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