College Football - Defensive Rankings & Statistics

Offense Defense

Team	Score	FD	RA	RY	PA	PY	TY	Time	PEN	Penalty Yards	Penalty Yards Rank	YP	YR	Y/PL	TO
Ohio State	12.88	15.06	33.13	87.63	27.63	167.00	254.63	29:41	3.63	29.19	134	10.01	2.65	4.19	1.19
Mississippi	14.38	18.62	35.08	80.46	34.46	230.85	311.31	31:35	6.15	53.85	55	11.16	2.29	4.48	1.77
Texas	15.31	16.44	33.88	109.88	30.56	173.81	283.69	30:08	5.63	47.81	97	9.52	3.24	4.40	1.94
Notre Dame	15.50	17.00	36.50	138.06	28.19	169.38	307.44	29:49	5.44	48.31	95	11.53	3.78	4.75	2.06
Army	15.62	16.31	27.00	111.77	29.00	184.15	295.92	24:15	4.46	40.15	125	10.14	4.14	5.28	1.38
Indiana	15.62	14.77	29.31	80.23	30.54	176.08	256.31	29:17	5.85	44.92	108	9.23	2.74	4.28	1.85
Tennessee	16.08	17.31	35.00	103.92	29.31	189.31	293.23	30:25	6.85	53.15	61	10.99	2.97	4.56	1.62
Penn State	16.50	17.63	33.38	101.88	29.69	192.88	294.75	29:38	4.38	33.88	131	10.83	3.05	4.67	1.63
Minnesota	16.92	16.08	31.31	109.62	28.77	176.08	285.69	28:03	5.00	49.08	87	10.40	3.50	4.76	1.62
Alabama	17.38	18.85	37.46	137.85	30.38	182.23	320.08	30:38	5.77	47.85	96	10.04	3.68	4.72	2.15
Iowa	17.85	17.69	31.23	115.31	32.31	203.15	318.46	30:43	5.69	44.69	109	10.16	3.69	5.01	1.85
South Carolina	18.08	18.08	34.92	112.23	30.54	204.38	316.62	28:51	5.92	49.54	81	11.60	3.21	4.84	1.85
Ohio	18.14	16.57	30.64	91.50	30.93	212.36	303.86	27:20	5.64	51.29	73	11.22	2.99	4.94	1.50
Northern Illinois	18.54	16.46	31.69	112.62	28.62	172.38	285.00	26:38	5.15	45.54	106	11.21	3.55	4.73	1.08
Miami-OH	18.79	20.07	35.07	137.14	33.14	193.50	330.64	30:55	4.93	41.93	119	10.11	3.91	4.85	1.64
Oregon	19.43	17.21	31.43	130.14	30.00	185.93	316.07	29:09	5.50	46.50	101	11.12	4.14	5.15	1.21
Nebraska	19.46	16.46	30.00	101.23	29.15	216.69	317.92	27:52	6.15	62.54	19	11.64	3.37	5.37	1.31
Tulane	19.54	17.23	30.62	131.85	30.92	190.08	321.92	27:16	6.08	49.46	83	10.61	4.31	5.23	1.69
Brigham Young	19.62	17.08	32.77	126.31	30.23	182.46	308.77	28:42	6.15	52.23	70	10.93	3.85	4.90	2.23
Michigan	19.92	17.38	29.62	90.69	33.54	216.31	307.00	28:05	4.15	31.46	133	10.73	3.06	4.86	1.38
Missouri	20.38	16.23	33.46	136.23	25.00	181.31	317.54	26:57	6.00	52.46	66	11.90	4.07	5.43	1.31
James Madison	20.46	17.46	33.08	115.38	33.00	206.38	321.77	28:11	5.23	45.15	107	11.47	3.49	4.87	2.23
Sam Houston State	20.46	18.31	36.54	144.54	30.69	177.00	321.54	27:59	6.69	55.92	44	10.05	3.96	4.78	2.08
Georgia	20.57	17.79	34.93	130.14	30.43	200.21	330.36	29:55	6.36	49.29	84	11.17	3.73	5.05	1.36
Utah	20.67	16.50	33.67	129.42	31.67	200.25	329.67	27:51	6.17	43.75	115	12.08	3.84	5.05	1.50
Louisiana Tech	21.00	17.77	37.85	135.54	28.15	172.85	308.38	27:17	4.85	41.85	120	11.01	3.58	4.67	1.31
Nevada-Las Vegas	21.31	19.85	32.23	108.23	37.69	241.85	350.08	29:40	6.85	64.15	13	11.31	3.36	5.01	1.77
Auburn	21.33	17.75	38.25	117.75	29.50	213.00	330.75	32:21	6.50	53.50	56	12.84	3.08	4.88	1.08
Oklahoma	21.54	16.31	36.62	115.08	27.77	203.15	318.23	31:01	6.23	52.92	63	12.17	3.14	4.94	1.62
Bowling Green	21.62	17.46	34.00	148.08	28.46	185.23	333.31	28:08	5.15	44.00	113	11.25	4.36	5.34	1.08
Illinois	21.69	21.15	33.92	149.00	34.15	224.77	373.77	30:54	5.54	50.85	76	11.15	4.39	5.49	1.54
Southern Methodist	22.07	18.57	34.50	100.21	35.21	225.29	326.00	31:32	6.57	58.36	35	11.35	2.90	4.68	1.57
Kentucky	22.08	18.00	36.33	162.42	23.33	183.08	345.50	28:22	6.75	55.17	47	12.34	4.47	5.79	1.33
Navy	22.15	19.69	37.46	157.15	31.15	212.85	370.00	29:53	6.00	49.08	88	11.53	4.20	5.39	1.85
Texas A&M	22.23	19.69	34.00	135.15	32.92	232.15	367.31	28:19	6.23	51.77	72	13.24	3.98	5.49	1.54
California	22.31	18.31	33.62	109.85	34.00	227.62	337.46	29:24	6.62	60.31	24	11.84	3.27	4.99	1.69
Western Kentucky	22.54	19.69	43.31	208.54	23.54	176.00	384.54	32:15	4.92	41.77	121	12.43	4.82	5.75	1.54
Arizona State	22.57	20.21	30.79	113.14	34.14	223.00	336.14	27:22	5.43	48.43	92	11.11	3.68	5.18	1.64
Virginia Tech	22.85	18.92	37.54	147.08	30.77	215.92	363.00	30:43	6.00	53.31	59	12.82	3.92	5.31	1.92
Houston	22.92	17.83	34.67	135.17	27.75	188.83	324.00	29:49	4.50	42.25	117	11.39	3.90	5.19	1.58
Iowa State	22.93	17.29	35.21	188.36	26.64	165.57	353.93	28:01	6.57	56.14	42	11.83	5.35	5.72	1.71
Colorado	23.08	20.31	39.15	151.38	30.23	200.54	351.92	32:06	7.62	66.92	8	11.38	3.87	5.07	2.00
Connecticut	23.08	18.31	34.85	132.31	33.38	215.00	347.31	30:03	7.62	64.23	12	10.43	3.80	5.09	1.15
Florida	23.08	21.69	39.38	149.62	32.38	227.46	377.08	31:23	4.85	44.08	112	12.12	3.80	5.25	1.92
Marshall	23.08	19.85	40.54	179.00	29.46	198.77	377.77	31:39	7.00	61.38	21	11.80	4.42	5.40	1.46
Wisconsin	23.08	18.25	35.67	165.00	26.92	177.67	342.67	30:39	5.67	46.58	100	10.55	4.63	5.48	1.00
Toledo	23.23	20.38	40.31	151.00	32.77	207.92	358.92	33:04	6.92	64.92	10	11.03	3.75	4.91	1.54
Air Force	23.25	17.00	33.50	153.42	24.08	188.50	341.92	26:01	5.25	48.42	93	12.10	4.58	5.94	1.00
Kansas State	23.38	18.69	33.31	118.69	32.00	224.69	343.38	30:50	4.54	35.31	129	11.97	3.56	5.26	1.15
Vanderbilt	23.38	20.62	32.85	140.77	29.92	235.69	376.46	28:56	6.85	58.77	32	11.56	4.29	6.00	1.23
Clemson	23.43	20.50	34.07	160.64	33.36	213.50	374.14	29:30	6.14	55.07	49	11.37	4.71	5.55	1.86
Liberty	23.50	18.83	38.58	154.75	26.92	196.33	351.08	29:22	6.25	53.25	60	12.40	4.01	5.36	1.25
Boise State	23.77	17.54	32.15	115.00	32.54	251.54	366.54	28:09	6.69	54.38	52	12.58	3.58	5.67	1.15
Boston College	23.77	19.85	31.69	114.62	34.00	246.08	360.69	28:16	6.38	55.77	45	11.76	3.62	5.49	1.92
Washington	23.77	19.69	35.46	161.85	29.00	166.54	328.38	29:43	5.00	42.00	118	10.31	4.56	5.09	1.08
Memphis	23.85	17.31	28.23	111.77	35.15	257.54	369.31	26:46	5.92	46.31	102	12.17	3.96	5.83	2.00
Louisville	24.08	19.23	35.69	132.54	32.46	236.15	368.69	30:08	4.69	44.31	111	11.67	3.71	5.41	1.31
Southern California	24.08	20.15	31.15	141.54	33.54	235.54	377.08	29:37	6.00	49.85	80	10.38	4.54	5.83	1.38
Louisiana-Lafayette	24.14	20.14	34.14	154.21	30.71	194.21	348.43	28:41	5.36	46.21	103	9.96	4.52	5.37	1.50
Louisiana State	24.31	18.62	32.77	140.23	29.15	224.08	364.31	27:56	7.08	64.00	14	12.61	4.28	5.88	1.08
Duke	24.46	20.38	39.85	149.38	32.69	213.62	363.00	31:12	6.62	57.54	38	11.24	3.75	5.00	2.08
Texas State	24.54	19.69	36.85	144.31	30.85	214.62	358.92	28:48	6.31	48.62	91	12.13	3.92	5.30	1.38
Cincinnati	24.58	18.75	34.50	162.08	29.00	222.75	384.83	28:17	5.42	42.92	116	12.55	4.70	6.06	1.17
Texas Christian	24.62	20.23	38.08	160.08	31.00	185.15	345.23	31:26	5.31	45.85	104	10.38	4.20	5.00	1.23
Fresno State	24.85	20.92	36.69	142.15	35.92	215.00	357.15	32:30	6.92	63.15	18	11.00	3.87	4.92	1.54
Arkansas	25.00	19.92	35.62	129.31	32.08	246.77	376.08	29:28	6.54	53.92	54	12.43	3.63	5.56	1.15
South Alabama	25.15	21.08	34.92	144.69	33.08	248.85	393.54	30:34	5.31	48.38	94	11.64	4.14	5.79	1.54
California-Los Angeles	25.25	20.25	28.75	96.17	34.25	244.67	340.83	28:52	4.83	41.33	122	10.91	3.34	5.41	1.08
Miami-FL	25.31	18.38	30.08	112.77	32.00	214.38	327.15	27:17	5.08	39.54	127	11.61	3.75	5.27	1.38
Rutgers	25.38	19.69	31.23	162.77	32.85	231.08	393.85	28:15	6.46	52.46	67	11.73	5.21	6.15	1.00
Rice	25.42	17.83	39.25	160.75	27.08	173.83	334.58	31:07	6.17	59.00	28	11.59	4.10	5.04	1.00
Georgia Tech	25.62	18.31	30.00	122.15	30.85	220.38	342.85	28:39	4.31	40.31	124	11.32	4.07	5.63	0.85
Florida International	25.75	19.67	41.00	191.33	29.75	179.58	370.92	31:16	6.58	54.83	51	10.21	4.67	5.24	1.33
Colorado State	25.77	20.08	35.23	161.08	32.85	234.31	395.38	28:44	6.69	56.46	41	11.67	4.57	5.81	1.62
League Average	25.83	19.77	35.77	151.64	30.62	219.32	370.99	29:58	6.01	52.38	0	11.82	4.24	5.59	1.39
Hawaii	26.00	20.33	35.50	165.67	30.50	209.50	376.92	29:40	6.92	68.33	7	10.52	4.67	5.71	0.92
Kansas	26.00	21.25	34.33	153.83	30.00	239.08	392.92	29:57	4.50	40.75	123	12.64	4.48	6.11	1.42
Michigan State	26.08	18.67	33.67	125.08	28.25	206.92	332.00	29:05	4.17	33.92	130	12.05	3.72	5.36	0.92
Northwestern	26.33	19.08	32.50	130.00	32.58	231.67	361.67	30:12	3.75	32.17	132	11.35	4.00	5.56	1.33
Buffalo	26.38	20.23	35.92	146.92	33.77	244.85	391.77	31:18	4.69	39.54	126	11.83	4.09	5.62	1.69
Baylor	26.69	20.54	37.85	152.15	30.15	233.31	385.46	31:31	5.62	49.85	79	12.85	4.02	5.67	1.62
Central Florida	26.92	19.25	34.33	120.33	31.33	218.67	339.00	31:39	6.33	49.00	89	10.75	3.50	5.16	0.92
Jacksonville State	27.23	22.08	42.15	183.54	29.31	222.08	405.62	33:36	6.08	56.62	40	12.61	4.35	5.68	1.69
East Carolina	27.31	21.15	41.77	170.15	32.69	235.31	405.46	34:39	6.92	60.85	22	12.00	4.07	5.45	1.69
San Jose State	27.54	21.46	41.92	147.77	33.46	232.85	380.62	33:31	8.08	75.15	3	11.29	3.52	5.05	2.15
Georgia Southern	27.62	21.00	34.38	170.00	33.77	258.62	428.62	29:32	8.46	77.46	2	12.14	4.94	6.29	1.46
Eastern Michigan	27.92	19.67	36.08	163.50	25.83	221.00	384.50	30:09	7.25	64.58	11	13.46	4.53	6.21	1.25
Florida State	28.00	20.92	39.75	184.67	27.17	201.25	385.92	32:48	4.75	43.83	114	11.84	4.65	5.77	0.50
Old Dominion	28.00	21.33	40.42	172.58	31.25	236.17	408.75	31:55	5.92	49.17	85	12.38	4.27	5.70	1.42
North Carolina	28.08	19.46	37.92	149.38	28.77	226.38	375.77	30:20	6.69	59.38	27	13.56	3.94	5.63	1.15
Wyoming	28.33	19.92	35.00	191.67	28.50	218.92	410.58	29:07	7.08	58.83	31	12.45	5.48	6.47	0.92
Pittsburgh	28.38	20.46	36.62	112.77	36.77	264.23	377.00	33:34	7.85	74.00	5	12.14	3.08	5.14	1.38
Troy	28.42	19.42	33.67	145.33	27.83	221.58	366.92	29:42	5.75	51.92	71	11.98	4.32	5.97	0.75
Louisiana-Monroe	28.75	21.25	41.08	201.08	27.25	183.92	385.00	29:13	6.58	53.08	62	11.49	4.89	5.63	1.08
Virginia	28.75	19.83	35.17	145.25	32.67	263.08	408.33	30:06	7.08	60.75	23	12.99	4.13	6.02	1.25
Nevada	28.77	22.77	38.15	192.77	26.69	198.69	391.46	28:57	5.31	49.15	86	12.30	5.05	6.04	1.00
Syracuse	29.15	19.62	29.92	149.69	31.15	227.31	377.00	26:55	5.08	45.62	105	11.07	5.00	6.17	1.23
San Diego State	29.58	23.25	42.42	207.25	28.58	213.25	420.50	32:35	6.50	63.58	17	11.48	4.89	5.92	1.00
Central Michigan	29.67	19.08	37.08	169.75	27.33	193.83	363.58	30:34	6.42	58.83	29	11.81	4.58	5.64	0.42
South Florida	29.77	22.69	39.15	157.77	36.31	279.15	436.92	34:51	8.46	73.15	6	13.05	4.03	5.79	2.00
Oregon State	29.92	20.75	34.92	185.83	26.42	214.08	399.92	26:50	5.17	49.50	82	13.52	5.32	6.52	1.00
Washington State	29.92	22.85	32.85	172.08	37.38	270.54	442.62	31:02	7.31	57.92	36	11.46	5.24	6.30	1.69
Texas-San Antonio	30.08	18.77	35.46	109.31	32.00	265.85	375.15	28:58	6.77	55.77	46	14.28	3.08	5.56	1.62
North Carolina State	30.15	19.46	32.38	157.77	32.77	233.85	391.62	28:15	6.15	55.15	48	11.65	4.87	6.01	1.54
Florida Atlantic	30.25	21.00	37.50	183.50	31.50	233.17	416.67	29:29	6.00	52.58	65	13.26	4.89	6.04	1.58
Maryland	30.42	21.00	35.50	137.50	32.08	241.33	378.83	29:54	6.00	52.75	64	12.07	3.87	5.61	1.42
Kennesaw State	31.17	21.17	38.17	175.92	30.17	237.25	413.17	30:27	5.33	50.42	77	11.67	4.61	6.05	1.00
Western Michigan	31.31	21.15	38.46	192.46	26.54	222.62	415.08	29:39	4.62	38.69	128	13.72	5.00	6.39	1.62
Coastal Carolina	31.62	21.00	39.38	186.08	29.92	227.77	413.85	31:11	6.31	52.38	69	12.44	4.72	5.97	1.69
Arizona	31.75	21.00	35.83	175.42	29.58	239.00	414.42	30:14	5.00	44.50	110	12.69	4.90	6.34	1.33
West Virginia	31.92	21.77	34.15	144.46	29.69	270.85	415.31	27:59	5.92	51.08	74	14.26	4.23	6.50	0.85
Akron	32.00	20.33	39.42	181.58	28.58	231.67	413.25	30:04	6.67	53.42	57	12.58	4.61	6.08	0.83
Arkansas State	32.15	22.85	37.23	212.38	29.85	249.69	462.08	30:56	7.23	58.62	33	13.30	5.70	6.89	1.54
Texas El Paso	32.33	20.50	41.75	180.00	29.33	223.17	403.17	32:02	5.75	52.42	68	12.40	4.31	5.67	1.50
Wake Forest	32.50	25.42	34.50	157.25	37.92	277.83	435.08	31:08	6.17	58.50	34	10.42	4.56	6.01	1.42
Appalachian State	32.91	21.45	37.45	197.91	25.55	214.64	412.55	29:47	7.00	63.82	16	12.23	5.28	6.55	1.18
Stanford	33.67	21.17	31.58	132.92	33.17	280.58	413.50	28:18	6.75	61.83	20	12.80	4.21	6.39	1.42
Georgia State	33.83	22.08	40.25	210.33	26.92	208.33	418.67	30:01	6.58	57.92	37	12.25	5.23	6.23	1.42
Mississippi State	34.08	23.83	43.58	216.92	28.42	239.42	456.33	34:18	6.25	58.83	30	11.97	4.98	6.34	1.00
North Texas	34.15	23.00	41.85	195.92	32.77	264.62	460.54	32:55	7.00	63.85	15	13.18	4.68	6.17	1.23
Alabama-Birmingham	34.25	21.92	42.08	213.42	26.50	180.33	393.75	30:29	6.33	59.58	25	12.44	5.07	5.74	1.08
Middle Tennessee	34.25	23.42	38.83	197.00	28.58	252.17	449.17	29:42	5.50	50.92	75	13.10	5.07	6.66	0.83
Texas Tech	34.85	23.08	34.15	152.69	36.62	308.85	461.54	30:05	6.54	54.08	53	13.16	4.47	6.52	1.69
Charlotte	35.08	23.08	40.33	210.33	28.42	222.83	433.17	31:22	6.58	56.83	39	13.04	5.21	6.30	0.92
Temple	35.42	20.00	40.75	226.50	27.75	192.33	418.83	29:45	5.42	47.08	99	11.72	5.56	6.11	1.25
Massachusetts	35.50	20.42	37.83	197.92	22.50	176.58	374.50	27:41	6.00	53.33	58	13.58	5.23	6.21	0.75
Oklahoma State	35.58	25.08	39.75	215.00	33.75	285.83	500.83	32:55	5.33	48.92	90	13.50	5.41	6.81	1.25
New Mexico State	36.25	21.25	38.17	195.92	31.83	250.92	446.83	31:28	6.92	74.33	4	13.62	5.13	6.38	0.83
Southern Miss	37.75	21.75	39.50	232.67	26.75	216.50	449.17	31:22	6.17	54.92	50	12.43	5.89	6.78	0.83
Utah State	37.75	23.42	39.83	214.50	32.75	255.58	470.08	32:40	7.50	59.42	26	11.49	5.38	6.48	1.33
New Mexico	38.00	24.58	39.25	212.92	33.00	278.00	492.08	31:34	7.00	65.42	9	13.03	5.42	6.81	0.83
Purdue	39.92	23.92	39.33	200.00	27.50	251.58	451.58	33:08	5.17	47.67	98	13.91	5.08	6.76	0.42
Ball State	40.08	22.25	33.67	176.67	31.33	279.58	456.25	29:01	5.42	49.92	78	14.40	5.25	7.02	1.33
Tulsa	42.50	22.17	37.25	180.75	33.00	316.00	496.75	30:14	8.08	79.92	1	14.53	4.85	7.07	1.33
Kent State	44.08	26.50	44.92	264.92	28.83	251.08	516.00	33:07	5.92	56.08	43	13.39	5.90	7.00	0.92

College Football Defensive Rankings

Defense wins championships, although usually only in the SEC. If you are a regular college football bettor, you are aware that defense wins bets as well and not just UNDER wagers. We rate the best college football defenses in more than a dozen key stats on this page, including yards per play, fewest first downs allowed and fewest passing yards per attempt, all of which can give you a real advantage at online sportsbooks.

Click the headings on each column to re-sort the category and see the best college defensive stats page on the Internet. And scroll to the bottom for a listing of the acronyms and what they mean and why they are important to your CFB betting this weekend.

Defensive Rankings Stat Categories

Score: Self-explanatory - which teams give up the fewest points. Said another way, what is the best defensive team. You will see the League Average as well.
Y/PL: Yards per play - a key handicapping indicator that indicates how many yards each school gives up per play. The lower the number, the better the defense.
FD - First downs - which defense allows the fewest first downs. Not always an indicator of time of possession or victories.
RA - Rushing Attempts - which defense faces the fewest rushing attempts per game. This can indicate a tough run defense or can indicate that the team's offense scores so many points that opponents are forced to pass more.
RY - Rushing Yards - rankings of best run-stop defenses in college football.
YR - Yards Per Rush - which defense allows the fewest yards per rush. This is a major handicapping stat and should be checked weekly!
PA - Passing Attempts - fewest passing attempts per game among college football schools.
PY - Passing Yards - which defense allows the fewest passing yards per team, ranked by each school.
YP - Yards per Pass - which teams allow the least yards per pass.
Time - Time of Possession - which defenses are on the field the least? Which have the best time of possession stats? This is an important category and can mean the defense is very good or it can mean a team's offense holds the ball very well.
TO - Turnovers - which college teams create the most turnovers? Which schools generate the most takeaways? Often an opportunistic defense can make an average team good and a good team excellent.
Pen - Penalties - This is an overall ranking of which college teams take the most penalties (it is NOT broken down by offensive or defensive penalties).

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