Defiance Yellow Jackets NAIA College Football Ratings & Rankings

College Football

Defiance

Yellow Jackets

Marginal

C Overall Grade 76

Brutal Schedule

Punchless

3-5 Record

37.5% Win %

#57 NAIA Rank#576 nat'l

24.3 Pts / Game

L 3 Streak

Next Up:
at St Francis IN, Sat Oct 31

Performance Rankings: NAIA (National)

Defiance climbed as high as No. 39 in NAIA on Oct 4 this season, the highest Versus has ever placed them (records back to 2007).
The Yellow Jackets have been outscored by an average of 29 points over their last 5 games, going 1-4 in that stretch.
Defiance's biggest upset this season: a win over St Xavier, which sits at No. 36 in NAIA — 21 spots ahead of Defiance's own No. 57.

Defiance Yellow Jackets has been rated by Versus for 20 seasons, from 2007-08 through 2026-27.

Winning season .500 season Losing season Current season Bars run from .500; # is the season-ending Versus rank

Versus divisional rankings begin in 2010-11; earlier seasons show the record only.

Season-by-season table

Season	Record	Win %	Versus Rank
2007-08	5-5	50.0%	—
2008-09	4-6	40.0%	—
2009-10	4-6	40.0%	—
2010-11	6-4	60.0%	#120
2011-12	4-6	40.0%	#171
2012-13	2-8	20.0%	#212
2013-14	3-7	30.0%	#200
2014-15	3-7	30.0%	#188
2015-16	2-8	20.0%	#194
2016-17	5-5	50.0%	#146
2017-18	2-8	20.0%	#208
2018-19	1-9	10.0%	#232
2019-20	1-9	10.0%	#217
2020-21	2-5	28.6%	#208
2021-22	1-9	10.0%	#215
2022-23	3-7	30.0%	#180
2023-24	4-6	40.0%	#148
2024-25	4-7	36.4%	#83
2025-26	4-7	36.4%	#67
2026-27	3-5	37.5%	#57

Rank	Team	W	L	Change
277	Indiana Wesleyan	7	1	14
364	Taylor	6	2	33
567	Madonna	3	5	5
576	Defiance	3	5	13
589	Lawrence Tech	3	5	6

Date	Opponent	Outcome
Sat Aug 29	vs Rio Grande (0-8) Appalachian	W58-23
Sat Sep 5	vs #3 Marian IN (7-1) (#193 nationally) Mid-States	L0-53
Sat Sep 12	at Judson IL (0-8) Mid-States	W42-12
Sat Sep 19	vs #10 Olivet Nazarene (6-1) (#273 nationally) Mid-States	L14-59
Sat Oct 3	vs St Xavier (4-4) Mid-States	W35-30
Sat Oct 10	at St Francis IL (2-6) Mid-States	L14-27
Sat Oct 17	vs #11 Indiana Wesleyan (7-1) (#277 nationally) Mid-States	L12-53
Sat Oct 24	at #25 Taylor (6-2) (#364 nationally) Mid-States	L19-70