Defensive Line – College Football Geek

Defensive Line (updated 9/30/2025)

Defensive Adjusted Line Yards (DALY): It gives credit to the defensive line for controlling the line of scrimmage up front. The lower the number, the better. It is the average yards per carry the defensive line is giving up and is adjusted based on opponent quality.
Defensive Stuff Rate: Percentage of carries by running backs that are stopped at or before the line of scrimmage.
Defensive Sack Rate: A defensive metric that measures the percentage of sacks they collect based on the amount of drop backs. The higher the number, the better.
Power Success Rate: Percentage of runs on third or fourth down, two yards or less to go, that achieved a first down or touchdown.
Opportunity Rate: The percentage of carries (when four yards are available) that gain at least four yards.

Team	Def Line Yards	Rank	Def Stuff Rate %	Rank	Def Sack Rate %	Rank	Power Success Rate %	Rank	Opportunity Rate %	Rank
Air Force	2.80	82	21.91%	35	3.56%	107	40.00%	3	43.96%	88
Akron	2.84	101	19.00%	63	2.02%	126	60.00%	23	48.48%	126
Alabama	2.67	35	19.53%	60	6.87%	46	70.00%	58	45.32%	102
App State	2.83	95	21.05%	46	4.05%	100	71.43%	64	42.39%	77
Arizona	2.41	5	27.45%	8	5.72%	68	57.14%	18	33.70%	18
Arizona State	2.59	18	24.68%	16	10.11%	8	66.67%	42	35.92%	28
Arkansas	2.81	89	23.12%	25	6.55%	51	68.75%	51	44.30%	93
Arkansas State	2.90	122	18.49%	66	3.54%	108	72.73%	71	46.43%	109
Army	2.86	108	16.84%	87	1.64%	129	50.00%	10	46.67%	110
Auburn	2.47	8	29.71%	4	9.67%	10	90.91%	120	29.61%	4
Ball State	2.77	71	24.15%	21	4.75%	88	75.00%	74	40.70%	67
Baylor	2.80	81	16.26%	96	3.67%	106	75.00%	74	39.78%	57
Boise State	2.76	70	12.24%	128	9.55%	14	87.50%	111	39.13%	53
Boston College	2.69	43	24.87%	15	3.73%	105	61.54%	32	38.61%	46
Bowling Green	2.83	98	22.29%	31	6.76%	48	46.67%	9	37.04%	35
Buffalo	2.88	116	12.93%	125	8.02%	32	60.00%	23	43.09%	82
BYU	2.85	107	17.25%	85	8.98%	21	70.59%	62	45.70%	104
California	2.82	93	16.78%	88	3.88%	102	100.00%	124	38.05%	43
Central Michigan	2.84	102	18.18%	72	3.19%	111	85.71%	108	46.34%	108
Charlotte	2.79	77	16.37%	95	0.82%	136	85.71%	108	44.44%	94
Cincinnati	2.81	85	16.41%	93	6.87%	47	72.73%	71	41.38%	70
Clemson	2.63	24	24.95%	13	6.27%	60	83.33%	103	35.07%	23
Coastal Carolina	2.72	54	11.46%	132	3.10%	112	76.47%	86	40.60%	66
Colorado	2.74	61	20.72%	48	4.23%	97	77.78%	90	38.92%	51
Colorado State	2.80	78	18.54%	65	5.18%	81	81.82%	99	40.18%	62
Delaware	2.75	65	21.99%	34	6.53%	54	40.00%	3	36.51%	32
Duke	2.37	4	34.60%	1	6.10%	62	72.73%	71	31.30%	7
East Carolina	2.56	15	30.72%	3	5.20%	80	61.54%	32	33.33%	13
Eastern Michigan	3.02	133	11.74%	130	1.56%	130	92.31%	123	54.66%	136
Florida	2.72	53	11.37%	133	2.14%	124	75.00%	74	36.08%	29
Florida Atlantic	2.73	56	21.22%	45	7.86%	36	77.78%	90	33.33%	13
Florida International	3.08	135	9.17%	136	4.68%	90	42.86%	6	48.28%	123
Florida State	2.85	106	17.63%	78	5.60%	70	100.00%	124	43.96%	88
Fresno State	2.82	94	21.23%	44	2.80%	116	100.00%	124	44.90%	97
Georgia	2.59	21	16.57%	92	2.17%	123	40.00%	3	36.36%	31
Georgia Southern	3.10	136	9.63%	134	1.09%	133	100.00%	124	53.98%	135
Georgia State	2.87	115	14.76%	108	2.59%	119	91.67%	122	50.00%	129
Georgia Tech	2.74	63	15.83%	102	2.09%	125	77.78%	90	42.66%	80
Hawai'i	2.92	124	12.10%	129	8.12%	30	100.00%	124	45.08%	99
Houston	2.65	29	20.19%	54	12.11%	3	100.00%	124	34.17%	20
Illinois	2.74	60	16.71%	89	5.22%	77	69.23%	54	47.37%	115
Indiana	2.50	9	28.76%	6	7.89%	35	75.00%	74	28.42%	3
Iowa	2.65	30	21.32%	40	7.04%	44	70.00%	58	31.86%	9
Iowa State	2.79	76	17.35%	81	6.31%	59	64.29%	39	47.90%	122
Jacksonville State	2.84	104	15.91%	100	6.54%	53	81.25%	98	43.87%	87
James Madison	2.55	13	23.95%	22	14.95%	1	50.00%	10	38.16%	44
Kansas	2.68	38	18.29%	70	6.44%	57	81.82%	99	37.32%	38
Kansas State	2.64	26	20.86%	47	6.89%	45	68.75%	51	37.02%	34
Kennesaw State	2.88	117	14.58%	111	4.89%	86	75.00%	74	42.25%	76
Kent State	2.93	125	13.86%	115	2.33%	121	57.14%	18	49.59%	128
Kentucky	2.78	74	17.30%	83	5.60%	72	66.67%	42	37.06%	36
Liberty	2.90	120	17.08%	86	1.86%	127	85.71%	108	37.61%	41
Louisiana	2.96	130	13.71%	116	9.65%	11	71.43%	64	48.41%	125
Louisiana Tech	2.66	33	24.20%	19	2.60%	118	76.92%	87	49.31%	127
Louisville	2.66	32	22.08%	32	8.56%	25	80.00%	95	30.26%	5
LSU	2.59	20	19.79%	58	4.18%	98	50.00%	10	42.86%	81
Marshall	2.70	45	32.72%	2	6.46%	55	60.00%	23	40.00%	60
Maryland	2.59	19	17.55%	79	10.63%	5	90.00%	118	35.51%	27
Massachusetts	2.95	129	13.12%	121	5.10%	83	100.00%	124	45.08%	99
Memphis	2.59	17	26.75%	9	4.81%	87	64.29%	39	35.45%	26
Miami	2.50	10	20.07%	56	9.56%	13	71.43%	64	35.14%	24
Miami (OH)	2.94	127	12.82%	127	8.14%	29	87.50%	111	47.44%	117
Michigan	2.69	44	16.00%	99	9.31%	17	66.67%	42	31.30%	8
Michigan State	2.57	16	22.60%	29	2.73%	117	100.00%	124	37.21%	37
Middle Tennessee	2.85	105	21.24%	42	6.59%	49	83.33%	103	46.21%	106
Minnesota	2.73	59	20.62%	50	10.26%	7	75.00%	74	32.89%	11
Mississippi State	2.72	50	16.38%	94	5.21%	78	55.56%	16	47.45%	118
Missouri	2.37	2	25.84%	12	8.74%	23	60.00%	23	33.33%	13
Missouri State	2.94	128	18.46%	67	6.44%	56	60.00%	23	48.28%	123
Navy	2.73	57	23.05%	26	6.55%	52	66.67%	42	33.81%	19
NC State	2.69	39	20.68%	49	3.88%	103	64.29%	39	39.78%	57
Nebraska	2.93	126	18.20%	71	3.85%	104	42.86%	6	50.55%	132
Nevada	2.82	92	13.11%	122	6.10%	63	75.00%	74	43.96%	88
New Mexico	2.83	97	13.59%	117	9.24%	18	100.00%	124	30.99%	6
New Mexico State	2.70	46	22.82%	28	1.43%	131	69.23%	54	40.52%	65
North Carolina	2.56	14	24.93%	14	0.91%	135	100.00%	124	39.78%	57
North Texas	2.87	114	12.86%	126	5.30%	75	89.47%	117	42.44%	78
Northern Illinois	2.79	75	18.13%	74	4.37%	93	58.33%	22	44.44%	94
Northwestern	2.86	111	15.59%	103	4.46%	92	100.00%	124	44.09%	92
Notre Dame	2.68	37	17.30%	84	2.95%	113	81.82%	99	41.74%	71
Ohio	2.73	55	21.66%	38	8.89%	22	75.00%	74	43.31%	83
Ohio State	2.69	42	14.97%	106	11.65%	4	54.55%	14	35.23%	25
Oklahoma	2.25	1	29.12%	5	14.19%	2	33.33%	2	34.18%	21
Oklahoma State	2.88	119	20.35%	53	1.05%	134	66.67%	42	47.75%	121
Old Dominion	2.82	90	13.59%	118	9.22%	19	69.23%	54	46.77%	111
Ole Miss	2.86	110	15.86%	101	3.24%	110	68.75%	51	45.00%	98
Oregon	2.65	28	13.02%	123	7.28%	40	80.00%	95	37.42%	39
Oregon State	2.76	67	22.29%	30	2.33%	122	75.00%	74	47.24%	114
Penn State	2.54	12	18.43%	68	3.38%	109	70.59%	62	37.59%	40
Pittsburgh	2.47	7	28.35%	7	8.08%	31	90.91%	120	23.28%	1
Purdue	2.81	87	17.40%	80	9.62%	12	71.43%	64	47.47%	120
Rice	2.80	80	11.49%	131	7.39%	39	71.43%	64	41.33%	69
Rutgers	2.77	72	24.20%	20	4.93%	85	44.44%	8	43.64%	84
Sam Houston	2.80	79	16.05%	98	4.09%	99	57.14%	18	34.44%	22
San Diego State	2.72	49	18.14%	73	6.18%	61	76.92%	87	42.50%	79
San José State	2.74	62	14.06%	114	3.95%	101	61.54%	32	33.66%	17
SMU	2.67	34	24.28%	18	5.87%	66	60.00%	23	40.78%	68
South Alabama	2.87	112	14.88%	107	2.89%	114	100.00%	124	51.01%	133
South Carolina	2.71	48	21.25%	41	7.12%	43	88.89%	114	41.89%	73
South Florida	2.74	64	21.99%	33	1.78%	128	83.33%	103	44.00%	91
Southern Miss	2.68	36	15.45%	104	8.59%	24	77.78%	90	38.66%	48
Stanford	2.87	113	20.61%	51	4.73%	89	87.50%	111	44.88%	96
Syracuse	2.83	99	19.87%	57	1.31%	132	60.00%	23	43.75%	85
TCU	2.72	52	17.66%	77	7.70%	37	66.67%	42	32.58%	10
Temple	2.88	118	13.29%	120	6.58%	50	71.43%	64	47.13%	113
Tennessee	2.76	66	14.11%	113	10.36%	6	69.23%	54	39.47%	54
Texas	2.43	6	22.95%	27	5.54%	73	20.00%	1	32.98%	12
Texas A&M	2.61	23	19.49%	61	9.33%	16	71.43%	64	36.28%	30
Texas State	2.82	91	21.78%	36	5.29%	76	81.82%	99	39.60%	56
Texas Tech	2.37	3	14.60%	110	4.27%	96	62.50%	35	25.93%	2
Toledo	2.64	25	19.33%	62	5.68%	69	84.62%	107	36.92%	33
Troy	2.81	83	16.19%	97	4.96%	84	75.00%	74	38.68%	49
Tulane	2.83	96	14.74%	109	5.95%	65	83.33%	103	46.25%	107
Tulsa	2.76	68	21.71%	37	5.80%	67	66.67%	42	43.86%	86
UAB	3.06	134	12.94%	124	6.36%	58	75.00%	74	50.00%	129
UCF	2.72	51	20.39%	52	5.21%	79	78.57%	94	37.62%	42
UCLA	2.98	132	9.52%	135	4.32%	95	90.00%	118	41.76%	72
UConn	2.81	86	14.47%	112	8.02%	33	50.00%	10	40.30%	63
UL Monroe	2.54	11	21.52%	39	7.45%	38	66.67%	42	42.17%	75
UNLV	2.77	73	18.38%	69	8.26%	27	60.00%	23	33.33%	13
USC	2.86	109	19.72%	59	9.79%	9	88.89%	114	45.65%	103
Utah	2.73	58	24.56%	17	7.22%	41	66.67%	42	38.99%	52
Utah State	2.81	84	17.33%	82	5.60%	71	62.50%	35	38.61%	46
UTEP	2.69	40	26.40%	10	9.16%	20	76.92%	87	40.15%	61
UTSA	2.70	47	18.92%	64	4.48%	91	76.19%	85	46.01%	105
Vanderbilt	2.69	41	23.42%	23	7.17%	42	80.00%	95	42.11%	74
Virginia	2.81	88	18.05%	75	6.06%	64	70.00%	58	47.37%	115
Virginia Tech	2.76	69	17.93%	76	7.89%	34	62.50%	35	45.19%	101
Wake Forest	2.64	27	26.30%	11	2.82%	115	54.55%	14	38.33%	45
Washington	2.65	31	21.24%	43	5.45%	74	57.14%	18	39.51%	55
Washington State	2.91	123	16.59%	91	9.37%	15	70.00%	58	52.14%	134
West Virginia	2.84	103	15.01%	105	5.14%	82	60.00%	23	40.38%	64
Western Kentucky	2.84	100	20.09%	55	2.47%	120	55.56%	16	47.45%	118
Western Michigan	2.90	121	16.68%	90	8.17%	28	88.89%	114	46.94%	112
Wisconsin	2.59	22	23.40%	24	8.44%	26	62.50%	35	38.78%	50
Wyoming	2.97	131	13.39%	119	4.34%	94	100.00%	124	50.52%	131

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Defensive Line (updated 9/30/2025)