Pass Efficiency Defense

One of the more crucial categories relevant to the success of a team at any level is turnovers. No coach or even member of the media can argue that a team’s Turnover Differential at the end of a season is analogous to that school’s success or failure. Even more sophisticated today is the statistical category, Pass Efficiency Defense. Important to every team, Pass Efficiency Defense evaluates the following categories that result in an overall PED rating: • Opponents pass completion percentage • Number of interceptions • Interception percentage • Opponents total yards passing • Opponents yards per pass attempt • Opponents touchdown passing percentage Leading the nation last fall in this complicated formula were North Carolina State (Division I-A), Coastal Carolina University (Division I-AA), and Worchester State (Division III). According to Steve Dunlap, Defensive