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[QUOTE="syracuse95, post: 1899847, member: 860"]
It's funny you should mention that, because this morning I was looking at some defensive stats to see how this year's points allowed compared historically, and how much more scoring there was overall in college football.

Surprisingly, at least to me, the idea that "nobody plays defense anymore" isn't really true.  At least not based on points allowed per game.

In 2003 (the furthest back teamrankings.com goes), allowing 21.5 PPG or less put you in the top 25% of scoring defense.  The median was 25.8 PPG.  Allowing more than 32 put you in the bottom 25%.

In 2009, allowing 22.2 PPG or less put you in the top 25% of scoring defense.  The median was 26.5 PPG.  Allowing more than 30.7 put you in the bottom 25%.

In 2015, allowing 23.0 PPG or less put you in the top 25% of scoring defense.  The median was 27.8 PPG.  Allowing more than 34.1 put you in the bottom 25%.

Scoring hasn't gone up as much as some of the Big 12 games might make people believe.
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