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SEC Stats: PUre Defensive Efficiency, Week Nine
November 2nd, 2009 8:42 am ║ Posted By: John Pennington ║ Permalink ║ Tags: Alabama, Arkansas, Auburn, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, LSU, Mississippi State, Ole Miss, South Carolina, Tennessee, Vanderbilt
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When your defense ranks among the best of the SEC, it also ranks among the best in the nation. And thats certainly true for the top three defenses in this weeks Pure Efficiency ratings for defense.
To tally this statistic, we take the total number of plays a defense plays in league-games only. Then we divide that number by the total number of touchdowns a team has allowed. This tells us how many plays (on average) teams run between touchdowns against the SECs defenses in conference play.
This measures a defenses real stinginess. It also provides a look at overall team efficiency, as teams with turnover-prone offenses tend to put their defenses in bad situations.
Pure Efficiency Defense
Rank
School
Defensive Plays
Touchdowns Allowed
Plays/TD
1
Alabama
339
4
84.75
2
Tennessee
337
5
67.40
3
Florida
336
6
56.00
4 tie
LSU
332
8
41.50
4 tie
Ole Miss
332
8
41.50
6
Vanderbilt
361
12
30.08
7
S. Carolina
377
13
29.00
8
Miss. State
339
13
26.07
9
Auburn
425
20
21.25
10
Georgia
413
20
20.65
11
Kentucky
328
17
19.29
12
Arkansas
344
19
18.10
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November 2nd, 2009 8:32 am ║ Posted By: John Pennington ║ Permalink ║ Tags: Alabama, Arkansas, Auburn, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, LSU, Mississippi State, Ole Miss, South Carolina, Tennessee, Vanderbilt
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Through nine weeks of the season though were looking only at the results from in-conference games at the behest of some readers its becoming clear which SEC offenses have what it takes to score. And which ones dont.
The SECs defenses are clearly dominant this year, which makes those offenses at the top of our efficiency ratings so impressive: theyre putting up good numbers in the face of the nations top run-stuffers and ballhawks.
Heres an example of just how good SEC defenses are. In five games against conference foes, Vanderbilt has scored just three offensive touchdowns. On Saturday against 11th ranked Georgia Tech, Vandy tallied you guessed it three touchdowns in one game.
The SEC is absolutely brutal when it comes to suffocating defenses.
As always, we figure Pure Efficiency for the offense by taking the total offensive snaps run by a unit and dividing that number by the total number of touchdowns recorded by that offense. That tells you how many plays each offense needs (on average) to score a touchdown in SEC play.
This rank gives a good idea to overall team efficiency as well, because a turnover-creating defense can give an offense short fields with which to work.
Pure Efficiency Offense
Rank
School
Offensive Plays
Touchdowns
Plays/TD
1
Georgia
359
18
19.94
2
Arkansas
329
16
20.56
3
Tennessee
324
15
21.60
4
Florida
398
15
26.53
5
Auburn
432
16
27.00
6
Kentucky
340
12
28.33
7
Alabama
326
11
29.63
8
LSU
316
10
31.60
9
Miss. State
339
10
33.90
10
Ole Miss
350
9
38.88
11
S. Carolina
420
10
42.00
12
Vanderbilt
330
3
110.00
November 2nd, 2009 8:42 am ║ Posted By: John Pennington ║ Permalink ║ Tags: Alabama, Arkansas, Auburn, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, LSU, Mississippi State, Ole Miss, South Carolina, Tennessee, Vanderbilt
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When your defense ranks among the best of the SEC, it also ranks among the best in the nation. And thats certainly true for the top three defenses in this weeks Pure Efficiency ratings for defense.
To tally this statistic, we take the total number of plays a defense plays in league-games only. Then we divide that number by the total number of touchdowns a team has allowed. This tells us how many plays (on average) teams run between touchdowns against the SECs defenses in conference play.
This measures a defenses real stinginess. It also provides a look at overall team efficiency, as teams with turnover-prone offenses tend to put their defenses in bad situations.
Pure Efficiency Defense
Rank
School
Defensive Plays
Touchdowns Allowed
Plays/TD
1
Alabama
339
4
84.75
2
Tennessee
337
5
67.40
3
Florida
336
6
56.00
4 tie
LSU
332
8
41.50
4 tie
Ole Miss
332
8
41.50
6
Vanderbilt
361
12
30.08
7
S. Carolina
377
13
29.00
8
Miss. State
339
13
26.07
9
Auburn
425
20
21.25
10
Georgia
413
20
20.65
11
Kentucky
328
17
19.29
12
Arkansas
344
19
18.10
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November 2nd, 2009 8:32 am ║ Posted By: John Pennington ║ Permalink ║ Tags: Alabama, Arkansas, Auburn, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, LSU, Mississippi State, Ole Miss, South Carolina, Tennessee, Vanderbilt
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Through nine weeks of the season though were looking only at the results from in-conference games at the behest of some readers its becoming clear which SEC offenses have what it takes to score. And which ones dont.
The SECs defenses are clearly dominant this year, which makes those offenses at the top of our efficiency ratings so impressive: theyre putting up good numbers in the face of the nations top run-stuffers and ballhawks.
Heres an example of just how good SEC defenses are. In five games against conference foes, Vanderbilt has scored just three offensive touchdowns. On Saturday against 11th ranked Georgia Tech, Vandy tallied you guessed it three touchdowns in one game.
The SEC is absolutely brutal when it comes to suffocating defenses.
As always, we figure Pure Efficiency for the offense by taking the total offensive snaps run by a unit and dividing that number by the total number of touchdowns recorded by that offense. That tells you how many plays each offense needs (on average) to score a touchdown in SEC play.
This rank gives a good idea to overall team efficiency as well, because a turnover-creating defense can give an offense short fields with which to work.
Pure Efficiency Offense
Rank
School
Offensive Plays
Touchdowns
Plays/TD
1
Georgia
359
18
19.94
2
Arkansas
329
16
20.56
3
Tennessee
324
15
21.60
4
Florida
398
15
26.53
5
Auburn
432
16
27.00
6
Kentucky
340
12
28.33
7
Alabama
326
11
29.63
8
LSU
316
10
31.60
9
Miss. State
339
10
33.90
10
Ole Miss
350
9
38.88
11
S. Carolina
420
10
42.00
12
Vanderbilt
330
3
110.00
