EDGE
EDGE — opponent-adjusted per-play efficiency, DVOA-style methodology. One number like NFL DVOA, but ours drills into our hand-charted personnel, formation & motion. Tiers & ranks are national, across all 136 FBS teams.
◆ 0% = a perfectly average FBS team
Higher is better
Lower is worse
Defense is flipped so a tough D reads +
Elite = top-5 nationally · tiers run to Awful
How it's calculated & how we know it's right
Every FBS play has an EPA value. A ridge regression (
Validation: our EDGE defense rating tracks SP+ across the 16 SEC defenses at Spearman 0.90 (0.91 on Standard Time) — ahead of CFB-graphs' 0.888. Includes postseason. League avg 0.128 EPA/play · α = 75.
ppa ~ intercept + home-field + offense + defense) over every
play of the season adjusts each rating for opponent quality — the method CFBD and CFB-graphs use; garbage time dropped.
SoS = the average opponent strength faced, same units. Tiers are set by national rank (of 136 FBS), so a strong SEC
team can still be "very good" rather than "elite."
Validation: our EDGE defense rating tracks SP+ across the 16 SEC defenses at Spearman 0.90 (0.91 on Standard Time) — ahead of CFB-graphs' 0.888. Includes postseason. League avg 0.128 EPA/play · α = 75.
SEC Team Ratings — 2026
Sorted by overall strength. Ranks are national (of 136 FBS). Scores are on one fixed historical ruler — a "+40" means the same in every season. SoS = how hard a schedule they played. Click a header to re-sort.
| # | Team | Overall | Tier | vs average | Offense | Defense | Sched. faced | SP+ check |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Alabama | +39% | Elite | +18%#5 | +21%#2 | +7%#32 | 23.0 | |
| #5 | Georgia | +30% | Elite | +19%#2 | +11%#22 | -7%#121 | 30.2 | |
| #6 | LSU | +29% | Very good | +8%#36 | +21%#1 | +4%#42 | 21.3 | |
| #7 | Missouri | +27% | Very good | +12%#25 | +16%#6 | +10%#15 | 13.7 | |
| #11 | Florida | +21% | Very good | +17%#8 | +4%#44 | +7%#30 | 18.5 | |
| #14 | Mississippi State | +19% | Very good | +15%#12 | +4%#52 | +8%#22 | 15.1 | |
| #26 | Texas | +15% | Good | -1%#77 | +16%#7 | +15%#2 | 22.4 | |
| #29 | Tennessee | +14% | Good | +0%#67 | +14%#10 | +1%#70 | 17.7 | |
| #43 | Oklahoma | +10% | Above avg | -11%#122 | +20%#3 | +9%#18 | 12.8 | |
| #44 | Ole Miss | +8% | Above avg | +15%#13 | -7%#112 | +13%#4 | 11.1 | |
| #45 | Kentucky | +8% | Above avg | +3%#50 | +4%#43 | +2%#61 | 8.0 | |
| #51 | Auburn | +7% | Above avg | +0%#68 | +7%#35 | +8%#21 | 11.4 | |
| #78 | Vanderbilt | -1% | Mid | -5%#101 | +4%#48 | +4%#46 | 7.5 | |
| #81 | South Carolina | -2% | Below avg | +4%#49 | -6%#104 | +12%#9 | 7.5 | |
| #90 | Texas A&M | -5% | Below avg | -3%#86 | -2%#83 | +1%#74 | 8.9 | |
| #126 | Arkansas | -18% | Awful | -11%#120 | -7%#113 | +9%#19 | -0.3 |
EDGE Explorer STATCAT
Filter by situation and our charting, then break down one team — or rank all of the SEC. Every result stays opponent-adjusted. SP+ can't do this.
Offense covers every game on the schedule. Defense covers SEC opponents — we hand-chart SEC
offenses, so a defense is measured against the conference slate it actually faced.
All SEC offenses ranked on: all snaps.
Best: Georgia (+30%).
| # | Team | Plays | EDGE | vs average |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Georgia | 200 | +30% | |
| 2 | Alabama | 276 | +25% | |
| 3 | Mississippi State | 295 | +23% | |
| 4 | Florida | 260 | +23% | |
| 5 | Ole Miss | 248 | +22% | |
| 6 | Missouri | 291 | +21% | |
| 7 | LSU | 290 | +14% | |
| 8 | South Carolina | 310 | +11% | |
| 9 | Kentucky | 295 | +8% | |
| 10 | Vanderbilt | 304 | +6% | |
| 11 | Tennessee | 309 | +5% | |
| 12 | Texas | 257 | +4% | |
| 13 | Auburn | 325 | +4% | |
| 14 | Texas A&M | 301 | -4% | |
| 15 | Arkansas | 269 | -6% | |
| 16 | Oklahoma | 201 | -10% |
Season
TEAM OVERVIEW
PASSING EFFICIENCY
RUSHING EFFICIENCY