Week 9

Rank School Defense
1 Texas 16.491
2 Indiana 16.426
3 TCU 13.952
4 LSU 12.966
5 Wisconsin 11.671
6 Liberty 11.500
7 Notre Dame 11.363
8 UCLA 11.167
9 Tennessee 11.068
10 Iowa 11.048
11 Ohio State 10.442
12 Oregon 10.093
13 Alabama 9.935
14 Houston 9.738
15 Georgia 9.660
16 North Dakota State 9.631
17 Wake Forest 9.503
18 BYU 9.459
19 Missouri 9.310
20 South Florida 8.782
21 Utah 8.738
22 Utah State 8.612
23 Nebraska 8.241
24 Duke 8.235
25 Oklahoma 8.128
26 Texas A&M 7.684
27 Penn State 7.660
28 Miami (FL) 7.486
29 New Mexico 7.384
30 Michigan 7.161
31 Arizona 7.020
32 Baylor 6.378
33 Ole Miss 5.631
34 Virginia 5.554
35 Pittsburgh 5.458
36 Clemson 5.412
37 Northwestern 5.245
38 Michigan State 5.128
39 Auburn 5.042
40 Kentucky 4.772
41 Louisiana Tech 4.724
42 Texas Tech 4.500
43 Fresno State 4.010
44 North Carolina 4.000
45 James Madison 3.577
46 Tulane 3.324
47 Western Michigan 3.044
48 Boise State 2.656
49 Washington 2.622
50 FIU 2.614
51 USC 2.320
52 Wyoming 2.252
53 Minnesota 1.837
54 UNLV 1.765
55 SMU 1.493
56 Louisville 1.170
57 Colorado 1.000
58 Memphis 0.982
59 Florida 0.925
60 Georgia Southern 0.918
61 UCF 0.908
62 Mississippi State 0.848
63 Iowa State 0.762
64 San Jose State 0.740
65 Louisiana 0.696
66 Jacksonville State 0.667
67 Coastal Carolina -0.095
68 Arkansas -0.095
69 Navy -0.099
70 South Carolina -0.146
71 Boston College -0.418
72 Kansas -0.452
73 Air Force -0.534
74 Illinois -0.673
75 UTSA -0.735
76 Nevada -1.003
77 Kansas State -1.296
78 Oregon State -1.340
79 UAB -1.415
80 Tulsa -1.690
81 Army -1.694
82 East Carolina -1.738
83 Washington State -1.854
84 Florida State -2.010
85 Virginia Tech -2.065
86 Central Michigan -2.065
87 Cincinnati -2.071
88 Buffalo -2.125
89 Massachusetts -2.184
90 Syracuse -2.231
91 Temple -2.245
92 Ohio -2.779
93 Kennesaw State -2.786
94 Troy -2.830
95 Appalachian State -3.037
96 Arkansas State -3.616
97 Hawaii -4.083
98 Connecticut -4.176
99 Purdue -4.214
100 Sam Houston State -4.214
101 Marshall -4.367
102 North Carolina State -4.378
103 Old Dominion -4.714
104 Vanderbilt -5.156
105 Oklahoma State -5.238
106 Miami (OH) -5.469
107 Texas State -5.636
108 San Diego State -5.747
109 New Mexico State -5.918
110 Arizona State -6.190
111 California -6.265
112 Maryland -6.595
113 Rice -7.143
114 Toledo -7.284
115 Eastern Michigan -7.753
116 North Texas -7.789
117 Georgia State -7.881
118 Delaware -8.306
119 Bowling Green -8.434
120 West Virginia -9.357
121 Kent State -9.432
122 Middle Tennessee -10.119
123 Stanford -10.318
124 Georgia Tech -10.527
125 Charlotte -11.269
126 Rutgers -11.679
127 Western Kentucky -11.891
128 Southern Miss -12.112
129 Louisiana-Monroe -12.252
130 South Alabama -12.374
131 Missouri State -12.786
132 Ball State -13.714
133 CSU-Sacramento -13.838
134 Northern Illinois -14.830
135 Florida Atlantic -14.952
136 Akron -15.272
137 UTEP -16.354
138 Colorado State -20.391