2024 College Football Defense Rankings: Team Pass and Rush Stats

Updated Jan. 21, 2025 4:21 a.m. ET

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Curious where the top FBS teams stand after Week 21 of college football, in terms of their overall defensive stats? Multiple rankings are available here.

NCAA FBS Team Defense Rankings through Week 21

Total Defense

#	Team	Defense Yards Avg.
1	Ohio State (6)	254.6
2	Indiana (9)	256.3
3	Texas (4)	283.7
4	Northern Illinois	284.9
5	Minnesota	285.7
6	Tennessee (7)	293.2
7	Penn State (5)	294.8
8	Army (19)	297.9
9	Ohio	303.9
10	Michigan	307

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Passing Defense

#	Team	Pass Yards Allowed Avg.	Pass TD Allowed
1	Iowa State (18)	165.6	18
2	Washington	166.5	16
3	Ohio State (6)	167	10
4	Notre Dame (3)	169.4	14
5	Northern Illinois	172.5	15
6	Louisiana Tech	172.8	11
7	Rice	173.8	18
7	Texas (4)	173.8	9
9	Western Kentucky	176	18
10	Minnesota	176.1	11

Rushing Defense

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#	Team	Rush Yards Allowed Avg.	Rush TD Allowed
1	Ole Miss (16)	80.5	7
2	Indiana (9)	89.9	12
3	Michigan	90.7	10
4	Ohio State (6)	95	13
5	UCLA	96.2	17
6	Ohio	99.9	14
7	SMU (12)	100.2	13
8	Nebraska	101.2	8
9	Penn State (5)	101.9	10
10	Tennessee (7)	103.9	13

Scoring Defense

#	Team	Points Allowed Avg.
1	Ohio State (6)	12.9
2	Ole Miss (16)	14.4
3	Texas (4)	15.3
4	Army (19)	15.5
4	Notre Dame (3)	15.5
6	Indiana (9)	15.6
7	Tennessee (7)	16.1
8	Penn State (5)	16.5
9	Minnesota	16.9
10	Alabama (11)	17.4

Red Zone Defense

#	Team	Defense Red Zone Score Rate
1	Ohio State (6)	60.5%
2	Army (19)	61%
3	Texas (4)	69.2%
4	Navy	69.8%
5	Penn State (5)	70.7%
6	Kentucky	70.8%
7	Virginia Tech	71.4%
8	Ole Miss (16)	71.9%
9	Louisiana Tech	72.2%
10	Jacksonville State	72.3%

Third Down Defense

#	Team	Defense Third Down Rate
1	Wyoming	25.7%
2	Northern Illinois	26.3%
3	Utah	27.4%
4	UConn	29.6%
5	Missouri (23)	29.8%
6	Tennessee (7)	30.3%
7	UTSA	30.6%
8	Texas (4)	31.4%
9	Marshall	31.6%
10	Ole Miss (16)	31.7%