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 0.123 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 0.123 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 | +34% | Elite | +14%#16 | +20%#1 | +11%#16 | — | |
| #5 | Alabama | +30% | Elite | +14%#17 | +17%#6 | +10%#21 | — | |
| #9 | Georgia | +26% | Very good | +17%#7 | +8%#32 | +4%#45 | — | |
| #13 | Ole Miss | +20% | Very good | +20%#5 | +0%#70 | +14%#5 | — | |
| #17 | Tennessee | +18% | Good | +0%#66 | +18%#5 | +6%#38 | — | |
| #19 | Missouri | +18% | Good | +4%#50 | +14%#14 | +7%#30 | — | |
| #20 | Florida | +18% | Good | +13%#19 | +5%#40 | +9%#25 | — | |
| #26 | Kentucky | +15% | Good | +8%#34 | +7%#36 | +10%#20 | — | |
| #35 | Oklahoma | +13% | Above avg | -7%#103 | +20%#2 | +9%#26 | — | |
| #36 | Texas | +13% | Above avg | -2%#80 | +14%#12 | +16%#3 | — | |
| #44 | Auburn | +9% | Above avg | +5%#47 | +4%#46 | +11%#12 | — | |
| #45 | Mississippi State | +8% | Above avg | +9%#28 | -1%#80 | +10%#19 | — | |
| #48 | South Carolina | +7% | Above avg | +7%#36 | +0%#71 | +12%#10 | — | |
| #66 | Texas A&M | +2% | Mid | -2%#83 | +4%#45 | +8%#27 | — | |
| #104 | Vanderbilt | -10% | Poor | -9%#112 | -1%#82 | +2%#65 | — | |
| #110 | Arkansas | -12% | Poor | -5%#97 | -7%#108 | +7%#31 | — |
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 | LSU | 485 | +20% | |
| 4 | Alabama | 390 | +18% | |
| 5 | Florida | 399 | +18% | |
| 6 | Mississippi State | 402 | +14% | |
| 7 | Kentucky | 416 | +14% | |
| 8 | South Carolina | 374 | +12% | |
| 9 | Missouri | 417 | +11% | |
| 10 | Auburn | 446 | +8% | |
| 11 | Tennessee | 439 | +7% | |
| 12 | Texas | 370 | +3% | |
| 13 | Arkansas | 402 | +0% | |
| 14 | Texas A&M | 405 | +0% | |
| 15 | Vanderbilt | 396 | -1% | |
| 16 | Oklahoma | 397 | -6% |
Season
TEAM OVERVIEW
PASSING EFFICIENCY
RUSHING EFFICIENCY