Yesterday’s blog touched on the importance of offensive pass efficiency and its effect on wins and losses. The power of the pass efficiency statistic is increased by taking the difference between a team’s offensive and defensive pass efficiency. This is called the Pass Efficiency Differential (PED). The top 6 teams in this week’s AP Top 25 are all in the top 10 nationally in PED.
AP Rank | Team | PED Rank |
---|---|---|
1 | LSU | 4 |
2 | Oklahoma St. | 10 |
3 | Stanford | 8 |
4 | Alabama | 6 |
5 | Boise St. | 2 |
6 | Oregon | 9 |
This is far from a fluky result. Note the PED rankings of the national champions since 2000.
Season | Champion | PED Rank |
---|---|---|
2000 | Oklahoma | 6 |
2001 | Miami (FL) | 2 |
2002 | Ohio State | 12 |
2003 | LSU | 3 |
2004 | USC | 4 |
2005 | Texas | 1 |
2006 | Florida | 6 |
2007 | LSU | 8 |
2008 | Florida | 2 |
2009 | Alabama | 5 |
2010 | Auburn | 7 |
Average | 5.1 |