2021 National Leaders Total Defense - Games vs. Ranked Teams Only (AP Poll) through 01/10/2022

Name G Rush Yards Pass Yards Plays Total Yards Yards/Play Yards/G
1 South Alabama 1 225 58 54 283 5.24 283.0
2 Illinois 1 172 83 70 255 3.64 255.0
3 Arkansas State 1 424 122 73 546 7.48 546.0
4 UCF 1 336 140 65 476 7.32 476.0
5 Washington 2 672 142 147 814 5.54 407.0
6 Troy 1 204 166 67 370 5.52 370.0
7 Nevada 1 186 176 73 362 4.96 362.0
8 Wyoming 1 181 181 73 362 4.96 362.0
9 Old Dominion 1 164 188 70 352 5.03 352.0
10 Houston 1 210 190 45 400 8.89 400.0
11 Kent State 1 206 212 75 418 5.57 418.0
12 Northern Illinois 1 373 233 65 606 9.32 606.0
13 California 1 210 244 63 454 7.21 454.0
14 Louisiana Tech 1 167 251 67 418 6.24 418.0
15 Ohio 1 310 252 83 562 6.77 562.0
16 Memphis 1 197 264 70 461 6.59 461.0
17 Marshall 1 220 278 83 498 6.00 498.0
18 Georgia State 1 143 287 71 430 6.06 430.0
19 Miami (Ohio) 1 247 295 57 542 9.51 542.0
20 Toledo 1 132 317 75 449 5.99 449.0
21 Western Kentucky 1 192 327 73 519 7.11 519.0
22 UTSA 1 156 333 76 489 6.43 489.0
23 Massachusetts 1 223 375 86 598 6.95 598.0
24 Rice 2 389 377 133 766 5.76 383.0
25 Akron 1 237 385 61 622 10.20 622.0
26 Southern Mississippi 1 211 395 59 606 10.27 606.0
27 North Carolina State 2 219 401 140 620 4.43 310.0
28 Texas State 2 409 408 140 817 5.84 408.5
29 Utah State 2 369 412 133 781 5.87 390.5
30 Fresno State 2 351 419 144 770 5.35 385.0
30 Appalachian State 2 434 419 142 853 6.01 426.5
32 Virginia Tech 2 388 424 150 812 5.41 406.0
33 San Jose State 2 217 433 147 650 4.42 325.0
34 Colorado State 2 165 457 133 622 4.68 311.0
34 New Mexico 2 319 457 127 776 6.11 388.0
36 Army 1 180 458 52 638 12.27 638.0
37 Kentucky 2 339 461 107 800 7.48 400.0
38 Arizona State 2 352 464 136 816 6.00 408.0
39 East Carolina 2 230 470 129 700 5.43 350.0
40 UCLA 2 411 475 134 886 6.61 443.0
41 Iowa 2 332 483 137 815 5.95 407.5
42 Florida 3 421 488 162 909 5.61 303.0
43 UNLV 2 240 490 135 730 5.41 365.0
43 Liberty 2 272 490 120 762 6.35 381.0
45 Colorado 2 521 491 140 1012 7.23 506.0
46 Temple 2 496 492 145 988 6.81 494.0
47 Minnesota 2 272 500 97 772 7.96 386.0
48 Hawai'i 2 286 505 145 791 5.46 395.5
49 South Carolina 3 679 508 194 1187 6.12 395.7
50 Air Force 2 337 520 141 857 6.08 428.5
51 Northwestern 3 805 524 219 1329 6.07 443.0
52 UAB 2 362 571 118 933 7.91 466.5
53 San Diego State 2 162 575 160 737 4.61 368.5
54 Mississippi 3 839 607 227 1446 6.37 482.0
55 Wisconsin 3 139 624 198 763 3.85 254.3
56 Western Michigan 2 410 631 118 1041 8.82 520.5
57 Louisiana-Monroe 2 310 636 129 946 7.33 473.0
58 Oklahoma 3 628 637 207 1265 6.11 421.7
59 Washington State 4 985 638 276 1623 5.88 405.8
60 Stanford 3 838 667 219 1505 6.87 501.7
61 Notre Dame 2 327 668 157 995 6.34 497.5
62 Connecticut 2 278 670 165 948 5.75 474.0
63 Cincinnati 3 471 688 222 1159 5.22 386.3
64 Kansas 3 812 690 202 1502 7.44 500.7
65 BYU 3 527 692 208 1219 5.86 406.3
66 Boston College 3 538 694 212 1232 5.81 410.7
67 SMU 2 327 707 147 1034 7.03 517.0
68 Navy 3 372 713 174 1085 6.24 361.7
69 Pittsburgh 3 302 718 233 1020 4.38 340.0
70 TCU 3 856 744 201 1600 7.96 533.3
71 Iowa State 5 629 767 294 1396 4.75 279.2
72 Missouri 3 672 778 186 1450 7.80 483.3
73 West Virginia 3 331 792 190 1123 5.91 374.3
74 LSU 4 742 794 265 1536 5.80 384.0
75 USC 3 517 795 208 1312 6.31 437.3
76 Vanderbilt 3 618 799 199 1417 7.12 472.3
77 Oregon State 3 529 815 221 1344 6.08 448.0
78 Kansas State 3 442 818 220 1260 5.73 420.0
79 Ohio State 4 858 821 261 1679 6.43 419.8
80 Duke 2 486 827 169 1313 7.77 656.5
81 Texas A&M 3 607 862 243 1469 6.05 489.7
82 Boise State 4 710 874 281 1584 5.64 396.0
83 Arizona 4 777 890 261 1667 6.39 416.8
84 Wake Forest 3 519 891 223 1410 6.32 470.0
85 Tulsa 4 719 893 254 1612 6.35 403.0
86 Arkansas 3 709 918 213 1627 7.64 542.3
87 Georgia Southern 3 594 924 207 1518 7.33 506.0
88 Michigan State 3 456 1025 223 1481 6.64 493.7
89 Syracuse 4 431 1040 268 1471 5.49 367.8
90 Clemson 4 467 1045 314 1512 4.82 378.0
91 Purdue 4 641 1055 260 1696 6.52 424.0
92 Indiana 5 751 1071 333 1822 5.47 364.4
93 Oregon 4 849 1074 287 1923 6.70 480.8
94 Georgia Tech 4 759 1082 254 1841 7.25 460.3
95 Penn State 5 951 1083 369 2034 5.51 406.8
96 Michigan 4 557 1096 282 1653 5.86 413.3
97 Oklahoma State 4 400 1114 290 1514 5.22 378.5
98 Texas 5 1199 1117 372 2316 6.23 463.2
99 Florida State 4 564 1128 302 1692 5.60 423.0
100 Virginia 4 1006 1133 298 2139 7.18 534.8
101 Texas Tech 4 517 1136 299 1653 5.53 413.3
102 Rutgers 4 717 1139 259 1856 7.17 464.0
103 Utah 5 682 1144 318 1826 5.74 365.2
104 Baylor 5 572 1149 365 1721 4.72 344.2
105 Tulane 4 759 1164 305 1923 6.30 480.8
106 North Carolina 4 721 1221 294 1942 6.61 485.5
107 Mississippi State 5 651 1226 341 1877 5.50 375.4
107 South Florida 4 899 1226 257 2125 8.27 531.3
109 New Mexico State 4 856 1234 274 2090 7.63 522.5
110 Nebraska 5 745 1235 351 1980 5.64 396.0
111 Alabama 5 511 1279 328 1790 5.46 358.0
112 Maryland 4 656 1354 300 2010 6.70 502.5
113 Auburn 5 776 1366 396 2142 5.41 428.4
114 Louisville 5 896 1391 352 2287 6.50 457.4
115 Miami (Florida) 4 519 1444 292 1963 6.72 490.8
116 Georgia 6 364 1470 392 1834 4.68 305.7
117 Tennessee 5 1077 1503 444 2580 5.81 516.0