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Defense Five Factor Analysis

Offense | Defense

Updated January 10, 2025

Five Factor efficency metrics are derived from drive-level data that show different elements of offensive strength.

(DRK) Defensive Ranking via the Slate Index

(DER) Drive Efficiency Rating: The % of drives where the defense allows a scoring opportunity (TD or FG attempt).

(BR) Boom Rate: The % of drives where the defense allowed more than 10 yards per play.

(WDR) Wasted Drive Rate: The % of drives that the defense forced a turnover or a four-and-out.

(RZE) Red Zone Efficiency: The average points allowed on drives that reach the redzone (30 yards to goal).

(YTG) Average Yards to Goal: The average distance the opposing offense starts its drives.

DRk	Team	DER	Rk	BR	Rk	WDR	Rk	RZE	Rk	YTG	Rk
1	Indiana	28.21%	6	5.98%	6	47.86%	27	3.8	3	73.1	11
2	Ohio St.	22.45%	2	4.08%	1	53.06%	6	3.5	1	74.6	2
3	Miami	27.74%	5	6.57%	8	50.36%	19	4.3	22	74.9	1
4	Texas Tech	20.74%	1	5.19%	3	60.74%	1	4.4	24	72.3	25
5	Missouri	38.02%	35	6.61%	9	44.63%	44	4.8	60	70	86
6	Oklahoma	33.08%	17	4.51%	2	54.14%	4	3.7	2	73.6	5
7	Notre Dame	32.38%	14	6.67%	10	53.33%	5	4.4	28	73.3	8
8	Georgia	33.90%	20	6.78%	14	48.31%	25	4.7	49	72.9	14
9	Oregon	29.20%	8	5.31%	4	52.21%	9	4.7	57	70.7	63
10	Iowa	34.51%	21	7.96%	23	51.33%	14	4.7	51	73.5	6
11	Alabama	36.57%	28	9.70%	37	41.04%	65	4.6	42	70.2	83
12	Texas A&M	35.43%	26	12.60%	65	47.24%	29	4.8	68	72.5	23
13	Texas	34.75%	23	5.67%	5	49.65%	20	4.7	51	72.6	22
14	Clemson	39.52%	45	12.10%	59	40.32%	69	4.9	74	72.7	20
15	Washington	40.20%	52	6.86%	15	50.98%	16	4.2	17	67.6	123
16	S Carolina	37.39%	32	9.57%	34	45.22%	39	4	10	70.7	66
17	Virginia	30.88%	10	8.82%	27	52.21%	10	4.3	20	70.9	57
18	Penn St.	45.79%	91	14.02%	85	35.51%	109	4.7	53	70.4	74
19	BYU	41.41%	62	6.25%	7	46.09%	35	3.8	4	68.8	109
20	Pittsburgh	36.57%	28	9.70%	37	51.49%	13	5.2	108	67.5	125
21	Wisconsin	40.54%	56	13.51%	79	39.64%	73	4.8	69	69.5	95
22	Arizona	38.84%	40	9.92%	40	50.41%	18	5	88	71.8	37
23	Louisville	31.34%	12	6.72%	11	48.51%	22	4.8	65	72	32
24	Auburn	40.35%	53	10.53%	47	43.86%	48	4.4	29	70.8	60
25	Utah	33.64%	19	10.91%	50	49.09%	21	4.5	31	73.7	4
26	Illinois	44.76%	83	8.57%	25	40.95%	66	5	85	70.5	71
27	Old Dominion	26.27%	4	10.17%	43	52.54%	7	3.9	7	72.1	29
28	USC	39.66%	46	10.34%	46	43.10%	58	4.8	67	72	33
29	Iowa St.	38.94%	42	11.50%	54	45.13%	40	4.6	46	72.1	30
30	LSU	31.01%	11	9.30%	32	46.51%	34	4.1	11	72.1	31
31	Tennessee	45.76%	90	11.02%	52	38.14%	89	5.1	92	71.6	41
32	Michigan	38.76%	38	6.98%	17	43.41%	52	4.6	39	72.3	26
33	Kansas St.	40.98%	59	10.66%	48	46.72%	32	4.2	16	70.3	80
34	TCU	42.50%	67	10.00%	41	43.33%	54	4.6	36	70.3	76
35	Northwestern	44.66%	82	15.53%	99	39.81%	70	4.2	19	69.9	88
36	Ole Miss	40.85%	58	14.08%	86	39.44%	75	5	86	72.9	18
37	Army	44.44%	79	7.07%	18	41.41%	63	3.9	5	68.6	115
38	SMU	33.33%	18	8.89%	29	47.41%	28	3.9	8	69	107
39	Florida	44.95%	84	14.68%	93	38.53%	85	4.6	37	69.5	100
40	San Diego St.	28.46%	7	8.94%	30	55.28%	2	4.4	26	72.6	21
41	Vanderbilt	49.52%	108	12.38%	61	39.05%	78	4.5	33	71	54
42	W Michigan	32.54%	16	7.14%	19	48.41%	23	4.4	27	72.2	27
43	James Madison	31.50%	13	11.81%	57	51.97%	11	4.6	45	71.5	42
44	Florida St.	41.35%	61	6.73%	13	43.27%	56	5.3	115	70.2	82
45	Kansas	49.51%	107	16.50%	108	36.89%	102	5.3	114	73	13
46	Fresno St.	32.52%	15	7.32%	20	51.22%	15	4.7	48	71.4	46
47	Arizona St.	38.85%	41	10.79%	49	46.04%	36	4.4	25	67.1	129
48	Tulane	42.34%	66	10.95%	51	43.80%	50	4.8	70	72.9	15
49	Kentucky	40.38%	54	11.54%	55	37.50%	98	5.4	120	70.3	79
50	Houston	41.54%	64	10.00%	41	45.38%	38	4.5	30	68.9	108
51	Minnesota	47.52%	99	9.90%	39	36.63%	105	4.8	64	73	12
52	Navy	48.65%	105	13.51%	79	38.74%	82	5.2	106	71.6	39
53	Toledo	25.42%	3	7.63%	21	55.08%	3	4.6	47	72.4	24
54	Georgia Tech	44.44%	79	16.24%	104	35.04%	111	4.7	55	71.9	34
55	S Florida	34.68%	22	12.90%	70	52.42%	8	4.2	13	70.5	70
56	Washington St.	30.25%	9	11.76%	56	50.42%	17	4	9	69.6	92
57	Boise St.	36.51%	27	15.87%	103	51.59%	12	5.2	110	70.7	65
58	NC St.	52.54%	119	12.71%	68	35.59%	108	4.6	35	70.9	58
59	Wake Forest	38.81%	39	6.72%	11	45.52%	37	4.1	12	68.7	113
60	LA Tech	38.06%	36	8.96%	31	38.81%	81	4.5	34	71.9	36
61	UCF	46.23%	93	8.49%	24	40.57%	67	4.9	73	69.9	87
62	Nebraska	48.18%	102	14.55%	92	39.09%	77	6	136	71.5	44
63	Troy	40.00%	48	11.33%	53	43.33%	54	4.2	14	69.6	94
64	Wyoming	42.98%	71	13.16%	74	38.60%	84	4.2	15	69.5	99
65	Michigan St.	45.30%	86	15.38%	96	36.75%	104	5.2	98	68	119
66	E Carolina	36.75%	30	10.26%	45	47.01%	30	4.2	18	70.2	81
67	New Mexico	36.75%	30	7.69%	22	41.88%	61	4.6	38	70.3	78
68	N Carolina	40.78%	57	8.74%	26	37.86%	93	5.2	99	72.1	28
69	Stanford	48.74%	106	13.45%	78	37.82%	94	4.5	32	68.7	112
70	Ohio	40.17%	50	13.68%	82	41.88%	61	4.6	40	70.6	68
71	UCLA	52.69%	120	13.98%	83	32.26%	120	5.5	122	69.5	101
72	Maryland	42.98%	71	12.28%	60	37.72%	96	5.1	95	70.7	64
73	Oklahoma St.	54.00%	126	23.00%	134	27.00%	132	5.7	130	70.7	67
74	Arkansas	60.19%	136	20.37%	128	24.07%	135	5.6	127	71.2	50
75	Cincinnati	51.35%	116	13.51%	79	25.23%	134	4.9	82	72.8	19
76	Virginia Tech	53.70%	124	12.96%	72	30.56%	125	5.6	128	69.5	98
77	Memphis	39.34%	44	16.39%	107	48.36%	24	5.3	117	73.1	10
78	Colorado	50.00%	109	14.17%	87	32.50%	119	5.4	119	71.1	52
79	Baylor	53.57%	123	14.29%	88	31.25%	124	5.4	121	69.7	90
80	W Virginia	47.79%	100	12.39%	62	38.94%	80	4.8	61	68.6	114
81	Miami (OH)	35.20%	24	9.60%	35	44.80%	42	4.3	23	70.2	84
82	Miss St.	45.11%	85	15.79%	101	38.35%	86	5.2	105	71.5	45
83	C Michigan	39.82%	47	12.39%	62	43.36%	53	4.3	21	70	85
84	Duke	51.52%	117	17.42%	115	37.88%	92	5.2	107	72.9	16
85	Hawai’i	43.80%	75	17.36%	113	43.80%	49	4.6	44	71.4	47
86	UT San Antonio	40.38%	54	15.38%	96	43.27%	56	5.9	133	73.4	7
87	Marshall	46.83%	97	19.05%	124	38.10%	91	5.1	91	70.4	75
88	California	45.31%	87	12.50%	64	38.28%	87	5.4	118	69.1	105
89	Boston College	54.72%	127	22.64%	132	32.08%	121	5.3	113	67.3	127
90	Purdue	55.67%	129	20.62%	130	35.05%	110	4.6	42	70.9	55
91	UNLV	48.03%	101	19.69%	125	37.80%	95	4.8	59	71.4	48
92	Rutgers	59.79%	134	30.93%	136	28.87%	128	5.7	129	72.9	17
93	Texas St.	42.74%	68	8.87%	28	38.71%	83	5.6	126	67.2	128
94	Oregon St.	43.93%	76	14.95%	94	42.06%	60	5.1	96	67	130
95	Nevada	45.92%	92	10.20%	44	39.80%	71	4.9	78	71.3	49
96	W Kentucky	41.84%	65	12.77%	69	37.59%	97	3.9	6	69.6	93
97	Jville St.	38.73%	37	12.68%	66	45.07%	41	4.7	56	71.7	38
98	Utah St.	46.38%	94	18.12%	122	36.96%	101	4.7	54	70.6	69
99	Bowling Green	41.23%	60	15.79%	101	39.47%	74	4.9	83	69.7	89
100	S Mississippi	37.69%	33	6.92%	16	46.92%	31	4.9	72	70.9	56
101	Air Force	59.41%	132	23.76%	135	27.72%	131	5.2	104	70.5	72
102	Syracuse	50.00%	109	17.59%	116	30.56%	125	5	89	70.3	77
103	Arkansas St.	41.43%	63	17.86%	117	44.29%	46	5.1	97	71.5	43
104	GA Southern	53.72%	125	13.22%	75	34.71%	112	4.9	76	71.6	40
105	Louisiana	46.40%	95	16.80%	110	36.80%	103	4.8	63	67.8	122
106	Temple	52.13%	118	20.21%	127	36.17%	106	5.9	134	73.2	9
107	Kennesaw St.	37.76%	34	13.99%	84	44.76%	43	4.9	71	71.9	35
108	ULM	50.45%	112	14.41%	91	34.23%	115	4.8	62	66.7	133
109	Connecticut	44.44%	79	12.70%	67	40.48%	68	5.3	116	73.9	3
110	N Texas	40.16%	49	13.11%	73	44.26%	47	5.2	101	70.7	62
111	Tulsa	42.98%	70	15.70%	100	41.32%	64	4.9	84	63.7	135
112	Buffalo	35.34%	25	12.03%	58	46.62%	33	4.9	79	70.8	59
113	Rice	48.28%	104	19.83%	126	34.48%	114	5.5	125	69.3	103
114	N Illinois	44.23%	78	9.62%	36	37.50%	98	4.6	40	68.7	110
115	Delaware	52.80%	121	18.40%	123	30.40%	127	5	86	68.1	117
116	New Mexico St.	42.74%	68	12.90%	70	44.35%	45	5.1	94	69.5	96
117	Liberty	47.01%	98	9.40%	33	34.19%	116	5.2	109	67.6	124
118	Charlotte	53.27%	122	16.82%	111	34.58%	113	5.5	123	68.1	118
119	E Michigan	48.18%	102	15.45%	98	38.18%	88	4.9	81	69.5	97
120	S Alabama	50.00%	109	16.67%	109	36.11%	107	5.2	101	69.7	91
121	Missouri State	44.19%	77	16.28%	105	37.21%	100	5.2	100	70.4	73
122	Akron	40.17%	50	17.95%	118	43.59%	51	4.7	58	66.7	132
123	Colorado St.	50.47%	113	16.82%	111	31.78%	123	5.7	131	71	53
124	FIU	39.10%	43	18.05%	120	48.12%	26	4.9	75	69.4	102
125	C Carolina	43.07%	73	15.33%	95	43.07%	59	4.9	80	68.7	111
126	UAB	60.00%	135	18.00%	119	28.00%	130	5.5	124	63.7	136
127	App St.	50.83%	115	13.33%	76	33.33%	117	4.7	50	70.8	61
128	FAU	55.05%	128	22.02%	131	33.03%	118	5.8	132	67.9	121
129	Georgia St.	58.88%	131	20.56%	129	26.17%	133	5.3	112	69.3	104
130	San José St.	46.61%	96	14.41%	90	38.14%	89	5.1	93	67.5	126
131	Kent St.	50.48%	114	14.29%	88	28.57%	129	5.3	111	66.8	131
132	Ball St.	45.71%	89	18.10%	121	39.05%	78	5.2	103	68	120
133	Mid Tenn St.	45.45%	88	17.36%	113	39.67%	72	5	90	71.1	51
134	S Hous St.	58.20%	130	22.95%	133	31.97%	122	4.9	77	68.3	116
135	UTEP	43.31%	74	13.39%	77	39.37%	76	4.8	66	69	106
136	UMass	59.78%	133	16.30%	106	22.83%	136	5.9	135	66	134