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 0.159 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 0.159 EPA/play · α = 75.
SEC Team Ratings — 2025
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| #8 | Vanderbilt | +25% | Very good | +27%#1 | -2%#78 | +9%#25 | 20.3 | |
| #9 | Alabama | +23% | Very good | +10%#22 | +12%#11 | +15%#3 | 14.8 | |
| #10 | Ole Miss | +22% | Very good | +18%#6 | +4%#40 | +10%#17 | 24.0 | |
| #12 | Georgia | +21% | Very good | +10%#21 | +10%#19 | +11%#11 | 24.1 | |
| #16 | Texas A&M | +18% | Very good | +12%#14 | +6%#34 | +11%#10 | 20.7 | |
| #17 | Tennessee | +17% | Good | +16%#9 | +2%#55 | +6%#42 | 15.0 | |
| #18 | Missouri | +17% | Good | +3%#47 | +14%#9 | +8%#33 | 14.4 | |
| #22 | Oklahoma | +16% | Good | -1%#74 | +17%#4 | +12%#7 | 18.3 | |
| #26 | Auburn | +14% | Good | +3%#48 | +11%#16 | +9%#21 | 11.6 | |
| #27 | Texas | +14% | Good | +4%#42 | +9%#26 | +9%#24 | 16.2 | |
| #39 | Arkansas | +10% | Above avg | +17%#8 | -6%#107 | +10%#15 | 5.1 | |
| #41 | South Carolina | +9% | Above avg | -1%#73 | +10%#20 | +11%#9 | 5.9 | |
| #44 | Florida | +8% | Above avg | +4%#46 | +4%#42 | +15%#2 | 3.5 | |
| #50 | LSU | +6% | Above avg | -6%#104 | +12%#12 | +10%#16 | 10.3 | |
| #60 | Mississippi State | +1% | Mid | +1%#57 | +0%#63 | +10%#13 | 4.1 | |
| #64 | Kentucky | -0% | Mid | -4%#94 | +4%#47 | +12%#6 | 1.8 |
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: Vanderbilt (+32%).
| # | Team | Plays | EDGE | vs average |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Vanderbilt | 714 | +32% | |
| 2 | Ole Miss | 974 | +22% | |
| 3 | Arkansas | 704 | +22% | |
| 4 | Tennessee | 821 | +19% | |
| 5 | Texas A&M | 815 | +16% | |
| 6 | Georgia | 896 | +14% | |
| 7 | Alabama | 886 | +12% | |
| 8 | Texas | 759 | +8% | |
| 9 | Florida | 664 | +8% | |
| 10 | Missouri | 835 | +7% | |
| 11 | Auburn | 762 | +7% | |
| 12 | Mississippi State | 847 | +4% | |
| 13 | Oklahoma | 782 | +2% | |
| 14 | South Carolina | 681 | +1% | |
| 15 | Kentucky | 676 | +0% | |
| 16 | LSU | 753 | -1% |
Season
TEAM OVERVIEW
PASSING EFFICIENCY
RUSHING EFFICIENCY