2008 CFB PPA Rankings — Predicted Points Added

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CollegeFootballData predicted points · 2008

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

Texas Tech

+0.232 Off PPA

Best defense

USC

-0.112 Def PPA

#	Team	Conf	Off PPA	Def PPA	Games
1	Texas Tech	Big 12	0.232	0.102	13
2	Houston	Conference USA	0.196	-0.007	12
3	Texas	Big 12	0.182	0.028	13
4	Oklahoma State	Big 12	0.158	0.076	13
5	Florida	SEC	0.156	-0.061	14
6	Tulsa	Conference USA	0.154	0.033	13
7	USC	Pac-10	0.147	-0.112	13
8	BYU	Mountain West	0.146	0.066	13
9	Ball State	Mid-American	0.145	0.066	13
10	Oklahoma	Big 12	0.144	0.021	14
11	Georgia	SEC	0.142	-0.042	13
12	Missouri	Big 12	0.134	0.079	14
13	Penn State	Big Ten	0.128	-0.013	13
14	Boise State	Western Athletic	0.125	-0.065	13
15	Rice	Conference USA	0.123	0.088	12
16	Nebraska	Big 12	0.122	0.014	13
17	Wisconsin	Big Ten	0.121	-0.003	13
18	Kansas	Big 12	0.111	0.044	13
19	Fresno State	Western Athletic	0.098	0.066	13
20	TCU	Mountain West	0.094	-0.103	13
21	Utah	Mountain West	0.093	0.012	13
22	Kent State	Mid-American	0.089	0.062	12
23	Southern Miss	Conference USA	0.088	0.030	12
24	Baylor	Big 12	0.084	0.064	12
25	Central Michigan	Mid-American	0.084	0.072	12
26	Illinois	Big Ten	0.081	0.009	12
27	South Florida	Big East	0.079	-0.049	13
28	Nevada	Western Athletic	0.075	0.025	13
29	Western Michigan	Mid-American	0.072	0.075	11
30	Ole Miss	SEC	0.072	-0.024	13
31	UAB	Conference USA	0.071	0.115	11
32	Louisiana	Sun Belt	0.069	0.135	12
33	Buffalo	Mid-American	0.069	0.086	14
34	Arkansas State	Sun Belt	0.065	0.027	10
35	Navy	FBS Independents	0.064	0.043	13
36	Florida State	ACC	0.064	-0.044	13
37	Oregon State	Pac-10	0.064	-0.004	13
38	Cincinnati	Big East	0.059	0.002	14
39	Colorado State	Mountain West	0.058	0.116	12
40	Arkansas	SEC	0.056	0.021	12
41	Arizona	Pac-10	0.055	0.020	11
42	Akron	Mid-American	0.053	0.091	10
43	Kansas State	Big 12	0.052	0.093	12
44	Alabama	SEC	0.051	-0.054	14
45	Ohio State	Big Ten	0.050	0.002	13
46	Eastern Michigan	Mid-American	0.049	0.069	11
47	Bowling Green	Mid-American	0.048	0.037	12
48	Florida Atlantic	Sun Belt	0.048	0.048	13
49	Texas A&M	Big 12	0.047	0.131	12
50	UTEP	Conference USA	0.045	0.100	11
51	UNLV	Mountain West	0.045	0.106	12
52	Troy	Sun Belt	0.045	-0.043	12
53	Oregon	Pac-10	0.043	-0.015	13
54	Rutgers	Big East	0.042	0.020	13
55	Northern Illinois	Mid-American	0.041	0.026	13
56	LSU	SEC	0.041	-0.015	13
57	Iowa State	Big 12	0.040	0.133	12
58	Stanford	Pac-10	0.038	0.083	12
59	Louisville	Big East	0.037	0.017	12
60	North Texas	Sun Belt	0.037	0.067	11
61	Memphis	Conference USA	0.037	0.058	13
62	Ohio	Mid-American	0.033	0.015	12
63	Iowa	Big Ten	0.032	-0.050	13
64	Hawai'i	Western Athletic	0.031	-0.004	14
65	Minnesota	Big Ten	0.030	0.072	13
66	New Mexico	Mountain West	0.024	0.014	12
67	West Virginia	Big East	0.021	0.002	13
68	UL Monroe	Sun Belt	0.020	0.104	10
69	Maryland	ACC	0.017	0.036	13
70	UConn	Big East	0.017	-0.094	13
71	Georgia Tech	ACC	0.013	-0.016	12
72	NC State	ACC	0.012	0.051	13
73	Toledo	Mid-American	0.010	0.050	7
74	East Carolina	Conference USA	0.010	-0.037	14
75	SMU	Conference USA	0.005	0.106	12
76	Air Force	Mountain West	0.004	0.035	11
77	South Carolina	SEC	0.002	0.005	13
78	Clemson	ACC	0.001	-0.034	13
79	Purdue	Big Ten	0.000	-0.011	12
80	New Mexico State	Western Athletic	-0.003	0.086	10
81	Michigan State	Big Ten	-0.003	-0.008	13
82	Colorado	Big 12	-0.003	0.064	12
83	Idaho	Western Athletic	-0.004	0.113	8
84	Northwestern	Big Ten	-0.004	-0.005	13
85	Utah State	Western Athletic	-0.004	0.073	12
86	California	Pac-10	-0.009	-0.052	13
87	Arizona State	Pac-10	-0.012	-0.015	12
88	Miami (OH)	Mid-American	-0.015	0.101	11
89	Virginia Tech	ACC	-0.015	-0.039	14
90	Boston College	ACC	-0.017	-0.096	14
91	Syracuse	Big East	-0.018	0.095	11
92	Pittsburgh	Big East	-0.022	-0.014	13
93	North Carolina	ACC	-0.023	0.037	13
94	San Diego State	Mountain West	-0.024	0.111	11
95	Middle Tennessee	Sun Belt	-0.027	0.015	11
96	Miami	ACC	-0.027	-0.004	11
97	Tennessee	SEC	-0.029	-0.059	12
98	Wyoming	Mountain West	-0.032	-0.003	12
99	Tulane	Conference USA	-0.033	0.115	11
100	Wake Forest	ACC	-0.034	-0.001	13
101	Marshall	Conference USA	-0.035	0.076	12
102	Louisiana Tech	Western Athletic	-0.035	0.018	13
103	Auburn	SEC	-0.036	-0.055	12
104	Virginia	ACC	-0.036	-0.014	11
105	Florida International	Sun Belt	-0.040	0.003	10
106	Temple	Mid-American	-0.042	0.033	9
107	UCLA	Pac-10	-0.043	-0.038	12
108	Notre Dame	FBS Independents	-0.047	0.021	13
109	Indiana	Big Ten	-0.047	0.112	11
110	Washington	Pac-10	-0.048	0.123	12
111	Michigan	Big Ten	-0.050	-0.011	12
112	Mississippi State	SEC	-0.051	0.017	12
113	Western Kentucky	FBS Independents	-0.055	0.049	10
114	Vanderbilt	SEC	-0.058	0.008	13
115	Kentucky	SEC	-0.065	0.017	13
116	Duke	ACC	-0.069	-0.021	12
117	Army	FBS Independents	-0.071	0.030	12
118	San José State	Western Athletic	-0.083	-0.004	12
119	Washington State	Pac-10	-0.095	0.085	13
120	UCF	Conference USA	-0.140	-0.042	12

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