How Oregon’s defense rates

Oregon’s defense rates much higher within the Pac-12 Conference when graded by the play than by the game. A look at the numbers:

Total defense

Rk. Team; ypg; Rk. ypp

California; 319.1; 3. 4.9

Stanford; 330.3; 4. 5.3

Utah; 335.7; 1. 4.7

USC; 363.8; 5. 5.4

Oregon; 383.9; 2. 4.8

Rushing defense

Rk. Team; ypg; Rk. ypp

Stanford; 94.2; 2. 3.3

USC; 100.4; 3. 3.5

Utah; 100.8; 1. 2.9

California; 120.3; 4. 3.5

Arizona State; 142.8; 6. 4.1

Oregon; 147.2; 5. 3.7

Passing defense

Rk. Team; ypg; Rk. ypp

California; 198.8; 2. 6.5

Oregon State; 211.3; 6. 7.6

UCLA; 224.0; 4. 6.8

Utah; 234.9; 3. 6.5

Stanford; 236.1; 5. 6.9

Oregon; 236.7; 1. 6.0

Pass defense efficiency

Rk. Team; Yards; Rating

Oregon; 2,367; 112.9

2. Utah; 2,349; 114.9

3. California; 1,988; 116.2

Scoring defense

Rk. Team; Points per game

Utah; 19.2

Stanford; 20.2

Oregon; 21.7

Source: Pac-12 Conference.