The under is also worth a look, as these two defenses rank in the top - four in defensive
yards per play allowed.
Not exact matches
The Hilltoppers ranked 35th in IsoPPP (which measures the magnitude of an offense's successful
plays) and 18th in 20 -
yard gains
per game
allowed (3.8).
After
allowing 6.4
yards per play in 2015, the Hoosiers
allowed more than 5.8 only twice all season.
Washington's defense in regular season:
Allowed 92 rushing
yards per game, best in FBS Washington's defense vs. Saquon Barkley:
Allowed 92 rushing
yards on one
play
The Golden Eagles couldn't contain UNT's spread and got outmuscled by Florida State but otherwise
allowed just 21.2 points
per game and 4.8
yards per play.
Rare is the team that has enough time to let downfield passing
plays develop against Georgia's defense, which ranks second nationally behind Alabama with just 5.58
yards allowed per pass attempt.
Yes, the Longhorns
allowed only 4.6
yards per play aside from that bomb.
They've averaged 7.9
yards per play and
allowed 3.9.
Texas averaged just 3.9
yards per play on offense and
allowed 5.7.
As in,
allowing 9
yards -
per -
play to Florida State horrid.
Texas» defense has
allowed just 4.1
yards per play and
allowed just 27 combined points in three games against teams not named BYU.
The Owls have
allowed greater than 38 points and 7.0
yards per play five times this year.
Just ask 13 - 1 Marshall, which
allowed 67 points and 8.6
yards per play to the Hilltoppers on November 28.
OU
allowed five
yards per play to Texas Tech in a big win and held WVU (4.3) and Tennessee (3.3) to paltry
per -
play averages.
F / + and
allowed at least 6.1
yards per play in each of their first eight games.
That patience is paying off for a group that is has
allowed the second - fewest
plays of 20 - plus
yards per game in the country (1.00).
Among teams that've
played multiple ranked opponents, Georgia and Clemson rank far above the rest in
yards allowed per play; UGA's
allowed 3.71 to ranked teams.
Between 2009 - 14, Borland's worst UWW defense
allowed 12.2 points
per game and 4.4
yards per play.
Texas lost tight early games to Cal and Oklahoma because its defense
allowed nearly 50 points
per game and over 7
yards per play.
In Penn State's three losses, the Nittany Lions
allowed a nightmarish 48 points
per game and 6.3
yards per play; they scored at least 39 points and lost twice, which is almost a Texas Tech statistic.
And in a bowl loss to Appalachian State, they were dominant on a
per -
play basis (6.9
yards per play to 5.1) but gave up a kick return touchdown and
allowed App State to
play keep - away (total snaps: ASU 82, UT 54) in a three - point loss.
But Oregon is
allowing a thoroughly mediocre 5.7
yards per play in 2014, and it's gone up in each game: 5.1 vs. South Dakota, 5.6 vs. Michigan State, 5.9 vs. Wyoming, 6.2 vs. Washington State.
The Tigers finished having
allowed 5.8
yards per play; that's an accomplishment considering they didn't
allow between 4.5 and 5.9
per play in any one game all year.
Florida
allowed 5.8
yards per play to Kentucky in Week 3, and while that isn't terrible, it doesn't meet the bar set by the 2012 Florida defense, either.
They
allowed greater than 3.4
yards per carry only once in conference
play and held three straight opponents — Purdue, Illinois, and Michigan — to 33
yards on 84 carries.
With uncertainty everywhere on the depth chart, Arizona's 2016 defense was ultra-conservative; the Wildcats did a decent job of avoiding big
plays; they
allowed 4.7 gains
per game of 20 - plus
yards (60th in FBS) and 3.1 such passes
per game (54th), and that constituted the closest thing they had to a strength.
The Orange have
allowed more than 6.7
yards per play four times this year and under 4.0
yards per play five times.
They also won while
allowing 8.8
yards per play to Georgia Southern, 8.0 to Miami, and 8.0 to Pitt, but none of those teams has Mississippi State's defense.
In losses to North Carolina (48 - 43) and Florida State (37 - 35), Tech
allowed 42.5 points
per game and 7.1
yards per play.
The Tigers held Dak Prescott and Mississippi State to 19 points and 4.7
yards per play and slowed WKU's nuclear passing game to a crawl,
allowing just 20 points and 5.1
yards per play against the high - octane Hilltoppers.
Still, after
allowing 5.6 or more
yards per play in five of the first eight games, Purdue did so in only one of the final four.
Tech
allowed just 1.8
plays per game of 30 - plus
yards, 40th in the country and pretty good in the offense - friendly C - USA.
PSU averaged at least 6
yards per play in three games and
allowed under 4.9
per play in all four.
With a sound defensive line and plenty of speed in the back, Texas has
allowed 4.7
yards per play and risen to 19th in Def.
They rank 12th in
yards per play (6.84), while OU ranks 65th in ypp
allowed (5.60).
In Shoop's first year, the Commodores
allowed 9.6 fewer points
per game and.98 fewer
yards per play, massive changes for a program outmanned in the SEC.
The Bengals finished No. 6 in total defense but
allowed 2.4 more
yards per play when Burfict was off the field.
Texas
allowed 46 points
per game and 7.1
yards per play in those five.
SMU should enjoy the support of the home crowd
playing 30 miles from campus, especially since they haven't been to a Bowl since 2012, but can you really lay points with an SMU defense that
allows 6.7
yards per play, 123rd in the country and worst among all bowl teams?
Diaz's defense made 114 tackles for loss (third in the country) and defensed 92 passes (first) and
allowed only 4.9
yards per play (24th).
Over the final six, the improving defense only twice
allowed greater than 5.2
yards per play or 22 points.
Stuckey says: The West Virginia offense will be without Will Grier, and the West Virginia defense is one of the nation's worst units,
allowing well above of 6
yards per play.
On defense they
allow 3.6
yards per rushing attempt to teams that normally permit 4.1, 5.8
yards per pass to 6.8 and 4.8
yards per play to 5.6.
The Pack get 4.4
yards per rushing attempt to teams normally
allowing 4.0, a stunning 8.0
yards per pass to 6.9, and 6.4
yards per play to 5.7.
According to NFL.com, the Eagles are gaining 6.7
yards per play this season, while
allowing 5.0
yards per play — a differential of +1.7.
However the KC defense is subpar
allowing 5.1
yards per rushing attempt to teams normally
allowing 4.5 and 6.6 passing
yards per attempt to 6.0 as well as 5.9
yards per play to teams normally
allowing 5.4.
That's 5.9
yards per play against teams normally
allowing 5.9.
Kansas City has been the poster child of average on offense as they.1 above what their foes normally
allow rushing the ball, but.2 below passing
yards per attempt and dead even in
yards per play.
On defense, Army
allows 4.3
yards per rush to squads that normally accumulate 4.2, a generous 7.8
yards per pass to 7.1 and 5.7
yards per play to 5.4.
Southern Methodist rushes for 4.8
yards per carry to defenses that
allow an average of 4.4, 7.4 passing
yards per attempt to 7.3, getting a nice margin of 6.3
yards per play against foes that are permitting an average of just 5.8.