Updated 1/30/24

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
GEORGIA	1	109.7
OHIO ST	2	109.7
MICHIGAN	3	109.4
PENN ST	4	109.3
ALABAMA	5	101.3
UTAH	6	94.7
UCLA	7	91.8
NOTRE DAME	8	91.1
AIR FORCE	9	89.2
IOWA	10	85.9
TEXAS A&M	11	85.6
TROY	12	85.2
CLEMSON	13	82.7
OREGON	14	81.6
SMU	15	81.2
SOUTH ALABAMA	16	76.2
TEXAS	17	71.8
MISSOURI	18	69.8
TULANE	19	69.3
OHIO	20	62.2
FLORIDA ST	21	61.9
LOUISVILLE	22	59.4
MIAMI (FL)	23	56.8
JAMES MADISON	24	56.4
NC State	25	55.4
NEBRASKA	26	47.7
OREGON ST	27	46.9
WYOMING	28	46.2
VIRGINIA TECH	29	45.9
TENNESSEE	30	44.9
IOWA ST	31	44.1
BALL STATE	32	40.0
SAN JOSE ST	33	37.9
OKLAHOMA	34	36.8
MIAMI (OH)	35	36.4
NAVY	36	36.1
AUBURN	37	35.9
KANSAS ST	38	35.0
MISS ST	39	34.8
ARIZONA	40	34.6
RUTGERS	41	31.5
TEXAS TECH	42	30.0
BOWLING GREEN	43	29.3
KENTUCKY	44	28.4
ARKANSAS	45	23.1
WEST VIRGINIA	46	22.4
KANSAS	47	21.9
UTSA	48	19.8
Jacksonville St	49	17.9
PITTSBURGH	50	17.8
WASHINGTON ST	51	17.5
WISCONSIN	52	16.9
DUKE	53	16.7
Coastal Carolina	54	15.4
EAST CAROLINA	55	14.9
ARIZONA ST	56	14.1
ARMY	57	12.3
NORTHERN ILLINOIS	58	10.2
MARYLAND	59	8.3
UCF	60	8.1
BOISE ST	61	8.1
WASHINGTON	62	6.4
MARSHALL	63	6.3
SOUTH CAROLINA	64	5.6
RICE	65	5.3
Liberty	66	4.9
NORTHWESTERN	67	4.8
Charlotte	68	3.8
TOLEDO	69	1.0
FRESNO ST	70	-1.6
MIDDLE TENNESSEE	71	-2.3
CALIFORNIA	72	-2.5
Old Dominion	73	-3.3
UTEP	74	-4.1
BOSTON COLLEGE	75	-4.6
MISSISSIPPI	76	-4.6
HOUSTON	77	-5.2
Appalachian St	78	-5.7
BYU	79	-8.7
BUFFALO	80	-9.7
FLORIDA	81	-14.2
Georgia St	82	-15.1
TCU	83	-15.2
Texas St	84	-15.6
NEW MEXICO ST	85	-15.8
CINCINNATI	86	-16.5
SYRACUSE	87	-17.5
AKRON	88	-18.5
HAWAII	89	-19.2
MINNESOTA	90	-19.5
VIRGINIA	91	-20.0
Sam Houston St	92	-20.5
LOUISIANA	93	-21.7
BAYLOR	94	-22.2
FLORIDA ATLANTIC	95	-23.4
SAN DIEGO ST	96	-26.7
Georgia Southern	97	-26.8
ILLINOIS	98	-28.0
OKLAHOMA ST	99	-30.4
WAKE FOREST	100	-30.6
LOUISIANA TECH	101	-31.8
WKU	102	-32.7
USC	103	-36.0
NEW MEXICO	104	-37.2
PURDUE	105	-37.3
STANFORD	106	-38.0
NORTH CAROLINA	107	-39.6
CONNECTICUT	108	-40.1
GEORGIA TECH	109	-41.4
SOUTHERN MISS	110	-42.3
NEVADA	111	-42.5
UNLV	112	-42.9
LSU	113	-44.7
COLORADO	114	-48.6
COLORADO ST	115	-50.0
CENTRAL MICHIGAN	116	-50.9
FIU	117	-54.0
UAB	118	-54.1
MEMPHIS	119	-55.2
ARKANSAS ST	120	-55.4
ULM	121	-56.5
EASTERN MICHIGAN	122	-58.3
MICHIGAN ST	123	-58.8
INDIANA	124	-61.1
TEMPLE	125	-61.4
USF	126	-68.5
UTAH ST	127	-72.5
TULSA	128	-75.7
VANDERBILT	129	-77.5
KENT ST	130	-78.7
UMASS	131	-79.5
WESTERN MICHIGAN	132	-82.0
NORTH TEXAS	133	-100.9