[Final] 2020 – 2021 Offensive/Defensive Efficiency

These are the offensive and defensive efficiency values for each team in the 2020-2021 season. Touchdowns give +7, field goals are +3, and safeties are -2. All other drive results are scored as 0.
Drives that involved kneeling the ball at the end of the game/half are not included in these results.

_{This is purely data and not meant to describe relative strength of teams.}

Glossary

cPPD = combined points per drive (Offensive points per drive – Defensive points per drive)
OPD = Offensive points per drive
DPD = Defensive points per drive
Rk = Rank

Updated 1/12/2021

cPPD_Rk	team	cPPD	O_Rk	OPD	D_Rk	DPD
1	Alabama	2.44	1	4.08	21	1.64
2	BYU	2.38	3	3.8	10	1.42
3	Cincinnati	1.82	16	3.07	3	1.25
4	Clemson	1.79	12	3.14	5	1.35
5	Buffalo	1.7	4	3.49	30	1.79
6	Coastal Carolina	1.62	5	3.46	32	1.84
7	Oklahoma	1.6	10	3.23	18	1.63
8	Arizona State	1.52	8	3.4	33	1.88
9	Ohio	1.43	23	2.81	9	1.38
10	Liberty	1.37	13	3.13	29	1.76
11	Marshall	1.36	46	2.5	1	1.14
12	Iowa State	1.32	20	2.9	17	1.58
13	Appalachian State	1.22	20	2.9	26	1.68
14	Army	1.15	45	2.51	7	1.36
15	Ohio State	1.11	14	3.09	40	1.98
16	North Carolina	1.08	7	3.41	66	2.33
17	Notre Dame	1.06	25	2.76	27	1.7
18	Iowa	1.02	61	2.29	4	1.27
19	Texas	0.99	18	2.96	39	1.97
20	Texas A&M	0.98	22	2.87	36	1.89
21	Air Force	0.96	37	2.6	21	1.64
22	Georgia	0.95	38	2.59	21	1.64
23	San Jose State	0.92	50	2.47	13	1.55
24	Florida	0.91	9	3.33	75	2.42
25	Louisiana	0.83	27	2.71	33	1.88
26	Washington	0.82	11	3.15	66	2.33
27	Northwestern	0.8	83	2.03	2	1.23
27	Indiana	0.8	55	2.35	13	1.55
29	Toledo	0.76	29	2.67	38	1.91
29	Kent State	0.76	2	4.02	118	3.26
31	USC	0.7	23	2.81	45	2.11
32	Ball State	0.69	40	2.57	33	1.88
33	UCF	0.63	17	3.06	76	2.43
34	Western Michigan	0.61	6	3.42	103	2.81
34	UAB	0.61	65	2.25	21	1.64
34	Nevada	0.61	35	2.63	41	2.02
37	Georgia Southern	0.6	56	2.34	28	1.74
38	Wisconsin	0.59	90	1.94	5	1.35
39	SMU	0.57	19	2.95	70	2.38
40	Rice	0.55	86	2.02	11	1.47
41	West Virginia	0.54	71	2.17	18	1.63
42	Wyoming	0.53	77	2.08	13	1.55
42	Miami (FL)	0.53	32	2.66	48	2.13
44	San Diego State	0.52	97	1.88	7	1.36
45	Tulane	0.49	38	2.59	44	2.1
46	UCLA	0.42	29	2.67	59	2.25
46	UTSA	0.42	46	2.5	43	2.08
48	Tulsa	0.41	90	1.94	12	1.53
48	Texas Christian	0.41	80	2.04	18	1.63
50	Oklahoma State	0.38	80	2.04	25	1.66
51	Pitt	0.32	73	2.13	31	1.81
52	Boise State	0.3	44	2.52	54	2.22
53	Fresno State	0.28	29	2.67	72	2.39
53	Oregon	0.28	27	2.71	76	2.43
55	Penn State	0.22	61	2.29	42	2.07
56	Louisville	0.21	40	2.57	69	2.36
56	North Carolina State	0.21	51	2.42	52	2.21
58	Central Michigan	0.18	56	2.34	49	2.16
59	Utah	0.16	78	2.05	36	1.89
60	Georgia State	0.15	52	2.38	56	2.23
61	Memphis	0.14	53	2.37	56	2.23
62	Virginia Tech	0.11	34	2.64	85	2.53
63	Wake Forest	0.1	36	2.62	83	2.52
64	Florida Atlantic	0.02	113	1.57	13	1.55
65	Houston	-0.01	64	2.26	60	2.27
65	Troy	-0.01	74	2.11	46	2.12
67	Minnesota	-0.03	42	2.55	88	2.58
68	Virginia	-0.07	59	2.33	74	2.4
69	Auburn	-0.09	69	2.19	61	2.28
70	Eastern Michigan	-0.11	33	2.65	97	2.76
71	Hawaii	-0.18	74	2.11	63	2.29
71	Miami (OH)	-0.18	78	2.05	56	2.23
73	Colorado	-0.19	88	2.01	51	2.2
73	Ole Miss	-0.19	14	3.09	119	3.28
75	Stanford	-0.27	42	2.55	104	2.82
76	Arkansas State	-0.28	48	2.49	99	2.77
77	Boston College	-0.33	53	2.37	94	2.7
78	Kentucky	-0.35	99	1.86	52	2.21
78	LSU	-0.35	74	2.11	80	2.46
80	Purdue	-0.39	68	2.2	89	2.59
81	California	-0.44	104	1.74	50	2.18
82	Michigan	-0.45	59	2.33	100	2.78
83	Charlotte	-0.49	56	2.34	105	2.83
83	Missouri	-0.49	66	2.23	95	2.72
83	Kansas State	-0.49	83	2.03	83	2.52
86	Rutgers	-0.5	90	1.94	79	2.44
87	Oregon State	-0.52	48	2.49	111	3.01
88	North Texas	-0.53	26	2.75	119	3.28
89	Baylor	-0.56	105	1.72	61	2.28
90	Western Kentucky	-0.58	111	1.64	54	2.22
91	Nebraska	-0.59	96	1.9	82	2.49
92	Mississippi State	-0.6	116	1.52	46	2.12
92	Southern Mississippi	-0.6	72	2.16	97	2.76
92	South Alabama	-0.6	102	1.78	70	2.38
95	Arkansas	-0.61	94	1.93	86	2.54
96	Texas Tech	-0.62	88	2.01	90	2.63
97	East Carolina	-0.65	95	1.92	87	2.57
98	Tennessee	-0.67	103	1.76	76	2.43
99	Maryland	-0.68	106	1.71	72	2.39
100	New Mexico	-0.73	90	1.94	92	2.67
101	Colorado State	-0.76	114	1.56	65	2.32
102	UTEP	-0.77	83	2.03	101	2.8
103	Florida International	-0.78	108	1.7	81	2.48
104	Texas State	-0.8	67	2.21	111	3.01
105	Washington State	-0.82	61	2.29	115	3.11
106	Georgia Tech	-0.85	100	1.79	91	2.64
107	Florida State	-0.87	80	2.04	109	2.91
108	South Carolina	-0.95	69	2.19	117	3.14
109	Duke	-0.96	106	1.71	92	2.67
110	Northern Illinois	-1.02	97	1.88	107	2.9
111	Louisiana Tech	-1.05	86	2.02	113	3.07
112	Middle Tennessee State	-1.08	100	1.79	106	2.87
112	Michigan State	-1.08	122	1.23	64	2.31
114	Syracuse	-1.11	122	1.23	68	2.34
115	South Florida	-1.14	110	1.66	101	2.8
116	Illinois	-1.21	109	1.69	107	2.9
117	Navy	-1.25	117	1.47	95	2.72
118	Temple	-1.4	112	1.58	110	2.98
119	Nevada-Las Vegas	-1.78	115	1.54	122	3.32
120	Utah State	-1.79	121	1.28	113	3.07
121	Vanderbilt	-1.92	124	1.2	116	3.12
122	Arizona	-1.93	120	1.4	123	3.33
123	Louisiana-Monroe	-1.94	118	1.43	124	3.37
124	Akron	-2.17	119	1.41	127	3.58
125	Kansas	-2.19	125	1.09	119	3.28
126	Bowling Green State	-2.6	126	0.97	126	3.57
127	Massachusetts	-3.2	127	0.21	125	3.41