I remember last year ChIRP using x/per play as the metric and someone (mocat maybe?) convinced me that x/per drive was a better metric. I realized that PPP tends to reward teams that are explosive over teams that are consistent movers, and I wanted a measure of efficiency rather than explosivity. For example taking 10 plays to score a TD was seen as less efficient then taking only 3, and I think both teams are equally efficient as scoring as long as they score a TD every drive.
For comparisons sake:
Off Eff (pts per drive)
Baylor | 4.24 |
Kansas State | 3.11 |
Oklahoma State | 2.93 |
Oklahoma | 2.88 |
Texas Tech | 2.83 |
Texas | 2.61 |
West Virginia | 2.02 |
Iowa State | 1.95 |
TCU | 1.88 |
Kansas | 1.73 |
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Def Eff (points allowed per drive)
Baylor | 1.37 |
Oklahoma State | 1.5 |
TCU | 1.7 |
Oklahoma | 1.76 |
Kansas State | 1.94 |
Texas | 1.95 |
Kansas | 2.05 |
Texas Tech | 2.14 |
West Virginia | 2.15 |
Iowa State | 2.58 |
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I think its interesting that KSU, while not necessarily as explosive as OSU, has a more efficient offense. In fact we have the 18th most efficient offense, just between East Carolina(!) and Stanford. Meanwhile (as likely suspected) our defense is only ranked 46 between Penn State and Syracuse.