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 Oklahoma’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 offense 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 Friday we will have the breakdown of all 130 Offensive & Defensive YPG vs Opponents Average to see who was the best this year.
Here is the breakdown of Offensive YPG vs Opponents Average through College Football National Championship.
| Offensive | ||
| Team | Rank | Average |
| OKLAHOMA | 1 | 198.9 |
| OKLAHOMA ST | 2 | 169.2 |
| LOUISVILLE | 3 | 164.1 |
| OHIO ST | 4 | 151.9 |
| UCF | 5 | 109.2 |
| FLORIDA ATLANTIC | 6 | 106.9 |
| PENN ST | 7 | 106.8 |
| WAKE FOREST | 8 | 104.4 |
| MISSOURI | 9 | 96.4 |
| COLORADO ST | 10 | 86.9 |
| USC | 11 | 85.5 |
| SYRACUSE | 12 | 85.3 |
| NOTRE DAME | 13 | 81.3 |
| AUBURN | 14 | 81.2 |
| ALABAMA | 15 | 79.7 |
| MEMPHIS | 16 | 79.2 |
| GEORGIA | 17 | 79.1 |
| MISSISSIPPI | 18 | 78.7 |
| SOUTH FLORIDA | 19 | 76.0 |
| TOLEDO | 20 | 73.4 |
| ARKANSAS ST | 21 | 72.5 |
| ARIZONA | 22 | 68.0 |
| ULM | 23 | 67.3 |
| NC State | 24 | 67.0 |
| TEXAS TECH | 25 | 56.7 |
| NORTH TEXAS | 26 | 55.7 |
| SMU | 27 | 55.3 |
| WEST VIRGINIA | 28 | 51.9 |
| WISCONSIN | 29 | 51.2 |
| UCLA | 30 | 48.6 |
| CLEMSON | 31 | 48.0 |
| INDIANA | 32 | 40.9 |
| UMass | 33 | 39.1 |
| NEW MEXICO ST | 34 | 38.1 |
| MIAMI FLA | 35 | 38.0 |
| LSU | 36 | 37.1 |
| MISS ST | 37 | 37.1 |
| BOISE ST | 38 | 35.0 |
| PURDUE | 39 | 34.1 |
| ARIZONA ST | 40 | 31.1 |
| GEORGIA TECH | 41 | 30.8 |
| NEBRASKA | 42 | 30.3 |
| WASH ST | 43 | 30.2 |
| VIRGINIA TECH | 44 | 30.0 |
| OHIO U | 45 | 28.5 |
| BUFFALO | 46 | 24.2 |
| UNLV | 47 | 23.8 |
| OREGON | 48 | 23.0 |
| TEXAS A&M | 49 | 21.3 |
| AIR FORCE | 50 | 21.2 |
| MICHIGAN ST | 51 | 19.3 |
| LOUISIANA TECH | 52 | 18.4 |
| NORTHWESTERN | 53 | 16.8 |
| S MISS | 54 | 15.9 |
| EAST CAROLINA | 55 | 15.6 |
| NAVY | 56 | 11.5 |
| BOSTON COLL | 57 | 8.9 |
| NEVADA | 58 | 7.2 |
| TROY ST | 59 | 6.7 |
| ARKANSAS | 60 | 5.9 |
| Appalachian St | 61 | 5.8 |
| BAYLOR | 62 | 5.2 |
| STANFORD | 63 | 3.4 |
| BOWLING GREEN | 64 | -0.1 |
| WASHINGTON | 65 | -0.7 |
| DUKE | 66 | -4.1 |
| ARMY | 67 | -4.8 |
| FRESNO ST | 68 | -5.6 |
| Georgia St | 69 | -5.7 |
| TULSA | 70 | -6.7 |
| FLORIDA INT’L | 71 | -6.7 |
| HOUSTON | 72 | -7.7 |
| UTAH | 73 | -8.0 |
| MICHIGAN | 74 | -8.1 |
| W KENTUCKY | 75 | -8.3 |
| C MICHIGAN | 76 | -8.5 |
| COLORADO | 77 | -9.0 |
| MIAMI (OH) | 78 | -10.5 |
| MARSHALL | 79 | -10.5 |
| PITTSBURGH | 80 | -11.7 |
| HAWAII | 81 | -12.1 |
| TCU | 82 | -13.8 |
| E MICHIGAN | 83 | -14.5 |
| SAN DIEGO ST | 84 | -16.8 |
| MIDDLE TENN | 85 | -18.1 |
| W MICHIGAN | 86 | -20.4 |
| UTAH ST | 87 | -22.1 |
| CONNECTICUT | 88 | -22.6 |
| N ILLINOIS | 89 | -28.5 |
| KENTUCKY | 90 | -29.5 |
| FLORIDA | 91 | -30.1 |
| N CAROLINA | 92 | -30.2 |
| UTSA | 93 | -30.3 |
| LOUISIANNA | 94 | -31.4 |
| IOWA | 95 | -32.4 |
| VANDERBILT | 96 | -33.2 |
| TEXAS | 97 | -33.5 |
| MARYLAND | 98 | -34.4 |
| UAB | 99 | -36.0 |
| IOWA ST | 100 | -37.0 |
| FLORIDA ST | 101 | -37.2 |
| CALIFORNIA | 102 | -38.5 |
| VIRGINIA | 103 | -39.8 |
| S CAROLINA | 104 | -41.6 |
| TEMPLE | 105 | -45.6 |
| NEW MEXICO | 106 | -48.4 |
| CINCINNATI | 107 | -52.2 |
| Georgia Southern | 108 | -55.2 |
| TULANE | 109 | -55.3 |
| Texas St | 110 | -56.5 |
| RICE | 111 | -61.7 |
| Old Dominion | 112 | -64.2 |
| BALL STATE | 113 | -64.4 |
| MINNESOTA | 114 | -65.3 |
| KANSAS ST | 115 | -68.2 |
| Coastal Carolina | 116 | -68.6 |
| BYU | 117 | -70.3 |
| OREGON ST | 118 | -74.3 |
| IDAHO | 119 | -75.5 |
| TENNESSEE | 120 | -84.3 |
| ILLINOIS | 121 | -87.7 |
| SAN JOSE ST | 122 | -87.9 |
| AKRON | 123 | -92.1 |
| KANSAS | 124 | -95.0 |
| SOUTH ALABAMA | 125 | -97.7 |
| Charlotte | 126 | -99.4 |
| RUTGERS | 127 | -116.2 |
| KENT ST | 128 | -126.1 |
| WYOMING | 129 | -133.1 |
| UTEP | 130 | -163.7 |
