What is the kicking game worth?

The last few posts discussed the point contribution of special teams - kickoffs, punts, and field goals. By adding those values together we get the kicking game points over expected (KGPOE). 

By this measure, Florida State comes out on top. The Seminoles were solid in all three areas and excelled on generating field position on punts. At the other end, Louisiana-Monroe struggled in all three areas. If Louisiana-Monroe could have traded their kicking game for Florida State's, it would have contributed about 10 points of margin per game. Another notable finish is Virginia Tech; despite Beamer Ball, Virginia Tech finished 2011 at an unspectacular 44th.

In the second and third columns I've ranked each by their point differential (second column) and their point differential if they exchanged their kicking game for the league average. Texas A&M, for example, finished 23rd nationally in point differential, but would have been 34th without the stellar play of Randy Bullock.

			Point Diff. Rank		Components
	Team	KGPOE	W/ KG	W/O KG	KO	PUNT	FG
1	Florida St.	62.4	14	22	30.5	23.2	8.6
2	Oklahoma St.	59.2	7	9	43.7	9.0	6.4
3	LSU	52.3	4	4	23.5	22.2	6.5
4	Boise St.	45.6	5	5	42.8	6.9	-4.1
5	Auburn	44.5	82	94	26.3	14.5	3.6
6	Rice	42.9	102	109	11.0	19.5	12.3
7	Western Mich.	42.8	36	54	34.9	4.0	3.9
8	Arkansas	41.7	15	19	32.4	5.9	3.4
9	Cincinnati	41.7	17	25	25.4	17.1	-0.8
10	Texas A&M	39.5	23	34	21.8	-1.8	19.6
11	Southern Miss.	38.7	11	12	20.7	14.4	3.6
12	Utah	38.1	49	64	19.4	16.4	2.2
13	Kentucky	37.4	97	106	15.5	17.6	4.3
14	Temple	37.0	12	13	30.4	6.8	-0.2
15	Oklahoma	36.2	10	10	11.4	14.2	10.5
16	Nebraska	35.5	42	57	18.5	6.9	10.1
17	Miami (FL)	32.1	40	51	23.6	4.3	4.2
18	Oregon	29.6	6	7	16.7	14.1	-1.2
19	Louisiana Tech	28.6	35	43	6.8	23.4	-1.6
20	Mississippi	26.9	111	115	9.4	14.7	2.8
21	Florida	26.3	47	56	8.3	4.0	13.9
22	TCU	24.3	9	8	19.7	0.3	4.3
23	Oregon St.	23.3	98	103	16.2	9.7	-2.5
24	Vanderbilt	21.9	48	53	17.9	10.8	-6.7
25	Clemson	21.4	51	59	12.3	-0.1	9.2
26	Mississippi St.	20.5	45	47	15.3	10.1	-5.0
27	Michigan	19.5	13	11	26.6	-9.3	2.3
28	Ohio St.	19.2	57	63	1.4	8.8	8.9
29	USC	17.2	21	24	2.5	6.8	7.9
30	Connecticut	17.0	69	77	-1.9	5.4	13.5
31	BYU	16.7	26	32	15.2	4.8	-3.3
32	Tulsa	15.5	42	44	16.0	-6.9	6.4
33	Purdue	15.4	68	74	2.9	7.0	5.4
34	UTEP	15.3	83	85	4.5	15.7	-4.9
35	Texas Tech	14.5	87	93	-3.3	9.7	8.1
36	Washington	14.4	79	82	-0.6	10.1	4.9
37	Georgia	13.7	18	20	17.0	1.3	-4.6
38	Ohio	12.2	28	33	1.4	6.1	4.7
39	Arizona St.	11.9	52	50	5.1	7.9	-1.1
40	Michigan St.	11.3	16	17	6.7	0.3	4.2
41	Wisconsin	11.0	2	3	-2.2	9.6	3.6
42	Iowa	10.8	55	60	-0.8	11.0	0.7
43	Ball St.	10.6	99	101	-1.4	11.4	0.6
44	Virginia Tech	10.4	22	23	19.9	-8.9	-0.7
45	UCLA	10.0	100	102	-0.8	12.9	-2.1
46	California	9.8	53	52	-8.3	8.0	10.2
47	Arkansas St.	9.7	19	21	4.6	2.7	2.4
48	Boston College	9.4	86	90	6.3	6.2	-3.1
49	Houston	8.8	1	1	12.6	-3.5	-0.2
50	Eastern Mich.	8.8	80	81	9.8	1.3	-2.3
51	Iowa St.	8.8	93	95	7.5	4.1	-2.8
52	Pittsburgh	8.8	65	68	3.3	3.1	2.4
53	North Texas	7.4	88	92	-6.2	19.2	-5.6
54	Kansas St.	7.3	54	55	8.9	-3.8	2.2
55	Bowling Green	6.6	78	79	-9.5	18.9	-2.8
56	Missouri	6.4	27	27	6.4	6.9	-6.9
57	San Diego St.	5.9	49	46	14.8	4.8	-13.7
58	UCF	5.9	32	35	14.4	-5.9	-2.6
59	Utah St.	5.7	44	41	-2.4	13.5	-5.4
60	San Jose St.	5.2	88	91	6.1	4.0	-4.9
61	Texas	4.3	41	39	7.1	-9.8	6.9
62	Idaho	4.2	106	108	-18.2	20.8	1.7
63	Colorado St.	3.1	101	100	-0.6	9.1	-5.4
64	Louisville	2.5	64	66	-3.5	6.0	0.0
65	Stanford	1.7	8	6	0.9	2.4	-1.7
66	Duke	0.1	96	97	11.5	4.7	-16.0
67	SMU	-0.2	60	61	11.7	-7.0	-4.9
68	Troy	-0.7	105	104	7.6	-1.4	-6.9
69	Penn St.	-0.7	61	62	1.4	-1.1	-1.0
70	Notre Dame	-1.5	30	28	5.5	-3.8	-3.2
71	Wake Forest	-2.3	72	76	2.1	-6.2	1.8
72	Army	-2.4	81	80	6.7	-3.4	-5.6
73	Air Force	-2.6	37	36	-8.1	-1.4	6.8
74	Minnesota	-3.0	107	107	3.8	-14.6	7.8
75	South Florida	-5.1	39	38	-2.0	-5.8	2.6
76	Rutgers	-5.4	32	31	-8.1	6.0	-3.3
77	Northwestern	-5.6	66	65	-1.6	-1.8	-2.3
78	Virginia	-6.1	70	70	5.5	-9.3	-2.3
79	Baylor	-7.4	32	29	4.7	-6.7	-5.4
80	Wyoming	-7.4	74	75	-9.8	5.2	-2.8
81	Arizona	-7.5	85	83	-0.6	-0.1	-6.8
82	Hawaii	-8.1	63	58	-15.4	9.6	-2.4
83	Navy	-8.5	67	67	-4.4	-2.5	-1.7
84	Colorado	-9.7	114	113	-11.6	1.9	0.1
85	Illinois	-11.3	59	48	-9.3	-5.8	3.8
86	Georgia Tech	-11.4	31	26	-5.2	-1.9	-4.2
87	Central Mich.	-12.2	103	99	-2.8	-11.1	1.7
88	FIU	-12.3	46	37	-13.4	-7.9	9.1
89	Tennessee	-12.8	77	73	2.3	-14.2	-1.0
90	Alabama	-14.5	3	2	-9.2	-0.2	-5.1
91	East Carolina	-15.2	90	84	3.6	-23.4	4.7
92	South Carolina	-15.9	19	16	-6.5	-10.1	0.7
93	La.-Lafayette	-16.1	62	49	-38.2	10.7	11.4
94	Indiana	-17.3	110	110	-14.0	-9.1	5.8
95	Memphis	-17.6	115	114	-1.0	-12.0	-4.6
96	Buffalo	-18.8	93	89	-9.5	-8.3	-1.0
97	Washington St.	-20.1	75	72	-21.3	-3.5	4.7
98	Western Ky.	-20.5	75	71	-7.3	11.8	-25.0
99	Miami (OH)	-20.6	73	69	0.8	-13.9	-7.5
100	North Carolina	-20.9	58	42	-10.0	-8.9	-2.1
101	UNLV	-21.4	118	119	-9.7	-11.8	0.1
102	Marshall	-22.1	95	88	-19.9	-2.7	0.6
103	UAB	-22.4	112	111	-32.7	1.5	8.9
104	Kent St.	-23.8	91	87	-8.4	-20.2	4.7
105	Fresno St.	-24.0	91	86	-18.3	-3.3	-2.4
106	Syracuse	-24.9	84	78	-17.7	-6.9	-0.2
107	North Carolina St.	-25.1	56	40	-19.0	-5.5	-0.7
108	Nevada	-27.3	37	30	-16.1	-5.4	-5.7
109	West Virginia	-29.0	24	14	-23.9	-2.8	-2.2
110	Kansas	-29.6	116	116	-18.1	-4.4	-7.1
111	Florida Atlantic	-30.0	117	117	-8.1	-18.3	-3.7
112	Tulane	-31.2	113	112	-19.0	-10.2	-1.9
113	Middle Tenn.	-31.4	109	105	-27.5	2.4	-6.3
114	Toledo	-31.9	25	15	-25.7	-12.5	6.3
115	Maryland	-32.2	104	96	-20.6	-0.2	-11.4
116	Northern Ill.	-37.6	29	18	-31.8	-4.5	-1.3
117	Akron	-42.0	119	118	-31.3	-14.1	3.4
118	New Mexico	-43.9	120	120	-15.8	-21.5	-6.7
119	New Mexico St.	-46.0	107	98	-20.1	-17.8	-8.0
120	La.-Monroe	-66.6	71	45	-28.3	-26.0	-12.3