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 Alabama’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’ll look at the defense averages 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 above on the actual Teams Pages. The team page game by game stats include garbage yards.
On Thursday we will have the breakdown of all 130 Offensive YPG vs Opponents Average.
Here is the breakdown of Defensive YPG vs Opponents Average through College Football National Championship.
| Defensive | ||
| Team | Rank | Average |
| ALABAMA | 1 | 147.7 |
| CLEMSON | 2 | 143.0 |
| GEORGIA | 3 | 128.5 |
| WISCONSIN | 4 | 127.2 |
| AUBURN | 5 | 118.7 |
| MICHIGAN | 6 | 115.7 |
| TCU | 7 | 101.8 |
| MICHIGAN ST | 8 | 101.2 |
| FLORIDA ST | 9 | 97.8 |
| OHIO ST | 10 | 97.1 |
| WASHINGTON | 11 | 96.5 |
| MISS ST | 12 | 90.9 |
| LSU | 13 | 87.3 |
| SAN DIEGO ST | 14 | 84.6 |
| VIRGINIA TECH | 15 | 84.5 |
| WASH ST | 16 | 83.8 |
| UTAH | 17 | 80.9 |
| TEXAS | 18 | 78.4 |
| UTSA | 19 | 76.9 |
| IOWA ST | 20 | 74.8 |
| BOISE ST | 21 | 72.5 |
| NAVY | 22 | 66.7 |
| TEMPLE | 23 | 62.7 |
| FRESNO ST | 24 | 53.9 |
| Appalachian St | 25 | 52.0 |
| MARSHALL | 26 | 51.5 |
| PENN ST | 27 | 49.1 |
| NOTRE DAME | 28 | 48.3 |
| WYOMING | 29 | 48.1 |
| ARMY | 30 | 47.8 |
| DUKE | 31 | 46.8 |
| MIAMI FLA | 32 | 43.9 |
| TROY ST | 33 | 43.0 |
| VIRGINIA | 34 | 41.1 |
| N ILLINOIS | 35 | 39.1 |
| IOWA | 36 | 37.6 |
| BOSTON COLL | 37 | 36.6 |
| OREGON | 38 | 34.7 |
| SOUTH FLORIDA | 39 | 33.3 |
| USC | 40 | 30.5 |
| FLORIDA | 41 | 29.6 |
| NC State | 42 | 27.2 |
| GEORGIA TECH | 43 | 25.7 |
| MINNESOTA | 44 | 25.0 |
| MIDDLE TENN | 45 | 23.2 |
| OKLAHOMA | 46 | 22.9 |
| PITTSBURGH | 47 | 22.8 |
| BYU | 48 | 21.3 |
| PURDUE | 49 | 18.5 |
| NORTHWESTERN | 50 | 18.3 |
| HOUSTON | 51 | 18.3 |
| E MICHIGAN | 52 | 16.4 |
| STANFORD | 53 | 15.5 |
| CALIFORNIA | 54 | 15.3 |
| INDIANA | 55 | 13.4 |
| S MISS | 56 | 12.9 |
| S CAROLINA | 57 | 11.7 |
| ARKANSAS ST | 58 | 8.9 |
| C MICHIGAN | 59 | 8.5 |
| KANSAS ST | 60 | 6.5 |
| IDAHO | 61 | 6.3 |
| UCF | 62 | 6.1 |
| LOUISIANA TECH | 63 | 5.5 |
| OKLAHOMA ST | 64 | 4.0 |
| NEW MEXICO | 65 | -0.1 |
| KENT ST | 66 | -0.3 |
| MIAMI (OH) | 67 | -0.7 |
| OHIO U | 68 | -1.2 |
| TEXAS A&M | 69 | -3.7 |
| TOLEDO | 70 | -4.6 |
| TULANE | 71 | -5.6 |
| Georgia St | 72 | -8.3 |
| SOUTH ALABAMA | 73 | -8.4 |
| W MICHIGAN | 74 | -8.4 |
| UTAH ST | 75 | -9.4 |
| Georgia Southern | 76 | -10.1 |
| CINCINNATI | 77 | -12.2 |
| BAYLOR | 78 | -13.5 |
| TEXAS TECH | 79 | -14.0 |
| UAB | 80 | -15.1 |
| Coastal Carolina | 81 | -19.3 |
| FLORIDA ATLANTIC | 82 | -19.7 |
| ARIZONA ST | 83 | -20.0 |
| W KENTUCKY | 84 | -21.2 |
| LOUISVILLE | 85 | -23.6 |
| MEMPHIS | 86 | -24.6 |
| NEW MEXICO ST | 87 | -24.8 |
| UTEP | 88 | -26.9 |
| WEST VIRGINIA | 89 | -27.8 |
| TENNESSEE | 90 | -27.9 |
| AIR FORCE | 91 | -29.4 |
| BUFFALO | 92 | -30.0 |
| MARYLAND | 93 | -30.3 |
| KENTUCKY | 94 | -30.7 |
| FLORIDA INT’L | 95 | -32.4 |
| ILLINOIS | 96 | -33.1 |
| UMass | 97 | -34.5 |
| RUTGERS | 98 | -35.5 |
| MISSOURI | 99 | -36.2 |
| VANDERBILT | 100 | -38.9 |
| ARKANSAS | 101 | -42.0 |
| N CAROLINA | 102 | -46.1 |
| COLORADO | 103 | -46.2 |
| NEBRASKA | 104 | -47.0 |
| KANSAS | 105 | -47.4 |
| OREGON ST | 106 | -47.9 |
| Old Dominion | 107 | -48.4 |
| BALL STATE | 108 | -49.6 |
| RICE | 109 | -49.6 |
| Texas St | 110 | -52.0 |
| WAKE FOREST | 111 | -55.0 |
| AKRON | 112 | -55.3 |
| SYRACUSE | 113 | -55.9 |
| NORTH TEXAS | 114 | -57.1 |
| ARIZONA | 115 | -59.0 |
| UCLA | 116 | -60.0 |
| COLORADO ST | 117 | -62.8 |
| SMU | 118 | -63.3 |
| HAWAII | 119 | -66.1 |
| Charlotte | 120 | -67.1 |
| NEVADA | 121 | -68.0 |
| UNLV | 122 | -77.9 |
| LOUISIANNA | 123 | -84.3 |
| MISSISSIPPI | 124 | -85.3 |
| TULSA | 125 | -86.9 |
| CONNECTICUT | 126 | -89.7 |
| EAST CAROLINA | 127 | -110.3 |
| BOWLING GREEN | 128 | -126.7 |
| SAN JOSE ST | 129 | -127.6 |
| ULM | 130 | -136.7 |
