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.

136 teams · dashed lines mark the league medianr = -0.31(r² = 0.10)

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	North Texas	American Athletic	4.00	own 34.1	71.1%	73.4%	5.58	14.0%	21.7%	55.2%	16.1%
2	Vanderbilt	SEC	3.85	own 29.0	67.1%	69.8%	5.51	15.5%	23.3%	50.9%	17.2%
3	Notre Dame	FBS Independents	3.84	own 32.5	68.1%	70.3%	5.46	17.0%	24.6%	53.4%	18.6%
4	Indiana	Big Ten	3.69	own 32.3	66.6%	67.8%	5.50	17.1%	19.2%	48.6%	9.6%
5	USC	Big Ten	3.53	own 27.6	68.2%	69.6%	5.15	13.6%	22.4%	44.0%	18.4%
6	Utah	Big 12	3.52	own 28.4	64.1%	63.3%	5.56	18.0%	20.3%	46.9%	13.3%
7	Ohio State	Big Ten	3.43	own 29.3	67.1%	67.6%	5.08	12.6%	16.2%	44.1%	10.8%
8	Ole Miss	SEC	3.33	own 28.5	62.9%	69.7%	4.77	18.4%	17.1%	38.8%	12.5%
9	Tennessee	SEC	3.27	own 29.5	62.1%	61.0%	5.48	17.1%	20.3%	43.9%	10.6%
10	Texas State	Sun Belt	3.21	own 28.6	61.3%	64.1%	5.01	19.5%	20.3%	39.8%	16.4%
11	UConn	FBS Independents	3.14	own 31.4	57.7%	61.4%	5.12	19.7%	17.3%	37.8%	6.3%
12	Air Force	Mountain West	3.13	own 28.5	61.2%	64.6%	4.84	13.1%	14.1%	40.4%	22.2%
13	Navy	American Athletic	3.12	own 30.2	61.7%	62.5%	4.99	20.5%	19.6%	41.1%	19.6%
14	Oregon	Big Ten	3.09	own 31.5	60.4%	66.9%	4.70	15.5%	23.2%	39.4%	17.6%
15	Georgia	SEC	3.08	own 29.1	57.1%	56.0%	5.49	19.4%	11.2%	38.8%	12.7%
16	James Madison	Sun Belt	3.06	own 31.6	59.2%	64.3%	4.84	21.7%	17.5%	40.6%	14.0%
17	Washington	Big Ten	3.06	own 29.3	58.6%	61.4%	4.99	19.3%	20.2%	40.4%	19.3%
18	Duke	ACC	3.04	own 31.3	60.2%	61.0%	4.99	22.8%	12.5%	40.4%	14.7%
19	South Florida	American Athletic	3.02	own 29.2	58.9%	61.5%	4.91	21.0%	23.8%	37.8%	16.1%
20	Penn State	Big Ten	2.96	own 32.1	55.1%	59.5%	4.99	22.5%	11.7%	36.9%	18.0%
21	UNLV	Mountain West	2.90	own 28.1	58.5%	58.2%	5.08	17.9%	20.9%	38.1%	17.2%
22	Georgia Tech	ACC	2.86	own 28.3	61.4%	62.6%	4.67	21.7%	15.7%	33.9%	15.7%
23	Miami	ACC	2.85	own 31.5	55.7%	62.1%	4.59	18.3%	13.1%	35.9%	13.1%
24	Texas Tech	Big 12	2.82	own 36.7	54.1%	61.0%	4.63	22.6%	11.9%	33.3%	18.2%
25	Illinois	Big Ten	2.76	own 29.5	57.0%	59.5%	4.74	18.1%	12.1%	33.6%	19.0%
26	Florida State	ACC	2.75	own 29.0	59.8%	63.6%	4.33	17.3%	18.2%	35.4%	23.6%
27	Memphis	American Athletic	2.73	own 30.2	56.1%	58.1%	4.81	20.2%	10.8%	35.7%	15.5%
28	Arkansas	SEC	2.72	own 26.8	59.0%	64.0%	4.45	20.7%	19.8%	36.0%	21.6%
29	Michigan	Big Ten	2.70	own 31.3	56.0%	60.2%	4.49	24.8%	12.0%	33.1%	18.1%
30	Texas A&M	SEC	2.65	own 32.3	56.3%	58.0%	4.78	20.3%	15.2%	35.5%	14.5%
31	Cincinnati	Big 12	2.63	own 28.0	52.7%	57.8%	4.76	31.0%	18.1%	34.5%	15.5%
32	SMU	ACC	2.63	own 28.7	50.5%	53.2%	4.96	29.5%	17.3%	33.1%	13.0%
33	UTSA	American Athletic	2.63	own 31.4	54.2%	56.8%	4.91	21.6%	17.3%	36.0%	14.4%
34	Army	American Athletic	2.63	own 29.4	54.2%	57.6%	4.56	18.2%	7.1%	32.3%	24.2%
35	Iowa	Big Ten	2.62	own 34.4	52.5%	58.1%	4.54	22.2%	10.3%	30.8%	12.8%
36	Alabama	SEC	2.62	own 29.1	53.1%	55.6%	4.80	26.7%	11.8%	33.3%	14.8%
37	BYU	Big 12	2.61	own 30.5	54.6%	59.7%	4.38	18.7%	9.0%	30.6%	18.7%
38	Arizona	Big 12	2.61	own 35.3	56.6%	64.4%	4.13	20.0%	11.8%	32.6%	14.8%
39	Rutgers	Big Ten	2.60	own 27.9	58.1%	62.2%	4.17	22.5%	10.8%	33.3%	18.9%
40	Tulane	American Athletic	2.56	own 34.7	61.2%	63.9%	4.00	26.5%	14.3%	29.3%	18.4%
41	Texas	SEC	2.55	own 32.4	51.7%	56.8%	4.49	23.0%	13.7%	30.9%	10.8%
42	TCU	Big 12	2.55	own 30.3	53.7%	59.5%	4.55	25.2%	11.5%	35.1%	18.3%
43	Georgia Southern	Sun Belt	2.55	own 28.4	53.6%	54.0%	4.72	27.0%	8.7%	30.9%	14.3%
44	Nebraska	Big Ten	2.52	own 31.6	56.1%	58.3%	4.43	22.6%	15.7%	31.3%	20.0%
45	Ohio	Mid-American	2.50	own 30.3	55.4%	59.0%	4.28	18.8%	15.4%	34.2%	21.4%
46	New Mexico	Mountain West	2.50	own 29.1	52.0%	54.6%	4.81	25.9%	11.1%	32.4%	21.3%
47	East Carolina	American Athletic	2.48	own 30.9	53.9%	60.1%	4.37	18.8%	12.3%	32.6%	19.6%
48	Old Dominion	Sun Belt	2.46	own 30.6	56.5%	57.2%	4.39	22.8%	17.2%	31.7%	20.7%
49	NC State	ACC	2.46	own 28.4	49.3%	47.3%	5.34	27.1%	11.6%	34.1%	15.5%
50	Missouri	SEC	2.45	own 29.6	54.1%	54.4%	4.60	22.4%	15.2%	32.0%	18.4%
51	Kansas State	Big 12	2.44	own 30.4	48.6%	50.0%	5.00	26.3%	11.0%	31.4%	17.8%
52	Houston	Big 12	2.41	own 29.8	51.5%	54.6%	4.61	22.3%	13.9%	30.0%	16.2%
53	Boise State	Mountain West	2.37	own 29.7	51.0%	54.4%	4.35	22.4%	9.5%	30.6%	23.8%
54	Marshall	Sun Belt	2.37	own 32.0	51.1%	50.8%	4.66	21.9%	13.3%	28.1%	14.8%
55	Northwestern	Big Ten	2.35	own 30.4	54.0%	59.8%	3.92	22.3%	8.9%	25.9%	24.1%
56	South Alabama	Sun Belt	2.35	own 27.6	50.4%	52.5%	4.69	26.3%	7.6%	33.1%	18.6%
57	Kansas	Big 12	2.34	own 29.5	53.4%	56.0%	4.44	20.2%	9.2%	31.2%	16.5%
58	Virginia	ACC	2.33	own 32.2	52.4%	59.6%	4.08	21.3%	8.5%	28.4%	18.4%
59	Utah State	Mountain West	2.33	own 28.9	46.9%	50.3%	4.75	31.0%	18.6%	30.3%	10.3%
60	Pittsburgh	ACC	2.32	own 31.9	51.0%	54.7%	4.34	23.0%	12.2%	28.1%	19.4%
61	Louisville	ACC	2.32	own 33.7	48.4%	54.8%	4.35	25.2%	12.6%	28.1%	9.6%
62	Baylor	Big 12	2.31	own 28.7	56.5%	61.3%	3.96	16.0%	10.9%	28.6%	31.1%
63	Iowa State	Big 12	2.26	own 29.2	53.7%	58.2%	4.00	22.7%	10.0%	28.2%	17.3%
64	Delaware	Conference USA	2.26	own 29.0	52.0%	55.5%	4.36	23.4%	15.3%	29.2%	20.4%
65	Missouri State	Conference USA	2.26	own 29.0	48.7%	50.0%	4.63	21.5%	17.7%	28.5%	13.1%
66	Toledo	Mid-American	2.25	own 30.8	49.0%	53.3%	4.22	25.9%	16.3%	29.6%	17.8%
67	Clemson	ACC	2.25	own 29.5	52.5%	52.7%	4.37	26.4%	7.8%	27.9%	18.6%
68	Liberty	Conference USA	2.25	own 29.9	50.0%	50.0%	4.49	24.6%	14.9%	27.2%	22.8%
69	Hawai'i	Mountain West	2.21	own 29.7	51.9%	53.4%	4.63	19.1%	10.7%	27.5%	16.0%
70	Florida Atlantic	American Athletic	2.19	own 30.6	52.9%	55.2%	4.11	17.2%	12.1%	27.6%	37.1%
71	Temple	American Athletic	2.16	own 28.9	46.4%	42.1%	5.13	29.0%	11.2%	28.0%	7.5%
72	Kennesaw State	Conference USA	2.14	own 28.7	51.2%	50.7%	4.41	27.7%	12.2%	29.0%	14.9%
73	Eastern Michigan	Mid-American	2.13	own 25.0	48.7%	51.3%	4.30	26.5%	12.0%	25.6%	16.2%
74	Arizona State	Big 12	2.12	own 27.2	53.4%	54.0%	3.93	24.1%	11.7%	24.1%	23.4%
75	Jacksonville State	Conference USA	2.12	own 28.6	52.0%	53.1%	4.20	21.0%	15.4%	25.9%	16.1%
76	UAB	American Athletic	2.12	own 28.0	50.8%	54.5%	4.00	19.6%	11.6%	27.7%	32.1%
77	Washington State	Pac-12	2.11	own 29.0	49.4%	50.4%	4.44	27.2%	11.2%	27.2%	18.4%
78	Florida International	Conference USA	2.11	own 30.7	47.2%	51.0%	4.32	28.2%	11.4%	26.9%	24.2%
79	Louisiana	Sun Belt	2.09	own 28.7	46.1%	49.2%	4.60	31.1%	9.1%	26.5%	12.9%
80	Western Kentucky	Conference USA	2.09	own 27.9	46.4%	51.8%	4.22	28.1%	10.1%	27.3%	18.0%
81	Southern Miss	Sun Belt	2.09	own 28.5	48.9%	52.1%	4.19	25.0%	10.0%	27.9%	15.7%
82	Louisiana Tech	Conference USA	2.08	own 29.6	46.9%	50.0%	4.15	30.6%	9.7%	26.1%	16.4%
83	Mississippi State	SEC	2.07	own 27.6	48.6%	49.6%	4.66	26.6%	11.2%	28.0%	15.4%
84	California	ACC	2.06	own 29.7	49.1%	46.9%	4.75	25.0%	8.6%	28.9%	14.1%
85	Auburn	SEC	2.05	own 28.2	47.8%	51.7%	4.12	28.1%	6.1%	23.7%	13.2%
86	Western Michigan	Mid-American	2.04	own 31.1	50.7%	53.0%	3.89	24.2%	8.3%	26.5%	18.9%
87	Wake Forest	ACC	2.03	own 29.7	45.3%	48.2%	4.31	29.5%	10.8%	24.5%	16.6%
88	Miami (OH)	Mid-American	1.96	own 30.2	44.7%	48.9%	4.11	25.9%	13.3%	23.0%	20.0%
89	Michigan State	Big Ten	1.95	own 28.6	46.3%	44.9%	4.60	26.3%	9.3%	26.3%	17.0%
90	Central Michigan	Mid-American	1.94	own 29.8	43.3%	48.0%	4.15	30.9%	7.3%	23.6%	18.7%
91	Oklahoma	SEC	1.93	own 31.4	45.1%	47.1%	4.36	25.7%	9.6%	22.1%	12.5%
92	Middle Tennessee	Conference USA	1.93	own 28.0	46.3%	46.0%	4.19	27.0%	9.5%	23.8%	21.4%
93	Tulsa	American Athletic	1.91	own 28.2	46.5%	50.8%	3.77	27.0%	12.7%	23.0%	26.2%
94	UCLA	Big Ten	1.90	own 26.6	46.1%	48.3%	4.07	21.1%	7.9%	22.8%	20.2%
95	San Diego State	Mountain West	1.88	own 31.2	45.1%	48.5%	4.00	29.7%	13.8%	22.5%	15.9%
96	App State	Sun Belt	1.87	own 27.3	46.9%	49.6%	4.00	32.1%	5.1%	24.1%	17.5%
97	Arkansas State	Sun Belt	1.85	own 30.6	46.8%	50.7%	3.66	26.1%	10.1%	20.3%	20.3%
98	Virginia Tech	ACC	1.85	own 27.8	45.8%	44.6%	4.28	24.1%	13.4%	22.3%	22.3%
99	Boston College	ACC	1.81	own 27.7	47.5%	50.8%	3.68	27.9%	10.7%	22.1%	26.2%
100	Colorado	Big 12	1.79	own 29.2	41.6%	39.1%	4.65	30.4%	13.0%	23.2%	19.6%
101	Troy	Sun Belt	1.77	own 31.1	39.8%	43.0%	4.23	30.2%	8.7%	22.8%	22.1%
102	Kentucky	SEC	1.77	own 29.2	45.2%	45.8%	4.27	25.8%	10.0%	23.3%	18.3%
103	Maryland	Big Ten	1.74	own 29.4	45.8%	50.8%	3.53	27.9%	6.6%	19.7%	21.3%
104	UCF	Big 12	1.73	own 26.5	44.5%	44.9%	3.98	28.0%	10.2%	21.2%	28.0%
105	Minnesota	Big Ten	1.72	own 30.3	44.1%	43.8%	4.22	29.5%	8.9%	21.4%	10.7%
106	Florida	SEC	1.68	own 26.9	46.4%	40.9%	4.30	27.8%	8.7%	19.1%	21.7%
107	Fresno State	Mountain West	1.67	own 32.5	44.5%	48.1%	3.94	30.4%	11.1%	20.7%	19.3%
108	North Carolina	ACC	1.67	own 29.5	40.1%	42.7%	4.21	37.3%	6.4%	19.1%	12.7%
109	LSU	SEC	1.66	own 29.5	42.2%	48.4%	3.55	29.7%	7.8%	18.0%	13.3%
110	Bowling Green	Mid-American	1.66	own 30.8	41.4%	43.1%	4.02	30.1%	7.3%	20.3%	17.1%
111	New Mexico State	Conference USA	1.66	own 29.9	42.6%	46.9%	3.77	28.1%	7.8%	19.5%	21.1%
112	San José State	Mountain West	1.65	own 27.6	47.5%	53.6%	3.31	28.0%	11.2%	22.4%	29.6%
113	Kent State	Mid-American	1.65	own 29.6	41.5%	41.3%	4.26	33.9%	10.7%	23.1%	19.8%
114	Georgia State	Sun Belt	1.62	own 25.9	45.0%	43.8%	3.83	25.6%	9.1%	21.5%	24.0%
115	Northern Illinois	Mid-American	1.59	own 28.6	62.9%	36.8%	4.31	30.7%	7.0%	20.2%	20.2%
116	Colorado State	Mountain West	1.58	own 26.9	41.1%	39.2%	4.04	37.5%	7.5%	20.8%	24.2%
117	Purdue	Big Ten	1.57	own 26.9	44.0%	48.3%	3.38	29.8%	10.5%	19.3%	21.9%
118	Buffalo	Mid-American	1.56	own 30.0	40.0%	43.8%	3.68	34.3%	9.5%	19.7%	21.2%
119	Coastal Carolina	Sun Belt	1.56	own 30.4	38.0%	39.3%	4.32	34.7%	7.3%	20.0%	17.3%
120	Akron	Mid-American	1.55	own 29.1	42.3%	44.3%	3.57	29.8%	6.9%	18.3%	19.1%
121	West Virginia	Big 12	1.51	own 28.6	39.7%	38.8%	4.02	31.3%	7.5%	19.4%	23.9%
122	South Carolina	SEC	1.48	own 26.0	43.2%	41.7%	4.04	26.7%	11.7%	20.8%	24.2%
123	Stanford	ACC	1.42	own 25.8	39.4%	41.3%	3.62	36.5%	9.5%	16.7%	19.1%
124	Rice	American Athletic	1.40	own 27.0	37.0%	36.8%	4.15	38.4%	6.4%	18.4%	19.2%
125	Oregon State	Pac-12	1.38	own 28.0	41.9%	39.8%	3.59	29.7%	7.0%	18.8%	21.9%
126	UL Monroe	Sun Belt	1.37	own 26.8	39.9%	39.2%	3.64	31.7%	10.8%	20.0%	25.0%
127	Nevada	Mountain West	1.33	own 30.2	43.6%	46.1%	3.28	30.4%	6.1%	15.7%	24.3%
128	UTEP	Conference USA	1.32	own 27.8	37.7%	38.2%	4.02	31.6%	9.6%	20.6%	23.5%
129	Sam Houston	Conference USA	1.26	own 27.9	39.4%	40.2%	3.40	33.6%	11.7%	16.8%	21.2%
130	Wisconsin	Big Ten	1.23	own 28.9	36.5%	33.3%	3.68	35.1%	6.1%	14.9%	20.2%
131	Ball State	Mid-American	1.14	own 27.5	34.7%	35.3%	3.40	38.7%	6.7%	14.3%	16.0%
132	Syracuse	ACC	1.12	own 26.4	37.7%	38.0%	3.53	31.8%	3.9%	15.5%	25.6%
133	Wyoming	Mountain West	1.07	own 25.9	36.8%	33.3%	3.62	29.9%	6.8%	15.4%	22.2%
134	Oklahoma State	Big 12	1.02	own 26.0	33.9%	35.5%	3.36	37.9%	3.2%	12.9%	21.8%
135	Charlotte	American Athletic	0.88	own 26.9	32.4%	30.0%	3.19	40.0%	5.8%	10.8%	22.5%
136	Massachusetts	Mid-American	0.88	own 25.4	31.1%	29.2%	3.20	42.5%	5.0%	10.8%	26.7%

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.