Top 25 Ranked Offense (2008 - 2019)

Scott Cunningham asked on Twitter:

Do football fans ever create rankings of “best teams” across seasons? If so, where does this years LSU fit in the distribution of best teams? Is Alabama at its best iow going to win or lose last night?

— scott cunningham (@causalinf) January 14, 2020

So I thought I would tackle part of the question - where does LSU fit in the distribution of teams across seasons.  I am using the Complex Invasion College Football Production Model, using aggregate data provided from www.cfbstats.com.  If you are interested, here are the details of the Complex Invasion College Football production model (except since I am estimating all the seasons since 2008 - I used a panel data regression with clustered standard errors by conference).

Tomorrow, I will post the top 25 best (most productive) defensive teams and the following day I will give an answer to Prof. Cunningham's question about "best teams" since 2008.

Below is the results for the Top 25 NCAA FBS best (most productive) Offense's since 2008.  As you can see, LSU had the #1 most productive offense since 2008!

Rank	Season		Name
1	2019		LSU
2	2011		Houston
3	2014		Oregon
4	2019		Clemson
5	2018		Clemson
6	2013		Florida State
7	2008		Oklahoma
8	2013		Baylor
9	2018		Alabama
10	2019		Ohio State
11	2018		Oklahoma
12	2014		Ohio State
13	2017		Oklahoma
14	2014		Marshall
15	2009		Houston
16	2008		Tulsa
17	2018		Ohio State
18	2015		Baylor
19	2011		Oklahoma State
20	2015		Western Kentucky
21	2011		Baylor
22	2013		Ohio State
23	2016		Clemson
24	2015		Clemson
25	2010		Hawai'i