2012 CFB PPA Rankings — Predicted Points Added

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CollegeFootballData predicted points · 2012

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

Alabama

+0.184 Off PPA

Best defense

Florida State

-0.089 Def PPA

#	Team	Conf	Off PPA	Def PPA	Games
1	Alabama	SEC	0.184	-0.027	14
2	Texas Tech	Big 12	0.181	0.029	13
3	Texas A&M	SEC	0.181	0.017	13
4	Florida State	ACC	0.169	-0.089	14
5	Baylor	Big 12	0.161	0.088	13
6	Nevada	Mountain West	0.157	0.100	13
7	Oregon	Pac-12	0.148	-0.020	13
8	Oklahoma	Big 12	0.143	0.063	13
9	Arkansas State	Sun Belt	0.138	0.055	13
10	Pittsburgh	Big East	0.137	0.002	13
11	Arizona	Pac-12	0.137	0.105	13
12	Louisville	Big East	0.137	0.042	13
13	North Carolina	ACC	0.134	0.021	12
14	Oklahoma State	Big 12	0.134	0.048	13
15	Nebraska	Big Ten	0.131	-0.011	14
16	Georgia Tech	ACC	0.130	0.060	14
17	Marshall	Conference USA	0.130	0.090	12
18	Army	FBS Independents	0.128	0.135	12
19	Louisiana Tech	Western Athletic	0.127	0.135	12
20	West Virginia	Big 12	0.125	0.101	13
21	Kansas State	Big 12	0.125	0.081	13
22	Louisiana	Sun Belt	0.123	0.073	12
23	Syracuse	Big East	0.122	0.043	13
24	Ball State	Mid-American	0.116	0.142	13
25	Air Force	Mountain West	0.116	0.075	13
26	Notre Dame	FBS Independents	0.115	0.028	13
27	Clemson	ACC	0.115	0.018	13
28	Georgia	SEC	0.114	0.054	14
29	Navy	FBS Independents	0.113	0.139	13
30	Western Kentucky	Sun Belt	0.112	0.024	13
31	San Diego State	Mountain West	0.109	0.034	13
32	Troy	Sun Belt	0.109	0.082	12
33	Ohio State	Big Ten	0.108	0.004	12
34	UCF	Conference USA	0.107	0.028	14
35	Texas	Big 12	0.107	0.085	13
36	San José State	Western Athletic	0.103	-0.015	13
37	Cincinnati	Big East	0.100	0.062	13
38	Toledo	Mid-American	0.096	0.101	13
39	Utah State	Western Athletic	0.093	-0.021	12
40	East Carolina	Conference USA	0.088	0.128	12
41	Ohio	Mid-American	0.087	0.053	11
42	Arizona State	Pac-12	0.087	-0.017	13
43	Tennessee	SEC	0.087	0.050	12
44	Rice	Conference USA	0.086	0.105	13
45	Ole Miss	SEC	0.083	0.026	12
46	Florida International	Sun Belt	0.083	0.043	12
47	Penn State	Big Ten	0.081	0.008	12
48	BYU	FBS Independents	0.079	-0.013	13
49	Arkansas	SEC	0.079	0.068	12
50	South Carolina	SEC	0.076	-0.022	13
51	UCLA	Pac-12	0.076	0.038	14
52	Western Michigan	Mid-American	0.072	0.019	12
53	Northwestern	Big Ten	0.070	0.053	13
54	Northern Illinois	Mid-American	0.068	0.019	13
55	Central Michigan	Mid-American	0.068	0.100	12
56	Michigan	Big Ten	0.067	0.026	13
57	UAB	Conference USA	0.066	0.086	12
58	California	Pac-12	0.065	0.058	12
59	Fresno State	Mountain West	0.065	-0.025	13
60	Indiana	Big Ten	0.063	0.080	12
61	TCU	Big 12	0.062	-0.033	13
62	Boise State	Mountain West	0.062	0.023	13
63	Oregon State	Pac-12	0.062	0.022	13
64	New Mexico	Mountain West	0.060	0.151	12
65	Middle Tennessee	Sun Belt	0.057	0.157	12
66	Miami (OH)	Mid-American	0.057	0.152	12
67	UL Monroe	Sun Belt	0.053	0.093	12
68	Virginia	ACC	0.051	0.009	12
69	UTSA	Western Athletic	0.050	0.087	12
70	Stanford	Pac-12	0.049	-0.001	14
71	Miami	ACC	0.047	0.125	12
72	Akron	Mid-American	0.047	0.085	10
73	Texas State	Western Athletic	0.047	0.167	12
74	Tulsa	Conference USA	0.046	-0.018	14
75	Mississippi State	SEC	0.045	0.068	13
76	Wyoming	Mountain West	0.043	0.153	12
77	LSU	SEC	0.043	-0.005	13
78	USC	Pac-12	0.042	0.049	13
79	Memphis	Conference USA	0.042	0.040	12
80	Idaho	Western Athletic	0.042	0.080	12
81	Wisconsin	Big Ten	0.041	0.019	14
82	South Florida	Big East	0.037	0.118	12
83	Michigan State	Big Ten	0.037	-0.085	13
84	Houston	Conference USA	0.035	0.042	12
85	Southern Miss	Conference USA	0.034	0.125	11
86	Colorado State	Mountain West	0.033	0.057	11
87	Florida	SEC	0.032	-0.005	13
88	Florida Atlantic	Sun Belt	0.031	0.093	12
89	UTEP	Conference USA	0.029	0.114	11
90	Washington	Pac-12	0.028	-0.015	13
91	Kent State	Mid-American	0.027	0.046	14
92	Duke	ACC	0.027	0.105	13
93	Purdue	Big Ten	0.021	0.060	13
94	Auburn	SEC	0.018	0.116	12
95	Boston College	ACC	0.017	0.067	12
96	NC State	ACC	0.016	-0.023	13
97	Tulane	Conference USA	0.016	0.062	9
98	UNLV	Mountain West	0.014	0.073	13
99	Kansas	Big 12	0.008	0.142	12
100	Temple	Big East	0.008	0.139	11
101	SMU	Conference USA	0.007	0.025	12
102	Vanderbilt	SEC	0.007	-0.016	13
103	Utah	Pac-12	0.006	0.068	12
104	Washington State	Pac-12	0.005	0.037	12
105	New Mexico State	Western Athletic	0.005	0.104	11
106	Buffalo	Mid-American	-0.000	0.005	11
107	Iowa State	Big 12	-0.001	0.083	13
108	Minnesota	Big Ten	-0.006	0.036	13
109	Iowa	Big Ten	-0.012	0.070	12
110	South Alabama	Sun Belt	-0.012	-0.036	13
111	Illinois	Big Ten	-0.012	0.050	12
112	Bowling Green	Mid-American	-0.015	-0.042	13
113	Kentucky	SEC	-0.016	0.089	12
114	Eastern Michigan	Mid-American	-0.020	0.090	12
115	Missouri	SEC	-0.023	0.046	12
116	Rutgers	Big East	-0.024	-0.052	13
117	North Texas	Sun Belt	-0.027	0.075	12
118	Virginia Tech	ACC	-0.032	-0.052	13
119	UConn	Big East	-0.039	-0.020	12
120	Wake Forest	ACC	-0.047	0.085	11
121	Hawai'i	Mountain West	-0.051	-0.002	12
122	Maryland	ACC	-0.068	0.003	12
123	Colorado	Pac-12	-0.069	0.168	12
124	Massachusetts	Mid-American	-0.102	0.133	9

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