Iām not sure about the rankings, but as far as the raw defensive stats:
For the season we gave up 190.8 yards rushing, 198.3 yards passing, and 32.5 points per game.
Without Clemson, those numbers fall to 186.8 rushing, 195.4 passing, and 30.7 points per game. Not as big of a difference as I expected.
Without Clemson and Gardner Webb (FCS), those numbers are 189.6 rushing, 208.9 passing, and 31 points per game.
In the first half of the season (from Gardner Webb through the FIU loss), those numbers are 231.8 rushing, 180.2 passing, and 41 points per game.
In the second half of the season (from the WKU loss through ODU), those numbers are 149.8 rushing, 216.5 passing, and 24 points per game.
In all of our wins we averaged giving up 161.9 rushing, 170.7 passing, and 22.7 points per game.
In all of our losses we averaged giving up 231.4 rushing, 237 passing, and 46.2 points per game.
In our current 5-game win streak we give up 167.8 rushing, 201.6 passing, and 22.8 points per game.