*Regular Season Final

2020 Defensive Yards Per Game
Compared to What Their Opponents are Avg

I have broke down the offensive averages to come up with the most impressive teams in the country compared to how they fared against their opponent. Here is a ranking of 127 of 130 teams that have played and how they did. This list does take out Garbage yards that may occur during overtime and/or blowout wins/losses. The team page game by game stats include garbage yards.

    Defensive
Team Rank Average
CINCINNATI 1 138.7
SAN DIEGO ST 2 128.7
WISCONSIN 3 119.7
ARMY 4 116.1
CLEMSON 5 104.2
TEXAS A&M 6 97.6
TULSA 7 96.8
Appalachian St 8 94.5
NOTRE DAME 9 90.9
GEORGIA 10 84.6
WEST VIRGINIA 11 84.5
RICE 12 79.2
CALIFORNIA 13 72.7
IOWA 14 69.7
ALABAMA 15 69.1
Coastal Carolina 16 68.3
WASHINGTON 17 67.3
IOWA ST 18 66.2
UAB 19 65.6
BYU 20 65.3
PENN ST 21 64.2
NORTHWESTERN 22 63.5
UL LAFAYETTE 23 61.6
USC 24 60.8
W KENTUCKY 25 56.5
PITTSBURGH 26 56.5
TOLEDO 27 55.9
UTAH 28 50.8
WYOMING 29 50.7
MARSHALL 30 49.6
N ILLINOIS 31 48.9
SAN JOSE ST 32 47.3
AIR FORCE 33 46.5
MISS ST 34 46.2
INDIANA 35 42.5
TCU 36 42.2
OKLAHOMA 37 37.6
KENTUCKY 38 36.7
Georgia Southern 39 35.9
OKLAHOMA ST 40 33.5
NAVY 41 33.2
COLORADO ST 42 33.1
BUFFALO 43 30.7
MIAMI FLA 44 26.8
COLORADO 45 26.6
MIAMI (OH) 46 26.0
BAYLOR 47 26.0
LOUISVILLE 48 23.5
HOUSTON 49 21.4
BOISE ST 50 18.5
AUBURN 51 15.5
TROY ST 52 10.9
FLORIDA ATLANTIC 53 10.5
OHIO ST 54 9.1
NEBRASKA 55 8.4
FLORIDA 56 8.1
LOUISIANA TECH 57 8.0
Liberty 58 5.6
W MICHIGAN 59 3.6
UTSA 60 2.3
BOSTON COLL 61 1.2
NEVADA 62 1.0
TENNESSEE 63 1.0
C MICHIGAN  64 -0.1
NC State 65 -1.7
UCLA 66 -3.3
MICHIGAN ST 67 -4.4
TEMPLE 68 -7.6
OREGON 69 -9.6
TEXAS 70 -9.8
MISSOURI 71 -10.5
N CAROLINA 72 -11.6
BALL STATE 73 -12.0
VIRGINIA TECH 74 -12.4
ARKANSAS 75 -14.0
VIRGINIA 76 -14.1
TULANE 77 -16.5
E MICHIGAN 78 -19.4
SOUTH FLORIDA 79 -20.5
UTEP 80 -20.8
AKRON 81 -24.6
Georgia St 82 -24.7
ARIZONA ST 83 -27.9
SYRACUSE 84 -29.4
DUKE 85 -31.9
HAWAII 86 -32.1
EAST CAROLINA 87 -33.1
BOWLING GREEN 88 -36.1
KANSAS ST 89 -36.3
TEXAS TECH 90 -37.8
PURDUE 91 -39.1
STANFORD 92 -39.9
Charlotte 93 -40.3
S CAROLINA 94 -42.2
WAKE FOREST 95 -42.8
SOUTH ALABAMA 96 -42.8
GEORGIA TECH 97 -44.4
MINNESOTA 98 -47.7
S MISS 99 -49.5
OREGON ST 100 -49.6
FLORIDA ST 101 -51.5
MEMPHIS  102 -52.8
KANSAS 103 -53.4
KENT ST 104 -54.2
ARIZONA 105 -54.3
OHIO U 106 -55.6
WASH ST 107 -55.7
SMU 108 -55.8
NEW MEXICO 109 -56.2
FLORIDA INT'L 110 -57.0
RUTGERS 111 -62.9
MARYLAND 112 -64.7
UL MONROE 113 -70.0
LSU 114 -72.6
UCF 115 -74.9
MICHIGAN 116 -77.1
UNLV 117 -79.7
FRESNO ST 118 -83.4
MIDDLE TENN 119 -84.0
Texas St 120 -84.2
VANDERBILT 121 -84.9
ARKANSAS ST 122 -89.5
Mass 123 -95.7
UTAH ST 124 -99.3
ILLINOIS 125 -103.7
NORTH TEXAS 126 -140.1
MISSISSIPPI 127 -149.9

 

 

 

 

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