Every year I am adding to new features and articles to my College Football Preview and PhilSteele.com and for all 130 teams I have added a couple extra columns to the Game-by-Game Stats that you will find 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.
Sample below of Ohio St’s Game by Game Stats as a subscriber to Phil Steele Plus on Philsteele.com.
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 130 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.
Here is the breakdown of Offensive and Defensive YPG vs Opponents Average through College Football Playoff Semifinals.
| Offensive | Defensive | |||||
| Team | Rank | Average | Rank | Average | Total | Rank |
| OHIO ST | 4 | 151.9 | 10 | 97.1 | 248.9 | 1 |
| ALABAMA | 15 | 81.0 | 1 | 154.5 | 235.5 | 2 |
| OKLAHOMA | 1 | 199.4 | 45 | 23.3 | 222.7 | 3 |
| GEORGIA | 20 | 75.1 | 3 | 130.2 | 205.3 | 4 |
| AUBURN | 13 | 82.9 | 5 | 120.1 | 203.0 | 5 |
| CLEMSON | 31 | 48.5 | 2 | 143.5 | 192.1 | 6 |
| WISCONSIN | 29 | 51.2 | 4 | 127.2 | 178.5 | 7 |
| OKLAHOMA ST | 2 | 169.1 | 64 | 4.0 | 173.1 | 8 |
| PENN ST | 7 | 106.8 | 27 | 49.1 | 155.9 | 9 |
| LOUISVILLE | 3 | 164.1 | 85 | -23.6 | 140.4 | 10 |
| NOTRE DAME | 14 | 81.8 | 28 | 48.8 | 130.6 | 11 |
| MISS ST | 34 | 38.3 | 12 | 91.9 | 130.2 | 12 |
| LSU | 36 | 37.9 | 13 | 87.9 | 125.8 | 13 |
| MICHIGAN ST | 51 | 19.3 | 8 | 101.2 | 120.5 | 14 |
| USC | 11 | 85.6 | 40 | 30.5 | 116.0 | 15 |
| UCF | 5 | 109.2 | 62 | 6.1 | 115.3 | 16 |
| WASH ST | 43 | 30.2 | 15 | 83.8 | 114.0 | 17 |
| VIRGINIA TECH | 44 | 30.0 | 16 | 83.6 | 113.6 | 18 |
| SOUTH FLORIDA | 19 | 76.0 | 39 | 33.3 | 109.3 | 19 |
| MICHIGAN | 74 | -8.1 | 6 | 115.7 | 107.7 | 20 |
| BOISE ST | 38 | 35.0 | 21 | 72.5 | 107.5 | 21 |
| WASHINGTON | 65 | -0.7 | 11 | 96.5 | 95.8 | 22 |
| NC State | 24 | 67.0 | 42 | 27.2 | 94.2 | 23 |
| TCU | 82 | -13.8 | 7 | 101.8 | 87.9 | 24 |
| FLORIDA ATLANTIC | 6 | 107.0 | 82 | -19.7 | 87.3 | 25 |
| ARKANSAS ST | 22 | 73.2 | 58 | 8.9 | 82.1 | 26 |
| MIAMI FLA | 37 | 37.9 | 32 | 43.9 | 81.8 | 27 |
| NAVY | 56 | 11.5 | 22 | 66.7 | 78.2 | 28 |
| UTAH | 73 | -8.0 | 17 | 80.9 | 72.9 | 29 |
| TOLEDO | 21 | 73.5 | 70 | -4.6 | 68.9 | 30 |
| SAN DIEGO ST | 84 | -16.8 | 14 | 84.6 | 67.8 | 31 |
| FLORIDA ST | 99 | -36.5 | 9 | 98.4 | 62.0 | 32 |
| MISSOURI | 9 | 96.1 | 99 | -35.9 | 60.2 | 33 |
| Appalachian St | 61 | 6.2 | 25 | 52.5 | 58.7 | 34 |
| OREGON | 48 | 23.0 | 38 | 34.7 | 57.8 | 35 |
| GEORGIA TECH | 40 | 31.3 | 43 | 26.3 | 57.6 | 36 |
| MEMPHIS | 16 | 79.2 | 86 | -24.6 | 54.7 | 37 |
| INDIANA | 32 | 40.9 | 55 | 13.4 | 54.3 | 38 |
| PURDUE | 39 | 34.1 | 49 | 18.5 | 52.6 | 39 |
| TROY ST | 60 | 6.6 | 33 | 43.0 | 49.6 | 40 |
| FRESNO ST | 68 | -4.9 | 24 | 54.3 | 49.4 | 41 |
| WAKE FOREST | 8 | 104.4 | 111 | -55.0 | 49.3 | 42 |
| UTSA | 93 | -30.4 | 19 | 76.9 | 46.5 | 43 |
| BOSTON COLL | 57 | 8.8 | 37 | 36.6 | 45.4 | 44 |
| TEXAS | 96 | -33.5 | 18 | 78.4 | 44.9 | 45 |
| ARMY | 67 | -4.7 | 30 | 47.8 | 43.1 | 46 |
| TEXAS TECH | 25 | 56.7 | 79 | -14.0 | 42.7 | 47 |
| DUKE | 66 | -4.2 | 31 | 46.8 | 42.6 | 48 |
| MARSHALL | 79 | -10.5 | 26 | 51.5 | 41.0 | 49 |
| IOWA ST | 100 | -37.0 | 20 | 74.8 | 37.8 | 50 |
| NORTHWESTERN | 53 | 16.8 | 50 | 18.3 | 35.1 | 51 |
| SYRACUSE | 12 | 85.3 | 113 | -55.9 | 29.4 | 52 |
| S MISS | 54 | 15.9 | 56 | 12.9 | 28.8 | 53 |
| OHIO U | 45 | 28.7 | 68 | -1.2 | 27.5 | 54 |
| COLORADO ST | 10 | 87.7 | 117 | -62.4 | 25.4 | 55 |
| WEST VIRGINIA | 28 | 51.8 | 90 | -27.8 | 24.1 | 56 |
| LOUISIANA TECH | 52 | 18.4 | 63 | 5.5 | 23.9 | 57 |
| TEXAS A&M | 49 | 22.0 | 69 | -3.2 | 18.9 | 58 |
| STANFORD | 63 | 3.4 | 53 | 15.5 | 18.8 | 59 |
| TEMPLE | 105 | -45.6 | 23 | 62.7 | 17.1 | 60 |
| NEW MEXICO ST | 35 | 38.0 | 87 | -24.8 | 13.2 | 61 |
| ARIZONA ST | 41 | 31.1 | 83 | -20.0 | 11.1 | 62 |
| PITTSBURGH | 80 | -11.8 | 47 | 22.8 | 10.9 | 63 |
| N ILLINOIS | 89 | -28.4 | 35 | 39.1 | 10.7 | 64 |
| HOUSTON | 72 | -7.7 | 51 | 18.3 | 10.5 | 65 |
| ARIZONA | 23 | 68.0 | 115 | -59.0 | 9.0 | 66 |
| IOWA | 95 | -32.4 | 36 | 37.6 | 5.2 | 67 |
| UMass | 33 | 39.3 | 97 | -34.5 | 4.7 | 68 |
| MIDDLE TENN | 85 | -18.8 | 46 | 23.2 | 4.4 | 69 |
| E MICHIGAN | 83 | -15.1 | 52 | 16.4 | 1.4 | 70 |
| VIRGINIA | 103 | -39.8 | 34 | 41.1 | 1.3 | 71 |
| C MICHIGAN | 75 | -8.6 | 59 | 8.5 | -0.2 | 72 |
| FLORIDA | 92 | -30.4 | 41 | 30.1 | -0.3 | 73 |
| NORTH TEXAS | 27 | 55.3 | 114 | -57.1 | -1.8 | 74 |
| BUFFALO | 46 | 24.3 | 92 | -30.0 | -5.7 | 75 |
| MISSISSIPPI | 17 | 78.7 | 124 | -84.8 | -6.1 | 76 |
| SMU | 26 | 55.3 | 118 | -63.3 | -8.0 | 77 |
| AIR FORCE | 50 | 21.2 | 91 | -29.4 | -8.2 | 78 |
| BAYLOR | 62 | 5.2 | 78 | -13.5 | -8.3 | 79 |
| MIAMI (OH) | 78 | -10.3 | 67 | -0.7 | -11.1 | 80 |
| UCLA | 30 | 48.6 | 116 | -60.0 | -11.4 | 81 |
| Georgia St | 69 | -5.8 | 72 | -8.3 | -14.1 | 82 |
| NEBRASKA | 42 | 30.3 | 104 | -47.0 | -16.7 | 83 |
| CALIFORNIA | 102 | -38.6 | 54 | 15.3 | -23.3 | 84 |
| S CAROLINA | 104 | -41.9 | 57 | 12.2 | -29.7 | 85 |
| W KENTUCKY | 76 | -9.0 | 84 | -21.2 | -30.2 | 86 |
| W MICHIGAN | 87 | -22.3 | 74 | -8.4 | -30.8 | 87 |
| UTAH ST | 86 | -22.1 | 75 | -9.4 | -31.4 | 88 |
| ARKANSAS | 59 | 7.1 | 101 | -41.5 | -34.4 | 89 |
| FLORIDA INT’L | 71 | -6.7 | 95 | -32.4 | -39.1 | 90 |
| MINNESOTA | 114 | -65.2 | 44 | 25.0 | -40.2 | 91 |
| NEW MEXICO | 106 | -48.4 | 65 | -0.1 | -48.4 | 92 |
| BYU | 117 | -70.3 | 48 | 21.3 | -49.0 | 93 |
| UAB | 98 | -36.0 | 80 | -15.1 | -51.1 | 94 |
| UNLV | 47 | 23.8 | 122 | -77.9 | -54.1 | 95 |
| COLORADO | 77 | -9.1 | 103 | -46.2 | -55.3 | 96 |
| ULM | 18 | 77.2 | 130 | -136.7 | -59.5 | 97 |
| KENTUCKY | 90 | -29.8 | 94 | -30.3 | -60.1 | 98 |
| NEVADA | 58 | 7.2 | 121 | -68.0 | -60.8 | 99 |
| TULANE | 109 | -55.3 | 71 | -5.6 | -61.0 | 100 |
| KANSAS ST | 116 | -68.9 | 60 | 6.5 | -62.4 | 101 |
| CINCINNATI | 107 | -52.2 | 77 | -12.2 | -64.4 | 102 |
| MARYLAND | 97 | -34.4 | 93 | -30.3 | -64.7 | 103 |
| Georgia Southern | 108 | -55.2 | 76 | -10.1 | -65.3 | 104 |
| IDAHO | 119 | -75.5 | 61 | 6.3 | -69.2 | 105 |
| VANDERBILT | 101 | -37.7 | 100 | -38.0 | -75.7 | 106 |
| N CAROLINA | 91 | -30.3 | 102 | -46.1 | -76.4 | 107 |
| HAWAII | 81 | -12.1 | 119 | -66.1 | -78.2 | 108 |
| WYOMING | 129 | -133.1 | 29 | 48.1 | -85.0 | 109 |
| Coastal Carolina | 115 | -68.7 | 81 | -19.3 | -87.9 | 110 |
| TULSA | 70 | -6.7 | 125 | -86.9 | -93.6 | 111 |
| EAST CAROLINA | 55 | 15.5 | 127 | -110.3 | -94.8 | 112 |
| SOUTH ALABAMA | 125 | -97.7 | 73 | -8.4 | -106.1 | 113 |
| Texas St | 110 | -56.4 | 110 | -52.0 | -108.4 | 114 |
| TENNESSEE | 120 | -84.0 | 89 | -26.9 | -110.9 | 115 |
| RICE | 111 | -61.7 | 109 | -49.6 | -111.4 | 116 |
| CONNECTICUT | 88 | -22.6 | 126 | -89.7 | -112.4 | 117 |
| Old Dominion | 113 | -64.3 | 107 | -48.4 | -112.7 | 118 |
| BALL STATE | 112 | -64.2 | 108 | -49.6 | -113.7 | 119 |
| LOUISIANNA | 94 | -31.5 | 123 | -84.3 | -115.9 | 120 |
| ILLINOIS | 121 | -87.7 | 96 | -33.1 | -120.8 | 121 |
| OREGON ST | 118 | -74.3 | 106 | -47.9 | -122.2 | 122 |
| KENT ST | 128 | -125.9 | 66 | -0.3 | -126.2 | 123 |
| BOWLING GREEN | 64 | 0.0 | 128 | -126.7 | -126.7 | 124 |
| KANSAS | 124 | -95.0 | 105 | -47.4 | -142.4 | 125 |
| AKRON | 123 | -91.9 | 112 | -55.3 | -147.1 | 126 |
| RUTGERS | 127 | -116.2 | 98 | -35.5 | -151.7 | 127 |
| Charlotte | 126 | -99.4 | 120 | -67.1 | -166.5 | 128 |
| UTEP | 130 | -163.7 | 88 | -26.9 | -190.5 | 129 |
| SAN JOSE ST | 122 | -87.9 | 129 | -127.6 | -215.5 | 130 |
