 6.3% |
| Tulane (3-9) | 18.8 | 99 | 7.8 | 8.8 | 2.3 | 41.2% | 46.5% | 12.4% |
| Tulsa (2-10) | 22.5 | 43 | 8.9 | 11.7 | 1.9 | 39.6% | 51.9% | 8.5% |
| UAB (6-6) | 22.1 | 49 | 12.5 | 8.5 | 1.1 | 56.6% | 38.5% | 4.9% |
| UCF (9-4) | 20.4 | 76 | 8.5 | 9.6 | 2.3 | 41.5% | 47.2% | 11.3% |
| UCLA (10-3) | 23.4 | 31 | 11.1 | 10.9 | 1.4 | 47.4% | 46.7% | 5.9% |
| UL Lafayette (9-4) | 21.8 | 56 | 12.5 | 8.6 | 0.6 | 57.2% | 39.6% | 2.8% |
| UL Monroe (4-8) | 18.4 | 103 | 4.8 | 12.3 | 1.3 | 26.2% | 66.5% | 6.8% |
| UMASS (3-9) | 22.3 | 44 | 6.7 | 13.0 | 2.7 | 29.9% | 58.2% | 11.9% |
| UNLV (2-11) | 20.5 | 73 | 7.0 | 11.4 | 2.2 | 34.1% | 55.4% | 10.5% |
| USC (9-4) | 23.7 | 25 | 9.4 | 12.7 | 1.5 | 39.6% | 53.6% | 6.2% |
| Utah (9-4) | 19.5 | 90 | 9.7 | 8.6 | 1.2 | 49.8% | 44.3% | 5.9% |
| Utah State (10-4) | 17.4 | 114 | 8.6 | 7.1 | 1.7 | 49.4% | 40.7% | 9.9% |
| UTEP (7-6) | 17.3 | 115 | 10.6 | 5.5 | 1.2 | 61.3% | 32.0% | 6.7% |
| Vanderbilt (3-9) | 16.0 | 122 | 6.5 | 7.8 | 1.7 | 40.6% | 48.4% | 10.4% |
| Virginia (5-7) | 20.1 | 83 | 7.2 | 11.3 | 1.6 | 35.7% | 56.4% | 7.9% |
| Virginia Tech (7-6) | 20.1 | 84 | 8.1 | 10.0 | 2.0 | 40.2% | 49.8% | 10.0% |
| Wake Forest (3-9) | 14.3 | 128 | 4.3 | 8.5 | 1.7 | 29.7% | 59.3% | 11.6% |
| Washington (8-6) | 20.0 | 85 | 9.9 | 8.6 | 1.4 | 49.6% | 43.2% | 7.1% |
| Washington St (3-9) | 27.2 | 3 | 3.8 | 20.9 | 2.5 | 13.8% | 77.0% | 9.2% |
| West Virginia (7-6) | 25.9 | 8 | 9.6 | 13.5 | 2.8 | 37.1% | 51.9% | 11.0% |
| Western Kentucky (8-5) | 26.9 | 5 | 8.6 | 16.6 | 1.8 | 32.0% | 61.7% | 6.6% |
| Western Michigan (8-5) | 20.8 | 68 | 9.0 | 10.6 | 1.2 | 43.3% | 51.1% | 5.6% |
| Wisconsin (11-3) | 22.0 | 54 | 13.5 | 7.4 | 1.1 | 61.4% | 33.4% | 4.9% |
| Wyoming (4-8) | 18.4 | 103 | 6.9 | 10.3 | 1.2 | 37.6% | 56.1% | 6.3% |
Below are the FD’s last year’s team allowed. Clemson led the way allowing a paltry 14.2 FD’s/gm while Penn St was #2 allowing 14.6 FD’s/gm. The best performances in the last 11 years was the incredible Alabama defense of 2011 in which they allowed only 10.1 FD’s/gm and next was Virginia Tech in 2006 (11.3/gm). On the flip side the Cal Bears allowed 27.7 FD’s game while Iowa St allowed 27.3.
| DEFENSIVE FIRST DOWNS | per/ | per/gm | Rush | Pass | Pen | Rush | Pass | Pen |
| game | rank | FD/gm | FD/gm | FD/gm | % | % | % | |
| Air Force (10-3) | 19.3 | 39 | 7.0 | 11.1 | 1.2 | 36.3% | 57.4% | 6.4% |
| Akron (5-7) | 21.3 | 72 | 8.3 | 10.3 | 2.7 | 39.2% | 48.6% | 12.5% |
| Alabama (12-2) | 16.7 | 10 | 5.8 | 10.1 | 0.9 | 34.6% | 60.3% | 5.1% |
| Appalchan St (7-5) | 17.8 | 17 | 7.9 | 8.3 | 1.6 | 44.4% | 46.7% | 8.9% |
| Arizona (10-4) | 24.1 | 115 | 8.6 | 13.4 | 2.1 | 35.6% | 55.8% | 8.6% |
| Arizona St (10-3) | 20.1 | 53 | 7.7 | 11.2 | 1.2 | 38.3% | 55.9% | 5.7% |
| Arkansas (7-6) | 17.3 | 14 | 7.5 | 8.8 | 1.0 | 43.1% | 51.1% | 5.8% |
| Arkansas St (7-6) | 21.5 | 77 | 11.2 | 8.3 | 1.8 | 52.3% | 38.7% | 8.6% |
| Army (4-8) | 21.8 | 83 | 9.8 | 10.9 | 1.2 | 44.8% | 50.2% | 5.4% |
| Auburn (8-5) | 22.1 | 92 | 9.2 | 10.1 | 2.8 | 41.5% | 45.6% | 12.9% |
| Ball State (5-7) | 22.1 | 94 | 10.1 | 10.7 | 1.3 | 45.7% | 48.3% | 6.0% |
| Baylor (11-2) | 19.7 | 46 | 6.5 | 9.8 | 3.3 | 33.2% | 50.0% | 16.8% |
| Boise State (12-2) | 18.4 | 24 | 6.4 | 10.6 | 1.4 | 34.9% | 57.4% | 7.8% |
| Boston College (7-6) | 17.3 | 14 | 5.9 | 10.4 | 1.1 | 34.2% | 60.0% | 6.2% |
| Bowling Green (8-6) | 26.1 | 124 | 10.6 | 13.7 | 1.8 | 40.7% | 52.5% | 6.8% |
| Buffalo (5-6) | 18.5 | 25 | 8.7 | 8.5 | 1.2 | 47.3% | 46.3% | 6.4% |
| BYU (8-5) | 21.6 | 80 | 6.7 | 12.6 | 2.3 | 31.0% | 58.4% | 10.7% |
| California (5-7) | 27.7 | 128 | 7.9 | 16.9 | 2.7 | 28.6% | 61.1% | 9.6% |
| Central Michigan (7-6) | 19.0 | 33 | 6.7 | 10.6 | 1.7 | 35.2% | 55.9% | 8.9% |
| Cincinnati (9-4) | 22.1 | 93 | 10.2 | 10.9 | 1.0 | 46.0% | 49.5% | 4.5% |
| Clemson (10-3) | 14.2 | 1 | 6.6 | 6.2 | 1.5 | 46.5% | 43.8% | 10.3% |
| Colorado (2-10) | 22.6 | 102 | 9.0 | 10.9 | 2.7 | 39.9% | 48.3% | 11.8% |
| Colorado St (10-3) | 22.5 | 101 | 10.1 | 10.6 | 1.8 | 44.7% | 47.1% | 8.2% |
| Connecticut (2-10) | 20.3 | 56 | 9.2 | 9.2 | 1.9 | 45.3% | 45.3% | 9.5% |
| Duke (9-4) | 21.8 | 86 | 11.7 | 9.1 | 1.1 | 53.5% | 41.5% | 4.9% |
| East Carolina (8-5) | 20.1 | 53 | 6.1 | 11.5 | 2.5 | 30.3% | 57.1% | 12.6% |
| Eastern Michigan (2-10) | 23.2 | 106 | 10.8 | 10.9 | 1.4 | 46.8% | 47.1% | 6.1% |
| Florida (7-5) | 18.0 | 18 | 6.5 | 9.5 | 2.0 | 36.1% | 52.8% | 11.1% |
| Florida Atlantic (3-9) | 22.8 | 105 | 11.1 | 10.3 | 1.4 | 48.5% | 45.3% | 6.2% |
| Florida International (4-8) | 18.0 | 18 | 8.4 | 8.1 | 1.5 | 46.8% | 44.9% | 8.3% |
| Florida St (13-1) | 21.1 | 69 | 10.4 | 9.4 | 1.3 | 49.5% | 44.4% | 6.1% |
| Fresno St (6-8) | 19.9 | 51 | 9.1 | 9.9 | 1.0 | 45.5% | 49.5% | 5.0% |
| Georgia (10-3) | 19.4 | 41 | 10.2 | 7.7 | 1.5 | 52.8% | 39.7% | 7.5% |
| Georgia Southern (9-3) | 21.2 | 70 | 9.3 | 10.7 | 1.2 | 44.1% | 50.4% | 5.5% |
| Georgia St (1-11) | 25.6 | 122 | 15.2 | 9.6 | 0.8 | 59.3% | 37.5% | 2.9% |
| Georgia Tech (11-3) | 21.4 | 76 | 8.9 | 11.4 | 1.1 | 41.7% | 53.3% | 5.0% |
| Hawaii (4-9) | 21.0 | 67 | 9.9 | 9.6 | 1.5 | 47.3% | 45.8% | 7.0% |
| Houston (8-5) | 19.1 | 35 | 8.8 | 8.8 | 1.5 | 46.0% | 46.0% | 8.1% |
| Idaho (1-10) | 20.6 | 64 | 10.6 | 8.3 | 1.7 | 51.5% | 40.1% | 8.4% |
| Illinois (6-7) | 22.5 | 99 | 11.7 | 9.0 | 1.8 | 52.1% | 40.1% | 7.9% |
| Indiana (4-8) | 22.3 | 95 | 9.2 | 11.3 | 2.0 | 41.0% | 50.4% | 9.0% |
| Iowa (7-6) | 16.8 | 12 | 8.1 | 7.8 | 0.9 | 47.9% | 46.1% | 5.5% |
| Iowa State (2-10) | 27.3 | 127 | 13.0 | 12.5 | 1.8 | 47.6% | 45.7% | 6.7% |
| Kansas (3-9) | 21.8 | 85 | 9.7 | 10.3 | 1.9 | 44.3% | 46.9% | 8.8% |
| Kansas St (9-4) | 20.1 | 55 | 7.5 | 11.8 | 0.8 | 37.5% | 58.6% | 3.8% |
| Kent State (2-9) | 21.9 | 87 | 10.5 | 9.1 | 2.4 | 47.7% | 41.5% | 10.8% |
| Kentucky (5-7) | 22.4 | 98 | 10.6 | 10.4 | 1.4 | 47.2% | 46.5% | 6.3% |
| Louisiana Tech (9-5) | 19.9 | 52 | 7.4 | 11.6 | 1.1 | 36.9% | 58.1% | 5.4% |
| Louisville (9-4) | 15.3 | 4 | 5.7 | 8.5 | 1.1 | 37.2% | 55.3% | 7.0% |
| LSU (8-5) | 15.5 | 6 | 7.7 | 6.8 | 0.8 | 49.5% | 44.1% | 5.4% |
| Marshall (13-1) | 21.5 | 78 | 9.9 | 9.1 | 2.6 | 45.8% | 42.2% | 12.0% |
| Maryland (7-6) | 22.4 | 97 | 10.6 | 10.1 | 1.7 | 47.4% | 45.0% | 7.6% |
| Memphis (10-3) | 18.8 | 28 | 6.3 | 10.8 | 1.8 | 33.5% | 57.1% | 9.4% |
| Miami FL (6-7) | 19.2 | 36 | 8.5 | 8.4 | 2.2 | 44.6% | 43.8% | 11.2% |
| Miami OH (2-10) | 23.2 | 106 | 10.3 | 10.8 | 2.0 | 44.2% | 46.8% | 8.6% |
| Michigan (5-7) | 16.6 | 8 | 7.3 | 8.4 | 0.8 | 44.2% | 50.8% | 5.0% |
| Michigan St (11-2) | 15.3 | 4 | 5.2 | 8.6 | 1.5 | 33.7% | 56.3% | 10.1% |
| Middle Tennessee (6-6) | 23.3 | 111 | 10.1 | 11.8 | 1.4 | 43.4% | 50.5% | 6.1% |
| Minnesota (8-5) | 19.5 | 42 | 8.7 | 9.0 | 1.8 | 44.7% | 46.2% | 9.1% |
| Mississippi St (10-3) | 20.6 | 63 | 8.8 | 11.0 | 0.8 | 42.9% | 53.4% | 3.7% |
| Missouri (11-3) | 19.6 | 45 | 8.1 | 9.8 | 1.7 | 41.1% | 49.8% | 8.7% |
| Navy (8-5) | 21.4 | 74 | 11.6 | 9.2 | 0.5 | 54.3% | 43.2% | 2.2% |
| NC State (8-5) | 20.7 | 65 | 10.6 | 8.9 | 1.2 | 51.3% | 43.1% | 5.6% |
| Nebraska (9-4) | 18.9 | 31 | 8.7 | 9.1 | 1.3 | 45.9% | 48.0% | 6.9% |
| Nevada (7-6) | 24.3 | 118 | 9.9 | 12.9 | 1.5 | 40.8% | 53.2% | 6.0% |
| New Mexico (4-8) | 25.6 | 122 | 13.1 | 11.1 | 1.4 | 51.1% | 43.3% | 5.5% |
| New Mexico St (2-10) | 24.3 | 120 | 15.8 | 7.3 | 1.2 | 65.1% | 30.1% | 4.8% |
| North Carolina (6-7) | 24.3 | 118 | 11.8 | 10.6 | 1.8 | 48.7% | 43.7% | 7.6% |
| North Texas (4-8) | 18.4 | 23 | 8.2 | 8.8 | 1.4 | 44.3% | 48.0% | 7.7% |
| Northern Illinois (11-3) | 21.7 | 82 | 8.8 | 11.1 | 1.9 | 40.5% | 51.0% | 8.6% |
| Northwestern (5-7) | 20.3 | 57 | 9.3 | 9.7 | 1.3 | 45.7% | 47.7% | 6.6% |
| Notre Dame (8-5) | 21.4 | 74 | 9.7 | 10.5 | 1.2 | 45.3% | 48.9% | 5.8% |
| Ohio (6-6) | 20.5 | 60 | 8.2 | 11.1 | 1.3 | 39.8% | 54.1% | 6.1% |
| Ohio State (14-1) | 18.9 | 29 | 8.0 | 9.0 | 1.9 | 42.4% | 47.7% | 9.9% |
| Oklahoma (8-5) | 20.3 | 58 | 6.6 | 11.9 | 1.8 | 32.6% | 58.7% | 8.7% |
| Oklahoma St (7-6) | 22.0 | 89 | 9.0 | 11.2 | 1.8 | 40.9% | 50.7% | 8.4% |
| Old Dominion (6-6) | 24.3 | 117 | 13.3 | 10.3 | 0.8 | 54.6% | 42.3% | 3.1% |
| Ole Miss (9-4) | 18.4 | 22 | 8.2 | 9.1 | 1.1 | 44.4% | 49.4% | 5.9% |
| Oregon (13-2) | 23.3 | 113 | 8.8 | 12.6 | 1.9 | 37.8% | 54.2% | 8.0% |
| Oregon St (5-7) | 22.0 | 90 | 8.3 | 11.1 | 2.6 | 37.9% | 50.4% | 11.7% |
| Penn State (7-6) | 14.6 | 2 | 6.1 | 7.4 | 1.2 | 41.6% | 50.5% | 7.9% |
| Pittsburgh (6-7) | 18.9 | 31 | 9.1 | 8.6 | 1.2 | 48.0% | 45.5% | 6.5% |
| Purdue (3-9) | 22.3 | 95 | 10.0 | 10.8 | 1.6 | 44.8% | 48.5% | 7.1% |
| Rice (8-5) | 19.7 | 46 | 8.5 | 9.5 | 1.6 | 43.4% | 48.4% | 8.2% |
| Rutgers (8-5) | 21.2 | 71 | 10.5 | 9.5 | 1.3 | 49.3% | 44.6% | 6.2% |
| San Antonio (4-8) | 19.8 | 48 | 7.8 | 9.3 | 2.7 | 39.5% | 47.1% | 13.4% |
| San Diego St (7-6) | 18.1 | 20 | 8.7 | 7.5 | 1.9 | 48.1% | 41.3% | 10.6% |
| San Jose St (3-9) | 18.3 | 21 | 12.1 | 5.3 | 0.8 | 66.2% | 29.2% | 4.6% |
| SMU (1-11) | 25.1 | 121 | 11.7 | 12.3 | 1.2 | 46.5% | 48.8% | 4.7% |
| South Alabama (6-7) | 20.5 | 62 | 9.8 | 8.5 | 2.2 | 47.6% | 41.6% | 10.9% |
| South Carolina (7-6) | 22.5 | 99 | 10.2 | 10.6 | 1.6 | 45.5% | 47.3% | 7.2% |
| South Florida (4-8) | 21.5 | 79 | 9.5 | 10.6 | 1.4 | 44.2% | 49.2% | 6.6% |
| Southern Miss (3-9) | 23.3 | 112 | 9.8 | 11.6 | 1.9 | 41.9% | 49.8% | 8.2% |
| Stanford (8-5) | 16.8 | 12 | 6.5 | 9.0 | 1.4 | 38.4% | 53.4% | 8.2% |
| Syracuse (3-9) | 19.9 | 50 | 8.3 | 10.0 | 1.6 | 41.8% | 50.2% | 7.9% |
| TCU (12-1) | 16.8 | 11 | 6.6 | 9.2 | 1.0 | 39.4% | 54.6% | 6.0% |
| Temple (6-6) | 19.4 | 42 | 9.3 | 8.4 | 1.8 | 47.6% | 43.3% | 9.0% |
| Tennessee (7-6) | 18.8 | 27 | 9.2 | 8.5 | 1.1 | 49.2% | 45.1% | 5.7% |
| Texas (6-7) | 19.3 | 39 | 9.4 | 8.6 | 1.3 | 48.6% | 44.6% | 6.8% |
| Texas A&M (8-5) | 23.2 | 109 | 10.7 | 10.7 | 1.8 | 46.0% | 46.0% | 7.9% |
| Texas State (7-5) | 21.9 | 88 | 10.2 | 10.4 | 1.4 | 46.4% | 47.5% | 6.5% |
| Texas Tech (4-8) | 27.0 | 126 | 13.7 | 10.8 | 2.5 | 50.6% | 40.1% | 9.3% |
| Toledo (9-4) | 21.7 | 81 | 6.8 | 13.3 | 1.6 | 31.2% | 61.3% | 7.4% |
| Troy (3-9) | 23.2 | 106 | 12.3 | 9.3 | 1.5 | 53.2% | 39.9% | 6.5% |
| Tulane (3-9) | 20.5 | 61 | 8.8 | 9.8 | 1.9 | 43.1% | 47.6% | 9.3% |
| Tulsa (2-10) | 21.8 | 83 | 9.6 | 10.3 | 1.9 | 44.1% | 47.1% | 8.8% |
| UAB (6-6) | 20.4 | 59 | 9.4 | 9.4 | 1.6 | 46.1% | 46.1% | 7.8% |
| UCF (9-4) | 17.3 | 14 | 7.5 | 7.9 | 1.9 | 43.1% | 45.8% | 11.1% |
| UCLA (10-3) | 22.7 | 104 | 8.5 | 11.6 | 2.5 | 37.6% | 51.2% | 11.2% |
| UL Lafayette (9-4) | 19.5 | 42 | 6.8 | 11.2 | 1.5 | 35.2% | 57.3% | 7.9% |
| UL Monroe (4-8) | 18.9 | 30 | 9.8 | 7.8 | 1.3 | 52.0% | 41.4% | 7.0% |
| UMASS (3-9) | 23.3 | 114 | 9.8 | 11.5 | 2.0 | 42.1% | 49.3% | 8.6% |
| UNLV (2-11) | 24.2 | 116 | 13.7 | 8.7 | 1.8 | 56.7% | 36.0% | 7.3% |
| USC (9-4) | 23.2 | 109 | 7.7 | 12.4 | 3.3 | 33.1% | 53.3% | 14.2% |
| Utah (9-4) | 20.8 | 66 | 8.7 | 10.0 | 2.1 | 41.9% | 48.1% | 10.0% |
| Utah State (10-4) | 19.1 | 34 | 7.7 | 9.4 | 1.9 | 40.4% | 49.4% | 10.1% |
| UTEP (7-6) | 16.2 | 7 | 8.1 | 7.3 | 0.8 | 50.0% | 45.2% | 4.8% |
| Vanderbilt (3-9) | 22.0 | 90 | 10.3 | 10.0 | 1.8 | 47.0% | 45.5% | 8.0% |
| Virginia (5-7) | 18.8 | 26 | 6.9 | 9.8 | 2.0 | 36.9% | 52.4% | 10.7% |
| Virginia Tech (7-6) | 16.6 | 9 | 7.3 | 8.1 | 1.2 | 44.0% | 48.6% | 7.4% |
| Wake Forest (3-9) | 19.3 | 38 | 9.5 | 7.8 | 1.8 | 49.4% | 40.7% | 9.5% |
| Washington (8-6) | 22.6 | 103 | 7.2 | 13.4 | 2.0 | 31.9% | 59.3% | 8.8% |
| Washington St (3-9) | 21.3 | 73 | 7.3 | 11.7 | 2.3 | 34.4% | 54.7% | 10.9% |
| West Virginia (7-6) | 19.8 | 49 | 7.6 | 10.4 | 1.8 | 38.4% | 52.3% | 9.3% |
| Western Kentucky (8-5) | 26.2 | 125 | 11.4 | 13.2 | 1.5 | 43.5% | 50.3% | 5.9% |
| Western Michigan (8-5) | 19.2 | 37 | 7.5 | 9.6 | 2.1 | 39.0% | 50.2% | 10.8% |
| Wisconsin (11-3) | 14.7 | 3 | 6.6 | 6.6 | 1.5 | 45.1% | 45.1% | 10.2% |
| Wyoming (4-8) | 21.0 | 68 | 10.0 | 10.2 | 0.8 | 47.6% | 48.4% | 4.0% |
Lastly, here is perhaps the most important of the 3 charts at that is net FD’s/game. You’ll see below that Baylor was #1 with +10.4 FD’s/gm. The Bears averaged 30.1 FD’s/gm on offense and allowed 19.7 FD’s gm. At he bottom was SMU as they were #127 earning 14.6 FD’s/gm on offense and #121 allowing 25.1 on defense.
| FD/GM DIFFERENCE | Diff |
Rnk |
Diff | Rnk | ||
| Air Force (10-3) | 2.8 | 37 | Nevada (7-6) | -3.2 | 107 | |
| Akron (5-7) | 0.3 | 70 | New Mexico (4-8) | -8.5 | 127 | |
| Alabama (12-2) | 7.6 | 5 | New Mexico St (2-10) | -2.8 | 102 | |
| Appalchan St (7-5) | 5.8 | 11 | North Carolina (6-7) | -0.4 | 77 | |
| Arizona (10-4) | 0.6 | 66 | North Texas (4-8) | -0.7 | 80 | |
| Arizona St (10-3) | 3.1 | 30 | Northern Illinois (11-3) | 1.1 | 58 | |
| Arkansas (7-6) | 4.8 | 15 | Northwestern (5-7) | 0.1 | 72 | |
| Arkansas St (7-6) | 1.9 | 47 | Notre Dame (8-5) | 2.4 | 40 | |
| Army (4-8) | -3.8 | 111 | Ohio (6-6) | -1.0 | 82 | |
| Auburn (8-5) | 2.1 | 44 | Ohio State (14-1) | 6.9 | 7 | |
| Ball State (5-7) | -1.8 | 94 | Oklahoma (8-5) | 2.2 | 42 | |
| Baylor (11-2) | 10.4 | 1 | Oklahoma St (7-6) | -3.1 | 103 | |
| Boise State (12-2) | 5.7 | 12 | Old Dominion (6-6) | -1.3 | 88 | |
| Boston College (7-6) | 1.8 | 49 | Ole Miss (9-4) | 2.0 | 45 | |
| Bowling Green (8-6) | -4.0 | 113 | Oregon (13-2) | 3.8 | 21 | |
| Buffalo (5-6) | 3.7 | 23 | Oregon St (5-7) | -1.3 | 86 | |
| BYU (8-5) | 3.4 | 28 | Penn State (7-6) | 4.5 | 20 | |
| California (5-7) | -1.1 | 84 | Pittsburgh (6-7) | 4.7 | 17 | |
| Central Michigan (7-6) | 3.1 | 31 | Purdue (3-9) | -5.2 | 119 | |
| Cincinnati (9-4) | 1.8 | 50 | Rice (8-5) | -0.3 | 75 | |
| Clemson (10-3) | 6.3 | 8 | Rutgers (8-5) | -2.7 | 101 | |
| Colorado (2-10) | 2.1 | 43 | San Antonio (4-8) | -3.2 | 105 | |
| Colorado St (10-3) | 0.5 | 68 | San Diego St (7-6) | 1.3 | 54 | |
| Connecticut (2-10) | -5.4 | 121 | San Jose St (3-9) | 2.9 | 35 | |
| Duke (9-4) | 0.2 | 71 | SMU (1-11) | -10.5 | 128 | |
| East Carolina (8-5) | 9.0 | 3 | South Alabama (6-7) | 0.5 | 69 | |
| Eastern Michigan (2-10) | -7.3 | 126 | South Carolina (7-6) | 1.0 | 60 | |
| Florida (7-5) | -0.5 | 78 | South Florida (4-8) | -6.3 | 125 | |
| Florida Atlantic (3-9) | -4.5 | 115 | Southern Miss (3-9) | -2.5 | 97 | |
| Florida International (4-8) | -1.7 | 91 | Stanford (8-5) | 3.6 | 24 | |
| Florida St (13-1) | 1.9 | 46 | Syracuse (3-9) | -3.1 | 104 | |
| Fresno St (6-8) | 1.2 | 56 | TCU (12-1) | 8.7 | 4 | |
| Georgia (10-3) | 3.5 | 26 | Temple (6-6) | -4.3 | 114 | |
| Georgia Southern (9-3) | 0.7 | 65 | Tennessee (7-6) | 2.5 | 38 | |
| Georgia St (1-11) | -5.3 | 120 | Texas (6-7) | -1.5 | 90 | |
| Georgia Tech (11-3) | 3.6 | 25 | Texas A&M (8-5) | -0.2 | 74 | |
| Hawaii (4-9) | -1.5 | 89 | Texas State (7-5) | 1.3 | 55 | |
| Houston (8-5) | 2.9 | 34 | Texas Tech (4-8) | -2.3 | 96 | |
| Idaho (1-10) | 2.8 | 36 | Toledo (9-4) | 3.1 | 32 | |
| Illinois (6-7) | -3.3 | 108 | Troy (3-9) | -4.8 | 116 | |
| Indiana (4-8) | -3.5 | 109 | Tulane (3-9) | -1.7 | 92 | |
| Iowa (7-6) | 4.7 | 16 | Tulsa (2-10) | 0.8 | 62 | |
| Iowa State (2-10) | -6.0 | 123 | UAB (6-6) | 1.7 | 51 | |
| Kansas (3-9) | -5.6 | 122 | UCF (9-4) | 3.1 | 33 | |
| Kansas St (9-4) | 2.5 | 39 | UCLA (10-3) | 0.7 | 64 | |
| Kent State (2-9) | -3.9 | 112 | UL Lafayette (9-4) | 2.3 | 41 | |
| Kentucky (5-7) | -3.2 | 106 | UL Monroe (4-8) | -0.5 | 79 | |
| Louisiana Tech (9-5) | 0.1 | 73 | UMASS (3-9) | -1.0 | 83 | |
| Louisville (9-4) | 5.1 | 14 | UNLV (2-11) | -3.6 | 110 | |
| LSU (8-5) | 4.6 | 19 | USC (9-4) | 0.5 | 67 | |
| Marshall (13-1) | 4.6 | 18 | Utah (9-4) | -1.3 | 87 | |
| Maryland (7-6) | -4.9 | 118 | Utah State (10-4) | -1.7 | 93 | |
| Memphis (10-3) | 3.8 | 22 | UTEP (7-6) | 1.2 | 57 | |
| Miami FL (6-7) | 0.7 | 63 | Vanderbilt (3-9) | -6.0 | 124 | |
| Miami OH (2-10) | -2.7 | 100 | Virginia (5-7) | 1.3 | 53 | |
| Michigan (5-7) | 1.9 | 48 | Virginia Tech (7-6) | 3.5 | 27 | |
| Michigan St (11-2) | 9.4 | 2 | Wake Forest (3-9) | -4.9 | 117 | |
| Middle Tennessee (6-6) | -2.1 | 95 | Washington (8-6) | -2.6 | 99 | |
| Minnesota (8-5) | -1.2 | 85 | Washington St (3-9) | 5.8 | 10 | |
| Mississippi St (10-3) | 5.1 | 13 | West Virginia (7-6) | 6.1 | 9 | |
| Missouri (11-3) | -0.4 | 76 | Western Kentucky (8-5) | 0.8 | 61 | |
| Navy (8-5) | -0.7 | 81 | Western Michigan (8-5) | 1.6 | 52 | |
| NC State (8-5) | 1.0 | 59 | Wisconsin (11-3) | 7.3 | 6 | |
| Nebraska (9-4) | 3.3 | 29 | Wyoming (4-8) | -2.6 | 98 |
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