2011 Conference Defense Ranking

Two days ago I posted on how each NCAA FBS conference ranked over the 2011-2012 NCAA FBS season and yesterday I posted on how each of conference ranked in terms of the offensive (or scoring) side of the ball. Today, I want to break it down in terms of the defensive (or stopping the opponent from scoring) side. So listed below is each of the NCAA FBS conferences (and the four independents listed as one "conference"). I have measured defensive conference rank just like I measured total rank and offensive rank but of course now I am taking the average of each conference team's defensive rank. Here they are (an to me a little surprising).

Rank	Conference	Defense Rank
1	Big East	26.875
2	SEC	31.417
3	Big 12	46.600
4	Big 10	48.167
5	ACC	49.250
6	Ind	56.750
7	Sun Belt	61.750
8	CUSA	62.636
9	Mid American	74.533
10	WAC	78.375
11	Mountain West	82.500
12	Pac 12	82.833