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Another Friday brings forth another blitz of stats and numbers. Georgia’s defense continued to dominate. Dawgs went into the game allowing a rush success rate of 26% to a team which has a rush rate of 70%. Pair that with 110 DBs of elite DGDs in the stands and you get a second consecutive shutout and 3.6 yards per rush. Tennessee played the worst rush defense in SEC and turned into 450 yards of rushing offense and 63% rush success rate. Alabama had advantages in most areas over Ole Miss, and efficiency and talent led of a Tide victory and cover. Without further adieu, here is the blitz.
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Raw Numbers have UGA as the Number 3 overall team in net yards per play behind Coastal Carolina and Ohio State. These are not opponent adjusted, but UGA will have a second opponent in a row that has a very high net YPP rate. Auburn padded stats early in year and has questions on both sides of ball, but still shouldn't be overlooked. They are ninth in country.
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Only two teams are above 50% in offensive success rate with a logjam of teams just under and hovering around 49%. Georgia is truly in a league of their own defensively.
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Auburn is absolutely vulnerable against the pass. Look for Monken to try and exploit that. Bennett has shown enough arm to attack man coverage and is 3 of 4 of passes longer than 30 yards.
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After Saturday run heavy gameplay, UGA is now running it on 61% of plays. This is more of an indicator of small sample size than a shift in offense. UGA will be more balanced at Jordan-Hare on Saturday especially considering Auburn in 13th in SEC in pass success rate allowed.
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Let’s Look at Some SEC Metrics Matchups
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