2016 National Leaders Total Defense - All Games through 01/09/2017

Name G Rush Yards Pass Yards Plays Total Yards Yards/Play Yards/G
1 Alabama 15 959 2968 983 3927 3.99 261.8
2 Houston 13 1302 2853 866 4155 4.80 319.6
3 Western Kentucky 14 1361 3911 1014 5272 5.20 376.6
4 Wisconsin 14 1383 2836 857 4219 4.92 301.4
5 LSU 12 1407 2366 793 3773 4.76 314.4
6 Boston College 13 1411 2673 803 4084 5.09 314.2
7 North Carolina State 13 1412 3174 894 4586 5.13 352.8
8 Ohio 14 1462 3581 984 5043 5.13 360.2
9 BYU 13 1467 3278 860 4745 5.52 365.0
10 San Diego State 14 1480 2936 925 4416 4.77 315.4
11 Air Force 13 1484 3259 819 4743 5.79 364.8
12 Kansas State 13 1495 3545 874 5040 5.77 387.7
13 Louisville 13 1497 2692 894 4189 4.69 322.2
14 Minnesota 13 1532 3002 940 4534 4.82 348.8
15 Michigan 13 1550 1853 809 3403 4.21 261.8
16 Pittsburgh 13 1555 4331 985 5886 5.98 452.8
17 Troy 13 1562 3203 944 4765 5.05 366.5
18 Army 13 1576 2213 744 3789 5.09 291.5
19 Ohio State 13 1610 2239 882 3849 4.36 296.1
20 Appalachian State 13 1637 2649 859 4286 4.99 329.7
21 Florida State 13 1664 2874 861 4538 5.27 349.1
22 Utah 13 1673 3306 895 4979 5.56 383.0
23 Louisiana-Lafayette 13 1679 3249 929 4928 5.30 379.1
24 Miami (Florida) 13 1711 2779 945 4490 4.75 345.4
25 Charlotte 12 1721 3718 902 5439 6.03 453.3
26 Auburn 13 1726 2979 928 4705 5.07 361.9
27 Washington State 13 1745 3532 873 5277 6.04 405.9
28 Connecticut 12 1753 3176 862 4929 5.72 410.8
29 Ball State 12 1807 3836 885 5643 6.38 470.3
30 Northwestern 13 1809 3448 974 5257 5.40 404.4
31 USC 13 1815 2958 887 4773 5.38 367.2
32 Temple 14 1825 2130 852 3955 4.64 282.5
33 Wake Forest 13 1851 2966 903 4817 5.33 370.5
34 Arkansas State 13 1864 2853 946 4717 4.99 362.8
35 Georgia 13 1868 2389 809 4257 5.26 327.5
36 Florida 13 1875 1931 816 3806 4.66 292.8
36 Washington 14 1875 2561 963 4436 4.61 316.9
38 Miami (Ohio) 13 1877 2715 876 4592 5.24 353.2
39 Stanford 13 1878 2907 894 4785 5.35 368.1
40 Idaho 13 1883 3685 893 5568 6.24 428.3
41 Michigan State 12 1904 2474 792 4378 5.53 364.8
42 Tulane 12 1911 2463 816 4374 5.36 364.5
43 Nebraska 13 1922 2806 855 4728 5.53 363.7
44 Clemson 15 1944 2728 1008 4672 4.63 311.5
45 Iowa 13 1947 2618 893 4565 5.11 351.2
46 Southern Mississippi 13 1949 2274 739 4223 5.71 324.8
47 Arizona State 12 1957 4289 884 6246 7.07 520.5
48 Virginia Tech 14 1967 2803 955 4770 4.99 340.7
49 Georgia Southern 12 2005 2754 801 4759 5.94 396.6
50 Old Dominion 13 2043 2944 921 4987 5.41 383.6
51 Louisiana Tech 14 2047 3846 1018 5893 5.79 420.9
52 UCLA 12 2058 2526 944 4584 4.86 382.0
53 Colorado 14 2085 2710 984 4795 4.87 342.5
53 Indiana 13 2085 2856 971 4941 5.09 380.1
55 Duke 12 2099 2877 791 4976 6.29 414.7
56 UTSA 13 2112 2984 895 5096 5.69 392.0
57 Oklahoma 13 2114 3502 960 5616 5.85 432.0
58 Penn State 14 2118 3033 1023 5151 5.04 367.9
59 Vanderbilt 13 2126 3180 899 5306 5.90 408.2
60 Western Michigan 14 2150 2801 850 4951 5.82 353.6
61 Eastern Michigan 13 2178 3447 963 5625 5.84 432.7
62 West Virginia 13 2187 3350 995 5537 5.56 425.9
63 Notre Dame 12 2189 2357 842 4546 5.40 378.8
64 Central Michigan 13 2197 2898 888 5095 5.74 391.9
65 UCF 13 2204 2610 1008 4814 4.78 370.3
66 Georgia Tech 13 2239 2982 907 5221 5.76 401.6
67 New Mexico 13 2242 2890 816 5132 6.29 394.8
68 UNLV 12 2243 2918 879 5161 5.87 430.1
69 Cincinnati 12 2275 2799 951 5074 5.34 422.8
70 Kent State 12 2277 2361 890 4638 5.21 386.5
70 Texas 12 2277 3102 955 5379 5.63 448.3
72 Virginia 12 2280 3079 846 5359 6.33 446.6
73 Toledo 13 2285 2870 888 5155 5.81 396.5
74 Bowling Green 12 2291 3280 882 5571 6.32 464.3
75 Tulsa 13 2292 3252 1013 5544 5.47 426.5
76 Boise State 13 2298 2769 975 5067 5.20 389.8
77 Mississippi State 13 2308 3660 957 5968 6.24 459.1
78 Massachusetts 12 2317 3115 886 5432 6.13 452.7
79 Arizona 12 2330 3302 923 5632 6.10 469.3
80 Florida International 12 2385 2830 823 5215 6.34 434.6
81 Northern Illinois 12 2410 3008 936 5418 5.79 451.5
82 Marshall 12 2421 3044 860 5465 6.35 455.4
83 Utah State 12 2440 2118 872 4558 5.23 379.8
84 TCU 13 2441 3106 1006 5547 5.51 426.7
85 Georgia State 12 2481 2087 931 4568 4.91 380.7
86 Texas A&M 13 2493 3250 1035 5743 5.55 441.8
87 Oklahoma State 13 2515 3287 979 5802 5.93 446.3
88 Navy 14 2519 3557 959 6076 6.34 434.0
89 UTEP 12 2524 2508 822 5032 6.12 419.3
90 SMU 12 2526 2910 906 5436 6.00 453.0
91 South Florida 13 2554 3712 1077 6266 5.82 482.0
92 Middle Tennessee 13 2583 3260 1068 5843 5.47 449.5
93 Rice 12 2602 3452 815 6054 7.43 504.5
94 Baylor 13 2609 2992 1032 5601 5.43 430.8
95 Oregon State 12 2616 2534 894 5150 5.76 429.2
96 Iowa State 12 2618 2817 911 5435 5.97 452.9
97 Illinois 12 2630 2231 877 4861 5.54 405.1
98 South Carolina 13 2642 2713 953 5355 5.62 411.9
99 Memphis 13 2664 3246 1025 5910 5.77 454.6
100 Texas State 12 2668 2985 913 5653 6.19 471.1
101 Arkansas 13 2671 2875 822 5546 6.75 426.6
102 Akron 12 2696 2896 924 5592 6.05 466.0
103 Syracuse 12 2700 3313 870 6013 6.91 501.1
104 East Carolina 12 2742 2691 844 5433 6.44 452.8
105 Colorado State 13 2782 2668 892 5450 6.11 419.2
106 Maryland 13 2792 2760 980 5552 5.67 427.1
107 Missouri 12 2794 2962 949 5756 6.07 479.7
108 South Alabama 13 2798 2270 900 5068 5.63 389.8
109 Kansas 12 2837 2637 906 5474 6.04 456.2
110 Tennessee 13 2841 2999 1000 5840 5.84 449.2
111 Wyoming 14 2851 3493 962 6344 6.59 453.1
112 Purdue 12 2861 2489 860 5350 6.22 445.8
113 Texas Tech 12 2863 3789 943 6652 7.05 554.3
114 New Mexico State 12 2931 3029 909 5960 6.56 496.7
115 Florida Atlantic 12 2945 3221 892 6166 6.91 513.8
116 North Carolina 13 2955 2350 987 5305 5.37 408.1
117 Mississippi 12 2956 2579 896 5535 6.18 461.3
118 Oregon 12 2958 3263 971 6221 6.41 518.4
119 San Jose State 12 2960 2263 806 5223 6.48 435.3
120 Kentucky 13 2966 2679 928 5645 6.08 434.2
121 Fresno State 12 2969 2012 871 4981 5.72 415.1
122 Buffalo 12 3039 2178 881 5217 5.92 434.8
123 North Texas 13 3114 2603 942 5717 6.07 439.8
124 Louisiana-Monroe 12 3123 2641 867 5764 6.65 480.3
125 Rutgers 12 3170 2238 851 5408 6.35 450.7
126 California 12 3274 2945 927 6219 6.71 518.3
127 Hawai'i 14 3279 3183 1013 6462 6.38 461.6
128 Nevada 12 3571 1901 825 5472 6.63 456.0