re: Net Yards Per Play ranks for SEC...

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I agree. We're also at that point where some teams have played mostly difficult games (Bama, UGA) and others have played a relatively easy stretch. Also, the league is just a lot more balanced this year, and so with that the numbers aren't going to be as high at the top or low at the bottom as past years. I think it's likely because the top teams aren't quite as good and the middle/bottom is better, but you never know.

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Easy or not easy, if you mean AP/CFP rankings, just doesn't affect it that much with those kind of teams from the past (UGA 2021-2023, Bama 2020, 2019 etc.) that were dominant in those stats.

As I said in an earlier post, Georgia 2021-2023 and Alabama for most of Saban's reign, were just as likely to put a dominant NYPP performance up against a good (ranked) team as they were a bad one.