2014 CFB PPA Rankings — Predicted Points Added

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CollegeFootballData predicted points · 2014

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

Oregon

+0.397 Off PPA

Best defense

Clemson

-0.051 Def PPA

#	Team	Conf	Off PPA	Def PPA	Games
1	Oregon	Pac-12	0.397	0.120	15
2	Georgia Southern	Sun Belt	0.361	0.152	12
3	Georgia Tech	ACC	0.343	0.164	14
4	Marshall	Conference USA	0.326	0.060	14
5	Western Kentucky	Conference USA	0.323	0.228	13
6	Baylor	Big 12	0.322	0.082	13
7	Colorado State	Mountain West	0.317	0.168	12
8	Georgia	SEC	0.312	0.105	13
9	Ohio State	Big Ten	0.305	0.079	15
10	Alabama	SEC	0.303	0.016	14
11	Michigan State	Big Ten	0.296	0.052	13
12	Toledo	Mid-American	0.273	0.164	12
13	Auburn	SEC	0.270	0.132	13
14	Navy	FBS Independents	0.268	0.184	13
15	Cincinnati	American Athletic	0.264	0.159	12
16	Western Michigan	Mid-American	0.256	0.073	12
17	App State	Sun Belt	0.255	0.097	12
18	Old Dominion	Conference USA	0.255	0.297	11
19	Kansas State	Big 12	0.253	0.130	13
20	Texas Tech	Big 12	0.247	0.282	12
21	Mississippi State	SEC	0.246	0.072	13
22	Florida State	ACC	0.246	0.104	14
23	Boise State	Mountain West	0.244	0.046	14
24	Wisconsin	Big Ten	0.244	0.054	14
25	California	Pac-12	0.244	0.248	12
26	TCU	Big 12	0.235	-0.012	13
27	USC	Pac-12	0.232	0.102	13
28	Miami	ACC	0.230	0.092	13
29	East Carolina	American Athletic	0.228	0.098	13
30	NC State	ACC	0.220	0.142	13
31	Texas State	Sun Belt	0.220	0.163	12
32	Louisiana Tech	Conference USA	0.219	0.038	13
33	Arkansas	SEC	0.217	0.074	13
34	South Carolina	SEC	0.213	0.199	13
35	Buffalo	Mid-American	0.211	0.198	11
36	Pittsburgh	ACC	0.208	0.250	11
37	Northern Illinois	Mid-American	0.204	0.135	14
38	New Mexico	Mountain West	0.204	0.280	12
39	Oklahoma	Big 12	0.200	0.091	13
40	BYU	FBS Independents	0.199	0.085	13
41	Texas A&M	SEC	0.194	0.168	13
42	Washington State	Pac-12	0.193	0.258	12
43	Houston	American Athletic	0.188	0.045	13
44	Washington	Pac-12	0.184	0.050	13
45	Louisiana	Sun Belt	0.184	0.163	13
46	Middle Tennessee	Conference USA	0.178	0.185	11
47	Notre Dame	FBS Independents	0.178	0.172	13
48	Air Force	Mountain West	0.176	0.126	13
49	UCLA	Pac-12	0.176	0.118	12
50	Arizona	Pac-12	0.176	0.153	14
51	Boston College	ACC	0.175	0.095	13
52	Arizona State	Pac-12	0.174	0.066	12
53	Iowa	Big Ten	0.172	0.093	13
54	Rice	Conference USA	0.171	0.173	13
55	Nebraska	Big Ten	0.170	0.096	13
56	Stanford	Pac-12	0.169	0.012	13
57	Army	FBS Independents	0.169	0.245	12
58	Central Michigan	Mid-American	0.166	0.102	13
59	Indiana	Big Ten	0.162	0.132	11
60	Arkansas State	Sun Belt	0.159	0.121	13
61	North Carolina	ACC	0.156	0.268	13
62	West Virginia	Big 12	0.153	0.081	13
63	Louisville	ACC	0.152	-0.017	13
64	Rutgers	Big Ten	0.146	0.248	13
65	Missouri	SEC	0.144	0.045	14
66	Nevada	Mountain West	0.142	0.150	12
67	San José State	Mountain West	0.135	0.142	11
68	Minnesota	Big Ten	0.133	0.117	13
69	Utah State	Mountain West	0.131	0.026	14
70	Colorado	Pac-12	0.128	0.241	12
71	Miami (OH)	Mid-American	0.128	0.163	12
72	Troy	Sun Belt	0.128	0.262	12
73	Duke	ACC	0.127	0.089	13
74	Massachusetts	Mid-American	0.124	0.167	12
75	Ball State	Mid-American	0.124	0.182	12
76	Utah	Pac-12	0.116	0.105	13
77	Idaho	Sun Belt	0.116	0.307	10
78	Bowling Green	Mid-American	0.114	0.163	14
79	Memphis	American Athletic	0.114	0.022	13
80	LSU	SEC	0.114	-0.010	13
81	San Diego State	Mountain West	0.114	0.095	13
82	Ole Miss	SEC	0.112	-0.044	13
83	Oregon State	Pac-12	0.107	0.198	12
84	Florida Atlantic	Conference USA	0.107	0.272	9
85	UAB	Conference USA	0.098	0.130	11
86	New Mexico State	Sun Belt	0.096	0.279	11
87	Kentucky	SEC	0.095	0.126	12
88	Georgia State	Sun Belt	0.092	0.338	11
89	Clemson	ACC	0.090	-0.051	13
90	Oklahoma State	Big 12	0.088	0.161	13
91	Fresno State	Mountain West	0.086	0.213	14
92	UCF	American Athletic	0.083	-0.009	13
93	Wyoming	Mountain West	0.082	0.233	12
94	Tulsa	American Athletic	0.082	0.273	12
95	Michigan	Big Ten	0.081	0.081	12
96	Southern Miss	Conference USA	0.080	0.170	12
97	Tennessee	SEC	0.078	0.106	13
98	Purdue	Big Ten	0.077	0.141	12
99	Illinois	Big Ten	0.075	0.194	13
100	UNLV	Mountain West	0.072	0.268	13
101	Iowa State	Big 12	0.070	0.269	12
102	UTEP	Conference USA	0.070	0.201	13
103	Ohio	Mid-American	0.063	0.145	12
104	Hawai'i	Mountain West	0.060	0.176	11
105	Florida	SEC	0.060	-0.017	12
106	Texas	Big 12	0.055	0.025	13
107	Maryland	Big Ten	0.052	0.117	12
108	South Alabama	Sun Belt	0.050	0.164	12
109	Virginia Tech	ACC	0.050	0.020	13
110	Virginia	ACC	0.047	0.070	12
111	North Texas	Conference USA	0.040	0.124	11
112	Akron	Mid-American	0.034	0.098	12
113	Northwestern	Big Ten	0.027	0.092	12
114	Kansas	Big 12	0.024	0.192	12
115	Kent State	Mid-American	0.016	0.158	11
116	Tulane	American Athletic	0.012	0.106	12
117	UL Monroe	Sun Belt	0.010	0.096	12
118	Syracuse	ACC	0.007	0.050	12
119	South Florida	American Athletic	-0.001	0.118	12
120	Florida International	Conference USA	-0.001	0.052	10
121	Penn State	Big Ten	-0.005	-0.042	13
122	Temple	American Athletic	-0.014	-0.017	12
123	UTSA	Conference USA	-0.018	0.104	12
124	UConn	American Athletic	-0.028	0.130	11
125	SMU	American Athletic	-0.043	0.279	12
126	Eastern Michigan	Mid-American	-0.053	0.296	11
127	Vanderbilt	SEC	-0.064	0.173	12
128	Wake Forest	ACC	-0.111	0.083	12

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