If you want to sharpen your college football betting game, net yards per play is a tool you'll want in your handicapping arsenal. It gives you a quick look at how teams are really performing and not just what the scoreboard says.
This report breaks down net yards per play for every team and will be updated weekly with full-season stats, last three games and home vs away splits.
| Team | This Season | Last 3 | Home | Away |
|---|
| Oregon | 3.04 | 2.15 | 3.01 | 3.08 |
| Ohio State | 2.86 | 2.05 | 3.5 | 1.84 |
| Notre Dame | 2.82 | 4.15 | 2.93 | 2.67 |
| Indiana | 2.56 | 3.03 | 3.26 | 1.75 |
| Texas Tech | 2.53 | 2.55 | 3.23 | 1.4 |
| Toledo | 2.49 | 2.16 | 4.19 | 0.8 |
| James Madison | 2.37 | 3.4 | 2.73 | 1.96 |
| Old Dominion | 2.25 | 2.98 | 3.36 | 1.14 |
| North Texas | 2.18 | 4.22 | 1.74 | 2.69 |
| USF | 2.15 | 2.72 | 3.5 | 0.8 |
| Vanderbilt | 2.04 | 3.0 | 2.51 | 1.39 |
| Miami-FL | 1.92 | 2.41 | 2.54 | 0.66 |
| Florida State | 1.72 | 0.47 | 2.37 | 0.81 |
| USC | 1.71 | 0.36 | 3.07 | -0.19 |
| Washington | 1.67 | 1.94 | 1.83 | 1.44 |
| New Haven | 1.65 | 6.11 | 4.92 | -1.62 |
| Texas A&M | 1.65 | 1.59 | 2.26 | 0.79 |
| Cincinnati | 1.58 | 0.29 | 2.44 | -0.14 |
| Ole Miss | 1.56 | 2.47 | 2.23 | 0.24 |
| Michigan | 1.47 | 0.31 | 2.25 | 0.69 |
| Wake Forest | 1.47 | 3.02 | 2.42 | 0.15 |
| Missouri | 1.43 | 1.59 | 2.32 | -0.34 |
| Arizona | 1.41 | 0.69 | 1.94 | 0.67 |
| San Diego State | 1.35 | 0.49 | 2.2 | 0.5 |
| Utah | 1.35 | 0.34 | 1.14 | 1.57 |
| Louisville | 1.34 | 1.11 | 2.2 | -0.37 |
| Georgia Tech | 1.29 | 0.07 | 2.13 | 0.11 |
| Oklahoma | 1.22 | 0.44 | 1.6 | 0.68 |
| UCONN | 1.17 | 0.59 | 1.81 | 0.53 |
| SMU | 1.14 | 2.42 | 1.19 | 1.09 |
| Alabama | 1.08 | 1.22 | 2.5 | -1.19 |
| Texas State | 1.08 | 1.57 | 1.1 | 1.07 |
| Tennessee | 1.04 | -0.35 | 1.06 | 0.99 |
| Texas | 1.01 | 0.6 | 2.02 | -0.4 |
| BYU | 1.0 | -0.46 | 2.45 | -0.24 |
| Georgia | 0.98 | 0.55 | 1.6 | 0.26 |
| Pittsburgh | 0.85 | -0.95 | 0.96 | 0.71 |
| Navy | 0.84 | -1.84 | 1.92 | -0.45 |
| Memphis | 0.83 | -0.71 | 0.14 | 1.53 |
| Tulane | 0.82 | 1.45 | 1.45 | 0.07 |
| East Carolina | 0.79 | 0.55 | 0.9 | 0.69 |
| Iowa | 0.76 | 0.51 | 0.92 | 0.54 |
| Virginia | 0.75 | 1.05 | 1.08 | 0.22 |
| UCF | 0.72 | -0.66 | 2.22 | -1.4 |
| Arkansas | 0.69 | -0.68 | 1.3 | -0.16 |
| Miami-OH | 0.69 | 0.44 | 1.22 | 0.24 |
| TCU | 0.68 | -0.25 | 0.88 | 0.48 |
| Boise State | 0.66 | 0.37 | 1.8 | -0.67 |
| Fresno State | 0.64 | 1.26 | 1.32 | -0.05 |
| Illinois | 0.61 | 0.66 | 1.83 | -1.09 |
| Penn State | 0.59 | 1.91 | 1.77 | -1.06 |
| New Mexico | 0.58 | 1.1 | 0.81 | 0.34 |
| Utah State | 0.58 | 0.0 | 2.18 | -1.01 |
| Auburn | 0.57 | 2.0 | 2.01 | -1.45 |
| Kansas State | 0.56 | 0.82 | 0.52 | 0.6 |
| Arizona State | 0.56 | 0.88 | 1.0 | -0.06 |
| Clemson | 0.55 | -0.15 | 0.48 | 0.65 |
| UNLV | 0.54 | 1.78 | 0.44 | 0.63 |
| Nebraska | 0.48 | -1.11 | 1.23 | -0.56 |
| Houston | 0.44 | -0.12 | 0.1 | 0.78 |
| Southern Miss | 0.43 | -0.82 | 0.13 | 0.85 |
| Buffalo | 0.36 | -0.73 | 0.47 | 0.22 |
| Kansas | 0.34 | -0.42 | 1.2 | -0.87 |
| Jacksonville State | 0.3 | 0.53 | 0.59 | 0.04 |
| Baylor | 0.22 | -0.98 | 0.59 | -0.3 |
| LSU | 0.2 | -0.42 | 0.89 | -0.77 |
| Austin Peay | 0.17 | 0.17 | nan | 0.17 |
| Missouri State | 0.16 | 1.17 | 0.5 | -0.17 |
| Ohio | 0.15 | 0.72 | 1.24 | -0.94 |
| Duke | 0.15 | -0.84 | 0.15 | 0.15 |
| South Carolina | 0.14 | 1.78 | 1.01 | -1.61 |
| Albany-NY | 0.14 | 0.14 | 0.93 | -1.42 |
| San Jose State | 0.14 | -1.43 | 1.47 | -1.2 |
| Western Michigan | 0.13 | 0.65 | 0.73 | -0.58 |
| Iowa State | 0.13 | -0.05 | 0.68 | -0.43 |
| Kennesaw State | 0.11 | -0.73 | 0.6 | -0.3 |
| Sacramento State | 0.1 | 0.1 | nan | 0.1 |
| Liberty | 0.09 | 0.12 | -0.13 | 0.31 |
| Rhode Island | 0.09 | 0.09 | nan | 0.09 |
| UTSA | 0.09 | 1.54 | 0.92 | -0.74 |
| North Carolina | 0.08 | -0.66 | 0.06 | 0.11 |
| WKU | 0.03 | -1.01 | 0.99 | -0.92 |
| Central Michigan | 0.01 | -0.24 | 1.91 | -1.35 |
| LA Tech | -0.01 | -0.64 | 0.88 | -0.9 |
| Florida International | -0.03 | 1.37 | -0.05 | -0.02 |
| NC State | -0.04 | -2.03 | 0.91 | -1.38 |
| Holy Cross | -0.04 | -0.04 | nan | -0.04 |
| Marshall | -0.08 | 2.06 | -0.21 | 0.05 |
| Washington State | -0.11 | 0.56 | 0.28 | -0.49 |
| Hawaii | -0.12 | 0.71 | 0.97 | -1.66 |
| Florida Atlantic | -0.19 | -0.66 | 0.78 | -1.17 |
| Maryland | -0.2 | -0.45 | -0.36 | 0.03 |
| Florida | -0.2 | -0.43 | 0.68 | -1.43 |
| Tulsa | -0.2 | 1.53 | 0.11 | -0.51 |
| Tarleton | -0.23 | -0.23 | nan | -0.23 |
| Mississippi State | -0.26 | -2.79 | 0.3 | -1.04 |
| South Alabama | -0.27 | -0.54 | 0.22 | -0.77 |
| UTEP | -0.29 | -1.06 | 0.08 | -0.67 |
| Northwestern | -0.31 | -0.87 | 0.39 | -1.28 |
| Southern Illinois | -0.35 | -0.35 | nan | -0.35 |
| Bryant | -0.37 | -0.37 | nan | -0.37 |
| Eastern Michigan | -0.4 | 1.04 | -0.11 | -0.69 |
| Wyoming | -0.41 | -1.87 | 0.54 | -1.36 |
| Virginia Tech | -0.45 | -0.15 | -0.71 | -0.08 |
| Middle Tennessee | -0.46 | 0.69 | -0.17 | -0.74 |
| Appalachian State | -0.47 | -2.01 | -0.06 | -0.87 |
| California | -0.47 | -0.54 | -0.16 | -0.78 |
| Minnesota | -0.47 | -2.11 | 1.09 | -2.66 |
| Louisiana-Monroe | -0.48 | -0.02 | 0.42 | -1.13 |
| Michigan State | -0.52 | -0.56 | -0.39 | -0.71 |
| Delaware | -0.55 | -0.97 | 0.01 | -1.11 |
| Kentucky | -0.55 | -1.75 | 0.54 | -2.08 |
| Idaho State | -0.59 | -0.59 | nan | -0.59 |
| Temple | -0.63 | -1.76 | -0.73 | -0.53 |
| Delaware State | -0.63 | -0.63 | nan | -0.63 |
| Kent State | -0.66 | 1.58 | 0.33 | -1.36 |
| Merrimack | -0.67 | -0.67 | nan | -0.67 |
| West Virginia | -0.68 | -0.63 | 0.3 | -1.66 |
| UAB | -0.71 | -2.51 | -0.66 | -0.75 |
| Bowling Green | -0.73 | 0.46 | -0.86 | -0.6 |
| Jackson State | -0.74 | -0.74 | nan | -0.74 |
| Duquesne | -0.75 | 0.17 | 2.32 | -3.81 |
| Nevada | -0.75 | -0.19 | -0.49 | -1.0 |
| Louisiana-Lafayette | -0.76 | -2.12 | -1.01 | -0.51 |
| NIU | -0.79 | -0.37 | -0.69 | -0.89 |
| New Mexico State | -0.8 | -1.1 | -0.24 | -1.35 |
| Akron | -0.86 | 0.85 | 0.46 | -2.18 |
| Army | -0.86 | -1.71 | -0.48 | -1.19 |
| Georgia Southern | -0.92 | -0.61 | 0.34 | -2.17 |
| Towson | -0.92 | -0.92 | nan | -0.92 |
| Boston College | -0.96 | -0.22 | -1.27 | -0.53 |
| Troy | -0.96 | -0.89 | -0.69 | -1.2 |
| UCLA | -0.96 | -2.34 | -1.07 | -0.85 |
| Oregon State | -1.01 | -0.62 | -0.13 | -2.23 |
| Wisconsin | -1.03 | -0.37 | -0.3 | -2.05 |
| Arkansas State | -1.05 | -0.66 | -0.47 | -1.64 |
| Georgia State | -1.05 | -1.12 | -0.3 | -1.79 |
| Colorado State | -1.05 | -0.24 | -0.59 | -1.7 |
| Alabama State | -1.06 | -1.06 | nan | -1.06 |
| Colorado | -1.07 | -1.48 | -0.85 | -1.37 |
| Air Force | -1.19 | -1.69 | -0.04 | -2.34 |
| Stanford | -1.24 | -0.71 | -0.67 | -1.81 |
| Purdue | -1.3 | -4.11 | -1.21 | -1.43 |
| Pace | -1.33 | -1.33 | nan | -1.33 |
| Coastal Carolina | -1.34 | -3.99 | -0.48 | -2.21 |
| Incarnate Word | -1.36 | -1.36 | nan | -1.36 |
| LIU | -1.46 | -1.46 | nan | -1.46 |
| Monmouth-New Jersey | -1.46 | -1.46 | nan | -1.46 |
| North Dakota | -1.49 | -1.49 | nan | -1.49 |
| Northern Colorado | -1.56 | -1.56 | nan | -1.56 |
| Maine | -1.58 | -1.58 | nan | -1.58 |
| Youngstown State | -1.6 | -1.6 | nan | -1.6 |
| Prairie View | -1.65 | -1.65 | nan | -1.65 |
| Ball State | -1.66 | -2.27 | -0.03 | -2.82 |
| Rice | -1.75 | -3.6 | -1.83 | -1.65 |
| Oklahoma State | -1.79 | -1.03 | -0.77 | -3.23 |
| Nicholls State | -1.82 | -1.82 | nan | -1.82 |
| Rutgers | -1.87 | -1.88 | -1.69 | -2.11 |
| Southeastern Louisiana | -1.88 | -1.88 | nan | -1.88 |
| Charlotte | -1.89 | -3.03 | -1.96 | -1.79 |
| Syracuse | -1.93 | -4.62 | -1.15 | -2.71 |
| Southeast Missouri State | -1.96 | -1.96 | nan | -1.96 |
| Abilene Christian | -1.97 | -1.97 | nan | -1.97 |
| Idaho | -2.16 | -2.16 | nan | -2.16 |
| Sam Houston State | -2.18 | -2.08 | -1.93 | -2.37 |
| Stephen F. Austin | -2.22 | -2.22 | nan | -2.22 |
| Tennessee Tech | -2.38 | -2.38 | nan | -2.38 |
| Florida A&M | -2.45 | -2.45 | nan | -2.45 |
| Massachusetts | -2.51 | -2.78 | -1.67 | -3.35 |
| Norfolk State | -2.55 | -2.55 | nan | -2.55 |
| Tennessee-Martin | -2.57 | -2.57 | nan | -2.57 |
| William & Mary | -2.68 | -2.68 | nan | -2.68 |
| Lafayette | -2.69 | -2.69 | nan | -2.69 |
| Bucknell | -2.81 | -2.81 | nan | -2.81 |
| South Carolina State | -2.84 | -2.84 | nan | -2.84 |
| Northern Arizona | -2.85 | -2.85 | nan | -2.85 |
| Bethune-Cookman | -2.86 | -2.86 | nan | -2.86 |
| Furman | -2.93 | -2.93 | nan | -2.93 |
| Chattanooga | -2.94 | -2.94 | nan | -2.94 |
| Alabama A&M | -2.99 | -2.99 | nan | -2.99 |
| Richmond | -3.08 | -3.08 | nan | -3.08 |
| Northern Iowa | -3.08 | -3.08 | nan | -3.08 |
| Texas Southern | -3.09 | -3.09 | nan | -3.09 |
| New Hampshire | -3.15 | -3.15 | nan | -3.15 |
| Samford | -3.18 | -3.18 | nan | -3.18 |
| Cal Poly | -3.25 | -3.25 | nan | -3.25 |
| McNeese State | -3.29 | -3.29 | nan | -3.29 |
| Murray State | -3.35 | -3.35 | nan | -3.35 |
| Morgan State | -3.39 | -3.39 | nan | -3.39 |
| St. Francis-PA | -3.47 | -3.47 | nan | -3.47 |
| Charleston Southern | -3.48 | -3.48 | nan | -3.48 |
| East Tennessee State | -3.51 | -3.51 | nan | -3.51 |
| Wofford | -3.67 | -3.67 | nan | -3.67 |
| Montana State | -3.7 | -3.7 | nan | -3.7 |
| VMI | -3.7 | -3.7 | nan | -3.7 |
| Colgate | -3.7 | -3.7 | nan | -3.7 |
| Stony Brook | -3.7 | -3.7 | nan | -3.7 |
| South Dakota | -3.8 | -3.8 | nan | -3.8 |
| Illinois State | -3.89 | -3.89 | nan | -3.89 |
| Villanova | -3.9 | -3.9 | nan | -3.9 |
| Lamar | -3.96 | -3.96 | nan | -3.96 |
| Gardner-Webb | -3.97 | -3.97 | nan | -3.97 |
| Southern University | -3.99 | -3.99 | nan | -3.99 |
| Texas A&M-Commerce | -4.05 | -4.05 | nan | -4.05 |
| UC Davis | -4.07 | -4.07 | nan | -4.07 |
| Lindenwood | -4.11 | -4.11 | nan | -4.11 |
| Western Illinois | -4.19 | -4.19 | nan | -4.19 |
| Eastern Kentucky | -4.3 | -4.3 | nan | -4.3 |
| North Alabama | -4.33 | -4.33 | nan | -4.33 |
| Weber State | -4.4 | -4.4 | nan | -4.4 |
| Portland State | -4.44 | -4.44 | nan | -4.44 |
| Central Arkansas | -4.45 | -4.45 | nan | -4.45 |
| Fordham | -4.57 | -4.57 | nan | -4.57 |
| Elon | -4.85 | -4.85 | nan | -4.85 |
| Central Connecticut State | -4.91 | -4.91 | nan | -4.91 |
| North Carolina Central | -4.99 | -4.99 | nan | -4.99 |
| Eastern Washington | -5.06 | -5.06 | nan | -5.06 |
| Houston Christian | -5.25 | -5.25 | nan | -5.25 |
| The Citadel | -5.32 | -5.32 | nan | -5.32 |
| Wagner | -5.36 | -5.36 | nan | -5.36 |
| Mercer | -5.38 | -5.38 | nan | -5.38 |
| Campbell | -5.72 | -5.72 | nan | -5.72 |
| Eastern Illinois | -5.95 | -5.95 | nan | -5.95 |
| Howard | -5.96 | -5.96 | nan | -5.96 |
| Robert Morris | -6.14 | -6.14 | nan | -6.14 |
| Alcorn State | -6.29 | -6.29 | nan | -6.29 |
| Western Carolina | -6.38 | -6.38 | nan | -6.38 |
| North Carolina A&T | -6.77 | -6.77 | nan | -6.77 |
| Grambling State | -6.85 | -6.85 | nan | -6.85 |
| Arkansas-Pine Bluff | -7.34 | -7.34 | nan | -7.34 |
| Northwestern State | -8.45 | -8.45 | nan | -8.45 |
| Western Connecticut State | -8.51 | -8.51 | nan | -8.51 |
| Indiana State | -8.64 | -8.64 | nan | -8.64 |
What Is Net Yards Per Play?
It’s pretty simple. The stat combines yards per play and yards allowed per play by deducting the number of yards a team allows per play from the amount it gains on offense.
Why Is Net Yards Per Play Useful?
Why is looking at net yards per play useful? Because looking at net yards per play eliminates random factors such as turnovers, botched kicks and special teams touchdowns.
Of course, randomness plays a large role in the outcome of most sports, but it’s impossible to predict. Analyzing net yards per play gives us a great indication of how good a team truly is. It’s no surprise that the top of the net yards per play rankings is typically crowded with many of the best teams in the country while the bottom is full of sub-.500 and last-place teams.
