2021 National Leaders Tackles For Loss - Games vs. Unranked Teams Only (AP Poll) through 01/10/2022
| Name | G | TFL | TFL Yards | TFL/G | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Central Michigan | 13 | 105.0 | 451 | 8.08 |
| 2 | Pittsburgh | 11 | 92.0 | 448 | 8.36 |
| 3 | Air Force | 11 | 68.0 | 395 | 6.18 |
| 4 | Miami (OH) | 12 | 97.0 | 392 | 8.08 |
| 5 | North Texas | 13 | 87.0 | 390 | 6.69 |
| 6 | Buffalo | 12 | 87.0 | 389 | 7.25 |
| 7 | Houston | 13 | 95.0 | 387 | 7.31 |
| 8 | Utah State | 12 | 93.0 | 381 | 7.75 |
| 8 | Western Michigan | 11 | 86.0 | 381 | 7.82 |
| 10 | UTSA | 13 | 84.0 | 372 | 6.46 |
| 11 | Middle Tennessee State | 13 | 88.0 | 367 | 6.77 |
| 12 | Alabama | 10 | 83.0 | 358 | 8.30 |
| 12 | Notre Dame | 11 | 75.0 | 358 | 6.82 |
| 12 | Nevada | 12 | 73.0 | 358 | 6.08 |
| 15 | Georgia State | 12 | 89.0 | 355 | 7.42 |
| 16 | Oklahoma State | 10 | 83.0 | 353 | 8.30 |
| 17 | Louisiana | 14 | 85.0 | 350 | 6.07 |
| 18 | UCF | 12 | 85.0 | 349 | 7.08 |
| 19 | Appalachian State | 12 | 94.0 | 347 | 7.83 |
| 19 | Ohio State | 9 | 70.0 | 347 | 7.78 |
| 21 | Troy | 11 | 83.0 | 341 | 7.55 |
| 22 | Marshall | 12 | 80.0 | 338 | 6.67 |
| 23 | Coastal Carolina | 13 | 86.0 | 336 | 6.62 |
| 24 | Western Kentucky | 13 | 77.0 | 333 | 5.92 |
| 25 | Michigan State | 10 | 67.0 | 326 | 6.70 |
| 26 | San Diego State | 12 | 81.0 | 324 | 6.75 |
| 27 | Liberty | 11 | 84.0 | 323 | 7.64 |
| 28 | Bowling Green | 12 | 81.0 | 320 | 6.75 |
| 29 | Georgia | 9 | 57.0 | 317 | 6.33 |
| 30 | Utah | 9 | 72.0 | 313 | 8.00 |
| 30 | UAB | 11 | 71.0 | 313 | 6.46 |
| 32 | UCLA | 10 | 66.0 | 312 | 6.60 |
| 33 | UTEP | 13 | 77.0 | 300 | 5.92 |
| 33 | Oklahoma | 10 | 72.0 | 300 | 7.20 |
| 35 | Toledo | 12 | 79.0 | 298 | 6.58 |
| 36 | Missouri | 10 | 71.0 | 296 | 7.10 |
| 36 | Hawaii | 11 | 61.0 | 296 | 5.55 |
| 38 | Fresno State | 11 | 81.0 | 294 | 7.36 |
| 39 | Wake Forest | 11 | 80.0 | 285 | 7.27 |
| 40 | Wisconsin | 10 | 67.0 | 284 | 6.70 |
| 41 | West Virginia | 10 | 71.0 | 283 | 7.10 |
| 41 | Arizona State | 11 | 63.0 | 283 | 5.73 |
| 43 | Clemson | 9 | 69.0 | 281 | 7.67 |
| 44 | LSU | 9 | 69.0 | 272 | 7.67 |
| 45 | Cincinnati | 11 | 76.0 | 271 | 6.91 |
| 46 | Georgia Southern | 9 | 69.0 | 269 | 7.67 |
| 47 | Texas A&M | 9 | 65.0 | 268 | 7.22 |
| 48 | Kentucky | 11 | 72.0 | 265 | 6.55 |
| 48 | Illinois | 11 | 60.0 | 265 | 5.46 |
| 50 | South Alabama | 11 | 64.0 | 264 | 5.82 |
| 51 | Ole Miss | 10 | 67.0 | 262 | 6.70 |
| 52 | Army | 12 | 65.0 | 261 | 5.42 |
| 52 | Old Dominion | 12 | 64.0 | 261 | 5.33 |
| 54 | Florida Atlantic | 12 | 68.0 | 259 | 5.67 |
| 54 | Maryland | 9 | 48.0 | 259 | 5.33 |
| 56 | Colorado State | 10 | 62.0 | 257 | 6.20 |
| 57 | California | 11 | 63.0 | 256 | 5.73 |
| 57 | Southern Miss | 11 | 63.0 | 256 | 5.73 |
| 59 | Memphis | 11 | 61.0 | 255 | 5.55 |
| 60 | Florida | 10 | 69.0 | 254 | 6.90 |
| 60 | Syracuse | 8 | 64.0 | 254 | 8.00 |
| 62 | Miami (FL) | 8 | 65.0 | 252 | 8.13 |
| 63 | Kent State | 13 | 67.0 | 246 | 5.15 |
| 64 | Louisiana Tech | 11 | 61.0 | 245 | 5.55 |
| 65 | Ball State | 13 | 69.0 | 243 | 5.31 |
| 65 | San Jose State | 10 | 67.0 | 243 | 6.70 |
| 67 | South Carolina | 10 | 54.0 | 242 | 5.40 |
| 68 | Kansas State | 10 | 70.0 | 241 | 7.00 |
| 68 | Tennessee | 8 | 68.0 | 241 | 8.50 |
| 70 | New Mexico | 10 | 56.0 | 240 | 5.60 |
| 71 | Wyoming | 12 | 55.0 | 239 | 4.58 |
| 71 | Minnesota | 11 | 54.0 | 239 | 4.91 |
| 73 | Tulane | 8 | 64.0 | 238 | 8.00 |
| 74 | NC State | 10 | 68.0 | 237 | 6.80 |
| 74 | Louisville | 8 | 55.0 | 237 | 6.88 |
| 76 | Arkansas State | 11 | 63.0 | 235 | 5.73 |
| 76 | Iowa | 12 | 55.0 | 235 | 4.58 |
| 78 | Michigan | 10 | 54.0 | 234 | 5.40 |
| 79 | Baylor | 9 | 62.0 | 230 | 6.89 |
| 79 | Virginia Tech | 11 | 60.0 | 230 | 5.46 |
| 81 | SMU | 10 | 55.0 | 225 | 5.50 |
| 82 | Washington | 10 | 55.0 | 224 | 5.50 |
| 83 | Charlotte | 12 | 54.0 | 223 | 4.50 |
| 84 | Boston College | 9 | 44.0 | 222 | 4.89 |
| 85 | Rice | 10 | 51.0 | 221 | 5.10 |
| 86 | Rutgers | 9 | 55.0 | 218 | 6.11 |
| 87 | Temple | 10 | 64.0 | 217 | 6.40 |
| 88 | Purdue | 9 | 55.0 | 216 | 6.11 |
| 89 | Northern Illinois | 13 | 62.0 | 215 | 4.77 |
| 89 | Eastern Michigan | 13 | 51.0 | 215 | 3.92 |
| 91 | Arkansas | 10 | 62.0 | 208 | 6.20 |
| 91 | Penn State | 8 | 48.0 | 208 | 6.00 |
| 93 | Iowa State | 8 | 50.0 | 205 | 6.25 |
| 94 | New Mexico State | 8 | 50.0 | 198 | 6.25 |
| 95 | North Carolina | 9 | 54.0 | 196 | 6.00 |
| 96 | Oregon | 10 | 60.0 | 195 | 6.00 |
| 97 | Mississippi State | 8 | 42.0 | 194 | 5.25 |
| 98 | Duke | 10 | 49.0 | 193 | 4.90 |
| 99 | Auburn | 8 | 64.0 | 192 | 8.00 |
| 99 | Georgia Tech | 8 | 48.0 | 192 | 6.00 |
| 101 | Louisiana-Monroe | 10 | 48.0 | 187 | 4.80 |
| 102 | Boise State | 8 | 42.0 | 186 | 5.25 |
| 103 | Washington State | 9 | 54.0 | 185 | 6.00 |
| 104 | East Carolina | 10 | 53.0 | 184 | 5.30 |
| 105 | BYU | 10 | 48.0 | 181 | 4.80 |
| 105 | Akron | 11 | 41.0 | 181 | 3.73 |
| 107 | Texas State | 10 | 48.0 | 179 | 4.80 |
| 108 | Arizona | 8 | 47.0 | 174 | 5.88 |
| 109 | Oregon State | 10 | 50.0 | 171 | 5.00 |
| 110 | Florida State | 8 | 53.0 | 170 | 6.63 |
| 111 | Tulsa | 9 | 54.0 | 167 | 6.00 |
| 112 | Texas Tech | 9 | 44.0 | 166 | 4.89 |
| 113 | Ohio | 11 | 51.0 | 165 | 4.64 |
| 113 | Massachusetts | 11 | 42.0 | 165 | 3.82 |
| 115 | Navy | 9 | 44.0 | 164 | 4.89 |
| 116 | FIU | 12 | 55.0 | 159 | 4.58 |
| 117 | UNLV | 10 | 45.0 | 158 | 4.50 |
| 118 | Connecticut | 10 | 52.0 | 155 | 5.20 |
| 119 | Stanford | 9 | 36.0 | 151 | 4.00 |
| 120 | Nebraska | 7 | 41.0 | 150 | 5.86 |
| 121 | USC | 9 | 41.0 | 149 | 4.56 |
| 122 | Colorado | 10 | 53.0 | 142 | 5.30 |
| 123 | Northwestern | 9 | 38.0 | 140 | 4.22 |
| 124 | Vanderbilt | 9 | 38.0 | 139 | 4.22 |
| 125 | Virginia | 8 | 39.0 | 136 | 4.88 |
| 126 | TCU | 9 | 32.0 | 130 | 3.56 |
| 127 | Kansas | 9 | 32.0 | 129 | 3.56 |
| 128 | Texas | 7 | 39.0 | 123 | 5.57 |
| 129 | USF | 8 | 37.0 | 115 | 4.63 |
| 130 | Indiana | 7 | 34.0 | 108 | 4.86 |