Phil Steele Blog • November 25, 2015

 

Offensive and Defensive YPG Averages
Compared to Opponent Average thru Week #12

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 18th I posted this blog with the Offensive and Defensive averages thru Week 11 (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 5 162.8 6 115.8 278.6 1
OKLAHOMA 16 101.7 2 131.7 233.3 2
ALABAMA 30 56.2 1 162.5 218.8 3
BAYLOR 2 181.7 49 34.4 216.2 4
TCU 6 148.8 67 8.5 157.3 5
BOISE ST 18 92.7 29 59.6 152.3 6
NOTRE DAME 10 113.6 47 38.6 152.2 7
AIR FORCE 19 90.2 27 61.6 151.8 8
OHIO ST 43 34.5 7 115.7 150.2 9
CINCINNATI 3 175.6 93 -26.3 149.3 10
BOWLING GREEN 1 185.1 102 -36.3 148.9 11
MISSISSIPPI 7 125.3 62 17.1 142.4 12
S MISS 15 102.4 52 30.0 132.4 13
FLORIDA ST 23 77.5 34 51.2 128.7 14
Appalachian St 31 54.4 19 74.1 128.5 15
WEST VIRGINIA 37 39.7 13 82.7 122.5 16
MICHIGAN 75 -9.2 3 131.5 122.3 17
WISCONSIN 68 -1.8 8 112.9 111.1 18
W KENTUCKY 13 107.5 75 3.0 110.5 19
MISS ST 22 82.6 57 25.7 108.3 20
LSU 44 31.9 20 74.1 106.0 21
UCLA 27 63.3 46 41.6 104.9 22
ARKANSAS 28 57.2 38 46.7 103.9 23
USC 32 51.5 36 49.5 101.0 24
STANFORD 52 20.4 16 78.9 99.3 25
FLORIDA 85 -25.9 5 124.1 98.2 26
NC State 33 45.4 33 52.0 97.4 27
W MICHIGAN 21 84.9 65 11.9 96.8 28
MICHIGAN ST 65 2.1 10 92.2 94.3 29
TEXAS TECH 4 168.9 119 -79.4 89.5 30
N CAROLINA 9 116.1 95 -27.9 88.3 31
Georgia Southern 69 -2.5 11 90.2 87.7 32
LOUISVILLE 45 30.2 30 57.1 87.3 33
TOLEDO 39 39.6 37 47.4 87.0 34
NAVY 62 5.6 15 80.7 86.3 35
HOUSTON 29 56.6 54 29.6 86.2 36
PITTSBURGH 58 10.2 17 75.8 86.1 37
TENNESSEE 35 42.7 43 43.2 86.0 38
OREGON 8 118.1 100 -33.3 84.8 39
BYU 41 38.7 41 45.1 83.8 40
MEMPHIS 17 100.5 86 -17.2 83.4 41
WASH ST 24 69.1 69 7.0 76.2 42
IOWA 50 22.3 35 50.5 72.8 43
CALIFORNIA 12 108.8 103 -37.6 71.2 44
TEXAS A&M 47 28.1 45 42.5 70.6 45
GEORGIA 59 8.0 28 59.7 67.7 46
SAN DIEGO ST 86 -28.0 9 94.9 66.9 47
NEBRASKA 20 86.0 92 -23.8 62.2 48
MINNESOTA 61 6.0 32 55.5 61.5 49
C MICHIGAN 74 -6.6 25 67.3 60.6 50
ARIZONA ST 36 40.9 60 19.3 60.2 51
LOUISIANA TECH 49 23.7 50 34.4 58.1 52
OKLAHOMA ST 38 39.7 64 14.0 53.7 53
MIDDLE TENN 25 66.1 84 -14.5 51.6 54
GEORGIA TECH 66 1.1 40 46.4 47.5 55
UTAH ST 67 0.7 42 44.3 44.9 56
VIRGINIA TECH 78 -12.2 31 56.5 44.3 57
WASHINGTON 98 -44.8 12 87.7 42.9 58
PENN ST 89 -29.9 22 71.7 41.7 59
N ILLINOIS 40 39.5 76 0.9 40.4 60
ILLINOIS 56 11.7 56 27.3 39.1 61
OHIO U 53 19.5 61 18.9 38.4 62
UTAH 88 -29.4 24 67.7 38.3 63
SOUTH FLORIDA 55 13.8 59 21.7 35.5 64
DUKE 34 43.6 82 -11.8 31.8 65
BOSTON COLL 123 -103.0 4 131.3 28.2 66
MIAMI FLA 42 34.7 80 -8.3 26.4 67
NORTHWESTERN 104 -51.9 18 74.1 22.3 68
EAST CAROLINA 48 26.6 79 -6.2 20.4 69
TEMPLE 99 -45.4 26 64.5 19.2 70
AUBURN 76 -10.1 58 23.8 13.7 71
IOWA ST 64 3.2 68 7.1 10.2 72
COLORADO ST 46 29.3 89 -19.7 9.7 73
ARKANSAS ST 63 4.6 72 4.2 8.7 74
ARIZONA 26 65.5 111 -61.1 4.4 75
INDIANA 11 112.5 124 -110.9 1.6 76
VANDERBILT 112 -71.6 21 72.8 1.3 77
MARSHALL 81 -15.4 63 16.4 0.9 78
VIRGINIA 71 -3.4 74 3.1 -0.2 79
AKRON 108 -69.8 23 68.4 -1.4 80
CONNECTICUT 102 -49.5 39 46.6 -2.9 81
KENTUCKY 54 15.8 88 -19.6 -3.8 82
MISSOURI 119 -86.8 14 82.3 -4.5 83
TULSA 14 103.5 125 -113.5 -10.0 84
SAN JOSE ST 87 -28.3 66 11.1 -17.2 85
Georgia St 70 -3.2 83 -14.3 -17.5 86
MARYLAND 84 -24.6 73 3.7 -21.0 87
TROY ST 105 -52.4 51 30.3 -22.1 88
WYOMING 90 -31.0 71 5.0 -26.0 89
TEXAS 111 -71.5 44 42.7 -28.8 90
BUFFALO 72 -3.6 99 -31.2 -34.8 91
SOUTH ALABAMA 92 -33.9 78 -1.6 -35.4 92
FLORIDA ATLANTIC 95 -36.0 77 0.2 -35.7 93
WAKE FOREST 115 -75.1 48 36.2 -39.0 94
SMU 79 -13.3 101 -34.7 -47.9 95
NEVADA 91 -32.9 87 -19.4 -52.3 96
S CAROLINA 73 -3.9 107 -53.1 -57.0 97
PURDUE 77 -11.9 106 -46.6 -58.5 98
COLORADO 103 -50.5 81 -9.9 -60.4 99
UNLV 60 6.2 114 -66.9 -60.7 100
MIAMI (OH) 109 -70.8 70 6.3 -64.5 101
KANSAS ST 120 -95.9 55 28.7 -67.2 102
Mass 80 -13.8 109 -55.2 -69.0 103
UL LAFAYETTE 97 -44.2 94 -26.6 -70.8 104
Old Dominion 93 -34.3 104 -45.7 -80.0 105
IDAHO 57 10.8 121 -94.7 -83.9 106
ARMY 113 -72.2 85 -15.3 -87.5 107
RICE 100 -46.5 108 -54.4 -100.9 108
UTSA 110 -71.5 97 -29.6 -101.0 109
KENT ST 127 -134.7 53 29.8 -105.0 110
SYRACUSE 94 -34.4 120 -83.9 -118.4 111
UTEP 122 -99.3 90 -19.8 -119.1 112
FLORIDA INT'L 121 -99.1 91 -20.2 -119.3 113
NEW MEXICO ST 51 20.5 128 -142.9 -122.4 114
RUTGERS 101 -47.0 116 -75.7 -122.7 115
Charlotte 116 -77.8 105 -46.4 -124.2 116
OREGON ST 107 -69.2 110 -59.6 -128.8 117
BALL STATE 96 -37.0 122 -96.6 -133.6 118
NEW MEXICO 114 -72.8 112 -63.5 -136.3 119
Texas St 82 -19.0 126 -118.4 -137.4 120
HAWAII 117 -78.4 113 -64.8 -143.2 121
NORTH TEXAS 106 -66.3 117 -77.0 -143.4 122
E MICHIGAN 83 -23.2 127 -129.5 -152.7 123
TULANE 124 -127.9 98 -29.8 -157.7 124
FRESNO ST 118 -82.9 118 -78.4 -161.3 125
UL MONROE 126 -132.3 96 -29.4 -161.7 126
UCF 128 -147.4 115 -75.1 -222.5 127
KANSAS 125 -131.3 123 -101.6 -232.9 128

 

 

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