2012 FEI RATINGS, FIELD POSITION

through games of 1/7/2013

The Fremeau Efficiency Index (FEI) and its component metrics are generated from each of the nearly 20,000 FBS possessions played every season. The field position data on this page is a function of all possessions in 2012 FBS vs. FBS games, excluding first-half clock-kills and end-of-game garbage drives and scores.

FPA: Field Position Advantage, the share of the value of total starting field position earned by each team against its opponents.
SFP: Starting Field Position, average distance in yards from end zone on offensive non-garbage possessions.
Opp SFP: Opponent Starting Field Position, average distance in yards from end zone on opponent offensive non-garbage possessions.
SFP Del: Starting Field Position Delta, the difference between offensive starting field position and opponent offensive starting field position.
ShF: Short Field Drives, the percentage of offensive possessions started at midfield or on the opponent's side of the field.
Opp ShF: Opponent Short Field Drives, the percentage of opponent offensive possessions started at midfield or on the team's side of the field.
LoF: Long Field Drives, the percentage of offensive possessions started inside the team's own 20-yard line.
Opp LoF: Opponent Long Field Drives, the percentage of opponent offensive possessions started inside the opponent's own 20-yard line.

Overall FEI ratings and splits for Offense, Defense, Special Teams, and Field Position can be found using the drop-down menus provided above. Program FEI (five-year weighted) ratings and other supplemental drive-based data can be found here.

FPA	FPA Rk	Team	FBS Rec	FEI Rk	SFP	SFP Rk	Opp SFP	Opp SFP Rk	SFP Del	SFP Del Rk	ShF	ShF Rk	Opp ShF	Opp ShF Rk	LoF	LoF Rk	Opp LoF	Opp LoF Rk
.577	1	Kansas State	10-2	4	63.7	1	74.4	2	10.7	1	.198	3	.025	1	.138	4	.244	37
.568	2	Middle Tennessee	8-3	92	66.5	6	72.2	23	5.7	13	.173	11	.083	25	.145	7	.174	93
.561	3	Louisiana Tech	9-3	46	67.2	15	73.1	14	6.0	10	.131	45	.067	8	.157	10	.240	41
.559	4	Miami	6-5	60	67.6	22	74.3	3	6.7	5	.157	21	.078	19	.181	29	.341	2
.556	5	LSU	9-3	12	67.6	21	73.1	13	5.5	15	.157	22	.076	16	.193	40	.264	15
.555	6	Alabama	12-1	1	65.8	3	74.1	5	8.3	2	.163	17	.081	23	.163	14	.203	73
.554	7	Vanderbilt	8-4	43	66.4	4	72.7	22	6.3	7	.188	7	.067	9	.211	57	.306	6
.553	8	Stanford	12-2	7	69.2	43	73.1	12	3.9	23	.113	67	.089	34	.213	61	.274	10
.552	9	Kent State	10-3	53	67.8	26	71.5	34	3.7	24	.162	18	.080	21	.253	105	.215	61
.552	10	Wisconsin	7-6	15	67.5	20	73.6	11	6.0	9	.143	32	.060	6	.169	18	.320	3
.543	11	Oregon	11-1	2	67.5	19	68.1	90	.6	57	.180	9	.117	58	.252	104	.219	55
.542	12	BYU	7-5	29	67.1	14	74.7	1	7.6	3	.164	15	.077	17	.201	49	.308	5
.541	13	Central Florida	10-4	35	67.4	17	73.0	19	5.6	14	.148	30	.087	29	.239	92	.273	11
.539	14	Florida State	10-2	13	67.1	12	71.6	32	4.5	19	.165	14	.101	46	.241	94	.295	8
.538	15	UCLA	9-5	33	66.8	9	73.7	9	6.8	4	.194	5	.071	12	.183	31	.255	24
FPA	FPA Rk	Team	FBS Rec	FEI Rk	SFP	SFP Rk	Opp SFP	Opp SFP Rk	SFP Del	SFP Del Rk	ShF	ShF Rk	Opp ShF	Opp ShF Rk	LoF	LoF Rk	Opp LoF	Opp LoF Rk
.537	16	Boise State	11-2	32	66.4	5	72.8	21	6.4	6	.198	2	.075	13	.167	17	.246	33
.536	17	Florida	10-2	5	66.8	8	71.3	39	4.5	20	.212	1	.124	69	.263	110	.263	16
.535	18	Northwestern	9-3	21	69.9	58	70.9	50	1.1	49	.133	40	.083	27	.224	71	.214	62
.535	19	Utah	4-7	58	68.5	35	71.0	46	2.6	33	.146	31	.127	75	.228	77	.246	34
.534	20	Arizona State	7-5	37	66.9	10	72.1	24	5.3	16	.136	37	.092	39	.184	32	.230	47
.534	21	Texas	9-4	17	69.1	42	72.0	25	3.0	29	.156	24	.099	44	.222	69	.261	17
.534	22	Cincinnati	8-3	20	68.0	29	74.3	4	6.2	8	.142	33	.055	3	.197	45	.258	21
.533	23	Ball State	9-4	68	67.9	28	73.8	8	5.9	12	.094	90	.068	10	.148	8	.297	7
.532	24	Bowling Green	7-5	72	68.2	30	71.0	49	2.8	30	.158	20	.091	37	.187	33	.238	44
.532	25	Memphis	4-7	95	67.9	27	71.1	43	3.2	26	.195	4	.123	68	.212	60	.272	13
.532	26	SMU	6-6	76	66.9	11	69.3	78	2.3	36	.186	8	.119	61	.221	68	.147	112
.527	27	Texas State	3-8	104	68.7	37	72.0	26	3.3	25	.123	54	.079	20	.158	11	.272	12
.527	28	Fresno State	8-4	54	69.4	47	71.4	38	2.0	38	.155	25	.086	28	.223	70	.230	48
.527	29	Utah State	10-2	24	68.9	39	74.0	6	5.1	17	.121	58	.077	18	.250	103	.364	1
.526	30	Georgia	11-2	8	68.3	32	73.0	16	4.7	18	.150	28	.067	7	.218	65	.260	18
FPA	FPA Rk	Team	FBS Rec	FEI Rk	SFP	SFP Rk	Opp SFP	Opp SFP Rk	SFP Del	SFP Del Rk	ShF	ShF Rk	Opp ShF	Opp ShF Rk	LoF	LoF Rk	Opp LoF	Opp LoF Rk
.525	31	Toledo	8-4	56	71.8	92	72.0	27	.2	64	.096	88	.087	31	.316	123	.255	26
.524	32	Mississippi State	7-5	62	67.7	24	73.6	10	5.9	11	.140	34	.070	11	.194	41	.318	4
.524	33	Iowa State	5-7	39	71.1	82	71.8	29	.7	56	.108	72	.087	30	.196	43	.242	39
.522	34	USC	7-6	30	67.7	25	69.3	77	1.6	41	.132	43	.152	100	.145	6	.245	35
.521	35	New Mexico	3-9	109	72.0	103	73.0	15	1.0	50	.086	99	.054	2	.259	107	.196	81
.520	36	Rice	7-6	80	70.0	61	69.8	70	-.1	67	.122	56	.129	76	.231	81	.187	86
.520	37	North Carolina	7-4	47	69.8	55	71.4	36	1.6	40	.107	75	.098	43	.237	90	.250	31
.519	38	TCU	6-6	22	65.7	2	70.0	66	4.2	21	.179	10	.126	73	.160	12	.252	29
.518	39	Iowa	3-8	63	69.7	53	70.5	58	.7	52	.096	87	.133	82	.224	73	.219	56
.517	40	Louisiana Monroe	8-5	69	69.6	52	70.3	59	.7	54	.105	79	.110	50	.182	30	.205	68
.517	41	Ohio	8-4	70	69.9	59	73.0	18	3.1	28	.109	70	.103	47	.188	35	.257	22
.516	42	San Jose State	10-2	38	70.3	70	71.7	31	1.3	46	.122	55	.075	14	.237	89	.259	20
.513	43	Clemson	10-2	25	69.4	48	70.2	63	.8	51	.132	41	.117	59	.181	28	.228	50
.512	44	Oklahoma	9-3	6	71.5	88	73.9	7	2.4	35	.084	101	.090	35	.206	55	.269	14
.511	45	Pittsburgh	5-6	44	67.3	16	70.5	57	3.2	27	.153	27	.114	54	.178	24	.228	49
FPA	FPA Rk	Team	FBS Rec	FEI Rk	SFP	SFP Rk	Opp SFP	Opp SFP Rk	SFP Del	SFP Del Rk	ShF	ShF Rk	Opp ShF	Opp ShF Rk	LoF	LoF Rk	Opp LoF	Opp LoF Rk
.511	46	Washington	6-6	55	66.6	7	69.2	79	2.7	32	.156	23	.126	74	.170	20	.170	95
.511	47	Tennessee	4-7	61	68.3	31	70.8	53	2.5	34	.120	59	.119	62	.169	19	.231	46
.510	48	Missouri	4-7	57	69.2	45	67.1	106	-2.1	83	.173	12	.194	116	.259	108	.295	9
.510	49	Baylor	7-5	18	70.2	67	69.5	75	-.7	74	.091	93	.112	53	.161	13	.147	111
.509	50	Penn State	8-4	31	67.1	13	71.3	40	4.2	22	.191	6	.082	24	.176	21	.216	60
.509	51	Rutgers	8-4	34	70.2	65	68.1	91	-2.0	82	.162	19	.143	89	.246	100	.170	96
.506	52	South Carolina	10-2	11	69.9	60	68.0	94	-1.9	80	.115	64	.144	90	.213	62	.205	71
.505	53	Connecticut	5-7	64	69.2	44	69.8	71	.6	58	.103	80	.148	95	.152	9	.201	74
.505	54	Arizona	7-5	41	69.8	57	70.2	62	.4	61	.166	13	.125	70	.212	59	.257	23
.505	55	Ohio State	12-0	9	70.8	75	70.3	61	-.5	71	.094	91	.130	77	.180	26	.247	32
.504	56	Syracuse	7-5	27	70.4	71	71.9	28	1.5	42	.130	46	.111	51	.203	52	.244	36
.504	57	Texas A&M	9-2	3	72.8	114	73.0	17	.2	65	.076	112	.057	4	.227	76	.163	101
.503	58	Auburn	2-9	116	71.6	91	71.0	48	-.6	73	.098	86	.088	33	.196	44	.204	72
.503	59	Northern Illinois	11-2	36	68.5	36	71.2	41	2.7	31	.086	100	.091	38	.136	3	.259	19
.501	60	Western Kentucky	6-6	66	67.4	18	68.6	85	1.1	47	.128	48	.146	92	.120	1	.238	43
FPA	FPA Rk	Team	FBS Rec	FEI Rk	SFP	SFP Rk	Opp SFP	Opp SFP Rk	SFP Del	SFP Del Rk	ShF	ShF Rk	Opp ShF	Opp ShF Rk	LoF	LoF Rk	Opp LoF	Opp LoF Rk
.501	61	Navy	7-5	103	72.0	101	70.6	54	-1.4	78	.075	113	.114	55	.189	36	.219	54
.501	62	Oregon State	8-4	16	70.8	76	71.5	33	.7	53	.116	61	.115	56	.240	93	.243	38
.501	63	UTEP	3-9	88	71.8	94	70.9	51	-1.0	75	.064	120	.120	65	.220	66	.226	51
.500	64	San Diego State	8-4	48	69.0	41	68.7	81	-.3	70	.164	16	.133	81	.242	95	.164	100
.499	65	Michigan State	7-6	23	69.6	51	71.0	45	1.5	43	.094	89	.090	36	.220	67	.200	77
.497	66	Minnesota	5-7	74	69.4	49	69.7	72	.3	63	.127	49	.125	71	.224	72	.250	30
.497	67	East Carolina	7-5	107	69.8	54	71.4	37	1.6	39	.138	36	.094	41	.232	82	.174	94
.497	68	Tulsa	10-3	40	70.3	68	71.0	47	.7	55	.123	53	.095	42	.207	56	.223	52
.496	69	Purdue	5-7	89	68.4	34	70.5	56	2.1	37	.124	50	.120	64	.179	25	.254	28
.494	70	North Texas	3-8	99	71.6	90	73.0	20	1.4	45	.081	106	.058	5	.202	50	.200	75
.493	71	Hawaii	2-9	120	67.7	23	67.5	101	-.2	69	.131	44	.145	91	.139	5	.169	97
.493	72	Army	2-9	108	70.6	74	68.9	80	-1.7	79	.076	111	.132	79	.136	2	.158	104
.492	73	Duke	5-7	87	70.3	69	71.8	30	1.5	44	.116	62	.108	48	.239	91	.237	45
.492	74	Notre Dame	12-1	10	72.0	98	71.5	35	-.5	72	.119	60	.076	15	.333	124	.206	67
.491	75	Oklahoma State	7-5	14	70.0	62	71.1	44	1.1	48	.107	73	.111	52	.228	78	.208	65
FPA	FPA Rk	Team	FBS Rec	FEI Rk	SFP	SFP Rk	Opp SFP	Opp SFP Rk	SFP Del	SFP Del Rk	ShF	ShF Rk	Opp ShF	Opp ShF Rk	LoF	LoF Rk	Opp LoF	Opp LoF Rk
.491	76	Temple	3-7	83	68.9	40	69.3	76	.4	60	.153	26	.140	87	.216	63	.149	107
.490	77	Georgia Tech	6-7	50	69.5	50	66.9	110	-2.6	89	.140	35	.150	98	.225	75	.158	105
.489	78	Florida Atlantic	2-9	114	69.8	56	70.3	60	.5	59	.102	81	.117	57	.164	16	.217	59
.488	79	Central Michigan	6-6	100	70.4	73	70.8	52	.4	62	.109	71	.092	40	.233	84	.254	27
.487	80	Nevada	6-6	65	70.2	66	70.2	64	.0	66	.106	76	.088	32	.191	39	.131	119
.486	81	Indiana	3-8	71	72.0	100	70.0	65	-2.0	81	.070	116	.081	22	.190	38	.132	118
.485	82	Troy	5-7	77	72.2	105	71.1	42	-1.1	76	.105	77	.101	45	.270	113	.255	25
.485	83	Air Force	5-7	96	70.2	64	67.9	95	-2.3	86	.080	109	.119	63	.176	22	.143	114
.483	84	North Carolina State	6-6	59	71.4	85	67.8	96	-3.6	98	.113	65	.150	97	.298	121	.139	117
.483	85	Michigan	8-5	26	70.1	63	68.0	93	-2.1	84	.089	96	.131	78	.244	99	.123	121
.482	86	Kentucky	1-10	111	70.9	78	67.3	103	-3.6	99	.122	57	.133	83	.243	97	.181	89
.481	87	Texas Tech	7-5	45	69.3	46	67.1	105	-2.2	85	.115	63	.167	109	.177	23	.159	103
.481	88	West Virginia	6-6	52	70.9	79	66.9	108	-4.0	101	.080	110	.122	67	.232	83	.122	122
.480	89	Louisville	10-2	28	68.4	33	68.2	89	-.2	68	.148	29	.147	94	.234	86	.217	57
.479	90	Louisiana Lafayette	8-4	75	74.1	121	70.5	55	-3.5	97	.073	115	.132	80	.285	119	.222	53
FPA	FPA Rk	Team	FBS Rec	FEI Rk	SFP	SFP Rk	Opp SFP	Opp SFP Rk	SFP Del	SFP Del Rk	ShF	ShF Rk	Opp ShF	Opp ShF Rk	LoF	LoF Rk	Opp LoF	Opp LoF Rk
.478	91	Maryland	3-8	81	68.8	38	64.9	119	-3.9	100	.129	47	.178	115	.180	27	.148	109
.478	92	Massachusetts	1-11	123	70.9	77	69.7	73	-1.2	77	.101	83	.149	96	.225	74	.207	66
.477	93	Virginia Tech	6-6	49	70.4	72	67.7	98	-2.7	90	.110	68	.122	66	.233	85	.205	69
.476	94	California	2-9	79	71.2	83	68.4	87	-2.8	92	.105	78	.141	88	.188	34	.141	115
.475	95	Colorado State	4-7	121	72.9	115	66.2	115	-6.7	116	.052	123	.214	120	.200	48	.179	92
.472	96	UTSA	4-4	118	70.9	80	66.9	111	-4.1	102	.124	52	.151	99	.247	101	.116	123
.472	97	Wyoming	4-7	94	72.3	109	70.0	67	-2.4	87	.101	82	.154	102	.235	87	.197	80
.471	98	Florida International	3-9	85	72.0	102	67.0	107	-5.0	109	.081	107	.159	107	.228	79	.185	87
.471	99	South Alabama	1-11	105	70.9	81	66.5	113	-4.4	107	.107	74	.140	86	.195	42	.167	98
.467	100	UAB	2-9	113	71.5	87	65.6	117	-5.9	110	.080	108	.220	122	.197	46	.167	99
.467	101	Southern Mississippi	0-12	115	71.8	95	65.9	116	-6.0	114	.098	84	.217	121	.242	96	.217	58
.465	102	Western Michigan	3-8	82	71.4	86	65.5	118	-5.9	111	.089	97	.157	106	.200	47	.110	124
.463	103	Wake Forest	4-7	102	72.0	99	68.5	86	-3.4	96	.134	39	.157	105	.276	115	.189	85
.462	104	Arkansas State	9-3	51	73.0	116	68.6	83	-4.3	106	.098	85	.108	49	.295	120	.150	106
.462	105	Houston	5-7	84	72.3	108	68.1	92	-4.2	103	.092	92	.154	103	.258	106	.198	79
FPA	FPA Rk	Team	FBS Rec	FEI Rk	SFP	SFP Rk	Opp SFP	Opp SFP Rk	SFP Del	SFP Del Rk	ShF	ShF Rk	Opp ShF	Opp ShF Rk	LoF	LoF Rk	Opp LoF	Opp LoF Rk
.461	106	Miami (OH)	3-8	112	72.4	110	69.9	68	-2.5	88	.091	94	.083	26	.190	37	.149	108
.458	107	Arkansas	3-8	67	72.6	113	69.9	69	-2.8	91	.066	119	.139	85	.205	53	.205	70
.457	108	Mississippi	6-6	42	71.8	93	67.2	104	-4.6	108	.109	69	.134	84	.279	117	.148	110
.457	109	Eastern Michigan	2-9	101	72.5	111	69.6	74	-2.9	93	.081	105	.125	72	.260	109	.200	78
.457	110	Nebraska	9-4	19	71.9	96	68.6	82	-3.3	95	.089	95	.118	60	.236	88	.130	120
.456	111	Boston College	1-10	86	72.1	104	67.8	97	-4.3	105	.132	42	.171	112	.248	102	.240	40
.456	112	Tulane	2-10	117	71.5	89	67.4	102	-4.2	104	.082	103	.162	108	.163	15	.190	84
.455	113	UNLV	2-10	106	73.6	119	67.6	99	-6.0	113	.081	104	.146	93	.230	80	.185	88
.455	114	Kansas	0-11	93	73.4	118	66.5	114	-6.9	117	.067	117	.155	104	.244	98	.147	113
.450	115	Akron	0-11	98	74.0	120	66.9	109	-7.1	118	.089	98	.170	111	.281	118	.193	83
.447	116	Buffalo	3-8	91	74.4	122	64.8	120	-9.6	124	.056	121	.209	118	.268	112	.179	91
.442	117	Marshall	4-7	90	71.2	84	68.2	88	-2.9	94	.124	51	.153	101	.212	58	.214	63
.442	118	Illinois	1-10	110	72.2	106	63.8	123	-8.4	122	.075	114	.174	113	.217	64	.140	116
.442	119	Idaho	1-10	119	72.5	112	63.8	124	-8.7	123	.113	66	.213	119	.301	122	.180	90
.438	120	Colorado	1-10	122	72.0	97	64.4	121	-7.6	119	.082	102	.243	124	.205	54	.200	76
.435	121	South Florida	2-9	73	75.5	124	67.6	100	-7.9	120	.067	118	.176	114	.277	116	.193	82
.435	122	Virginia	3-8	78	73.2	117	66.5	112	-6.6	115	.052	124	.224	123	.267	111	.239	42
.430	123	Washington State	2-9	97	72.2	107	64.0	122	-8.2	121	.135	38	.208	117	.271	114	.160	102
.420	124	New Mexico State	0-11	124	74.5	123	68.6	84	-5.9	112	.053	122	.167	110	.202	51	.211	64