2023 National Leaders Total Defense - Games vs. FBS Teams With Winning Record Only through 01/08/2024

Name G Rush Yards Pass Yards Plays Total Yards Yards/Play Yards/G
1 Ohio 4 458 617 214 1075 5.02 268.8
2 Northern Illinois 3 502 608 191 1110 5.81 370.0
3 SMU 4 544 918 268 1462 5.46 365.5
4 Colorado State 4 839 663 280 1502 5.36 375.5
5 UTSA 4 701 832 266 1533 5.76 383.3
6 Texas State 4 445 1170 312 1615 5.18 403.8
6 Jacksonville State 4 651 964 304 1615 5.31 403.8
8 Wisconsin 5 671 1064 325 1735 5.34 347.0
9 Florida International 4 886 850 274 1736 6.34 434.0
10 Maryland 5 659 1137 348 1796 5.16 359.2
11 Nebraska 6 776 1023 396 1799 4.54 299.8
12 Eastern Michigan 4 834 980 272 1814 6.67 453.5
13 Air Force 5 545 1287 282 1832 6.50 366.4
14 Florida Atlantic 5 712 1170 352 1882 5.35 376.4
15 Fresno State 5 918 982 342 1900 5.56 380.0
16 South Alabama 5 612 1293 319 1905 5.97 381.0
17 Iowa 7 827 1085 490 1912 3.90 273.1
18 Ball State 6 746 1182 347 1928 5.56 321.3
19 Akron 5 1101 847 290 1948 6.72 389.6
20 James Madison 6 634 1331 382 1965 5.14 327.5
21 South Florida 4 695 1303 298 1998 6.70 499.5
22 North Texas 4 1120 892 292 2012 6.89 503.0
23 Sam Houston State 5 876 1146 332 2022 6.09 404.4
24 Georgia 7 897 1156 420 2053 4.89 293.3
25 Arkansas 5 1024 1033 322 2057 6.39 411.4
26 Virginia Tech 6 1214 844 346 2058 5.95 343.0
27 Navy 5 733 1329 317 2062 6.50 412.4
28 Miami (Ohio) 6 795 1272 380 2067 5.44 344.5
29 Toledo 6 785 1290 405 2075 5.12 345.8
30 East Carolina 5 694 1405 332 2099 6.32 419.8
31 UCLA 6 638 1489 388 2127 5.48 354.5
32 Notre Dame 7 871 1282 461 2153 4.67 307.6
33 Kent State 5 818 1355 311 2173 6.99 434.6
34 Tulane 6 932 1277 415 2209 5.32 368.2
35 UAB 5 1039 1174 362 2213 6.11 442.6
36 Penn State 8 713 1501 497 2214 4.45 276.8
37 Bowling Green 6 933 1284 349 2217 6.35 369.5
38 Central Michigan 5 1004 1220 314 2224 7.08 444.8
39 Northwestern 7 969 1268 470 2237 4.76 319.6
40 Louisiana-Lafayette 5 888 1376 403 2264 5.62 452.8
41 West Virginia 5 940 1333 361 2273 6.30 454.6
42 Buffalo 6 1231 1053 351 2284 6.51 380.7
43 Mississippi State 6 1014 1278 399 2292 5.74 382.0
44 Michigan 9 758 1555 532 2313 4.35 257.0
45 Texas Tech 6 1222 1133 427 2355 5.52 392.5
46 Massachusetts 5 1299 1076 316 2375 7.52 475.0
47 Army 6 1126 1268 354 2394 6.76 399.0
47 Charlotte 5 862 1532 352 2394 6.80 478.8
49 Western Michigan 6 1219 1186 401 2405 6.00 400.8
50 Louisiana Tech 5 1397 1043 348 2440 7.01 488.0
51 Tulsa 5 750 1698 327 2448 7.49 489.6
52 Ohio State 8 1096 1369 543 2465 4.54 308.1
53 Georgia State 5 944 1526 328 2470 7.53 494.0
54 New Mexico State 5 1015 1493 337 2508 7.44 501.6
55 Arizona 6 821 1696 417 2517 6.04 419.5
56 Oregon State 7 947 1575 462 2522 5.46 360.3
57 Middle Tennessee 6 1213 1322 435 2535 5.83 422.5
58 Oregon 7 823 1716 446 2539 5.69 362.7
59 Liberty 6 964 1594 382 2558 6.70 426.3
60 Tennessee 7 876 1697 476 2573 5.41 367.6
61 Missouri 7 987 1592 453 2579 5.69 368.4
62 Utah 7 735 1847 447 2582 5.78 368.9
63 Hawai'i 6 1285 1314 356 2599 7.30 433.2
64 Appalachian State 7 1346 1258 459 2604 5.67 372.0
64 Texas A&M 6 751 1853 381 2604 6.83 434.0
66 Houston 6 1075 1543 429 2618 6.10 436.3
67 Kentucky 6 968 1667 428 2635 6.16 439.2
68 Washington State 6 1037 1605 439 2642 6.02 440.3
69 Rice 6 1084 1586 436 2670 6.12 445.0
70 Troy 8 881 1794 524 2675 5.10 334.4
70 Colorado 6 1223 1452 407 2675 6.57 445.8
72 Indiana 7 1119 1563 462 2682 5.81 383.1
73 Clemson 8 1136 1551 484 2687 5.55 335.9
74 Purdue 7 864 1848 470 2712 5.77 387.4
75 Minnesota 7 963 1756 461 2719 5.90 388.4
76 Coastal Carolina 7 1147 1587 451 2734 6.06 390.6
77 Illinois 7 1091 1654 508 2745 5.40 392.1
78 Wake Forest 7 1216 1568 451 2784 6.17 397.7
79 Oklahoma 7 1000 1883 511 2883 5.64 411.9
80 North Carolina State 8 1115 1772 494 2887 5.84 360.9
81 Old Dominion 7 1033 1857 526 2890 5.49 412.9
82 UTEP 7 1815 1080 449 2895 6.45 413.6
83 Vanderbilt 6 1060 1840 438 2900 6.62 483.3
84 New Mexico 7 1231 1670 375 2901 7.74 414.4
85 Memphis 6 873 2064 413 2937 7.11 489.5
86 Cincinnati 6 1398 1546 371 2944 7.94 490.7
87 Temple 6 1264 1683 441 2947 6.68 491.2
88 Western Kentucky 6 1568 1405 460 2973 6.46 495.5
89 Florida 7 1301 1673 424 2974 7.01 424.9
90 BYU 7 1454 1521 486 2975 6.12 425.0
91 Louisiana-Monroe 6 998 1978 478 2976 6.23 496.0
92 Auburn 7 1284 1701 451 2985 6.62 426.4
93 San Diego State 7 1416 1574 439 2990 6.81 427.1
94 Nevada 6 1266 1742 379 3008 7.94 501.3
95 Duke 8 1258 1755 569 3013 5.30 376.6
96 Kansas 7 1295 1722 484 3017 6.23 431.0
97 Southern Mississippi 6 1187 1842 390 3029 7.77 504.8
98 Baylor 7 1323 1734 468 3057 6.53 436.7
99 Wyoming 8 1425 1645 544 3070 5.64 383.8
100 Texas 9 869 2230 570 3099 5.44 344.3
101 UNLV 7 1376 1729 453 3105 6.85 443.6
102 Georgia Southern 7 1442 1676 478 3118 6.52 445.4
103 Pittsburgh 8 1023 2096 569 3119 5.48 389.9
104 Florida State 8 1397 1730 547 3127 5.72 390.9
105 Alabama 9 1047 2085 585 3132 5.35 348.0
106 Connecticut 7 1366 1769 500 3135 6.27 447.9
107 Boise State 8 1093 2050 495 3143 6.35 392.9
107 Utah State 7 1720 1423 498 3143 6.31 449.0
109 Rutgers 9 1373 1780 579 3153 5.45 350.3
110 Boston College 7 1457 1707 491 3164 6.44 452.0
111 South Carolina 8 1480 1698 575 3178 5.53 397.3
112 Michigan State 7 1071 2114 465 3185 6.85 455.0
113 Louisville 10 1037 2157 593 3194 5.39 319.4
114 Syracuse 7 1389 1808 547 3197 5.84 456.7
115 Marshall 8 1312 1891 546 3203 5.87 400.4
116 Iowa State 8 1084 2122 565 3206 5.67 400.8
117 TCU 7 1435 1781 512 3216 6.28 459.4
118 San Jose State 8 1650 1620 538 3270 6.08 408.8
119 California 7 1145 2194 534 3339 6.25 477.0
120 North Carolina 7 1418 1934 529 3352 6.34 478.9
121 Arkansas State 7 1468 1890 525 3358 6.40 479.7
122 Miami (Florida) 10 1191 2169 620 3360 5.42 336.0
123 Kansas State 8 1457 1912 513 3369 6.57 421.1
124 Mississippi 7 1247 2136 519 3383 6.52 483.3
125 UCF 8 1854 1542 562 3396 6.04 424.5
126 USC 8 1648 1826 543 3474 6.40 434.3
127 LSU 7 1228 2263 505 3491 6.91 498.7
128 Stanford 7 1503 2007 475 3510 7.39 501.4
129 Arizona State 8 1175 2337 531 3512 6.61 439.0
130 Oklahoma State 8 1272 2491 555 3763 6.78 470.4
131 Washington 9 1525 2278 604 3803 6.30 422.6
132 Georgia Tech 8 1963 1994 566 3957 6.99 494.6
133 Virginia 11 2067 2625 754 4692 6.22 426.5