Team Defense
| Pos | Team | PA/G | Def/G | Run/G | Pass/G | Sacks | 1st/G | Take |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Florida State | 34.0 | 472.0 | 106.5 | 365.5 | 46 | 21.5 | 18 |
| 2 | Oklahoma State | 11.2 | 199.3 | -20.0 | 219.3 | 79 | 9.8 | 31 |
| 3 | Michigan | 28.5 | 415.1 | 46.8 | 368.3 | 43 | 18.0 | 30 |
| 4 | Ohio State | 25.5 | 386.6 | 74.6 | 312.0 | 45 | 17.9 | 17 |
| 5 | Oklahoma | 23.1 | 358.9 | 71.6 | 287.3 | 39 | 16.9 | 17 |
| 6 | Texas | 29.6 | 408.1 | 46.7 | 361.4 | 53 | 16.3 | 27 |
| 7 | Illinois | 29.0 | 401.1 | 73.3 | 327.8 | 26 | 17.1 | 19 |
| 8 | Oregon | 36.2 | 462.8 | 101.6 | 361.2 | 29 | 20.6 | 12 |
| 9 | Notre Dame | 30.6 | 413.1 | 107.4 | 305.7 | 32 | 19.4 | 25 |
| 10 | Boise State | 32.9 | 408.0 | 64.7 | 343.3 | 44 | 18.1 | 14 |
| 11 | Kentucky | 20.2 | 353.1 | 12.0 | 341.1 | 56 | 14.2 | 20 |
| 12 | Miami | 21.9 | 332.5 | 30.0 | 302.5 | 80 | 15.7 | 25 |
| 13 | Alabama | 30.7 | 405.6 | 81.1 | 324.5 | 51 | 19.3 | 17 |
| 14 | Georgia | 41.5 | 498.4 | 87.8 | 410.6 | 31 | 19.0 | 23 |
| 15 | Florida | 35.5 | 434.8 | 75.9 | 358.9 | 26 | 18.0 | 23 |
| 16 | North Carolina | 39.6 | 479.0 | 106.6 | 372.4 | 27 | 22.7 | 21 |
| 17 | Auburn | 36.5 | 450.8 | 81.2 | 369.6 | 33 | 18.9 | 18 |
| 18 | Pittsburgh | 41.3 | 492.8 | 109.1 | 383.7 | 20 | 20.6 | 14 |
| 19 | West Virginia | 37.3 | 483.0 | 127.4 | 355.6 | 28 | 19.6 | 13 |
| 20 | Eastern Michigan | 26.3 | 403.6 | 84.6 | 319.0 | 36 | 18.3 | 20 |
| 21 | Bowling Green | 33.9 | 520.0 | 116.2 | 403.8 | 31 | 20.4 | 17 |
| 22 | Ohio | 34.3 | 452.6 | 120.1 | 332.4 | 11 | 18.4 | 12 |
| 23 | Toledo | 42.1 | 489.8 | 129.8 | 372.5 | 17 | 18.9 | 13 |
| 24 | Kent State | 49.0 | 533.8 | 149.6 | 384.1 | 18 | 19.4 | 7 |
| 25 | Northern Illinois | 41.7 | 511.6 | 176.3 | 335.3 | 14 | 24.1 | 12 |
| 26 | Clemson | 38.4 | 471.0 | 154.3 | 316.7 | 20 | 20.9 | 15 |
