We break down the top defenses based on how many times an opponents' drive ends without points.
Texas' defense currently ranks No. 1 in FBS in several categories: Scoring defense, total defense, yards per play and yards per attempt. Here's one more metric in which the top-ranked Longhorns are the best of the best at midseason: Stop rate
To be clear, stop rate is not an advanced stat and is no substitute for Bill Connelly's SP+ or other more comprehensive metrics. It's merely a different method for evaluating success on defense.Six games in, Texas' defense has been remarkably successful. The Longhorns moved into the No. 1 spot in the stop rate standings with a stop rate of 87.1% following their 34-3 rout of No. 18 Oklahoma.
Where is Georgia in these stop rate standings? All the way down at No. 60, just above the national average at 63.5%. The Bulldogs' D slid from 46th to 60th after allowing 31 points against Mississippi State. That's the most points an unranked opponent has scored against Georgia since 2015Dillon Gabriel
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