The 2014 season preview series is underway, and within it I'm once again sharing a series of line stats for both offense and defense. You can find definitions within the 2014 glossary, but I thought it would be useful to post all line rankings in one spot. Below are sortable tables for both run and pass blocking categories.

I'll once again share some definitions as well. Obviously these stats are partially dependent on the skill position talent -- it doesn't matter how well you pass-block if your quarterback doesn't have good pocket presence (or flees the pocket in the wrong way), and it doesn't matter how well you run-block if your backs don't take advantage of the blocks -- but these stats, mostly pilfered from the pro side of Football Outsiders, take us a few steps in the right direction when it comes to properly evaluating line play. Once again, here are the definitions at hand:

Adj. Line Yards: An opponent-adjusted version of the line measure derived from the formula found here. The idea is to divvy credit for a given rush between both the runner and the blockers. Standard Downs: First downs, second-and-6 or fewer, third-and-4 or fewer, and fourth-and-4 or fewer. These are the downs in which the offense could conceivably either run or pass and therefore has an overall advantage over the defense. Offenses typically run about 60 percent of the time on standard downs. Passing Downs: Second-and-7 or more, third-and-5 or more, or fourth-and-5 or more. These are downs in which passing is easily the most likely option for gaining the necessary yardage, and defenses hold the upper hand. Offenses typically throw about 67 percent of the time on passing downs. Opportunity Rate: This is the percentage of carries in which the offensive line "does its job" and produces at least five yards of rushing for the runner. (Generally speaking, the first five yards are considered the line's responsibility, the next five are split evenly between the runner and the line, and anything over 10 yards is all on the runner.) See Highlight Yards and Adj. Line Yards for more information. Power Success Rate: As used in Football Outsiders' pro line stats, this is the percentage of runs on third or fourth down, two yards or less to go, that achieved a first down or touchdown. Also includes runs on first-and-goal or second-and-goal from the two-yard line or closer. Stuff Rate: This is the percentage of runs where the runner is tackled at or behind the line of scrimmage. Since being stuffed is bad, offenses are ranked from stuffed least often (No. 1) to most often (No. 125); for defenses, the opposite is true. Adj. Sack Rate: An opponent-adjusted measure of sack rates.

Note: Adj. Line Yards and Adj. Sack Rate are opponent-adjusted measures. The other stats below are not.

Even while acknowledging that the quality of the runner matters, a few lines pretty clearly stood out from the rest in 2013. Ohio State, Auburn, and Alabama were in the top 20 in every category, while Texas A&M and Missouri were top-20 in five of six. And no list would be complete without an outlier or two; hello, ODU. Nice to make your acquaintance.

(Another note: ODU's measures are only for games against FBS competition. The Monarchs were a provisional FBS team and played seven FCS opponents to only five FBS opponents, so their data is kind of messy for 2013. They're in a lot of the play-by-play stats here and elsewhere, but they didn't have a place in overall F/+.)

Offense Adj LY Rk SD LY/

Carry Rk PD LY/

Carry Rk Opp. Rate Rk Power

Succ. Rt. Rk Stuff Rate Rk Ohio State 146.6 1 3.86 1 4.06 10 55.7% 1 78.2% 10 11.9% 2 Auburn 131.0 2 3.84 2 3.80 18 48.4% 6 84.5% 3 12.1% 3 Texas A&M 124.9 3 3.64 6 4.03 12 51.4% 2 71.4% 45 16.0% 18 Oregon 122.9 4 3.65 5 3.65 32 49.0% 4 64.7% 83 15.1% 12 Alabama 120.6 5 3.53 7 3.93 16 48.0% 7 78.4% 9 14.0% 9 Missouri 118.3 6 3.36 13 4.10 7 45.5% 13 71.1% 48 15.9% 15 BYU 118.1 7 3.42 9 3.66 30 42.3% 33 76.7% 17 16.6% 23 Old Dominion 117.8 8 2.96 62 4.41 3 41.2% 43 87.5% 2 16.9% 35 Northern Illinois 117.4 9 3.76 3 4.18 5 49.3% 3 73.0% 39 12.6% 4 Miami 116.8 10 3.14 34 3.10 80 42.5% 29 60.0% 102 20.0% 75 Central Florida 115.5 11 2.65 105 4.27 4 37.9% 81 76.1% 20 22.3% 110 Georgia Tech 114.5 12 3.14 34 3.37 50 44.1% 16 71.8% 42 16.4% 20 Stanford 114.5 12 2.98 61 4.07 8 39.4% 67 69.5% 62 15.1% 12 Wisconsin 114.5 12 3.28 16 3.91 17 48.8% 5 70.4% 53 16.8% 31 Kansas State 113.9 15 3.25 21 3.37 50 43.1% 22 68.2% 67 21.1% 89 Arizona 113.1 16 3.28 16 3.70 26 42.7% 24 70.0% 57 13.7% 7 Florida State 113.1 16 3.41 10 3.13 78 47.5% 8 78.6% 8 15.9% 15 Arkansas 113.0 18 3.07 49 3.79 19 42.5% 29 74.2% 31 16.7% 29 Toledo 113.0 18 3.52 8 4.59 1 46.0% 10 74.4% 28 13.4% 6 Duke 112.6 20 3.31 15 3.02 86 39.4% 67 75.9% 22 16.1% 19 Clemson 112.1 21 3.15 32 3.53 38 42.5% 29 74.2% 31 18.8% 59 Notre Dame 111.9 22 2.99 59 3.01 88 42.7% 24 64.9% 82 19.4% 69 Northwestern 111.5 23 3.23 23 2.95 95 41.1% 47 64.3% 89 17.8% 45 Washington 111.5 23 2.76 89 4.50 2 41.9% 37 77.4% 13 17.4% 39 Navy 111.3 25 3.76 3 3.74 22 46.0% 10 76.2% 18 10.1% 1 UCLA 110.9 26 2.90 73 3.98 15 39.9% 61 66.7% 71 18.5% 55 New Mexico 110.3 27 3.39 11 3.51 41 46.5% 9 75.0% 26 17.8% 45 Syracuse 110.3 27 3.03 51 2.62 113 36.8% 93 81.0% 4 17.9% 47 Temple 110.0 29 3.19 25 3.26 65 41.6% 40 67.3% 70 20.5% 78 Washington State 109.8 30 3.11 42 2.96 92 43.6% 19 76.9% 16 16.6% 23 Oklahoma 109.5 31 3.05 50 3.47 42 41.8% 38 66.7% 71 19.5% 72 Tennessee 109.4 32 3.32 14 3.41 47 44.3% 15 71.0% 51 16.6% 23 Louisville 108.9 33 3.01 55 3.53 38 42.6% 27 71.4% 45 21.2% 92 LSU 108.7 34 3.14 34 3.27 63 42.6% 27 76.2% 18 17.3% 38 Baylor 108.3 35 3.15 32 3.25 66 43.0% 23 69.2% 64 16.5% 22 Texas 108.3 35 3.14 34 2.92 98 36.0% 98 63.0% 95 16.8% 31 South Carolina 107.7 37 3.09 46 3.27 63 40.8% 50 66.7% 71 16.9% 35 Nebraska 107.4 38 3.09 46 3.24 68 42.5% 29 71.1% 48 16.6% 23 USC 107.3 39 3.00 57 2.50 117 38.4% 75 67.7% 69 21.2% 92 Boston College 106.9 40 2.95 66 2.89 100 38.1% 80 55.6% 113 18.8% 59 Middle Tennessee 106.7 41 3.17 29 3.67 28 37.2% 86 64.3% 89 18.0% 48 Fresno State 106.4 42 3.12 38 3.46 43 40.5% 54 62.7% 97 15.9% 15 UTSA 105.9 43 2.91 72 3.75 21 41.5% 41 73.8% 35 23.5% 118 Maryland 105.7 44 2.53 117 3.31 56 37.2% 86 61.5% 100 25.2% 123 Arizona State 105.6 45 2.81 80 3.74 22 41.5% 41 65.2% 79 18.5% 55 San Jose State 105.2 46 3.00 57 3.20 71 40.6% 52 69.4% 63 17.5% 40 Boise State 104.6 47 3.08 48 3.67 28 39.5% 64 74.1% 33 19.0% 64 Wyoming 104.4 48 3.18 27 3.45 44 40.1% 60 70.7% 52 16.6% 23 Georgia 104.1 49 2.93 70 3.28 61 39.5% 64 81.0% 4 19.2% 68 Army 103.9 50 3.27 18 3.52 40 41.2% 43 79.3% 6 13.3% 5 Ole Miss 103.3 51 3.17 29 3.36 53 40.2% 58 66.1% 76 17.7% 43 North Carolina 103.1 52 3.12 38 2.71 110 40.5% 54 65.1% 80 16.8% 31 Arkansas State 102.7 53 3.12 38 3.76 20 42.7% 24 69.7% 59 18.0% 48 Nevada 102.4 54 2.74 93 4.07 8 35.5% 101 71.7% 44 18.9% 63 UL-Lafayette 102.4 54 3.20 24 3.61 33 43.9% 18 77.8% 11 16.8% 31 East Carolina 101.9 56 2.77 88 4.15 6 38.2% 78 62.5% 98 21.5% 99 Iowa 101.9 56 3.11 42 3.25 66 39.5% 64 69.6% 60 16.6% 23 Air Force 101.8 58 3.27 18 3.42 46 42.3% 33 76.1% 20 14.6% 11 Bowling Green 101.7 59 3.19 25 4.02 13 45.6% 12 64.6% 86 18.6% 57 Minnesota 101.7 59 2.93 70 3.21 70 38.9% 70 65.4% 78 19.1% 66 Florida Atlantic 101.6 61 2.76 89 3.69 27 35.0% 105 71.8% 42 18.1% 51 Houston 101.5 62 2.69 97 3.19 72 45.0% 14 58.1% 109 22.9% 115 Marshall 101.3 63 3.11 42 3.18 74 40.6% 52 79.2% 7 17.6% 42 Texas Tech 101.3 63 2.70 96 3.74 22 38.8% 71 53.3% 117 20.6% 80 Colorado State 101.0 65 3.18 27 3.38 48 40.9% 48 73.1% 38 16.4% 20 SMU 101.0 65 2.61 111 3.03 84 38.7% 74 77.3% 14 20.8% 83 Iowa State 100.9 67 2.71 94 3.38 48 35.3% 102 65.1% 80 18.8% 59 Rice 100.7 68 3.17 29 3.14 77 41.7% 39 71.9% 41 16.7% 29 Indiana 100.5 69 3.03 51 2.43 122 42.0% 36 64.7% 83 20.9% 86 UAB 100.5 69 2.95 66 3.73 25 42.3% 33 58.6% 106 17.7% 43 Cincinnati 100.3 71 2.84 79 3.59 35 38.8% 71 66.1% 76 19.8% 74 Utah 100.3 71 2.63 107 2.88 101 33.3% 117 64.7% 83 21.8% 105 Western Kentucky 100.3 71 3.39 11 3.66 30 43.4% 21 69.6% 60 13.8% 8 Illinois 100.2 74 2.94 69 2.96 92 40.7% 51 77.3% 14 19.4% 69 Mississippi State 100.0 75 3.03 51 3.04 83 40.4% 56 71.1% 48 21.2% 92 Penn State 99.8 76 3.12 38 3.12 79 40.4% 56 63.8% 92 15.4% 14 Michigan State 99.3 77 2.96 62 3.05 82 40.9% 48 74.5% 27 19.4% 69 Tulsa 99.2 78 2.81 80 2.93 97 34.6% 109 74.4% 28 20.3% 76 NC State 99.0 79 2.99 59 2.47 119 38.3% 77 57.5% 111 18.1% 51 UTEP 98.7 80 3.11 42 3.30 58 33.7% 114 73.7% 36 14.0% 9 Oklahoma State 97.8 81 2.68 99 4.04 11 37.8% 82 64.3% 89 22.2% 109 Kentucky 97.4 82 2.88 76 2.83 106 39.8% 62 70.2% 54 21.0% 87 Oregon State 96.6 83 2.65 105 2.52 116 41.2% 43 70.0% 57 22.4% 112 Pittsburgh 96.6 83 3.01 55 3.03 84 43.5% 20 71.4% 45 18.8% 59 Eastern Michigan 96.5 85 3.27 18 3.02 86 38.4% 75 69.0% 65 18.3% 54 Kansas 96.3 86 2.63 107 3.29 60 37.2% 86 50.0% 121 23.6% 120 Ball State 95.8 87 3.25 21 3.24 68 39.6% 63 48.6% 123 18.2% 53 Hawaii 95.1 88 2.85 77 3.31 56 35.8% 100 74.1% 33 19.0% 64 South Alabama 94.6 89 3.02 54 2.75 109 40.2% 58 45.2% 126 21.9% 106 Virginia 94.4 90 2.89 75 2.33 123 34.8% 108 69.0% 65 20.4% 77 Connecticut 93.6 91 2.32 123 2.87 103 33.0% 120 55.0% 114 26.9% 125 Colorado 92.8 92 2.60 113 3.30 58 33.4% 116 60.0% 102 17.5% 40 Memphis 92.6 93 2.66 102 2.84 105 37.4% 84 54.1% 116 23.4% 117 UNLV 92.6 93 2.96 62 2.88 101 35.3% 102 70.2% 54 20.8% 83 Louisiana Tech 92.5 95 2.67 100 4.00 14 44.0% 17 64.5% 87 23.2% 116 TCU 92.5 95 2.66 102 3.36 53 36.0% 98 55.0% 114 21.1% 89 Rutgers 92.0 97 2.55 115 3.16 76 36.1% 96 63.4% 93 21.2% 92 Utah State 92.0 97 2.69 97 3.19 72 37.3% 85 62.8% 96 23.5% 118 Kent State 91.7 99 2.96 62 3.61 33 35.0% 105 66.7% 71 17.1% 37 Idaho 91.4 100 2.95 66 2.95 95 39.1% 69 60.0% 102 21.0% 87 Vanderbilt 90.0 101 2.76 89 2.70 112 36.4% 95 75.9% 22 18.0% 48 Florida 89.6 102 2.85 77 2.62 113 37.2% 86 74.3% 30 21.5% 99 New Mexico State 89.1 103 2.71 94 3.55 36 36.8% 93 53.3% 117 20.7% 82 North Texas 89.0 104 2.78 86 3.00 89 35.2% 104 75.9% 22 19.6% 73 Purdue 89.0 104 2.78 86 1.26 126 33.5% 115 46.9% 125 23.6% 120 South Florida 88.9 106 2.37 122 2.04 125 27.3% 126 57.9% 110 22.3% 110 Georgia State 87.9 107 2.81 80 2.77 108 33.2% 118 68.0% 68 20.5% 78 Wake Forest 87.8 108 2.90 73 2.32 124 32.4% 123 66.7% 71 21.4% 98 Virginia Tech 87.7 109 2.63 107 2.46 121 32.7% 121 48.0% 124 21.7% 102 Tulane 87.6 110 2.53 117 3.45 44 37.5% 83 77.8% 11 21.9% 106 Texas State 87.0 111 2.80 83 3.32 55 41.2% 43 57.5% 111 21.7% 102 Troy 87.0 111 2.59 114 3.55 36 38.2% 78 70.2% 54 19.1% 66 West Virginia 86.9 113 2.39 121 3.28 61 34.9% 107 63.3% 94 22.1% 108 Ohio 84.8 114 2.80 83 2.50 117 34.6% 109 52.8% 119 18.7% 58 UL-Monroe 84.8 114 2.61 111 2.47 119 32.6% 122 88.0% 1 21.3% 97 Western Michigan 84.1 116 2.79 85 2.96 92 37.0% 91 61.9% 99 21.5% 99 Buffalo 84.0 117 2.67 100 3.07 81 37.2% 86 61.4% 101 21.2% 92 Michigan 83.2 118 2.19 126 2.80 107 34.5% 111 52.0% 120 29.9% 126 Miami (Ohio) 82.6 119 2.63 107 2.99 91 33.2% 118 58.3% 107 20.6% 80 San Diego State 82.5 120 2.66 102 3.37 50 36.1% 96 75.4% 25 20.8% 83 California 82.1 121 2.48 120 2.91 99 38.8% 71 50.0% 121 21.1% 89 Florida International 81.8 122 2.25 125 2.87 103 31.2% 125 58.3% 107 24.7% 122 Central Michigan 79.1 123 2.76 89 3.17 75 33.8% 113 58.8% 105 22.4% 112 Akron 77.2 124 2.55 115 3.00 89 37.0% 91 64.4% 88 22.8% 114 Southern Miss 75.8 125 2.26 124 2.71 110 31.3% 124 72.7% 40 26.4% 124 Massachusetts 75.2 126 2.49 119 2.53 115 33.9% 112 73.7% 36 21.7% 102