2021 National Leaders Total Defense - All Games through 01/10/2022

Name G Rush Yards Pass Yards Plays Total Yards Yards/Play Yards/G
1 Wisconsin 13 793 2266 746 3059 4.10 235.3
2 Georgia 15 1183 2836 969 4019 4.15 267.9
3 Minnesota 13 1268 2356 745 3624 4.86 278.8
4 Oklahoma State 14 1227 2943 910 4170 4.58 297.9
5 Air Force 13 1376 2518 743 3894 5.24 299.5
6 Houston 14 1515 2716 858 4231 4.93 302.2
7 Alabama 15 1290 3271 956 4561 4.77 304.1
8 Clemson 13 1252 2719 894 3971 4.44 305.5
9 Iowa State 13 1590 2435 798 4025 5.04 309.6
10 Cincinnati 14 2088 2369 996 4457 4.47 318.4
11 Liberty 13 1819 2344 874 4163 4.76 320.2
12 San Diego State 14 1151 3401 960 4552 4.74 325.1
13 Arizona State 13 1709 2533 853 4242 4.97 326.3
14 Texas A&M 12 1618 2312 844 3930 4.66 327.5
15 UAB 13 1449 2825 851 4274 5.02 328.8
16 Iowa 14 1602 3003 976 4605 4.72 328.9
16 Army 13 1531 2745 741 4276 5.77 328.9
18 Syracuse 12 1513 2451 776 3964 5.11 330.3
19 North Carolina State 12 1479 2491 804 3970 4.94 330.8
20 Michigan 14 1770 2862 939 4632 4.93 330.9
21 Western Michigan 13 1886 2423 741 4309 5.82 331.5
22 Coastal Carolina 13 1877 2474 836 4351 5.20 334.7
23 Washington 12 2328 1715 806 4043 5.02 336.9
24 Troy 12 1714 2339 799 4053 5.07 337.8
25 Kentucky 13 1587 2842 804 4429 5.51 340.7
26 Louisiana-Lafayette 14 2084 2688 934 4772 5.11 340.9
27 Boston College 12 2043 2082 760 4125 5.43 343.8
28 Appalachian State 14 1710 3108 923 4818 5.22 344.1
28 Utah 14 1705 3112 913 4817 5.28 344.1
30 Kansas State 13 1686 2798 835 4484 5.37 344.9
31 Mississippi State 13 1474 3013 807 4487 5.56 345.2
32 Baylor 14 1652 3192 941 4844 5.15 346.0
33 Fresno State 13 1622 2886 861 4508 5.24 346.8
34 UTEP 13 1805 2730 869 4535 5.22 348.8
35 Navy 12 1572 2618 696 4190 6.02 349.2
36 Toledo 13 1969 2583 933 4552 4.88 350.2
37 West Virginia 13 1804 2750 821 4554 5.55 350.3
38 Pittsburgh 14 1249 3700 978 4949 5.06 353.5
39 Penn State 13 1999 2598 965 4597 4.76 353.6
40 South Alabama 12 1755 2501 787 4256 5.41 354.7
41 South Carolina 13 2275 2350 821 4625 5.63 355.8
42 Southern Mississippi 12 1868 2425 743 4293 5.78 357.8
43 Notre Dame 13 1761 2915 887 4676 5.27 359.7
44 New Mexico 12 1716 2641 816 4357 5.34 363.1
45 Boise State 12 1904 2475 800 4379 5.47 364.9
46 Purdue 13 2035 2713 857 4748 5.54 365.2
47 Nebraska 12 1763 2629 828 4392 5.30 366.0
48 California 12 1641 2754 829 4395 5.30 366.3
49 Illinois 12 1822 2582 840 4404 5.24 367.0
50 Arkansas 13 2000 2779 885 4779 5.40 367.6
51 Florida 13 2131 2651 873 4782 5.48 367.8
52 Miami (Ohio) 13 1897 2893 865 4790 5.54 368.5
53 UCF 13 2070 2731 946 4801 5.08 369.3
54 Arizona 12 2155 2281 756 4436 5.87 369.7
55 Tulsa 13 1857 2957 885 4814 5.44 370.3
56 Wyoming 13 2349 2467 892 4816 5.40 370.5
57 San Jose State 12 1623 2833 867 4456 5.14 371.3
58 Middle Tennessee 13 1768 3075 941 4843 5.15 372.5
59 Ohio State 13 1648 3196 909 4844 5.33 372.6
60 Auburn 13 1650 3195 920 4845 5.27 372.7
60 UTSA 14 1606 3612 924 5218 5.65 372.7
62 Bowling Green 12 2254 2234 850 4488 5.28 374.0
63 Colorado State 12 1995 2533 829 4528 5.46 377.3
64 LSU 13 1830 3078 891 4908 5.51 377.5
65 Florida State 12 1735 2798 874 4533 5.19 377.8
65 Washington State 13 2093 2818 889 4911 5.52 377.8
67 North Texas 13 1976 2990 875 4966 5.68 382.0
68 Central Michigan 13 1551 3422 889 4973 5.59 382.5
69 Indiana 12 1777 2828 818 4605 5.63 383.8
70 UCLA 12 1491 3122 842 4613 5.48 384.4
71 Oregon 14 2005 3380 989 5385 5.44 384.6
72 Old Dominion 13 1744 3261 939 5005 5.33 385.0
73 Oregon State 13 1867 3166 883 5033 5.70 387.2
74 BYU 13 2042 3015 880 5057 5.75 389.0
75 Miami (Florida) 12 1668 3007 865 4675 5.40 389.6
76 Oklahoma 13 1677 3403 887 5080 5.73 390.8
77 Utah State 14 2265 3224 946 5489 5.80 392.1
78 Virginia Tech 13 2198 2914 873 5112 5.86 393.2
79 East Carolina 12 1940 2782 790 4722 5.98 393.5
80 Rutgers 13 2093 3054 866 5147 5.94 395.9
81 Marshall 13 2496 2660 1003 5156 5.14 396.6
82 Temple 12 2646 2135 860 4781 5.56 398.4
83 Louisville 13 2037 3180 898 5217 5.81 401.3
84 Georgia State 13 1830 3403 961 5233 5.45 402.5
85 Maryland 13 2012 3234 910 5246 5.76 403.5
86 Florida Atlantic 12 1886 2970 842 4856 5.77 404.7
87 Texas Tech 13 1786 3487 899 5273 5.87 405.6
88 USC 12 1983 2902 767 4885 6.37 407.1
89 Nevada 13 2425 2876 952 5301 5.57 407.8
90 UNLV 12 2063 2853 800 4916 6.15 409.7
91 Wake Forest 14 2738 3049 988 5787 5.86 413.4
92 Ball State 13 2293 3110 926 5403 5.83 415.6
93 SMU 12 1651 3337 842 4988 5.92 415.7
94 Buffalo 12 2339 2651 787 4990 6.34 415.8
95 Memphis 12 2005 3011 925 5016 5.42 418.0
95 North Carolina 13 2340 3094 889 5434 6.11 418.0
97 Mississippi 13 2475 2990 991 5465 5.51 420.4
98 Colorado 12 2142 2908 834 5050 6.06 420.8
99 Tennessee 13 1931 3551 1010 5482 5.43 421.7
100 Texas 12 2419 2688 847 5107 6.03 425.6
101 Tulane 12 1901 3255 888 5156 5.81 429.7
102 Northwestern 12 2559 2598 839 5157 6.15 429.8
103 Texas State 12 2199 2962 891 5161 5.79 430.1
104 Ohio 12 2316 2871 865 5187 6.00 432.3
105 Louisiana Tech 12 1998 3214 855 5212 6.10 434.3
106 Missouri 13 2963 2688 886 5651 6.38 434.7
107 Rice 12 1944 3287 782 5231 6.69 435.9
108 Eastern Michigan 13 2599 3070 902 5669 6.28 436.1
109 Western Kentucky 14 2358 3753 1083 6111 5.64 436.5
110 Michigan State 13 1511 4222 1025 5733 5.59 441.0
111 Georgia Southern 12 1829 3470 823 5299 6.44 441.6
112 Hawai'i 13 2032 3766 1008 5798 5.75 446.0
113 Stanford 12 2828 2579 834 5407 6.48 450.6
114 Louisiana-Monroe 12 1949 3470 855 5419 6.34 451.6
115 Connecticut 12 2326 3096 916 5422 5.92 451.8
116 Northern Illinois 14 3003 3332 925 6335 6.85 452.5
117 Georgia Tech 12 2184 3276 826 5460 6.61 455.0
118 Vanderbilt 12 2317 3171 813 5488 6.75 457.3
119 TCU 12 2664 2877 768 5541 7.21 461.8
120 Charlotte 12 2446 3130 782 5576 7.13 464.7
121 Virginia 12 2710 2882 844 5592 6.63 466.0
122 Akron 12 2987 2622 783 5609 7.16 467.4
123 South Florida 12 2487 3160 809 5647 6.98 470.6
124 Kent State 14 2882 3724 1066 6606 6.20 471.9
125 Massachusetts 12 2825 2995 794 5820 7.33 485.0
126 Kansas 12 2998 2837 809 5835 7.21 486.3
127 New Mexico State 12 2349 3493 798 5842 7.32 486.8
128 Florida International 12 2758 3154 882 5912 6.70 492.7
129 Arkansas State 12 3133 2938 840 6071 7.23 505.9
130 Duke 12 2470 3741 873 6211 7.11 517.6