Defiance Yellow Jackets NAIA College Football Ratings & Rankings

College Football

Defiance

Yellow Jackets

Marginal

C- Overall Grade 71

Wild Card

Sleeper

1-1 Record

50% Win %

#68 NAIA Rank#640 nat'l

29 Pts / Game

L 1 Streak

Next Up:
at Judson IL, Sat Sep 12

Performance Rankings: NAIA (National)

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	1-1	50.0%	#68

Rank	Team	W	L	Change
199	Indiana Wesleyan	2	0	23
450	Taylor	1	1	70
640	Defiance	1	1	1
683	Lawrence Tech	0	1	11
690	Madonna	1	0	33

Date	Opponent	Outcome
Sat Aug 29	vs Rio Grande (0-1) Appalachian	W58-23
Sat Sep 5	vs #10 Marian IN (1-1) (#270 nationally) Mid-States	L0-53

Week	Date	Rank	W	L	Change
0	Aug 1	638	0	0
1	Aug 31	641	1	0	3
2	Sep 8	640	1	1	1

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