Nice article about this in The Athletic. Good measure imo...but as with all statistics, it's all relative to who you are playing against.
Clemson’s defense also finished No. 1 yet again in stop rate, getting stops on 83.6 percent of its drives on the way to a 15-0 record. Mizzou finished at #52 nationally getting stops on 68.2% of their defensive drives.
The top five nationally in this category were 1) Clemson; 2) Fresno State; 3) Penn State; 4) Cincinnati; and 5) Michigan State
The SEC schools ranked nationally as follows: 6) Alabama; 10) Kentucky; 13) Mississippi State;
25) LSU; 26) Florida; 27) Auburn; 29) Georgia; 43) Texas A & M; 52) MIZZOU; 83) Tennessee; 96) South Carolina; 105) Arkansas; 110) Vanderbilt; 119) Ole Miss.
What's amazing to me is that Oklahoma finished and #117 and made the 4-team play-off.
Interesting read: https://theathletic.com/782338/2019/01/24/clemson-earns-another-crown-stop-rate-champions/
Clemson’s defense also finished No. 1 yet again in stop rate, getting stops on 83.6 percent of its drives on the way to a 15-0 record. Mizzou finished at #52 nationally getting stops on 68.2% of their defensive drives.
The top five nationally in this category were 1) Clemson; 2) Fresno State; 3) Penn State; 4) Cincinnati; and 5) Michigan State
The SEC schools ranked nationally as follows: 6) Alabama; 10) Kentucky; 13) Mississippi State;
25) LSU; 26) Florida; 27) Auburn; 29) Georgia; 43) Texas A & M; 52) MIZZOU; 83) Tennessee; 96) South Carolina; 105) Arkansas; 110) Vanderbilt; 119) Ole Miss.
What's amazing to me is that Oklahoma finished and #117 and made the 4-team play-off.
Interesting read: https://theathletic.com/782338/2019/01/24/clemson-earns-another-crown-stop-rate-champions/
