2009 CFB PPA Rankings — Predicted Points Added

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Season

CollegeFootballData predicted points · 2009

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

Nevada

+0.175 Off PPA

Best defense

Texas

-0.113 Def PPA

#	Team	Conf	Off PPA	Def PPA	Games
1	Nevada	Western Athletic	0.175	0.057	13
2	Houston	Conference USA	0.171	0.121	14
3	Florida	SEC	0.171	-0.014	14
4	BYU	Mountain West	0.160	0.016	13
5	Idaho	Western Athletic	0.153	0.125	13
6	Stanford	Pac-10	0.140	0.126	12
7	Cincinnati	Big East	0.138	0.090	13
8	Notre Dame	FBS Independents	0.135	0.098	12
9	UAB	Conference USA	0.132	0.080	10
10	Florida State	ACC	0.128	0.131	13
11	Wisconsin	Big Ten	0.127	-0.002	13
12	Fresno State	Western Athletic	0.118	0.079	13
13	Oregon State	Pac-10	0.117	0.076	13
14	Navy	FBS Independents	0.114	0.053	14
15	Central Michigan	Mid-American	0.113	0.015	13
16	Kansas	Big 12	0.110	0.063	12
17	Hawai'i	Western Athletic	0.109	0.128	12
18	Georgia Tech	ACC	0.108	0.063	14
19	Texas A&M	Big 12	0.102	0.045	13
20	Boise State	Western Athletic	0.100	-0.063	14
21	Troy	Sun Belt	0.099	0.076	13
22	Florida Atlantic	Sun Belt	0.097	0.144	12
23	Toledo	Mid-American	0.095	0.035	12
24	Texas Tech	Big 12	0.092	0.026	13
25	Arkansas	SEC	0.088	0.000	13
26	Southern Miss	Conference USA	0.087	0.079	13
27	USC	Pac-10	0.086	0.038	13
28	Miami	ACC	0.083	0.006	13
29	Penn State	Big Ten	0.081	-0.032	13
30	Illinois	Big Ten	0.080	0.123	12
31	Virginia Tech	ACC	0.079	0.012	13
32	Auburn	SEC	0.079	-0.004	13
33	TCU	Mountain West	0.078	-0.099	13
34	Miami (OH)	Mid-American	0.077	0.033	9
35	Washington	Pac-10	0.075	0.127	12
36	Wake Forest	ACC	0.073	0.108	12
37	Georgia	SEC	0.071	0.012	13
38	Tennessee	SEC	0.070	0.018	13
39	Oregon	Pac-10	0.068	-0.012	13
40	Utah State	Western Athletic	0.066	0.166	12
41	Northern Illinois	Mid-American	0.062	0.017	12
42	Pittsburgh	Big East	0.061	0.026	13
43	Northwestern	Big Ten	0.059	0.005	13
44	Alabama	SEC	0.058	-0.099	14
45	NC State	ACC	0.057	0.024	12
46	West Virginia	Big East	0.056	0.003	13
47	SMU	Conference USA	0.055	0.050	13
48	Air Force	Mountain West	0.055	-0.030	13
49	East Carolina	Conference USA	0.054	0.039	14
50	Texas	Big 12	0.054	-0.113	14
51	South Florida	Big East	0.053	-0.009	13
52	Bowling Green	Mid-American	0.053	0.082	13
53	California	Pac-10	0.052	-0.002	13
54	UConn	Big East	0.052	0.049	13
55	San Diego State	Mountain West	0.049	0.058	11
56	Colorado State	Mountain West	0.048	0.105	12
57	UTEP	Conference USA	0.048	0.128	10
58	LSU	SEC	0.046	-0.028	13
59	Kansas State	Big 12	0.044	0.053	12
60	Louisiana Tech	Western Athletic	0.044	0.035	10
61	Iowa State	Big 12	0.044	0.076	13
62	Michigan	Big Ten	0.043	0.040	12
63	Louisiana	Sun Belt	0.042	0.064	12
64	Tulsa	Conference USA	0.039	-0.002	12
65	North Texas	Sun Belt	0.039	0.059	11
66	Missouri	Big 12	0.038	0.054	13
67	South Carolina	SEC	0.038	-0.017	13
68	Indiana	Big Ten	0.036	0.072	12
69	Tulane	Conference USA	0.036	0.119	12
70	Arizona	Pac-10	0.035	-0.008	13
71	Michigan State	Big Ten	0.032	0.033	13
72	UNLV	Mountain West	0.031	0.169	12
73	Louisville	Big East	0.030	0.092	12
74	Buffalo	Mid-American	0.030	0.027	10
75	Ohio State	Big Ten	0.029	-0.043	13
76	Arkansas State	Sun Belt	0.029	0.025	12
77	Ole Miss	SEC	0.025	-0.029	13
78	UL Monroe	Sun Belt	0.024	0.015	12
79	Western Kentucky	Sun Belt	0.023	0.142	12
80	Marshall	Conference USA	0.023	0.050	13
81	Purdue	Big Ten	0.022	0.033	12
82	Oklahoma	Big 12	0.022	-0.073	13
83	Nebraska	Big 12	0.019	-0.036	14
84	UCF	Conference USA	0.018	0.046	13
85	Mississippi State	SEC	0.018	-0.022	12
86	UCLA	Pac-10	0.017	-0.012	13
87	Utah	Mountain West	0.015	-0.036	13
88	Oklahoma State	Big 12	0.014	0.001	13
89	Maryland	ACC	0.012	0.005	12
90	Duke	ACC	0.009	0.061	12
91	Baylor	Big 12	0.008	0.063	12
92	Arizona State	Pac-10	0.006	-0.035	11
93	Kentucky	SEC	0.006	0.058	12
94	New Mexico	Mountain West	0.005	0.052	12
95	Minnesota	Big Ten	0.005	0.034	13
96	Syracuse	Big East	0.003	-0.012	12
97	Clemson	ACC	-0.001	-0.034	14
98	Western Michigan	Mid-American	-0.003	0.100	12
99	North Carolina	ACC	-0.003	-0.082	13
100	Memphis	Conference USA	-0.009	0.118	10
101	San José State	Western Athletic	-0.012	0.156	9
102	Ball State	Mid-American	-0.015	0.041	11
103	Temple	Mid-American	-0.015	0.020	11
104	Colorado	Big 12	-0.018	-0.001	12
105	Boston College	ACC	-0.018	-0.022	13
106	Iowa	Big Ten	-0.018	-0.029	13
107	Middle Tennessee	Sun Belt	-0.023	-0.031	13
108	Army	FBS Independents	-0.023	0.007	12
109	Florida International	Sun Belt	-0.027	0.107	12
110	Ohio	Mid-American	-0.028	0.033	12
111	Rice	Conference USA	-0.029	0.148	12
112	Wyoming	Mountain West	-0.030	0.067	13
113	Kent State	Mid-American	-0.040	-0.039	12
114	Virginia	ACC	-0.042	0.023	12
115	Eastern Michigan	Mid-American	-0.044	0.124	11
116	Rutgers	Big East	-0.044	-0.010	13
117	Akron	Mid-American	-0.046	0.065	11
118	Vanderbilt	SEC	-0.048	0.051	11
119	Washington State	Pac-10	-0.057	0.157	11
120	New Mexico State	Western Athletic	-0.062	0.119	12

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