| Phil Steele Blog • September 30, 2015 |
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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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