Updated: 9/27/26

2026 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 136 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
TEXAS 1 267.0
VIRGINIA 2 229.0
NOTRE DAME 3 227.3
SYRACUSE 4 190.5
LSU 5 186.6
BYU 6 182.5
INDIANA 7 176.8
OKLAHOMA 8 167.8
PENN ST 9 163.8
PITTSBURGH 10 152.7
WISCONSIN 11 147.7
FIU 12 136.4
ALABAMA 13 134.8
MICHIGAN ST 14 133.0
North Dakota St 15 132.6
UCF 16 129.3
MINNESOTA 17 127.8
LOUISIANA 18 127.8
TEXAS A&M 19 125.2
BOSTON COLLEGE 20 124.0
MISSOURI 21 123.1
KANSAS ST 22 122.8
MICHIGAN 23 122.8
IOWA ST 24 120.7
DUKE 25 117.7
KANSAS 26 115.0
SMU 27 114.2
Liberty 28 111.7
MIAMI (FL) 29 110.8
TCU 30 106.8
MARYLAND 31 103.4
SOUTH CAROLINA 32 98.9
WAKE FOREST 33 98.8
UTAH 34 98.3
UAB 35 95.1
UCLA 36 94.4
OKLAHOMA ST 37 93.2
GEORGIA 38 92.9
TENNESSEE 39 92.2
OREGON 40 89.5
AUBURN 41 86.9
NEBRASKA 42 86.7
OHIO ST 43 86.5
UMASS 44 85.2
IOWA 45 85.0
ARKANSAS 46 80.0
USC 47 79.5
UNLV 48 78.5
TEXAS TECH 49 77.1
COLORADO 50 76.3
VANDERBILT 51 75.3
WASHINGTON 52 75.2
MISS ST 53 75.1
USF 54 72.4
WESTERN MICHIGAN 55 71.4
MISSISSIPPI 56 71.0
ARIZONA ST 57 70.0
TULSA 58 62.9
TROY 59 58.0
Old Dominion 60 56.3
NORTH TEXAS 61 53.6
KENTUCKY 62 52.3
Georgia Southern 63 51.8
NEW MEXICO 64 51.2
NORTH CAROLINA 65 49.3
SAN DIEGO ST 66 46.1
Jacksonville St 67 45.5
CLEMSON 68 44.2
Charlotte 69 43.1
OREGON ST 70 41.6
TEMPLE 71 35.6
HOUSTON 72 35.4
VIRGINIA TECH 73 34.3
FLORIDA 74 32.2
BOISE ST 75 31.2
ARIZONA 76 30.8
NORTHWESTERN 77 28.5
MIDDLE TENNESSEE 78 26.6
TULANE 79 23.8
JAMES MADISON 80 22.1
NC State 81 21.9
LOUISVILLE 82 21.4
EAST CAROLINA 83 18.3
NORTHERN ILLINOIS 84 18.2
BAYLOR 85 17.2
NAVY 86 14.8
UTAH ST 87 12.4
FLORIDA ATLANTIC 88 5.8
SAN JOSE ST 89 4.2
ILLINOIS 90 3.0
FRESNO ST 91 2.4
ARKANSAS ST 92 0.4
WEST VIRGINIA 93 -0.9
CENTRAL MICHIGAN  94 -1.3
STANFORD 95 -2.0
UTSA 96 -4.6
LOUISIANA TECH 97 -5.5
Sam Houston St 98 -10.2
Kennesaw St 99 -10.4
GEORGIA TECH 100 -10.6
Appalachian St 101 -10.8
CINCINNATI 102 -11.0
WASHINGTON ST 103 -11.7
CALIFORNIA 104 -12.4
NEVADA 105 -14.2
FLORIDA ST 106 -17.9
MIAMI (OH) 107 -18.1
WYOMING 108 -20.7
Coastal Carolina 109 -23.7
AIR FORCE 110 -26.5
PURDUE 111 -29.0
RUTGERS 112 -31.1
HAWAII 113 -33.1
DELEWARE 114 -34.9
CONNECTICUT 115 -35.4
KENT ST 116 -36.1
BOWLING GREEN 117 -39.3
TOLEDO 118 -42.0
OHIO 119 -57.0
Georgia St 120 -57.9
ARMY 121 -64.8
EASTERN MICHIGAN 122 -66.2
Sacramento St 123 -67.9
UTEP 124 -68.1
NEW MEXICO ST 125 -71.3
WKU 126 -75.7
COLORADO ST 127 -77.2
RICE 128 -83.4
Texas St 129 -85.7
MARSHALL 130 -89.1
AKRON 131 -105.9
SOUTH ALABAMA 132 -106.7
MEMPHIS  133 -117.7
BALL STATE 134 -121.3
MISSOURI ST 135 -130.1
SOUTHERN MISS 136 -135.4
BUFFALO 137 -178.5
ULM 138 -198.4

 

 

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