2016 National Leaders Total Defense - Games in August/September Only through 01/09/2017

Name G Rush Yards Pass Yards Plays Total Yards Yards/Play Yards/G
1 Kansas State 3 217 320 143 537 3.76 179.0
2 Buffalo 3 873 330 220 1203 5.47 401.0
3 Georgia State 3 976 410 252 1386 5.50 462.0
4 Miami (Florida) 3 213 457 211 670 3.18 223.3
5 Clemson 4 371 503 256 874 3.41 218.5
6 New Mexico 3 462 518 196 980 5.00 326.7
7 Ohio State 3 307 528 209 835 4.00 278.3
8 Memphis 3 322 539 211 861 4.08 287.0
9 Louisiana-Monroe 3 872 560 247 1432 5.80 477.3
10 Baylor 4 670 570 311 1240 3.99 310.0
11 Boston College 4 364 579 244 943 3.86 235.8
11 Southern Mississippi 4 438 579 223 1017 4.56 254.3
13 Florida 4 306 581 229 887 3.87 221.8
14 Temple 4 725 584 271 1309 4.83 327.3
15 Navy 3 492 587 201 1079 5.37 359.7
16 Michigan 4 490 589 250 1079 4.32 269.8
17 Illinois 3 474 590 190 1064 5.60 354.7
18 Oregon State 3 560 595 224 1155 5.16 385.0
19 Virginia Tech 4 454 603 253 1057 4.18 264.3
20 South Alabama 4 960 605 262 1565 5.97 391.3
21 North Carolina State 3 327 607 182 934 5.13 311.3
22 Louisville 4 488 625 287 1113 3.88 278.3
23 Maryland 3 466 630 223 1096 4.91 365.3
24 Toledo 4 701 640 249 1341 5.39 335.3
25 Colorado 4 574 652 268 1226 4.57 306.5
26 Purdue 3 506 657 228 1163 5.10 387.7
27 Indiana 3 383 671 215 1054 4.90 351.3
28 Tulane 4 557 676 277 1233 4.45 308.3
29 Michigan State 3 266 678 193 944 4.89 314.7
30 Minnesota 3 356 686 223 1042 4.67 347.3
31 Penn State 4 855 695 286 1550 5.42 387.5
32 Nevada 4 1019 697 289 1716 5.94 429.0
33 UCF 4 530 702 283 1232 4.35 308.0
34 Texas 3 452 707 217 1159 5.34 386.3
35 Army 4 350 709 211 1059 5.02 264.8
36 UTSA 4 808 721 289 1529 5.29 382.3
37 Rutgers 4 727 723 264 1450 5.49 362.5
38 Utah 4 531 729 248 1260 5.08 315.0
39 North Carolina 4 961 738 302 1699 5.63 424.8
40 West Virginia 3 645 743 249 1388 5.57 462.7
41 Iowa 4 716 745 285 1461 5.13 365.3
41 Oklahoma 3 458 745 214 1203 5.62 401.0
43 Air Force 3 155 773 185 928 5.02 309.3
44 Iowa State 4 836 779 297 1615 5.44 403.8
45 Utah State 4 569 781 278 1350 4.86 337.5
46 UCLA 4 608 785 285 1393 4.89 348.3
46 Fresno State 4 1042 785 305 1827 5.99 456.8
48 Wisconsin 4 322 786 220 1108 5.04 277.0
49 Kent State 4 664 798 306 1462 4.78 365.5
50 USC 4 779 799 271 1578 5.82 394.5
51 Middle Tennessee 4 745 800 313 1545 4.94 386.3
52 UTEP 4 938 801 293 1739 5.94 434.8
53 South Carolina 4 794 803 300 1597 5.32 399.3
54 San Diego State 3 308 805 219 1113 5.08 371.0
55 Mississippi 4 958 815 319 1773 5.56 443.3
56 North Texas 4 939 826 296 1765 5.96 441.3
57 Nebraska 4 635 829 272 1464 5.38 366.0
58 Florida State 4 823 831 244 1654 6.78 413.5
59 South Florida 4 961 845 353 1806 5.12 451.5
60 Tennessee 4 564 848 285 1412 4.95 353.0
61 Alabama 4 270 851 246 1121 4.56 280.3
62 Boise State 3 217 857 233 1074 4.61 358.0
63 Georgia Tech 4 484 873 265 1357 5.12 339.3
63 Auburn 4 668 873 279 1541 5.52 385.3
65 Washington 5 611 885 354 1496 4.23 299.2
65 Western Michigan 4 434 885 235 1319 5.61 329.8
67 Arkansas 4 662 897 255 1559 6.11 389.8
68 LSU 4 464 901 281 1365 4.86 341.3
69 Tulsa 4 623 902 295 1525 5.17 381.3
70 Miami (Ohio) 4 675 910 274 1585 5.78 396.3
71 Georgia Southern 4 311 912 242 1223 5.05 305.8
72 California 4 1053 914 312 1967 6.30 491.8
73 Central Michigan 4 424 922 273 1346 4.93 336.5
74 Duke 4 516 925 276 1441 5.22 360.3
75 Old Dominion 4 609 926 295 1535 5.20 383.8
76 Massachusetts 4 690 930 289 1620 5.61 405.0
77 Stanford 4 500 937 256 1437 5.61 359.3
78 New Mexico State 4 1098 940 298 2038 6.84 509.5
79 Missouri 4 527 944 323 1471 4.55 367.8
80 East Carolina 4 647 949 249 1596 6.41 399.0
81 Kansas 4 777 953 307 1730 5.64 432.5
82 Texas State 3 706 954 245 1660 6.78 553.3
83 Marshall 3 465 971 216 1436 6.65 478.7
84 Georgia 4 559 973 256 1532 5.98 383.0
85 Washington State 3 309 974 195 1283 6.58 427.7
86 Florida International 4 877 981 300 1858 6.19 464.5
87 Mississippi State 4 443 982 273 1425 5.22 356.3
88 Florida Atlantic 4 984 999 308 1983 6.44 495.8
89 Wake Forest 4 354 1000 269 1354 5.03 338.5
90 Ohio 4 523 1005 270 1528 5.66 382.0
91 Idaho 4 823 1007 291 1830 6.29 457.5
92 Notre Dame 4 804 1012 294 1816 6.18 454.0
93 TCU 4 522 1017 289 1539 5.33 384.8
94 Arkansas State 4 957 1021 316 1978 6.26 494.5
95 UNLV 4 603 1025 297 1628 5.48 407.0
95 Arizona 4 793 1025 309 1818 5.88 454.5
97 Northwestern 4 710 1030 314 1740 5.54 435.0
97 Syracuse 4 837 1030 292 1867 6.39 466.8
99 Oregon 4 770 1031 326 1801 5.52 450.3
100 Kentucky 4 820 1032 323 1852 5.73 463.0
101 San Jose State 4 895 1034 277 1929 6.96 482.3
102 Houston 5 210 1040 284 1250 4.40 250.0
103 Colorado State 4 595 1046 285 1641 5.76 410.3
104 Texas A&M 4 513 1050 326 1563 4.79 390.8
105 Northern Illinois 4 945 1051 311 1996 6.42 499.0
106 Ball State 4 388 1071 273 1459 5.34 364.8
107 Hawai'i 4 1056 1086 287 2142 7.46 535.5
108 Eastern Michigan 4 429 1088 298 1517 5.09 379.3
109 Oklahoma State 4 573 1098 278 1671 6.01 417.8
110 Appalachian State 4 581 1099 267 1680 6.29 420.0
110 Vanderbilt 4 711 1099 284 1810 6.37 452.5
112 Cincinnati 4 525 1121 304 1646 5.41 411.5
113 Louisiana-Lafayette 4 461 1136 301 1597 5.31 399.3
114 Louisiana Tech 4 655 1154 297 1809 6.09 452.3
115 Western Kentucky 4 424 1155 302 1579 5.23 394.8
116 Troy 4 467 1161 316 1628 5.15 407.0
117 Rice 4 956 1184 307 2140 6.97 535.0
118 Wyoming 4 584 1191 294 1775 6.04 443.8
119 SMU 4 592 1207 332 1799 5.42 449.8
120 Texas Tech 4 666 1224 324 1890 5.83 472.5
120 Virginia 4 704 1224 295 1928 6.54 482.0
122 Charlotte 4 651 1295 282 1946 6.90 486.5
123 Bowling Green 4 924 1309 315 2233 7.09 558.3
124 Akron 4 801 1318 341 2119 6.21 529.8
125 Pittsburgh 4 245 1444 277 1689 6.10 422.3
126 Connecticut 5 591 1473 328 2064 6.29 412.8
127 BYU 5 670 1551 349 2221 6.36 444.2
128 Arizona State 4 380 1616 302 1996 6.61 499.0