2023 National Leaders Total Defense - Games vs. Non-Conference Teams Only through 01/08/2024

Name G Rush Yards Pass Yards Plays Total Yards Yards/Play Yards/G
1 Indiana 3 519 470 189 989 5.23 329.7
2 Baylor 3 510 491 185 1001 5.41 333.7
3 Florida 4 319 498 204 817 4.00 204.3
4 Sam Houston State 4 789 555 256 1344 5.25 336.0
5 Air Force 5 340 556 270 896 3.32 179.2
6 UCF 4 634 588 253 1222 4.83 305.5
7 Cincinnati 3 329 593 167 922 5.52 307.3
8 Navy 4 617 601 238 1218 5.12 304.5
9 Oregon 4 549 602 242 1151 4.76 287.8
10 Arizona State 3 269 611 195 880 4.51 293.3
11 Southern Mississippi 4 854 622 240 1476 6.15 369.0
12 Rutgers 4 410 624 242 1034 4.27 258.5
13 Ohio State 4 558 642 266 1200 4.51 300.0
14 BYU 3 299 656 191 955 5.00 318.3
15 Penn State 4 438 659 258 1097 4.25 274.3
16 Appalachian State 5 917 665 305 1582 5.19 316.4
17 Virginia Tech 5 983 673 323 1656 5.13 331.2
18 Northwestern 4 672 676 256 1348 5.27 337.0
19 Iowa 4 552 689 275 1241 4.51 310.3
20 Pittsburgh 4 521 722 232 1243 5.36 310.8
21 Boston College 5 805 728 299 1533 5.13 306.6
22 Temple 4 781 733 258 1514 5.87 378.5
23 Houston 3 329 736 192 1065 5.55 355.0
24 UCLA 4 424 744 274 1168 4.26 292.0
25 Kansas 4 458 749 222 1207 5.44 301.8
26 Michigan State 3 375 750 192 1125 5.86 375.0
27 Illinois 3 545 763 225 1308 5.81 436.0
28 Stanford 3 545 774 201 1319 6.56 439.7
29 USC 4 592 776 257 1368 5.32 342.0
30 Michigan 5 463 795 306 1258 4.11 251.6
30 Iowa State 4 496 795 258 1291 5.00 322.8
30 Colorado 3 586 795 229 1381 6.03 460.3
33 Maryland 4 440 804 265 1244 4.69 311.0
34 California 4 409 806 261 1215 4.66 303.8
34 Washington State 3 285 806 194 1091 5.62 363.7
36 Louisiana Tech 4 955 807 310 1762 5.68 440.5
37 South Carolina 4 692 808 294 1500 5.10 375.0
38 Nebraska 3 130 811 198 941 4.75 313.7
39 East Carolina 4 568 812 265 1380 5.21 345.0
40 Northern Illinois 5 723 822 309 1545 5.00 309.0
41 Duke 5 567 827 314 1394 4.44 278.8
42 Georgia 5 563 829 323 1392 4.31 278.4
43 Purdue 3 398 830 216 1228 5.69 409.3
44 Clemson 5 427 835 296 1262 4.26 252.4
44 Fresno State 5 555 835 320 1390 4.34 278.0
46 Oregon State 4 409 839 256 1248 4.88 312.0
47 Utah 4 260 842 234 1102 4.71 275.5
48 SMU 5 765 846 324 1611 4.97 322.2
49 Coastal Carolina 5 1046 850 314 1896 6.04 379.2
50 West Virginia 4 411 851 249 1262 5.07 315.5
51 Virginia 4 720 854 270 1574 5.83 393.5
52 Arkansas 4 243 870 239 1113 4.66 278.3
53 Florida International 4 908 871 322 1779 5.52 444.8
54 Auburn 5 642 874 313 1516 4.84 303.2
55 Tennessee 5 410 878 351 1288 3.67 257.6
55 Minnesota 4 445 878 230 1323 5.75 330.8
57 Kent State 4 807 890 265 1697 6.40 424.3
58 Alabama 5 616 897 325 1513 4.66 302.6
59 Mississippi State 4 395 903 265 1298 4.90 324.5
60 Bowling Green 5 814 910 290 1724 5.94 344.8
61 Troy 5 586 922 318 1508 4.74 301.6
62 Georgia Southern 5 766 923 311 1689 5.43 337.8
63 UTEP 4 800 942 256 1742 6.80 435.5
64 TCU 3 299 945 230 1244 5.41 414.7
65 Akron 4 360 949 257 1309 5.09 327.3
66 Western Michigan 4 652 952 252 1604 6.37 401.0
67 Kansas State 4 385 957 255 1342 5.26 335.5
68 Oklahoma State 4 549 959 251 1508 6.01 377.0
68 Florida Atlantic 4 633 959 300 1592 5.31 398.0
70 UAB 4 758 962 262 1720 6.56 430.0
71 Texas Tech 4 502 966 298 1468 4.93 367.0
71 Vanderbilt 4 590 966 278 1556 5.60 389.0
73 Louisiana-Lafayette 5 862 967 394 1829 4.64 365.8
74 Middle Tennessee 4 557 969 262 1526 5.82 381.5
75 Texas 4 391 970 249 1361 5.47 340.3
75 Florida State 5 878 970 326 1848 5.67 369.6
77 New Mexico 4 606 977 249 1583 6.36 395.8
78 Oklahoma 4 265 981 266 1246 4.68 311.5
79 San Jose State 5 817 982 321 1799 5.60 359.8
80 Miami (Florida) 5 400 984 296 1384 4.68 276.8
81 Syracuse 5 517 987 351 1504 4.28 300.8
81 Toledo 5 686 987 324 1673 5.16 334.6
83 Arizona 4 473 992 266 1465 5.51 366.3
84 Marshall 5 707 993 346 1700 4.91 340.0
85 Tulane 5 613 1005 326 1618 4.96 323.6
86 Wake Forest 4 417 1007 255 1424 5.58 356.0
87 Rice 5 674 1031 326 1705 5.23 341.0
88 Jacksonville State 5 456 1034 333 1490 4.47 298.0
89 Georgia Tech 5 1101 1039 321 2140 6.67 428.0
90 North Texas 4 965 1047 298 2012 6.75 503.0
91 Ball State 4 483 1048 242 1531 6.33 382.8
92 Eastern Michigan 5 1239 1051 368 2290 6.22 458.0
93 Missouri 5 430 1059 332 1489 4.48 297.8
94 South Alabama 5 500 1061 309 1561 5.05 312.2
95 Louisiana-Monroe 4 576 1067 270 1643 6.09 410.8
96 North Carolina State 5 706 1068 320 1774 5.54 354.8
97 Washington 5 842 1080 337 1922 5.70 384.4
98 Mississippi 5 726 1089 375 1815 4.84 363.0
99 Buffalo 4 958 1091 282 2049 7.27 512.3
100 Charlotte 4 565 1096 256 1661 6.49 415.3
101 Ohio 5 264 1099 282 1363 4.83 272.6
101 UTSA 5 798 1099 348 1897 5.45 379.4
103 Wyoming 5 729 1107 354 1836 5.19 367.2
104 Hawai'i 5 728 1109 305 1837 6.02 367.4
105 South Florida 5 564 1131 341 1695 4.97 339.0
106 Kentucky 5 477 1138 349 1615 4.63 323.0
107 LSU 5 725 1149 322 1874 5.82 374.8
108 North Carolina 5 653 1174 350 1827 5.22 365.4
109 San Diego State 4 578 1181 292 1759 6.02 439.8
110 Texas A&M 5 522 1185 300 1707 5.69 341.4
111 Louisville 5 350 1203 280 1553 5.55 310.6
112 Tulsa 4 497 1208 264 1705 6.46 426.3
113 Western Kentucky 5 1101 1209 354 2310 6.53 462.0
114 James Madison 5 608 1210 332 1818 5.48 363.6
115 Texas State 5 628 1218 370 1846 4.99 369.2
116 Wisconsin 4 372 1223 289 1595 5.52 398.8
117 Miami (Ohio) 5 839 1237 352 2076 5.90 415.2
118 Liberty 5 678 1268 359 1946 5.42 389.2
119 Colorado State 4 475 1278 311 1753 5.64 438.3
120 Old Dominion 5 635 1318 385 1953 5.07 390.6
121 Nevada 4 772 1362 246 2134 8.67 533.5
122 Memphis 5 445 1367 310 1812 5.85 362.4
123 Central Michigan 4 559 1368 255 1927 7.56 481.8
124 Arkansas State 5 761 1383 349 2144 6.14 428.8
125 Utah State 5 941 1395 373 2336 6.26 467.2
126 Boise State 5 836 1403 318 2239 7.04 447.8
127 New Mexico State 6 666 1427 360 2093 5.81 348.8
128 Georgia State 5 577 1553 326 2130 6.53 426.0
129 UNLV 5 674 1554 339 2228 6.57 445.6
130 Notre Dame 13 1547 2045 809 3592 4.44 276.3
131 Army 11 1884 2134 683 4018 5.88 365.3
132 Massachusetts 10 2206 2142 617 4348 7.05 434.8
133 Connecticut 11 1713 2876 742 4589 6.18 417.2