You can see though that in recent years the difference between first and second has diminished. Last season, the SEC scored an average of 31.89 points per game, just .27 points less than the Big 12.
The Pac 12 was the worst of the power five conferences and 12th overall allowing 237.52 passing yards per game.
Teams are running “high-powered” offenses with young quarterbacks like Patrick Mahomes or Jared Goff who pass the ball a lot.
It was important to include yards per penalty in this comparison because it speaks to “how bad” the penalty was.
However, when thinking about what conference is the best I think its important to look at them across the years. When doing so we see that the Big…
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