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Defensive Explosiveness | Season (2025)

What this means: How often the defense gives up explosive plays.

Rank Team Points Defensive Explosiveness
1 BYU Cougars 96 1.96
2 San Diego State Aztecs 55 1.99
3 San José State Spartans 21 2.11
4 Miami (OH) RedHawks 17 2.14
5 UL Monroe Warhawks 29 2.18
6 Northern Illinois Huskies 28 2.26
7 Louisville Cardinals 79 2.33
8 Florida State Seminoles 108 2.44
9 Notre Dame Fighting Irish 64 2.49
10 UCF Knights 85 2.55
11 Colorado State Rams 42 2.56
12 James Madison Dukes 59 2.69
13 Texas Longhorns 72 2.72
14 Army Black Knights 51 2.77
15 Mississippi State Bulldogs 121 2.77
16 Air Force Falcons 79 2.78
17 TCU Horned Frogs 90 2.83
18 Wyoming Cowboys 47 2.87
19 Oklahoma State Cowboys 30 2.88
20 Cincinnati Bearcats 121 2.89
21 Toledo Rockets 121 2.90
22 Oregon Ducks 162 2.98
23 California Golden Bears 96 3.01
24 Washington State Cougars 59 3.04
25 North Carolina Tar Heels 75 3.06
26 Louisiana Ragin' Cajuns 56 3.13
27 Iowa Hawkeyes 94 3.13
28 UCLA Bruins 43 3.14
29 Utah State Aggies 99 3.14
30 New Mexico Lobos 84 3.17
31 Michigan Wolverines 110 3.19
32 Minnesota Golden Gophers 103 3.20
33 Old Dominion Monarchs 113 3.20
34 Stanford Cardinal 53 3.21
35 LSU Tigers 60 3.21
36 Ohio State Buckeyes 121 3.22
37 Nebraska Cornhuskers 147 3.24
38 Nevada Wolf Pack 44 3.26
39 Washington Huskies 108 3.28
40 Coastal Carolina Chanticleers 20 3.30
41 Georgia Bulldogs 117 3.31
42 Western Michigan Broncos 36 3.31
43 South Alabama Jaguars 84 3.35
44 Arkansas Razorbacks 143 3.36
45 Tennessee Volunteers 158 3.36
46 Temple Owls 100 3.36
47 Baylor Bears 114 3.36
48 Tulsa Golden Hurricane 72 3.40
49 Boise State Broncos 58 3.43
50 North Texas Mean Green 143 3.45
51 South Florida Bulls 64 3.46
52 Troy Vikings 61 3.46
53 Tulane Green Wave 90 3.47
54 Penn State Nittany Lions 132 3.49
55 Vanderbilt Commodores 120 3.50
56 Charlotte Saints 56 3.51
57 Houston Cougars 98 3.52
58 Memphis Tigers 111 3.53
59 UTEP Miners 68 3.53
60 Syracuse Orange 119 3.53
61 Arizona State Sun Devils 92 3.55
62 South Carolina Gamecocks 69 3.57
63 Florida Gators 81 3.59
64 Purdue Boilermakers 82 3.59
65 Georgia State Panthers 60 3.61
66 Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets 110 3.62
67 Wisconsin Badgers 73 3.63
68 Utah Utes 137 3.64
69 SMU Mustangs 115 3.67
70 Arizona Wildcats 111 3.67
71 East Carolina Pirates 111 3.67
72 Miami Hurricanes 121 3.67
73 West Virginia Mountaineers 86 3.68
74 Illinois Fighting Illini 135 3.69
75 Massachusetts Minutemen 43 3.70
76 UConn Huskies 120 3.70
77 Central Michigan Chippewas 36 3.70
78 Southern Miss Golden Eagles 93 3.72
79 Clemson Tigers 58 3.72
80 Sam Houston Bearkats 65 3.73
81 Ball State Cardinals 37 3.74
82 Boston College Eagles 126 3.80
83 Akron Zips 28 3.80
84 Buffalo Bulls 86 3.81
85 Georgia Southern Eagles 75 3.81
86 Missouri Tigers 155 3.82
87 Ohio Bobcats 57 3.86
88 Kentucky Wildcats 95 3.91
89 New Mexico State Aggies 54 3.93
90 UNLV Rebels 106 3.94
91 Wake Forest Demon Deacons 76 3.94
92 Virginia Cavaliers 134 3.95
93 Michigan State Spartans 106 3.97
94 Colorado Buffaloes 71 3.97
95 Northwestern Wildcats 59 3.97
96 Florida Atlantic Owls 91 3.98
97 Oklahoma Sooners 101 4.00
98 Bowling Green Falcons 69 4.06
99 Florida International Panthers 80 4.07
100 UAB Blazers 107 4.08
101 App State Mountaineers 76 4.08
102 Arkansas State Red Wolves 72 4.09
103 Kent State Golden Flashes 63 4.10
104 Navy Midshipmen 132 4.11
105 Eastern Michigan Eagles 73 4.12
106 Western Kentucky Hilltoppers 117 4.13
107 Alabama Crimson Tide 128 4.14
108 Delaware Blue Hens 86 4.18
109 Ole Miss Rebels 134 4.18
110 Kennesaw State Owls 45 4.19
111 USC Trojans 165 4.21
112 Rutgers Scarlet Knights 139 4.21
113 Louisiana Tech Bulldogs 80 4.25
114 Missouri State Bears 44 4.31
115 Middle Tennessee Blue Raiders 38 4.32
116 Marshall Thundering Herd 65 4.32
117 Texas State Bobcats 110 4.34
118 Oregon State Beavers 56 4.41
119 Jacksonville State Gamecocks 78 4.47
120 Pittsburgh Panthers 130 4.49
121 Texas A&M Aggies 127 4.51
122 Duke Blue Devils 91 4.51
123 Virginia Tech Hokies 57 4.53
124 Texas Tech Red Raiders 174 4.60
125 Hawai'i Rainbow Warriors 89 4.61
126 Rice Owls 61 4.62
127 NC State Wolfpack 93 4.63
128 UTSA Roadrunners 108 4.64
129 Auburn Tigers 111 4.64
130 Indiana Hoosiers 156 4.66
131 Kansas Jayhawks 108 4.67
132 Liberty Flames 65 4.68
133 Maryland Terrapins 103 4.71
134 Iowa State Cyclones 119 4.86
135 Fresno State Bulldogs 141 5.09
136 Kansas State Wildcats 97 5.48