2009
Total Defense Rank Team G Pl Yds Avg TD Ydspg 1. TCU 13 801 3116 3.89 20 239.69 2. Alabama 14 844 3418 4.05 18 244.14 3. Texas 14 918 3527 3.84 27 251.93 4. Florida 14 845 3536 4.18 18 252.57 5. Ohio St. 13 827 3410 4.12 19 262.31 6. North Carolina 13 835 3505 4.20 22 269.62 7. Nebraska 14 955 3808 3.99 16 272.00 8. Oklahoma 13 866 3544 4.09 22 272.62 9. Penn St. 13 811 3568 4.40 17 274.46 10. Iowa 13 844 3595 4.26 23 276.54 11. Air Force 13 793 3748 4.73 24 288.31 12. Virginia Tech 13 835 3841 4.60 20 295.46 13. Arizona St. 12 750 3571 4.76 29 297.58 14. Boise St. 14 879 4203 4.78 31 300.21 15. South Carolina 13 828 3909 4.72 31 300.69 16. Army 12 726 3656 5.04 34 304.67 17. Wisconsin 13 782 3974 5.08 34 305.69 18. Rutgers 13 827 4001 4.84 29 307.77 19. Utah 13 876 4080 4.66 32 313.85 20. Clemson 14 967 4400 4.55 33 314.29 21. Mississippi 13 866 4091 4.72 25 314.69 22. Tennessee 13 852 4144 4.86 29 318.77 23. Pittsburgh 13 836 4151 4.97 32 319.31 24. South Fla. 13 836 4183 5.00 30 321.77 25. Arizona 13 826 4186 5.07 37 322.00 26. Boston College 13 896 4259 4.75 28 327.62 26. LSU 13 910 4259 4.68 19 327.62 28. BYU 13 871 4278 4.91 35 329.08 29. Miami (FL) 13 831 4285 5.16 31 329.62 30. Northern Ill. 13 793 4294 5.41 35 330.31 31. Oklahoma St. 13 919 4323 4.70 35 332.54 32. Temple 13 854 4342 5.08 34 334.00 32. UCLA 13 836 4342 5.19 34 334.00 34. Navy 14 856 4693 5.48 31 335.21 35. Oregon 13 953 4372 4.59 35 336.31 36. West Virginia 13 865 4375 5.06 30 336.54 37. Syracuse 12 743 4044 5.44 44 337.00 38. Georgia 13 868 4412 5.08 41 339.38 39. Kansas St. 12 757 4079 5.39 36 339.92 40. Southern California 13 919 4426 4.82 31 340.46 41. Arkansas St. 12 784 4086 5.21 36 340.50 42. Buffalo 12 790 4112 5.21 34 342.67 43. Central Mich. 14 939 4819 5.13 30 344.21 44. La.-Monroe 12 819 4164 5.08 42 347.00 45. Ohio 14 100 4879 4.87 35 348.50 46. Oregon St. 13 838 4543 5.42 44 349.46 47. Northwestern 13 842 4556 5.41 41 350.46 48. UCF 13 871 4557 5.23 37 350.54 49. Texas Tech 13 949 4581 4.83 35 352.38 50. Middle Tenn. 13 952 4613 4.85 38 354.85 51. Kent St. 12 861 4272 4.96 32 356.00 52. Virginia 12 851 4301 5.05 36 358.42 53. Kentucky 13 845 4676 5.53 38 359.69 54. Georgia Tech 14 831 5044 6.07 42 360.29 55. North Carolina St. 12 762 4335 5.69 49 361.25 56. Vanderbilt 12 845 4353 5.15 33 362.75 57. Colorado 12 805 4356 5.41 42 363.00 58. Mississippi St. 12 774 4392 5.67 41 366.00 59. Akron 12 833 4412 5.30 46 367.67 60. Louisiana Tech 12 828 4420 5.34 36 368.33 61. Duke 12 799 4423 5.54 42 368.58 62. Connecticut 13 862 4794 5.56 38 368.77 63. Minnesota 13 914 4799 5.25 37 369.15 64. Missouri 13 938 4811 5.13 40 370.08 65. Louisville 12 768 4453 5.80 38 371.08 66. Marshall 13 847 4833 5.71 41 371.77 67. Cincinnati 13 935 4862 5.20 37 374.00 68. Auburn 13 945 4867 5.15 46 374.38 69. Purdue 12 844 4519 5.35 43 376.58 70. Miami (OH) 12 777 4528 5.83 55 377.33 71. East Carolina 14 984 5296 5.38 38 378.29 72. California 13 890 4925 5.53 40 378.85 73. Michigan St. 13 914 4951 5.42 42 380.85 74. San Diego St. 12 851 4584 5.39 44 382.00 75. Wake Forest 12 800 4597 5.75 39 383.08 76. Kansas 12 836 4599 5.50 42 383.25 77. Ball St. 12 831 4640 5.58 41 386.67 78. Colorado St. 12 816 4653 5.70 47 387.75 79. Washington 12 758 4674 6.17 36 389.50 80. Southern Miss. 13 950 5102 5.37 40 392.46 81. Wyoming 13 912 5113 5.61 44 393.31 82. Michigan 12 838 4720 5.63 39 393.33 83. Maryland 12 817 4756 5.82 46 396.33 84. SMU 13 929 5162 5.56 48 397.08 85. Tulsa 12 848 4766 5.62 38 397.17 86. Notre Dame 12 771 4773 6.19 38 397.75 87. Bowling Green 13 860 5177 6.02 47 398.23 88. Indiana 12 836 4812 5.76 45 401.00 89. Arkansas 13 905 5215 5.76 38 401.15 90. Stanford 13 879 5235 5.96 44 402.69 91. Illinois 12 811 4839 5.97 45 403.25 92. La.-Lafayette 12 810 4852 5.99 46 404.33 93. Hawaii 13 871 5259 6.04 50 404.54 94. Baylor 12 907 4867 5.37 37 405.58 95. Toledo 12 848 4889 5.77 60 407.42 96. Nevada 13 831 5321 6.40 49 409.31 97. North Texas 12 843 4948 5.87 54 412.33 98. Fresno St. 13 829 5378 6.49 47 413.69 99. Iowa St. 13 929 5406 5.82 36 415.85 100. New Mexico 12 873 5024 5.75 56 418.67 101. Western Mich. 12 843 5026 5.96 41 418.83 102. Tulane 12 804 5074 6.31 57 422.83 103. New Mexico St. 13 875 5507 6.29 53 423.62 104. Troy 13 937 5519 5.89 50 424.54 105. Texas A&M 13 934 5542 5.93 56 426.31 106. Eastern Mich. 12 749 5127 6.85 62 427.25 107. Idaho 13 868 5632 6.49 63 433.23 108. Florida St. 13 837 5650 6.75 53 434.62 109. San Jose St. 12 796 5315 6.68 54 442.92 110. UTEP 12 880 5363 6.09 53 446.92 111. Houston 14 104 6318 6.02 56 451.29 112. Fla. Atlantic 12 775 5438 7.02 52 453.17 113. Utah St. 12 858 5461 6.36 54 455.08 114. UAB 12 857 5462 6.37 50 455.17 115. UNLV 12 824 5474 6.64 50 456.17 116. Memphis 12 854 5490 6.43 53 457.50 117. Rice 12 844 5568 6.60 70 464.00 118. Western Ky. 12 829 5739 6.92 63 478.25 119. FIU 12 897 5899 6.58 55 491.58 120. Washington St. 12 865 6144 7.10 60 512.00
