Lou Saban and Alabama prove again to be best defense in college football, but was the Florida Gator defense any way to test that theory? Lots of the usual suspects in this Top 25, but also some sneaky new teams like the Ohio Bobcats and the Vanderbilt Commodores. Michigan hasn’t played this good of defense since the middle of the Lloyd Carr regime. Kansas State continues to play opportunistic defense as a truly sneaky Big 12-2 contender.

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BlitzIndex Rank, stats thru Oct 1, 2001

K-State LB Arthur Brown (the good brother) actually caught Robert Griffin in their win over Baylor (Icon SMI)

How is that for a setup for a huge SEC matchup? Like it needed anymore data points to generate national interest, the Alabama Crimson Tide defense leads the nation in our exclusive BLITZIndex ratings as they head to Gainesville to face the Florida Gators this Saturday.

The BLITZIndex is a three-variable equal weighted ranking of key defensive efficiency stats related to fantasy performance – yards per play allowed (YPP), yards per point allowed (YPPt) and points per game allowed (PPG)

After the jump, the best and worst defenses in the country to help with your fantasy college football matchups, or whatever you may want to do with compelling and insightful knowledge about the game…

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The Fantasy College Blitz BLITZindex ™ is an equal weighted measure of national ranks in three team defense categories – yards per play allowed (YPP), Yard per point allowed (YPPt), and points per game allowed (PPG). Yards per game allowed (total, run, and pass) are included in the study for comparison only – not the rankings.

Setting up for the SEC Championship Game perfectly, the Florida Gators and the Alabama Crimson Tide sit atop our top defenses after 13 weeks of the college football season. Texas, despite allowing Texas A&M to score 39 on them on Thanksgiving night, remains in the top ten even though the Longhorns amazing yds/play allowed lead is now history. Another great defensive matchup in the Big 12 Championship Game too as #3 Nebraska, led by sentimental Heisman Trophy candidate DT Ndumakong Suh faces off against #8 Texas.

BLITZindex College Football Defense Rank Nov 28

All-American LB Brandon Spikes leads the nation's leading defense (Icon SMI)

1 Florida
2 Alabama
3 Nebraska
4 Ohio St.
5 TCU
6 Penn St.
7 Oklahoma
8 Texas
9 Iowa
9 Virginia Tech
11 LSU
12 Air Force
13 Rutgers
14 North Carolina
14 Mississippi
14 Cincinnati
17 Boston College
18 Pittsburgh
19 Central Mich.
20 Utah
20 Boise St.
22 USC
23 Clemson
24 Texas Tech
25 Ohio
26 South Fla.
27 West Virginia
27 UCF
29 South Carolina
30 Tennessee
30 East Carolina

rest of the numerical rankings, as well as the alphabetical list, after the jump. Read the rest of this entry →