We rank the top defenses each week based on how many times an opponent's drive ends without points.
We've got a new national leader in stop rate this week, and it's a defense that has done an unbelievable job this season despite losing some of its top talent: Notre Dame.
Last year, national champ Michigan finished No. 1 with a stop rate of 81.6% in its games against FBS opponents. The top 25 teams in the final 2023 stop rate standings won a total of 249 games, with seven earning conference titles. Great teams find a way to get stops in critical situations.The Fighting Irish moved into the No 1 spot this week with a stop rate of 81.7% against FBS opponents this season.
Ohio State and Indiana is another showdown of top-10 stop rate defenses, and the Big Ten's other two CFP contenders continue to move up the standings. Oregon moved up to 11th following its 16-13 road win at Wisconsin and Penn State has climbed to 13th after its 49-10 win at Purdue.
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