2026 FEI Defense Ratings

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FEI Defense Ratings (DFEI) are opponent-adjusted possession efficiency data representing the scoring advantage per non-garbage possession a defense would expect to have on a neutral field against an average opponent offense. Opponent offense adjustment (OOA) represents the relative strength of opponent offenses faced. Unadjusted efficiency ratings — possession efficiency (DVE), points per drive (DPD), available yards percentage (DAY), yards per play (DPP), drive success rate (DSR), touchdown rate (DTD), first down rate (DFD), and busted drive rate (DBD) — are calculated from the results of non-garbage, regulation drives in FBS vs. FBS games.

  
    Opponent-Adjusted EfficiencyUnadjusted Efficiency
RkTeamRecFBSDFEIOOARkDVERkDPDRkDAYRkDPPRkDSRRkDTDRkDFDRkDBDRk
1Ohio State0-00-0.85------------------
2Texas Tech0-00-0.74------------------
3Notre Dame0-00-0.71------------------
4Iowa0-00-0.68------------------
5Georgia0-00-0.63------------------
6Oklahoma0-00-0.63------------------
7Indiana0-00-0.63------------------
8Oregon0-00-0.61------------------
9Alabama0-00-0.57------------------
10Texas0-00-0.56------------------
11Miami0-00-0.55------------------
12Texas A&M0-00-0.52------------------
13Auburn0-00-0.46------------------
14Utah0-00-0.44------------------
15Clemson0-00-0.44------------------
RkTeamRecFBSDFEIOOARkDVERkDPDRkDAYRkDPPRkDSRRkDTDRkDFDRkDBDRk
16Penn State0-00-0.44------------------
17South Carolina0-00-0.43------------------
18LSU0-00-0.42------------------
19Pittsburgh0-00-0.42------------------
20Wisconsin0-00-0.42------------------
21Michigan0-00-0.42------------------
22Louisville0-00-0.40------------------
23Missouri0-00-0.40------------------
24Washington0-00-0.39------------------
25Kansas State0-00-0.38------------------
26Virginia1-01-0.37.034.903.802.21613.694.1001.1002.4002.00010
27Iowa State0-00-0.34------------------
28Kentucky0-00-0.34------------------
29Washington State0-00-0.32------------------
30Tennessee0-00-0.32------------------
RkTeamRecFBSDFEIOOARkDVERkDPDRkDAYRkDPPRkDSRRkDTDRkDFDRkDBDRk
31Wake Forest0-00-0.31------------------
32BYU0-00-0.31------------------
33Arizona0-00-0.30------------------
34Ole Miss0-00-0.29------------------
35James Madison0-00-0.29------------------
36Florida0-00-0.27------------------
37SMU0-00-0.27------------------
38Arizona State0-00-0.26------------------
39Old Dominion0-00-0.26------------------
40TCU0-10-1.25-.148.4351.445.45485.849.44412.1114.77812.1115
41Maryland0-00-0.23------------------
42San Diego State0-00-0.23------------------
43Illinois0-00-0.22------------------
44Minnesota0-00-0.22------------------
45Northwestern0-00-0.21------------------
RkTeamRecFBSDFEIOOARkDVERkDPDRkDAYRkDPPRkDSRRkDTDRkDFDRkDBDRk
46Boise State0-00-0.21------------------
47Fresno State0-00-0.20------------------
48UCF0-00-0.20------------------
49Toledo0-00-0.18------------------
50Tulane0-00-0.16------------------
51East Carolina0-00-0.15------------------
52Nebraska0-00-0.15------------------
53Mississippi State0-00-0.14------------------
54NC State0-10-1.14.053-.42143.4014.538145.788.60013.40014.80013.00010
55Florida State1-01-0.11-.4715-.03102.139.467105.186.3758.2508.6256.2503
56Troy0-00-0.11------------------
57Houston0-00-0.10------------------
58USC1-01-0.10-.2911.2671.576.44676.0512.2865.1436.5715.00010
59Western Michigan0-00-0.10------------------
60South Florida0-00-0.09------------------
RkTeamRecFBSDFEIOOARkDVERkDPDRkDAYRkDPPRkDSRRkDTDRkDFDRkDBDRk
61West Virginia0-00-0.08------------------
62California0-00-0.08------------------
63Syracuse0-00-0.08------------------
64Colorado0-00-0.06------------------
65Army0-00-0.06------------------
66Vanderbilt0-00-0.06------------------
67Wyoming0-00-0.05------------------
68Stanford1-01-0.05-.2710.2961.798.30244.275.2865.28611.3571.2862
69North Carolina1-01-0.05.015.992.802.36453.321.2003.1002.70011.1007
70Memphis1-01-0.05-.047.0791.627.484115.9511.3087.2317.6929.0779
71Michigan State0-00-0.04------------------
72Purdue0-00-0.03------------------
73Miami (OH)0-00-0.02------------------
74Oklahoma State0-00-0.02------------------
75Baylor0-00-0.02------------------
RkTeamRecFBSDFEIOOARkDVERkDPDRkDAYRkDPPRkDSRRkDTDRkDFDRkDBDRk
76Georgia Tech0-00-0.01------------------
77UCLA0-00-0.01------------------
78Navy0-00-0.01------------------
79Cincinnati0-00-0.01------------------
80Marshall0-00-0.01------------------
81UTSA0-00-0-.01------------------
82Arkansas0-00-0-.02------------------
83Virginia Tech0-00-0-.04------------------
84Oregon State0-00-0-.04------------------
85Buffalo0-00-0-.05------------------
86Duke0-00-0-.06------------------
87Bowling Green0-00-0-.06------------------
88Ohio0-00-0-.06------------------
89Western Kentucky0-00-0-.07------------------
90Kansas0-00-0-.08------------------
RkTeamRecFBSDFEIOOARkDVERkDPDRkDAYRkDPPRkDSRRkDTDRkDFDRkDBDRk
91New Mexico0-00-0-.09------------------
92UNLV0-10-1-.10.006-.04112.2511.45897.0516.41710.2508.83314.0838
93Boston College0-00-0-.11------------------
94Louisiana Tech0-00-0-.12------------------
95Southern Mississippi0-00-0-.13------------------
96North Texas0-00-0-.14------------------
97Utah State0-00-0-.14------------------
98Central Michigan0-00-0-.14------------------
99Coastal Carolina0-00-0-.17------------------
100Louisiana0-00-0-.17------------------
101Tulsa0-00-0-.17------------------
102Nevada0-00-0-.19------------------
103Jacksonville State0-10-1-.19-.4413-.10122.8813.514135.8710.62514.2508.6256.1254
104Rice0-00-0-.20------------------
105UTEP0-00-0-.21------------------
RkTeamRecFBSDFEIOOARkDVERkDPDRkDAYRkDPPRkDSRRkDTDRkDFDRkDBDRk
106Florida International0-00-0-.21------------------
107Rutgers0-00-0-.21------------------
108Northern Illinois0-00-0-.21------------------
109Arkansas State0-00-0-.21------------------
110Texas State0-00-0-.22------------------
111Hawaii0-10-1-.22-.259-.20132.3312.508126.3613.41710.33313.6678.00010
112San Jose State0-10-1-.23.721-1.59165.2516.877167.0015.75016.75016.87515.00010
113South Alabama0-00-0-.25------------------
114Kennesaw State0-00-0-.25------------------
115Liberty0-00-0-.26------------------
116Colorado State0-00-0-.26------------------
117Connecticut0-00-0-.27------------------
118Ball State0-00-0-.28------------------
119Appalachian State0-00-0-.30------------------
120New Mexico State0-10-1-.30.312-.73153.7815.661156.6514.66715.44415.88916.00010
RkTeamRecFBSDFEIOOARkDVERkDPDRkDAYRkDPPRkDSRRkDTDRkDFDRkDBDRk
121UL Monroe0-00-0-.32------------------
122Florida Atlantic0-00-0-.32------------------
123Eastern Michigan1-01-0-.33-.6216.814.834.27323.582.1672.0831.4173.4171
124Sam Houston0-00-0-.33------------------
125Akron0-00-0-.33------------------
126Temple0-00-0-.33------------------
127Air Force0-00-0-.33------------------
128Charlotte0-00-0-.35------------------
129North Dakota State1-01-0-.35-.47141.011.781.29333.633.2224.1114.5564.1115
130Georgia State0-00-0-.35------------------
131Middle Tennessee0-00-0-.39------------------
132UAB0-00-0-.39------------------
133Missouri State0-00-0-.40------------------
133Delaware0-00-0-.40------------------
135Sacramento State0-10-1-.44-.3812.1782.1510.38165.717.3859.30812.6929.00010
RkTeamRecFBSDFEIOOARkDVERkDPDRkDAYRkDPPRkDSRRkDTDRkDFDRkDBDRk
136Georgia Southern0-00-0-.47------------------
137Kent State0-00-0-.55------------------
138Massachusetts0-00-0-.75------------------

  
  

Opponent-Adjusted Efficiency							Unadjusted Efficiency
Rk	Team	Rec	FBS	DFEI	OOA	Rk	DVE	Rk	DPD	Rk	DAY	Rk	DPP	Rk	DSR	Rk	DTD	Rk	DFD	Rk	DBD	Rk
1	Ohio State	0-0	0-0	.85	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2	Texas Tech	0-0	0-0	.74	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
3	Notre Dame	0-0	0-0	.71	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
4	Iowa	0-0	0-0	.68	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
5	Georgia	0-0	0-0	.63	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
6	Oklahoma	0-0	0-0	.63	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
7	Indiana	0-0	0-0	.63	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
8	Oregon	0-0	0-0	.61	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
9	Alabama	0-0	0-0	.57	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
10	Texas	0-0	0-0	.56	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
11	Miami	0-0	0-0	.55	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
12	Texas A&M	0-0	0-0	.52	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
13	Auburn	0-0	0-0	.46	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
14	Utah	0-0	0-0	.44	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
15	Clemson	0-0	0-0	.44	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Rk	Team	Rec	FBS	DFEI	OOA	Rk	DVE	Rk	DPD	Rk	DAY	Rk	DPP	Rk	DSR	Rk	DTD	Rk	DFD	Rk	DBD	Rk
16	Penn State	0-0	0-0	.44	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
17	South Carolina	0-0	0-0	.43	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
18	LSU	0-0	0-0	.42	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
19	Pittsburgh	0-0	0-0	.42	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
20	Wisconsin	0-0	0-0	.42	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
21	Michigan	0-0	0-0	.42	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
22	Louisville	0-0	0-0	.40	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
23	Missouri	0-0	0-0	.40	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
24	Washington	0-0	0-0	.39	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
25	Kansas State	0-0	0-0	.38	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
26	Virginia	1-0	1-0	.37	.03	4	.90	3	.80	2	.216	1	3.69	4	.100	1	.100	2	.400	2	.000	10
27	Iowa State	0-0	0-0	.34	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
28	Kentucky	0-0	0-0	.34	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
29	Washington State	0-0	0-0	.32	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
30	Tennessee	0-0	0-0	.32	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Rk	Team	Rec	FBS	DFEI	OOA	Rk	DVE	Rk	DPD	Rk	DAY	Rk	DPP	Rk	DSR	Rk	DTD	Rk	DFD	Rk	DBD	Rk
31	Wake Forest	0-0	0-0	.31	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
32	BYU	0-0	0-0	.31	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
33	Arizona	0-0	0-0	.30	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
34	Ole Miss	0-0	0-0	.29	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
35	James Madison	0-0	0-0	.29	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
36	Florida	0-0	0-0	.27	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
37	SMU	0-0	0-0	.27	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
38	Arizona State	0-0	0-0	.26	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
39	Old Dominion	0-0	0-0	.26	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
40	TCU	0-1	0-1	.25	-.14	8	.43	5	1.44	5	.454	8	5.84	9	.444	12	.111	4	.778	12	.111	5
41	Maryland	0-0	0-0	.23	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
42	San Diego State	0-0	0-0	.23	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
43	Illinois	0-0	0-0	.22	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
44	Minnesota	0-0	0-0	.22	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
45	Northwestern	0-0	0-0	.21	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Rk	Team	Rec	FBS	DFEI	OOA	Rk	DVE	Rk	DPD	Rk	DAY	Rk	DPP	Rk	DSR	Rk	DTD	Rk	DFD	Rk	DBD	Rk
46	Boise State	0-0	0-0	.21	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
47	Fresno State	0-0	0-0	.20	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
48	UCF	0-0	0-0	.20	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
49	Toledo	0-0	0-0	.18	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
50	Tulane	0-0	0-0	.16	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
51	East Carolina	0-0	0-0	.15	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
52	Nebraska	0-0	0-0	.15	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
53	Mississippi State	0-0	0-0	.14	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
54	NC State	0-1	0-1	.14	.05	3	-.42	14	3.40	14	.538	14	5.78	8	.600	13	.400	14	.800	13	.000	10
55	Florida State	1-0	1-0	.11	-.47	15	-.03	10	2.13	9	.467	10	5.18	6	.375	8	.250	8	.625	6	.250	3
56	Troy	0-0	0-0	.11	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
57	Houston	0-0	0-0	.10	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
58	USC	1-0	1-0	.10	-.29	11	.26	7	1.57	6	.446	7	6.05	12	.286	5	.143	6	.571	5	.000	10
59	Western Michigan	0-0	0-0	.10	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
60	South Florida	0-0	0-0	.09	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-