Phil Steele Blog • September 30, 2015

 

 

Offensive and Defensive YPG Averages
Compared to Opponent Average


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.

  Offensive   Defensive    
Rank Average Rank Average Total Rank
Baylor 9 303.2 18 194.7 497.8 1
Alabama 4 165.1 1 238.6 403.7 2
Clemson 24 144.8 11 233.0 377.8 3
West Virginia 21 186.7 21 175.5 362.2 4
Florida St 22 114.8 7 198.4 313.3 5
Oklahoma 16 147.6 15 150.0 297.6 6
Georgia 12 169.2 42 85.3 254.4 7
Minnesota 34 52.5 3 199.3 251.8 8
Mississippi 5 213.1 61 33.6 246.7 9
Air Force 35 102.3 39 137.7 240.0 10
Boston College 102 -77.0 5 313.9 236.9 11
Michigan 73 10.6 2 221.7 232.3 12
Cincinnati 3 248.2 89 -17.2 231.1 13
Ohio St 37 48.2 4 173.3 221.5 14
NC State 26 96.1 19 123.3 219.3 15
Middle Tenn St 11 186.2 63 27.1 213.3 16
Houston 23 145.5 56 65.2 210.7 17
Georgia Tech 46 56.0 13 153.3 209.3 18
Appalachian St 41 87.4 44 120.2 207.6 19
Northwestern 61 33.9 10 171.0 204.9 20
Duke 54 43.7 14 152.9 196.7 21
Notre Dame 17 110.5 26 80.5 191.0 22
Tennessee 58 41.6 16 148.4 190.0 23
Pittsburgh 88 -26.0 17 214.2 188.2 24
Illinois 29 88.9 32 99.1 188.0 25
Louisiana Tech 15 151.7 60 35.6 187.3 26
TCU 10 195.0 87 -13.4 181.6 27
Miami Fla 33 112.0 54 66.7 178.7 28
Vanderbilt 80 3.7 9 172.1 175.8 29
Stanford 19 99.3 41 66.9 166.3 30
Texas Tech 7 209.4 102 -44.9 164.6 31
Bowling Green 2 199.9 105 -36.8 163.2 32
Indiana 13 164.6 81 -6.7 157.9 33
LSU 45 56.7 31 99.7 156.3 34
USC 8 156.3 82 -5.2 151.2 35
Iowa 30 86.3 50 63.0 149.3 36
Arkansas 75 7.8 8 137.8 145.6 37
Tulsa 1 298.9 124 -154.8 144.1 38
Memphis 14 161.2 91 -18.6 142.7 39
Texas A&M 32 56.2 24 83.5 139.7 40
UCLA 27 70.0 38 69.1 139.1 41
Central Michigan 44 56.7 48 70.8 127.4 42
Nebraska 6 158.3 106 -37.0 121.3 43
Arizona St 71 15.2 29 102.1 117.3 44
N Carolina 31 129.0 86 -14.0 115.0 45
Oklahoma St 51 45.9 49 66.8 112.7 46
Wisconsin 62 23.6 25 82.2 105.8 47
Colorado St 36 67.6 59 36.7 104.2 48
Louisville 76 9.7 37 93.5 103.2 49
Florida 108 -47.3 6 150.3 103.1 50
Florida Atlantic 43 42.6 46 54.6 97.2 51
Oregon St 56 42.9 53 54.1 97.0 52
Wash St 48 76.3 71 18.8 95.2 53
BYU 52 33.7 45 59.2 92.8 54
Iowa St 50 69.7 70 20.4 90.1 55
Connecticut 92 -25.2 22 114.8 89.6 56
Kansas St 104 -81.7 23 170.3 88.7 57
Smu 53 43.8 55 43.9 87.7 58
Boise St 87 -15.7 33 99.1 83.4 59
Utsa 40 46.4 57 27.8 74.2 60
Michigan St 82 0.5 36 71.0 71.4 61
Utah 39 47.5 65 17.8 65.4 62
Troy St 64 41.3 69 23.7 65.0 63
W Kentucky 20 98.3 103 -34.6 63.7 64
N Illinois 60 36.3 64 25.6 61.9 65
East Carolina 42 57.6 77 -1.7 55.8 66
Washington 98 -35.4 40 90.4 54.9 67
Virginia Tech 49 50.4 75 3.2 53.7 68
Penn St 117 -65.3 12 115.3 50.0 69
Miss St 84 -10.2 52 57.9 47.7 70
Navy 59 55.2 80 -8.7 46.5 71
Wake Forest 110 -65.7 28 104.0 38.3 72
Kentucky 66 20.2 66 17.4 37.6 73
Kent St 116 -84.6 20 121.4 36.9 74
Virginia 69 17.4 68 17.3 34.8 75
California 18 139.0 122 -106.1 32.9 76
Georgia Southern 99 -40.6 47 71.0 30.4 77
Texas 101 -34.1 43 60.4 26.3 78
San Jose St 68 19.4 74 4.3 23.7 79
Missouri 114 -76.8 30 99.9 23.1 80
Temple 115 -79.9 34 97.4 17.4 81
Wyoming 72 14.6 76 0.9 15.4 82
Arizona 38 64.2 108 -52.9 11.3 83
S Carolina 57 31.9 96 -21.2 10.8 84
ULM 118 -131.5 35 142.2 10.7 85
Army 63 30.8 92 -21.7 9.1 86
Auburn 86 -14.6 67 21.2 6.6 87
Ohio U 83 -3.6 72 9.2 5.7 88
Ball State 67 26.1 93 -22.3 3.8 89
Oregon 47 51.5 107 -49.4 2.1 90
Toledo 85 -11.6 84 -8.0 -19.6 91
Syracuse 70 15.9 100 -42.4 -26.6 92
Colorado 93 -25.8 79 -2.4 -28.3 93
Purdue 97 -34.3 78 -1.8 -36.1 94
Akron 125 -140.5 27 104.2 -36.3 95
Florida International 113 -75.7 58 36.7 -39.0 96
Hawaii 112 -73.2 62 32.9 -40.3 97
S Miss 55 43.1 118 -84.4 -41.3 98
Maryland 89 -19.5 98 -35.1 -54.6 99
Mass 25 96.2 123 -152.6 -56.4 100
Utah St 96 -44.8 85 -13.0 -57.8 101
Rutgers 78 7.6 112 -69.2 -61.6 102
South Alabama 77 8.9 114 -70.6 -61.7 103
Unlv 74 12.1 117 -83.1 -71.0 104
UL Lafayette 65 40.7 115 -118.0 -77.3 105
Buffalo 103 -53.6 94 -24.9 -78.4 106
Marshall 105 -55.4 97 -34.2 -89.7 107
Georgia St 79 3.8 120 -93.9 -90.2 108
Old Dominion 119 -100.1 73 8.7 -91.4 109
W Michigan 95 -28.3 111 -67.0 -95.3 110
Rice 107 -60.6 101 -42.8 -103.4 111
Texas St 28 91.9 126 -200.9 -109.0 112
Nevada 100 -41.0 116 -82.4 -123.4 113
Fresno St 106 -59.4 109 -64.3 -123.8 114
South Florida 111 -104.9 88 -21.8 -126.7 115
Miami (Oh) 121 -116.4 90 -18.2 -134.7 116
Charlotte 128 -194.6 51 58.3 -136.3 117
Arkansas St 122 -117.2 95 -26.4 -143.6 118
New Mexico 124 -138.3 83 -6.9 -145.3 119
San Diego St 120 -103.9 104 -47.4 -151.3 120
Eastern Michigan 81 0.5 128 -157.7 -157.2 121
Tulane 91 -37.3 119 -139.3 -176.7 122
N Texas St 123 -125.3 110 -65.7 -191.0 123
Kansas 109 -96.5 113 -104.5 -201.0 124
Idaho 94 -27.4 125 -185.8 -213.2 125
UCF 127 -173.3 99 -41.2 -214.6 126
New Mexico St 90 -20.8 127 -207.9 -228.8 127
Utep 126 -165.2 121 -101.2 -266.4 128

 

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