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 0.126 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 0.126 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 | Alabama | +38% | Elite | +18%#6 | +20%#1 | +13%#7 | 23.0 | |
| #5 | Georgia | +33% | Elite | +21%#4 | +12%#23 | +4%#47 | 28.3 | |
| #6 | LSU | +28% | Very good | +8%#30 | +19%#4 | +8%#23 | 21.7 | |
| #11 | Missouri | +24% | Very good | +6%#37 | +17%#5 | +7%#30 | 18.0 | |
| #17 | Mississippi State | +19% | Good | +16%#12 | +3%#53 | +9%#21 | 12.6 | |
| #29 | Texas | +14% | Good | +0%#72 | +14%#12 | +14%#5 | 24.4 | |
| #32 | Florida | +13% | Above avg | +13%#20 | +0%#70 | +6%#34 | 11.0 | |
| #35 | Tennessee | +13% | Above avg | +0%#74 | +13%#17 | -2%#92 | 16.7 | |
| #37 | Ole Miss | +12% | Above avg | +16%#11 | -4%#99 | +8%#22 | 15.9 | |
| #38 | Kentucky | +12% | Above avg | +7%#36 | +5%#42 | +9%#19 | 8.0 | |
| #43 | Oklahoma | +10% | Above avg | -9%#114 | +19%#3 | +11%#13 | 12.2 | |
| #51 | South Carolina | +5% | Above avg | +6%#41 | -0%#74 | +13%#9 | 9.9 | |
| #60 | Auburn | +3% | Mid | -2%#87 | +6%#37 | +4%#46 | 11.0 | |
| #77 | Texas A&M | -1% | Mid | -4%#98 | +3%#52 | +5%#43 | 8.0 | |
| #95 | Vanderbilt | -7% | Below avg | -8%#109 | +1%#65 | +4%#45 | 1.2 | |
| #120 | Arkansas | -16% | Poor | -9%#115 | -7%#108 | +10%#14 | -2.4 |
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 (+32%).
| # | Team | Plays | EDGE | vs average |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Georgia | 258 | +32% | |
| 2 | Alabama | 335 | +25% | |
| 3 | Mississippi State | 295 | +24% | |
| 4 | Ole Miss | 289 | +23% | |
| 5 | Florida | 321 | +17% | |
| 6 | LSU | 361 | +15% | |
| 7 | Missouri | 362 | +15% | |
| 8 | Kentucky | 362 | +12% | |
| 9 | South Carolina | 374 | +12% | |
| 10 | Texas | 320 | +6% | |
| 11 | Tennessee | 369 | +5% | |
| 12 | Vanderbilt | 336 | +1% | |
| 13 | Auburn | 325 | +0% | |
| 14 | Arkansas | 330 | -4% | |
| 15 | Texas A&M | 362 | -5% | |
| 16 | Oklahoma | 256 | -7% |
Season
TEAM OVERVIEW
PASSING EFFICIENCY
RUSHING EFFICIENCY