These are the current OSU defensive rankings as of 11/12/2014 for the 125 Division I football teams listed on the NCAA statistics website:

     http://stats.ncaa.org/rankings?sport_code=MFB&division=11

Total defense:   17th  326.2 yards per game

Rushing defense:   21st  125.2 yards per game

Passing yards allowed:   30th  201.0 yards per game

Team passing efficiency defense:  24th  111.50

Scoring defense:    24th  21.8 points per game

3rd down conversion pct. defense:    57th  38.3%

4th down conversion pct. defense:   24th  37.5%

Red zone defense:    33rd  0.778

First downs defense:    24th  167

Other than the 3rd down conversion percentage against, at 57th of 125, all the other defensive stats grade out in the top quartile nationally (technically, red zone defense doesn't quite make it).

The defense can, and must, improve, but, statistically, it has actually played pretty well.  Let's give them some serious kudos along with an offense that is now playing extremely well.

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