Total yard trends are usually much more indicative of success than other metrics. And while schedule and conference strength can make a difference, it’s important to know that total offense trend is a great metric for success. Don’t believe me? Here’s the offense trend for 2009-2019!
Team | Avg | Trend | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 | 2014 | 2013 | 2012 | 2011 | 2010 | 2009 |
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Oklahoma | 6788.27 | 7527 | 7984 | 8114 | 7212 | 6893 | 6041 | 5499 | 6482 | 6660 | 6749 | 5510 | |
Baylor | 6590.36 | 5901 | 5968 | 4859 | 6795 | 8011 | 7559 | 8036 | 7439 | 7632 | 6179 | 4115 | |
Oregon | 6579.64 | 6063 | 5554 | 5732 | 5900 | 6997 | 8205 | 7345 | 6986 | 7319 | 6919 | 5356 | |
Clemson | 6482.09 | 7931 | 7908 | 6014 | 7555 | 7718 | 5308 | 6611 | 6665 | 6171 | 4349 | 5073 | |
Alabama | 6349.55 | 6640 | 7830 | 6217 | 6829 | 6406 | 6783 | 5903 | 6237 | 5585 | 5773 | 5642 | |
Oklahoma State | 6275.09 | 5901 | 6502 | 7396 | 6432 | 6240 | 4925 | 5834 | 7111 | 7148 | 6763 | 4774 | |
Texas Tech | 6263.55 | 5691 | 5822 | 6170 | 6799 | 7533 | 6049 | 6639 | 6446 | 5647 | 5983 | 6120 | |
Ohio State | 6209.18 | 7419 | 7498 | 7084 | 5969 | 5643 | 7674 | 7167 | 5085 | 4133 | 5832 | 4797 | |
Boise State | 6169.27 | 6006 | 5974 | 5686 | 6146 | 6517 | 6920 | 6188 | 5087 | 6257 | 6777 | 6304 | |
Houston | 6151.45 | 4698 | 6663 | 5138 | 5764 | 6778 | 5383 | 5454 | 5750 | 8387 | 5766 | 7885 | |
Texas A&M | 6044.73 | 5128 | 6131 | 5289 | 6071 | 5521 | 5920 | 6999 | 7261 | 6373 | 5744 | 6055 | |
Arizona | 5828.00 | 5281 | 5492 | 6364 | 4957 | 6434 | 6491 | 5960 | 6840 | 5578 | 5712 | 4999 | |
Wisconsin | 5805.18 | 6065 | 5604 | 5810 | 5350 | 4922 | 6564 | 6251 | 5506 | 6578 | 5787 | 5420 | |
Toledo | 5801.00 | 5209 | 5770 | 6775 | 6731 | 5531 | 6377 | 5368 | 5788 | 6257 | 4750 | 5255 | |
USC | 5719.45 | 5902 | 4591 | 6777 | 6202 | 6131 | 5948 | 5587 | 5628 | 5481 | 5609 | 5058 | |
Georgia | 5716.27 | 5713 | 6508 | 6529 | 5001 | 4904 | 5951 | 6294 | 6547 | 5719 | 5005 | 4708 | |
TCU | 5712.00 | 4892 | 4779 | 5869 | 6021 | 7317 | 6929 | 4138 | 5052 | 5723 | 6191 | 5921 | |
Northern Illinois | 5669.27 | 4304 | 4512 | 4911 | 5565 | 5580 | 6177 | 7277 | 6574 | 6664 | 6300 | 4498 | |
West Virginia | 5665.64 | 3863 | 6147 | 5975 | 6312 | 6236 | 6497 | 4929 | 6507 | 6104 | 4845 | 4907 | |
Nevada | 5638.55 | 4749 | 5600 | 4771 | 4586 | 4877 | 5169 | 5151 | 6693 | 6587 | 7268 | 6573 | |
Florida State | 5584.55 | 5308 | 4334 | 4575 | 6061 | 5512 | 6179 | 7267 | 6591 | 4799 | 5338 | 5466 | |
Auburn | 5563.09 | 5285 | 5069 | 6323 | 5730 | 4810 | 6305 | 7018 | 3660 | 4392 | 6989 | 5613 | |
Tulsa | 5536.45 | 5036 | 4531 | 5044 | 6851 | 6596 | 4950 | 4274 | 6400 | 5725 | 6573 | 4921 | |
Cincinnati | 5528.45 | 5464 | 5960 | 4221 | 4489 | 6992 | 5982 | 6137 | 5723 | 5020 | 5008 | 5817 | |
Louisiana Tech | 5504.18 | 5679 | 4931 | 5239 | 7206 | 6276 | 5611 | 4394 | 6935 | 5130 | 4678 | 4467 | |
Arkansas State | 5501.09 | 5711 | 6061 | 5937 | 4932 | 5700 | 6194 | 5301 | 6067 | 5822 | 4841 | 3946 | |
Notre Dame | 5488.18 | 5605 | 5721 | 5827 | 5011 | 6063 | 5784 | 5275 | 5358 | 5369 | 4936 | 5421 | |
Arizona State | 5442.91 | 4837 | 5417 | 5605 | 4689 | 6206 | 5750 | 6402 | 6039 | 5795 | 5108 | 4024 | |
Mississippi | 5440.27 | 5343 | 6126 | 5548 | 5572 | 6731 | 5448 | 6153 | 5509 | 3369 | 4798 | 5246 | |
Missouri | 5437.55 | 4491 | 6263 | 6528 | 6006 | 3371 | 5138 | 6870 | 4277 | 6182 | 5325 | 5362 | |
East Carolina | 5431.91 | 5162 | 4973 | 5107 | 5605 | 4975 | 6929 | 6086 | 5311 | 4742 | 5689 | 5172 | |
Stanford | 5428.00 | 4415 | 4953 | 5441 | 4772 | 6097 | 5052 | 5680 | 5242 | 6361 | 6136 | 5559 | |
Western Michigan | 5425.91 | 5794 | 5679 | 4675 | 6737 | 6384 | 5696 | 3926 | 5271 | 5960 | 4940 | 4623 | |
Air Force | 5386.36 | 5483 | 4978 | 5010 | 5878 | 6319 | 5443 | 4411 | 5445 | 5913 | 5536 | 4834 | |
UCF | 5382.73 | 7026 | 6795 | 6896 | 4561 | 3221 | 4720 | 5740 | 5703 | 4881 | 5236 | 4431 | |
Louisville | 5378.64 | 5815 | 4231 | 7084 | 6925 | 5409 | 5131 | 5991 | 5444 | 4329 | 4797 | 4009 | |
Utah State | 5374.00 | 5607 | 6466 | 5166 | 4515 | 4813 | 5303 | 5761 | 6098 | 5945 | 4168 | 5272 | |
North Carolina | 5373.73 | 6162 | 4863 | 4435 | 5707 | 6817 | 5587 | 5534 | 5827 | 5112 | 5066 | 4001 | |
Mississippi State | 5371.00 | 5201 | 5166 | 5442 | 5723 | 5986 | 6679 | 5647 | 4965 | 4643 | 5217 | 4412 | |
Washington | 5354.18 | 5086 | 5805 | 5271 | 6397 | 5240 | 5441 | 6491 | 4618 | 5328 | 4713 | 4506 | |
BYU | 5331.64 | 5769 | 4744 | 4227 | 5188 | 5522 | 5986 | 6418 | 5205 | 5274 | 4764 | 5551 | |
Hawai'i | 5328.45 | 7065 | 5878 | 4832 | 5478 | 4112 | 4737 | 4992 | 3569 | 5254 | 7009 | 5687 | |
LSU | 5327.91 | 8526 | 5227 | 5344 | 5077 | 5247 | 5037 | 5893 | 4865 | 4971 | 4461 | 3959 | |
Western Kentucky | 5327.64 | 5041 | 4364 | 5146 | 7324 | 7369 | 6950 | 5502 | 5034 | 4187 | 3827 | 3860 | |
Nebraska | 5324.45 | 4990 | 5474 | 4620 | 4951 | 5810 | 5880 | 5361 | 6451 | 4939 | 5574 | 4519 | |
Troy | 5323.18 | 5475 | 5062 | 5442 | 5585 | 4319 | 4359 | 5559 | 5985 | 4560 | 5895 | 6314 | |
Fresno State | 5320.91 | 4632 | 5901 | 5501 | 3951 | 3782 | 5685 | 7101 | 6208 | 5354 | 4818 | 5597 | |
Navy | 5318.82 | 5925 | 4541 | 5573 | 6136 | 5527 | 5453 | 5347 | 4982 | 4776 | 5262 | 4985 | |
Middle Tennessee | 5318.09 | 4900 | 5507 | 5114 | 6730 | 5946 | 5176 | 5283 | 4713 | 4813 | 4835 | 5482 | |
Washington State | 5317.00 | 6568 | 5869 | 5653 | 6273 | 6105 | 6210 | 5478 | 4314 | 5092 | 3962 | 2963 | |
Marshall | 5315.18 | 5119 | 5117 | 4938 | 4200 | 5205 | 7829 | 7005 | 6411 | 4334 | 3771 | 4538 | |
Ohio | 5299.82 | 5749 | 6068 | 5630 | 5492 | 5370 | 4443 | 4932 | 5782 | 6236 | 4235 | 4361 | |
Texas | 5298.18 | 6056 | 5762 | 5180 | 5895 | 4449 | 4385 | 5313 | 5650 | 5103 | 4590 | 5897 | |
Georgia Tech | 5293.36 | 3436 | 5314 | 4308 | 5034 | 4536 | 6671 | 5586 | 6175 | 5963 | 5294 | 5910 | |
UCLA | 5276.64 | 4868 | 4711 | 5952 | 4558 | 6057 | 6082 | 5825 | 6531 | 5273 | 3800 | 4386 | |
Virginia Tech | 5269.18 | 5007 | 5566 | 5367 | 6229 | 5006 | 4749 | 4628 | 4898 | 5782 | 5632 | 5097 | |
Southern Mississippi | 5267.45 | 5291 | 4044 | 5520 | 6146 | 7133 | 4380 | 3786 | 3876 | 6459 | 5894 | 5413 | |
Memphis | 5244.36 | 6791 | 7324 | 6917 | 6028 | 6330 | 5552 | 3738 | 3820 | 3291 | 3420 | 4477 | |
Colorado State | 5226.82 | 5249 | 4926 | 6402 | 6012 | 5536 | 6252 | 6602 | 4068 | 4216 | 4022 | 4210 | |
Louisiana-Lafayette | 5210.45 | 6918 | 5940 | 4782 | 4643 | 4565 | 5426 | 5431 | 5914 | 5130 | 4225 | 4341 | |
North Carolina State | 5202.45 | 4563 | 5929 | 5873 | 5413 | 5367 | 5311 | 4842 | 5475 | 4483 | 5245 | 4726 | |
Indiana | 5188.45 | 5626 | 4982 | 4749 | 5538 | 6556 | 4860 | 6102 | 5304 | 4325 | 4650 | 4381 | |
Miami (Florida) | 5183.27 | 4774 | 4664 | 5243 | 5537 | 5161 | 5594 | 5536 | 5282 | 4533 | 5493 | 5199 | |
California | 5162.36 | 4271 | 4466 | 4614 | 6158 | 6879 | 5942 | 5442 | 4695 | 5219 | 4004 | 5096 | |
Michigan State | 5161.36 | 4835 | 4447 | 4980 | 4740 | 5397 | 6510 | 5397 | 4671 | 5466 | 5051 | 5281 | |
Penn State | 5143.00 | 5355 | 5499 | 5984 | 6056 | 4532 | 4359 | 5198 | 5010 | 4451 | 4839 | 5290 | |
San Diego State | 5142.09 | 4461 | 4535 | 5202 | 5703 | 5254 | 5128 | 5524 | 5156 | 5556 | 5941 | 4103 | |
Arkansas | 5121.73 | 4081 | 4028 | 4481 | 5569 | 6051 | 5278 | 4286 | 5042 | 5695 | 6273 | 5555 | |
SMU | 5102.64 | 6368 | 4646 | 6220 | 5127 | 4594 | 3228 | 5222 | 4775 | 5052 | 5804 | 5093 | |
Michigan | 5085.36 | 5220 | 5453 | 4536 | 5524 | 5147 | 3996 | 4855 | 4980 | 5261 | 6353 | 4614 | |
Bowling Green | 5081.09 | 3829 | 4263 | 4640 | 4883 | 7655 | 6061 | 6432 | 4751 | 4612 | 3531 | 5235 | |
Utah | 5009.45 | 6006 | 5541 | 5374 | 5599 | 4719 | 5045 | 4764 | 3893 | 4042 | 5057 | 5064 | |
Pittsburgh | 5006.09 | 4946 | 5176 | 4394 | 5808 | 4907 | 5660 | 4708 | 5071 | 4551 | 4755 | 5091 | |
South Carolina | 4968.36 | 4463 | 5533 | 4382 | 4518 | 4346 | 5764 | 5880 | 4895 | 4856 | 5499 | 4516 | |
Duke | 4956.36 | 3956 | 5274 | 5002 | 4720 | 5712 | 5178 | 5966 | 5319 | 4395 | 4576 | 4422 | |
Central Michigan | 4926.45 | 6070 | 3056 | 5067 | 5096 | 5222 | 5175 | 4093 | 5122 | 4679 | 4677 | 5934 | |
South Florida | 4845.91 | 3970 | 5690 | 6156 | 6650 | 5741 | 3656 | 3077 | 4410 | 5180 | 4022 | 4753 | |
Northwestern | 4839.36 | 3565 | 4961 | 5304 | 5177 | 4252 | 4237 | 4795 | 5130 | 5471 | 5084 | 5257 | |
Florida Atlantic | 4837.91 | 6280 | 5746 | 6977 | 4779 | 4534 | 4357 | 4565 | 4178 | 2985 | 3632 | 5184 | |
North Texas | 4829.73 | 5023 | 5987 | 6371 | 4444 | 3841 | 3911 | 5336 | 4706 | 4101 | 4503 | 4904 | |
Syracuse | 4797.45 | 4735 | 6042 | 5476 | 5290 | 3839 | 3959 | 4899 | 6192 | 4178 | 4197 | 3965 | |
Iowa State | 4791.82 | 5776 | 4823 | 5018 | 5059 | 4899 | 4470 | 4356 | 4734 | 5025 | 3809 | 4741 | |
Ball State | 4786.64 | 5556 | 4903 | 4022 | 5390 | 4459 | 4431 | 6199 | 5944 | 4553 | 3670 | 3526 | |
Kansas State | 4770.00 | 4666 | 4136 | 4843 | 5054 | 4338 | 5481 | 5235 | 5223 | 4381 | 4921 | 4192 | |
Oregon State | 4760.55 | 4941 | 4857 | 4005 | 4386 | 4037 | 4722 | 6071 | 5609 | 4482 | 3918 | 5338 | |
Louisiana-Monroe | 4748.00 | 5531 | 4978 | 5496 | 4480 | 4041 | 4193 | 4324 | 5626 | 4687 | 4164 | 4708 | |
Buffalo | 4745.45 | 5051 | 5803 | 5183 | 4245 | 4637 | 4820 | 5131 | 4511 | 4382 | 3572 | 4865 | |
Tennessee | 4716.82 | 4752 | 3906 | 3493 | 5768 | 5490 | 4817 | 4240 | 5711 | 3992 | 4729 | 4987 | |
Florida | 4708.09 | 5597 | 5547 | 3695 | 4472 | 4676 | 4411 | 3800 | 4342 | 4273 | 4566 | 6410 | |
Temple | 4704.36 | 5096 | 5324 | 5046 | 5790 | 5134 | 3701 | 4788 | 3542 | 4983 | 4009 | 4335 | |
Colorado | 4689.73 | 4662 | 4711 | 5011 | 6120 | 5159 | 5270 | 4439 | 3627 | 4502 | 4314 | 3772 | |
Iowa | 4688.36 | 4765 | 4875 | 4283 | 4225 | 5406 | 5201 | 4900 | 3725 | 4842 | 4978 | 4372 | |
San Jose State | 4676.64 | 5129 | 3884 | 4135 | 4534 | 5260 | 4734 | 5919 | 5800 | 4544 | 4096 | 3408 | |
Army | 4644.00 | 4929 | 5103 | 5071 | 5381 | 4059 | 4305 | 4648 | 5235 | 4763 | 4286 | 3304 | |
Purdue | 4631.27 | 4718 | 5771 | 5240 | 4693 | 4423 | 4135 | 3395 | 5235 | 4899 | 3739 | 4696 | |
Virginia | 4607.91 | 5445 | 5003 | 4449 | 4235 | 4596 | 4490 | 4421 | 4758 | 5197 | 4858 | 3235 | |
UNLV | 4568.36 | 4492 | 4694 | 5125 | 4853 | 4861 | 5036 | 5348 | 4777 | 3286 | 3565 | 4215 | |
New Mexico State | 4559.82 | 4333 | 4446 | 5810 | 4976 | 5200 | 5051 | 4616 | 4024 | 5175 | 3543 | 2984 | |
Wyoming | 4552.09 | 4562 | 3969 | 3718 | 6083 | 4328 | 4571 | 5672 | 4672 | 5050 | 3426 | 4022 | |
Rice | 4531.45 | 3530 | 4139 | 3982 | 4618 | 4822 | 5190 | 5678 | 5556 | 4172 | 4504 | 3655 | |
Kentucky | 4522.27 | 5102 | 4691 | 4548 | 5463 | 4464 | 4612 | 4096 | 3780 | 3117 | 5562 | 4310 | |
New Mexico | 4480.18 | 4803 | 3960 | 4314 | 5939 | 5060 | 4793 | 5071 | 4811 | 3554 | 3193 | 3784 | |
Wake Forest | 4449.91 | 6032 | 5847 | 6055 | 4049 | 4001 | 2595 | 3504 | 3616 | 4781 | 3628 | 4841 | |
Minnesota | 4444.82 | 5616 | 4935 | 3702 | 4644 | 4666 | 4645 | 4463 | 4178 | 3724 | 4336 | 3984 | |
Illinois | 4433.36 | 4283 | 4904 | 3365 | 3781 | 4472 | 4774 | 5120 | 3560 | 4624 | 5162 | 4722 | |
Florida International | 4421.09 | 4902 | 5480 | 5100 | 4503 | 4173 | 3518 | 2668 | 4605 | 4687 | 5136 | 3860 | |
Tulane | 4395.09 | 5841 | 5214 | 4698 | 4097 | 3804 | 4161 | 4038 | 3834 | 4424 | 4479 | 3756 | |
Boston College | 4384.73 | 5579 | 4852 | 5027 | 3807 | 3307 | 4992 | 4774 | 4193 | 3603 | 3887 | 4211 | |
Eastern Michigan | 4384.00 | 5271 | 4837 | 4643 | 5917 | 4560 | 3475 | 4033 | 4004 | 4140 | 4001 | 3343 | |
Maryland | 4347.00 | 4121 | 4457 | 3880 | 4911 | 4500 | 4447 | 5155 | 3417 | 4556 | 4587 | 3786 | |
Miami (Ohio) | 4327.00 | 4328 | 4464 | 4615 | 4770 | 4058 | 4504 | 2710 | 4623 | 4475 | 4928 | 4122 | |
UTEP | 4229.64 | 3950 | 3692 | 2766 | 4430 | 4114 | 4559 | 4172 | 4470 | 4566 | 4685 | 5122 | |
Vanderbilt | 4226.18 | 3560 | 5346 | 4209 | 4621 | 3918 | 3460 | 4765 | 4936 | 4408 | 3579 | 3686 | |
Connecticut | 4137.73 | 4136 | 4541 | 4982 | 3840 | 4034 | 3315 | 3820 | 3820 | 3758 | 4235 | 5034 | |
Kansas | 4115.82 | 4527 | 4210 | 3948 | 4314 | 3978 | 3889 | 3536 | 4324 | 3922 | 3557 | 5069 | |
Kent State | 4019.36 | 5273 | 4603 | 3302 | 3710 | 3250 | 3470 | 4427 | 5436 | 3038 | 3772 | 3932 | |
Akron | 4003.73 | 2918 | 3533 | 4424 | 4649 | 4642 | 4479 | 4104 | 5126 | 3333 | 3222 | 3611 | |
Rutgers | 3984.64 | 3277 | 3195 | 3152 | 3389 | 4524 | 5070 | 4747 | 4289 | 4407 | 3539 | 4242 | |
Georgia State | #N/A | #N/A | 5718 | 4538 | 4656 | 4007 | 5627 | 4504 | 4263 | #N/A | #N/A | #N/A | #N/A |
Liberty | #N/A | #N/A | 5712 | 5075 | #N/A | #N/A | #N/A | #N/A | #N/A | #N/A | #N/A | #N/A | #N/A |
Appalachian State | #N/A | #N/A | 6064 | 5603 | 5718 | 5589 | 6075 | 5538 | #N/A | #N/A | #N/A | #N/A | #N/A |
Charlotte | #N/A | #N/A | 5354 | 4117 | 3638 | 4427 | 4046 | #N/A | #N/A | #N/A | #N/A | #N/A | #N/A |
Coastal Carolina | #N/A | #N/A | 4725 | 4552 | 4144 | #N/A | #N/A | #N/A | #N/A | #N/A | #N/A | #N/A | #N/A |
UAB | #N/A | #N/A | 4926 | 5680 | 4729 | #N/A | #N/A | 5182 | 4715 | 5029 | 4368 | 5074 | 5111 |
UTSA | #N/A | #N/A | 4139 | 2965 | 4261 | 4881 | 4347 | 3570 | 5014 | 3907 | #N/A | #N/A | #N/A |
South Alabama | #N/A | #N/A | 3963 | 4263 | 4012 | 5062 | 4322 | 4888 | 5106 | 4334 | #N/A | #N/A | #N/A |
Georgia Southern | #N/A | #N/A | 4260 | 4488 | 3988 | 4558 | 5543 | 5845 | #N/A | #N/A | #N/A | #N/A | #N/A |
Texas State | #N/A | #N/A | 3814 | 3963 | 4077 | 3628 | 5000 | 5573 | 3915 | 4557 | #N/A | #N/A | #N/A |
Massachusetts | #N/A | #N/A | 3517 | 5251 | 5194 | 4274 | 4797 | 5053 | 3379 | 3339 | #N/A | #N/A | #N/A |
Old Dominion | #N/A | #N/A | 3285 | 5133 | 3988 | 5601 | 4455 | 5303 | #N/A | #N/A | #N/A | #N/A | #N/A |
Team | Avg | Trend |