| Phil Steele Blog • January 4, 2016 |
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Offensive and Defensive YPG Averages
Compared to Opponent Average thru the Bowl Games
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 December 10th I posted this blog with the Offensive and Defensive averages thru Week 14 (HERE) if you wanted to take a look and see the changes from last week to this week. Here is the updated list thru College Football Bowl Games.
| Offensive | Defensive | |||||
| Rank | Average | Rank | Average | Total | Rank | |
| CLEMSON | 3 | 156.1 | 7 | 105.2 | 261.3 | 1 |
| ALABAMA | 23 | 64.9 | 1 | 156.7 | 221.6 | 2 |
| BAYLOR | 2 | 157.5 | 29 | 51.5 | 209.0 | 3 |
| OKLAHOMA | 16 | 101.3 | 8 | 104.3 | 205.6 | 4 |
| BOISE ST | 14 | 107.4 | 16 | 80.5 | 188.0 | 5 |
| OHIO ST | 32 | 48.7 | 6 | 106.5 | 155.2 | 6 |
| MISSISSIPPI | 7 | 126.3 | 55 | 24.7 | 151.1 | 7 |
| TCU | 13 | 108.9 | 39 | 41.2 | 150.1 | 8 |
| W KENTUCKY | 6 | 128.6 | 63 | 13.3 | 141.8 | 9 |
| NOTRE DAME | 12 | 109.9 | 52 | 27.3 | 137.2 | 10 |
| BOWLING GREEN | 4 | 149.7 | 85 | -17.1 | 132.6 | 11 |
| Appalachian St | 34 | 46.0 | 14 | 84.4 | 130.4 | 12 |
| CINCINNATI | 5 | 148.9 | 91 | -22.8 | 126.1 | 13 |
| LSU | 45 | 30.6 | 12 | 90.2 | 120.8 | 14 |
| MICHIGAN | 59 | 7.6 | 5 | 110.8 | 118.4 | 15 |
| FLORIDA ST | 26 | 60.7 | 25 | 55.7 | 116.4 | 16 |
| ARKANSAS | 25 | 61.2 | 26 | 55.1 | 116.4 | 17 |
| MISS ST | 19 | 88.5 | 53 | 26.5 | 115.0 | 18 |
| WISCONSIN | 69 | -6.6 | 3 | 116.8 | 110.2 | 19 |
| S MISS | 17 | 94.9 | 64 | 12.5 | 107.4 | 20 |
| WEST VIRGINIA | 39 | 40.6 | 21 | 66.5 | 107.1 | 21 |
| Georgia Southern | 63 | 3.4 | 10 | 98.8 | 102.2 | 22 |
| AIR FORCE | 22 | 68.3 | 49 | 30.4 | 98.8 | 23 |
| SAN DIEGO ST | 83 | -22.7 | 4 | 116.1 | 93.3 | 24 |
| LOUISVILLE | 37 | 42.1 | 30 | 51.1 | 93.2 | 25 |
| W MICHIGAN | 18 | 89.3 | 74 | 0.5 | 89.8 | 26 |
| STANFORD | 48 | 21.5 | 19 | 67.7 | 89.3 | 27 |
| TENNESSEE | 27 | 60.5 | 54 | 26.2 | 86.8 | 28 |
| TOLEDO | 33 | 46.2 | 42 | 39.4 | 85.6 | 29 |
| USC | 43 | 33.9 | 32 | 49.7 | 83.6 | 30 |
| MICHIGAN ST | 64 | 1.7 | 15 | 80.9 | 82.6 | 31 |
| HOUSTON | 21 | 69.1 | 62 | 13.4 | 82.5 | 32 |
| CALIFORNIA | 9 | 125.5 | 101 | -43.3 | 82.2 | 33 |
| LOUISIANA TECH | 31 | 50.0 | 48 | 30.8 | 80.9 | 34 |
| OREGON | 11 | 112.8 | 98 | -32.3 | 80.5 | 35 |
| WASHINGTON | 82 | -21.6 | 9 | 99.4 | 77.8 | 36 |
| BYU | 40 | 37.1 | 41 | 39.7 | 76.8 | 37 |
| UCLA | 35 | 44.3 | 47 | 31.9 | 76.2 | 38 |
| NEBRASKA | 20 | 80.4 | 81 | -7.3 | 73.1 | 39 |
| NAVY | 47 | 22.0 | 31 | 50.5 | 72.4 | 40 |
| MEMPHIS | 24 | 64.7 | 69 | 6.2 | 70.9 | 41 |
| TEXAS TECH | 1 | 166.8 | 122 | -101.9 | 64.9 | 42 |
| NC State | 42 | 35.1 | 50 | 28.5 | 63.6 | 43 |
| N CAROLINA | 10 | 113.1 | 106 | -50.1 | 63.0 | 44 |
| FLORIDA | 90 | -33.4 | 11 | 96.2 | 62.8 | 45 |
| MINNESOTA | 61 | 5.1 | 24 | 57.5 | 62.6 | 46 |
| UTAH ST | 55 | 9.6 | 27 | 52.8 | 62.4 | 47 |
| GEORGIA | 58 | 7.7 | 28 | 51.7 | 59.3 | 48 |
| TEXAS A&M | 49 | 21.3 | 46 | 34.2 | 55.4 | 49 |
| WASH ST | 36 | 42.8 | 65 | 10.6 | 53.5 | 50 |
| PENN ST | 79 | -16.1 | 20 | 66.6 | 50.5 | 51 |
| OKLAHOMA ST | 38 | 40.9 | 71 | 2.0 | 42.9 | 52 |
| MIDDLE TENN | 30 | 56.0 | 86 | -17.2 | 38.7 | 53 |
| C MICHIGAN | 73 | -11.1 | 33 | 49.5 | 38.4 | 54 |
| SOUTH FLORIDA | 44 | 30.7 | 68 | 6.9 | 37.6 | 55 |
| PITTSBURGH | 72 | -10.5 | 35 | 47.4 | 36.9 | 56 |
| ARIZONA ST | 29 | 56.2 | 89 | -20.5 | 35.7 | 57 |
| IOWA | 74 | -11.3 | 36 | 46.6 | 35.3 | 58 |
| TEMPLE | 98 | -43.4 | 17 | 78.3 | 34.8 | 59 |
| OHIO U | 53 | 13.0 | 58 | 20.6 | 33.6 | 60 |
| AUBURN | 75 | -11.7 | 37 | 43.8 | 32.1 | 61 |
| GEORGIA TECH | 81 | -16.5 | 38 | 41.5 | 25.0 | 62 |
| Georgia St | 56 | 8.7 | 61 | 14.9 | 23.5 | 63 |
| ILLINOIS | 65 | 1.2 | 59 | 19.3 | 20.6 | 64 |
| INDIANA | 8 | 125.7 | 124 | -105.6 | 20.1 | 65 |
| UTAH | 103 | -51.8 | 18 | 70.8 | 19.0 | 66 |
| MIAMI FLA | 52 | 14.9 | 70 | 3.1 | 18.0 | 67 |
| EAST CAROLINA | 51 | 17.2 | 77 | -1.0 | 16.2 | 68 |
| VIRGINIA TECH | 88 | -29.4 | 44 | 37.4 | 8.0 | 69 |
| COLORADO ST | 46 | 24.0 | 87 | -18.0 | 6.0 | 70 |
| NORTHWESTERN | 105 | -59.3 | 22 | 64.7 | 5.5 | 71 |
| SAN JOSE ST | 87 | -24.4 | 51 | 27.9 | 3.5 | 72 |
| VIRGINIA | 70 | -6.6 | 66 | 9.6 | 2.9 | 73 |
| DUKE | 41 | 36.2 | 99 | -34.3 | 2.0 | 74 |
| AKRON | 106 | -65.6 | 23 | 62.7 | -2.9 | 75 |
| BOSTON COLL | 124 | -131.7 | 2 | 125.5 | -6.3 | 76 |
| MARSHALL | 86 | -24.0 | 60 | 15.5 | -8.5 | 77 |
| ARKANSAS ST | 54 | 10.7 | 90 | -21.1 | -10.4 | 78 |
| IOWA ST | 76 | -13.2 | 76 | -0.4 | -13.6 | 79 |
| ARIZONA | 28 | 59.2 | 116 | -73.3 | -14.1 | 80 |
| MARYLAND | 71 | -7.6 | 84 | -10.0 | -17.6 | 81 |
| VANDERBILT | 107 | -66.9 | 34 | 48.6 | -18.3 | 82 |
| N ILLINOIS | 77 | -14.4 | 80 | -6.7 | -21.1 | 83 |
| TROY ST | 99 | -44.1 | 57 | 21.6 | -22.5 | 84 |
| MISSOURI | 120 | -108.8 | 13 | 86.0 | -22.9 | 85 |
| KENTUCKY | 60 | 5.1 | 96 | -29.6 | -24.5 | 86 |
| WYOMING | 84 | -23.2 | 78 | -2.7 | -25.9 | 87 |
| CONNECTICUT | 108 | -73.0 | 40 | 40.9 | -32.1 | 88 |
| TULSA | 15 | 102.4 | 128 | -137.5 | -35.1 | 89 |
| WAKE FOREST | 109 | -73.4 | 43 | 38.0 | -35.5 | 90 |
| TEXAS | 113 | -75.5 | 45 | 35.6 | -40.0 | 91 |
| FLORIDA ATLANTIC | 96 | -42.8 | 75 | -0.1 | -43.0 | 92 |
| BUFFALO | 66 | -4.5 | 103 | -45.7 | -50.3 | 93 |
| SOUTH ALABAMA | 100 | -44.6 | 83 | -9.2 | -53.8 | 94 |
| S CAROLINA | 67 | -4.6 | 108 | -52.1 | -56.7 | 95 |
| NEVADA | 91 | -34.8 | 93 | -24.2 | -59.0 | 96 |
| COLORADO | 104 | -56.5 | 82 | -8.3 | -64.8 | 97 |
| Mass | 68 | -6.1 | 109 | -61.7 | -67.8 | 98 |
| UL LAFAYETTE | 101 | -49.2 | 94 | -24.5 | -73.8 | 99 |
| MIAMI (OH) | 111 | -75.1 | 73 | 0.6 | -74.5 | 100 |
| ARMY | 114 | -76.4 | 72 | 1.1 | -75.3 | 101 |
| SMU | 94 | -41.4 | 100 | -34.9 | -76.3 | 102 |
| UNLV | 62 | 5.1 | 118 | -82.2 | -77.1 | 103 |
| PURDUE | 78 | -14.9 | 111 | -64.5 | -79.4 | 104 |
| NEW MEXICO | 95 | -42.8 | 102 | -44.6 | -87.4 | 105 |
| RICE | 92 | -40.3 | 105 | -49.4 | -89.7 | 106 |
| IDAHO | 57 | 7.8 | 121 | -97.7 | -89.9 | 107 |
| Old Dominion | 97 | -43.0 | 107 | -51.2 | -94.2 | 108 |
| UTSA | 110 | -73.9 | 97 | -31.8 | -105.7 | 109 |
| SYRACUSE | 93 | -41.3 | 112 | -65.9 | -107.2 | 110 |
| KANSAS ST | 122 | -116.1 | 67 | 7.9 | -108.2 | 111 |
| NEW MEXICO ST | 50 | 17.9 | 126 | -132.3 | -114.4 | 112 |
| FLORIDA INT'L | 119 | -96.2 | 88 | -19.6 | -115.7 | 113 |
| KENT ST | 127 | -140.8 | 56 | 24.0 | -116.8 | 114 |
| UTEP | 121 | -112.1 | 79 | -5.8 | -117.9 | 115 |
| RUTGERS | 89 | -31.9 | 120 | -93.3 | -125.2 | 116 |
| Charlotte | 117 | -86.3 | 104 | -49.0 | -135.4 | 117 |
| Texas St | 80 | -16.3 | 125 | -122.3 | -138.6 | 118 |
| BALL STATE | 102 | -50.8 | 119 | -88.2 | -139.0 | 119 |
| TULANE | 123 | -116.4 | 95 | -26.3 | -142.7 | 120 |
| HAWAII | 116 | -81.6 | 110 | -62.7 | -144.3 | 121 |
| FRESNO ST | 115 | -78.0 | 113 | -66.6 | -144.6 | 122 |
| OREGON ST | 112 | -75.4 | 115 | -69.3 | -144.7 | 123 |
| NORTH TEXAS | 118 | -88.7 | 114 | -67.6 | -156.3 | 124 |
| E MICHIGAN | 85 | -24.0 | 127 | -136.3 | -160.3 | 125 |
| UL MONROE | 126 | -137.6 | 92 | -23.3 | -160.9 | 126 |
| UCF | 128 | -150.9 | 117 | -76.4 | -227.3 | 127 |
| KANSAS | 125 | -134.9 | 123 | -102.9 | -237.8 | 128 |