2005 CFB PPA Rankings — Predicted Points Added

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Season

CollegeFootballData predicted points · 2005

Predicted Points Added

Offense PPA is higher-better. Defense PPA is lower-better (points allowed per play).

SP+ power rankings EPA efficiency PPA / game

Conference

Overall #1

USC

+0.242 Off PPA

Best defense

UL Monroe

-0.105 Def PPA

#	Team	Conf	Off PPA	Def PPA	Games
1	USC	Pac-10	0.242	0.093	12
2	Texas Tech	Big 12	0.220	0.029	12
3	Louisville	Big East	0.205	0.024	12
4	Arizona State	Pac-10	0.194	0.106	12
5	Michigan State	Big Ten	0.193	0.151	10
6	Texas	Big 12	0.176	0.021	13
7	Hawai'i	Western Athletic	0.172	0.164	5
8	Nevada	Western Athletic	0.168	0.162	5
9	Navy	FBS Independents	0.161	0.130	11
10	Northwestern	Big Ten	0.151	0.158	12
11	UAB	Conference USA	0.147	0.069	9
12	Texas A&M	Big 12	0.145	0.140	10
13	BYU	Mountain West	0.141	0.119	11
14	California	Pac-10	0.136	0.074	11
15	UTEP	Conference USA	0.135	0.020	11
16	Colorado State	Mountain West	0.134	0.167	11
17	Utah	Mountain West	0.132	0.058	12
18	Ohio State	Big Ten	0.131	-0.006	12
19	Northern Illinois	Mid-American	0.126	0.037	10
20	Fresno State	Western Athletic	0.126	0.051	10
21	Toledo	Mid-American	0.124	0.038	12
22	Bowling Green	Mid-American	0.120	0.089	9
23	Notre Dame	FBS Independents	0.119	0.102	12
24	LSU	SEC	0.118	-0.031	13
25	UCLA	Pac-10	0.111	0.165	12
26	Georgia	SEC	0.111	0.088	13
27	Washington State	Pac-10	0.109	0.110	7
28	Auburn	SEC	0.108	0.073	11
29	Penn State	Big Ten	0.107	0.012	12
30	Iowa	Big Ten	0.107	0.072	12
31	Memphis	Conference USA	0.106	0.067	12
32	Purdue	Big Ten	0.104	0.092	11
33	Rutgers	Big East	0.095	0.060	12
34	Clemson	ACC	0.094	0.039	12
35	San Diego State	Mountain West	0.092	0.113	12
36	UCF	Conference USA	0.092	0.155	13
37	Virginia Tech	ACC	0.091	0.030	13
38	Illinois	Big Ten	0.090	0.138	10
39	Wisconsin	Big Ten	0.088	0.097	13
40	West Virginia	Big East	0.088	0.008	12
41	East Carolina	Conference USA	0.086	0.097	10
42	Florida	SEC	0.086	0.012	12
43	Maryland	ACC	0.082	0.059	10
44	South Carolina	SEC	0.082	0.105	12
45	Boston College	ACC	0.080	0.005	12
46	Virginia	ACC	0.075	0.126	11
47	Louisiana	Sun Belt	0.073	0.140	3
48	Oregon State	Pac-10	0.072	0.081	8
49	Minnesota	Big Ten	0.072	0.066	12
50	Arizona	Pac-10	0.062	0.070	9
51	Boise State	Western Athletic	0.062	0.018	5
52	Houston	Conference USA	0.060	0.005	11
53	Miami (OH)	Mid-American	0.060	0.032	10
54	Arkansas State	Sun Belt	0.060	0.010	2
55	TCU	Mountain West	0.059	0.019	12
56	Alabama	SEC	0.057	-0.023	12
57	Tennessee	SEC	0.049	0.019	11
58	Air Force	Mountain West	0.049	0.009	9
59	Iowa State	Big 12	0.047	0.076	11
60	Stanford	Pac-10	0.047	0.169	10
61	Tulsa	Conference USA	0.047	-0.005	13
62	Oklahoma State	Big 12	0.046	0.053	11
63	Michigan	Big Ten	0.045	0.089	12
64	Central Michigan	Mid-American	0.045	-0.011	10
65	UNLV	Mountain West	0.043	0.074	10
66	Southern Miss	Conference USA	0.037	0.112	12
67	Oklahoma	Big 12	0.037	-0.015	12
68	Miami	ACC	0.037	-0.036	12
69	Western Michigan	Mid-American	0.036	0.095	10
70	Georgia Tech	ACC	0.032	0.012	12
71	Pittsburgh	Big East	0.032	0.025	11
72	Eastern Michigan	Mid-American	0.031	0.099	10
73	Florida State	ACC	0.030	-0.003	11
74	Oregon	Pac-10	0.029	-0.081	10
75	South Florida	Big East	0.027	0.003	12
76	Rice	Conference USA	0.025	0.174	11
77	North Carolina	ACC	0.023	0.045	11
78	SMU	Conference USA	0.022	0.062	8
79	Baylor	Big 12	0.021	0.128	9
80	Kent State	Mid-American	0.020	0.030	8
81	Florida International	Sun Belt	0.020	0.400	1
82	Arkansas	SEC	0.016	0.091	7
83	Marshall	Conference USA	0.015	0.061	11
84	New Mexico	Mountain West	0.013	-0.025	11
85	Colorado	Big 12	0.012	0.047	12
86	Ohio	Mid-American	0.011	0.093	11
87	Kentucky	SEC	0.010	0.139	8
88	Indiana	Big Ten	0.009	0.041	9
89	Army	FBS Independents	0.008	0.088	9
90	Troy	Sun Belt	0.005	0.115	2
91	Ole Miss	SEC	0.003	0.017	11
92	Duke	ACC	-0.001	0.105	11
93	Vanderbilt	SEC	-0.003	-0.004	8
94	Akron	Mid-American	-0.003	0.010	13
95	Utah State	Western Athletic	-0.003	0.133	3
96	Kansas State	Big 12	-0.003	0.042	6
97	NC State	ACC	-0.005	0.009	8
98	Washington	Pac-10	-0.005	0.061	10
99	Tulane	Conference USA	-0.008	0.048	10
100	Wyoming	Mountain West	-0.009	-0.023	10
101	Buffalo	Mid-American	-0.011	0.046	10
102	Louisiana Tech	Western Athletic	-0.013	0.073	3
103	Missouri	Big 12	-0.016	0.004	10
104	Mississippi State	SEC	-0.017	0.078	9
105	New Mexico State	Western Athletic	-0.017	0.152	4
106	UConn	Big East	-0.018	-0.059	11
107	Kansas	Big 12	-0.021	0.006	12
108	Nebraska	Big 12	-0.024	0.039	12
109	Middle Tennessee	Sun Belt	-0.030	0.040	3
110	Florida Atlantic	Sun Belt	-0.030	0.092	4
111	Ball State	Mid-American	-0.031	0.109	9
112	Cincinnati	Big East	-0.036	0.030	11
113	Idaho	Western Athletic	-0.040	0.070	3
114	Wake Forest	ACC	-0.053	-0.043	9
115	Syracuse	Big East	-0.064	0.022	11
116	Temple	FBS Independents	-0.068	0.116	9
117	San José State	Western Athletic	-0.077	0.153	3
118	North Texas	Sun Belt	-0.145	0.235	2
119	UL Monroe	Sun Belt	-0.395	-0.105	2

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