College Football Offensive and Defensive YPG vs Opponents average thru Week #9.

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.

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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 week 9.

Offensive Defensive
Team Rank Average Rank Average Total Rank
OHIO ST 1 197.3 4 170.7 368.0 1
CLEMSON 7 122.0 1 184.5 306.5 2
WISCONSIN 21 72.9 3 170.8 243.6 3
OKLAHOMA 3 158.2 29 80.9 239.1 4
LSU 4 153.8 28 82.2 236.0 5
ALABAMA 6 129.7 19 93.1 222.8 6
UTAH 43 46.7 2 172.3 218.9 7
IOWA ST 10 106.9 18 93.4 200.2 8
GEORGIA 29 57.9 5 136.1 194.0 9
UCF 2 181.0 66 5.2 186.2 10
MICHIGAN 34 52.2 7 119.3 171.5 11
NAVY 26 60.3 13 110.0 170.3 12
BOISE ST 20 73.3 24 89.7 163.0 13
AIR FORCE 45 44.4 8 117.3 161.8 14
TCU 59 28.6 6 132.2 160.8 15
PENN ST 23 69.1 22 90.0 159.2 16
AUBURN 32 54.0 17 96.4 150.4 17
MINNESOTA 40 49.3 15 99.1 148.4 18
PITTSBURGH 56 30.3 9 113.8 144.1 19
OREGON 37 49.7 21 90.8 140.4 20
IOWA 63 26.0 10 113.3 139.3 21
MICHIGAN ST 61 26.6 11 111.8 138.4 22
Appalachian St 44 45.7 23 89.9 135.5 23
N CAROLINA 16 88.8 43 43.3 132.1 24
BAYLOR 15 91.1 46 40.0 131.1 25
SMU 8 107.8 59 15.7 123.5 26
FLORIDA 28 58.6 35 62.9 121.5 27
TULANE 13 97.6 57 18.2 115.8 28
INDIANA 24 67.4 42 43.9 111.2 29
UAB 31 55.5 39 52.5 108.0 30
CINCINNATI 81 4.5 16 99.0 103.6 31
MISSOURI 76 12.4 26 84.7 97.1 32
OKLAHOMA ST 12 105.6 74 -10.5 95.1 33
NOTRE DAME 50 36.5 36 57.3 93.8 34
MEMPHIS 25 66.6 54 21.0 87.7 35
HAWAII 9 107.0 85 -23.3 83.8 36
TEXAS 11 106.0 88 -25.9 80.1 37
MIAMI FLA 79 7.0 30 72.3 79.3 38
TEXAS A&M 68 21.9 37 57.1 79.0 39
S MISS 39 49.4 51 26.7 76.0 40
W KENTUCKY 106 -44.7 12 111.6 66.9 41
WASH ST 5 131.4 112 -64.7 66.8 42
TULSA 53 34.3 49 31.4 65.7 43
UL LAFAYETTE 42 47.9 61 14.0 61.9 44
MISSISSIPPI 19 74.3 78 -13.3 61.0 45
NEBRASKA 22 71.0 83 -18.3 52.7 46
MISS ST 57 29.5 52 23.0 52.6 47
FLORIDA ST 36 49.9 73 -5.2 44.7 48
USC 27 59.3 80 -15.2 44.1 49
TENNESSEE 88 -12.6 38 56.4 43.8 50
VIRGINIA 108 -48.6 20 92.3 43.7 51
KENTUCKY 95 -24.6 33 67.9 43.3 52
FLORIDA ATLANTIC 54 33.7 65 5.7 39.4 53
Coastal Carolina 96 -29.2 34 67.2 38.0 54
WAKE FOREST 14 95.8 111 -61.5 34.3 55
KANSAS ST 109 -49.8 27 83.1 33.3 56
TEXAS TECH 41 48.9 82 -16.7 32.3 57
BUFFALO 104 -40.7 31 72.0 31.2 58
BALL STATE 65 24.7 63 6.4 31.1 59
BYU 75 12.4 58 17.9 30.4 60
LOUISVILLE 17 77.8 105 -48.9 28.9 61
WASHINGTON 86 -4.9 48 33.7 28.8 62
Georgia St 18 76.3 104 -48.8 27.5 63
S CAROLINA 55 31.1 70 -3.8 27.4 64
LOUISIANA TECH 35 51.8 87 -25.6 26.2 65
C MICHIGAN 64 25.1 75 -11.6 13.6 66
COLORADO ST 47 37.8 90 -26.7 11.1 67
HOUSTON 67 22.9 76 -12.0 11.0 68
FRESNO ST 82 2.5 64 6.1 8.7 69
SAN DIEGO ST 121 -99.0 14 106.2 7.2 70
NORTHWESTERN 114 -65.8 32 69.9 4.2 71
N ILLINOIS 90 -16.7 56 20.5 3.8 72
DUKE 101 -35.5 47 35.9 0.4 73
NORTH TEXAS 48 37.5 96 -38.4 -0.9 74
UTAH ST 85 -4.5 67 2.9 -1.6 75
Georgia Southern 119 -89.9 25 87.1 -2.8 76
UCLA 69 20.6 86 -23.4 -2.9 77
MARSHALL 62 26.4 93 -29.6 -3.2 78
COLORADO 51 35.9 99 -41.6 -5.7 79
Charlotte 58 29.3 98 -39.3 -9.9 80
PURDUE 71 15.3 91 -27.6 -12.3 81
OHIO U 46 44.1 108 -57.2 -13.1 82
ARIZONA ST 111 -54.3 45 40.4 -13.9 83
WEST VIRGINIA 115 -66.5 40 52.1 -14.4 84
ARKANSAS ST 49 37.2 107 -53.7 -16.5 85
W MICHIGAN 38 49.5 113 -66.3 -16.8 86
FLORIDA INT’L 98 -34.1 60 14.5 -19.6 87
SOUTH FLORIDA 100 -34.5 62 11.2 -23.3 88
ARIZONA 60 26.9 106 -51.5 -24.6 89
TEMPLE 94 -20.5 71 -4.7 -25.2 90
STANFORD 110 -49.9 53 21.8 -28.1 91
KANSAS 74 13.1 102 -43.9 -30.8 92
BOSTON COLL 30 57.3 120 -88.7 -31.4 93
ARMY 113 -62.5 50 29.9 -32.6 94
ARKANSAS 89 -14.1 84 -20.5 -34.7 95
OREGON ST 84 -2.9 95 -34.6 -37.5 96
NC State 103 -39.9 68 -1.5 -41.4 97
TROY ST 33 53.4 121 -95.2 -41.8 98
WYOMING 91 -16.9 89 -26.6 -43.5 99
GEORGIA TECH 97 -31.6 77 -13.0 -44.7 100
E MICHIGAN 78 11.2 109 -58.4 -47.2 101
VANDERBILT 92 -17.4 94 -32.3 -49.7 102
MIDDLE TENN 66 24.6 117 -77.7 -53.1 103
SYRACUSE 93 -19.9 101 -43.2 -63.1 104
CALIFORNIA 122 -108.1 41 45.1 -63.1 105
MIAMI (OH) 112 -58.5 72 -5.1 -63.6 106
RICE 123 -111.8 44 42.2 -69.6 107
VIRGINIA TECH 77 12.3 119 -81.9 -69.6 108
ILLINOIS 102 -37.2 97 -38.5 -75.7 109
TOLEDO 70 17.2 124 -98.6 -81.4 110
SAN JOSE ST 72 15.1 122 -96.6 -81.5 111
UL MONROE 52 34.8 126 -120.2 -85.4 112
MARYLAND 80 4.8 123 -98.3 -93.6 113
NEW MEXICO 83 -0.6 125 -100.7 -101.3 114
Liberty 73 13.1 127 -124.3 -111.2 115
Old Dominion 128 -134.3 55 20.8 -113.5 116
UNLV 99 -34.3 118 -79.4 -113.6 117
EAST CAROLINA 105 -41.4 116 -73.4 -114.8 118
NEW MEXICO ST 107 -47.3 115 -72.0 -119.3 119
UTSA 118 -85.1 103 -48.6 -133.7 120
CONNECTICUT 117 -77.5 110 -59.2 -136.7 121
UTEP 125 -123.6 81 -15.5 -139.2 122
NEVADA 116 -69.1 114 -70.6 -139.7 123
KENT ST 87 -10.9 128 -131.4 -142.2 124
Texas St 130 -140.8 69 -2.0 -142.8 125
SOUTH ALABAMA 129 -136.2 79 -14.7 -150.8 126
RUTGERS 124 -114.3 100 -42.9 -157.2 127
AKRON 126 -131.1 92 -29.5 -160.6 128
BOWLING GREEN 127 -132.7 129 -140.9 -273.6 129
Mass 120 -94.2 130 -215.6 -309.8 130

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