Final

2021 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 all 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
WISCONSIN 1 149.7
GEORGIA 2 146.9
OKLAHOMA ST 3 123.1
ALABAMA 4 118.9
MINNESOTA 5 104.7
CLEMSON 6 90.4
AIR FORCE 7 78.8
IOWA ST 8 76.3
IOWA 9 75.4
CINCINNATI 10 73.5
NAVY 11 71.7
MICHIGAN 12 69.1
HOUSTON 13 69.0
UL LAFAYETTE 14 67.6
NC State 15 67.1
UAB 16 65.5
BAYLOR 17 64.7
Appalachian St 18 64.1
W MICHIGAN 19 64.0
MISS ST 20 62.7
SAN DIEGO ST 21 59.5
Liberty 22 59.3
TEXAS A&M 23 58.5
KENTUCKY 24 55.5
UTAH 25 55.4
PITTSBURGH 26 55.2
SYRACUSE 27 54.6
KANSAS ST 28 52.2
FLORIDA 29 50.1
ARMY 30 48.9
AUBURN 31 46.2
ARIZONA ST 32 44.0
NOTRE DAME 33 43.8
WASHINGTON 34 38.9
S CAROLINA 35 37.4
BOISE ST 36 36.9
ARKANSAS 37 35.5
WEST VIRGINIA 38 34.8
TULSA 39 34.1
WASH ST 40 32.4
FLORIDA ST 41 32.4
NEBRASKA 42 31.9
PENN ST 43 31.8
LSU 44 31.6
ILLINOIS 45 30.3
TROY ST 46 29.6
MIAMI FLA 47 29.1
TOLEDO 48 28.6
OHIO ST 49 28.1
CALIFORNIA 50 27.8
UTEP 51 26.9
INDIANA 52 25.8
SAN JOSE ST 53 25.5
Old Dominion 54 22.2
NORTH TEXAS 55 21.9
BOSTON COLL 56 21.8
BOWLING GREEN 57 20.7
PURDUE 58 20.4
Coastal Carolina 59 20.2
SOUTH ALABAMA 60 19.0
S MISS 61 16.9
VIRGINIA TECH 62 14.8
MIDDLE TENN 63 14.6
NEW MEXICO 64 14.3
WYOMING 65 12.0
FRESNO ST 66 9.0
MIAMI (OH) 67 8.9
OREGON 68 8.5
UCF 69 7.8
ARIZONA 70 6.8
BYU 71 1.7
EAST CAROLINA 72 1.7
COLORADO ST 73 0.9
LOUISVILLE 74 0.6
C MICHIGAN  75 -1.1
UTSA 76 -1.2
OKLAHOMA 77 -2.4
WAKE FOREST 78 -2.4
TEXAS TECH 79 -3.9
UCLA 80 -6.4
MISSISSIPPI 81 -7.2
UNLV 82 -10.9
N CAROLINA 83 -11.2
Georgia St 84 -13.6
MARSHALL 85 -13.9
BALL STATE 86 -14.7
FLORIDA ATLANTIC 87 -16.3
UTAH ST 88 -16.3
RUTGERS 89 -19.5
OREGON ST 90 -20.0
LOUISIANA TECH 91 -23.5
TULANE 92 -23.6
TEXAS 93 -24.8
RICE 94 -25.6
SMU 95 -26.8
TENNESSEE 96 -28.6
USC 97 -29.0
NEVADA 98 -30.1
MICHIGAN ST 99 -30.5
MEMPHIS  100 -32.5
MISSOURI 101 -34.8
BUFFALO 102 -39.8
Georgia Southern 103 -41.7
COLORADO 104 -42.0
TEMPLE 105 -43.2
MARYLAND 106 -43.4
OHIO U 107 -45.9
W KENTUCKY 108 -46.7
Texas St 109 -47.4
GEORGIA TECH 110 -48.6
N ILLINOIS 111 -50.0
HAWAII 112 -53.4
STANFORD 113 -60.8
E MICHIGAN 114 -66.4
VANDERBILT 115 -69.7
SOUTH FLORIDA 116 -70.0
UL MONROE 117 -72.1
VIRGINIA 118 -72.4
NORTHWESTERN 119 -75.2
KANSAS 120 -92.7
AKRON 121 -94.3
TCU 122 -96.4
KENT ST 123 -97.3
Charlotte 124 -97.5
CONNECTICUT 125 -105.0
FLORIDA INT'L 126 -117.3
NEW MEXICO ST 127 -121.7
Mass 128 -123.5
DUKE 129 -131.2
ARKANSAS ST 130 -139.7

 

 

 

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