This weekend, 18 teams will play with conference championships on the line. Eleven of them got this far thanks to defenses that rank among the best in FBS in stop rate.
Stop rate is a simple metric but can offer a good reflection of a defense's effectiveness on a per-drive basis in today's faster-tempo game.
Last year, national champ Michigan finished No. 1 with a stop rate of 81.6% in its games against FBS opponents. The top 25 teams in the final 2023 stop rate standings won a total of 249 games, with seven earning conference titles.
Texas moved up from No. 3 into the No. 1 spot this week ahead of its SEC championship game against Georgia. Texas A&M's offense did not score on any of its nine drives against the Longhorns on Saturday night and got stopped on three fourth-down conversions.
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