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Defense Rankings: BlitzIndex for Week Ten

By Vince Mullins | October 28, 2008

Rutgers CB Devin McCourty (21) tips the ball away from Pitt WR Jonathan Baldwin (82)Fantasy playoffs, Florida plays Georgia, and Texas and Texas Tech butt heads  - this weekend is shaping up to be a very important one for the college football landscape. Last week had many high scoring games and as a result there was some shuffling around in our weekly defense rankings.

USC remains in the top spot, Florida’s cat-stomping of Kentucky exposed their highly ranked defense, and LSU moved all the way down to 78 after Georgia crushed them in Death Valley. And as usual the Pacific Northwest (Washington, Washington St., and Idaho) appears void of any semblance of resistance to their own end zones.

Unless your fantasy squad can be called Depth Valley, use the BlitzIndex to optimize your starting lineups for what may be your most important game of the year as we head to the playoffs.

BlitzIndex Week Ten (as of Oct 27)

BlitzIndex Defense Rankings Name BI RAW G Plays Yds Pts YPP YPP RANK YPPt YPPt RANK PPG PPG Rank
27 Air Force 88 8 518 2436 149 4.70 25 16.35 33 18.63 30
79 Akron 235 8 579 3244 226 5.60 87 14.35 64 28.25 84
9 Alabama 36 8 492 2105 110 4.28 9 19.14 17 13.75 10
21 Arizona 77 8 515 2361 144 4.58 22 16.40 31 18.00 24
71 Arizona St. 217 7 482 2548 186 5.29 67 13.70 78 26.57 72
106 Arkansas 300 8 524 2874 256 5.48 81 11.23 116 32.00 103
39 Arkansas St. 125 7 473 2351 151 4.97 41 15.57 40 21.57 44
47 Army 145 8 479 2432 166 5.08 51 14.65 56 20.75 38
12 Auburn 51 8 520 2354 126 4.53 19 18.68 19 15.75 13
25 Ball St. 82 8 538 2808 124 5.22 64 22.65 6 15.50 12
65 Baylor 199 8 608 3061 220 5.03 46 13.91 73 27.50 80
4 Boise St. 16 7 482 2071 79 4.30 10 26.22 2 11.29 4
22 Boston College 81 7 435 1859 125 4.27 8 14.87 50 17.86 23
56 Bowling Green 168 8 561 2848 195 5.08 50 14.61 57 24.38 61
89 Buffalo 259 7 467 2726 199 5.84 95 13.70 79 28.43 85
16 BYU 60 8 546 2694 128 4.93 38 21.05 8 16.00 14
44 California 131 7 491 2110 152 4.30 11 13.88 75 21.71 45
80 Central Mich. 237 8 524 3215 218 6.14 106 14.75 52 27.25 79
38 Cincinnati 123 7 488 2317 154 4.75 29 15.05 48 22.00 46
13 Clemson 53 7 476 2221 113 4.67 24 19.65 13 16.14 16
86 Colorado 254 8 559 3018 233 5.40 73 12.95 92 29.13 89
106 Colorado St. 300 8 518 3103 249 5.99 99 12.46 103 31.13 98
22 Connecticut 81 8 493 2418 137 4.90 37 17.65 24 17.13 20
49 Duke 153 7 440 2393 148 5.44 78 16.17 34 21.14 41
59 East Carolina 171 7 467 2425 165 5.19 61 14.70 55 23.57 55
113 Eastern Mich. 324 9 537 3409 289 6.35 110 11.80 110 32.11 104
87 Fla. Atlantic 255 8 564 3144 232 5.57 85 13.55 82 29.00 88
6 Florida 26 7 439 1914 83 4.36 15 23.06 5 11.86 6
56 Florida Intl 168 7 522 2581 179 4.94 40 14.42 62 25.57 66
18 Florida St. 72 7 414 1731 116 4.18 5 14.92 49 16.57 18
83 Fresno St. 241 7 484 2848 197 5.88 97 14.46 61 28.14 83
42 Georgia 129 8 483 2385 162 4.94 39 14.72 54 20.25 36
5 Georgia Tech 21 8 534 2178 105 4.08 3 20.74 11 13.13 7
92 Hawaii 270 8 555 3069 239 5.53 83 12.84 95 29.88 92
85 Houston 247 7 491 2793 200 5.69 90 13.97 71 28.57 86
118 Idaho 348 9 650 4382 389 6.74 115 11.26 115 43.22 118
77 Illinois 229 8 540 2817 215 5.22 63 13.10 90 26.88 76
88 Indiana 257 8 564 3025 235 5.36 71 12.87 94 29.38 92
7 Iowa 28 8 526 2382 92 4.53 20 25.89 3 11.50 5
102 Iowa St. 296 8 538 3382 253 6.29 109 13.37 85 31.63 102
72 Kansas 218 8 569 3077 216 5.41 75 14.25 66 27.00 77
90 Kansas St. 260 8 617 3533 251 5.73 93 14.08 68 31.38 99
91 Kent St. 266 8 550 3144 234 5.72 92 13.44 84 29.25 90
25 Kentucky 82 8 512 2421 146 4.73 26 16.58 30 18.25 26
104 La.-Lafayette 298 7 506 3086 231 6.10 105 13.36 86 33.00 107
84 La.-Monroe 243 8 561 3699 234 6.59 113 15.81 39 29.25 91
50 Louisiana Tech 158 7 488 2665 159 5.46 79 16.76 27 22.71 52
58 Louisville 170 7 453 2147 163 4.74 28 13.17 88 23.29 54
78 LSU 230 7 428 2215 181 5.18 58 12.24 104 25.86 68
65 Marshall 199 7 530 2993 187 5.65 88 16.01 36 26.71 75
32 Maryland 104 8 575 2925 154 5.09 52 18.99 18 19.25 34
96 Memphis 276 9 538 3338 252 6.20 107 13.25 87 28.00 82
51 Miami (Fla.) 162 8 524 2264 180 4.32 13 12.58 99 22.50 50
101 Miami (Ohio) 292 8 498 2754 241 5.53 84 11.43 114 30.13 94
82 Michigan 238 8 579 3020 230 5.22 62 13.13 89 28.75 87
41 Michigan St. 128 9 596 3117 183 5.23 65 17.03 26 20.33 37
76 Middle Tenn. St. 228 8 538 2908 213 5.41 74 13.65 81 26.63 73
34 Minnesota 109 8 526 2902 137 5.52 82 21.18 7 17.13 20
60 Mississippi 179 8 539 2761 193 5.12 55 14.31 65 24.13 59
53 Mississippi St. 163 8 496 2389 177 4.82 33 13.50 83 22.13 47
45 Missouri 134 8 604 3075 184 5.09 53 16.71 28 23.00 53
73 Navy 219 8 505 2948 203 5.84 95 14.52 59 25.38 65
92 NC St. 270 8 556 3302 241 5.94 98 13.70 77 30.13 95
70 Nebraska 205 8 495 2870 194 5.80 94 14.79 51 24.25 60
105 Nevada 299 8 559 3176 261 5.68 89 12.17 105 32.63 105
54 New Mexico 167 9 601 2989 213 4.97 42 14.03 69 23.67 56
95 New Mexico St. 273 7 473 2510 212 5.31 69 11.84 108 30.29 96
29 North Carolina 91 8 570 2720 159 4.77 31 17.11 25 19.88 35
120 North Texas 359 8 542 3898 400 7.19 120 9.75 119 50.00 120
11 Northern Ill. 44 8 467 2138 109 4.58 21 19.61 14 13.63 9
22 Northwestern 81 8 556 2681 146 4.82 34 18.36 20 18.25 27
30 Notre Dame 103 7 462 2330 131 5.04 47 17.79 23 18.71 33
64 Ohio 196 8 531 2728 199 5.14 57 13.71 76 24.88 63
8 Ohio St. 34 9 554 2404 120 4.34 14 20.03 12 13.33 8
43 Oklahoma 130 8 565 2760 180 4.88 36 15.33 44 22.50 50
39 Oklahoma St. 125 8 559 2855 172 5.11 54 16.60 29 21.50 42
48 Oregon 146 8 616 2933 199 4.76 30 14.74 53 24.88 63
65 Oregon St. 199 7 424 2125 166 5.01 45 12.80 97 23.71 57
2 Penn St. 11 9 576 2393 100 4.15 4 23.93 4 11.11 3
80 Pittsburgh 237 7 418 2164 183 5.18 59 11.83 109 26.14 69
61 Purdue 180 8 594 3163 206 5.32 70 15.35 43 25.75 67
112 Rice 320 8 585 3740 292 6.39 111 12.81 96 36.50 113
54 Rutgers 167 8 488 2778 172 5.69 90 16.15 35 21.50 42
108 San Diego St. 305 8 615 3695 286 6.01 100 12.92 93 35.75 112
28 San Jose St. 89 8 523 2301 149 4.40 18 15.44 41 18.63 30
116 SMU 334 9 671 4417 363 6.58 112 12.17 105 40.33 117
14 South Carolina 58 8 486 2049 129 4.22 6 15.88 37 16.13 15
30 South Fla. 103 8 489 2146 147 4.39 17 14.60 58 18.38 28
1 Southern Cal 3 7 445 1509 57 3.39 1 26.47 1 8.14 1
97 Southern Miss. 277 8 574 3488 251 6.08 104 13.90 74 31.38 99
65 Stanford 199 8 580 3073 212 5.30 68 14.50 60 26.50 71
111 Syracuse 319 7 491 3067 244 6.25 108 12.57 100 34.86 111
3 TCU 13 9 516 1970 94 3.82 2 20.96 9 10.44 2
20 Temple 76 8 580 2813 145 4.85 35 19.40 16 18.13 25
17 Tennessee 67 8 523 2235 141 4.27 7 15.85 38 17.63 22
33 Texas 106 8 522 2678 147 5.13 56 18.22 22 18.38 28
109 Texas A&M 314 8 573 3452 276 6.02 102 12.51 102 34.50 110
36 Texas Tech 114 8 554 2772 169 5.00 44 16.40 31 21.13 39
100 Toledo 287 8 544 2943 251 5.41 76 11.73 112 31.38 99
37 Troy 119 7 514 2370 157 4.61 23 15.10 47 22.43 49
99 Tulane 284 7 388 2165 195 5.58 86 11.10 117 27.86 81
75 Tulsa 223 7 478 2875 190 6.01 100 15.13 45 27.14 78
103 UAB 297 8 528 3684 264 6.98 118 13.95 72 33.00 107
63 UCF 194 7 407 2030 160 4.99 43 12.69 98 22.86 53
98 UCLA 279 8 538 2891 245 5.37 72 11.80 110 30.63 97
109 UNLV 314 8 533 3525 271 6.61 114 13.01 91 33.88 109
34 Utah 109 8 491 2112 149 4.30 12 14.17 67 18.63 30
114 Utah St. 330 8 584 3514 306 6.02 102 11.48 113 38.25 115
115 UTEP 331 7 490 3334 266 6.80 116 12.53 101 38.00 114
15 Vanderbilt 59 8 547 2587 132 4.73 27 19.60 15 16.50 17
46 Virginia 142 8 531 2694 178 5.07 49 15.13 45 22.25 48
51 Virginia Tech 162 8 469 2434 169 5.19 60 14.40 63 21.13 39
18 Wake Forest 72 7 447 2137 117 4.78 32 18.26 21 16.71 19
117 Washington 342 7 478 3357 277 7.02 119 12.12 107 39.57 116
119 Washington St. 356 8 536 3678 385 6.86 117 9.55 120 48.13 119
10 West Virginia 37 7 500 2185 105 4.37 16 20.81 10 15.00 11
74 Western Ky. 220 8 538 2939 210 5.46 80 14.00 70 26.25 70
62 Western Mich. 181 8 559 3026 197 5.41 77 15.36 42 24.63 62
69 Wisconsin 204 8 499 2610 191 5.23 66 13.66 80 23.88 58
94 Wyoming 272 8 526 2664 263 5.06 48 10.13 118 32.88 106

Topics: College Football, Defense, Positional Analysis, Vince Mullins |

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