2018 Beta_Rank Preseason Defense

Predicted 2018 Beta_Rank Defense
Rank	School	Unit Score	Rank	Return Prod	Rank	Recruit	Rank	2017 Beta_Rank
1	Clemson	-0.798	31	0.75	5	3.925	1	-0.878
2	Notre Dame	-0.475	1	0.96	17	3.48	16	-0.292
3	Georgia	-0.453	95	0.54	1	4.075	3	-0.763
4	Michigan	-0.392	15	0.83	13	3.575	15	-0.319
5	Alabama	-0.379	100	0.53	4	3.945	2	-0.79
6	Auburn	-0.359	81	0.61	10	3.675	4	-0.733
7	Ohio State	-0.340	109	0.51	3	4.055	6	-0.592
8	USC	-0.278	62	0.65	2	4.055	33	0.0229
9	Mississippi State	-0.250	20	0.8	29	3.125	8	-0.454
10	Michigan State	-0.175	5	0.91	26	3.225	22	-0.109
11	Washington	-0.173	18	0.81	16	3.51	26	-0.05
12	Texas	-0.149	90	0.57	15	3.53	7	-0.526
13	Miami (Florida)	-0.138	46	0.7	12	3.58	24	-0.096
14	LSU	-0.084	89	0.57	9	3.685	20	-0.128
15	Florida State	-0.076	120	0.46	6	3.81	17	-0.288
16	Florida	-0.065	38	0.74	11	3.66	44	0.1884
17	Virginia Tech	-0.058	66	0.64	25	3.23	11	-0.393
18	Penn State	-0.050	102	0.53	7	3.7	21	-0.112
19	Texas A&M	0.0024	24	0.78	19	3.395	39	0.132
20	TCU	0.0045	78	0.61	31	3.115	9	-0.444
21	Northwestern	0.0423	79	0.61	36	3.025	10	-0.438
22	Oklahoma	0.0442	107	0.52	8	3.69	46	0.2273
23	Duke	0.0463	25	0.78	45	2.955	23	-0.109
24	Oregon	0.1131	70	0.63	20	3.38	42	0.1741
25	Utah	0.1241	67	0.64	30	3.12	25	-0.064
26	Iowa State	0.1451	73	0.62	56	2.825	14	-0.339
27	Pittsburgh	0.1508	32	0.75	38	3.005	37	0.0752
28	Boston College	0.1581	61	0.65	66	2.67	13	-0.354
29	Iowa	0.1604	97	0.54	39	3.0	12	-0.379
30	Stanford	0.1685	108	0.51	14	3.535	72	0.4881
31	South Carolina	0.1945	118	0.47	22	3.3	27	-0.047
32	Wisconsin	0.2419	123	0.42	34	3.055	5	-0.614
33	Washington State	0.2655	80	0.61	52	2.85	30	-0.027
34	UCF	0.2717	29	0.76	69	2.605	34	0.0449
35	North Carolina	0.2732	44	0.7	28	3.145	63	0.4104
36	UCLA	0.2780	39	0.72	21	3.375	86	0.6719
37	Boise State	0.2942	9	0.88	60	2.74	48	0.2757
38	Mississippi	0.2955	74	0.62	24	3.23	78	0.5326
39	Minnesota	0.3163	56	0.66	37	3.02	56	0.3645
40	Tennessee	0.3203	116	0.48	27	3.185	67	0.4599
41	Texas Tech	0.3232	2	0.96	47	2.915	65	0.449
42	Virginia	0.3283	40	0.72	63	2.7	41	0.1731
43	Maryland	0.3348	85	0.58	23	3.26	93	0.7522
44	Missouri	0.3371	59	0.66	49	2.9	51	0.2976
45	Baylor	0.3494	16	0.82	40	2.99	73	0.4956
46	Oklahoma State	0.3541	99	0.54	35	3.045	64	0.411
47	Houston	0.3600	83	0.59	68	2.605	29	-0.047
48	West Virginia	0.3673	88	0.57	48	2.91	49	0.2921
49	Louisville	0.3693	126	0.38	32	3.11	60	0.3973
50	Fresno State	0.3781	37	0.74	93	2.24	32	0.0043
51	Nebraska	0.4026	47	0.7	18	3.415	115	1.1559
52	Wake Forest	0.4037	49	0.69	64	2.695	52	0.31
53	Kentucky	0.4094	7	0.9	33	3.06	84	0.6571
54	Kansas State	0.4129	104	0.52	58	2.805	47	0.2316
55	Georgia Tech	0.4164	105	0.52	51	2.875	58	0.3727
56	California	0.4176	51	0.68	50	2.88	74	0.5102
57	Temple	0.4224	77	0.61	92	2.24	19	-0.141
58	North Carolina State	0.4227	128	0.35	41	2.99	38	0.12
59	Arizona State	0.4328	114	0.48	44	2.96	87	0.6788
60	Indiana	0.4384	125	0.41	55	2.83	35	0.049
61	Colorado	0.4430	111	0.51	43	2.965	95	0.7677
62	Vanderbilt	0.4534	106	0.52	42	2.97	100	0.8683
63	Purdue	0.4547	124	0.41	65	2.69	18	-0.217
64	Florida Atlantic	0.4602	8	0.9	73	2.48	62	0.4089
65	Wyoming	0.4622	36	0.74	125	1.905	31	-0.005
66	Marshall	0.4635	19	0.81	79	2.41	54	0.332
67	Illinois	0.4718	72	0.62	57	2.82	79	0.5956
68	South Florida	0.4777	98	0.54	70	2.53	40	0.1518
69	Northern Illinois	0.5015	71	0.63	86	2.33	43	0.1878
70	San Diego State	0.5111	68	0.63	77	2.45	53	0.3219
71	Eastern Michigan	0.5163	13	0.84	106	2.11	50	0.2923
72	Appalachian State	0.5197	69	0.63	122	1.945	28	-0.047
73	Memphis	0.5291	65	0.64	75	2.46	59	0.3949
74	Kansas	0.5308	4	0.92	67	2.655	82	0.6133
75	Syracuse	0.5312	50	0.68	62	2.715	85	0.667
76	Troy	0.5329	84	0.59	101	2.15	36	0.0573
77	Cincinnati	0.5386	91	0.56	53	2.84	112	1.0962
78	Rutgers	0.5436	17	0.81	59	2.76	89	0.7111
79	Arkansas	0.5464	54	0.66	46	2.95	110	1.0542
80	Louisiana Tech	0.5474	30	0.76	82	2.38	66	0.4509
81	UTSA	0.5511	103	0.53	74	2.47	57	0.3691
82	BYU	0.5699	27	0.76	78	2.425	77	0.5294
83	Southern Mississippi	0.5732	129	0.3	76	2.45	98	0.8416
84	Miami (Ohio)	0.5776	34	0.74	88	2.31	69	0.4622
85	Utah State	0.5780	60	0.65	115	2.04	45	0.2036
86	Arkansas State	0.6049	87	0.58	95	2.22	55	0.3474
87	Western Michigan	0.6114	110	0.51	71	2.515	101	0.8851
88	Toledo	0.6139	75	0.62	72	2.495	90	0.7164
89	Florida International	0.6257	127	0.37	96	2.22	114	1.1287
90	Colorado State	0.6348	121	0.44	87	2.315	117	1.1967
91	Tulane	0.6390	122	0.44	89	2.3	70	0.4636
92	East Carolina	0.6528	93	0.55	80	2.385	127	1.6894
93	Central Michigan	0.6608	113	0.49	99	2.16	61	0.4053
94	New Mexico State	0.6665	14	0.83	114	2.045	76	0.5218
95	Ohio	0.6754	96	0.54	107	2.1	68	0.4606
96	Connecticut	0.6820	117	0.47	91	2.245	105	0.9295
97	Middle Tennessee	0.6837	76	0.61	110	2.075	75	0.515
98	Akron	0.7028	10	0.87	109	2.085	81	0.6108
99	Arizona	0.7055	23	0.79	54	2.835	116	1.196
100	Western Kentucky	0.7062	48	0.69	84	2.375	99	0.8652
101	Tulsa	0.7148	55	0.66	83	2.375	106	0.9333
102	Georgia State	0.7184	94	0.54	112	2.065	83	0.6418
103	Massachusetts	0.7200	92	0.55	103	2.135	94	0.7624
104	Louisiana-Lafayette	0.7310	115	0.48	119	1.995	122	1.4076
105	San Jose State	0.7439	112	0.49	116	2.03	120	1.2798
106	Kent State	0.7464	52	0.68	113	2.05	88	0.7052
107	UAB	0.7492	63	0.65	111	2.07	92	0.7439
108	South Alabama	0.7537	86	0.58	126	1.89	80	0.597
109	North Texas	0.7542	82	0.6	94	2.23	111	1.0569
110	Texas State	0.7781	42	0.71	97	2.19	102	0.903
111	SMU	0.7788	21	0.8	81	2.385	108	0.9693
112	Nevada	0.7827	26	0.78	90	2.26	103	0.9051
113	Air Force	0.7834	101	0.53	120	1.95	123	1.4751
114	Oregon State	0.7952	28	0.76	61	2.74	126	1.5581
115	Navy	0.8081	119	0.46	128	1.615	71	0.4763
116	Old Dominion	0.8222	22	0.79	117	2.0	96	0.8224
117	Georgia Southern	0.8267	3	0.95	102	2.15	97	0.8317
118	Coastal Carolina	0.8300	43	0.7	118	2.0	104	0.9174
119	UNLV	0.8329	58	0.66	98	2.19	119	1.2611
120	Buffalo	0.8423	64	0.64	127	1.675	91	0.7437
121	Rice	0.8864	53	0.67	105	2.12	125	1.5573
122	Charlotte	0.8887	6	0.9	108	2.095	107	0.9408
123	New Mexico	0.8956	57	0.66	123	1.92	118	1.2059
124	Louisiana-Monroe	0.9125	45	0.7	104	2.125	129	1.8119
125	UTEP	0.9136	41	0.71	124	1.91	113	1.1228
126	Bowling Green	0.9537	12	0.85	85	2.365	121	1.3326
127	Army	0.9667	35	0.74	129	1.605	109	1.0118
128	Hawai'i	1.0090	33	0.74	121	1.945	124	1.54
129	Ball State	1.1072	11	0.85	100	2.155	128	1.6983