Points Per Drive leaders in the SEC Entering Week 11

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For those that have been around OTF for a while or followed me elsewhere, you will know that points per drive is a key factor in my evaluation of teams. 

Entering week 11, here is a visual of where the teams in the conference stand at the moment. You want to be in the upper right quadrant.

A few takeaways:

– Vanderbilt still has the most efficient offense in the country, averaging 3.74 points per possession.

– Teams ranked 3-6 in the College Football Playoff are very similar to one another. You see A&M, Georgia, Alabama and Ole Miss basically in the same spot on the graph here.

– Arkansas has the 128th ranked defense in efficiency. It is an all-time bad defense.

– It is starting to catch up for Tennessee on the chart. Beating no name schools 70–0 for three straight weeks to begin each season can only take you so far. They fail against quality opponents and will continue to do so.  

– Texas and Oklahoma possess a very similar statistical makeup. Both defenses are in the top two of the conference, and the offenses have been hit or miss throughout the season. 

– Kentucky is far and away the worst team in the country and it's a justifiable knock on the Longhorns that that game in Lexington went to overtime.

 

Three really potent offenses remain for the Horns. 

All three averaging north of 3.00 points per possession which equates to top 25 in the country. Great time to get Taaffe back and a healthy McDonald.

Additionally, Texas over the last two games has score 79 points on 25 possessions for a 3.16 average.

 

Cincinnati ranks 18th in PPD offensively at 3.15. That's a great average if they can find a way to continue that trend against Georgia on the road.

Great graph @CJ Vogel

6 minutes ago, TexasMDcoach said:

Great graph @CJ Vogel

Appreciate it!

A look at the top 25 teams in the CFP Top 25.

Where they stand in PPD.