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 0.124 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 0.124 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| #2 | LSU | +35% | Elite | +14%#16 | +20%#1 | +11%#14 | — | |
| #5 | Alabama | +31% | Elite | +14%#17 | +17%#5 | +12%#10 | — | |
| #9 | Georgia | +25% | Very good | +17%#8 | +8%#32 | +4%#50 | — | |
| #12 | Tennessee | +21% | Very good | +2%#62 | +19%#2 | +5%#37 | — | |
| #14 | Ole Miss | +20% | Very good | +20%#5 | +0%#70 | +14%#5 | — | |
| #18 | Missouri | +19% | Good | +5%#48 | +14%#13 | +8%#27 | — | |
| #20 | Florida | +17% | Good | +13%#20 | +4%#40 | +9%#25 | — | |
| #28 | Kentucky | +14% | Good | +8%#35 | +6%#36 | +9%#24 | — | |
| #33 | Mississippi State | +13% | Above avg | +12%#22 | +1%#66 | +10%#20 | — | |
| #35 | Texas | +12% | Above avg | -2%#82 | +14%#12 | +16%#3 | — | |
| #44 | Auburn | +9% | Above avg | +5%#46 | +4%#46 | +12%#13 | — | |
| #47 | Oklahoma | +7% | Above avg | -10%#117 | +16%#6 | +9%#26 | — | |
| #60 | South Carolina | +5% | Mid | +6%#40 | -1%#82 | +12%#12 | — | |
| #66 | Texas A&M | +2% | Mid | -2%#83 | +4%#45 | +5%#40 | — | |
| #104 | Vanderbilt | -10% | Poor | -9%#111 | -1%#81 | +2%#65 | — | |
| #108 | Arkansas | -12% | Poor | -5%#97 | -6%#108 | +7%#29 | — |
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: Ole Miss (+27%).
| # | Team | Plays | EDGE | vs average |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ole Miss | 349 | +27% | |
| 2 | Georgia | 322 | +26% | |
| 3 | Alabama | 390 | +19% | |
| 4 | Mississippi State | 339 | +18% | |
| 5 | LSU | 418 | +17% | |
| 6 | Florida | 402 | +16% | |
| 7 | Kentucky | 416 | +13% | |
| 8 | South Carolina | 374 | +13% | |
| 9 | Missouri | 417 | +12% | |
| 10 | Tennessee | 439 | +7% | |
| 11 | Auburn | 399 | +6% | |
| 12 | Texas | 370 | +2% | |
| 13 | Arkansas | 402 | +0% | |
| 14 | Texas A&M | 405 | +0% | |
| 15 | Vanderbilt | 396 | -1% | |
| 16 | Oklahoma | 327 | -8% |
Season
TEAM OVERVIEW
PASSING EFFICIENCY
RUSHING EFFICIENCY