2024 National Leaders Total Defense - Games vs. Conference Teams Only through 11/20/2024

Name G Rush Yards Pass Yards Plays Total Yards Yards/Play Yards/G
1 Army 7 454 1520 411 1974 4.80 282.0
2 Indiana 7 520 1476 444 1996 4.50 285.1
3 UNLV 5 537 1431 364 1968 5.41 393.6
4 UTSA 6 553 1809 399 2362 5.92 393.7
5 Boise State 6 563 1648 378 2211 5.85 368.5
6 Tulane 7 572 1263 398 1835 4.61 262.1
7 Ohio 7 601 1152 409 1753 4.29 250.4
8 Pittsburgh 6 605 1626 457 2231 4.88 371.8
9 SMU 6 609 1606 444 2215 4.99 369.2
10 Texas A&M 6 655 1605 406 2260 5.57 376.7
11 Mississippi 6 661 1475 436 2136 4.90 356.0
12 Sam Houston State 6 663 977 388 1640 4.23 273.3
13 South Alabama 6 677 1403 391 2080 5.32 346.7
14 Air Force 5 678 1119 284 1797 6.33 359.4
14 California 6 678 1678 436 2356 5.40 392.7
16 Auburn 6 689 1121 386 1810 4.69 301.7
17 Miami (Ohio) 7 690 1259 485 1949 4.02 278.4
18 Ohio State 7 707 1261 407 1968 4.84 281.1
19 Colorado State 5 714 1213 342 1927 5.63 385.4
20 Penn State 7 732 1307 422 2039 4.83 291.3
21 Texas 6 740 903 400 1643 4.11 273.8
21 James Madison 6 740 1044 385 1784 4.63 297.3
23 Oklahoma 6 750 1395 411 2145 5.22 357.5
24 Georgia Tech 7 751 1746 425 2497 5.88 356.7
25 Bowling Green 6 769 972 375 1741 4.64 290.2
26 Michigan 7 814 1625 456 2439 5.35 348.4
27 Boston College 6 818 1676 389 2494 6.41 415.7
28 Louisiana Tech 7 832 1297 453 2129 4.70 304.1
29 Kansas State 8 833 1907 512 2740 5.35 342.5
30 Northern Illinois 7 835 1200 442 2035 4.60 290.7
31 Tennessee 7 839 1576 492 2415 4.91 345.0
31 Virginia 6 839 1691 417 2530 6.07 421.7
33 UCLA 8 853 1878 491 2731 5.56 341.4
34 Louisiana-Lafayette 6 854 1246 390 2100 5.38 350.0
34 Troy 6 854 1271 370 2125 5.74 354.2
34 Wake Forest 6 854 1769 461 2623 5.69 437.2
37 North Carolina 6 858 1404 408 2262 5.54 377.0
38 Virginia Tech 6 861 1421 440 2282 5.19 380.3
39 Alabama 6 863 1438 422 2301 5.45 383.5
40 Maryland 7 868 2002 465 2870 6.17 410.0
41 Miami (Florida) 6 869 1366 379 2235 5.90 372.5
42 Vanderbilt 6 870 1459 371 2329 6.28 388.2
43 San Jose State 6 871 1420 430 2291 5.33 381.8
44 Texas State 6 880 1052 396 1932 4.88 322.0
45 North Carolina State 6 881 1454 391 2335 5.97 389.2
46 Liberty 6 884 1194 381 2078 5.45 346.3
47 Georgia Southern 6 889 1597 414 2486 6.00 414.3
48 Nebraska 7 894 1554 423 2448 5.79 349.7
49 UCF 7 895 1852 490 2747 5.61 392.4
50 Oregon 8 903 1363 485 2266 4.67 283.3
51 Texas Tech 7 909 2217 495 3126 6.32 446.6
52 Old Dominion 6 921 1507 404 2428 6.01 404.7
53 Nevada 5 926 946 313 1872 5.98 374.4
54 Clemson 8 930 1728 527 2658 5.04 332.3
55 West Virginia 7 944 1854 451 2798 6.20 399.7
56 Colorado 7 950 1504 490 2454 5.01 350.6
57 Memphis 7 956 1951 467 2907 6.22 415.3
58 South Carolina 8 964 1670 544 2634 4.84 329.3
59 Marshall 6 967 1317 422 2284 5.41 380.7
60 Northwestern 7 973 1773 476 2746 5.77 392.3
61 Minnesota 7 975 1430 455 2405 5.29 343.6
62 Houston 7 976 1524 445 2500 5.62 357.1
63 Georgia 8 982 1767 539 2749 5.10 343.6
64 Duke 6 984 1389 439 2373 5.41 395.5
65 UTEP 7 993 1588 465 2581 5.55 368.7
66 Rice 6 994 1044 410 2038 4.97 339.7
66 Missouri 6 994 1333 372 2327 6.26 387.8
68 Michigan State 7 996 1605 432 2601 6.02 371.6
69 Iowa 7 999 1400 454 2399 5.28 342.7
70 Rutgers 7 1000 2006 477 3006 6.30 429.4
71 Buffalo 7 1011 2161 504 3172 6.29 453.1
72 Tulsa 6 1019 2096 411 3115 7.58 519.2
73 Arizona State 7 1027 1552 478 2579 5.40 368.4
73 South Florida 6 1027 1542 458 2569 5.61 428.2
75 Fresno State 6 1030 1289 445 2319 5.21 386.5
76 Utah 8 1038 1599 501 2637 5.26 329.6
77 Arkansas 7 1045 1888 480 2933 6.11 419.0
78 San Diego State 5 1046 1222 363 2268 6.25 453.6
79 Jacksonville State 6 1052 1193 405 2245 5.54 374.2
80 Hawai'i 6 1056 1318 404 2374 5.88 395.7
81 Ball State 6 1061 1565 396 2626 6.63 437.7
82 Navy 7 1073 1686 493 2759 5.60 394.1
83 BYU 7 1075 1369 458 2444 5.34 349.1
84 Western Kentucky 6 1091 1161 397 2252 5.67 375.3
85 Coastal Carolina 6 1092 1448 427 2540 5.95 423.3
86 Illinois 7 1104 1704 465 2808 6.04 401.1
87 Stanford 7 1107 1878 445 2985 6.71 426.4
88 Arkansas State 6 1108 1755 417 2863 6.87 477.2
89 Louisville 7 1114 1938 527 3052 5.79 436.0
90 USC 8 1116 1920 539 3036 5.63 379.5
91 Kentucky 7 1126 1480 431 2606 6.05 372.3
92 LSU 6 1127 1148 373 2275 6.10 379.2
93 East Carolina 6 1130 1488 452 2618 5.79 436.3
94 Cincinnati 7 1133 1412 430 2545 5.92 363.6
95 Florida International 6 1152 821 403 1973 4.90 328.8
96 Kennesaw State 6 1158 1386 431 2544 5.90 424.0
97 New Mexico 6 1161 1440 449 2601 5.79 433.5
98 Syracuse 7 1168 1413 416 2581 6.20 368.7
99 Toledo 7 1172 1364 523 2536 4.85 362.3
99 Kansas 7 1172 1888 467 3060 6.55 437.1
101 New Mexico State 6 1174 1422 423 2596 6.14 432.7
102 Western Michigan 7 1182 1637 444 2819 6.35 402.7
103 Wisconsin 7 1193 1167 453 2360 5.21 337.1
104 Akron 7 1197 1600 460 2797 6.08 399.6
105 Utah State 5 1212 1264 359 2476 6.90 495.2
106 Purdue 7 1226 2154 461 3380 7.33 482.9
107 Eastern Michigan 7 1232 1610 421 2842 6.75 406.0
108 Central Michigan 7 1240 1454 457 2694 5.89 384.9
109 Baylor 8 1265 2199 598 3464 5.79 433.0
110 Appalachian State 6 1283 1155 368 2438 6.63 406.3
111 Wyoming 6 1291 1283 378 2574 6.81 429.0
112 TCU 7 1303 1495 506 2798 5.53 399.7
113 Mississippi State 6 1305 1804 409 3109 7.60 518.2
114 Washington 8 1309 1293 520 2602 5.00 325.3
115 Florida 7 1321 1675 528 2996 5.67 428.0
116 Arizona 8 1377 1834 517 3211 6.21 401.4
117 Charlotte 6 1382 1118 411 2500 6.08 416.7
118 Florida Atlantic 6 1385 1487 433 2872 6.63 478.7
119 Louisiana-Monroe 6 1398 893 410 2291 5.59 381.8
120 Iowa State 7 1403 1196 434 2599 5.99 371.3
121 Georgia State 6 1410 1147 411 2557 6.22 426.2
122 Middle Tennessee 6 1440 1356 421 2796 6.64 466.0
123 Southern Mississippi 6 1447 1448 412 2895 7.03 482.5
124 Temple 6 1470 1074 389 2544 6.54 424.0
125 North Texas 6 1496 1425 454 2921 6.43 486.8
126 UAB 6 1519 1243 422 2762 6.55 460.3
127 Florida State 8 1658 1540 549 3198 5.83 399.8
128 Kent State 7 1753 1563 500 3316 6.63 473.7
129 Oklahoma State 7 1936 1672 492 3608 7.33 515.4