inflated because the D could sit in bendy defense as we were up big in almost every single game in 2020. That's The big hole in the top 10 defense argument. Yes, drop 8 works against bad teams and teams who refuse to commit to taking guaranteed 4 ypc on long drives. But good teams turn that 4 ypc into long scoring drives that keep a potent O on the sideline. In our 2 closest games (the 2 good teams we played) this is exactly what they took advantage of.

Yes, the D has good stats against an fcs schedule. Cool.