Updated 2/1/23

2022 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 131 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
IOWA ST 1 143.8
GEORGIA 2 113.1
JAMES MADISON 3 100.5
IOWA 4 94.2
AIR FORCE 5 94.1
ALABAMA 6 92.6
KENTUCKY 7 82.6
TROY 8 81.7
OREGON ST 9 81.5
WISCONSIN 10 79.1
ILLINOIS 11 78.0
CLEMSON 12 76.0
MICHIGAN 13 74.7
NOTRE DAME 14 73.6
MISSOURI 15 73.5
LSU 16 73.1
PENN ST 17 72.5
MARSHALL 18 71.7
UTAH 19 71.6
NAVY 20 70.0
TEXAS 21 70.0
LOUISVILLE 22 69.6
PITTSBURGH 23 67.0
NC State 24 66.1
CINCINNATI 25 66.0
MISS ST 26 65.3
BOISE ST 27 61.8
FLORIDA ST 28 61.0
SAN DIEGO ST 29 57.1
OHIO ST 30 53.8
KANSAS ST 31 50.6
UAB 32 47.9
MINNESOTA 33 44.7
TULANE 34 44.2
SOUTH ALABAMA 35 41.7
TEXAS A&M 36 37.5
BAYLOR 37 37.3
SYRACUSE 38 36.4
UTEP 39 35.2
AUBURN 40 34.4
MARYLAND 41 31.7
TOLEDO 42 30.1
OREGON 43 30.1
UTSA 44 29.5
MEMPHIS  45 28.4
VIRGINIA 46 27.9
RICE 47 27.8
Liberty 48 25.3
GEORGIA TECH 49 23.5
Appalachian St 50 21.2
LOUISIANA 51 18.0
FRESNO ST 52 11.3
WASHINGTON 53 9.4
TCU 54 8.9
UCLA 55 7.1
MIAMI (FL) 56 7.0
FLORIDA 57 6.2
RUTGERS 58 6.0
WESTERN MICHIGAN 59 5.6
WASHINGTON ST 60 5.1
SAN JOSE ST 61 4.2
NORTHWESTERN 62 3.3
COLORADO ST 63 2.5
BYU 64 2.5
WKU 65 2.2
UCF 66 0.8
BOSTON COLLEGE 67 0.5
DUKE 68 0.3
ARMY 69 0.1
Georgia St 70 -0.5
EASTERN MICHIGAN 71 -2.4
TENNESSEE 72 -2.5
MISSISSIPPI 73 -4.2
PURDUE 74 -5.8
HOUSTON 75 -7.9
SOUTHERN MISS 76 -8.5
SOUTH CAROLINA 77 -9.5
UMASS 78 -10.0
EAST CAROLINA 79 -10.4
Texas St 80 -10.7
CALIFORNIA 81 -11.8
VIRGINIA TECH 82 -13.9
CENTRAL MICHIGAN  83 -14.3
BUFFALO 84 -14.3
Coastal Carolina 85 -15.6
MIAMI (OH) 86 -16.0
TEXAS TECH 87 -16.1
STANFORD 88 -16.4
WEST VIRGINIA 89 -17.7
AKRON 90 -18.7
USC 91 -20.9
NEW MEXICO 92 -21.3
WYOMING 93 -21.8
NEW MEXICO ST 94 -23.4
MICHIGAN ST 95 -25.3
TULSA 96 -25.8
SMU 97 -28.8
NORTHERN ILLINOIS 98 -30.2
TEMPLE 99 -30.4
CONNECTICUT 100 -30.5
ARIZONA ST 101 -31.0
FLORIDA ATLANTIC 102 -31.2
MIDDLE TENNESSEE 103 -33.6
WAKE FOREST 104 -34.6
NEVADA 105 -36.2
BALL STATE 106 -37.3
VANDERBILT 107 -37.8
BOWLING GREEN 108 -38.1
OKLAHOMA ST 109 -41.2
UNLV 110 -41.2
Old Dominion 111 -43.0
KENT ST 112 -43.1
UTAH ST 113 -43.6
OHIO 114 -44.1
OKLAHOMA 115 -47.3
NORTH TEXAS 116 -47.6
NEBRASKA 117 -53.1
NORTH CAROLINA 118 -53.8
ULM 119 -58.8
ARIZONA 120 -59.4
FIU 121 -60.3
ARKANSAS ST 122 -63.4
ARKANSAS 123 -63.7
INDIANA 124 -64.0
KANSAS 125 -67.2
COLORADO 126 -69.8
Charlotte 127 -84.8
LOUISIANA TECH 128 -88.3
HAWAII 129 -89.7
USF 130 -107.6
Georgia Southern 131 -117.3

 

 

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