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 = -0.25(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	Navy	American Athletic	3.73	own 32.2	64.7%	65.8%	5.66	18.8%	13.7%	49.6%	6.0%
2	Baylor	Big 12	3.48	own 31.1	65.1%	65.0%	5.35	21.7%	24.8%	48.4%	18.5%
3	Stanford	Pac-12	3.38	own 33.1	62.7%	63.2%	5.34	17.4%	14.6%	43.8%	11.1%
4	Western Kentucky	Conference USA	3.32	own 30.6	62.2%	65.6%	5.20	19.5%	24.7%	44.8%	13.0%
5	North Carolina	ACC	3.26	own 32.1	63.4%	65.0%	5.02	18.6%	24.3%	41.4%	16.4%
6	Bowling Green	Mid-American	3.25	own 29.3	66.1%	61.9%	5.33	22.0%	22.0%	45.7%	16.2%
7	Arkansas	SEC	3.16	own 33.5	64.6%	60.3%	5.24	18.3%	15.1%	42.1%	14.3%
8	Oklahoma	Big 12	3.15	own 33.2	59.9%	64.2%	4.90	19.7%	17.3%	40.5%	13.3%
9	Texas Tech	Big 12	3.11	own 30.9	70.3%	63.1%	5.09	18.1%	21.3%	41.9%	18.8%
10	Southern Miss	Conference USA	3.11	own 33.5	61.3%	67.1%	4.65	17.4%	21.1%	41.6%	18.6%
11	Georgia Southern	Sun Belt	3.04	own 39.3	71.2%	65.0%	4.76	23.4%	18.3%	40.2%	17.5%
12	Oregon	Pac-12	2.92	own 32.2	58.5%	59.6%	5.05	18.6%	23.7%	37.8%	14.7%
13	Western Michigan	Mid-American	2.91	own 29.1	58.1%	60.8%	4.93	20.8%	16.8%	38.4%	14.4%
14	Notre Dame	FBS Independents	2.87	own 29.7	58.3%	59.1%	4.85	22.8%	20.8%	36.9%	15.4%
15	California	Pac-12	2.84	own 27.3	59.2%	62.8%	4.60	23.4%	19.3%	36.5%	20.0%
16	Houston	American Athletic	2.83	own 31.4	56.9%	56.3%	5.03	25.0%	14.4%	37.5%	16.9%
17	Ohio State	Big Ten	2.79	own 34.4	55.8%	57.7%	4.84	27.6%	19.2%	37.2%	16.0%
18	Clemson	ACC	2.79	own 27.9	54.3%	54.5%	5.12	23.0%	18.7%	33.7%	17.1%
19	Memphis	American Athletic	2.78	own 32.6	59.5%	60.1%	4.63	23.5%	18.3%	33.3%	13.7%
20	Ole Miss	SEC	2.75	own 32.0	62.4%	57.6%	4.85	22.5%	21.2%	35.1%	17.2%
21	Toledo	Mid-American	2.74	own 33.7	61.0%	63.9%	4.31	20.3%	15.0%	34.6%	14.3%
22	Boise State	Mountain West	2.70	own 32.8	54.0%	61.7%	4.51	22.2%	17.3%	34.0%	17.3%
23	LSU	SEC	2.69	own 29.2	53.4%	52.2%	5.25	26.5%	21.3%	36.0%	11.8%
24	Air Force	Mountain West	2.68	own 28.5	53.7%	54.6%	4.90	30.3%	17.8%	34.9%	19.1%
25	Oklahoma State	Big 12	2.65	own 32.8	55.4%	51.3%	5.37	25.9%	15.8%	36.1%	8.9%
26	Louisiana Tech	Conference USA	2.64	own 28.6	55.5%	57.6%	4.77	21.5%	20.1%	33.3%	13.2%
27	App State	Sun Belt	2.62	own 33.1	69.3%	55.2%	5.04	25.5%	19.3%	35.9%	16.6%
28	San Diego State	Mountain West	2.60	own 33.7	50.5%	51.7%	5.03	28.6%	11.6%	33.3%	6.1%
29	TCU	Big 12	2.59	own 30.7	55.5%	56.2%	4.68	26.6%	19.5%	32.5%	15.4%
30	USC	Pac-12	2.59	own 28.8	52.5%	51.6%	5.20	26.8%	14.0%	35.0%	12.1%
31	Michigan	Big Ten	2.56	own 33.5	54.4%	56.2%	4.72	23.3%	11.6%	32.9%	15.1%
32	Tennessee	SEC	2.55	own 34.3	54.0%	59.6%	4.28	24.7%	9.6%	31.5%	8.9%
33	NC State	ACC	2.49	own 32.3	50.6%	50.3%	5.04	26.2%	14.8%	34.2%	14.1%
34	Florida State	ACC	2.48	own 32.9	60.6%	53.9%	4.71	29.8%	17.7%	30.5%	12.8%
35	Mississippi State	SEC	2.45	own 29.1	53.8%	53.9%	4.74	23.4%	16.3%	31.9%	17.0%
36	Indiana	Big Ten	2.45	own 30.2	55.3%	54.0%	4.62	24.8%	14.9%	29.8%	16.2%
37	South Florida	American Athletic	2.45	own 33.3	118.6%	52.0%	4.71	30.1%	14.4%	31.5%	14.4%
38	Washington State	Pac-12	2.43	own 30.5	54.4%	59.3%	4.34	19.3%	9.7%	32.4%	20.7%
39	Michigan State	Big Ten	2.42	own 31.3	53.9%	54.3%	4.63	22.5%	10.6%	33.1%	15.9%
40	Nebraska	Big Ten	2.41	own 30.8	52.6%	53.3%	4.59	29.7%	12.1%	30.9%	17.6%
41	Iowa	Big Ten	2.38	own 33.1	52.0%	52.0%	4.77	24.3%	15.5%	31.8%	8.1%
42	Arizona	Pac-12	2.38	own 29.5	54.2%	56.1%	4.40	23.2%	15.5%	30.3%	21.3%
43	Tulsa	American Athletic	2.37	own 28.4	52.5%	50.6%	4.79	25.6%	14.4%	31.1%	16.1%
44	Cincinnati	American Athletic	2.34	own 27.1	85.1%	56.6%	4.49	18.4%	19.7%	30.9%	20.4%
45	UCLA	Pac-12	2.33	own 32.0	57.3%	52.9%	4.78	26.8%	14.0%	31.2%	11.5%
46	Pittsburgh	ACC	2.30	own 30.4	51.9%	51.2%	4.50	26.4%	12.0%	28.8%	11.2%
47	Auburn	SEC	2.30	own 30.9	49.3%	50.4%	4.77	24.4%	5.3%	27.5%	13.0%
48	West Virginia	Big 12	2.28	own 29.9	49.1%	48.5%	4.70	28.1%	12.9%	28.1%	17.0%
49	Utah State	Mountain West	2.27	own 34.1	48.9%	53.4%	4.33	28.1%	16.4%	30.1%	17.8%
50	Alabama	SEC	2.25	own 31.8	50.6%	53.1%	4.38	28.8%	11.3%	27.7%	16.4%
51	Temple	American Athletic	2.23	own 34.9	49.9%	54.5%	4.14	26.4%	12.0%	27.0%	16.8%
52	Arkansas State	Sun Belt	2.19	own 34.5	50.0%	50.6%	4.58	33.9%	14.9%	29.8%	17.3%
53	Arizona State	Pac-12	2.19	own 32.2	51.3%	49.4%	4.59	21.5%	15.1%	26.2%	11.1%
54	Utah	Pac-12	2.18	own 31.9	47.9%	50.7%	4.40	26.3%	8.6%	25.7%	16.4%
55	San José State	Mountain West	2.18	own 27.5	52.5%	54.0%	4.21	19.8%	10.3%	30.2%	19.8%
56	Washington	Pac-12	2.18	own 32.4	48.2%	54.6%	4.08	26.2%	14.2%	27.0%	19.1%
57	Middle Tennessee	Conference USA	2.15	own 29.5	49.5%	49.7%	4.53	28.9%	14.5%	28.9%	22.0%
58	BYU	FBS Independents	2.13	own 29.3	50.7%	47.0%	4.93	30.5%	10.6%	29.1%	15.9%
59	Wisconsin	Big Ten	2.12	own 36.1	47.8%	51.9%	4.26	27.6%	8.3%	26.9%	9.6%
60	Kansas State	Big 12	2.12	own 34.6	48.3%	46.0%	4.82	30.4%	6.8%	27.0%	14.2%
61	Nevada	Mountain West	2.10	own 26.5	45.3%	47.8%	4.51	33.8%	8.8%	26.5%	11.8%
62	Idaho	Sun Belt	2.10	own 28.8	59.0%	48.8%	4.57	26.8%	7.3%	25.2%	17.1%
63	Colorado State	Mountain West	2.10	own 29.6	49.4%	51.8%	4.14	27.4%	14.8%	26.7%	16.3%
64	Eastern Michigan	Mid-American	2.09	own 31.4	50.0%	50.7%	4.25	30.3%	12.0%	27.5%	21.8%
65	Duke	ACC	2.09	own 34.4	55.3%	53.5%	3.90	23.9%	9.7%	23.2%	20.6%
66	Georgia Tech	ACC	2.08	own 30.7	51.5%	46.5%	4.51	24.4%	14.2%	27.6%	27.6%
67	Central Michigan	Mid-American	2.04	own 29.0	48.7%	49.6%	4.33	28.7%	12.4%	26.4%	13.2%
68	Northern Illinois	Mid-American	2.04	own 30.9	44.6%	46.8%	4.44	33.7%	11.8%	27.2%	18.3%
69	New Mexico	Mountain West	2.03	own 29.6	45.2%	46.0%	4.43	33.8%	14.2%	27.0%	18.2%
70	Virginia Tech	ACC	2.03	own 34.1	43.3%	48.7%	4.26	29.8%	9.5%	24.1%	17.1%
71	East Carolina	American Athletic	2.00	own 31.4	47.2%	48.9%	4.23	29.6%	5.9%	26.7%	19.3%
72	Rice	Conference USA	1.99	own 28.3	47.2%	48.7%	4.21	27.7%	10.9%	26.1%	21.0%
73	Marshall	Conference USA	1.98	own 34.1	46.0%	51.0%	3.89	31.6%	9.7%	24.5%	16.1%
74	Army	FBS Independents	1.97	own 29.5	45.2%	45.7%	4.31	28.6%	14.3%	25.7%	25.7%
75	Miami	ACC	1.97	own 31.8	47.7%	52.1%	4.01	27.5%	14.8%	23.2%	14.1%
76	SMU	American Athletic	1.96	own 27.9	43.2%	43.4%	4.75	30.1%	13.2%	27.2%	19.9%
77	Florida International	Conference USA	1.95	own 29.7	47.2%	46.4%	4.50	25.0%	10.7%	27.7%	14.3%
78	Virginia	ACC	1.92	own 27.6	46.6%	46.9%	4.39	26.9%	13.9%	23.8%	17.7%
79	Ohio	Mid-American	1.91	own 30.1	52.8%	50.4%	3.99	23.0%	12.2%	24.5%	13.7%
80	Old Dominion	Conference USA	1.88	own 27.8	41.9%	45.1%	4.17	34.7%	9.7%	23.6%	22.9%
81	Penn State	Big Ten	1.87	own 32.5	43.0%	47.5%	4.03	33.8%	13.1%	22.5%	13.8%
82	Texas	Big 12	1.87	own 29.4	41.6%	41.1%	4.58	37.8%	10.6%	23.8%	14.6%
83	Iowa State	Big 12	1.86	own 28.6	46.4%	47.5%	3.92	29.8%	11.3%	23.4%	26.2%
84	Georgia State	Sun Belt	1.85	own 25.5	48.9%	47.4%	4.40	28.3%	15.1%	27.0%	16.4%
85	Louisville	ACC	1.85	own 30.8	45.6%	46.8%	4.18	33.8%	16.9%	24.7%	16.9%
86	South Carolina	SEC	1.84	own 30.9	46.4%	45.5%	4.18	24.8%	12.4%	21.5%	16.5%
87	Louisiana	Sun Belt	1.84	own 31.4	45.9%	49.6%	3.85	28.6%	7.5%	24.1%	18.1%
88	Syracuse	ACC	1.80	own 32.1	44.0%	44.6%	4.40	34.6%	10.8%	23.1%	13.9%
89	Georgia	SEC	1.79	own 33.0	45.9%	49.3%	3.84	30.0%	10.0%	22.1%	15.0%
90	UTSA	Conference USA	1.77	own 29.0	43.6%	48.0%	4.01	27.3%	10.0%	24.7%	16.7%
91	Kentucky	SEC	1.77	own 27.8	41.5%	42.9%	4.39	36.5%	10.3%	21.4%	17.5%
92	Minnesota	Big Ten	1.75	own 28.1	41.5%	41.9%	4.40	34.2%	11.6%	21.9%	16.8%
93	Rutgers	Big Ten	1.75	own 29.8	46.3%	43.4%	4.04	31.8%	10.1%	21.7%	19.4%
94	Florida	SEC	1.75	own 34.4	44.8%	44.9%	4.01	32.9%	10.2%	23.9%	16.8%
95	Troy	Sun Belt	1.72	own 31.5	45.1%	44.9%	4.18	25.7%	14.0%	22.1%	19.9%
96	Akron	Mid-American	1.69	own 30.5	44.3%	40.1%	4.34	32.0%	7.5%	21.1%	13.6%
97	Colorado	Pac-12	1.69	own 29.1	44.4%	44.4%	3.80	29.6%	8.2%	20.7%	20.0%
98	New Mexico State	Sun Belt	1.69	own 28.3	43.3%	48.5%	3.85	29.9%	15.0%	25.1%	20.4%
99	Ball State	Mid-American	1.68	own 29.0	44.3%	46.5%	3.73	35.7%	10.8%	20.2%	17.8%
100	Texas A&M	SEC	1.68	own 30.9	48.1%	50.3%	3.51	25.2%	13.3%	21.2%	20.5%
101	Massachusetts	Mid-American	1.67	own 28.3	45.9%	41.7%	4.14	30.5%	11.9%	21.9%	25.2%
102	South Alabama	Sun Belt	1.66	own 29.2	41.4%	41.0%	4.17	33.1%	10.8%	20.9%	15.8%
103	Florida Atlantic	Conference USA	1.62	own 30.8	47.0%	49.0%	3.56	25.5%	10.1%	19.5%	21.5%
104	Wyoming	Mountain West	1.62	own 26.5	43.4%	40.8%	4.10	31.2%	10.4%	24.0%	20.0%
105	Texas State	Sun Belt	1.61	own 28.9	42.8%	42.5%	3.93	33.1%	10.2%	21.3%	20.5%
106	UNLV	Mountain West	1.60	own 29.2	43.6%	44.6%	3.81	32.4%	10.8%	21.6%	20.1%
107	Purdue	Big Ten	1.55	own 29.0	42.2%	40.6%	4.43	30.1%	9.8%	24.5%	23.8%
108	Buffalo	Mid-American	1.54	own 28.1	42.8%	42.3%	3.73	33.3%	6.5%	19.5%	20.3%
109	Maryland	Big Ten	1.51	own 29.3	38.7%	38.6%	4.03	39.2%	10.5%	20.3%	27.5%
110	Illinois	Big Ten	1.44	own 30.5	43.2%	42.3%	3.57	28.2%	7.0%	17.6%	16.9%
111	UConn	American Athletic	1.37	own 31.3	39.8%	39.7%	3.61	33.8%	6.6%	15.4%	19.1%
112	Oregon State	Pac-12	1.33	own 26.2	39.1%	39.7%	3.50	35.7%	10.3%	18.3%	20.6%
113	Fresno State	Mountain West	1.21	own 32.4	37.6%	43.3%	3.74	35.5%	7.1%	21.3%	22.7%
114	UL Monroe	Sun Belt	1.20	own 27.9	32.4%	31.7%	4.23	42.1%	6.1%	17.1%	22.6%
115	Miami (OH)	Mid-American	1.14	own 26.6	36.1%	39.0%	3.05	39.7%	6.9%	14.4%	25.3%
116	Hawai'i	Mountain West	1.14	own 28.4	36.0%	30.7%	3.70	38.6%	6.4%	15.0%	29.3%
117	Tulane	American Athletic	1.12	own 26.7	35.0%	34.1%	4.17	38.5%	5.2%	18.5%	13.3%
118	UTEP	Conference USA	1.09	own 28.0	38.3%	39.7%	3.67	33.9%	5.8%	16.5%	17.4%
119	Northwestern	Big Ten	1.07	own 27.6	35.3%	33.8%	3.49	35.8%	7.3%	13.3%	13.9%
120	North Texas	Conference USA	1.07	own 29.4	40.2%	41.5%	2.70	29.2%	9.2%	14.6%	22.3%
121	UCF	American Athletic	1.05	own 29.4	33.6%	36.0%	2.96	39.0%	7.3%	12.5%	25.0%
122	Wake Forest	ACC	1.01	own 27.5	36.0%	36.5%	3.34	31.4%	8.8%	14.6%	24.1%
123	Missouri	SEC	0.94	own 27.8	33.1%	32.5%	3.07	42.1%	4.0%	9.5%	16.7%
124	Boston College	ACC	0.92	own 28.7	28.0%	26.7%	3.43	44.3%	3.8%	11.5%	18.3%
125	Kansas	Big 12	0.74	own 27.6	34.1%	30.7%	3.22	37.3%	2.7%	12.7%	23.3%
126	Charlotte	Conference USA	0.72	own 28.5	33.7%	35.9%	2.77	35.3%	5.8%	10.9%	25.0%
127	Vanderbilt	SEC	0.69	own 29.1	35.0%	35.9%	2.37	38.0%	4.9%	9.9%	21.1%
128	Kent State	Mid-American	0.56	own 28.9	27.2%	26.7%	2.09	44.2%	3.3%	5.8%	20.8%

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.