| Phil Steele Blog • April 11th, 2016 |
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Most Improved Pass Offenses.
In today's Blog I will continue on with the Most Improved and Least Improved Pass Offenses. The Most Improved Rush Offenses blog can be found <here>. Every year in my magazine I list the teams that I think will be the most improved and least improved prior to the season. This past year that chart was found on page 42. Indiana ended up the most improved (#2 on my list in the 2015 magazine) going from 141.4 ypg in 2014 to 293.8 ypg last year. From my Top 15 in the magazine 9 teams ranked in the Top 49. 4 teams ranked in the Top 10 being Indiana, Oklahoma St, Oklahoma and Louisiana Tech.
The chart listed below is ranked in order from the most improved to the team that had the largest set back in pass offense which was Oregon St (went from avg 275.4 to 159.2 ypg). Of the bottom 5 teams that made my list in the 2015 magazine, all 5 were in the bottom 13 on this list. Those teams were Oregon St, Kansas St, Charlotte, Washington St and Miami, Oh.
The first column is last years pass ypg. The second column is pass ypg from 2014. The 3rd column is the difference between the two with a positive number for improvement and the 4th column gives you their ranking based on improved pass offense from last year. On Wednesday I will list the Most Improved Scoring Offenses in 2015.
| Most Impoved Pass Offenses | ||||
| Tm | 2015 | 2014 | Diff | Rank |
| Indiana | 293.8 | 141.4 | 152 | 1 |
| Oklahoma St | 353.2 | 242.2 | 111 | 2 |
| Bowling Green | 366.8 | 259.9 | 107 | 3 |
| Oklahoma | 308.2 | 203.5 | 105 | 4 |
| Middle Tennessee | 311.7 | 217.5 | 94 | 5 |
| Arkansas | 268.2 | 188.0 | 80 | 6 |
| Wisconsin | 228.3 | 148.7 | 80 | 7 |
| Minnesota | 214.8 | 141.8 | 73 | 8 |
| Mississippi | 334.7 | 263.6 | 71 | 9 |
| Louisiana Tech | 323.2 | 252.2 | 71 | 10 |
| Memphis | 307.5 | 236.6 | 71 | 11 |
| Eastern Michigan | 222.2 | 151.8 | 70 | 12 |
| FIU | 237.8 | 168.0 | 70 | 13 |
| Tulsa | 333.2 | 264.7 | 69 | 14 |
| Michigan | 237.7 | 170.2 | 68 | 15 |
| Southern Miss | 329.7 | 269.3 | 60 | 16 |
| Central Michigan | 300.4 | 242.8 | 58 | 17 |
| Georgia St | 335.9 | 279.0 | 57 | 18 |
| Cincinnati | 359.9 | 303.6 | 56 | 19 |
| Nebraska | 266.9 | 212.1 | 55 | 20 |
| UTEP | 195.5 | 142.9 | 53 | 21 |
| Wake Forest | 228.3 | 176.3 | 52 | 22 |
| Purdue | 237.3 | 187.4 | 50 | 23 |
| SMU | 218.3 | 168.7 | 50 | 24 |
| New Mexico | 136.0 | 89.1 | 47 | 25 |
| Troy | 240.8 | 198.8 | 42 | 26 |
| Washington | 239.2 | 200.1 | 39 | 27 |
| Texas Tech | 388.2 | 351.1 | 37 | 28 |
| Mississippi St | 316.4 | 280.7 | 36 | 29 |
| Army West Point | 94.0 | 62.3 | 32 | 30 |
| UCLA | 289.0 | 258.3 | 31 | 31 |
| California | 376.3 | 346.0 | 30 | 32 |
| Duke | 246.5 | 216.5 | 30 | 33 |
| Boise St | 310.2 | 280.4 | 30 | 34 |
| Clemson | 291.5 | 261.8 | 30 | 35 |
| Florida | 207.1 | 179.9 | 27 | 36 |
| Miami, Fl | 277.1 | 249.9 | 27 | 37 |
| Ohio | 232.9 | 206.2 | 27 | 38 |
| Arizona St | 299.1 | 273.5 | 26 | 39 |
| TCU | 347.5 | 326.2 | 21 | 40 |
| Toledo | 253.0 | 234.2 | 19 | 41 |
| Western Michigan | 286.2 | 267.3 | 19 | 42 |
| Houston | 248.4 | 230.2 | 18 | 43 |
| UTSA | 193.4 | 175.3 | 18 | 44 |
| BYU | 296.5 | 278.7 | 18 | 45 |
| LSU | 180.4 | 162.9 | 17 | 46 |
| Navy | 98.5 | 81.4 | 17 | 47 |
| Northern Illinois | 208.4 | 192.1 | 16 | 48 |
| Temple | 217.0 | 200.7 | 16 | 49 |
| Connecticut | 185.5 | 169.3 | 16 | 50 |
| UL Lafayette | 207.6 | 191.5 | 16 | 51 |
| Kansas | 218.6 | 202.9 | 16 | 52 |
| FAU | 213.1 | 199.5 | 14 | 53 |
| New Mexico St | 252.8 | 241.6 | 11 | 54 |
| Virginia Tech | 225.8 | 217.4 | 8 | 55 |
| Utah St | 205.5 | 198.7 | 7 | 56 |
| NC State | 210.8 | 204.0 | 7 | 57 |
| Idaho | 281.3 | 275.5 | 6 | 58 |
| Pittsburgh | 190.6 | 185.9 | 5 | 59 |
| South Alabama | 199.5 | 197.0 | 3 | 60 |
| Ball St | 218.3 | 215.8 | 2 | 61 |
| Virginia | 238.3 | 236.4 | 2 | 62 |
| Texas St | 226.6 | 225.9 | 1 | 63 |
| Tulane | 201.3 | 201.3 | 0 | 64 |
| USF | 195.1 | 196.8 | -2 | 65 |
| WKU | 372.2 | 374.3 | -2 | 66 |
| Illinois | 243.4 | 249.8 | -6 | 67 |
| Louisville | 245.1 | 252.0 | -7 | 68 |
| Rice | 224.3 | 231.5 | -7 | 69 |
| Vanderbilt | 171.8 | 179.1 | -7 | 70 |
| Arizona | 272.6 | 281.8 | -9 | 71 |
| Buffalo | 249.5 | 259.5 | -10 | 72 |
| North Texas | 161.4 | 172.8 | -11 | 73 |
| Georgia Tech | 121.8 | 134.4 | -13 | 74 |
| Air Force | 131.9 | 145.6 | -14 | 75 |
| Georgia | 185.1 | 199.9 | -15 | 76 |
| North Carolina | 262.5 | 278.0 | -16 | 77 |
| Utah | 180.0 | 197.7 | -18 | 78 |
| Stanford | 211.8 | 229.8 | -18 | 79 |
| Boston College | 111.2 | 129.3 | -18 | 80 |
| Penn St | 214.5 | 233.4 | -19 | 81 |
| Rutgers | 207.1 | 227.4 | -20 | 82 |
| Kentucky | 209.3 | 231.2 | -22 | 83 |
| Iowa St | 226.3 | 248.4 | -22 | 84 |
| Hawaii | 192.4 | 214.9 | -23 | 85 |
| Missouri | 165.5 | 189.1 | -24 | 86 |
| Appalachian St | 195.8 | 219.8 | -24 | 87 |
| Tennessee | 198.6 | 224.2 | -26 | 88 |
| Notre Dame | 258.8 | 285.5 | -27 | 89 |
| USC | 269.7 | 296.6 | -27 | 90 |
| Syracuse | 156.8 | 184.1 | -27 | 91 |
| Nevada | 164.5 | 192.2 | -28 | 92 |
| Michigan St | 234.2 | 265.6 | -31 | 93 |
| San Jose St | 221.7 | 253.2 | -31 | 94 |
| Iowa | 204.4 | 237.0 | -33 | 95 |
| San Diego St | 142.0 | 178.4 | -36 | 96 |
| Wyoming | 187.3 | 227.8 | -41 | 97 |
| Georgia Southern | 63.4 | 107.2 | -44 | 98 |
| Colorado | 240.6 | 284.6 | -44 | 99 |
| Fresno St | 178.3 | 223.7 | -45 | 100 |
| Maryland | 174.3 | 220.2 | -46 | 101 |
| UNLV | 211.4 | 258.2 | -47 | 102 |
| Florida St | 255.8 | 303.3 | -48 | 103 |
| UCF | 187.2 | 235.3 | -48 | 104 |
| Texas A&M | 255.6 | 305.5 | -50 | 105 |
| Alabama | 227.1 | 277.9 | -51 | 106 |
| Arkansas St | 207.2 | 260.1 | -53 | 107 |
| Texas | 145.9 | 199.9 | -54 | 108 |
| Oregon | 258.3 | 312.5 | -54 | 109 |
| UMass | 257.5 | 311.8 | -54 | 110 |
| Marshall | 231.5 | 287.3 | -56 | 111 |
| Auburn | 173.6 | 229.5 | -56 | 112 |
| Akron | 192.9 | 249.6 | -57 | 113 |
| Ohio St | 188.8 | 247.1 | -58 | 114 |
| West Virginia | 251.5 | 317.0 | -66 | 115 |
| Miami, Oh | 208.5 | 277.8 | -69 | 116 |
| ULM | 207.9 | 279.9 | -72 | 117 |
| Old Dominion | 219.5 | 292.5 | -73 | 118 |
| South Carolina | 207.5 | 281.6 | -74 | 119 |
| Baylor | 289.5 | 365.9 | -76 | 120 |
| Northwestern | 138.5 | 216.5 | -78 | 121 |
| Washington St | 389.2 | 477.7 | -89 | 122 |
| East Carolina | 281.3 | 371.9 | -91 | 123 |
| Charlotte | 174.1 | 265.0 | -91 | 124 |
| Colorado St | 228.1 | 321.6 | -94 | 125 |
| Kent St | 138.1 | 233.6 | -96 | 126 |
| Kansas St | 176.0 | 287.4 | -111 | 127 |
| Oregon St | 159.2 | 275.4 | -116 | 128 |