EPA (expected points added)
Used in both the NFL and college football
How much a single play changed a team's expected points. Every down, distance and field position has an average points value; EPA is the difference between the value before the play and after it.
It answers a question raw yards cannot. A four-yard gain on third and two is a good play. The same four yards on third and eight is a bad one. EPA scores them differently.
Per-play EPA is the usual form, because it measures efficiency rather than volume.
Adjusted EPA accounts for the quality of the opponent, which is why the adjusted and unadjusted numbers disagree about teams with lopsided schedules.
You’ll hear it like this
They post plus 0.38 points per play in adjusted EPA, the best figure in the country.
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Checked 2026-08-07.