2017 National Leaders Tackles For Loss - Games vs. Unranked Teams Only (AP Poll) through 01/08/2018
| Name | G | TFL | TFL Yards | TFL/G | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Northern Illinois | 13 | 114.0 | 436 | 8.77 |
| 2 | Arkansas State | 12 | 100.0 | 406 | 8.33 |
| 3 | USF | 11 | 98.0 | 405 | 8.91 |
| 4 | Middle Tennessee State | 13 | 96.0 | 387 | 7.39 |
| 5 | Troy | 11 | 95.0 | 381 | 8.64 |
| 6 | New Mexico State | 13 | 96.0 | 379 | 7.39 |
| 7 | Michigan | 9 | 83.0 | 366 | 9.22 |
| 8 | Wisconsin | 11 | 72.0 | 365 | 6.55 |
| 9 | Washington | 11 | 77.0 | 363 | 7.00 |
| 10 | Florida Atlantic | 13 | 82.0 | 358 | 6.31 |
| 11 | Appalachian State | 12 | 84.0 | 351 | 7.00 |
| 11 | TCU | 10 | 76.0 | 351 | 7.60 |
| 13 | Missouri | 11 | 94.0 | 333 | 8.55 |
| 14 | Idaho | 12 | 91.0 | 331 | 7.58 |
| 15 | Temple | 10 | 77.0 | 330 | 7.70 |
| 16 | Memphis | 11 | 78.0 | 326 | 7.09 |
| 17 | Wyoming | 12 | 84.0 | 320 | 7.00 |
| 18 | Southern Miss | 13 | 96.0 | 319 | 7.39 |
| 18 | Wake Forest | 10 | 92.0 | 319 | 9.20 |
| 20 | Oregon | 10 | 78.0 | 314 | 7.80 |
| 21 | Louisiana | 12 | 61.5 | 313 | 5.13 |
| 22 | Oklahoma State | 10 | 74.0 | 312 | 7.40 |
| 23 | NC State | 11 | 73.0 | 310 | 6.64 |
| 24 | Kent State | 11 | 74.0 | 304 | 6.73 |
| 25 | USC | 10 | 65.0 | 303 | 6.50 |
| 26 | Boise State | 14 | 79.0 | 302 | 5.64 |
| 27 | Eastern Michigan | 12 | 70.0 | 301 | 5.83 |
| 28 | Massachusetts | 11 | 79.0 | 300 | 7.18 |
| 28 | Miami (FL) | 9 | 78.0 | 300 | 8.67 |
| 30 | Marshall | 12 | 83.0 | 294 | 6.92 |
| 31 | UAB | 13 | 84.0 | 288 | 6.46 |
| 32 | Virginia Tech | 10 | 82.0 | 287 | 8.20 |
| 32 | California | 9 | 56.0 | 287 | 6.22 |
| 34 | Arizona | 12 | 69.0 | 286 | 5.75 |
| 35 | Rice | 11 | 69.0 | 285 | 6.27 |
| 36 | Nevada | 10 | 72.0 | 283 | 7.20 |
| 36 | Vanderbilt | 10 | 69.0 | 283 | 6.90 |
| 38 | Central Michigan | 13 | 79.0 | 282 | 6.08 |
| 39 | Texas A&M | 9 | 61.0 | 281 | 6.78 |
| 40 | Mississippi State | 9 | 65.0 | 280 | 7.22 |
| 41 | Ohio | 13 | 75.0 | 276 | 5.77 |
| 41 | Louisville | 10 | 65.0 | 276 | 6.50 |
| 43 | Purdue | 11 | 67.0 | 275 | 6.09 |
| 43 | West Virginia | 9 | 63.5 | 275 | 7.06 |
| 45 | Northwestern | 10 | 74.0 | 274 | 7.40 |
| 45 | Penn State | 9 | 68.0 | 274 | 7.56 |
| 47 | Old Dominion | 11 | 74.0 | 273 | 6.73 |
| 48 | Army | 12 | 49.0 | 271 | 4.08 |
| 49 | Western Michigan | 10 | 70.0 | 270 | 7.00 |
| 50 | North Texas | 14 | 76.0 | 269 | 5.43 |
| 51 | Hawaii | 12 | 69.0 | 268 | 5.75 |
| 51 | Ohio State | 9 | 64.0 | 268 | 7.11 |
| 53 | Washington State | 8 | 70.0 | 265 | 8.75 |
| 54 | Ball State | 12 | 69.0 | 261 | 5.75 |
| 55 | SMU | 10 | 68.0 | 260 | 6.80 |
| 56 | Colorado State | 11 | 62.0 | 258 | 5.64 |
| 57 | Kentucky | 10 | 54.0 | 256 | 5.40 |
| 57 | San Diego State | 11 | 52.0 | 256 | 4.73 |
| 59 | UTSA | 11 | 73.0 | 255 | 6.64 |
| 59 | Duke | 10 | 72.0 | 255 | 7.20 |
| 61 | Akron | 13 | 67.0 | 253 | 5.15 |
| 61 | Fresno State | 10 | 65.0 | 253 | 6.50 |
| 63 | FIU | 12 | 67.0 | 252 | 5.58 |
| 64 | Texas | 9 | 56.0 | 251 | 6.22 |
| 65 | Utah | 10 | 52.0 | 239 | 5.20 |
| 66 | Louisiana Tech | 12 | 59.0 | 237 | 4.92 |
| 66 | Indiana | 8 | 57.0 | 237 | 7.13 |
| 68 | Florida State | 9 | 63.0 | 236 | 7.00 |
| 69 | Alabama | 9 | 62.0 | 235 | 6.89 |
| 70 | Stanford | 9 | 46.0 | 234 | 5.11 |
| 71 | New Mexico | 11 | 52.0 | 233 | 4.73 |
| 72 | Coastal Carolina | 12 | 65.0 | 230 | 5.42 |
| 73 | Arizona State | 9 | 59.0 | 229 | 6.56 |
| 74 | Toledo | 13 | 69.0 | 225 | 5.31 |
| 74 | Virginia | 10 | 55.0 | 225 | 5.50 |
| 76 | LSU | 9 | 53.0 | 222 | 5.89 |
| 77 | Ole Miss | 8 | 55.0 | 221 | 6.88 |
| 77 | Oklahoma | 9 | 48.0 | 221 | 5.33 |
| 79 | Baylor | 9 | 63.0 | 220 | 7.00 |
| 80 | Minnesota | 9 | 56.0 | 214 | 6.22 |
| 81 | Buffalo | 12 | 53.0 | 213 | 4.42 |
| 82 | Louisiana-Monroe | 10 | 59.0 | 211 | 5.90 |
| 82 | Georgia State | 11 | 51.0 | 211 | 4.64 |
| 84 | Texas State | 12 | 56.0 | 209 | 4.67 |
| 85 | Clemson | 9 | 68.0 | 206 | 7.56 |
| 85 | Houston | 10 | 61.0 | 206 | 6.10 |
| 85 | South Alabama | 11 | 48.0 | 206 | 4.36 |
| 88 | Florida | 9 | 60.0 | 204 | 6.67 |
| 88 | Boston College | 9 | 55.0 | 204 | 6.11 |
| 90 | Iowa State | 9 | 65.0 | 203 | 7.22 |
| 90 | South Carolina | 10 | 49.0 | 203 | 4.90 |
| 92 | Georgia | 9 | 51.0 | 202 | 5.67 |
| 93 | Kansas | 9 | 69.0 | 201 | 7.67 |
| 94 | UNLV | 11 | 49.0 | 200 | 4.46 |
| 95 | Utah State | 11 | 53.0 | 199 | 4.82 |
| 96 | Michigan State | 9 | 46.0 | 192 | 5.11 |
| 97 | Auburn | 7 | 48.0 | 190 | 6.86 |
| 98 | UCLA | 9 | 56.0 | 189 | 6.22 |
| 99 | Western Kentucky | 13 | 69.0 | 188 | 5.31 |
| 100 | Cincinnati | 10 | 53.0 | 185 | 5.30 |
| 101 | Tennessee | 9 | 50.0 | 183 | 5.56 |
| 101 | Colorado | 10 | 48.0 | 183 | 4.80 |
| 103 | Miami (OH) | 11 | 52.0 | 182 | 4.73 |
| 103 | Texas Tech | 9 | 43.0 | 182 | 4.78 |
| 105 | Connecticut | 9 | 48.0 | 180 | 5.33 |
| 106 | Georgia Southern | 11 | 58.5 | 175 | 5.32 |
| 107 | North Carolina | 8 | 52.0 | 174 | 6.50 |
| 107 | Kansas State | 10 | 50.0 | 174 | 5.00 |
| 109 | Iowa | 8 | 37.0 | 169 | 4.63 |
| 110 | Navy | 10 | 47.0 | 166 | 4.70 |
| 111 | San Jose State | 12 | 54.0 | 163 | 4.50 |
| 112 | BYU | 9 | 45.0 | 160 | 5.00 |
| 113 | Charlotte | 12 | 50.0 | 159 | 4.17 |
| 114 | Air Force | 11 | 42.0 | 158 | 3.82 |
| 115 | Syracuse | 8 | 48.0 | 156 | 6.00 |
| 116 | Pittsburgh | 7 | 33.0 | 153 | 4.71 |
| 117 | Tulsa | 9 | 40.0 | 152 | 4.44 |
| 118 | UTEP | 11 | 50.0 | 150 | 4.55 |
| 119 | Tulane | 9 | 45.0 | 148 | 5.00 |
| 120 | Nebraska | 8 | 34.0 | 141 | 4.25 |
| 121 | UCF | 9 | 43.0 | 140 | 4.78 |
| 122 | Bowling Green | 10 | 41.0 | 138 | 4.10 |
| 123 | Illinois | 8 | 33.0 | 129 | 4.13 |
| 124 | Georgia Tech | 7 | 29.0 | 128 | 4.14 |
| 125 | Maryland | 6 | 35.0 | 123 | 5.83 |
| 126 | Oregon State | 9 | 37.0 | 118 | 4.11 |
| 127 | Notre Dame | 6 | 35.0 | 113 | 5.83 |
| 128 | Arkansas | 7 | 29.0 | 106 | 4.14 |
| 129 | East Carolina | 8 | 27.0 | 104 | 3.38 |
| 130 | Rutgers | 8 | 34.0 | 91 | 4.25 |