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College Football - 2026

Last Updated: 25 Nov 2025, 5:47 pm




FPI Team Conference Level Off YPP Def YPP Net YPP Explosive Play Rate Avg Success Rate
96 Air Force Mountain West FBS 7.35 4.76 2.58 0.036 0.401
21 Akron MAC FBS 4.87 6.99 -2.12 0.012 0.380
235 Alabama SEC FBS 9.73 3.06 6.67 0.013 0.431
259 Appalachian State Sun Belt FBS 5.58 6.40 -0.82 0.013 0.330
254 Arizona Big 12 FBS 4.35 5.10 -0.75 0.000 0.265
110 Arizona State Big 12 FBS 6.09 7.36 -1.27 0.015 0.338
255 Arkansas SEC FBS 6.81 10.39 -3.58 0.014 0.418
183 Arkansas State Sun Belt FBS 3.89 6.92 -3.03 0.000 0.354
196 Army AAC FBS 4.63 8.60 -3.96 0.025 0.351
184 Auburn SEC FBS 4.27 8.89 -4.62 0.013 0.294
3 Ball State MAC FBS 7.14 6.96 0.18 0.060 0.500
7 Baylor Big 12 FBS 9.78 3.84 5.94 0.047 0.570
233 Boise State Pac-12 FBS 5.15 5.82 -0.67 0.016 0.300
226 Boston College ACC FBS 8.32 8.57 -0.25 0.053 0.413
17 Bowling Green MAC FBS 10.72 6.08 4.65 0.046 0.566
219 Buffalo MAC FBS 3.84 6.67 -2.83 0.000 0.311
159 BYU Big 12 FBS 7.69 4.08 3.62 0.055 0.438
164 California ACC FBS 9.43 8.62 0.80 0.050 0.592
87 Central Michigan MAC FBS 4.00 6.52 -2.52 0.000 0.362
16 Charlotte AAC FBS 4.58 7.97 -3.40 0.000 0.399
225 Cincinnati Big 12 FBS 6.30 5.23 1.07 0.014 0.308
8 Clemson ACC FBS 5.10 4.35 0.75 0.036 0.389
28 Coastal Carolina Sun Belt FBS 6.58 6.96 -0.39 0.000 0.422
37 Colorado Big 12 FBS 8.16 9.34 -1.18 0.053 0.402
251 Colorado State Pac-12 FBS 7.97 4.58 3.40 0.013 0.449
11 Duke ACC FBS 10.39 6.81 3.58 0.025 0.542
203 East Carolina AAC FBS 8.47 6.25 2.22 0.041 0.570
20 Eastern Michigan MAC FBS 6.40 5.58 0.82 0.039 0.391
215 FIU C-USA FBS 7.60 3.97 3.63 0.056 0.419
198 Florida SEC FBS 5.88 5.96 -0.07 0.000 0.437
40 Florida Atlantic AAC FBS 2.81 7.13 -4.31 0.034 0.310
34 Florida State ACC FBS 7.43 7.23 0.20 0.044 0.539
197 Fresno State Pac-12 FBS 6.96 6.58 0.39 0.012 0.373
131 Georgia SEC FBS 4.40 8.60 -4.20 0.024 0.421
210 Georgia Southern Sun Belt FBS 4.83 8.12 -3.29 0.000 0.448
144 Georgia State Sun Belt FBS 3.48 6.19 -2.70 0.031 0.231
199 Georgia Tech ACC FBS 6.77 4.88 1.90 0.051 0.363
245 Hawaii Mountain West FBS 4.04 9.05 -5.01 0.000 0.401
12 Houston Big 12 FBS 7.84 6.00 1.84 0.048 0.531
234 Illinois Big Ten FBS 8.81 7.41 1.41 0.035 0.404
129 Indiana Big Ten FBS 7.46 7.51 -0.04 0.062 0.405
239 Iowa Big Ten FBS 6.99 4.87 2.12 0.068 0.383
19 Iowa State Big 12 FBS 6.67 3.84 2.83 0.033 0.405
4 Kansas Big 12 FBS 6.77 4.62 2.15 0.041 0.521
47 Kansas State Big 12 FBS 7.99 2.97 5.02 0.036 0.361
261 Kent State MAC FBS 3.76 10.40 -6.64 0.034 0.351
29 Kentucky SEC FBS 6.01 8.83 -2.82 0.030 0.461
139 Liberty C-USA FBS 3.94 7.20 -3.26 0.000 0.392
101 Louisiana Sun Belt FBS 7.46 6.09 1.37 0.043 0.333
22 Louisiana-Monroe Sun Belt FBS 5.58 4.43 1.16 0.000 0.431
50 Louisiana Tech Sun Belt FBS 5.82 5.15 0.67 0.011 0.448
18 Louisville ACC FBS 9.59 2.38 7.22 0.021 0.518
32 LSU SEC FBS 7.73 3.52 4.21 0.026 0.429
127 Marshall Sun Belt FBS 3.88 7.59 -3.71 0.020 0.306
264 Maryland Big Ten FBS 6.55 6.75 -0.20 0.016 0.410
253 Memphis AAC FBS 2.38 9.59 -7.22 0.042 0.236
143 Miami (FL) ACC FBS 5.96 5.88 0.07 0.022 0.397
141 Miami (OH) MAC FBS 5.23 6.30 -1.07 0.015 0.373
260 Michigan Big Ten FBS 7.03 6.69 0.35 0.058 0.376
204 Michigan State Big Ten FBS 5.54 4.78 0.76 0.023 0.355
188 Middle Tennessee C-USA FBS 7.54 7.05 0.49 0.057 0.414
15 Minnesota Big Ten FBS 9.66 5.49 4.17 0.059 0.553
123 Mississippi State SEC FBS 6.16 8.52 -2.37 0.039 0.420
257 Missouri SEC FBS 3.02 8.12 -5.10 0.016 0.330
23 Navy AAC FBS 6.13 7.64 -1.51 0.028 0.529
69 NC State ACC FBS 5.28 7.25 -1.97 0.000 0.420
5 Nebraska Big Ten FBS 10.40 3.76 6.64 0.059 0.531
80 Nevada Mountain West FBS 8.62 9.43 -0.80 0.011 0.463
44 New Mexico Mountain West FBS 5.52 7.73 -2.22 0.052 0.459
221 New Mexico State C-USA FBS 5.12 6.57 -1.45 0.027 0.318
72 North Carolina ACC FBS 7.19 8.53 -1.34 0.045 0.501
258 North Texas AAC FBS 4.95 13.99 -9.04 0.026 0.323
206 Northern Illinois Mountain West FBS 7.59 3.88 3.71 0.025 0.524
95 Northwestern Big Ten FBS 6.25 8.47 -2.22 0.065 0.413
48 Notre Dame Independent FBS 8.57 8.32 0.25 0.043 0.500
231 Ohio MAC FBS 6.36 5.49 0.87 0.000 0.470
250 Ohio State Big Ten FBS 5.55 9.84 -4.29 0.000 0.374
262 Oklahoma SEC FBS 3.84 9.78 -5.94 0.000 0.271
124 Oklahoma State Big 12 FBS 6.52 4.00 2.52 0.026 0.413
38 Old Dominion Sun Belt FBS 7.60 6.12 1.48 0.034 0.321
31 Ole Miss SEC FBS 9.04 4.19 4.85 0.042 0.582
201 Oregon Big Ten FBS 5.36 7.32 -1.96 0.058 0.391
246 Oregon State Pac-12 FBS 7.05 3.90 3.15 0.037 0.466
6 Penn State Big Ten FBS 11.44 3.16 8.27 0.126 0.623
153 Pittsburgh ACC FBS 7.23 9.57 -2.34 0.041 0.432
10 Purdue Big Ten FBS 9.96 2.79 7.17 0.062 0.469
66 Rice AAC FBS 6.60 6.53 0.07 0.012 0.494
151 Rutgers Big Ten FBS 3.96 7.00 -3.04 0.000 0.402
30 San Diego State Pac-12 FBS 9.84 5.55 4.29 0.074 0.562
154 San Jose State Mountain West FBS 8.52 6.16 2.37 0.081 0.542
81 SMU ACC FBS 7.00 3.96 3.04 0.014 0.483
107 South Alabama Sun Belt FBS 4.88 6.77 -1.90 0.012 0.396
229 South Carolina SEC FBS 7.25 5.28 1.97 0.022 0.301
39 South Florida AAC FBS 9.57 4.05 5.51 0.044 0.468
60 Southern Miss Sun Belt FBS 4.12 4.82 -0.69 0.000 0.387
205 Stanford ACC FBS 8.69 2.21 6.48 0.032 0.517
51 Syracuse ACC FBS 8.09 4.34 3.75 0.040 0.444
27 TCU Big 12 FBS 4.76 5.71 -0.95 0.027 0.406
71 Temple AAC FBS 7.14 2.47 4.66 0.012 0.385
14 Tennessee SEC FBS 13.99 4.95 9.04 0.112 0.522
208 Texas SEC FBS 6.00 7.84 -1.84 0.013 0.541
248 Texas A&M SEC FBS 4.38 8.00 -3.62 0.033 0.392
45 Texas State Pac-12 FBS 6.92 3.89 3.03 0.026 0.405
1 Texas Tech Big 12 FBS 6.75 6.55 0.20 0.013 0.620
109 Toledo MAC FBS 4.76 7.35 -2.58 0.045 0.358
238 Troy Sun Belt FBS 7.20 3.94 3.26 0.042 0.339
200 Tulane AAC FBS 7.23 7.43 -0.20 0.095 0.477
142 Tulsa AAC FBS 7.51 7.46 0.04 0.065 0.506
65 UAB AAC FBS 8.89 4.27 4.62 0.082 0.466
249 UCF Big 12 FBS 4.05 9.57 -5.51 0.040 0.299
218 UCLA Big Ten FBS 5.72 8.06 -2.34 0.033 0.469
130 UConn Independent FBS 7.20 5.34 1.86 0.047 0.460
178 UMass MAC FBS 5.34 7.20 -1.86 0.000 0.413
76 UNLV Mountain West FBS 7.32 5.36 1.96 0.014 0.553
119 USC Big Ten FBS 6.48 6.75 -0.27 0.000 0.510
232 UTEP Mountain West FBS 4.71 8.64 -3.93 0.014 0.346
26 UTSA AAC FBS 6.41 2.06 4.35 0.051 0.407
227 Utah Big 12 FBS 8.53 7.19 1.34 0.037 0.526
152 Utah State Pac-12 FBS 7.73 5.52 2.22 0.012 0.581
86 Vanderbilt SEC FBS 9.99 2.07 7.92 0.034 0.472
13 Virginia ACC FBS 8.12 4.83 3.29 0.029 0.622
181 Virginia Tech ACC FBS 7.36 6.09 1.27 0.081 0.469
36 Wake Forest ACC FBS 4.78 5.54 -0.76 0.028 0.393
240 Washington Big Ten FBS 5.12 6.32 -1.20 0.000 0.440
2 Washington State Pac-12 FBS 9.05 4.04 5.01 0.012 0.634
77 West Virginia Big 12 FBS 9.57 7.23 2.34 0.074 0.516
179 Western Kentucky C-USA FBS 4.82 4.12 0.69 0.031 0.482
9 Western Michigan MAC FBS 6.69 7.03 -0.35 0.032 0.473
82 Wisconsin Big Ten FBS 8.00 1.24 6.76 0.047 0.464
157 Wyoming Mountain West FBS 3.01 7.63 -4.61 0.000 0.246
217 San Diego Pioneer FCS 1.79 4.70 -2.91 0.000 0.218
202 Georgetown Patriot FCS 5.42 5.93 -0.50 0.000 0.437
100 South Dakota State MVFC FCS 4.12 4.59 -0.47 0.014 0.407
216 Jacksonville State C-USA FBS 6.19 3.48 2.70 0.053 0.418
190 Sam Houston State C-USA FBS 4.43 5.58 -1.16 0.064 0.240
256 Kennesaw State C-USA FBS 4.86 8.60 -3.74 0.000 0.275
83 Austin Peay UAC FCS 2.47 7.69 -5.22 0.000 0.297
55 Central Arkansas UAC FCS 5.22 3.56 1.66 0.023 0.338
147 Eastern Kentucky UAC FCS 2.36 5.45 -3.09 0.000 0.272
138 North Alabama UAC FCS 3.56 7.52 -3.96 0.019 0.328
223 Stetson Pioneer FCS 4.80 3.17 1.62 0.016 0.284
230 Albany CAA FCS 4.14 8.01 -3.88 0.030 0.357
112 Bryant CAA FCS 7.83 4.88 2.95 0.042 0.471
191 Maine CAA FCS 4.63 3.63 1.00 0.011 0.296
75 New Hampshire CAA FCS 2.59 6.07 -3.47 0.000 0.271
74 UC Davis Big Sky FCS 5.31 5.80 -0.50 0.036 0.452
64 Cal Poly Big Sky FCS 4.70 1.79 2.91 0.009 0.319
195 Drake Pioneer FCS 4.37 6.55 -2.18 0.042 0.336
70 James Madison Sun Belt FBS 3.90 7.05 -3.15 0.000 0.417
176 Davidson Pioneer FCS 5.88 8.42 -2.53 0.029 0.307
116 Dayton Pioneer FCS 4.55 4.42 0.13 0.013 0.377
93 Duquesne NEC FCS 2.93 4.90 -1.96 0.000 0.335
121 Fordham Patriot FCS 4.15 6.49 -2.34 0.000 0.318
177 Rhode Island CAA FCS 3.01 4.80 -1.78 0.014 0.306
115 Richmond Patriot FCS 5.59 4.13 1.46 0.000 0.401
89 Butler Pioneer FCS 4.72 1.83 2.89 0.000 0.429
212 Villanova Patriot FCS 4.04 5.58 -1.53 0.015 0.339
263 Indiana State MVFC FCS 2.79 9.96 -7.17 0.013 0.281
170 Illinois State MVFC FCS 4.55 4.08 0.47 0.012 0.379
163 Missouri State C-USA FBS 6.12 7.60 -1.48 0.040 0.244
136 Murray State MVFC FCS 5.45 2.36 3.09 0.035 0.349
57 Northern Iowa MVFC FCS 6.55 4.37 2.18 0.000 0.355
41 Southern Illinois MVFC FCS 5.15 4.37 0.77 0.016 0.452
146 Valparaiso Pioneer FCS 2.03 4.43 -2.40 0.000 0.324
105 North Dakota MVFC FCS 6.88 4.84 2.04 0.014 0.356
236 North Dakota State MVFC FCS 1.24 8.00 -6.76 0.000 0.310
213 St. Thomas Pioneer FCS 2.46 5.48 -3.02 0.020 0.234
161 South Dakota MVFC FCS 5.10 4.35 0.75 0.013 0.395
102 Western Illinois Big South-OVC FCS 5.26 5.19 0.07 0.054 0.342
134 Abilene Christian UAC FCS 2.51 4.43 -1.93 0.013 0.218
133 Southern Utah Big Sky FCS 4.59 4.12 0.47 0.015 0.315
148 Stephen F. Austin Southland FCS 1.90 2.50 -0.60 0.000 0.189
140 Tarleton State UAC FCS 6.99 4.23 2.75 0.039 0.364
166 UT Rio Grande Valley Southland FCS 4.23 6.99 -2.75 0.000 0.302
104 Utah Tech Big Sky FCS 3.17 4.80 -1.62 0.000 0.258
155 Bucknell Patriot FCS 5.80 5.31 0.50 0.034 0.353
207 Colgate Patriot FCS 4.34 8.09 -3.75 0.033 0.328
97 Holy Cross Patriot FCS 5.22 3.74 1.49 0.025 0.353
252 Lafayette Patriot FCS 3.16 11.44 -8.27 0.000 0.285
67 Lehigh Patriot FCS 5.68 6.84 -1.15 0.000 0.383
173 Eastern Washington Big Sky FCS 4.84 6.88 -2.04 0.043 0.298
73 Idaho Big Sky FCS 2.90 5.01 -2.11 0.060 0.399
62 Idaho State Big Sky FCS 6.75 6.48 0.27 0.016 0.477
49 Montana Big Sky FCS 6.32 5.12 1.20 0.036 0.425
126 Montana State Big Sky FCS 4.88 7.83 -2.95 0.015 0.347
25 Northern Arizona Big Sky FCS 2.77 4.22 -1.45 0.000 0.292
78 Northern Colorado Big Sky FCS 8.01 4.14 3.88 0.026 0.390
187 Portland State Big Sky FCS 4.42 4.55 -0.13 0.000 0.350
185 Sacramento State Independent FCS 5.03 2.05 2.98 0.012 0.354
182 Weber State Big Sky FCS 5.74 5.32 0.42 0.044 0.329
149 Charleston Southern Big South-OVC FCS 5.52 3.34 2.18 0.014 0.366
180 Gardner-Webb Big South-OVC FCS 1.78 6.50 -4.72 0.000 0.260
214 Presbyterian Pioneer FCS 3.56 4.46 -0.90 0.000 0.364
61 Delaware C-USA FBS 4.28 3.30 0.98 0.014 0.310
84 Elon CAA FCS 5.01 2.90 2.11 0.025 0.364
63 Hampton CAA FCS 4.43 2.03 2.40 0.012 0.444
222 Monmouth CAA FCS 4.53 3.94 0.59 0.015 0.294
162 North Carolina A&T CAA FCS 2.99 5.13 -2.15 0.013 0.303
94 Towson CAA FCS 4.52 3.56 0.96 0.033 0.335
156 Stony Brook CAA FCS 3.74 5.22 -1.49 0.028 0.298
193 William & Mary Patriot FCS 2.80 4.48 -1.69 0.047 0.261
85 Campbell CAA FCS 4.80 3.01 1.78 0.022 0.344
175 Robert Morris NEC FCS 5.54 4.72 0.81 0.050 0.375
169 Youngstown State MVFC FCS 5.19 5.26 -0.07 0.000 0.410
108 Brown Ivy League FCS 4.35 5.10 -0.75 0.037 0.343
120 Columbia Ivy League FCS 5.32 5.74 -0.42 0.013 0.411
58 Cornell Ivy League FCS 5.48 2.46 3.02 0.013 0.353
194 Dartmouth Ivy League FCS 4.11 5.32 -1.21 0.012 0.327
79 Penn Ivy League FCS 5.58 4.04 1.53 0.030 0.373
33 Harvard Ivy League FCS 5.98 4.32 1.67 0.046 0.347
35 Princeton Ivy League FCS 5.93 5.42 0.50 0.015 0.432
174 Yale Ivy League FCS 6.07 2.59 3.47 0.034 0.364
54 Marist Pioneer FCS 3.63 4.63 -1.00 0.011 0.374
103 Norfolk State MEAC FCS 1.62 4.39 -2.77 0.000 0.241
135 North Carolina Central MEAC FCS 5.33 1.63 3.71 0.010 0.248
171 Howard MEAC FCS 2.17 5.33 -3.17 0.000 0.316
158 Morgan State MEAC FCS 4.13 5.59 -1.46 0.018 0.354
209 Delaware State MEAC FCS 3.30 4.28 -0.98 0.000 0.283
186 South Carolina State MEAC FCS 3.30 6.01 -2.71 0.000 0.252
106 Southeast Missouri State Big South-OVC FCS 4.27 2.05 2.22 0.026 0.254
237 Tennessee State Big South-OVC FCS 2.07 9.99 -7.92 0.000 0.280
224 Morehead State Pioneer FCS 4.46 3.17 1.29 0.014 0.296
165 UT-Martin Big South-OVC FCS 3.39 7.43 -4.04 0.057 0.318
160 Lindenwood Big South-OVC FCS 4.37 5.15 -0.77 0.040 0.358
128 Tennessee Tech Big South-OVC FCS 2.56 5.92 -3.36 0.000 0.320
98 Eastern Illinois Big South-OVC FCS 3.20 4.60 -1.40 0.054 0.318
241 Furman SoCon FCS 4.55 7.14 -2.59 0.037 0.329
52 Samford SoCon FCS 7.43 3.39 4.04 0.043 0.333
137 The Citadel SoCon FCS 6.51 6.36 0.16 0.024 0.403
122 Wofford SoCon FCS 4.90 2.93 1.96 0.013 0.440
99 Chattanooga SoCon FCS 7.69 2.47 5.22 0.025 0.374
24 East Tennessee State SoCon FCS 5.80 1.63 4.17 0.043 0.456
244 Western Carolina SoCon FCS 4.22 2.77 1.45 0.013 0.277
46 Mercer SoCon FCS 6.50 1.78 4.72 0.010 0.466
167 VMI SoCon FCS 4.39 1.62 2.77 0.014 0.399
220 McNeese Southland FCS 1.63 5.80 -4.17 0.000 0.244
189 Northwestern State Southland FCS 3.63 4.93 -1.30 0.024 0.324
111 Incarnate Word Southland FCS 4.43 2.51 1.93 0.022 0.287
42 Southeastern Louisiana Southland FCS 4.72 5.54 -0.81 0.010 0.309
132 East Texas A&M Southland FCS 2.21 8.69 -6.48 0.000 0.324
247 Nicholls Southland FCS 3.52 6.35 -2.83 0.000 0.372
211 Lamar Southland FCS 6.53 6.60 -0.07 0.040 0.397
145 Houston Christian Southland FCS 6.36 6.51 -0.16 0.056 0.417
59 Grambling SWAC FCS 4.08 4.87 -0.79 0.027 0.338
91 Bethune-Cookman SWAC FCS 6.01 3.30 2.71 0.040 0.362
56 Prairie View A&M SWAC FCS 3.17 4.46 -1.29 0.000 0.386
53 Alcorn State SWAC FCS 3.94 4.53 -0.59 0.000 0.404
90 Southern SWAC FCS 6.86 5.13 1.73 0.019 0.425
88 Alabama A&M SWAC FCS 7.52 3.56 3.96 0.084 0.425
118 Arkansas-Pine Bluff SWAC FCS 2.05 4.27 -2.22 0.000 0.291
228 Florida A&M SWAC FCS 6.50 2.52 3.98 0.010 0.347
117 Alabama State SWAC FCS 3.06 9.73 -6.67 0.000 0.291
114 Texas Southern SWAC FCS 8.42 5.88 2.53 0.052 0.371
43 Mississippi Valley State SWAC FCS 7.14 4.55 2.59 0.023 0.415
242 Jackson State SWAC FCS 4.19 9.04 -4.85 0.014 0.371
92 Wagner NEC FCS 4.08 4.55 -0.47 0.027 0.294
243 Sacred Heart Independent FCS 6.49 4.15 2.34 0.015 0.343
172 Stonehill NEC FCS 2.50 1.90 0.60 0.000 0.182
68 Saint Francise (PA) NEC FCS 2.52 6.50 -3.98 0.000 0.279
168 LIU NEC FCS 1.83 4.72 -2.89 0.000 0.261
125 Merrimack Independent FCS 4.60 3.20 1.40 0.021 0.344
150 Central Connecticut NEC FCS 2.05 5.03 -2.98 0.026 0.301
113 West Georgia UAC FCS 1.63 5.33 -3.71 0.000 0.212
192 Mercyhurst NEC FCS 2.47 7.14 -4.66 0.017 0.334