Drive Efficiency

Every team gets about a dozen possessions a game. This is what they do with them, and what they give up.

LeagueAll FBSACCAmerican AthleticBig 12Big TenConference USAFBS IndependentsMid-AmericanMountain WestPac-12SECSun Belt

Season2026202520242023202220212020201920182017201620152014

Points per drive, both directions

Scoring across, points allowed up. Fast and slow teams compare fairly here, because it is per possession. Top right is best.

128 teams · dashed lines mark the league medianr = -0.24(r² = 0.06)

Sorted by Points per drive (offense). Every possession is an opportunity; this is what one is worth. Tap any column to re-sort.

#	Team	Conf	PPD	Start	Avail	Opp	PPO	3&out	Expl	TD	TO
1	Western Michigan	Mid-American	3.63	own 31.5	117.8%	66.9%	5.42	16.9%	19.2%	46.9%	6.9%
2	Navy	American Athletic	3.61	own 32.2	67.8%	63.8%	5.67	21.3%	22.1%	49.6%	18.9%
3	Louisiana Tech	Conference USA	3.59	own 29.9	65.1%	66.0%	5.52	18.1%	27.1%	47.2%	12.5%
4	Oklahoma	Big 12	3.51	own 28.9	64.3%	61.2%	5.74	19.8%	24.2%	47.1%	13.4%
5	Western Kentucky	Conference USA	3.44	own 36.2	118.7%	71.6%	4.94	20.0%	25.8%	45.8%	14.2%
6	Washington	Pac-12	3.21	own 30.7	58.5%	59.2%	5.52	22.4%	26.3%	42.8%	11.2%
7	South Florida	American Athletic	3.18	own 32.1	63.6%	56.1%	5.69	28.1%	22.3%	43.2%	10.8%
8	Texas Tech	Big 12	3.10	own 26.4	59.1%	58.2%	5.52	24.1%	14.9%	42.5%	17.7%
9	Michigan	Big Ten	3.06	own 36.2	57.1%	61.4%	5.08	22.9%	13.1%	39.9%	9.2%
10	Pittsburgh	ACC	3.04	own 31.4	61.3%	57.1%	5.41	25.2%	21.8%	41.5%	15.0%
11	Toledo	Mid-American	2.99	own 28.9	62.4%	60.9%	5.00	20.3%	21.1%	39.8%	11.7%
12	Louisville	ACC	2.98	own 32.1	57.9%	58.7%	5.11	25.7%	21.8%	38.6%	17.3%
13	Ohio State	Big Ten	2.97	own 32.9	56.7%	59.4%	5.09	22.6%	12.9%	38.7%	12.3%
14	New Mexico	Mountain West	2.96	own 27.4	56.7%	59.9%	5.04	28.8%	17.4%	40.2%	14.4%
15	Penn State	Big Ten	2.93	own 33.8	55.6%	57.6%	5.11	26.6%	21.5%	36.7%	15.8%
16	Washington State	Pac-12	2.89	own 30.1	61.1%	62.1%	4.82	17.9%	13.6%	40.7%	17.9%
17	Air Force	Mountain West	2.88	own 31.8	58.7%	59.7%	4.82	18.6%	12.9%	33.9%	14.5%
18	Oklahoma State	Big 12	2.83	own 32.1	60.4%	59.7%	4.90	20.8%	20.1%	36.9%	11.4%
19	Middle Tennessee	Conference USA	2.81	own 31.9	88.0%	56.0%	5.09	25.5%	20.4%	36.9%	16.6%
20	Boise State	Mountain West	2.80	own 26.8	56.9%	57.6%	5.13	23.6%	20.1%	39.6%	13.9%
21	Alabama	SEC	2.76	own 32.3	58.9%	57.9%	4.76	24.4%	21.9%	34.2%	14.0%
22	Clemson	ACC	2.76	own 34.0	62.0%	57.2%	4.88	21.7%	13.3%	37.2%	19.4%
23	Old Dominion	Conference USA	2.75	own 31.4	57.8%	56.9%	4.93	29.3%	21.9%	36.6%	13.0%
24	Memphis	American Athletic	2.73	own 33.4	56.3%	58.8%	4.72	21.6%	18.3%	34.6%	15.7%
25	San Diego State	Mountain West	2.72	own 33.8	54.6%	57.1%	4.84	21.1%	17.0%	34.7%	12.9%
26	Oregon	Pac-12	2.68	own 30.0	57.9%	57.0%	4.73	25.2%	20.0%	36.3%	15.6%
27	Colorado State	Mountain West	2.67	own 31.2	52.7%	50.8%	5.36	29.2%	20.0%	36.9%	13.9%
28	Tulsa	American Athletic	2.65	own 31.6	56.5%	56.0%	5.03	24.1%	13.9%	36.1%	13.9%
29	Florida State	ACC	2.64	own 30.2	55.7%	59.7%	4.57	24.2%	18.8%	33.6%	11.4%
30	California	Pac-12	2.63	own 29.8	55.1%	57.7%	4.82	19.9%	11.5%	34.0%	14.7%
31	USC	Pac-12	2.63	own 31.0	63.5%	59.3%	4.51	20.7%	20.0%	33.3%	18.7%
32	Kansas State	Big 12	2.60	own 31.7	56.5%	55.6%	4.73	18.8%	9.8%	33.1%	14.3%
33	Temple	American Athletic	2.55	own 34.0	56.5%	58.8%	4.51	21.6%	16.9%	31.8%	17.6%
34	Auburn	SEC	2.55	own 27.8	53.2%	58.5%	4.45	25.4%	9.2%	29.2%	17.7%
35	App State	Sun Belt	2.54	own 30.8	53.9%	56.3%	4.51	23.0%	18.5%	31.9%	15.6%
36	Army	FBS Independents	2.53	own 31.3	58.6%	60.0%	4.33	21.0%	10.0%	35.0%	26.0%
37	Virginia Tech	ACC	2.51	own 34.8	54.8%	53.6%	4.69	24.4%	12.5%	31.6%	16.7%
38	Miami	ACC	2.51	own 30.6	52.3%	52.4%	4.79	33.1%	14.5%	29.7%	11.7%
39	Idaho	Sun Belt	2.42	own 33.6	60.9%	54.2%	4.69	23.3%	12.5%	29.2%	11.7%
40	Georgia Tech	ACC	2.42	own 28.2	49.8%	52.0%	4.77	28.5%	15.4%	30.9%	18.7%
41	West Virginia	Big 12	2.38	own 30.5	57.8%	56.8%	4.20	27.7%	18.9%	30.4%	17.6%
42	Iowa State	Big 12	2.38	own 29.3	52.2%	51.6%	4.62	24.6%	15.1%	28.6%	18.3%
43	Texas A&M	SEC	2.37	own 29.6	56.0%	54.8%	4.33	29.0%	16.8%	31.0%	15.5%
44	Kentucky	SEC	2.36	own 29.4	66.2%	51.0%	4.72	28.3%	15.2%	29.7%	17.2%
45	Houston	American Athletic	2.35	own 34.5	56.3%	50.7%	4.86	29.6%	9.9%	30.9%	17.1%
46	North Carolina	ACC	2.34	own 30.2	54.6%	53.1%	4.60	25.8%	14.1%	31.3%	18.0%
47	LSU	SEC	2.34	own 26.7	50.8%	50.4%	4.63	29.6%	16.0%	29.6%	16.8%
48	Southern Miss	Conference USA	2.33	own 27.5	52.0%	50.6%	4.73	26.3%	13.5%	30.1%	23.7%
49	Notre Dame	FBS Independents	2.31	own 31.6	53.4%	52.9%	4.78	27.1%	15.0%	32.1%	13.6%
50	UTSA	Conference USA	2.31	own 31.2	47.5%	48.9%	4.73	34.4%	9.2%	29.8%	16.8%
51	Wisconsin	Big Ten	2.30	own 32.8	53.1%	55.4%	4.31	21.7%	11.5%	28.7%	12.7%
52	BYU	FBS Independents	2.30	own 33.8	51.0%	51.2%	4.70	26.4%	10.4%	29.6%	16.8%
53	Wyoming	Mountain West	2.29	own 31.9	50.8%	47.4%	4.93	30.1%	15.4%	30.1%	17.3%
54	Northern Illinois	Mid-American	2.29	own 31.7	91.9%	47.8%	4.80	26.9%	10.4%	29.8%	14.9%
55	Ole Miss	SEC	2.28	own 30.3	55.6%	55.3%	4.22	26.2%	14.9%	28.4%	18.4%
56	Baylor	Big 12	2.26	own 28.8	52.9%	55.6%	4.17	21.9%	16.3%	31.3%	28.1%
57	Texas	Big 12	2.24	own 32.1	50.7%	52.3%	4.36	28.8%	14.1%	28.8%	20.6%
58	Tennessee	SEC	2.23	own 36.2	54.1%	54.2%	4.29	27.7%	20.6%	31.6%	18.7%
59	Mississippi State	SEC	2.22	own 30.3	52.3%	55.3%	4.19	20.6%	12.8%	29.8%	14.9%
60	Stanford	Pac-12	2.20	own 33.8	50.0%	55.1%	4.00	20.3%	12.3%	24.6%	18.1%
61	Arkansas	SEC	2.14	own 29.2	51.5%	49.3%	4.54	30.0%	15.0%	29.3%	19.3%
62	Nevada	Mountain West	2.13	own 27.5	51.6%	49.0%	4.49	25.0%	8.0%	29.0%	15.0%
63	Utah	Pac-12	2.13	own 32.8	52.2%	55.1%	3.95	26.5%	13.6%	26.5%	19.7%
64	Hawai'i	Mountain West	2.13	own 28.2	48.3%	42.7%	5.42	30.7%	16.0%	29.3%	16.7%
65	UNLV	Mountain West	2.12	own 26.4	45.8%	42.8%	5.22	31.9%	11.6%	27.5%	11.6%
66	Arizona State	Pac-12	2.11	own 33.9	48.4%	46.4%	4.66	37.1%	9.3%	25.2%	15.2%
67	TCU	Big 12	2.10	own 30.9	49.9%	53.2%	4.04	29.5%	13.5%	26.3%	15.4%
68	Troy	Sun Belt	2.09	own 35.2	47.8%	47.8%	4.58	30.9%	11.0%	27.2%	14.7%
69	Northwestern	Big Ten	2.08	own 29.6	49.9%	48.0%	4.46	30.0%	8.7%	28.0%	16.7%
70	Nebraska	Big Ten	2.07	own 31.4	51.1%	46.3%	4.71	28.6%	11.6%	27.9%	15.7%
71	Minnesota	Big Ten	2.07	own 34.8	44.9%	45.4%	4.58	32.2%	4.6%	24.3%	11.2%
72	Miami (OH)	Mid-American	2.05	own 29.7	48.5%	46.3%	4.55	30.6%	9.0%	26.9%	17.2%
73	Iowa	Big Ten	2.02	own 33.3	45.4%	45.3%	4.57	33.6%	9.5%	27.0%	11.7%
74	NC State	ACC	2.02	own 31.4	54.5%	57.0%	3.53	29.6%	8.2%	25.9%	25.9%
75	South Alabama	Sun Belt	2.01	own 31.7	57.9%	47.6%	4.22	25.0%	13.7%	26.6%	21.8%
76	Michigan State	Big Ten	2.00	own 27.1	47.1%	50.4%	4.00	23.6%	9.8%	23.6%	21.9%
77	Eastern Michigan	Mid-American	1.97	own 28.7	52.3%	48.0%	4.41	27.7%	13.5%	25.7%	16.2%
78	Arizona	Pac-12	1.97	own 27.0	50.7%	45.1%	4.56	29.7%	14.4%	27.0%	22.5%
79	Georgia Southern	Sun Belt	1.97	own 27.9	45.0%	43.3%	4.67	33.9%	7.1%	22.8%	20.5%
80	Akron	Mid-American	1.95	own 31.3	50.8%	46.8%	4.20	31.8%	14.3%	25.4%	21.4%
81	SMU	American Athletic	1.89	own 30.9	56.0%	50.0%	4.00	27.3%	12.0%	24.0%	18.0%
82	UTEP	Conference USA	1.89	own 30.1	76.5%	42.7%	4.57	30.9%	13.6%	27.3%	19.1%
83	Ohio	Mid-American	1.89	own 30.6	45.1%	51.5%	3.67	27.6%	12.3%	19.6%	19.0%
84	Florida Atlantic	Conference USA	1.87	own 28.9	42.8%	41.6%	4.77	34.4%	12.0%	25.6%	18.4%
85	Vanderbilt	SEC	1.84	own 30.1	46.9%	43.0%	4.41	26.8%	9.2%	22.5%	15.5%
86	UCLA	Pac-12	1.84	own 29.7	44.9%	44.3%	4.26	32.9%	12.7%	23.4%	17.1%
87	Arkansas State	Sun Belt	1.84	own 30.7	44.0%	44.8%	4.23	34.4%	12.3%	24.0%	15.6%
88	Georgia	SEC	1.83	own 29.7	46.4%	49.6%	3.80	29.5%	11.5%	23.0%	14.4%
89	North Texas	Conference USA	1.83	own 28.8	45.9%	43.1%	4.29	39.6%	7.6%	24.3%	20.1%
90	Missouri	SEC	1.83	own 26.9	49.2%	50.0%	3.75	26.0%	8.9%	26.7%	18.5%
91	Ball State	Mid-American	1.82	own 30.3	53.1%	51.8%	3.80	25.6%	14.6%	24.8%	19.7%
92	Colorado	Pac-12	1.81	own 28.0	48.0%	48.3%	4.15	28.5%	9.3%	23.8%	15.9%
93	Duke	ACC	1.78	own 29.3	50.0%	47.9%	3.84	26.1%	7.6%	25.2%	23.5%
94	Utah State	Mountain West	1.77	own 29.4	45.6%	45.0%	4.19	31.0%	8.5%	23.3%	17.8%
95	Indiana	Big Ten	1.76	own 35.1	53.5%	53.1%	3.56	23.2%	13.0%	23.2%	24.9%
96	East Carolina	American Athletic	1.76	own 28.1	51.7%	50.7%	3.73	23.9%	8.7%	23.2%	21.7%
97	Massachusetts	FBS Independents	1.71	own 30.1	41.3%	42.4%	4.29	33.8%	10.1%	24.5%	24.5%
98	Purdue	Big Ten	1.68	own 28.6	44.7%	46.0%	3.87	24.1%	10.9%	22.6%	30.7%
99	Maryland	Big Ten	1.67	own 29.9	40.6%	39.3%	4.37	32.7%	17.3%	22.7%	22.0%
100	Oregon State	Pac-12	1.67	own 30.2	50.6%	43.7%	4.44	27.4%	10.4%	25.2%	16.3%
101	Charlotte	Conference USA	1.65	own 28.6	40.6%	41.6%	4.10	32.8%	6.4%	21.6%	17.6%
102	Rice	Conference USA	1.65	own 29.3	41.5%	38.9%	4.41	34.5%	8.6%	22.3%	14.4%
103	Louisiana	Sun Belt	1.64	own 30.9	43.0%	44.4%	3.91	31.9%	9.7%	19.4%	21.5%
104	Marshall	Conference USA	1.64	own 35.1	46.2%	36.1%	5.19	32.8%	7.6%	26.1%	12.6%
105	San José State	Mountain West	1.64	own 32.1	50.3%	47.6%	3.67	27.0%	7.1%	19.8%	20.6%
106	Central Michigan	Mid-American	1.62	own 30.9	48.2%	42.6%	3.91	32.4%	8.8%	22.8%	17.6%
107	UL Monroe	Sun Belt	1.61	own 31.0	44.1%	42.4%	4.30	28.0%	8.3%	24.2%	17.4%
108	UCF	American Athletic	1.61	own 32.9	41.3%	39.7%	4.17	31.1%	11.9%	20.5%	21.9%
109	Florida International	Conference USA	1.60	own 29.6	45.5%	42.6%	4.46	30.4%	11.5%	23.6%	19.6%
110	Florida	SEC	1.59	own 31.4	48.2%	44.6%	3.88	29.7%	6.8%	19.6%	19.6%
111	Virginia	ACC	1.58	own 31.4	40.0%	39.4%	4.39	31.7%	7.0%	23.2%	17.6%
112	Bowling Green	Mid-American	1.57	own 28.4	45.9%	46.9%	3.49	26.2%	5.4%	21.5%	33.9%
113	Syracuse	ACC	1.55	own 32.1	46.0%	41.9%	4.05	35.1%	8.1%	23.6%	18.2%
114	South Carolina	SEC	1.55	own 30.1	41.1%	39.0%	4.11	29.8%	5.7%	19.9%	17.7%
115	Tulane	American Athletic	1.51	own 33.7	39.8%	40.8%	3.85	33.1%	7.0%	20.4%	15.5%
116	New Mexico State	Sun Belt	1.46	own 29.0	43.5%	49.0%	3.45	30.9%	6.7%	20.1%	18.8%
117	Georgia State	Sun Belt	1.45	own 24.9	39.2%	38.9%	4.04	29.0%	9.9%	19.9%	19.9%
118	Buffalo	Mid-American	1.36	own 32.4	43.3%	38.0%	3.86	28.7%	10.8%	18.6%	15.5%
119	Wake Forest	ACC	1.33	own 31.5	37.2%	38.9%	3.57	32.2%	8.7%	14.1%	15.4%
120	Cincinnati	American Athletic	1.28	own 31.4	46.0%	45.6%	3.18	32.4%	6.6%	17.6%	19.1%
121	Fresno State	Mountain West	1.25	own 28.4	38.1%	37.3%	3.64	41.0%	3.7%	14.9%	19.4%
122	Boston College	ACC	1.23	own 33.4	33.9%	36.7%	3.47	43.7%	3.8%	15.2%	18.4%
123	Illinois	Big Ten	1.18	own 30.1	35.9%	37.5%	3.33	41.9%	6.6%	14.7%	19.9%
124	UConn	American Athletic	1.04	own 25.9	37.0%	35.7%	3.22	35.7%	5.4%	12.4%	19.4%
125	Kent State	Mid-American	1.02	own 30.4	37.4%	38.9%	3.21	37.0%	9.3%	14.8%	13.0%
126	Texas State	Sun Belt	0.94	own 28.3	29.6%	28.4%	3.52	43.3%	4.3%	12.8%	24.1%
127	Kansas	Big 12	0.89	own 29.1	36.1%	33.1%	3.30	35.8%	6.6%	12.6%	26.5%
128	Rutgers	Big Ten	0.67	own 27.7	29.3%	29.9%	2.74	45.8%	3.5%	9.7%	17.4%

What counts as a drive

210,509 possessions counted. A drive that starts with 24 seconds left and ends in a kneel is a real row in the data and a fake possession; left in, it drags every team’s points per drive down in proportion to how often their games were already decided. Excluded here:

end of half / game / quarter possessions
possessions starting inside 40s of a half
kickoff and uncategorised rows
FBS vs FCS games

CFBD spells the same outcome four ways across seasons — FG / FG GOOD / MADE FG, DOWNS / TURNOVER ON DOWNS / POSS. ON DOWNS — so every result is normalized once at build time rather than string-matched anywhere downstream.