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2013 Premium College Football

Data files of stats to upload to Excel.

Rankings

These rankings are based on yards per play on offense and defense. The rating gives an expected difference in yards per play against an average FBS team. Data through games on December 28, 2013.

1. Florida State, 3.24.
2. Oregon, 2.94.
3. Stanford, 2.40.
4. Baylor, 2.16.
5. Wisconsin, 2.12.
6. Ohio State, 2.09.
7. Alabama, 2.02.
8. LSU, 2.00.
9. Washington, 1.80.
10. Georgia, 1.67.
11. Missouri, 1.65.
12. Louisville, 1.61.
13. Oklahoma State, 1.54.
14. UCLA, 1.54.
15. USC, 1.53.
16. Kansas State, 1.43.
17. Texas A&M, 1.41.
18. Arizona State, 1.41.
19. Michigan State, 1.39.
20. Clemson, 1.35.
21. Auburn, 1.26.
22. South Carolina, 1.16.
23. Arizona, 1.14.
24. Oregon State, 1.13.
25. Brigham Young, 1.12.
26. Notre Dame, 1.07.
27. Mississippi, 1.03.
28. Utah, 1.00.
29. Oklahoma, 0.92.
30. Iowa, 0.92.
31. TCU, 0.91.
32. Miami (FL), 0.83.
33. Virginia Tech, 0.80.
34. UCF, 0.80.
35. Cincinnati, 0.79.
36. Utah State, 0.72.
37. Texas, 0.62.
38. Texas Tech, 0.59.
39. Maryland, 0.58.
40. Mississippi State, 0.57.
41. Georgia Tech, 0.57.
42. Washington State, 0.55.
43. North Carolina, 0.55.
44. Penn State, 0.52.
45. Boise State, 0.52.
46. Houston, 0.45.
47. Northern Illinois, 0.42.
48. Boston College, 0.42.
49. Northwestern, 0.36.
50. Vanderbilt, 0.36.
51. Nebraska, 0.33.
52. Michigan, 0.25.
53. Marshall, 0.25.
54. Indiana, 0.25.
55. West Virginia, 0.24.
56. Toledo, 0.17.
57. Florida, 0.17.
58. UTSA, 0.16.
59. Bowling Green, 0.15.
60. SMU, 0.13.
61. San Diego State, 0.11.
62. Fresno State, 0.10.
63. East Carolina, 0.08.
64. California, 0.08.
65. Duke, 0.04.
66. Colorado, 0.03.
67. Pittsburgh, 0.00.
68. San Jose State, -0.04.
69. Arkansas, -0.09.
70. Ball State, -0.18.
71. Tennessee, -0.18.
72. Wake Forest, -0.24.
73. Navy, -0.25.
74. Colorado State, -0.25.
75. Syracuse, -0.28.
76. Minnesota, -0.28.
77. Rutgers, -0.36.
78. Illinois, -0.38.
79. Rice, -0.40.
80. Memphis, -0.41.
81. Western Kentucky, -0.46.
82. Middle Tennessee State, -0.52.
83. North Carolina State, -0.52.
84. Iowa State, -0.54.
85. Wyoming, -0.57.
86. Temple, -0.59.
87. Connecticut, -0.60.
88. Hawaii, -0.62.
89. Louisiana Lafayette, -0.65.
90. Florida Atlantic, -0.68.
91. UNLV, -0.70.
92. Buffalo, -0.81.
93. North Texas, -0.82.
94. Virginia, -0.86.
95. South Florida, -0.88.
96. Kansas, -0.88.
97. Akron, -0.90.
98. South Alabama, -0.92.
99. Kentucky, -0.92.
100. Kent State, -1.00.
101. Purdue, -1.02.
102. Arkansas State, -1.22.
103. Tulsa, -1.22.
104. Tulane, -1.28.
105. New Mexico, -1.35.
106. Louisiana Monroe, -1.36.
107. Army, -1.38.
108. Ohio, -1.40.
109. Nevada, -1.45.
110. Texas State, -1.45.
111. Central Michigan, -1.45.
112. Troy, -1.46.
113. Louisiana Tech, -1.49.
114. Western Michigan, -1.50.
115. Air Force, -1.60.
116. Georgia State, -1.61.
117. UAB, -1.65.
118. Southern Miss, -1.76.
119. Idaho, -1.93.
120. New Mexico State, -2.45.
121. Massachusetts, -2.49.
122. Miami (OH), -2.90.
123. Eastern Michigan, -2.92.
124. UTEP, -3.09.
125. Florida International, -3.36.

Team Rankings

These rankings use The Power Rank’s algorithm to adjust a relevant statistics, such as yards per play, for strength of schedule. Sack plays are counted as pass attempts, not rush attempts like in the official NCAA statistics. These rankings are for the 2012 season.

  • Offense Rankings By Yards Per Play
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