Quick Note: Field Position

Last year, Boise State's average starting field position was its own 38. New Mexico typically started at the 25. The expected point value* of the 38 is a full point higher (at 1.8) than from the 25 (.8 epv). Assuming about 25 possessions per game, that amounts to just under two touchdowns in a game. To put that in perspective, Oregon was one point better per possession than Iowa and Florida was also a point per possession better than New Mexico.

*Expected point value considers not only the current position, but all subsequent possessions. An epv of 1.8 means that if we started a game with one team having the ball at the 38, we would expect that team to win, on average, by 1.8 points over the course of a game.

Average Field Position - Yards to Goal Line
1	Boise St.	61.7	41	Connecticut	67.7	81	California	69.8
2	Rutgers	64.8	42	Vanderbilt	67.8	82	Tulane	69.8
3	Michigan St.	64.9	43	Middle Tenn.	67.9	83	UNLV	69.9
4	Oklahoma St.	65.0	44	Washington	68.0	84	SMU	70.0
5	Florida St.	65.0	45	Florida	68.0	85	Rice	70.2
6	Cincinnati	65.0	46	Marshall	68.1	86	Kentucky	70.3
7	TCU	65.1	47	Boston College	68.2	87	Northwestern	70.3
8	Temple	65.3	48	Auburn	68.2	88	La.-Lafayette	70.4
9	Toledo	65.4	49	Arkansas	68.2	89	Texas Tech	70.4
10	Georgia	65.5	50	Pittsburgh	68.2	90	Ball St.	70.4
11	Utah	65.6	51	South Carolina	68.2	91	Ole Miss	70.4
12	Western Mich.	65.7	52	FIU	68.2	92	Tulsa	70.5
13	Western Ky.	65.7	53	UTEP	68.3	93	Fla. Atlantic	70.6
14	LSU	66.0	54	Texas	68.4	94	Baylor	70.6
15	Oklahoma	66.2	55	Michigan	68.4	95	La.-Monroe	70.9
16	Alabama	66.2	56	San Diego St.	68.4	96	East Carolina	71.0
17	Ohio St.	66.3	57	USC	68.5	97	Notre Dame	71.0
18	Southern Miss.	66.4	58	Troy	68.5	98	Minnesota	71.0
19	Arkansas St.	66.5	59	Oregon	68.7	99	Tennessee	71.1
20	UCF	66.5	60	San Jose St.	68.8	100	Kansas	71.1
21	Kansas St.	66.5	61	Northern Ill.	68.9	101	Miami (FL)	71.4
22	Penn St.	66.5	62	Eastern Mich.	68.9	102	Georgia Tech	71.5
23	Wisconsin	66.6	63	North Carolina	68.9	103	Virginia	71.5
24	Nebraska	66.6	64	Buffalo	69.0	104	Wyoming	71.6
25	Virginia Tech	66.6	65	Navy	69.0	105	UAB	71.7
26	Bowling Green	66.7	66	Syracuse	69.1	106	Memphis	71.8
27	NC State	66.8	67	Air Force	69.1	107	Fresno St.	71.8
28	Clemson	67.0	68	Oregon St.	69.3	108	Army	71.8
29	Hawaii	67.0	69	UCLA	69.3	109	Utah St.	72.0
30	Louisiana Tech	67.1	70	Duke	69.4	110	Miami (OH)	72.0
31	North Texas	67.2	71	South Fla.	69.4	111	Illinois	72.0
32	Arizona St.	67.3	72	Iowa	69.5	112	New Mex St.	72.1
33	BYU	67.3	73	Colorado St.	69.5	113	Idaho	72.4
34	Stanford	67.3	74	West Virginia	69.5	114	Nevada	72.7
35	Iowa St.	67.4	75	Houston	69.5	115	Arizona	72.7
36	Kent St.	67.4	76	Wake Forest	69.6	116	Central Mich.	72.8
37	Purdue	67.5	77	Washington St.	69.6	117	Akron	72.9
38	Texas A&M	67.5	78	Missouri	69.6	118	Colorado	73.0
39	Ohio	67.6	79	Maryland	69.7	119	Indiana	73.9
40	Louisville	67.7	80	Mississippi St.	69.7	120	New Mexico	74.4