THE COLLEGE EFFICIENCY BOARD

SEASON TO DATE · THROUGH WEEK 9 · 2026 · drives, quarters, comebacks · built 2026-10-29 14:18 UTC

Drive efficiency, first-quarter scoring and in-game win probability for 139 FBS teams in college football weeks 1–9 (season to date), 2026. Miami averaged 45.3 yards per drive, the most in the country. The biggest comeback: Texas trailed by 20 and beat Ohio State 24–23.

The comebacks — biggest deficits erased

Every team that trailed and still won, ranked by how far behind they fell. Win probability is ESPN's live model at the winner's lowest valid point; treat it as colour, not gospel.

Winner	Result	Deficit	Low win prob
Texas	beat Ohio State 24–23	down 20	1.2%
Wisconsin	beat Penn State 24–20	down 17	1.5%
Kentucky	beat South Carolina 35–34	down 17	6.8%
Houston	beat UCF 27–17	down 17	7.9%
Ohio	beat Jacksonville State 29–27	down 14	0.0%
UAB	beat East Carolina 30–17	down 14	0.2%
Auburn	beat Georgia 27–24	down 14	2.8%
Florida	beat Texas 27–24	down 14	2.8%
San Diego State	beat Texas State 31–29	down 14	7.7%
Louisville	beat Florida State 44–20	down 14	9.5%
Memphis	beat East Carolina 41–34	down 14	16.9%
Pittsburgh	beat Virginia Tech 35–33	down 14	18.9%

Fast starts — first-quarter scoring

First-quarter points scored and allowed per game, then points by quarter. Sorted by first-quarter margin.

Team	Q1 for	Q1 against	Q1 margin	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Gm
Georgia	13.3	2.3	+11.0	13.3	12.8	7.5	9.0	6
Utah	10.4	0.0	+10.4	10.4	7.4	6.8	12.6	5
LSU	11.7	1.9	+9.9	11.7	11.0	10.7	8.0	7
Oregon State	11.5	2.7	+8.8	11.5	10.8	10.3	8.5	6
Notre Dame	11.5	2.8	+8.7	11.5	14.8	7.2	10.0	6
Miami	10.9	2.3	+8.6	10.9	17.4	11.0	7.6	7
Virginia Tech	9.9	1.4	+8.4	9.9	12.1	4.9	8.1	7
Ohio State	10.8	2.7	+8.2	10.8	11.5	5.7	8.0	6
Northwestern	9.2	2.0	+7.2	9.2	8.0	6.3	10.2	6
Nevada	7.6	0.6	+7.0	7.6	4.8	8.8	9.0	5
Jacksonville State	9.3	2.3	+7.0	9.3	10.3	4.7	2.3	3
Houston	9.4	2.5	+6.9	9.4	9.5	11.2	5.9	8
James Madison	11.3	4.4	+6.9	11.3	14.7	8.7	8.9	7
UConn	11.7	5.0	+6.7	11.7	7.5	6.8	6.3	6
South Alabama	11.2	4.7	+6.5	11.2	9.5	7.7	5.8	6
Virginia	8.4	2.4	+6.0	8.4	7.3	5.4	7.3	7
New Mexico	8.2	2.2	+6.0	8.2	11.5	12.2	10.3	6
Liberty	8.5	2.7	+5.8	8.5	5.0	5.0	9.8	6
Boise State	9.0	3.3	+5.7	9.0	9.7	6.2	9.0	6
Indiana	7.4	1.9	+5.6	7.4	9.1	5.9	9.6	7
Arizona	10.0	4.5	+5.5	10.0	8.5	7.0	9.7	6
Oregon	7.3	1.9	+5.4	7.3	8.3	7.3	10.3	7
Texas	8.0	2.7	+5.3	8.0	8.5	4.0	10.3	6
Wake Forest	9.0	4.0	+5.0	9.0	12.3	8.1	5.9	7
Pittsburgh	8.9	3.9	+5.0	8.9	9.2	6.9	6.6	8
Ohio	6.9	2.0	+4.9	6.9	10.1	5.4	5.6	7
Texas State	11.0	6.2	+4.8	11.0	11.5	5.7	7.0	6
BYU	7.0	2.2	+4.8	7.0	11.7	6.3	5.7	6
South Carolina	8.2	3.5	+4.7	8.2	10.2	7.0	10.0	6
North Texas	9.0	4.5	+4.5	9.0	14.2	13.3	6.8	6
Iowa	7.7	3.3	+4.3	7.7	6.7	2.3	6.8	6
UCF	8.2	4.0	+4.2	8.2	8.5	7.0	4.7	6
Florida	7.8	3.8	+4.0	7.8	13.8	7.5	9.7	6
Louisiana	5.2	1.2	+4.0	5.2	10.7	7.5	8.3	6
Troy	8.7	4.7	+4.0	8.7	6.8	3.7	4.7	6
East Carolina	6.3	2.7	+3.7	6.3	9.7	4.2	5.7	6
Mississippi State	9.3	5.7	+3.7	9.3	7.3	4.3	7.2	6
Louisiana Tech	7.0	3.3	+3.7	7.0	12.0	8.0	7.5	6
Colorado	7.5	4.0	+3.5	7.5	6.3	3.8	4.7	6
NC State	8.7	5.2	+3.5	8.7	11.0	6.7	6.2	6

Drive efficiency

Per-drive rates, so teams that played twice stay comparable. Time of possession is minutes per game on offence.

Team	Yds/drive	Plays/drive	Score%	TD%	3rd down	RZ trips/gm	TOP	TO/gm	Gm
Miami	45.3	5.9	62%	52%	40%	6.4	34.0	0.3	7
Oregon State	44.9	6.2	53%	45%	37%	4.7	32.7	0.3	6
Houston	44.5	6.8	55%	45%	47%	5.5	33.0	0.5	8
Oklahoma State	43.9	6.3	58%	32%	26%	6.0	29.5	1.0	6
USC	43.1	7.4	44%	36%	44%	5.3	32.7	1.0	6
Air Force	42.5	8.1	50%	36%	45%	4.8	37.5	0.8	6
LSU	42.4	6.7	56%	44%	37%	6.0	33.4	1.1	7
Utah	42.2	6.1	49%	42%	35%	5.6	33.6	0.6	5
Texas State	42.1	6.6	47%	35%	46%	4.8	31.3	1.2	6
Jacksonville State	42.0	6.7	48%	28%	34%	4.5	30.4	1.8	4
SMU	42.0	6.0	54%	43%	34%	5.2	28.7	0.8	6
Boise State	41.8	6.7	52%	37%	35%	4.2	35.0	0.2	6
Ohio State	41.8	6.4	55%	42%	43%	4.7	32.3	0.5	6
Notre Dame	41.7	6.4	60%	48%	40%	5.2	32.2	0.3	6
Army	41.6	6.6	56%	46%	36%	3.9	34.3	0.4	7
Wake Forest	41.0	6.2	59%	44%	37%	5.3	28.3	0.3	7
Illinois	40.6	6.7	47%	33%	44%	3.2	29.2	0.3	6
Northwestern	40.5	6.0	52%	37%	38%	4.3	30.1	0.5	6
North Texas	40.3	5.6	54%	42%	33%	5.0	31.2	0.7	6
Florida Atlantic	39.9	6.9	51%	43%	46%	4.0	27.7	0.7	6
Memphis	39.9	5.6	47%	34%	31%	4.6	28.7	0.9	7
Temple	39.7	6.1	37%	25%	30%	2.5	28.8	0.7	6
Kansas State	39.5	6.2	49%	34%	49%	5.5	32.3	1.0	6
West Virginia	39.0	6.1	47%	38%	44%	4.7	28.1	0.9	7
Mississippi State	39.0	6.4	43%	32%	37%	3.7	28.1	1.2	6
Georgia	38.9	5.2	51%	43%	47%	4.8	29.7	0.8	6
Navy	38.8	6.0	44%	36%	30%	3.7	31.9	1.1	7
South Carolina	38.7	6.1	48%	37%	37%	4.5	28.8	1.0	6
Duke	38.6	6.3	44%	30%	40%	4.5	30.6	0.3	6
Arizona	38.3	5.8	49%	36%	41%	3.8	32.3	0.8	6
Florida	38.3	6.2	53%	40%	38%	4.7	31.9	0.7	6
Arkansas State	38.2	6.3	48%	36%	35%	4.7	31.8	0.7	7
Colorado State	37.9	5.6	49%	44%	38%	5.0	29.1	0.5	6
Louisville	37.8	5.2	49%	39%	37%	4.0	28.5	0.8	6
Cincinnati	37.8	5.5	48%	41%	37%	4.2	28.8	0.3	6
Indiana	37.6	5.6	49%	37%	33%	4.6	28.2	0.3	7
Toledo	37.4	5.8	45%	36%	35%	4.6	29.8	0.9	7
Kansas	37.3	6.2	46%	34%	30%	5.2	30.6	1.0	6
Jacksonville State	37.3	5.8	38%	32%	45%	4.7	26.1	1.0	3
UConn	37.3	5.5	40%	38%	30%	3.7	28.3	0.5	6
NC State	37.3	6.2	46%	37%	43%	4.8	31.8	0.5	6
Syracuse	37.2	6.8	43%	31%	35%	5.1	33.3	0.9	7
Pittsburgh	37.0	6.0	44%	33%	38%	3.8	30.7	0.8	8
UTSA	36.3	6.0	51%	38%	34%	4.6	30.4	0.7	7
James Madison	36.2	5.6	53%	40%	30%	5.4	27.5	0.6	7
South Alabama	36.1	6.2	44%	35%	35%	4.2	32.5	0.3	6
Missouri	35.9	5.9	43%	32%	37%	4.0	31.3	1.2	6
Georgia Southern	35.6	6.1	36%	26%	27%	3.7	30.9	0.7	6
Nebraska	35.3	6.2	42%	39%	39%	3.8	32.5	0.3	6
BYU	35.3	5.9	43%	38%	41%	4.3	30.3	0.2	6
Florida State	35.2	5.6	43%	34%	28%	4.3	28.2	0.3	6
Purdue	35.2	6.3	49%	28%	35%	5.2	33.9	0.2	6
Georgia State	35.2	5.2	47%	38%	32%	4.0	31.6	1.0	6
Georgia Tech	35.1	5.8	39%	24%	35%	4.2	27.2	1.3	6
Ohio	35.0	6.1	45%	29%	38%	3.7	31.8	1.1	7
Ole Miss	35.0	5.7	47%	33%	36%	3.8	26.1	0.8	6
Arizona State	34.9	5.5	45%	31%	24%	3.8	29.3	1.0	6
Alabama	34.7	5.6	47%	35%	35%	4.6	30.4	0.6	7
Texas Tech	34.6	5.7	47%	30%	32%	4.1	28.3	0.6	7
Kentucky	34.4	5.9	46%	33%	25%	4.9	29.9	0.4	7
TCU	34.2	6.2	34%	22%	37%	3.8	31.9	1.3	6
Virginia Tech	34.1	5.9	44%	32%	30%	4.4	31.5	0.3	7
Rutgers	33.6	5.9	39%	30%	31%	4.2	30.7	1.3	6
Louisiana Tech	33.6	5.6	43%	36%	36%	4.5	30.7	1.0	6
Boston College	33.5	5.9	35%	28%	33%	3.8	31.0	0.8	6
New Mexico	33.4	5.6	48%	42%	34%	4.5	33.1	0.7	6
Southern Miss	33.3	5.6	32%	29%	28%	4.3	25.5	0.7	6
Miami (OH)	33.3	5.5	40%	27%	31%	3.3	31.0	0.3	7
Louisiana	33.2	6.0	50%	32%	41%	4.3	34.2	1.2	6
Penn State	33.1	6.1	37%	24%	33%	3.7	30.1	0.3	6
Missouri State	33.0	5.9	36%	25%	33%	3.4	27.6	0.3	7
UAB	32.9	6.7	50%	20%	39%	2.8	31.9	1.2	6
Kennesaw State	32.7	5.6	36%	28%	35%	3.4	25.9	1.0	7
Liberty	32.5	5.5	44%	28%	25%	4.5	34.1	0.5	6
Western Michigan	32.5	5.8	41%	30%	36%	3.6	29.8	0.4	7
Virginia	32.5	6.0	40%	30%	25%	4.4	31.8	0.6	7
UCLA	32.5	5.3	36%	29%	38%	5.0	33.9	1.7	6
Bowling Green	32.3	6.1	34%	21%	40%	2.7	31.2	0.7	7
North Carolina	32.1	5.6	41%	30%	36%	4.0	26.1	1.2	6
Akron	32.0	6.0	34%	22%	37%	3.3	30.1	1.4	7
Western Kentucky	32.0	6.0	36%	25%	36%	3.3	30.8	1.0	7
UNLV	31.7	5.6	31%	23%	33%	3.3	29.7	0.6	7
Auburn	31.7	6.2	30%	21%	36%	3.2	27.7	1.3	6
Arkansas	31.6	6.2	35%	23%	38%	4.2	33.3	0.4	5
Oregon	31.5	5.5	41%	30%	27%	4.7	28.9	1.1	7
Hawai'i	31.5	6.3	33%	20%	36%	3.7	30.8	0.7	7
Baylor	31.5	6.2	37%	22%	35%	4.5	29.3	1.5	6
Troy	31.5	5.8	34%	25%	29%	3.7	31.5	0.8	6
Tulsa	31.4	5.7	40%	32%	26%	4.1	26.8	0.3	7
App State	31.3	5.5	42%	28%	24%	4.8	30.0	0.5	6
Rice	31.3	5.6	34%	24%	30%	2.1	30.0	1.3	7
Florida International	31.2	6.3	37%	21%	36%	3.3	32.7	1.3	6
Ball State	31.1	5.8	38%	26%	35%	3.0	29.8	0.6	7
Eastern Michigan	31.0	6.2	36%	23%	32%	3.5	31.3	0.4	8
Stanford	30.9	5.8	30%	22%	33%	3.6	28.4	0.6	7
UCF	30.8	5.7	41%	34%	30%	4.0	28.8	0.7	6
Tennessee	30.7	5.8	40%	30%	30%	4.1	31.6	1.1	7
Middle Tennessee	30.7	5.6	35%	21%	25%	2.3	28.6	0.7	7
Colorado	30.7	5.6	29%	22%	31%	3.2	29.7	1.3	6
Wyoming	30.6	5.8	37%	24%	27%	3.9	29.7	0.7	7
Delaware	30.4	5.3	40%	30%	29%	4.0	28.5	1.1	7
Marshall	30.2	5.6	30%	18%	32%	4.5	28.9	1.2	6
Texas	30.2	5.4	45%	29%	26%	4.2	29.2	1.2	6
North Dakota State	30.0	6.1	39%	22%	35%	3.3	32.6	1.0	6
Coastal Carolina	30.0	5.5	37%	27%	29%	2.8	29.1	0.7	6
Kent State	29.9	6.2	26%	19%	34%	3.1	30.6	0.7	7
San José State	29.9	5.7	37%	20%	23%	3.7	25.9	0.3	7
Fresno State	29.7	5.5	42%	25%	34%	4.0	28.3	0.4	5
Wisconsin	29.7	5.9	41%	25%	30%	2.8	27.8	0.5	6
Michigan State	29.7	6.4	36%	23%	35%	3.4	29.9	1.0	7
Iowa	29.7	5.6	36%	22%	31%	2.8	28.3	0.2	6
Vanderbilt	29.6	6.0	36%	20%	31%	3.1	31.0	1.0	7
Washington	29.3	5.4	35%	24%	24%	4.3	28.9	0.5	6
Massachusetts	29.0	5.5	38%	25%	26%	2.9	28.9	0.7	7
Nevada	28.9	5.3	44%	30%	33%	4.2	29.3	0.6	5
California	28.8	5.7	26%	17%	32%	3.1	30.1	0.4	7
Buffalo	28.7	6.1	35%	22%	36%	4.0	30.1	0.6	7
Maryland	28.4	5.2	38%	25%	25%	5.0	27.5	1.0	6
Oklahoma	28.2	5.5	34%	16%	29%	2.8	31.3	1.5	6
Texas A&M	28.1	5.8	45%	26%	37%	4.7	32.5	1.0	7
New Mexico State	28.0	5.5	30%	20%	34%	2.9	27.5	1.0	7
Tulane	27.8	5.2	28%	17%	31%	2.7	25.9	1.0	6
Iowa State	27.8	5.3	31%	21%	23%	3.0	29.3	0.5	6
East Carolina	27.5	5.1	33%	22%	25%	4.3	26.6	1.0	6
Utah State	27.3	5.5	28%	18%	29%	2.5	27.9	1.3	6
South Florida	26.6	5.9	38%	21%	31%	2.8	28.0	0.2	6
Charlotte	26.6	4.9	26%	18%	34%	2.7	27.9	2.0	6
Minnesota	26.6	5.6	36%	19%	29%	3.5	31.7	0.7	6
Clemson	26.5	5.9	38%	12%	27%	3.5	29.0	1.2	6
Northern Illinois	26.4	5.5	24%	15%	27%	3.0	26.7	1.3	6
San Diego State	25.6	4.9	40%	26%	30%	4.0	24.1	1.1	7
UTEP	25.5	5.0	26%	16%	19%	2.8	27.2	1.3	6
Washington State	25.1	5.6	21%	11%	26%	1.9	29.0	1.9	7
UL Monroe	25.0	5.3	28%	17%	19%	2.8	27.8	0.7	6
Michigan	25.0	5.4	23%	15%	28%	2.8	28.5	1.2	6
Sacramento State	24.6	5.4	27%	16%	27%	2.8	28.9	1.0	6
Central Michigan	24.1	5.4	22%	18%	32%	2.4	28.2	0.7	7
Sam Houston	23.0	5.3	19%	11%	26%	1.7	29.2	0.9	7
Old Dominion	20.6	4.9	20%	12%	30%	2.3	26.2	1.1	7

Drive data covers 493 games, weeks 1–9 (season to date). A red-zone trip is any drive reaching the opponent's 20. Third-down rate is conversions per attempt. Time of possession counts only drives credited to that offence.