Tennessee is the #1 Total Defense in College Football

[Tman44]

1	Tennessee (5)	176.0
2	Ohio State (3)	180.0
3	Indiana	199.3
4	Georgia (2)	202.0
5	Texas (1)	211.8
6	Kentucky	217.0
7	Missouri (11)	219.0
8	Minnesota	223.3
9	Penn State (9)	229.3
10	Miami (FL) (7)	232.8

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Third Down Defense​

#	Team	Defense Third Down Rate
1	Alabama (4)	16.0%
2	Tennessee (5)	17.0%
3	UNLV	20.0%
4	Ole Miss (6)	21.5%
5	Northern Illinois	21.6%
6	Texas (1)	21.8%
7	Utah (10)	23.3%
8	Miami (FL) (7)	23.5%
9	Louisville (15)	23.8%
10	Notre Dame (16)	24.5%

The rest of the stats can be found at the link below. Just two years ago we couldn't get off the field on third down. What an improvement! Its great to be a Tennessee Volunteer! Go Vols!

2024 College Football Defense Rankings: Team Pass and Rush Stats | FOX Sports

Find out where top college football teams rank on defense following Week 4 of the 2024 season.

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[Vol in Buckeye Land]

Take out the pick six against NC State, which had nothing to do with our defense, and we’re 1 in scoring defense as well.

 

[hatingbamaisawayoflife]

impressive but we have not played any stellar offenses.. i want to see what happens at arkansas.. i think running qb will hurt us

 

[McDad]

Great. We're going to need that defense to continue against the rest of the SEC teams on our schedule.

 

[BADGER_VOL]

impressive but we have not played any stellar offenses.. i want to see what happens at arkansas.. i think running qb will hurt us

I agree with you. Running QB’s give every defense fits but I wanna see how we scheme him. It’s different when you gotta stuff the run and rush the QB controlled.

I trust them to have a great plan to do it just curious what it looks like. It’s fun to trust your coaches and defense so much you’re not nervous you’re intrigued

 

[TnScooby]

On paper AND in person..They definitely pass the "eye test"..And IMHO they still haven't played their best game yet..Thanks for this thread Tman....

 

[FlyFishnVol]

1	Tennessee (5)	176.0
2	Ohio State (3)	180.0
3	Indiana	199.3
4	Georgia (2)	202.0
5	Texas (1)	211.8
6	Kentucky	217.0
7	Missouri (11)	219.0
8	Minnesota	223.3
9	Penn State (9)	229.3
10	Miami (FL) (7)	232.8

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Third Down Defense​

#	Team	Defense Third Down Rate
1	Alabama (4)	16.0%
2	Tennessee (5)	17.0%
3	UNLV	20.0%
4	Ole Miss (6)	21.5%
5	Northern Illinois	21.6%
6	Texas (1)	21.8%
7	Utah (10)	23.3%
8	Miami (FL) (7)	23.5%
9	Louisville (15)	23.8%
10	Notre Dame (16)	24.5%

The rest of the stats can be found at the link before. Just two years ago we couldn't get off the field on third down. What an improvement! Its great to be a Tennessee Volunteer! Go Vols!

2024 College Football Defense Rankings: Team Pass and Rush Stats | FOX Sports

Find out where top college football teams rank on defense following Week 4 of the 2024 season.

www.foxsports.com

Ok, I believe the secret is out, UT has a pretty good defense. This year is going to be a good old-fashioned slugfest. The ONE THING they need to shore up is the Offensive Tackles. Nico was getting too much pressure from OU.

 

[ntxVOL]

impressive but we have not played any stellar offenses.. i want to see what happens at arkansas.. i think running qb will hurt us

Until he meets Pili.

 

[FlyFishnVol]

Until he meets Pili.

Didn't UT put in 2nd and 3rd string defensive players in the fourth?

 

[xpsyclonex2002]

impressive but we have not played any stellar offenses.. i want to see what happens at arkansas.. i think running qb will hurt us

He'll just be a speed bump. He'll have some plays, but as long as he's trying to win the game with his feet, we'll win.

 

[Dobbs 4 Heisman]

impressive but we have not played any stellar offenses.. i want to see what happens at arkansas.. i think running qb will hurt us

Most teams at this time of year haven't played stellar offenses. Those type of matchups generally happen later in the season. The point of these stats is to show how dominate we have been given the subpar competition. Cause Ohio State who is just behind us has played even weaker competition and yet we're ahead of them.

We have the best defense in the country. And we'll continue to show it all year.

 

[hndog609]

I really don't think we've had the opportunity to be tested by a real passing game yet but I've seen enough for me to comfortably say our DB's are playing significantly better than what we've been accustomed to for a good long while now.

 

[VolFreakJosh]

Are we still firing Banks?

 

[BigOrangeTrain]

Ok, I believe the secret is out, UT has a pretty good defense. This year is going to be a good old-fashioned slugfest. The ONE THING they need to shore up is the Offensive Tackles. Nico was getting too much pressure from OU.

No TN doesn’t have a pretty good defense. We have an elite defense.

 

[Volador]

We're #1??? We need to improve.

Soon.

 

[Vol_in_NC_1999]

I think even the most BVS fan should be impressed not only by our 4-0 start, but in the fashion we've done it.

 

[VolBallGuy]

Bvs is strong with these folks worried about Arkansas.

 

[farmdogvol]

How have they not fired Martinez yet? If they would just fire him already UT would be #1 in all categories.

 

[farmdogvol]

Most teams at this time of year haven't played stellar offenses. Those type of matchups generally happen later in the season. The point of these stats is to show how dominate we have been given the subpar competition. Cause Ohio State who is just behind us has played even weaker competition and yet we're ahead of them.

We have the best defense in the country. And we'll continue to show it all year.

Does tOSU play any stellar offenses ever?

 

[orangemadam]

Are we still firing Banks?

No because he has finally learned how to coach! (and Willie, too)

JK !!!!

 

[superdave1984]

I am all for it. However, I want to see how we perform against bama and uga. I don't think arky will give us too much problem because their defense isn't great and we should be able to score 40.

 

[Batman1948]

Are we still firing Banks?

Those goobers will be out in force when we lose our first game

 

[overseasorange2]

Are we still firing Banks?

 

[ERvolsfan]

But to the Banks talk..

I've been thinking if our defense continues to ball out and we make a deep playoff run. He could get a HC opportunity somewhere..

He's kinda been thru interview circuit last few years.

With this expected to be his best Defensive output, could get a HC job. I would be very curious to see where we go?

With Heups recent comments and priority on defense I don't think he promotes from within. I would expect him to be aggressive and go get a premiere DC.

With the positive buzz in recruiting and being one of the top athletic departments in all of college sports we should be able to attract someone good.

Personally I like how our program is trending so would like to keep Banks to maintain stability. But I wouldn't mind replacing WM.

 

[vols 30]

But to the Banks talk..

I've been thinking if our defense continues to ball out and we make a deep playoff run. He could get a HC opportunity somewhere..

He's kinda been thru interview circuit last few years.

With this expected to be his best Defensive output, could get a HC job. I would be very curious to see where we go?

With Heups recent comments and priority on defense I don't think he promotes from within. I would expect him to be aggressive and go get a premiere DC.

With the positive buzz in recruiting and being one of the top athletic departments in all of college sports we should be able to attract someone good.

Personally I like how our program is trending so would like to keep Banks to maintain stability. But I wouldn't mind replacing WM.

You don't think Inge has a shot? Already here, knows the players, and had DC experience