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.

134 teams · dashed lines mark the league medianr = -0.43(r² = 0.18)

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	Miami	ACC	3.79	own 28.1	69.6%	70.1%	5.57	11.0%	26.8%	50.4%	15.0%
2	Army	American Athletic	3.77	own 29.3	67.2%	68.0%	5.54	15.0%	20.0%	50.0%	15.0%
3	Indiana	Big Ten	3.60	own 33.8	62.6%	66.7%	5.49	18.7%	19.5%	48.8%	13.0%
4	Ohio State	Big Ten	3.33	own 30.1	61.5%	62.4%	5.40	18.5%	19.8%	44.6%	13.4%
5	Oregon	Big Ten	3.31	own 29.8	62.6%	63.1%	5.24	19.2%	18.5%	43.1%	10.0%
6	Ole Miss	SEC	3.20	own 30.3	62.6%	70.0%	4.57	14.6%	20.0%	38.5%	15.4%
7	Notre Dame	FBS Independents	3.19	own 33.0	58.9%	60.0%	5.32	19.4%	17.5%	41.9%	11.9%
8	Boise State	Mountain West	3.17	own 29.6	60.4%	61.6%	5.24	21.0%	12.3%	42.0%	11.6%
9	Penn State	Big Ten	3.14	own 28.7	58.9%	60.8%	5.17	19.0%	17.1%	40.5%	12.0%
10	Texas State	Sun Belt	3.12	own 30.9	62.8%	66.7%	4.77	14.7%	16.3%	41.1%	18.6%
11	Washington State	Pac-12	3.07	own 32.4	61.0%	66.7%	4.61	17.1%	20.3%	41.5%	18.7%
12	Arizona State	Big 12	3.03	own 29.9	63.0%	65.9%	4.67	17.4%	15.2%	40.6%	17.4%
13	Louisiana	Sun Belt	3.01	own 28.7	60.4%	62.7%	4.89	19.1%	17.5%	34.9%	13.5%
14	Memphis	American Athletic	3.01	own 31.2	59.3%	59.7%	5.04	20.9%	16.4%	39.6%	12.7%
15	Jacksonville State	Conference USA	2.99	own 30.2	57.5%	57.8%	5.27	23.0%	14.9%	39.8%	14.3%
16	Louisville	ACC	2.87	own 30.5	58.8%	60.5%	4.79	18.6%	15.5%	36.4%	16.3%
17	Tulane	American Athletic	2.86	own 34.1	64.8%	60.0%	4.76	21.5%	20.0%	37.8%	18.5%
18	Texas Tech	Big 12	2.84	own 30.2	56.6%	57.6%	5.05	18.0%	15.1%	36.0%	19.4%
19	Clemson	ACC	2.81	own 30.3	55.7%	54.9%	5.12	25.5%	17.0%	35.9%	13.1%
20	LSU	SEC	2.78	own 28.0	58.3%	64.8%	4.29	17.2%	10.7%	32.0%	23.8%
21	Baylor	Big 12	2.77	own 31.4	55.1%	60.3%	4.84	23.5%	20.6%	38.2%	17.6%
22	Georgia	SEC	2.76	own 29.5	51.6%	55.9%	4.96	21.7%	11.9%	34.3%	18.2%
23	Navy	American Athletic	2.74	own 29.8	52.5%	54.5%	5.03	27.6%	16.3%	37.4%	13.0%
24	Syracuse	ACC	2.74	own 28.5	61.6%	63.5%	4.86	13.5%	15.9%	39.7%	15.1%
25	Texas	SEC	2.74	own 31.6	57.0%	60.1%	4.64	20.8%	18.0%	37.1%	19.1%
26	New Mexico	Mountain West	2.72	own 26.4	58.6%	60.4%	4.72	19.8%	18.9%	36.0%	18.0%
27	TCU	Big 12	2.68	own 31.2	57.4%	58.7%	4.85	23.3%	13.5%	36.8%	17.3%
28	Iowa State	Big 12	2.68	own 29.1	56.5%	57.6%	4.83	22.3%	13.7%	34.5%	11.5%
29	Kansas	Big 12	2.67	own 26.5	55.8%	57.6%	4.90	19.8%	17.9%	35.9%	17.0%
30	Kansas State	Big 12	2.67	own 26.2	52.9%	55.4%	4.96	28.1%	18.2%	33.9%	15.7%
31	SMU	ACC	2.65	own 32.6	52.0%	58.7%	4.69	25.3%	12.7%	33.3%	16.0%
32	Tennessee	SEC	2.62	own 32.1	54.6%	56.7%	4.63	22.7%	13.5%	33.3%	13.5%
33	Alabama	SEC	2.62	own 30.6	52.2%	52.2%	5.25	29.0%	18.1%	37.0%	18.8%
34	North Texas	American Athletic	2.62	own 28.4	56.8%	59.6%	4.48	21.9%	16.4%	34.9%	25.3%
35	South Alabama	Sun Belt	2.62	own 28.6	54.5%	54.7%	4.89	24.2%	14.8%	33.6%	10.9%
36	USC	Big Ten	2.61	own 34.4	64.7%	62.8%	4.24	21.9%	15.3%	35.8%	16.8%
37	UNLV	Mountain West	2.61	own 34.7	55.2%	61.0%	4.38	22.0%	19.9%	31.2%	8.5%
38	BYU	Big 12	2.61	own 31.7	56.3%	63.2%	4.12	23.1%	13.7%	29.9%	20.5%
39	Illinois	Big Ten	2.58	own 30.8	54.4%	58.0%	4.55	20.2%	13.5%	31.9%	16.8%
40	Rutgers	Big Ten	2.58	own 29.5	54.3%	56.0%	4.60	24.0%	12.8%	32.0%	16.8%
41	West Virginia	Big 12	2.52	own 28.3	56.4%	57.0%	4.62	22.3%	12.4%	33.1%	24.8%
42	Colorado	Big 12	2.52	own 32.2	51.8%	54.0%	4.85	28.5%	13.1%	34.3%	18.3%
43	Texas A&M	SEC	2.48	own 36.8	62.4%	63.3%	3.91	21.1%	6.7%	27.8%	16.7%
44	Utah State	Mountain West	2.47	own 28.3	51.7%	52.0%	4.75	24.8%	14.4%	33.6%	20.0%
45	Vanderbilt	SEC	2.46	own 30.7	50.9%	52.2%	4.75	24.8%	12.4%	30.1%	11.5%
46	Liberty	Conference USA	2.46	own 27.4	52.2%	54.2%	4.64	29.7%	15.3%	33.1%	21.2%
47	Marshall	Sun Belt	2.46	own 32.5	51.2%	53.0%	4.79	25.8%	14.4%	31.1%	10.6%
48	James Madison	Sun Belt	2.39	own 33.3	51.7%	57.9%	4.48	20.0%	12.1%	32.9%	15.7%
49	Missouri	SEC	2.38	own 30.5	51.8%	56.8%	4.30	20.0%	9.6%	28.0%	10.4%
50	Ohio	Mid-American	2.38	own 28.3	51.3%	54.0%	4.59	28.5%	19.0%	31.4%	14.6%
51	East Carolina	American Athletic	2.34	own 31.5	51.0%	54.5%	4.38	27.6%	20.0%	29.7%	20.7%
52	Virginia Tech	ACC	2.32	own 30.6	44.9%	49.3%	4.74	30.4%	16.9%	29.0%	16.2%
53	South Carolina	SEC	2.32	own 31.8	50.1%	54.6%	4.25	27.7%	16.2%	29.2%	24.6%
54	Bowling Green	Mid-American	2.32	own 30.1	50.8%	55.9%	4.25	23.6%	10.2%	27.6%	15.0%
55	Georgia Tech	ACC	2.32	own 26.9	51.1%	53.8%	4.61	24.6%	10.0%	31.5%	15.4%
56	Georgia Southern	Sun Belt	2.32	own 28.0	47.6%	48.1%	5.03	29.3%	11.3%	30.1%	16.5%
57	Western Michigan	Mid-American	2.31	own 31.3	50.2%	49.2%	4.79	27.3%	11.7%	29.7%	18.0%
58	UCF	Big 12	2.29	own 31.8	93.3%	58.8%	4.20	16.8%	16.0%	33.6%	20.2%
59	Old Dominion	Sun Belt	2.29	own 28.4	46.6%	42.5%	5.50	32.2%	11.0%	30.1%	13.7%
60	Arkansas State	Sun Belt	2.29	own 27.5	51.4%	52.4%	4.36	24.6%	9.5%	26.2%	14.3%
61	Troy	Sun Belt	2.28	own 26.8	48.7%	46.4%	5.08	25.9%	12.5%	29.5%	17.9%
62	Minnesota	Big Ten	2.28	own 28.2	48.2%	48.8%	4.70	26.8%	8.1%	26.8%	9.8%
63	Arkansas	SEC	2.27	own 26.2	51.1%	52.6%	4.44	26.3%	14.3%	29.3%	20.3%
64	Coastal Carolina	Sun Belt	2.27	own 34.4	52.7%	52.6%	4.41	26.3%	11.3%	29.3%	20.3%
65	Boston College	ACC	2.24	own 31.8	50.7%	51.9%	4.42	28.7%	10.8%	31.8%	24.8%
66	Buffalo	Mid-American	2.24	own 32.8	46.0%	50.3%	4.44	32.9%	7.7%	26.6%	14.0%
67	South Florida	American Athletic	2.24	own 30.3	47.8%	48.4%	4.62	30.6%	14.6%	28.7%	17.2%
68	Western Kentucky	Conference USA	2.23	own 30.2	47.2%	50.7%	4.40	31.0%	11.3%	26.8%	21.8%
69	UTSA	American Athletic	2.23	own 33.3	58.5%	54.4%	4.25	25.0%	15.6%	26.9%	21.3%
70	UConn	FBS Independents	2.22	own 30.5	47.5%	50.3%	4.50	30.6%	11.6%	26.5%	14.3%
71	Washington	Big Ten	2.18	own 28.5	54.1%	56.7%	3.98	24.2%	9.2%	25.8%	19.2%
72	Nevada	Mountain West	2.18	own 27.1	50.8%	50.4%	4.36	20.9%	12.2%	29.6%	21.7%
73	Iowa	Big Ten	2.18	own 34.1	45.4%	50.8%	4.51	35.2%	10.2%	27.3%	10.9%
74	NC State	ACC	2.16	own 28.8	50.0%	52.6%	4.33	29.3%	14.3%	27.8%	18.1%
75	Florida	SEC	2.16	own 30.4	46.3%	47.0%	4.81	30.6%	11.9%	26.9%	15.7%
76	Miami (OH)	Mid-American	2.15	own 39.7	57.3%	75.2%	2.86	29.5%	12.4%	23.8%	16.2%
77	Florida International	Conference USA	2.13	own 31.8	45.4%	46.0%	4.64	28.6%	15.9%	27.8%	22.2%
78	San José State	Mountain West	2.13	own 28.8	51.1%	50.4%	4.34	31.9%	15.6%	28.1%	20.7%
79	North Carolina	ACC	2.13	own 28.4	48.2%	51.1%	4.37	32.3%	14.3%	27.8%	18.1%
80	Cincinnati	Big 12	2.13	own 28.3	52.5%	55.5%	4.07	18.2%	11.8%	27.3%	16.4%
81	Fresno State	Mountain West	2.11	own 31.1	48.0%	48.5%	4.46	28.5%	13.1%	27.7%	16.9%
82	App State	Sun Belt	2.07	own 27.0	53.3%	52.3%	4.21	21.1%	11.9%	27.5%	24.8%
83	Michigan	Big Ten	2.06	own 31.6	43.9%	44.3%	4.66	29.8%	7.6%	22.9%	18.3%
84	California	ACC	2.04	own 29.7	48.6%	52.3%	4.12	23.5%	13.6%	24.2%	14.4%
85	Auburn	SEC	2.02	own 28.6	50.0%	52.1%	4.10	29.9%	14.5%	26.5%	23.1%
86	Eastern Michigan	Mid-American	2.02	own 29.4	47.4%	49.2%	4.28	31.4%	9.7%	25.0%	16.1%
87	Oklahoma State	Big 12	2.02	own 26.8	45.0%	45.3%	4.69	32.0%	13.3%	27.3%	21.1%
88	Ball State	Mid-American	2.01	own 29.5	45.8%	44.0%	4.71	24.1%	12.1%	25.9%	18.1%
89	Northern Illinois	Mid-American	2.01	own 30.9	51.1%	60.2%	3.53	17.1%	13.8%	24.4%	22.8%
90	Mississippi State	SEC	2.00	own 27.1	46.9%	47.2%	4.37	28.7%	15.7%	26.9%	24.1%
91	Sam Houston	Conference USA	1.99	own 30.6	45.6%	47.6%	4.30	30.6%	7.5%	25.2%	12.9%
92	Oregon State	Pac-12	1.98	own 24.5	52.1%	49.5%	4.39	16.5%	9.2%	27.5%	25.7%
93	Pittsburgh	ACC	1.98	own 27.2	45.5%	47.2%	4.40	22.9%	10.4%	25.7%	16.7%
94	Nebraska	Big Ten	1.97	own 28.2	50.2%	54.1%	3.74	20.5%	7.4%	25.4%	20.5%
95	Georgia State	Sun Belt	1.94	own 32.0	62.6%	51.6%	3.98	29.4%	15.1%	24.6%	23.0%
96	Arizona	Big 12	1.94	own 27.9	45.5%	49.6%	4.16	20.9%	11.3%	23.5%	21.7%
97	Duke	ACC	1.90	own 31.5	41.4%	43.8%	4.45	37.9%	10.5%	24.8%	13.1%
98	Florida Atlantic	American Athletic	1.90	own 28.8	47.5%	50.4%	3.94	29.1%	11.0%	26.0%	22.8%
99	Air Force	Mountain West	1.88	own 26.8	47.4%	44.2%	4.39	23.1%	8.6%	25.0%	23.1%
100	Wake Forest	ACC	1.87	own 30.7	48.6%	49.6%	4.11	27.2%	9.6%	24.8%	19.2%
101	UCLA	Big Ten	1.86	own 27.6	48.7%	51.3%	3.63	21.6%	5.4%	18.9%	19.8%
102	Colorado State	Mountain West	1.84	own 29.0	47.8%	47.7%	3.97	26.9%	13.9%	23.8%	19.2%
103	UAB	American Athletic	1.83	own 27.6	46.9%	50.0%	4.02	25.0%	10.2%	22.7%	25.8%
104	Wisconsin	Big Ten	1.82	own 28.0	44.1%	44.2%	4.40	30.8%	11.7%	24.2%	17.5%
105	Maryland	Big Ten	1.81	own 27.4	45.7%	47.2%	3.95	28.3%	4.7%	24.4%	23.6%
106	Massachusetts	FBS Independents	1.80	own 26.0	45.4%	50.5%	3.70	35.5%	6.5%	21.5%	13.1%
107	Toledo	Mid-American	1.78	own 29.7	45.0%	47.9%	3.85	29.2%	9.0%	22.2%	20.8%
108	Hawai'i	Mountain West	1.78	own 24.3	45.5%	44.8%	3.98	29.5%	8.6%	21.9%	23.8%
109	Virginia	ACC	1.73	own 29.1	43.7%	42.6%	4.05	31.8%	10.1%	20.2%	21.7%
110	San Diego State	Mountain West	1.72	own 31.3	43.7%	42.2%	4.22	24.1%	9.5%	20.7%	18.1%
111	UL Monroe	Sun Belt	1.72	own 29.7	40.4%	41.5%	4.22	35.6%	12.7%	20.3%	19.5%
112	Michigan State	Big Ten	1.70	own 26.0	45.3%	47.8%	3.60	27.0%	6.3%	18.0%	24.3%
113	Kentucky	SEC	1.69	own 27.4	43.3%	43.6%	4.17	22.7%	10.9%	20.9%	25.4%
114	Stanford	ACC	1.69	own 28.3	40.8%	41.8%	4.08	27.9%	7.4%	20.5%	31.1%
115	Charlotte	American Athletic	1.69	own 25.4	41.6%	42.1%	4.69	29.8%	13.2%	24.0%	20.7%
116	Louisiana Tech	Conference USA	1.67	own 35.1	43.3%	49.6%	3.50	27.0%	5.8%	20.4%	18.3%
117	Central Michigan	Mid-American	1.52	own 27.3	39.4%	41.7%	3.92	35.8%	10.0%	18.3%	20.8%
118	New Mexico State	Conference USA	1.50	own 27.5	41.4%	43.5%	3.98	32.1%	9.2%	19.9%	19.1%
119	Wyoming	Mountain West	1.50	own 27.0	41.4%	44.4%	3.76	30.6%	8.9%	19.4%	16.1%
120	Middle Tennessee	Conference USA	1.46	own 24.8	44.5%	44.0%	3.49	30.2%	10.3%	19.0%	25.0%
121	Utah	Big 12	1.44	own 30.3	38.9%	42.4%	3.52	33.3%	8.3%	15.2%	19.7%
122	Oklahoma	SEC	1.42	own 30.0	37.8%	39.4%	3.89	29.2%	7.3%	18.3%	23.4%
123	Temple	American Athletic	1.37	own 28.4	35.0%	37.0%	3.86	36.4%	5.8%	16.9%	18.8%
124	Akron	Mid-American	1.37	own 26.2	40.3%	39.3%	3.81	27.9%	9.8%	18.0%	19.7%
125	Tulsa	American Athletic	1.29	own 28.9	40.3%	39.9%	3.71	33.8%	12.2%	18.2%	23.6%
126	UTEP	Conference USA	1.27	own 27.7	36.2%	34.1%	3.78	34.1%	11.8%	15.6%	26.7%
127	Rice	American Athletic	1.27	own 31.9	41.8%	45.3%	3.17	32.8%	12.5%	18.0%	18.8%
128	Kennesaw State	Conference USA	1.20	own 30.0	34.3%	32.0%	4.12	43.8%	5.5%	14.8%	15.6%
129	Northwestern	Big Ten	1.16	own 30.5	37.1%	39.7%	3.19	33.1%	5.0%	12.4%	19.8%
130	Houston	Big 12	1.13	own 28.7	40.3%	37.7%	3.18	28.5%	6.9%	13.9%	30.0%
131	Southern Miss	Sun Belt	0.99	own 25.5	34.9%	34.9%	3.16	41.3%	8.7%	12.7%	30.2%
132	Florida State	ACC	0.99	own 25.5	34.0%	33.3%	3.16	39.6%	5.4%	12.6%	26.1%
133	Kent State	Mid-American	0.90	own 26.9	30.9%	28.1%	3.83	42.2%	8.6%	14.1%	20.3%
134	Purdue	Big Ten	0.86	own 26.6	34.2%	33.9%	3.22	43.0%	8.3%	12.4%	19.8%

What counts as a drive

211,555 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.