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Here is the complete list for the Defensive  yards per play with rank. You can find these charts each and every week during the football season when you subscribe to Phil Steele Plus from our store on the left in the menu. YPP is a great stat to help give you an idea on how your favorite team is doing on defense this year. As you can see Mississippi St is at the top of the defensive side with 4.13 yards per play followed by Clemson at 4.19 showing how dominate their defenses have been this year.

 

		Total Def	Total DEF	Total DEF	DEF
Rank	TEAM NAME	Rush ATT	Pass Att	Yards	YPP
1	Mississippi St	431	398	3420	4.13
2	Clemson	576	447	4288	4.19
3	Miami, Fl	526	317	3626	4.30
4	Appalachian St	475	370	3744	4.43
5	Michigan St	392	477	3941	4.54
6	Southern Miss	337	335	3062	4.56
7	Iowa	435	402	3817	4.56
8	Michigan	450	331	3577	4.58
9	California	511	387	4123	4.59
10	Utah	487	469	4418	4.62
11	Cincinnati	436	404	3922	4.67
12	Washington	461	457	4287	4.67
13	Temple	598	438	4843	4.67
14	Notre Dame	472	485	4516	4.72
15	Fresno St	507	447	4503	4.72
16	Penn St	549	416	4556	4.72
17	BYU	461	430	4213	4.73
18	Northern Illinois	567	479	4998	4.78
19	Wyoming	424	394	3914	4.78
20	UAB	480	395	4189	4.79
21	LSU	466	449	4403	4.81
22	Marshall	459	454	4403	4.82
23	TCU	499	407	4397	4.85
24	Alabama	516	465	4793	4.89
25	Georgia	467	423	4400	4.94
26	Central Michigan	554	306	4264	4.96
27	Eastern Michigan	580	342	4599	4.99
28	Utah St	531	455	4933	5.00
29	Louisiana Tech	491	389	4437	5.04
30	Troy	508	388	4523	5.05
31	Iowa St	458	440	4539	5.05
32	San Diego St	453	401	4350	5.09
33	Florida	492	380	4463	5.12
34	Auburn	475	422	4620	5.15
35	Boston College	493	442	4823	5.16
36	Akron	531	367	4657	5.19
37	Florida St	503	451	4996	5.24
38	Colorado	467	404	4563	5.24
39	Miami, Oh	479	364	4418	5.24
40	Kentucky	462	376	4393	5.24
41	Buffalo	545	404	4975	5.24
42	Oregon	503	453	5017	5.25
43	Nevada	510	449	5038	5.25
44	Virginia	442	373	4297	5.27
45	Texas St	481	388	4607	5.30
46	North Texas	447	468	4870	5.32
47	USC	460	408	4656	5.36
48	Georgia Southern	465	386	4642	5.45
49	UCF	618	413	5638	5.47
50	Middle Tennessee	533	432	5290	5.48
51	Wisconsin	454	360	4478	5.50
52	Duke	546	418	5314	5.51
53	SMU	547	384	5158	5.54
54	Maryland	504	339	4685	5.56
55	Washington St	447	391	4659	5.56
56	Tulane	494	457	5288	5.56
57	South Carolina	569	422	5516	5.57
58	Northwestern	478	505	5472	5.57
59	Arkansas St	524	338	4804	5.57
60	Army West Point	360	328	3842	5.58
61	Texas	486	496	5499	5.60
62	Memphis	588	481	5994	5.61
63	Tulsa	559	310	4892	5.63
64	Boise St	438	382	4627	5.64
65	Stanford	476	466	5331	5.66
66	FIU	514	373	5022	5.66
67	Tennessee	448	351	4529	5.67
68	Missouri	444	445	5050	5.68
69	Rutgers	491	354	4818	5.70
70	Arizona St	513	408	5257	5.71
71	Arizona	464	440	5184	5.73
72	Ohio St	490	489	5648	5.77
73	Texas A&M	383	402	4529	5.77
74	Charlotte	368	332	4048	5.78
75	West Virginia	450	389	4876	5.81
76	Nebraska	470	425	5202	5.81
77	Syracuse	488	463	5545	5.83
78	Toledo	496	467	5620	5.84
79	Pittsburgh	519	410	5426	5.84
80	USF	629	365	5806	5.84
81	WKU	456	406	5059	5.87
82	Wake Forest	526	489	5962	5.87
83	FAU	484	379	5093	5.90
84	Air Force	406	326	4331	5.92
85	Ball St	560	353	5403	5.92
86	Minnesota	436	409	5015	5.93
87	Houston	617	470	6454	5.94
88	NC State	405	454	5104	5.94
89	UTEP	475	322	4736	5.94
90	New Mexico St	636	325	5711	5.94
91	Kansas St	390	424	4841	5.95
92	Texas Tech	471	434	5387	5.95
93	Georgia Tech	442	363	4805	5.97
94	North Carolina	477	346	4924	5.98
95	Purdue	499	483	5884	5.99
96	UCLA	520	371	5339	5.99
97	Arkansas	480	347	4958	6.00
98	Indiana	479	369	5085	6.00
99	Oklahoma St	522	452	5882	6.04
100	Kansas	468	361	5022	6.06
101	Ohio	412	422	5082	6.09
102	Oklahoma	548	488	6353	6.13
103	Vanderbilt	510	419	5706	6.14
104	East Carolina	475	384	5278	6.14
105	Western Michigan	485	328	5026	6.18
106	San Jose St	537	418	5941	6.22
107	Old Dominion	499	407	5657	6.24
108	Kent St	543	352	5607	6.26
109	Hawaii	582	395	6156	6.30
110	Liberty	509	413	5817	6.31
111	ULM	484	333	5157	6.31
112	New Mexico	536	363	5676	6.31
113	Louisiana	618	348	6102	6.32
114	Mississippi	523	395	5801	6.32
115	Virginia Tech	501	391	5703	6.39
116	UTSA	465	350	5226	6.41
117	Bowling Green	572	262	5377	6.45
118	UNLV	462	381	5450	6.47
119	Baylor	440	412	5532	6.49
120	Navy	490	360	5543	6.52
121	South Alabama	484	320	5384	6.70
122	Colorado St	494	304	5418	6.79
123	UMass	567	279	5817	6.88
124	Louisville	553	290	5802	6.88
125	Rice	450	392	5799	6.89
126	Illinois	494	372	6100	7.04
127	Coastal Carolina	451	290	5410	7.30
128	Oregon St	499	369	6441	7.42
129	Georgia St	459	301	5874	7.73
130	Connecticut	524	317	7409	8.81