College Football Defensive Yards Per Point Rankings
The following numbers are rankings from top to bottom using defensive yards per point numbers. The higher the number, the better the defense.
The best teams in the nation will have LOW offensive numbers and HIGH defensive numbers.
For OFFENSIVE rankings click here
Wisconsin 23.88525 Ohio St. 22.81481 Texas A&M 22.78646 Washington 22.35915 Miami (FL) 22.1875 LSU 22.02703 South Carolina 21.70968 Auburn 21.675 Iowa 21.12121 West Virginia 20.925 Michigan 20.66019 Northwestern 20.43434 Wake Forest 20.43333 Boise St. 19.92473 Florida 19.86207 Memphis 19.76471 Nebraska 19.70455 Troy 19.41237 Maryland 19.01042 Clemson 18.81333 Alabama 18.51266 Utah 18.36842 Missouri 17.99145 Baylor 17.76042 Kansas St. 17.625 South Florida 17.3463 Ball St. 17.23673 Vanderbilt 17.05217 Appalachian St. 17 W. Michigan 16.9122 Connecticut 16.88511 Nevada 16.69231 Cincinnati 16.54941 Georgia Southern 16.49057 Georgia Tech 16.42791 Navy 16.33607 Army 16.20779 Middle Tenn. St. 16.11304 Duke 16.05581 Colorado 16.02899 Houston 16 N.C. State 15.89773 Virginia 15.8255 Toledo 15.79048 UTSA 15.68421 BYU 15.67829 Oklahoma St. 15.60279 Minnesota 15.54237 Stanford 15.53279 Georgia St. 15.47857 Air Force 15.45192 Virginia Tech 15.23077 Washington St. 15.22901 UCLA 15.22222 Mississippi 15.18243 Arizona 15.01639 Indiana 15 Old Dominion 14.96078 Arizona St. 14.96061 Tennessee 14.9176 Colorado St. 14.90244 Utah St. 14.652 UMass 14.6339 USC 14.60311 North Texas 14.59233 Wyoming 14.55219 Arkansas 14.48 W. Kentucky 14.32727 Mississippi St. 14.17557 Notre Dame 14.14237 Rice 14.1393 UCF 14.1371 TCU 14.12667 Michigan St. 14.11905 Temple 14.09692 Kentucky 13.96166 Akron 13.9403 SMU 13.90826 South Alabama 13.83088 Tulane 13.79464 Arkansas St. 13.78235 Purdue 13.74522 UNLV 13.73737 East. Michigan 13.6936 Ohio 13.60687 Iowa St. 13.53731 N. Carolina 13.53333 Penn St. 13.38596 S. Diego St. 13.38462 Northern Illinois 13.20899 Syracuse 13.2 Louisiana Tech 13.18806 LA Monroe 13.02051 Oregon St. 13.00602 Illinois 12.97333 East Carolina 12.8685 Buffalo 12.78616 Pittsburgh 12.72063 Idaho 12.71164 Kansas 12.70303 Florida St. 12.57798 Florida Atlantic 12.57436 Florida Intl. 12.51642 Oregon 12.49522 Hawaii 12.45974 Fresno St. 12.43802 Cent. Michigan 12.42756 Kent St. 12.41414 California 12.3675 LA LAfayet. 12.32143 Louisville 12.27273 Georgia 12.26623 Tulsa 12.10625 Texas 12.05051 Texas St. 11.99541 San Jose St. 11.88 Miami (OH) 11.83618 Oklahoma 11.83425 Marshall 11.83415 Southern Miss 11.6963 UTEP 11.59682 N. Mex. St. 11.54206 Texas Tech 11.5285 Rutgers 11.33 Bowling Green 11.08602 Charlotte 10.9819 Boston Coll. 10.64135 New Mexico 10.43889