2018 National Leaders Total Defense - Games in August/September Only through 01/07/2019

Name G Rush Yards Pass Yards Plays Total Yards Yards/Play Yards/G
1 UAB 4 695 564 241 1259 5.22 314.8
2 UCF 4 826 636 294 1462 4.97 365.5
3 South Carolina 4 684 638 267 1322 4.95 330.5
4 South Florida 4 979 649 311 1628 5.23 407.0
5 Southern Mississippi 4 493 663 241 1156 4.80 289.0
6 Minnesota 4 531 670 241 1201 4.98 300.3
7 Utah State 4 747 681 332 1428 4.30 357.0
8 Appalachian State 4 417 688 274 1105 4.03 276.3
9 Wisconsin 4 540 691 223 1231 5.52 307.8
10 Miami (Florida) 5 530 694 309 1224 3.96 244.8
11 Florida 5 855 700 336 1555 4.63 311.0
12 Tulsa 4 725 702 270 1427 5.29 356.8
13 Iowa 4 336 706 243 1042 4.29 260.5
14 North Carolina 4 837 708 278 1545 5.56 386.3
15 Akron 3 294 716 227 1010 4.45 336.7
16 Utah 4 335 724 263 1059 4.03 264.8
17 Michigan 5 432 731 325 1163 3.58 232.6
18 California 4 655 737 279 1392 4.99 348.0
19 Arkansas State 5 1222 740 323 1962 6.07 392.4
20 Central Michigan 5 937 745 355 1682 4.74 336.4
21 Fresno State 4 490 769 261 1259 4.82 314.8
22 Washington State 5 613 772 309 1385 4.48 277.0
23 Washington 5 629 776 331 1405 4.24 281.0
24 Colorado 4 625 783 292 1408 4.82 352.0
25 Boise State 4 503 786 239 1289 5.39 322.3
26 Liberty 4 1135 787 307 1922 6.26 480.5
27 Cincinnati 5 586 794 317 1380 4.35 276.0
27 Louisiana Tech 4 636 794 279 1430 5.13 357.5
29 Bowling Green 5 1706 801 337 2507 7.44 501.4
30 Indiana 5 791 818 323 1609 4.98 321.8
31 Mississippi State 5 602 832 321 1434 4.47 286.8
32 Georgia 5 541 837 317 1378 4.35 275.6
33 Maryland 4 416 839 282 1255 4.45 313.8
34 UTEP 5 1112 840 312 1952 6.26 390.4
35 UNLV 4 721 842 275 1563 5.68 390.8
36 Clemson 5 475 843 317 1318 4.16 263.6
36 Memphis 5 922 843 353 1765 5.00 353.0
38 Iowa State 4 484 849 266 1333 5.01 333.3
39 West Virginia 4 524 851 277 1375 4.96 343.8
40 East Carolina 4 379 852 252 1231 4.88 307.8
41 New Mexico State 5 1300 857 398 2157 5.42 431.4
42 Kentucky 5 552 887 324 1439 4.44 287.8
43 TCU 5 628 890 337 1518 4.50 303.6
44 Middle Tennessee 4 811 905 288 1716 5.96 429.0
45 Georgia Southern 4 653 909 277 1562 5.64 390.5
46 Tennessee 5 790 913 297 1703 5.73 340.6
46 Texas State 4 515 913 272 1428 5.25 357.0
48 Navy 4 639 921 253 1560 6.17 390.0
49 Buffalo 5 853 923 364 1776 4.88 355.2
50 Temple 5 918 935 422 1853 4.39 370.6
51 Northwestern 4 569 947 264 1516 5.74 379.0
52 Alabama 5 634 954 336 1588 4.73 317.6
52 UCLA 4 732 954 307 1686 5.49 421.5
54 Western Michigan 5 870 956 308 1826 5.93 365.2
54 Eastern Michigan 5 1101 956 368 2057 5.59 411.4
56 Louisiana-Lafayette 4 1057 961 271 2018 7.45 504.5
57 Penn State 5 809 963 375 1772 4.73 354.4
58 North Carolina State 4 417 972 262 1389 5.30 347.3
59 Coastal Carolina 5 1157 989 303 2146 7.08 429.2
60 Virginia 5 631 992 303 1623 5.36 324.6
61 Nebraska 4 660 995 295 1655 5.61 413.8
62 Arizona State 5 808 1008 364 1816 4.99 363.2
63 Ohio State 5 774 1011 334 1785 5.34 357.0
64 Kansas 5 886 1012 332 1898 5.72 379.6
65 BYU 5 760 1017 329 1777 5.40 355.4
66 Georgia Tech 5 745 1035 332 1780 5.36 356.0
67 Marshall 4 412 1045 284 1457 5.13 364.3
68 Auburn 5 464 1059 341 1523 4.47 304.6
68 Vanderbilt 5 772 1059 353 1831 5.19 366.2
70 North Texas 5 525 1066 333 1591 4.78 318.2
71 Toledo 4 764 1067 310 1831 5.91 457.8
72 Notre Dame 5 635 1068 379 1703 4.49 340.6
73 Arizona 5 1023 1071 390 2094 5.37 418.8
74 Louisville 5 844 1085 334 1929 5.78 385.8
75 Boston College 5 828 1087 388 1915 4.94 383.0
76 San Diego State 4 258 1090 246 1348 5.48 337.0
76 USC 5 816 1090 355 1906 5.37 381.2
78 Texas 5 575 1091 344 1666 4.84 333.2
79 Western Kentucky 5 813 1100 345 1913 5.54 382.6
80 SMU 5 907 1118 383 2025 5.29 405.0
81 Northern Illinois 5 624 1119 385 1743 4.53 348.6
82 Florida International 5 925 1129 355 2054 5.79 410.8
83 Air Force 4 394 1131 248 1525 6.15 381.3
84 Duke 5 614 1132 354 1746 4.93 349.2
85 Army 5 628 1142 252 1770 7.02 354.0
86 Rutgers 5 1044 1144 348 2188 6.29 437.6
87 Pittsburgh 5 1004 1149 342 2153 6.30 430.6
88 Kansas State 5 823 1152 347 1975 5.69 395.0
89 Michigan State 4 161 1153 281 1314 4.68 328.5
90 LSU 5 515 1154 356 1669 4.69 333.8
91 Baylor 5 840 1158 309 1998 6.47 399.6
92 Troy 5 711 1163 355 1874 5.28 374.8
93 Missouri 4 409 1175 251 1584 6.31 396.0
94 Illinois 4 851 1180 302 2031 6.73 507.8
95 Ball State 5 887 1182 373 2069 5.55 413.8
96 Oregon 5 543 1191 336 1734 5.16 346.8
97 New Mexico 4 876 1194 311 2070 6.66 517.5
98 Syracuse 5 816 1197 348 2013 5.78 402.6
99 Oregon State 5 1517 1201 381 2718 7.13 543.6
100 Charlotte 5 514 1209 276 1723 6.24 344.6
101 Stanford 5 764 1213 372 1977 5.31 395.4
102 Virginia Tech 4 336 1216 281 1552 5.52 388.0
103 Miami (Ohio) 5 685 1233 370 1918 5.18 383.6
104 Arkansas 5 529 1235 359 1764 4.91 352.8
105 Oklahoma 5 764 1262 403 2026 5.03 405.2
106 Georgia State 5 1125 1267 326 2392 7.34 478.4
107 Florida Atlantic 5 1020 1276 347 2296 6.62 459.2
108 Wyoming 5 651 1279 371 1930 5.20 386.0
109 UTSA 5 701 1290 311 1991 6.40 398.2
109 Colorado State 5 1245 1290 328 2535 7.73 507.0
111 Nevada 5 770 1296 387 2066 5.34 413.2
112 Oklahoma State 5 567 1310 379 1877 4.95 375.4
113 South Alabama 5 1172 1337 388 2509 6.47 501.8
114 Wake Forest 5 948 1358 381 2306 6.05 461.2
115 Texas A&M 5 403 1361 278 1764 6.35 352.8
116 Massachusetts 6 1537 1366 450 2903 6.45 483.8
117 Florida State 5 505 1422 377 1927 5.11 385.4
118 Purdue 5 812 1424 377 2236 5.93 447.2
119 Old Dominion 5 1095 1450 403 2545 6.32 509.0
120 Tulane 5 781 1462 375 2243 5.98 448.6
121 Louisiana-Monroe 5 859 1500 358 2359 6.59 471.8
122 Texas Tech 5 732 1506 361 2238 6.20 447.6
123 San Jose State 4 535 1516 360 2051 5.70 512.8
124 Ohio 4 525 1547 283 2072 7.32 518.0
125 Mississippi 5 1044 1550 419 2594 6.19 518.8
126 Rice 5 868 1554 306 2422 7.92 484.4
127 Houston 4 456 1556 354 2012 5.68 503.0
128 Kent State 5 1010 1629 395 2639 6.68 527.8
129 Hawai'i 6 955 1676 425 2631 6.19 438.5
130 Connecticut 5 1556 1759 370 3315 8.96 663.0