2024 National Leaders Total Defense - Games vs. Conference Teams Only through 12/30/2024

Name G Rush Yards Pass Yards Plays Total Yards Yards/Play Yards/G
1 Massachusetts 1 253 181 67 434 6.48 434.0
2 Connecticut 1 184 206 74 390 5.27 390.0
3 Oregon State 1 134 250 51 384 7.53 384.0
4 Washington State 1 170 314 79 484 6.13 484.0
5 Sam Houston State 8 1120 1114 531 2234 4.21 279.3
5 Nevada 7 1595 1114 446 2709 6.07 387.0
7 Louisiana-Monroe 8 1808 1251 545 3059 5.61 382.4
8 Florida International 8 1445 1263 536 2708 5.05 338.5
9 Northern Illinois 8 947 1292 498 2239 4.50 279.9
10 James Madison 8 1026 1381 509 2407 4.73 300.9
11 Louisiana Tech 8 890 1385 509 2275 4.47 284.4
12 Ohio State 9 962 1391 524 2353 4.49 261.4
13 Texas 9 1000 1396 579 2396 4.14 266.2
14 Bowling Green 8 929 1438 492 2367 4.81 295.9
15 LSU 8 1416 1444 480 2860 5.96 357.5
16 Wyoming 7 1476 1450 434 2926 6.74 418.0
17 Temple 8 2032 1474 533 3506 6.58 438.3
18 Hawai'i 7 1361 1494 484 2855 5.90 407.9
19 Tulane 9 1143 1498 534 2641 4.95 293.4
20 San Diego State 7 1644 1516 489 3160 6.46 451.4
21 Washington 9 1531 1529 583 3060 5.25 340.0
22 Rice 8 1293 1538 539 2831 5.25 353.9
23 Florida State 8 1658 1540 549 3198 5.83 399.8
24 San Jose State 7 1078 1551 515 2629 5.10 375.6
25 Appalachian State 8 1641 1555 502 3196 6.37 399.5
26 Texas State 8 1246 1567 522 2813 5.39 351.6
27 Western Kentucky 9 2125 1573 603 3698 6.13 410.9
28 Toledo 8 1279 1585 580 2864 4.94 358.0
29 Colorado State 7 1155 1588 481 2743 5.70 391.9
30 Fresno State 7 1117 1604 525 2721 5.18 388.7
31 Charlotte 8 1789 1606 561 3395 6.05 424.4
32 Ohio 9 705 1612 530 2317 4.37 257.4
33 Air Force 7 892 1623 412 2515 6.10 359.3
33 Central Michigan 8 1403 1623 529 3026 5.72 378.3
35 Georgia State 8 1842 1649 565 3491 6.18 436.4
36 Wisconsin 9 1556 1651 592 3207 5.42 356.3
37 Liberty 8 1121 1658 520 2779 5.34 347.4
38 South Carolina 8 964 1670 544 2634 4.84 329.3
39 Kentucky 8 1376 1671 509 3047 5.99 380.9
40 Auburn 8 1057 1674 551 2731 4.96 341.4
41 Tennessee 8 947 1680 541 2627 4.86 328.4
41 UAB 8 1774 1680 557 3454 6.20 431.8
43 Miami (Ohio) 9 973 1704 624 2677 4.29 297.4
44 Iowa 9 1241 1719 587 2960 5.04 328.9
45 Western Michigan 8 1385 1728 502 3113 6.20 389.1
46 Indiana 9 648 1731 544 2379 4.37 264.3
47 Eastern Michigan 8 1462 1736 488 3198 6.55 399.8
48 Jacksonville State 9 1420 1739 611 3159 5.17 351.0
49 Missouri 8 1289 1753 492 3042 6.18 380.3
50 Kent State 8 2006 1756 574 3762 6.55 470.3
51 Syracuse 8 1322 1762 483 3084 6.39 385.5
52 Iowa State 10 1887 1764 596 3651 6.13 365.1
53 Cincinnati 9 1538 1771 560 3309 5.91 367.7
54 South Alabama 8 1128 1788 555 2916 5.25 364.5
55 Oregon 10 1238 1790 616 3028 4.92 302.8
56 Minnesota 9 1128 1804 572 2932 5.13 325.8
57 Alabama 8 1218 1807 549 3025 5.51 378.1
58 Duke 8 1285 1809 597 3094 5.18 386.8
59 Kennesaw State 8 1564 1817 564 3381 5.99 422.6
60 Southern Mississippi 8 1900 1828 534 3728 6.98 466.0
61 North Carolina 8 1306 1838 553 3144 5.69 393.0
62 Oklahoma 8 930 1844 531 2774 5.22 346.8
63 Miami (Florida) 8 1062 1845 506 2907 5.75 363.4
64 Troy 8 980 1853 487 2833 5.82 354.1
65 Utah State 7 1484 1858 508 3342 6.58 477.4
66 Louisiana-Lafayette 9 1373 1866 605 3239 5.35 359.9
67 New Mexico State 8 1465 1876 552 3341 6.05 417.6
68 Marshall 9 1553 1885 631 3438 5.45 382.0
69 Penn State 10 1093 1887 613 2980 4.86 298.0
70 Akron 8 1373 1889 546 3262 5.97 407.8
71 Georgia Tech 8 1004 1893 484 2897 5.99 362.1
72 Houston 9 1286 1895 575 3181 5.53 353.4
73 Middle Tennessee 8 1729 1912 541 3641 6.73 455.1
74 Michigan 9 901 1917 564 2818 5.00 313.1
75 East Carolina 8 1600 1919 608 3519 5.79 439.9
76 Colorado 10 1531 1921 698 3452 4.95 345.2
77 New Mexico 7 1263 1924 534 3187 5.97 455.3
78 UTEP 8 1196 1928 572 3124 5.46 390.5
79 Virginia Tech 8 1021 1931 565 2952 5.22 369.0
80 TCU 9 1554 1942 650 3496 5.38 388.4
81 Mississippi 8 864 1946 562 2810 5.00 351.3
82 Nebraska 9 1058 1961 519 3019 5.82 335.4
82 Boise State 8 896 1961 505 2857 5.66 357.1
84 UNLV 8 850 1962 541 2812 5.20 351.5
85 Coastal Carolina 8 1384 1968 569 3352 5.89 419.0
86 Navy 9 1317 1970 618 3287 5.32 365.2
87 Old Dominion 8 1329 1978 545 3307 6.07 413.4
88 BYU 10 1325 1980 631 3305 5.24 330.5
89 North Texas 8 1828 1991 608 3819 6.28 477.4
90 Florida 8 1462 1998 605 3460 5.72 432.5
91 North Carolina State 8 1193 2001 525 3194 6.08 399.3
92 Georgia Southern 8 1227 2004 544 3231 5.94 403.9
93 Ball State 8 1434 2029 523 3463 6.62 432.9
94 Clemson 9 1084 2032 613 3116 5.08 346.2
95 Arkansas State 8 1770 2035 541 3805 7.03 475.6
96 Army 10 957 2043 574 3000 5.23 300.0
97 Vanderbilt 8 1290 2048 513 3338 6.51 417.3
98 Arkansas 8 1238 2056 547 3294 6.02 411.8
99 UCF 9 1180 2081 617 3261 5.29 362.3
100 Utah 10 1334 2087 664 3421 5.15 342.1
101 Michigan State 9 1200 2104 568 3304 5.82 367.1
102 California 8 911 2119 569 3030 5.33 378.8
103 Texas A&M 8 1063 2124 556 3187 5.73 398.4
104 Georgia 9 1013 2125 613 3138 5.12 348.7
105 Louisville 8 1189 2128 589 3317 5.63 414.6
106 SMU 9 833 2135 646 2968 4.59 329.8
107 UCLA 9 939 2138 556 3077 5.53 341.9
107 Northwestern 9 1386 2138 599 3524 5.88 391.6
109 Boston College 8 877 2151 514 3028 5.89 378.5
110 Florida Atlantic 8 1495 2170 568 3665 6.45 458.1
111 Pittsburgh 8 945 2172 595 3117 5.24 389.6
112 Stanford 8 1179 2177 513 3356 6.54 419.5
113 USC 9 1227 2185 594 3412 5.74 379.1
114 Illinois 9 1430 2207 636 3637 5.72 404.1
115 Mississippi State 8 1763 2215 560 3978 7.10 497.3
116 UTSA 8 840 2218 545 3058 5.61 382.3
117 South Florida 8 1370 2227 621 3597 5.79 449.6
118 Arizona State 10 1332 2238 667 3570 5.35 357.0
119 Kansas State 10 1194 2244 660 3438 5.21 343.8
120 Buffalo 8 1117 2263 558 3380 6.06 422.5
121 Memphis 8 1013 2268 518 3281 6.33 410.1
121 Virginia 8 1152 2268 546 3420 6.26 427.5
123 Maryland 9 1355 2271 616 3626 5.89 402.9
124 Wake Forest 8 1180 2284 591 3464 5.86 433.0
125 West Virginia 9 1329 2385 581 3714 6.39 412.7
126 Rutgers 9 1285 2405 587 3690 6.29 410.0
127 Kansas 9 1507 2464 590 3971 6.73 441.2
128 Arizona 10 1805 2499 649 4304 6.63 430.4
129 Oklahoma State 9 2108 2511 655 4619 7.05 513.2
130 Baylor 10 1568 2626 703 4194 5.97 419.4
131 Purdue 9 1593 2662 605 4255 7.03 472.8
132 Tulsa 8 1698 2797 570 4495 7.89 561.9
133 Texas Tech 9 1214 2825 637 4039 6.34 448.8