SEC Stats: PUre Defensive Efficiency, Week Nine
November 2nd, 2009 ║ Posted By: John Pennington ║ Permalink ║ Tags: Alabama, Arkansas, Auburn, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, LSU, Mississippi State, Ole Miss, South Carolina, Tennessee, Vanderbilt
When your defense ranks among the best of the SEC, it also ranks among the best in the nation. And that’s certainly true for the top three defenses in this week’s Pure Efficiency ratings for defense.
To tally this statistic, we take the total number of plays a defense plays in league-games only. Then we divide that number by the total number of touchdowns a team has allowed. This tells us how many plays (on average) teams run between touchdowns against the SEC’s defenses in conference play.
This measures a defense’s real stinginess. It also provides a look at overall team efficiency, as team’s with turnover-prone offenses tend to put their defenses in bad situations.
Pure Efficiency — Defense
| Rank |
School |
Defensive Plays |
Touchdowns Allowed |
Plays/TD |
| 1 |
Alabama |
339 |
4 |
84.75 |
| 2 |
Tennessee |
337 |
5 |
67.40 |
| 3 |
Florida |
336 |
6 |
56.00 |
| 4 tie |
LSU |
332 |
8 |
41.50 |
| 4 tie |
Ole Miss |
332 |
8 |
41.50 |
| 6 |
Vanderbilt |
361 |
12 |
30.08 |
| 7 |
S. Carolina |
377 |
13 |
29.00 |
| 8 |
Miss. State |
339 |
13 |
26.07 |
| 9 |
Auburn |
425 |
20 |
21.25 |
| 10 |
Georgia |
413 |
20 |
20.65 |
| 11 |
Kentucky |
328 |
17 |
19.29 |
| 12 |
Arkansas |
344 |
19 |
18.10 |
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