Scoring Defense rankings (adjusted for opposition; OT removed) for 2011 season.
Rating represents expected score yielded against the average I-A (FBS) offense.
raw adj Team rec Offense Defense
1 1. Alabama 12-1 40.94 [ 9] 5.81 [ 1]
2 2. LSU 13-1 40.62 [ 12] 8.14 [ 2]
5 3. Penn State 9-4 22.48 [ 91] 13.06 [ 3]
4 4. Florida St 9-4 29.20 [ 45] 16.00 [ 4]
25 5. Stanford 11-2 43.07 [ 6] 16.08 [ 5]
34 6. Texas 8-5 30.60 [ 37] 16.16 [ 6]
32 7. Oklahoma 10-3 42.18 [ 7] 16.19 [ 7]
9 8. Michigan St 11-3 32.79 [ 31] 16.24 [ 8]
11 9. South Carolina 11-2 32.05 [ 32] 16.31 [ 9]
7 10. Virginia Tech 11-3 25.56 [ 69] 17.23 [ 10]
6 11. Michigan 11-2 36.41 [ 17] 17.73 [ 11]
31 12. Southern Cal 10-2 37.05 [ 16] 17.82 [ 12]
24 13. Notre Dame 8-5 33.14 [ 29] 17.90 [ 13]
44 14. Missouri 8-5 31.90 [ 34] 17.98 [ 14]
20 15. Utah 8-5 26.13 [ 65] 18.39 [ 15]
16 16. Mississippi St 7-6 26.04 [ 66] 18.46 [ 16]
60 17. Oklahoma St 12-1 50.30 [ 1] 18.58 [ 17]
15 18. Illinois 7-6 21.47 [ 97] 18.69 [ 18]
12 19. Boise St 12-1 41.37 [ 8] 18.81 [ 19]
3 20. Temple 9-4 26.31 [ 63] 18.95 [ 20]
21 21. Florida 7-6 28.51 [ 47] 19.04 [ 21]
13 22. Wisconsin 11-3 45.78 [ 5] 19.25 [ 22]
28 23. Ohio State 6-7 26.75 [ 58] 19.55 [ 23]
8 24. Rutgers 9-4 25.11 [ 72] 19.58 [ 24]
48 25. California 7-6 27.69 [ 52] 19.88 [ 25]
39 26. Tennessee 5-7 23.10 [ 85] 20.09 [ 26]
19 27. Georgia 10-4 34.64 [ 23] 20.24 [ 27]
30 28. Vanderbilt 6-7 29.79 [ 40] 20.37 [ 28]
62 29. Texas A&M 7-6 39.48 [ 13] 20.54 [ 29]
53 30. Oregon 12-2 48.69 [ 2] 20.55 [ 30]
69 31. Iowa St 6-7 24.19 [ 79] 20.68 [ 31]
40 32. Louisiana Tech 8-5 26.66 [ 60] 20.94 [ 32]
18 33. Miami FL 6-6 27.56 [ 55] 21.24 [ 33]
64 34. Kansas St 10-3 35.20 [ 20] 21.43 [ 34]
17 35. Louisville 7-6 24.32 [ 78] 21.65 [ 35]
46 36. Nebraska 9-4 32.04 [ 33] 21.68 [ 36]
35 37. Arkansas 11-2 40.78 [ 10] 22.39 [ 37]
41 38. Pittsburgh 6-7 26.43 [ 61] 22.43 [ 38]
36 39. Iowa 7-6 29.24 [ 43] 22.49 [ 39]
43 40. SMU 8-5 23.39 [ 84] 22.54 [ 40]
38 41. South Florida 5-7 27.71 [ 50] 22.71 [ 41]
23 42. Brigham Young 10-3 27.62 [ 53] 22.88 [ 42]
47 43. Boston College 4-8 17.93 [110] 22.97 [ 43]
10 44. Central Florida 5-7 22.69 [ 87] 23.18 [ 44]
29 45. TCU 11-2 37.86 [ 15] 23.57 [ 45]
86 46. Oregon St 3-9 24.82 [ 73] 23.77 [ 46]
22 47. Cincinnati 10-3 33.36 [ 25] 23.80 [ 47]
27 48. Southern Miss 12-2 33.36 [ 26] 23.90 [ 48]
42 49. Miami OH 4-8 19.59 [104] 24.49 [ 49]
58 50. Nevada 7-6 28.01 [ 48] 25.32 [ 50]
45 51. Virginia 8-5 21.17 [ 98] 25.41 [ 51]
26 52. Arkansas St 10-3 27.59 [ 54] 25.44 [ 52]
68 53. Tulsa 8-5 33.15 [ 28] 25.52 [ 53]
14 54. Florida Int'l 8-5 20.16 [102] 25.69 [ 54]
50 55. Kent St 5-7 15.76 [115] 25.95 [ 55]
57 56. San Diego St 8-5 25.49 [ 70] 25.95 [ 56]
52 57. Connecticut 5-7 24.59 [ 75] 26.03 [ 57]
55 58. North Carolina St 8-5 26.27 [ 64] 26.10 [ 58]
54 59. Kentucky 5-7 19.28 [105] 26.12 [ 59]
56 60. North Carolina 7-6 28.87 [ 46] 26.28 [ 60]
92 61. UCLA 6-8 26.94 [ 57] 26.52 [ 61]
76 62. Arizona St 6-7 35.01 [ 22] 26.63 [ 62]
49 63. Western Kentucky 7-5 18.88 [106] 26.87 [ 63]
61 64. Georgia Tech 8-5 31.52 [ 36] 27.18 [ 64]
37 65. Houston 13-1 47.46 [ 3] 27.47 [ 65]
80 66. Auburn 8-5 30.30 [ 38] 27.52 [ 66]
73 67. Syracuse 5-7 24.78 [ 74] 27.60 [ 67]
65 68. West Virginia 10-3 38.57 [ 14] 27.84 [ 68]
95 69. Minnesota 3-9 21.88 [ 95] 28.15 [ 69]
70 70. Northwestern 6-7 31.82 [ 35] 28.28 [ 70]
33 71. Ohio U. 10-4 26.73 [ 59] 28.33 [ 71]
66 72. Purdue 7-6 26.31 [ 62] 28.45 [ 72]
51 73. Eastern Michigan 6-6 17.41 [111] 28.56 [ 73]
77 74. Marshall 7-6 20.91 [100] 28.68 [ 74]
67 75. Wake Forest 6-7 27.71 [ 51] 28.87 [ 75]
98 76. Mississippi 2-10 19.94 [103] 28.94 [ 76]
63 77. Utah St 7-6 27.42 [ 56] 29.24 [ 77]
82 78. Clemson 10-4 35.55 [ 19] 29.33 [ 78]
72 79. Air Force 7-6 29.36 [ 42] 29.36 [ 79]
94 80. Washington St 4-8 29.22 [ 44] 29.71 [ 80]
59 81. Louisiana-Monroe 4-8 22.21 [ 93] 29.74 [ 81]
107 82. Arizona 4-8 33.16 [ 27] 30.26 [ 82]
79 83. Bowling Green 5-7 21.85 [ 96] 30.54 [ 83]
75 84. Navy 5-7 29.50 [ 41] 30.66 [ 84]
74 85. Army 3-9 23.42 [ 82] 30.74 [ 85]
88 86. San Jose St 5-7 23.00 [ 86] 30.78 [ 86]
109 87. Washington 7-6 36.26 [ 18] 30.85 [ 87]
71 88. Wyoming 8-5 22.61 [ 88] 31.16 [ 88]
110 89. Colorado 3-10 22.23 [ 92] 31.47 [ 89]
87 90. Northern Illinois 11-3 34.16 [ 24] 31.51 [ 90]
99 91. Rice 4-8 21.89 [ 94] 31.54 [ 91]
90 92. North Texas 5-7 22.56 [ 90] 31.86 [ 92]
78 93. Western Michigan 7-6 33.07 [ 30] 32.11 [ 93]
89 94. UTEP 5-7 23.63 [ 81] 32.64 [ 94]
93 95. Toledo 9-4 40.70 [ 11] 32.93 [ 95]
81 96. Hawaii 6-7 25.67 [ 67] 33.09 [ 96]
91 97. Duke 3-9 25.49 [ 71] 33.13 [ 97]
97 98. East Carolina 5-7 24.50 [ 76] 33.36 [ 98]
113 99. Baylor 10-3 47.30 [ 4] 33.48 [ 99]
103 100. Ball St 6-6 23.42 [ 83] 33.69 [100]
96 101. Idaho 2-10 16.94 [113] 33.70 [101]
85 102. Colorado St 3-9 16.31 [114] 33.75 [102]
84 103. Louisiana-Lafayette 9-4 29.95 [ 39] 34.37 [103]
83 104. Buffalo 3-9 20.93 [ 99] 34.44 [104]
120 105. Kansas 2-10 23.64 [ 80] 35.73 [105]
101 106. Troy 3-9 18.79 [107] 35.92 [106]
102 107. Maryland 2-10 25.64 [ 68] 36.20 [107]
117 108. Texas Tech 5-7 35.15 [ 21] 36.26 [108]
100 109. Central Michigan 3-9 20.27 [101] 36.41 [109]
106 110. Fresno St 4-9 27.75 [ 49] 37.03 [110]
104 111. Florida Atlantic 1-11 11.06 [119] 37.63 [111]
114 112. Indiana 1-11 24.41 [ 77] 39.04 [112]
118 113. UNLV 2-10 16.98 [112] 39.12 [113]
111 114. Alabama-Birmingham 3-9 18.22 [109] 39.24 [114]
119 115. New Mexico 1-11 6.86 [120] 39.44 [115]
112 116. New Mexico St 4-9 22.58 [ 89] 39.54 [116]
115 117. Tulane 2-11 15.53 [116] 39.98 [117]
105 118. Memphis 2-10 11.87 [118] 40.93 [118]
108 119. Middle Tennessee St 2-10 18.34 [108] 41.02 [119]
116 120. Akron 1-11 12.50 [117] 44.27 [120]
