2024 College Football Defense Rankings: Team Pass and Rush Stats

Updated Sep. 15, 2024 8:14 p.m. ET

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Top FBS team rankings across multiple defensive categories are provided below, if you want to know where everyone stacks up after Week 3 of the college football season.

NCAA FBS Team Defense Rankings through Week 3

Total Defense

#	Team	Defense Yards Avg.
1	Ohio State (3)	138
2	Tennessee (7)	160.7
3	Indiana	180.3
4	Missouri (6)	184
5	Minnesota	186.3
6	Miami (FL) (10)	188.7
7	Louisville (19)	198
8	Georgia (1)	202
9	Kentucky	215
10	Louisiana	222.5

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Passing Defense

#	Team	Pass Yards Allowed Avg.	Pass TD Allowed
1	Baylor	75.7	2
2	Georgia (1)	91.3	0
3	Ohio State (3)	100.5	0
4	UAB	102.7	0
5	Tennessee (7)	105	0
6	Iowa State (21)	110	0
7	Missouri (6)	110.3	3
8	Minnesota	112	0
9	Alabama (4)	115.7	1
10	Louisville (19)	116	1

Rushing Defense

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#	Team	Rush Yards Allowed Avg.	Rush TD Allowed
1	Ole Miss (5)	33.3	0
2	Ohio State (3)	37.5	0
3	Indiana	53.7	1
4	Tennessee (7)	55.7	0
5	Iowa	56.3	0
6	Northwestern	57.7	0
7	Arkansas	61.7	2
8	UCF	64	0
9	Kentucky	64.3	2
10	Stanford	64.5	2

Scoring Defense

#	Team	Points Allowed Avg.
1	Ole Miss (5)	3
1	Ohio State (3)	3
3	Tennessee (7)	4.3
4	Georgia (1)	6
5	Minnesota	6.3
5	Texas (2)	6.3
7	James Madison	6.5
8	Nebraska (23)	6.7
9	Army	7
9	Louisville (19)	7

Red Zone Defense

#	Team	Defense Red Zone Score Rate
	Ohio State (3)	0%
1	James Madison	33.3%
1	Texas (2)	33.3%
1	Ole Miss (5)	33.3%
4	Navy	50%
4	Army	50%
4	Rutgers	50%
4	Tennessee (7)	50%
4	Louisiana Tech	50%
4	Florida Atlantic	50%

Third Down Defense

#	Team	Defense Third Down Rate
1	Miami (FL) (10)	14.7%
2	Tennessee (7)	15.8%
3	Alabama (4)	16%
4	UNLV	20%
5	South Florida	22%
6	Louisville (19)	22.2%
6	Utah (12)	22.2%
8	Ohio State (3)	22.6%
9	Ole Miss (5)	22.9%
10	Missouri (6)	23.1%