Phil Steele Blog • April 11th, 2016

 

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