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FPI Team Conference Level Off YPP Def YPP Net YPP Explosive Play Rate Avg Success Rate
87 Air Force Mountain West FBS 7.35 4.76 2.58 0.036 0.451
207 Akron MAC FBS 4.87 6.99 -2.12 0.012 0.319
85 Alabama SEC FBS 9.73 3.06 6.67 0.013 0.475
69 Appalachian State Sun Belt FBS 5.58 6.40 -0.82 0.013 0.466
261 Arizona Big 12 FBS 4.35 5.10 -0.75 0.000 0.309
154 Arizona State Big 12 FBS 6.09 7.36 -1.27 0.015 0.378
167 Arkansas SEC FBS 6.81 10.39 -3.58 0.014 0.463
225 Arkansas State Sun Belt FBS 3.89 6.92 -3.03 0.000 0.361
240 Army American FBS 4.63 8.60 -3.96 0.025 0.383
241 Auburn SEC FBS 4.27 8.89 -4.62 0.013 0.316
8 Ball State MAC FBS 7.14 6.96 0.18 0.060 0.496
7 Baylor Big 12 FBS 9.78 3.84 5.94 0.047 0.525
212 Boise State Pac-12 FBS 5.15 5.82 -0.67 0.016 0.356
122 Boston College ACC FBS 8.32 8.57 -0.25 0.053 0.390
4 Bowling Green MAC FBS 10.72 6.08 4.65 0.046 0.512
175 Buffalo MAC FBS 3.84 6.67 -2.83 0.000 0.314
50 BYU Big 12 FBS 7.69 4.08 3.62 0.055 0.524
14 California ACC FBS 9.43 8.62 0.80 0.050 0.540
158 Central Michigan MAC FBS 4.00 6.52 -2.52 0.000 0.376
254 Charlotte American FBS 4.58 7.97 -3.40 0.000 0.351
248 Cincinnati Big 12 FBS 6.30 5.23 1.07 0.014 0.339
89 Clemson ACC FBS 5.10 4.35 0.75 0.036 0.412
169 Coastal Carolina Sun Belt FBS 6.58 6.96 -0.39 0.000 0.424
90 Colorado Big 12 FBS 8.16 9.34 -1.18 0.053 0.475
138 Colorado State Pac-12 FBS 7.97 4.58 3.40 0.013 0.470
99 Duke ACC FBS 10.39 6.81 3.58 0.025 0.483
114 East Carolina American FBS 8.47 6.25 2.22 0.041 0.477
210 Eastern Michigan MAC FBS 6.40 5.58 0.82 0.039 0.320
17 FIU C-USA FBS 7.60 3.97 3.63 0.056 0.426
23 Florida SEC FBS 5.88 5.96 -0.07 0.000 0.491
262 Florida Atlantic American FBS 2.81 7.13 -4.31 0.034 0.278
33 Florida State ACC FBS 7.43 7.23 0.20 0.044 0.557
186 Fresno State Pac-12 FBS 6.96 6.58 0.39 0.012 0.370
66 Georgia SEC FBS 4.40 8.60 -4.20 0.024 0.492
131 Georgia Southern Sun Belt FBS 4.83 8.12 -3.29 0.000 0.406
245 Georgia State Sun Belt FBS 3.48 6.19 -2.70 0.031 0.284
37 Georgia Tech ACC FBS 6.77 4.88 1.90 0.051 0.417
159 Hawaii Mountain West FBS 4.04 9.05 -5.01 0.000 0.372
19 Houston Big 12 FBS 7.84 6.00 1.84 0.048 0.526
35 Illinois Big Ten FBS 8.81 7.41 1.41 0.035 0.464
62 Indiana Big Ten FBS 7.46 7.51 -0.04 0.062 0.458
218 Iowa Big Ten FBS 6.99 4.87 2.12 0.068 0.382
201 Iowa State Big 12 FBS 6.67 3.84 2.83 0.033 0.369
28 Kansas Big 12 FBS 6.77 4.62 2.15 0.041 0.534
251 Kansas State Big 12 FBS 7.99 2.97 5.02 0.036 0.303
264 Kent State MAC FBS 3.76 10.40 -6.64 0.034 0.334
165 Kentucky SEC FBS 6.01 8.83 -2.82 0.030 0.418
136 Liberty C-USA FBS 3.94 7.20 -3.26 0.000 0.424
48 Louisiana Sun Belt FBS 7.46 6.09 1.37 0.043 0.398
36 Louisiana-Monroe Sun Belt FBS 5.58 4.43 1.16 0.000 0.403
133 Louisiana Tech Sun Belt FBS 5.82 5.15 0.67 0.011 0.434
103 Louisville ACC FBS 9.59 2.38 7.22 0.021 0.426
197 LSU SEC FBS 7.73 3.52 4.21 0.026 0.444
198 Marshall Sun Belt FBS 3.88 7.59 -3.71 0.020 0.390
255 Maryland Big Ten FBS 6.55 6.75 -0.20 0.016 0.412
250 Memphis American FBS 2.38 9.59 -7.22 0.042 0.292
22 Miami (FL) ACC FBS 5.96 5.88 0.07 0.022 0.492
227 Miami (OH) MAC FBS 5.23 6.30 -1.07 0.015 0.346
115 Michigan Big Ten FBS 7.03 6.69 0.35 0.058 0.461
95 Michigan State Big Ten FBS 5.54 4.78 0.76 0.023 0.356
125 Middle Tennessee C-USA FBS 7.54 7.05 0.49 0.057 0.392
38 Minnesota Big Ten FBS 9.66 5.49 4.17 0.059 0.445
223 Mississippi State SEC FBS 6.16 8.52 -2.37 0.039 0.359
253 Missouri SEC FBS 3.02 8.12 -5.10 0.016 0.311
16 Navy American FBS 6.13 7.64 -1.51 0.028 0.498
144 NC State ACC FBS 5.28 7.25 -1.97 0.000 0.424
13 Nebraska Big Ten FBS 10.40 3.76 6.64 0.059 0.475
126 Nevada Mountain West FBS 8.62 9.43 -0.80 0.011 0.405
134 New Mexico Mountain West FBS 5.52 7.73 -2.22 0.052 0.491
152 New Mexico State C-USA FBS 5.12 6.57 -1.45 0.027 0.343
79 North Carolina ACC FBS 7.19 8.53 -1.34 0.045 0.540
243 North Texas American FBS 4.95 13.99 -9.04 0.026 0.345
132 Northern Illinois Mountain West FBS 7.59 3.88 3.71 0.025 0.508
179 Northwestern Big Ten FBS 6.25 8.47 -2.22 0.065 0.394
64 Notre Dame Independent FBS 8.57 8.32 0.25 0.043 0.462
142 Ohio MAC FBS 6.36 5.49 0.87 0.000 0.481
182 Ohio State Big Ten FBS 5.55 9.84 -4.29 0.000 0.455
214 Oklahoma SEC FBS 3.84 9.78 -5.94 0.000 0.313
111 Oklahoma State Big 12 FBS 6.52 4.00 2.52 0.026 0.404
229 Old Dominion Sun Belt FBS 7.60 6.12 1.48 0.034 0.334
5 Ole Miss SEC FBS 9.04 4.19 4.85 0.042 0.511
193 Oregon Big Ten FBS 5.36 7.32 -1.96 0.058 0.422
231 Oregon State Pac-12 FBS 7.05 3.90 3.15 0.037 0.427
2 Penn State Big Ten FBS 11.44 3.16 8.27 0.126 0.591
215 Pittsburgh ACC FBS 7.23 9.57 -2.34 0.041 0.386
76 Purdue Big Ten FBS 9.96 2.79 7.17 0.062 0.454
139 Rice American FBS 6.60 6.53 0.07 0.012 0.451
260 Rutgers Big Ten FBS 3.96 7.00 -3.04 0.000 0.319
12 San Diego State Pac-12 FBS 9.84 5.55 4.29 0.074 0.587
25 San Jose State Mountain West FBS 8.52 6.16 2.37 0.081 0.488
178 SMU ACC FBS 7.00 3.96 3.04 0.014 0.389
155 South Alabama Sun Belt FBS 4.88 6.77 -1.90 0.012 0.405
263 South Carolina SEC FBS 7.25 5.28 1.97 0.022 0.278
156 South Florida American FBS 9.57 4.05 5.51 0.044 0.412
141 Southern Miss Sun Belt FBS 4.12 4.82 -0.69 0.000 0.401
242 Stanford ACC FBS 8.69 2.21 6.48 0.032 0.496
244 Syracuse ACC FBS 8.09 4.34 3.75 0.040 0.387
220 TCU Big 12 FBS 4.76 5.71 -0.95 0.027 0.399
228 Temple American FBS 7.14 2.47 4.66 0.012 0.379
1 Tennessee SEC FBS 13.99 4.95 9.04 0.112 0.590
200 Texas SEC FBS 6.00 7.84 -1.84 0.013 0.502
192 Texas A&M SEC FBS 4.38 8.00 -3.62 0.033 0.423
234 Texas State Pac-12 FBS 6.92 3.89 3.03 0.026 0.327
26 Texas Tech Big 12 FBS 6.75 6.55 0.20 0.013 0.574
145 Toledo MAC FBS 4.76 7.35 -2.58 0.045 0.341
94 Troy Sun Belt FBS 7.20 3.94 3.26 0.042 0.359
3 Tulane American FBS 7.23 7.43 -0.20 0.095 0.541
6 Tulsa American FBS 7.51 7.46 0.04 0.065 0.525
70 UAB American FBS 8.89 4.27 4.62 0.082 0.410
259 UCF Big 12 FBS 4.05 9.57 -5.51 0.040 0.293
84 UCLA Big Ten FBS 5.72 8.06 -2.34 0.033 0.473
143 UConn Independent FBS 7.20 5.34 1.86 0.047 0.442
98 UMass MAC FBS 5.34 7.20 -1.86 0.000 0.385
15 UNLV Mountain West FBS 7.32 5.36 1.96 0.014 0.560
123 USC Big Ten FBS 6.48 6.75 -0.27 0.000 0.425
211 UTEP Mountain West FBS 4.71 8.64 -3.93 0.014 0.360
61 UTSA American FBS 6.41 2.06 4.35 0.051 0.380
11 Utah Big 12 FBS 8.53 7.19 1.34 0.037 0.630
34 Utah State Pac-12 FBS 7.73 5.52 2.22 0.012 0.593
224 Vanderbilt SEC FBS 9.99 2.07 7.92 0.034 0.352
24 Virginia ACC FBS 8.12 4.83 3.29 0.029 0.608
203 Virginia Tech ACC FBS 7.36 6.09 1.27 0.081 0.439
249 Wake Forest ACC FBS 4.78 5.54 -0.76 0.028 0.341
219 Washington Big Ten FBS 5.12 6.32 -1.20 0.000 0.398
18 Washington State Pac-12 FBS 9.05 4.04 5.01 0.012 0.602
10 West Virginia Big 12 FBS 9.57 7.23 2.34 0.074 0.513
59 Western Kentucky C-USA FBS 4.82 4.12 0.69 0.031 0.458
20 Western Michigan MAC FBS 6.69 7.03 -0.35 0.032 0.481
222 Wisconsin Big Ten FBS 8.00 1.24 6.76 0.047 0.436
258 Wyoming Mountain West FBS 3.01 7.63 -4.61 0.000 0.278
235 San Diego Pioneer FCS 1.79 4.70 -2.91 0.000 0.238
104 Georgetown Patriot FCS 5.42 5.93 -0.50 0.000 0.354
191 South Dakota State MVFC FCS 4.12 4.59 -0.47 0.014 0.332
57 Jacksonville State C-USA FBS 6.19 3.48 2.70 0.053 0.447
163 Sam Houston State C-USA FBS 4.43 5.58 -1.16 0.064 0.320
239 Kennesaw State C-USA FBS 4.86 8.60 -3.74 0.000 0.329
86 Austin Peay UAC FCS 2.47 7.69 -5.22 0.000 0.318
113 Central Arkansas UAC FCS 5.22 3.56 1.66 0.023 0.318
166 Eastern Kentucky UAC FCS 2.36 5.45 -3.09 0.000 0.332
209 North Alabama UAC FCS 3.56 7.52 -3.96 0.019 0.363
147 Stetson Pioneer FCS 4.80 3.17 1.62 0.016 0.298
108 Albany CAA FCS 4.14 8.01 -3.88 0.030 0.341
32 Bryant CAA FCS 7.83 4.88 2.95 0.042 0.394
68 Maine CAA FCS 4.63 3.63 1.00 0.011 0.347
226 New Hampshire CAA FCS 2.59 6.07 -3.47 0.000 0.246
109 UC Davis Big Sky FCS 5.31 5.80 -0.50 0.036 0.411
53 Cal Poly Big Sky FCS 4.70 1.79 2.91 0.009 0.354
77 Drake Pioneer FCS 4.37 6.55 -2.18 0.042 0.336
9 James Madison Sun Belt FBS 3.90 7.05 -3.15 0.000 0.455
71 Davidson Pioneer FCS 5.88 8.42 -2.53 0.029 0.347
120 Dayton Pioneer FCS 4.55 4.42 0.13 0.013 0.328
44 Duquesne NEC FCS 2.93 4.90 -1.96 0.000 0.364
116 Fordham Patriot FCS 4.15 6.49 -2.34 0.000 0.327
183 Rhode Island CAA FCS 3.01 4.80 -1.78 0.014 0.341
118 Richmond Patriot FCS 5.59 4.13 1.46 0.000 0.313
78 Butler Pioneer FCS 4.72 1.83 2.89 0.000 0.315
75 Villanova Patriot FCS 4.04 5.58 -1.53 0.015 0.368
256 Indiana State MVFC FCS 2.79 9.96 -7.17 0.013 0.346
43 Illinois State MVFC FCS 4.55 4.08 0.47 0.012 0.360
233 Missouri State C-USA FBS 6.12 7.60 -1.48 0.040 0.249
171 Murray State MVFC FCS 5.45 2.36 3.09 0.035 0.335
148 Northern Iowa MVFC FCS 6.55 4.37 2.18 0.000 0.351
31 Southern Illinois MVFC FCS 5.15 4.37 0.77 0.016 0.448
128 Valparaiso Pioneer FCS 2.03 4.43 -2.40 0.000 0.304
73 North Dakota MVFC FCS 6.88 4.84 2.04 0.014 0.373
232 North Dakota State MVFC FCS 1.24 8.00 -6.76 0.000 0.319
237 St. Thomas Pioneer FCS 2.46 5.48 -3.02 0.020 0.256
65 South Dakota MVFC FCS 5.10 4.35 0.75 0.013 0.369
82 Western Illinois Big South-OVC FCS 5.26 5.19 0.07 0.054 0.358
124 Abilene Christian UAC FCS 2.51 4.43 -1.93 0.013 0.302
205 Southern Utah Big Sky FCS 4.59 4.12 0.47 0.015 0.318
246 Stephen F. Austin Southland FCS 1.90 2.50 -0.60 0.000 0.291
47 Tarleton State UAC FCS 6.99 4.23 2.75 0.039 0.371
252 UT Rio Grande Valley Southland FCS 4.23 6.99 -2.75 0.000 0.319
236 Utah Tech Big Sky FCS 3.17 4.80 -1.62 0.000 0.274
172 Bucknell Patriot FCS 5.80 5.31 0.50 0.034 0.335
130 Colgate Patriot FCS 4.34 8.09 -3.75 0.033 0.343
83 Holy Cross Patriot FCS 5.22 3.74 1.49 0.025 0.384
185 Lafayette Patriot FCS 3.16 11.44 -8.27 0.000 0.383
93 Lehigh Patriot FCS 5.68 6.84 -1.15 0.000 0.384
80 Eastern Washington Big Sky FCS 4.84 6.88 -2.04 0.043 0.348
54 Idaho Big Sky FCS 2.90 5.01 -2.11 0.060 0.392
41 Idaho State Big Sky FCS 6.75 6.48 0.27 0.016 0.454
46 Montana Big Sky FCS 6.32 5.12 1.20 0.036 0.421
184 Montana State Big Sky FCS 4.88 7.83 -2.95 0.015 0.313
100 Northern Arizona Big Sky FCS 2.77 4.22 -1.45 0.000 0.352
204 Northern Colorado Big Sky FCS 8.01 4.14 3.88 0.026 0.381
208 Portland State Big Sky FCS 4.42 4.55 -0.13 0.000 0.382
121 Sacramento State Independent FCS 5.03 2.05 2.98 0.012 0.370
149 Weber State Big Sky FCS 5.74 5.32 0.42 0.044 0.333
105 Charleston Southern Big South-OVC FCS 5.52 3.34 2.18 0.014 0.335
151 Gardner-Webb Big South-OVC FCS 1.78 6.50 -4.72 0.000 0.312
168 Presbyterian Pioneer FCS 3.56 4.46 -0.90 0.000 0.355
176 Delaware C-USA FBS 4.28 3.30 0.98 0.014 0.312
174 Elon CAA FCS 5.01 2.90 2.11 0.025 0.341
27 Hampton CAA FCS 4.43 2.03 2.40 0.012 0.456
199 Monmouth CAA FCS 4.53 3.94 0.59 0.015 0.334
112 North Carolina A&T CAA FCS 2.99 5.13 -2.15 0.013 0.361
106 Towson CAA FCS 4.52 3.56 0.96 0.033 0.375
170 Stony Brook CAA FCS 3.74 5.22 -1.49 0.028 0.367
221 William & Mary Patriot FCS 2.80 4.48 -1.69 0.047 0.267
97 Campbell CAA FCS 4.80 3.01 1.78 0.022 0.376
81 Robert Morris NEC FCS 5.54 4.72 0.81 0.050 0.361
58 Youngstown State MVFC FCS 5.19 5.26 -0.07 0.000 0.359
161 Brown Ivy League FCS 4.35 5.10 -0.75 0.037 0.352
55 Columbia Ivy League FCS 5.32 5.74 -0.42 0.013 0.416
52 Cornell Ivy League FCS 5.48 2.46 3.02 0.013 0.380
196 Dartmouth Ivy League FCS 4.11 5.32 -1.21 0.012 0.287
153 Penn Ivy League FCS 5.58 4.04 1.53 0.030 0.361
42 Harvard Ivy League FCS 5.98 4.32 1.67 0.046 0.339
88 Princeton Ivy League FCS 5.93 5.42 0.50 0.015 0.401
92 Yale Ivy League FCS 6.07 2.59 3.47 0.034 0.404
49 Marist Pioneer FCS 3.63 4.63 -1.00 0.011 0.387
202 Norfolk State MEAC FCS 1.62 4.39 -2.77 0.000 0.266
177 North Carolina Central MEAC FCS 5.33 1.63 3.71 0.010 0.254
72 Howard MEAC FCS 2.17 5.33 -3.17 0.000 0.379
188 Morgan State MEAC FCS 4.13 5.59 -1.46 0.018 0.320
29 Delaware State MEAC FCS 3.30 4.28 -0.98 0.000 0.302
173 South Carolina State MEAC FCS 3.30 6.01 -2.71 0.000 0.281
181 Southeast Missouri State Big South-OVC FCS 4.27 2.05 2.22 0.026 0.220
257 Tennessee State Big South-OVC FCS 2.07 9.99 -7.92 0.000 0.329
194 Morehead State Pioneer FCS 4.46 3.17 1.29 0.014 0.297
195 UT-Martin Big South-OVC FCS 3.39 7.43 -4.04 0.057 0.315
110 Lindenwood Big South-OVC FCS 4.37 5.15 -0.77 0.040 0.357
63 Tennessee Tech Big South-OVC FCS 2.56 5.92 -3.36 0.000 0.388
56 Eastern Illinois Big South-OVC FCS 3.20 4.60 -1.40 0.054 0.322
187 Furman SoCon FCS 4.55 7.14 -2.59 0.037 0.345
101 Samford SoCon FCS 7.43 3.39 4.04 0.043 0.316
45 The Citadel SoCon FCS 6.51 6.36 0.16 0.024 0.417
91 Wofford SoCon FCS 4.90 2.93 1.96 0.013 0.374
146 Chattanooga SoCon FCS 7.69 2.47 5.22 0.025 0.303
39 East Tennessee State SoCon FCS 5.80 1.63 4.17 0.043 0.384
238 Western Carolina SoCon FCS 4.22 2.77 1.45 0.013 0.320
51 Mercer SoCon FCS 6.50 1.78 4.72 0.010 0.411
102 VMI SoCon FCS 4.39 1.62 2.77 0.014 0.381
162 McNeese Southland FCS 1.63 5.80 -4.17 0.000 0.261
140 Northwestern State Southland FCS 3.63 4.93 -1.30 0.024 0.325
129 Incarnate Word Southland FCS 4.43 2.51 1.93 0.022 0.316
230 Southeastern Louisiana Southland FCS 4.72 5.54 -0.81 0.010 0.302
164 East Texas A&M Southland FCS 2.21 8.69 -6.48 0.000 0.384
60 Nicholls Southland FCS 3.52 6.35 -2.83 0.000 0.365
96 Lamar Southland FCS 6.53 6.60 -0.07 0.040 0.349
30 Houston Christian Southland FCS 6.36 6.51 -0.16 0.056 0.424
117 Grambling SWAC FCS 4.08 4.87 -0.79 0.027 0.355
21 Bethune-Cookman SWAC FCS 6.01 3.30 2.71 0.040 0.396
107 Prairie View A&M SWAC FCS 3.17 4.46 -1.29 0.000 0.345
137 Alcorn State SWAC FCS 3.94 4.53 -0.59 0.000 0.359
67 Southern SWAC FCS 6.86 5.13 1.73 0.019 0.407
180 Alabama A&M SWAC FCS 7.52 3.56 3.96 0.084 0.408
157 Arkansas-Pine Bluff SWAC FCS 2.05 4.27 -2.22 0.000 0.334
213 Florida A&M SWAC FCS 6.50 2.52 3.98 0.010 0.370
217 Alabama State SWAC FCS 3.06 9.73 -6.67 0.000 0.287
40 Texas Southern SWAC FCS 8.42 5.88 2.53 0.052 0.401
74 Mississippi Valley State SWAC FCS 7.14 4.55 2.59 0.023 0.365
189 Jackson State SWAC FCS 4.19 9.04 -4.85 0.014 0.330
119 Wagner NEC FCS 4.08 4.55 -0.47 0.027 0.330
247 Sacred Heart Independent FCS 6.49 4.15 2.34 0.015 0.384
160 Stonehill NEC FCS 2.50 1.90 0.60 0.000 0.236
135 Saint Francise (PA) NEC FCS 2.52 6.50 -3.98 0.000 0.291
206 LIU NEC FCS 1.83 4.72 -2.89 0.000 0.256
150 Merrimack Independent FCS 4.60 3.20 1.40 0.021 0.325
127 Central Connecticut NEC FCS 2.05 5.03 -2.98 0.026 0.354
216 West Georgia UAC FCS 1.63 5.33 -3.71 0.000 0.266
190 Mercyhurst NEC FCS 2.47 7.14 -4.66 0.017 0.319