Phil Steele Blog • January 6, 2016

 

Defensive Yards Per Play thru the Bowl Games.

In today's blog we will take a look at teams Defensive Yards Per Play rank thru 1/2/16 Bowl Games. Def YPP is calculated by taking the Total Def Yards then dividing by the total you get after adding Def Rush Att and Def Pass Att. In Thursday's blog we will take a look at the opposite side of the ball and list the Offensive Yards Per Play rank.

    Total Def Total DEF Total DEF DEF
Rank TEAM NAME Rush ATT Pass Att Yards YPP
1 Boston College 416 334 3052 4.1
1 Alabama 430 448 3595 4.1
3 Missouri 484 354 3624 4.3
4 Wisconsin 396 395 3491 4.4
5 Michigan 437 381 3649 4.5
5 Ohio St 488 411 4047 4.5
5 Northwestern 463 452 4146 4.5
8 Florida 508 425 4343 4.7
8 San Diego St 482 381 4022 4.7
8 Florida St 493 443 4380 4.7
8 Appalachian St 497 374 4088 4.7
8 Marshall 546 452 4690 4.7
8 Clemson 485 412 4222 4.7
14 Georgia 491 344 3977 4.8
14 Penn St 510 373 4218 4.8
14 Oklahoma 552 437 4738 4.8
14 Louisville 477 421 4326 4.8
14 Akron 410 478 4305 4.8
19 Utah St 552 339 4322 4.9
19 Kent St 494 370 4201 4.9
19 Boise St 440 411 4138 4.9
19 Mississippi 496 533 5016 4.9
19 Illinois 468 392 4210 4.9
19 BYU 511 407 4494 4.9
19 Washington 495 438 4574 4.9
19 Minnesota 523 394 4497 4.9
27 Iowa 469 493 4774 5.0
27 UCLA 588 457 5220 5.0
27 Temple 470 467 4718 5.0
30 Toledo 413 475 4502 5.1
30 Central Michigan 453 388 4319 5.1
32 TCU 562 442 5179 5.2
32 LSU 387 419 4166 5.2
32 Vanderbilt 426 387 4207 5.2
32 Utah 430 491 4768 5.2
32 Northern Illinois 612 518 5857 5.2
32 Baylor 552 442 5155 5.2
32 Connecticut 486 401 4616 5.2
32 Tennessee 470 434 4706 5.2
32 USF 497 447 4946 5.2
32 Troy 562 334 4695 5.2
42 Louisiana Tech 440 484 4886 5.3
42 Georgia St 542 453 5273 5.3
42 West Virginia 523 446 5154 5.3
42 Southern Miss 506 492 5313 5.3
42 Mississippi St 531 424 5085 5.3
47 Duke 553 403 5131 5.4
47 Auburn 523 458 5267 5.4
47 East Carolina 518 376 4811 5.4
47 Bowling Green 592 492 5849 5.4
47 Texas A&M 555 357 4940 5.4
52 Middle Tennessee 484 482 5273 5.5
52 Michigan St 449 446 4898 5.5
52 Georgia Southern 438 365 4395 5.5
52 Houston 480 500 5370 5.5
52 North Carolina 675 435 6103 5.5
52 NC State 444 384 4559 5.5
52 Memphis 540 419 5287 5.5
52 FAU 504 373 4861 5.5
52 Charlotte 500 407 5028 5.5
52 Kentucky 510 343 4730 5.5
52 Virginia Tech 514 353 4808 5.5
63 Hawaii 687 364 5838 5.6
63 Wake Forest 462 322 4365 5.6
63 Stanford 453 473 5156 5.6
63 Notre Dame 496 374 4845 5.6
63 Maryland 521 385 5054 5.6
63 San Jose St 513 319 4661 5.6
63 ULM 638 341 5496 5.6
63 Miami, Oh 488 375 4855 5.6
63 Texas 583 382 5431 5.6
72 Navy 452 387 4744 5.7
72 Buffalo 491 385 4961 5.7
72 Old Dominion 522 403 5247 5.7
72 UMass 530 417 5374 5.7
72 Oklahoma St 571 433 5708 5.7
72 Pittsburgh 444 385 4721 5.7
72 WKU 525 472 5681 5.7
72 USC 527 457 5611 5.7
72 Ohio 438 423 4910 5.7
72 FIU 482 372 4873 5.7
72 Colorado 513 435 5420 5.7
72 Nevada 512 408 5270 5.7
72 Air Force 480 387 4968 5.7
85 Miami, Fl 498 414 5263 5.8
85 Arkansas St 454 493 5470 5.8
85 Washington St 509 429 5423 5.8
85 Cincinnati 508 410 5312 5.8
85 Colorado St 553 324 5077 5.8
85 Tulane 518 333 4947 5.8
85 Georgia Tech 422 337 4416 5.8
92 Nebraska 379 506 5205 5.9
92 Arizona 581 443 6082 5.9
94 UL Lafayette 487 361 5050 6.0
94 UTSA 483 410 5329 6.0
94 Fresno St 563 331 5354 6.0
94 South Alabama 493 337 4992 6.0
94 Oregon 491 555 6309 6.0
94 South Carolina 508 347 5158 6.0
100 Arkansas 403 436 5091 6.1
100 Army 436 306 4507 6.1
100 California 565 402 5898 6.1
100 New Mexico 552 379 5686 6.1
100 Purdue 504 393 5500 6.1
105 Iowa St 479 404 5441 6.2
105 Syracuse 459 388 5262 6.2
105 UNLV 463 419 5485 6.2
105 Virginia 418 375 4938 6.2
105 Arizona St 451 516 6029 6.2
105 Kansas St 491 451 5879 6.2
111 Western Michigan 448 404 5378 6.3
112 Indiana 487 551 6623 6.4
112 Wyoming 512 279 5065 6.4
112 Oregon St 526 371 5778 6.4
115 UCF 495 356 5569 6.5
116 Tulsa 592 467 6976 6.6
117 North Texas 531 373 6031 6.7
118 Ball St 512 408 6216 6.8
118 New Mexico St 521 402 6267 6.8
118 UTEP 394 359 5133 6.8
121 Rutgers 442 367 5544 6.9
121 Texas Tech 591 440 7120 6.9
123 Kansas 565 402 6730 7.0
123 Idaho 517 322 5852 7.0
123 Eastern Michigan 588 300 6231 7.0
123 Texas St 542 351 6272 7.0
127 SMU 542 311 6026 7.1
127 Rice 444 309 5369 7.1