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