2017 National Leaders Total Defense - All Games through 01/08/2018

Name G Rush Yards Pass Yards Plays Total Yards Yards/Play Yards/G
1 Michigan State 13 1239 2630 794 3869 4.87 297.6
2 Washington 13 1311 2563 876 3874 4.42 298.0
3 Alabama 14 1326 2320 913 3646 3.99 260.4
4 Troy 13 1374 3007 916 4381 4.78 337.0
5 Wisconsin 14 1378 2291 831 3669 4.42 262.1
6 Texas 13 1389 3364 916 4753 5.19 365.6
7 Northwestern 13 1400 3244 926 4644 5.02 357.2
8 UTSA 11 1405 1761 636 3166 4.98 287.8
9 Ohio 13 1436 3395 912 4831 5.30 371.6
10 TCU 14 1455 3185 916 4640 5.07 331.4
11 Ohio State 14 1471 2742 948 4213 4.44 300.9
12 South Florida 12 1523 2794 892 4317 4.84 359.8
13 Kansas State 13 1530 4018 953 5548 5.82 426.8
14 Penn State 13 1534 2749 898 4283 4.77 329.5
15 Virginia Tech 13 1554 2597 820 4151 5.06 319.3
16 Northern Illinois 13 1560 2841 953 4401 4.62 338.5
17 Michigan 13 1572 1951 779 3523 4.52 271.0
18 Marshall 13 1575 2867 897 4442 4.95 341.7
19 Fresno State 14 1588 2900 924 4488 4.86 320.6
20 Clemson 14 1608 2266 908 3874 4.27 276.7
21 Arkansas State 12 1633 2897 857 4530 5.29 377.5
22 Georgia State 12 1637 3017 802 4654 5.80 387.8
23 Iowa State 13 1664 3096 882 4760 5.40 366.2
24 LSU 13 1669 2439 811 4108 5.07 316.0
25 Oregon 13 1671 3128 946 4799 5.07 369.2
26 Boise State 14 1683 2974 965 4657 4.83 332.6
27 Georgia Tech 11 1690 2207 706 3897 5.52 354.3
28 Florida 11 1693 2149 670 3842 5.73 349.3
29 Texas State 12 1700 3567 852 5267 6.18 438.9
30 North Carolina State 13 1703 3292 898 4995 5.56 384.2
31 Utah 13 1707 2692 868 4399 5.07 338.4
32 Pittsburgh 12 1709 3050 798 4759 5.96 396.6
33 Mississippi State 13 1711 2271 761 3982 5.23 306.3
34 Purdue 13 1728 3153 926 4881 5.27 375.5
35 Middle Tennessee 13 1743 2902 939 4645 4.95 357.3
36 Florida State 13 1763 2541 906 4304 4.75 331.1
37 San Diego State 13 1770 2323 804 4093 5.09 314.8
38 Houston 12 1775 3291 944 5066 5.37 422.2
39 Appalachian State 13 1787 2666 839 4453 5.31 342.5
40 Southern Mississippi 13 1800 2515 855 4315 5.05 331.9
41 South Alabama 12 1822 3191 852 5013 5.88 417.8
42 Oklahoma State 13 1829 3492 966 5321 5.51 409.3
43 South Carolina 13 1834 2938 924 4772 5.16 367.1
44 Western Michigan 12 1873 2669 806 4542 5.64 378.5
45 Iowa 13 1880 2767 914 4647 5.08 357.5
46 New Mexico 12 1889 2887 779 4776 6.13 398.0
47 Georgia 15 1890 2534 943 4424 4.69 294.9
48 Miami (Florida) 13 1895 2822 989 4717 4.77 362.8
49 Auburn 14 1918 2553 957 4471 4.67 319.4
50 BYU 13 1919 2928 906 4847 5.35 372.8
51 Indiana 12 1925 2156 829 4081 4.92 340.1
52 California 12 1969 3190 888 5159 5.81 429.9
53 Washington State 13 1981 2222 820 4203 5.13 323.3
54 Duke 13 1992 2332 828 4324 5.22 332.6
55 Miami (Ohio) 12 2001 2410 814 4411 5.42 367.6
56 Notre Dame 13 2008 2791 951 4799 5.05 369.2
57 Navy 13 2009 2805 780 4814 6.17 370.3
58 Idaho 12 2017 2668 835 4685 5.61 390.4
59 Coastal Carolina 12 2034 2895 815 4929 6.05 410.8
60 Kansas 12 2059 3561 873 5620 6.44 468.3
61 Minnesota 12 2066 2094 754 4160 5.52 346.7
62 Missouri 13 2075 3308 962 5383 5.60 414.1
63 Eastern Michigan 12 2079 2284 817 4363 5.34 363.6
63 UCF 13 2079 3485 969 5564 5.74 428.0
65 Wyoming 13 2084 2274 933 4358 4.67 335.2
66 Texas Tech 13 2101 3668 998 5769 5.78 443.8
67 Louisville 13 2124 2921 899 5045 5.61 388.1
68 New Mexico State 13 2164 3047 972 5211 5.36 400.8
68 Georgia Southern 12 2164 2761 746 4925 6.60 410.4
70 Rutgers 12 2182 2601 836 4783 5.72 398.6
71 Oklahoma 14 2191 3338 947 5529 5.84 394.9
72 Western Kentucky 13 2214 2689 888 4903 5.52 377.2
73 USC 14 2221 3318 985 5539 5.62 395.6
73 Texas A&M 13 2221 3089 943 5310 5.63 408.5
73 Connecticut 12 2221 4007 920 6228 6.77 519.0
76 Florida Atlantic 14 2224 3230 1051 5454 5.19 389.6
77 Florida International 13 2227 3167 896 5394 6.02 414.9
78 Army 13 2248 2298 727 4546 6.25 349.7
79 Ball State 12 2256 2803 764 5059 6.62 421.6
80 Temple 13 2270 2689 919 4959 5.40 381.5
81 Arizona State 13 2272 3574 924 5846 6.33 449.7
82 Kentucky 13 2279 3271 893 5550 6.22 426.9
82 Baylor 12 2279 3204 849 5483 6.46 456.9
84 UAB 13 2287 2466 882 4753 5.39 365.6
85 Maryland 12 2290 2743 896 5033 5.62 419.4
86 Louisiana Tech 13 2296 2716 897 5012 5.59 385.5
87 Cincinnati 12 2309 2833 879 5142 5.85 428.5
88 Rice 12 2311 2799 795 5110 6.43 425.8
89 Buffalo 12 2338 2440 870 4778 5.49 398.2
90 Arkansas 12 2353 2906 815 5259 6.45 438.3
91 Syracuse 12 2360 2968 832 5328 6.40 444.0
92 Stanford 14 2366 3306 949 5672 5.98 405.1
93 Massachusetts 12 2375 2484 844 4859 5.76 404.9
94 Vanderbilt 12 2382 2335 807 4717 5.85 393.1
95 Memphis 13 2394 3667 1054 6061 5.75 466.2
96 Arizona 13 2406 3719 1015 6125 6.03 471.2
97 Central Michigan 13 2408 2412 959 4820 5.03 370.8
98 Wake Forest 13 2415 3530 1069 5945 5.56 457.3
99 Colorado State 13 2432 3179 892 5611 6.29 431.6
100 Old Dominion 12 2450 2682 885 5132 5.80 427.7
101 Charlotte 12 2470 2985 886 5455 6.16 454.6
102 Boston College 13 2482 2495 926 4977 5.37 382.8
103 Toledo 14 2490 2900 958 5390 5.63 385.0
104 Colorado 12 2496 2911 884 5407 6.12 450.6
105 Nevada 12 2499 3157 924 5656 6.12 471.3
106 Hawai'i 12 2522 2983 814 5505 6.76 458.8
107 Tulane 12 2525 2708 783 5233 6.68 436.1
108 North Carolina 12 2556 2677 895 5233 5.85 436.1
109 Kent State 12 2559 2341 789 4900 6.21 408.3
110 Nebraska 12 2577 2657 826 5234 6.34 436.2
111 Virginia 13 2591 2155 879 4746 5.40 365.1
112 Illinois 12 2622 2399 887 5021 5.66 418.4
113 West Virginia 13 2654 3138 944 5792 6.14 445.5
114 Air Force 12 2674 2053 694 4727 6.81 393.9
115 SMU 13 2700 3497 940 6197 6.59 476.7
116 Louisiana-Monroe 12 2793 3592 880 6385 7.26 532.1
117 UTEP 12 2812 2547 859 5359 6.24 446.6
118 Utah State 13 2813 2372 1002 5185 5.17 398.8
119 Oregon State 12 2829 2848 859 5677 6.61 473.1
120 North Texas 14 2835 3205 1013 6040 5.96 431.4
121 Louisiana-Lafayette 12 2839 3073 899 5912 6.58 492.7
122 UNLV 12 2872 2632 878 5504 6.27 458.7
123 Akron 14 2876 3324 1030 6200 6.02 442.9
124 Mississippi 12 2944 2570 895 5514 6.16 459.5
125 East Carolina 12 2946 3554 842 6500 7.72 541.7
126 Tennessee 12 3015 1940 834 4955 5.94 412.9
127 Bowling Green 12 3039 3040 920 6079 6.61 506.6
128 Tulsa 12 3180 3167 868 6347 7.31 528.9
129 San Jose State 13 3710 2781 1045 6491 6.21 499.3
130 UCLA 13 3736 2552 1004 6288 6.26 483.7