Updated 12/4/23

2023 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 133 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
PENN ST 1 130.6
TEXAS A&M 2 110.5
OHIO ST 3 107.9
ALABAMA 4 107.1
MICHIGAN 5 106.6
GEORGIA 6 104.8
UTAH 7 104.6
CLEMSON 8 101.3
UCLA 9 95.9
TROY 10 91.9
SMU 11 87.8
IOWA 12 86.8
AIR FORCE 13 86.4
FLORIDA ST 14 86.3
TEXAS 15 82.3
NOTRE DAME 16 81.5
TULANE 17 81.0
SOUTH ALABAMA 18 76.5
OREGON 19 74.6
JAMES MADISON 20 65.5
MIAMI (FL) 21 65.4
OHIO 22 65.0
LOUISVILLE 23 64.4
OREGON ST 24 57.9
BALL STATE 25 57.3
NC State 26 57.2
MISSOURI 27 55.9
IOWA ST 28 53.1
NEBRASKA 29 47.6
ARIZONA 30 46.2
TENNESSEE 31 42.6
VIRGINIA TECH 32 42.4
KANSAS ST 33 41.9
WYOMING 34 39.4
SAN JOSE ST 35 36.7
MIAMI (OH) 36 36.5
MISS ST 37 35.7
NAVY 38 34.5
OKLAHOMA 39 33.5
BOWLING GREEN 40 33.5
AUBURN 41 32.5
KENTUCKY 42 30.2
Coastal Carolina 43 29.5
UTSA 44 27.8
TEXAS TECH 45 26.2
ARKANSAS 46 24.5
RUTGERS 47 22.1
PITTSBURGH 48 21.1
KANSAS 49 19.7
WASHINGTON ST 50 18.9
EAST CAROLINA 51 18.6
ARMY 52 18.5
WISCONSIN 53 17.1
WASHINGTON 54 17.1
BOISE ST 55 16.7
ARIZONA ST 56 13.9
DUKE 57 12.2
Liberty 58 11.2
Jacksonville St 59 10.7
BOSTON COLLEGE 60 10.0
NORTHERN ILLINOIS 61 9.1
WEST VIRGINIA 62 7.6
Old Dominion 63 7.1
MISSISSIPPI 64 7.0
SOUTH CAROLINA 65 6.4
TOLEDO 66 6.4
MARYLAND 67 4.7
Charlotte 68 4.5
MARSHALL 69 3.1
UCF 70 2.2
CALIFORNIA 71 1.5
MIDDLE TENNESSEE 72 0.8
UTEP 73 -1.7
HOUSTON 74 -1.7
BUFFALO 75 -5.4
NEW MEXICO ST 76 -6.0
RICE 77 -6.7
FLORIDA 78 -10.5
BYU 79 -11.7
Appalachian St 80 -11.7
NORTHWESTERN 81 -12.2
LOUISIANA 82 -12.9
VIRGINIA 83 -14.7
TCU 84 -14.9
AKRON 85 -17.6
HAWAII 86 -18.2
CINCINNATI 87 -18.5
Sam Houston St 88 -19.2
MINNESOTA 89 -19.2
Georgia St 90 -19.5
BAYLOR 91 -19.7
FLORIDA ATLANTIC 92 -20.3
FRESNO ST 93 -20.9
SYRACUSE 94 -23.8
SAN DIEGO ST 95 -24.3
Georgia Southern 96 -27.2
WAKE FOREST 97 -27.4
ILLINOIS 98 -28.7
LOUISIANA TECH 99 -29.3
Texas St 100 -30.3
OKLAHOMA ST 101 -32.5
WKU 102 -34.0
UNLV 103 -34.8
NEW MEXICO 104 -35.4
LSU 105 -35.9
PURDUE 106 -36.0
STANFORD 107 -36.2
CONNECTICUT 108 -36.9
SOUTHERN MISS 109 -37.9
NEVADA 110 -42.6
USC 111 -42.7
NORTH CAROLINA 112 -43.1
EASTERN MICHIGAN 113 -45.6
COLORADO 114 -46.4
GEORGIA TECH 115 -47.4
MEMPHIS  116 -48.5
COLORADO ST 117 -48.6
CENTRAL MICHIGAN  118 -52.2
FIU 119 -52.5
ARKANSAS ST 120 -53.1
UAB 121 -53.2
UTAH ST 122 -53.3
ULM 123 -55.3
INDIANA 124 -55.9
MICHIGAN ST 125 -57.8
TEMPLE 126 -59.5
TULSA 127 -72.7
UMASS 128 -74.2
VANDERBILT 129 -77.6
KENT ST 130 -78.1
WESTERN MICHIGAN 131 -78.2
USF 132 -92.1
NORTH TEXAS 133 -98.4

 

 

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