CFB Index · Play style · 2025 season
Every conference has a personality. Here's the proof.
Six dimensions of how teams play — not how good they are, but how they play. Each shape shows how a conference differs from the FBS average. Spikes outward = above average. The center ring = FBS average.
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Computing FBS averages…
The SEC's identity isn't just winning — it's how they win.
Defense is the only axis where the SEC sits a full standard deviation above FBS average.
The Big Ten's shape is the inverse of the Big 12: slow, physical, successful on early downs.
The Big 12 is the home-run conference — highest big-play rate of any Power Four.
And within every conference, the spread is wider than the gap between conferences.
Ohio State and Purdue have more stylistic distance than Ohio State and Texas.
