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NCAA Division I-A team defense leaders through Oct. 23 games:

*--* Yds Yds PG Alabama 1,774 221.7 North Carolina St. 1,638 234.0 Wisconsin 1,891 236.3 Auburn 1,949 243.6 LSU 1,763 251.8 Georgia 1,837 262.4 Virginia Tech 1,858 265.4 Florida St. 1,860 265.7 California 1,613 268.8 USC 1,889 269.8 Michigan 2,205 275.6 South Carolina 1,946 278.0 Louisville 1,679 279.8 Iowa 1,959 279.8 Missouri 1,984 283.4 Boston College 1,988 284.0 Penn St. 2,001 285.8 Georgia Tech 1,728 288.0 Oklahoma 2,040 291.4 Virginia 2,050 292.8 Maryland 2,057 293.8 Oregon 2,081 297.2 Miami (Fla.) 1,810 301.6 Miami (Ohio) 2,421 302.6 Marshall 2,148 306.8 Troy 2,169 309.8 San Diego St. 2,170 310.0 Kansas St. 2,175 310.7 Fresno St. 1,886 314.3 Navy 2,205 315.0 West Virginia 2,209 315.5 Tennessee 2,230 318.5 Texas 2,240 320.0 Oregon St. 2,255 322.1 New Mexico 2,581 322.6 Ohio St. 2,262 323.1 Ohio 2,592 324.0 Connecticut 2,282 326.0 Boise St. 2,295 327.8 Kent St. 2,309 329.8 Southern Miss. 1,982 330.3 Utah 2,315 330.7 Purdue 2,320 331.4 Iowa St. 2,328 332.5

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