2006 CFB PPA Rankings — Predicted Points Added

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CollegeFootballData predicted points · 2006

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

Hawai'i

+0.222 Off PPA

Best defense

Wisconsin

-0.097 Def PPA

#	Team	Conf	Off PPA	Def PPA	Games
1	Hawai'i	Western Athletic	0.222	0.168	5
2	Louisville	Big East	0.181	-0.015	13
3	New Mexico State	Western Athletic	0.180	0.177	3
4	BYU	Mountain West	0.167	0.011	11
5	LSU	SEC	0.162	-0.069	13
6	Texas Tech	Big 12	0.154	0.038	13
7	South Carolina	SEC	0.152	0.051	13
8	Houston	Conference USA	0.151	0.098	14
9	West Virginia	Big East	0.149	0.022	13
10	Boise State	Western Athletic	0.144	0.010	12
11	Tulsa	Conference USA	0.136	-0.002	12
12	Ohio State	Big Ten	0.134	-0.003	13
13	California	Pac-10	0.123	0.024	11
14	Navy	FBS Independents	0.119	0.052	13
15	TCU	Mountain West	0.118	-0.095	13
16	Texas A&M	Big 12	0.116	0.038	13
17	Florida	SEC	0.114	-0.058	14
18	USC	Pac-10	0.108	0.026	13
19	Washington State	Pac-10	0.105	0.030	8
20	Iowa	Big Ten	0.102	0.033	13
21	Missouri	Big 12	0.100	-0.003	13
22	Oregon	Pac-10	0.097	0.005	13
23	Notre Dame	FBS Independents	0.096	0.018	13
24	Oklahoma State	Big 12	0.092	0.076	13
25	Nebraska	Big 12	0.091	0.038	14
26	Utah	Mountain West	0.088	0.075	13
27	Pittsburgh	Big East	0.078	0.052	12
28	Oregon State	Pac-10	0.076	0.016	12
29	UCF	Conference USA	0.075	0.097	12
30	Minnesota	Big Ten	0.075	0.142	13
31	Texas	Big 12	0.074	0.024	13
32	Clemson	ACC	0.073	-0.029	12
33	East Carolina	Conference USA	0.069	0.032	13
34	Central Michigan	Mid-American	0.068	0.032	13
35	Tennessee	SEC	0.065	0.050	13
36	Air Force	Mountain West	0.065	0.151	12
37	Purdue	Big Ten	0.065	0.133	13
38	Arizona State	Pac-10	0.064	0.019	12
39	Michigan State	Big Ten	0.062	0.045	12
40	Auburn	SEC	0.060	0.032	13
41	Tulane	Conference USA	0.060	0.057	12
42	Michigan	Big Ten	0.059	-0.035	13
43	Wisconsin	Big Ten	0.057	-0.097	13
44	South Florida	Big East	0.056	-0.001	13
45	Marshall	Conference USA	0.055	0.108	10
46	Southern Miss	Conference USA	0.051	0.028	14
47	Oklahoma	Big 12	0.051	-0.041	14
48	Bowling Green	Mid-American	0.050	-0.005	12
49	UTEP	Conference USA	0.046	0.083	11
50	Iowa State	Big 12	0.045	0.164	11
51	Illinois	Big Ten	0.045	-0.026	12
52	San José State	Western Athletic	0.045	0.092	4
53	Wake Forest	ACC	0.044	0.031	13
54	Kent State	Mid-American	0.041	-0.026	12
55	Louisiana	Sun Belt	0.040	0.215	4
56	Alabama	SEC	0.038	0.024	12
57	New Mexico	Mountain West	0.033	-0.004	13
58	Rutgers	Big East	0.031	-0.005	13
59	Idaho	Western Athletic	0.030	0.100	4
60	SMU	Conference USA	0.028	0.069	12
61	Northern Illinois	Mid-American	0.026	0.068	13
62	Georgia Tech	ACC	0.025	0.020	13
63	Boston College	ACC	0.025	-0.068	13
64	Georgia	SEC	0.023	-0.050	13
65	Ball State	Mid-American	0.022	0.117	12
66	Colorado State	Mountain West	0.020	0.035	11
67	Baylor	Big 12	0.019	0.116	8
68	Memphis	Conference USA	0.018	0.103	12
69	Northwestern	Big Ten	0.017	0.031	12
70	San Diego State	Mountain West	0.014	0.042	12
71	Western Michigan	Mid-American	0.013	-0.033	11
72	Colorado	Big 12	0.012	0.033	12
73	Miami	ACC	0.011	-0.069	13
74	Vanderbilt	SEC	0.010	0.049	9
75	Kansas State	Big 12	0.010	0.022	9
76	Kansas	Big 12	0.009	0.005	12
77	UAB	Conference USA	0.009	0.066	12
78	North Carolina	ACC	0.008	0.137	12
79	Maryland	ACC	0.008	0.070	13
80	Akron	Mid-American	0.007	-0.028	12
81	Cincinnati	Big East	0.007	-0.044	13
82	NC State	ACC	0.006	0.027	11
83	Rice	Conference USA	0.006	0.130	13
84	Wyoming	Mountain West	0.005	-0.016	11
85	Syracuse	Big East	0.004	0.083	12
86	Arkansas	SEC	0.002	-0.048	13
87	Kentucky	SEC	0.002	0.132	9
88	Florida State	ACC	0.001	-0.075	13
89	Nevada	Western Athletic	-0.003	0.060	6
90	Toledo	Mid-American	-0.004	0.023	12
91	Indiana	Big Ten	-0.006	0.093	11
92	UCLA	Pac-10	-0.008	0.003	13
93	Miami (OH)	Mid-American	-0.009	0.061	12
94	Penn State	Big Ten	-0.010	-0.012	13
95	UConn	Big East	-0.018	0.037	12
96	Virginia Tech	ACC	-0.019	-0.096	13
97	UL Monroe	Sun Belt	-0.020	0.015	2
98	UNLV	Mountain West	-0.024	0.042	11
99	Arkansas State	Sun Belt	-0.025	0.010	4
100	Fresno State	Western Athletic	-0.033	0.087	4
101	Virginia	ACC	-0.034	0.002	10
102	Arizona	Pac-10	-0.041	0.032	10
103	Troy	Sun Belt	-0.044	0.154	5
104	Eastern Michigan	Mid-American	-0.046	0.069	12
105	Stanford	Pac-10	-0.049	0.147	9
106	Ole Miss	SEC	-0.049	0.056	10
107	Florida Atlantic	Sun Belt	-0.057	0.130	3
108	Buffalo	Mid-American	-0.057	0.078	12
109	Army	FBS Independents	-0.058	0.089	10
110	Duke	ACC	-0.059	0.065	12
111	Washington	Pac-10	-0.061	0.092	9
112	Ohio	Mid-American	-0.061	0.002	14
113	Middle Tennessee	Sun Belt	-0.066	0.150	5
114	Mississippi State	SEC	-0.066	0.042	11
115	Temple	FBS Independents	-0.088	0.085	10
116	North Texas	Sun Belt	-0.095	0.077	4
117	Louisiana Tech	Western Athletic	-0.102	0.225	4
118	Florida International	Sun Belt	-0.114	-0.074	5
119	Utah State	Western Athletic	-0.190	0.177	3

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