Preseason Ranks: Defense
Rankings: Top 100 | QB | RB | WR | TE | K | D
The following list comprises the top 20 team defense rankings for 2010 of each Yahoo! Sports fantasy expert. The list is ordered by the overall top 20 composite ranking of the four experts, with the remaining team defenses that received votes rounding out the bottom of the list.
| 2010 Defense Rankings | |||||||||
 Brandon Funston |  Andy Behrens |  Brad Evans |  Scott Pianowski |  Composite Ranking | |||||
| New York Jets | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | ||||
| San Francisco 49ers | 4 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | ||||
| Minnesota Vikings | 1 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | ||||
| Green Bay Packers | 2 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 4 | ||||
| Pittsburgh Steelers | 6 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 5 | ||||
| Dallas Cowboys | 8 | 9 | 6 | 6 | 6 | ||||
| Philadelphia Eagles | 7 | 5 | 11 | 7 | 7 | ||||
| Baltimore Ravens | 9 | 7 | 7 | 9 | 8 | ||||
| Cincinnati Bengals | 5 | 10 | 9 | 8 | 9 | ||||
| New Orleans Saints | 10 | 11 | 10 | 10 | 10 | ||||
| Chicago Bears | 12 | 12 | 8 | 12 | 11 | ||||
| Miami Dolphins | 11 | 14 | 13 | 11 | 12 | ||||
| San Diego Chargers | 13 | 15 | 12 | 13 | 13 | ||||
| New York Giants | 15 | 13 | 15 | 14 | 14 | ||||
| Houston Texans | 16 | 8 | 17 | 19 | 15 | ||||
| Tennessee Titans | 14 | 16 | 19 | 15 | 16 | ||||
| New England Patriots | 17 | 17 | 16 | 18 | 17 | ||||
| Indianapolis Colts | 18 | 19 | 18 | 16 | 18 | ||||
| Oakland Raiders | 19 | – | – | 20 | 19 | ||||
| Denver Broncos | – | – | 14 | – | 20 | ||||
| Arizona Cardinals | – | 20 | 20 | – | – | ||||
| Atlanta Falcons | – | – | – | 17 | – | ||||
| Seattle Seahawks | – | 18 | – | – | – | ||||
| Buffalo Bills | 20 | – | – | – | – | ||||
Scoring System:
Sack = 1; INT = 2; FR = 2; TD = 6; Safety = 2; Block Kick = 2
Pts Allowed – 0 = 10; 1-6 = 7; 7-13 = 4; 14-20 = 1; 21-27 = 0; 28-34 = -1; 35+ = -4
Return TD = 6
Updated Tuesday, Sep 7, 2010