If we can use line stats to judge offenses, we can do the same to judge defenses, right?

All relevant disclaimers apply -- these numbers judge linebackers almost as much as defensive linemen, etc. -- but again, I figure we can learn quite a bit about the quality of a team's front three, four, six, or seven using these stats, so here they are.

And once again, here are the relevant definitions.

Adj. Line Yards: An opponent-adjusted version of the line measure derived from the formula found here. The idea is to divvy credit for a given rush between both the runner and the blockers. Standard Downs: First downs, second-and-6 or fewer, third-and-4 or fewer, and fourth-and-4 or fewer. These are the downs in which the offense could conceivably either run or pass and therefore has an overall advantage over the defense. Offenses typically run about 60 percent of the time on standard downs. Passing Downs: Second-and-7 or more, third-and-5 or more, or fourth-and-5 or more. These are downs in which passing is easily the most likely option for gaining the necessary yardage, and defenses hold the upper hand. Offenses typically throw about 67 percent of the time on passing downs. Opportunity Rate: This is the percentage of carries in which the offensive line "does its job" and produces at least five yards of rushing for the runner. (Generally speaking, the first five yards are considered the line's responsibility, the next five are split evenly between the runner and the line, and anything over 10 yards is all on the runner.) See Highlight Yards and Adj. Line Yards for more information. Power Success Rate: As used in Football Outsiders' pro line stats, this is the percentage of runs on third or fourth down, two yards or less to go, that achieved a first down or touchdown. Also includes runs on first-and-goal or second-and-goal from the two-yard line or closer. Stuff Rate: This is the percentage of runs where the runner is tackled at or behind the line of scrimmage. Since being stuffed is bad, offenses are ranked from stuffed least often (No. 1) to most often (No. 125); for defenses, the opposite is true. Adj. Sack Rate: An opponent-adjusted measure of sack rates.

Sortable tables below. And again, Adj. Line Yards and Adj. Sack Rate are opponent-adjusted measures. The other stats below are not.

Hello there, Utah State and Toledo.

Defense Adj LY Rk SD LY/

Carry Rk PD LY/

Carry Rk Opp. Rate Rk Power

Succ. Rt. Rk Stuff Rate Rk Utah State 135.6 1 2.25 2 2.76 17 30.4% 3 65.5% 56 24.4% 11 Michigan State 132.2 2 2.27 3 2.13 3 30.1% 2 44.4% 2 25.2% 7 Virginia Tech 130.2 3 2.30 6 2.56 12 29.6% 1 58.1% 17 24.1% 15 Stanford 127.6 4 2.28 4 2.77 20 34.6% 22 57.1% 13 26.6% 4 Alabama 125.8 5 2.91 58 1.95 1 33.2% 13 69.0% 77 19.3% 60 Ole Miss 123.8 6 2.67 30 3.01 31 36.5% 38 75.6% 103 21.8% 30 Florida State 122.7 7 2.54 16 2.72 16 30.8% 4 78.6% 112 19.0% 65 Tulane 121.6 8 2.29 5 2.51 10 32.9% 9 43.8% 1 29.0% 1 Clemson 121.4 9 2.63 26 2.46 9 31.7% 6 58.1% 17 25.1% 9 Pittsburgh 120.2 10 2.92 60 2.28 4 38.1% 48 77.4% 107 22.2% 25 Oklahoma State 118.9 11 2.61 23 2.31 5 34.8% 26 58.7% 20 25.5% 6 Arizona State 118.5 12 2.33 7 3.28 63 35.7% 30 58.7% 20 24.3% 14 Penn State 117.9 13 2.61 23 2.43 6 34.7% 24 61.5% 31 22.3% 24 Iowa 117.6 14 2.73 38 2.89 25 35.2% 27 65.9% 60 22.2% 25 California 117.1 15 2.68 31 3.66 100 38.4% 54 59.6% 22 22.9% 19 Memphis 117.1 15 2.54 16 2.64 14 35.6% 29 72.5% 94 23.9% 16 Wisconsin 116.8 17 2.52 14 3.15 48 36.1% 33 61.4% 29 19.5% 58 Florida 116.4 18 2.89 55 2.53 11 40.5% 80 65.7% 59 21.4% 33 Virginia 115.7 19 2.70 36 2.96 29 37.6% 45 57.1% 13 22.9% 19 Utah 114.7 20 2.80 43 2.61 13 34.7% 24 63.6% 40 21.0% 41 BYU 114.2 21 2.54 16 3.01 31 32.9% 9 55.3% 7 22.5% 22 TCU 114.2 21 2.33 7 3.06 40 33.2% 13 68.0% 71 24.7% 10 Colorado State 113.6 23 2.56 19 3.09 42 33.9% 17 62.0% 33 19.7% 54 Missouri 113.3 24 2.84 47 3.54 88 40.0% 74 65.5% 56 19.5% 58 Mississippi State 113.1 25 2.92 60 3.13 45 34.1% 20 64.1% 43 18.6% 73 Louisville 111.8 26 2.38 9 2.45 8 32.2% 8 52.9% 5 27.5% 3 South Florida 111.8 26 2.50 12 2.65 15 41.2% 85 57.6% 15 28.6% 2 Georgia 110.9 28 2.93 63 3.08 41 34.2% 21 80.0% 115 19.3% 60 Baylor 110.5 29 2.53 15 2.94 27 33.5% 16 63.3% 39 24.4% 11 San Diego State 110.5 29 2.66 28 3.34 69 36.1% 33 69.0% 77 18.8% 69 Rutgers 109.5 31 2.50 12 3.11 43 31.4% 5 80.0% 115 21.2% 37 Syracuse 109.0 32 2.69 34 2.79 22 40.6% 82 62.5% 36 22.8% 21 Hawaii 108.8 33 2.88 50 2.76 17 39.2% 65 61.5% 31 22.5% 22 Auburn 108.1 34 3.03 76 3.73 105 41.8% 94 70.5% 86 22.0% 27 Maryland 107.8 35 2.80 43 2.04 2 36.3% 36 51.3% 3 19.7% 54 Connecticut 107.7 36 2.43 10 2.43 6 31.7% 6 66.7% 62 25.2% 7 Boise State 107.6 37 2.68 31 3.48 83 39.1% 63 56.7% 11 21.2% 37 USC 107.4 38 2.58 22 3.22 55 38.3% 53 64.5% 47 18.3% 77 LSU 107.0 39 3.02 73 3.27 61 40.9% 83 64.4% 46 18.6% 73 West Virginia 106.7 40 2.43 10 3.60 96 35.8% 31 60.0% 24 23.0% 17 Wake Forest 106.1 41 2.71 37 3.02 34 36.0% 32 75.5% 102 21.9% 28 South Carolina 105.1 42 2.85 48 3.58 94 41.7% 92 58.5% 19 20.5% 45 North Texas 104.9 43 2.57 21 3.04 38 33.0% 11 60.7% 26 21.4% 33 Arizona 104.8 44 2.74 40 3.23 57 35.3% 28 76.0% 104 20.8% 43 Buffalo 104.6 45 2.78 41 3.16 49 37.9% 47 71.0% 88 21.6% 32 Michigan 104.6 45 3.02 73 2.92 26 36.8% 41 69.8% 82 18.5% 76 Rice 103.9 47 2.56 19 3.76 107 37.1% 43 57.8% 16 19.0% 65 Fresno State 103.6 48 2.63 26 3.26 60 33.1% 12 63.6% 40 23.0% 17 Indiana 103.4 49 3.13 92 3.35 70 47.2% 120 64.8% 50 16.0% 101 Washington State 102.9 50 2.99 69 3.54 88 40.0% 74 65.6% 58 18.7% 72 Idaho 102.3 51 3.11 88 3.72 103 46.7% 118 67.4% 67 15.3% 109 Texas 101.9 52 3.07 82 3.16 49 38.6% 57 69.2% 80 19.9% 50 Cincinnati 101.7 53 2.24 1 3.50 84 36.3% 36 60.0% 24 19.8% 52 Southern Miss 101.6 54 2.61 23 3.80 112 41.0% 84 72.7% 95 20.2% 47 Akron 101.5 55 2.73 38 3.90 115 36.7% 39 65.1% 52 21.1% 40 Florida Atlantic 101.3 56 2.92 60 2.78 21 38.2% 49 56.7% 11 20.6% 44 Tennessee 100.6 57 3.25 101 3.12 44 44.2% 110 82.9% 123 17.4% 86 Minnesota 100.1 58 2.86 49 3.00 30 38.9% 60 56.0% 10 24.4% 11 Houston 100.0 59 2.81 45 3.18 53 38.2% 49 68.6% 74 21.0% 41 Troy 100.0 59 2.88 50 3.30 64 37.7% 46 65.1% 52 19.2% 63 Vanderbilt 99.7 61 2.69 34 4.11 123 42.1% 97 70.2% 84 20.1% 48 Georgia Tech 99.1 62 3.10 87 2.88 24 38.7% 58 77.8% 109 20.1% 48 Illinois 99.1 62 3.12 90 3.66 100 43.2% 106 64.7% 49 17.0% 93 NC State 98.9 64 3.02 73 2.95 28 40.1% 76 72.7% 95 21.2% 37 Oklahoma 98.6 65 2.90 57 3.42 76 36.2% 35 75.0% 99 15.1% 112 Washington 98.5 66 3.35 111 3.02 34 41.6% 91 68.6% 74 14.8% 114 UCLA 98.4 67 2.88 50 3.99 121 39.6% 69 55.6% 9 16.3% 97 Western Kentucky 98.4 67 2.97 68 3.27 61 37.2% 44 67.2% 63 17.3% 88 Boston College 98.3 69 3.00 71 3.20 54 38.9% 60 64.6% 48 15.9% 102 Texas A&M 98.3 69 3.41 118 3.91 117 46.2% 117 53.3% 6 17.8% 83 North Carolina 98.1 71 3.13 92 3.31 66 39.1% 63 59.6% 22 19.3% 60 Toledo 98.0 72 3.28 102 3.43 77 41.8% 94 65.3% 54 16.5% 95 Notre Dame 96.9 73 3.11 88 3.77 108 41.5% 88 62.8% 37 17.2% 89 East Carolina 96.7 74 2.68 31 3.32 67 33.3% 15 69.4% 81 19.0% 65 Oregon 96.4 75 3.06 79 3.16 49 34.0% 19 80.0% 115 13.3% 123 Tulsa 96.2 76 3.06 79 3.47 80 38.8% 59 71.2% 89 21.3% 36 Northwestern 95.7 77 3.09 85 3.50 84 42.5% 103 71.4% 90 17.2% 89 SMU 95.7 77 2.88 50 3.17 52 41.7% 92 64.2% 44 20.3% 46 Purdue 95.5 79 3.38 115 3.61 97 49.7% 124 77.4% 107 14.8% 114 Arkansas 95.4 80 3.37 113 3.58 94 44.1% 109 75.0% 99 16.2% 99 Marshall 95.4 80 2.81 45 2.86 23 33.9% 17 76.0% 104 19.0% 65 UTSA 95.4 80 3.19 96 3.13 45 39.7% 70 87.9% 125 15.2% 110 Florida International 94.9 83 2.95 66 3.94 118 39.9% 73 80.6% 119 18.8% 69 Colorado 94.6 84 2.91 58 3.85 114 42.3% 101 70.0% 83 17.2% 89 Oregon State 94.6 84 3.12 90 3.36 71 41.9% 96 65.9% 60 19.6% 56 Bowling Green 94.4 86 2.94 64 3.78 109 40.1% 76 61.2% 28 19.9% 50 Navy 94.1 87 3.34 110 3.79 111 45.4% 116 78.4% 111 14.4% 118 Nebraska 94.0 88 3.05 78 3.04 38 38.2% 49 61.4% 29 19.6% 56 UL-Lafayette 94.0 88 2.78 41 3.52 86 41.5% 88 63.0% 38 21.9% 28 Iowa State 93.9 90 3.03 76 3.55 90 40.5% 80 62.3% 34 15.8% 103 Kentucky 92.7 91 3.31 107 3.47 80 42.2% 98 81.8% 121 16.7% 94 Arkansas State 92.5 92 3.17 95 3.65 99 42.2% 98 64.0% 42 17.4% 86 Kansas State 92.4 93 2.95 66 3.30 64 38.4% 54 64.2% 44 21.4% 33 Army 92.1 94 3.30 104 3.64 98 43.0% 105 67.3% 64 16.3% 97 UL-Monroe 92.0 95 3.07 82 3.36 71 42.2% 98 67.6% 68 21.7% 31 Ohio State 91.8 96 2.99 69 3.14 47 36.8% 41 62.3% 34 18.2% 80 Texas State 91.8 96 2.94 64 3.23 57 34.6% 22 73.5% 97 15.0% 113 Central Florida 91.5 98 2.88 50 3.33 68 41.2% 85 52.8% 4 25.9% 5 UNLV 91.5 98 3.07 82 3.55 90 39.5% 68 67.3% 64 16.4% 96 Texas Tech 91.3 100 3.00 71 3.75 106 39.3% 66 61.1% 27 19.8% 52 South Alabama 91.0 101 3.22 99 3.67 102 39.7% 70 71.4% 90 15.5% 106 Ball State 90.5 102 3.20 98 3.78 109 40.3% 78 67.8% 70 15.8% 103 Georgia State 90.5 102 3.09 85 3.47 80 41.3% 87 74.6% 98 16.2% 99 Wyoming 90.5 102 3.33 109 3.44 78 43.5% 107 70.2% 84 14.8% 114 Middle Tennessee 90.4 105 3.24 100 3.46 79 39.7% 70 79.0% 113 13.7% 122 Louisiana Tech 90.3 106 2.89 55 3.24 59 38.9% 60 79.2% 114 18.3% 77 Temple 90.3 106 2.66 28 4.32 126 39.3% 66 55.3% 7 19.1% 64 Duke 89.8 108 3.37 113 3.22 55 44.3% 111 69.0% 77 14.5% 117 San Jose State 89.5 109 3.30 104 3.94 118 43.8% 108 81.8% 121 15.4% 107 Kansas 89.4 110 3.19 96 3.57 93 40.4% 79 67.7% 69 18.3% 77 Air Force 88.1 111 3.54 121 3.72 103 42.9% 104 78.0% 110 14.4% 118 Miami 87.3 112 3.32 108 3.02 34 36.7% 39 77.1% 106 14.4% 118 UAB 87.2 113 3.14 94 3.39 74 42.3% 101 68.8% 76 18.6% 73 Western Michigan 87.2 113 3.38 115 3.53 87 44.6% 112 67.3% 64 17.1% 92 Massachusetts 86.4 115 3.38 115 3.01 31 45.1% 115 64.9% 51 17.5% 85 Kent State 86.2 116 3.54 121 2.76 17 47.0% 119 80.6% 119 15.4% 107 Nevada 86.2 116 3.54 121 3.94 118 47.4% 122 87.9% 125 18.0% 81 Northern Illinois 85.8 118 3.29 103 3.36 71 38.4% 54 70.9% 87 12.8% 125 New Mexico 85.0 119 3.52 120 3.82 113 44.6% 112 83.0% 124 13.3% 123 UTEP 84.7 120 3.44 119 4.09 122 48.6% 123 71.4% 90 15.7% 105 Central Michigan 84.3 121 3.58 125 3.03 37 41.5% 88 71.4% 90 17.8% 83 Eastern Michigan 83.8 122 3.36 112 4.19 124 44.6% 112 68.1% 72 12.5% 126 Old Dominion 82.8 123 3.54 121 3.39 74 51.1% 126 68.4% 73 17.9% 82 Ohio 80.2 124 3.06 79 4.22 125 38.2% 49 80.0% 115 15.2% 110 New Mexico State 79.3 125 3.83 126 3.56 92 47.2% 120 75.0% 99 13.8% 121 Miami (Ohio) 78.7 126 3.30 104 3.90 115 51.0% 125 65.4% 55 18.8% 69