2024 National Leaders Total Defense - Games vs. FBS Teams With Winning Record Only through 12/30/2024

Name G Rush Yards Pass Yards Plays Total Yards Yards/Play Yards/G
1 Connecticut 3 285 860 225 1145 5.09 381.7
2 James Madison 3 347 637 195 984 5.05 328.0
3 New Mexico 2 364 517 123 881 7.16 440.5
4 Indiana 4 447 773 263 1220 4.64 305.0
5 Northern Illinois 5 527 757 288 1284 4.46 256.8
6 Memphis 4 543 1063 237 1606 6.78 401.5
7 BYU 5 564 1062 331 1626 4.91 325.2
8 UNLV 4 568 803 280 1371 4.90 342.8
9 San Diego State 3 586 841 226 1427 6.31 475.7
10 Iowa 5 604 1167 329 1771 5.38 354.2
11 Colorado State 4 617 1196 265 1813 6.84 453.3
12 Mississippi 6 623 1387 413 2010 4.87 335.0
13 Ohio 7 639 1681 425 2320 5.46 331.4
14 Arizona State 5 640 1287 354 1927 5.44 385.4
15 Pittsburgh 6 645 1812 443 2457 5.55 409.5
16 Marshall 4 673 955 263 1628 6.19 407.0
17 Kansas State 6 686 1528 392 2214 5.65 369.0
18 California 5 688 1341 350 2029 5.80 405.8
19 Washington State 4 693 1355 279 2048 7.34 512.0
20 UTSA 5 708 1674 360 2382 6.62 476.4
21 Tennessee 6 720 1527 409 2247 5.49 374.5
22 Utah 6 724 1386 396 2110 5.33 351.7
23 Liberty 4 727 763 266 1490 5.60 372.5
24 Baylor 5 759 1481 374 2240 5.99 448.0
25 Boston College 7 761 2049 493 2810 5.70 401.4
25 Duke 4 761 960 294 1721 5.85 430.3
27 Eastern Michigan 5 770 1321 310 2091 6.75 418.2
28 Georgia Tech 7 775 1877 435 2652 6.10 378.9
29 Boise State 6 779 1627 411 2406 5.85 401.0
30 TCU 4 789 732 286 1521 5.32 380.3
31 Rutgers 5 796 1178 319 1974 6.19 394.8
32 Michigan 8 815 1764 519 2579 4.97 322.4
33 Nebraska 8 817 1821 482 2638 5.47 329.8
34 San Jose State 5 856 1311 390 2167 5.56 433.4
35 Auburn 6 857 1359 450 2216 4.92 369.3
36 Sam Houston State 5 859 956 358 1815 5.07 363.0
37 Army 5 863 994 268 1857 6.93 371.4
38 Penn State 7 867 1494 452 2361 5.22 337.3
39 Coastal Carolina 6 870 1575 406 2445 6.02 407.5
40 Fresno State 6 872 1297 414 2169 5.24 361.5
41 Florida International 4 880 592 271 1472 5.43 368.0
42 Oregon 5 891 1026 335 1917 5.72 383.4
43 Houston 6 900 1108 392 2008 5.12 334.7
44 Miami (Florida) 7 902 1841 470 2743 5.84 391.9
45 Hawai'i 4 903 878 279 1781 6.38 445.3
46 Virginia 6 908 1532 402 2440 6.07 406.7
47 South Carolina 7 911 1668 467 2579 5.52 368.4
48 Louisiana Tech 5 913 801 345 1714 4.97 342.8
49 Stanford 7 915 2172 465 3087 6.64 441.0
50 UCLA 9 918 2308 569 3226 5.67 358.4
51 Colorado 6 924 1206 418 2130 5.10 355.0
52 Georgia 8 933 1950 555 2883 5.19 360.4
53 East Carolina 4 945 821 304 1766 5.81 441.5
54 Minnesota 6 952 1058 385 2010 5.22 335.0
55 Texas State 6 953 1288 419 2241 5.35 373.5
56 SMU 8 965 2226 592 3191 5.39 398.9
57 Buffalo 5 981 1340 381 2321 6.09 464.2
58 Bowling Green 6 986 1292 393 2278 5.80 379.7
59 UCF 7 990 1803 476 2793 5.87 399.0
60 Illinois 6 991 1325 420 2316 5.51 386.0
61 Miami (Ohio) 7 1010 1537 505 2547 5.04 363.9
62 South Alabama 6 1020 1734 425 2754 6.48 459.0
63 Air Force 5 1021 893 303 1914 6.32 382.8
64 Ohio State 8 1044 1126 489 2170 4.44 271.3
65 Louisiana-Lafayette 6 1053 1211 413 2264 5.48 377.3
66 Navy 6 1063 1290 416 2353 5.66 392.2
67 Northwestern 7 1070 1622 445 2692 6.05 384.6
67 Wake Forest 6 1070 1756 424 2826 6.67 471.0
69 Arizona 6 1075 1536 387 2611 6.75 435.2
70 Oregon State 6 1076 1605 380 2681 7.06 446.8
71 Wyoming 6 1093 1445 375 2538 6.77 423.0
72 Georgia Southern 6 1095 1530 408 2625 6.43 437.5
72 Tulsa 5 1095 1579 382 2674 7.00 534.8
74 Jacksonville State 6 1108 1324 432 2432 5.63 405.3
75 Alabama 8 1111 1644 571 2755 4.82 344.4
76 West Virginia 7 1115 2081 446 3196 7.17 456.6
77 Oklahoma 9 1118 1771 576 2889 5.02 321.0
78 Texas 10 1142 1639 630 2781 4.41 278.1
79 Arkansas 7 1147 1742 484 2889 5.97 412.7
80 New Mexico State 5 1156 1207 352 2363 6.71 472.6
81 Texas A&M 9 1162 2284 601 3446 5.73 382.9
82 Iowa State 7 1173 1367 452 2540 5.62 362.9
83 Texas Tech 7 1178 1946 469 3124 6.66 446.3
84 Clemson 6 1180 1454 427 2634 6.17 439.0
85 North Carolina State 7 1192 1634 481 2826 5.88 403.7
86 Central Michigan 6 1194 1146 379 2340 6.17 390.0
87 South Florida 6 1204 1474 439 2678 6.10 446.3
88 Louisville 8 1205 1827 550 3032 5.51 379.0
89 Troy 7 1225 1592 444 2817 6.34 402.4
90 Vanderbilt 7 1228 1855 467 3083 6.60 440.4
91 Missouri 8 1239 1686 478 2925 6.12 365.6
92 Maryland 8 1242 1927 558 3169 5.68 396.1
93 Utah State 5 1245 1380 363 2625 7.23 525.0
94 Nevada 7 1246 1513 434 2759 6.36 394.1
95 Michigan State 8 1270 1649 496 2919 5.89 364.9
95 Virginia Tech 9 1270 2221 634 3491 5.51 387.9
97 Syracuse 8 1274 1823 497 3097 6.23 387.1
98 Toledo 7 1284 1328 529 2612 4.94 373.1
99 Arkansas State 6 1289 1738 413 3027 7.33 504.5
100 Florida 8 1291 2103 573 3394 5.92 424.3
101 Tulane 7 1311 1147 433 2458 5.68 351.1
102 Cincinnati 8 1322 1980 526 3302 6.28 412.8
103 Notre Dame 9 1330 1639 602 2969 4.93 329.9
104 Kennesaw State 7 1348 1746 476 3094 6.50 442.0
105 USC 8 1363 1883 541 3246 6.00 405.8
106 UTEP 6 1380 1351 429 2731 6.37 455.2
107 Old Dominion 8 1393 1839 585 3232 5.52 404.0
108 Rice 8 1395 1484 558 2879 5.16 359.9
109 LSU 9 1428 1935 544 3363 6.18 373.7
109 Appalachian State 7 1428 1567 444 2995 6.75 427.9
111 North Carolina 7 1435 1620 500 3055 6.11 436.4
112 Ball State 8 1443 2247 536 3690 6.88 461.3
113 Purdue 7 1471 2056 464 3527 7.60 503.9
114 Middle Tennessee 6 1495 1619 413 3114 7.54 519.0
115 Western Michigan 6 1505 1499 382 3004 7.86 500.7
116 Wisconsin 8 1511 1678 545 3189 5.85 398.6
117 Kentucky 9 1521 1737 553 3258 5.89 362.0
117 Kansas 9 1521 2210 586 3731 6.37 414.6
119 Florida Atlantic 5 1528 1054 363 2582 7.11 516.4
120 Washington 8 1556 1454 517 3010 5.82 376.3
121 Charlotte 7 1589 1371 466 2960 6.35 422.9
122 Louisiana-Monroe 7 1676 1273 505 2949 5.84 421.3
123 Temple 6 1680 1207 412 2887 7.01 481.2
124 Oklahoma State 8 1702 2551 586 4253 7.26 531.6
125 Akron 8 1732 1855 563 3587 6.37 448.4
126 North Texas 7 1736 1972 523 3708 7.09 529.7
127 Massachusetts 8 1748 1443 495 3191 6.45 398.9
128 Florida State 9 1763 1683 596 3446 5.78 382.9
129 UAB 7 1787 1344 472 3131 6.63 447.3
130 Georgia State 8 1791 1628 549 3419 6.23 427.4
131 Kent State 7 1873 1919 522 3792 7.26 541.7
132 Western Kentucky 8 1981 1463 553 3444 6.23 430.5
133 Southern Mississippi 8 2030 1884 547 3914 7.16 489.3
134 Mississippi State 10 2278 2569 710 4847 6.83 484.7