THE COLLEGE EFFICIENCY BOARD

WEEK 2 · 2026 · drives, quarters, comebacks · built 2026-09-13 05:18 UTC

Drive efficiency, first-quarter scoring and in-game win probability for 124 FBS teams in college football week 2, 2026. NC State averaged 60.2 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%
Ohio	beat Jacksonville State 29–27	down 14	0.0%
Boise State	beat Memphis 38–20	down 14	24.4%
California	beat Syracuse 21–18	down 12	7.0%
UAB	beat UL Monroe 26–20	down 11	33.5%
South Florida	beat Army 28–24	down 10	0.1%
Duke	beat Illinois 31–27	down 10	16.0%
UTSA	beat Texas State 31–26	down 10	17.0%
Central Michigan	beat Colgate 13–10	down 10	23.7%
Tulane	beat South Alabama 28–24	down 10	32.5%
Iowa	beat Iowa State 16–13	down 10	54.2%
Wake Forest	beat Purdue 38–36	down 7	10.8%

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
Houston	28.0	0.0	+28.0	28.0	21.0	21.0	7.0	1
Miami	21.0	0.0	+21.0	21.0	28.0	28.0	0.0	1
Virginia	21.0	0.0	+21.0	21.0	7.0	14.0	17.0	1
NC State	21.0	0.0	+21.0	21.0	28.0	14.0	10.0	1
Georgia	21.0	0.0	+21.0	21.0	28.0	14.0	7.0	1
West Virginia	21.0	0.0	+21.0	21.0	7.0	17.0	7.0	1
Notre Dame	21.0	0.0	+21.0	21.0	21.0	10.0	0.0	1
Indiana	20.0	0.0	+20.0	20.0	21.0	14.0	0.0	1
James Madison	21.0	3.0	+18.0	21.0	21.0	24.0	21.0	1
Massachusetts	17.0	0.0	+17.0	17.0	6.0	14.0	0.0	1
Auburn	17.0	0.0	+17.0	17.0	10.0	16.0	0.0	1
Boston College	14.0	0.0	+14.0	14.0	6.0	0.0	8.0	1
Louisville	17.0	3.0	+14.0	17.0	14.0	14.0	14.0	1
Virginia Tech	17.0	3.0	+14.0	17.0	17.0	3.0	7.0	1
Miami (OH)	14.0	0.0	+14.0	14.0	28.0	3.0	0.0	1
Vanderbilt	14.0	0.0	+14.0	14.0	0.0	21.0	0.0	1
Colorado	21.0	7.0	+14.0	21.0	21.0	3.0	7.0	1
SMU	14.0	0.0	+14.0	14.0	28.0	7.0	7.0	1
Baylor	17.0	3.0	+14.0	17.0	17.0	7.0	3.0	1
Nebraska	14.0	0.0	+14.0	14.0	21.0	0.0	21.0	1
Wisconsin	17.0	3.0	+14.0	17.0	6.0	7.0	6.0	1
Missouri State	14.0	0.0	+14.0	14.0	20.0	14.0	0.0	1
North Texas	13.0	0.0	+13.0	13.0	7.0	14.0	10.0	1
Mississippi State	14.0	3.0	+11.0	14.0	14.0	3.0	7.0	1
Toledo	14.0	3.0	+11.0	14.0	21.0	21.0	7.0	1
Florida International	14.0	3.0	+11.0	14.0	7.0	9.0	3.0	1
Ohio State	10.0	0.0	+10.0	10.0	10.0	3.0	0.0	1
Colorado State	17.0	7.0	+10.0	17.0	31.0	3.0	7.0	1
South Alabama	10.0	0.0	+10.0	10.0	0.0	7.0	7.0	1
LSU	10.0	0.0	+10.0	10.0	0.0	14.0	21.0	1
Liberty	14.0	6.0	+8.0	14.0	3.0	0.0	7.0	1
Michigan	7.0	0.0	+7.0	7.0	3.0	0.0	7.0	1
North Carolina	7.0	0.0	+7.0	7.0	14.0	14.0	0.0	1
South Florida	7.0	0.0	+7.0	7.0	0.0	7.0	14.0	1
Florida	10.0	3.0	+7.0	10.0	35.0	7.0	0.0	1
Michigan State	7.0	0.0	+7.0	7.0	7.0	14.0	7.0	1
UTSA	7.0	0.0	+7.0	7.0	0.0	10.0	14.0	1
UL Monroe	7.0	0.0	+7.0	7.0	10.0	3.0	0.0	1
Akron	7.0	0.0	+7.0	7.0	14.0	10.0	14.0	1
Ball State	7.0	0.0	+7.0	7.0	14.0	0.0	20.0	1

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
NC State	60.2	5.8	92%	83%	62%	8.0	37.7	0.0	1
Cincinnati	58.6	7.3	82%	82%	58%	7.0	32.5	0.0	1
Miami	58.2	4.9	80%	73%	33%	11.0	37.0	1.0	1
Mississippi State	56.6	7.8	78%	56%	50%	4.0	30.2	1.0	1
Boise State	55.4	7.6	50%	40%	35%	4.0	39.9	0.0	1
Miami (OH)	53.9	6.9	75%	62%	44%	4.0	38.3	0.0	1
Auburn	53.5	8.0	55%	36%	39%	5.0	32.5	1.0	1
Nebraska	52.5	6.7	70%	70%	44%	4.0	31.4	0.0	1
Houston	51.2	5.3	92%	92%	78%	10.0	38.3	0.0	1
Indiana	51.1	6.2	70%	70%	33%	6.0	33.5	0.0	1
Michigan State	50.6	7.9	56%	56%	60%	6.0	31.4	1.0	1
Louisville	49.2	5.2	69%	62%	56%	7.0	28.6	0.0	1
Memphis	49.2	5.0	45%	18%	8%	4.0	20.1	1.0	1
Penn State	48.4	7.1	56%	33%	38%	5.0	28.8	0.0	1
Missouri State	48.2	6.6	58%	58%	37%	6.0	34.1	0.0	1
TCU	48.0	4.9	57%	57%	14%	7.0	29.4	1.0	1
Wake Forest	47.4	7.9	78%	44%	36%	5.0	27.6	0.0	1
James Madison	47.3	5.2	83%	75%	40%	7.0	22.3	0.0	1
North Carolina	46.2	6.0	56%	56%	33%	4.0	26.3	0.0	1
Notre Dame	46.2	6.6	70%	60%	53%	7.0	32.3	0.0	1
Arkansas State	45.8	7.2	75%	62%	56%	5.0	31.9	0.0	1
Akron	45.3	6.6	64%	55%	31%	5.0	34.9	1.0	1
Colorado State	45.0	4.8	67%	47%	44%	5.0	26.7	0.0	1
South Alabama	44.7	7.4	40%	30%	53%	3.0	37.5	0.0	1
West Virginia	44.4	5.3	75%	58%	46%	4.0	25.3	1.0	1
Illinois	44.3	7.9	56%	33%	46%	3.0	33.1	1.0	1
Florida	43.5	5.7	55%	45%	40%	4.0	28.3	0.0	1
Purdue	42.9	7.8	64%	36%	37%	7.0	32.2	0.0	1
SMU	42.8	4.4	62%	62%	33%	7.0	24.1	1.0	1
South Carolina	42.7	5.8	42%	33%	44%	4.0	25.9	1.0	1
Toledo	42.5	5.9	69%	62%	35%	5.0	33.8	1.0	1
San José State	42.1	7.5	55%	27%	13%	3.0	30.6	1.0	1
Texas State	41.5	6.9	42%	25%	45%	6.0	31.6	1.0	1
Kansas State	41.4	6.3	58%	33%	56%	6.0	34.3	2.0	1
Ole Miss	40.9	6.0	70%	50%	25%	5.0	22.7	0.0	1
Tulane	40.9	5.2	40%	40%	38%	3.0	22.1	0.0	1
Duke	40.2	6.4	56%	44%	18%	4.0	26.7	0.0	1
UAB	40.1	8.0	67%	22%	53%	1.0	31.8	1.0	1
UTEP	40.1	4.6	67%	50%	18%	4.0	23.2	1.0	1
Wisconsin	39.6	5.6	60%	30%	33%	1.0	24.7	0.0	1
Georgia State	39.4	6.6	55%	27%	35%	4.0	37.7	1.0	1
Virginia	39.3	5.2	67%	58%	33%	8.0	28.0	0.0	1
Colorado	39.3	5.4	57%	50%	19%	3.0	29.7	0.0	1
Jacksonville State	38.9	5.7	43%	29%	50%	9.0	28.3	1.0	1
Maryland	38.3	6.2	46%	38%	33%	6.0	35.5	0.0	1
Army	38.0	7.0	44%	33%	21%	3.0	35.7	1.0	1
Oklahoma State	38.0	5.8	60%	27%	15%	8.0	36.9	2.0	1
Virginia Tech	37.8	8.1	64%	36%	36%	7.0	38.3	0.0	1
Kent State	37.8	6.1	42%	33%	57%	4.0	37.1	1.0	1
South Florida	37.7	5.5	40%	40%	50%	2.0	24.2	0.0	1
Baylor	37.6	6.3	57%	36%	41%	5.0	32.6	3.0	1
Florida Atlantic	36.8	6.6	58%	42%	47%	3.0	33.7	0.0	1
Tulsa	36.6	6.7	36%	27%	18%	3.0	30.0	0.0	1
Florida International	36.4	5.6	43%	29%	30%	4.0	36.4	1.0	1
Tennessee	36.2	6.1	64%	55%	42%	3.0	28.8	1.0	1
Georgia Tech	35.7	6.5	36%	18%	57%	4.0	31.1	2.0	1
Massachusetts	35.5	5.2	50%	38%	25%	3.0	24.9	0.0	1
North Texas	35.0	5.8	67%	42%	53%	6.0	32.2	0.0	1
Ball State	34.8	5.4	54%	38%	23%	5.0	33.0	0.0	1
Navy	34.4	5.0	33%	33%	27%	2.0	26.1	2.0	1
BYU	34.1	5.6	40%	40%	40%	5.0	26.3	0.0	1
Syracuse	34.1	7.0	38%	15%	45%	5.0	34.1	1.0	1
Sam Houston	33.7	6.1	27%	18%	33%	1.0	29.3	0.0	1
Ohio State	33.5	6.1	45%	18%	38%	5.0	28.5	0.0	1
UTSA	33.5	6.8	45%	36%	18%	4.0	28.1	0.0	1
Western Michigan	33.3	4.4	54%	54%	55%	5.0	28.1	0.0	1
LSU	33.2	5.9	60%	33%	40%	10.0	34.1	4.0	1
Rutgers	33.1	6.2	27%	27%	27%	4.0	34.5	2.0	1
Missouri	33.0	5.3	50%	43%	37%	7.0	31.3	3.0	1
Oregon State	32.6	5.2	29%	21%	29%	3.0	29.9	1.0	1
Boston College	32.2	5.2	42%	25%	24%	4.0	25.5	2.0	1
Georgia	32.1	4.0	53%	53%	38%	5.0	28.4	1.0	1
Texas	31.9	7.2	36%	27%	37%	4.0	31.3	2.0	1
Charlotte	31.9	6.5	30%	0%	29%	3.0	37.2	2.0	1
Middle Tennessee	31.5	6.5	36%	18%	11%	3.0	32.8	1.0	1
Troy	31.3	5.5	46%	31%	19%	4.0	31.2	0.0	1
East Carolina	31.2	5.7	31%	23%	15%	5.0	23.9	0.0	1
Alabama	31.1	5.5	67%	33%	42%	6.0	32.2	1.0	1
Coastal Carolina	31.1	5.0	50%	43%	31%	4.0	29.8	0.0	1
Arizona	30.7	6.3	30%	20%	50%	3.0	33.6	1.0	1
New Mexico	30.6	4.2	59%	59%	36%	6.0	33.4	0.0	1
Northern Illinois	30.3	6.1	36%	18%	26%	5.0	28.6	1.0	1
UL Monroe	29.9	6.5	40%	20%	23%	4.0	27.9	1.0	1
UCLA	29.8	5.5	33%	33%	42%	4.0	34.9	1.0	1
Minnesota	29.7	7.2	22%	0%	29%	2.0	29.5	0.0	1
Washington	29.4	6.5	33%	8%	33%	4.0	35.1	0.0	1
Kennesaw State	29.3	5.2	27%	18%	15%	3.0	21.6	0.0	1
Temple	29.2	6.3	22%	11%	29%	2.0	33.0	2.0	1
Oklahoma	29.0	5.7	18%	9%	29%	1.0	26.7	2.0	1
App State	28.1	5.4	36%	21%	29%	5.0	35.9	0.0	1
Vanderbilt	26.9	4.9	36%	21%	22%	6.0	28.4	1.0	1
Delaware	26.2	5.4	38%	15%	16%	3.0	31.3	2.0	1
Washington State	25.6	4.6	0%	0%	17%	1.0	25.7	2.0	1
Arizona State	24.9	4.6	43%	14%	13%	2.0	30.0	3.0	1
Ohio	24.3	6.9	45%	18%	37%	5.0	31.3	1.0	1
Iowa	24.0	5.6	36%	9%	20%	2.0	29.7	0.0	1
Texas Tech	23.7	5.4	36%	36%	32%	3.0	29.2	0.0	1
Michigan	23.6	5.4	27%	18%	31%	3.0	33.2	0.0	1
California	23.6	5.1	17%	17%	19%	2.0	25.8	0.0	1
Pittsburgh	23.4	6.1	17%	8%	26%	2.0	36.1	0.0	1
UNLV	23.0	6.2	17%	0%	47%	3.0	27.6	2.0	1
Marshall	22.8	4.7	38%	23%	22%	5.0	27.0	1.0	1
Utah State	22.8	4.8	17%	17%	38%	1.0	24.7	2.0	1
Eastern Michigan	22.3	5.8	11%	11%	47%	1.0	28.5	1.0	1
Buffalo	22.3	5.2	31%	15%	16%	2.0	24.9	1.0	1
Old Dominion	22.2	4.1	38%	15%	23%	2.0	21.6	1.0	1
Liberty	21.9	4.5	33%	20%	7%	4.0	28.9	2.0	1
Texas A&M	21.7	4.8	46%	31%	15%	5.0	29.7	0.0	1
Wyoming	21.2	5.1	25%	25%	33%	4.0	28.9	1.0	1
Central Michigan	20.3	5.3	8%	8%	47%	4.0	32.5	2.0	1
UConn	20.3	4.7	18%	18%	25%	0.0	24.0	0.0	1
Georgia Southern	19.5	4.8	7%	7%	16%	1.0	28.3	0.0	1
Western Kentucky	19.5	4.4	29%	24%	39%	3.0	31.0	3.0	1
San Diego State	19.5	5.3	18%	9%	33%	1.0	25.0	1.0	1
Oregon	18.9	4.6	31%	23%	28%	1.0	23.1	1.0	1
Kansas	18.8	5.2	15%	15%	21%	3.0	28.5	2.0	1
Clemson	18.4	4.9	38%	6%	17%	5.0	31.6	1.0	1
Kentucky	18.2	5.4	25%	8%	6%	1.0	27.6	2.0	1
Iowa State	17.9	4.6	25%	8%	29%	3.0	30.3	0.0	1
Southern Miss	16.3	5.3	27%	9%	33%	1.0	27.2	1.0	1
UCF	14.7	4.4	17%	8%	17%	1.0	23.6	0.0	1
Bowling Green	13.0	4.4	18%	9%	21%	1.0	28.1	1.0	1
Louisiana Tech	10.4	3.7	7%	7%	25%	1.0	25.7	3.0	1
Rice	10.0	4.2	9%	0%	20%	1.0	27.6	4.0	1

Drive data covers 80 games, week 2. 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.