For those that have a subscription to the Athletic. Article on stop rate and the ranks of last season. We were 68. They've tracked it as metric for the last 5 years.
Snippet from the article:
And for the second time in three years,
Iowa finished with the No. 1 defense in stop rate. The Hawkeyes got stops on nearly 79 percent of their drives against FBS offenses.
Iowa had the best defense in the country in yards per play (3.99), the best in passing yards per attempt (5.3) and the second-best in yards per rush (2.8). In the last decade, only two other defenses have held their opponents to less than four yards per play: 2016
Alabama and 2017 Alabama.
Longtime defensive coordinator Phil Parker and his crew made their foes earn every yard this year. Nobody was better at preventing explosive plays. The Hawkeyes gave up just 24 plays of 20-plus yards and nine of 30-plus yards over 13 games. They held four teams under 200 yards, including
Kentucky in their
21-0 victory in the Music City Bowl.
For the second time in three years, Iowa finished with the No. 1 defense in stop rate.
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