2024 National Leaders Total Defense - Games vs. Unranked Teams Only (AP Poll) through 12/30/2024

Name G Rush Yards Pass Yards Plays Total Yards Yards/Play Yards/G
1 Kentucky 7 1234 1127 395 2361 5.98 337.3
2 Purdue 6 1090 1233 398 2323 5.84 387.2
3 Kansas 6 991 1578 411 2569 6.25 428.2
4 Mississippi State 6 1215 1398 419 2613 6.24 435.5
5 Oklahoma 7 820 1420 444 2240 5.05 320.0
6 Florida State 7 1251 1187 446 2438 5.47 348.3
7 Michigan 7 488 1619 448 2107 4.70 301.0
8 Georgia 7 1103 1179 451 2282 5.06 326.0
9 Michigan State 8 843 1427 473 2270 4.80 283.8
10 Vanderbilt 8 931 1745 487 2676 5.49 334.5
11 UCF 8 709 1671 496 2380 4.80 297.5
12 LSU 9 1025 1923 510 2948 5.78 327.6
13 Georgia Tech 9 1090 1626 512 2716 5.30 301.8
14 Oregon 9 853 1423 521 2276 4.37 252.9
15 Utah 8 1069 1395 523 2464 4.71 308.0
16 Stanford 8 1018 2203 526 3221 6.12 402.6
17 South Carolina 8 749 1472 528 2221 4.21 277.6
17 Louisville 8 877 1695 528 2572 4.87 321.5
19 Ohio State 9 804 1172 529 1976 3.74 219.6
19 Oregon State 9 1532 1872 529 3404 6.43 378.2
21 Nebraska 9 855 1857 531 2712 5.11 301.3
22 Alabama 8 1084 1347 535 2431 4.54 303.9
23 Wisconsin 9 1490 1442 558 2932 5.25 325.8
24 Cincinnati 9 1486 1961 559 3447 6.17 383.0
25 UCLA 9 793 2114 562 2907 5.17 323.0
26 Houston 9 1007 1833 563 2840 5.04 315.6
27 Wyoming 9 1734 1884 568 3618 6.37 402.0
28 Washington 9 1221 1421 576 2642 4.59 293.6
29 Florida 8 1159 1419 581 2578 4.44 322.3
30 California 9 884 1751 585 2635 4.50 292.8
31 Arizona 9 1512 2005 587 3517 5.99 390.8
32 Massachusetts 10 1936 1547 589 3483 5.91 348.3
33 Kansas State 9 1170 1972 591 3142 5.32 349.1
34 Penn State 10 954 1670 592 2624 4.43 262.4
34 Maryland 9 1091 2161 592 3252 5.49 361.3
36 Auburn 9 990 1788 594 2778 4.68 308.7
37 Texas A&M 9 965 2212 597 3177 5.32 353.0
38 Arkansas 9 1041 2146 600 3187 5.31 354.1
38 Virginia 9 1204 2275 600 3479 5.80 386.6
40 Baylor 9 1357 1895 601 3252 5.41 361.3
41 Virginia Tech 9 1283 1737 602 3020 5.02 335.6
42 Northwestern 9 1025 1985 603 3010 4.99 334.4
43 Minnesota 10 1108 1670 609 2778 4.56 277.8
44 Appalachian State 10 1922 1903 620 3825 6.17 382.5
45 Tennessee 10 1014 1558 622 2572 4.14 257.2
46 Missouri 11 1391 1789 631 3180 5.04 289.1
46 Iowa 10 1118 1872 631 2990 4.74 299.0
48 BYU 10 1369 1773 635 3142 4.95 314.2
48 Wake Forest 9 1163 2334 635 3497 5.51 388.6
50 North Carolina State 10 1445 2229 637 3674 5.77 367.4
51 Air Force 11 1634 2214 640 3848 6.01 349.8
52 Boston College 10 1139 2241 643 3380 5.26 338.0
52 West Virginia 10 1346 2727 643 4073 6.33 407.3
54 Nevada 10 1782 1987 644 3769 5.85 376.9
55 Hawai'i 10 1465 2143 649 3608 5.56 360.8
56 Rice 10 1432 1807 655 3239 4.95 323.9
57 Indiana 11 735 1887 656 2622 4.00 238.4
58 UTSA 10 955 2385 660 3340 5.06 334.0
58 Boise State 10 982 2677 660 3659 5.54 365.9
60 Middle Tennessee 10 1920 2402 662 4322 6.53 432.2
61 Clemson 10 1367 2041 663 3408 5.14 340.8
62 Oklahoma State 9 2067 2467 669 4534 6.78 503.8
63 Miami (Florida) 11 1222 2137 670 3359 5.01 305.4
64 Texas 11 1134 1549 672 2683 3.99 243.9
65 Akron 10 1757 2263 675 4020 5.96 402.0
66 Navy 10 1377 2116 677 3493 5.16 349.3
66 Syracuse 11 1672 2379 677 4051 5.98 368.3
68 Troy 11 1533 2498 678 4031 5.95 366.5
68 Charlotte 10 2090 2174 678 4264 6.29 426.4
70 Illinois 10 1331 2229 685 3560 5.20 356.0
70 UAB 10 1915 1763 685 3678 5.37 367.8
72 San Diego State 10 2015 1985 693 4000 5.77 400.0
73 Mississippi 10 792 2416 695 3208 4.62 320.8
74 Texas Tech 10 1690 3133 704 4823 6.85 482.3
75 USC 11 1460 2488 705 3948 5.60 358.9
76 Ball State 11 1861 2848 709 4709 6.64 428.1
77 Liberty 11 1627 2219 710 3846 5.42 349.6
78 Central Michigan 11 1900 2084 715 3984 5.57 362.2
79 Arizona State 11 1307 2292 718 3599 5.01 327.2
80 Notre Dame 11 1459 1869 719 3328 4.63 302.5
81 Northern Illinois 12 1335 2079 723 3414 4.72 284.5
82 Tulane 12 1470 2253 724 3723 5.14 310.3
82 Pittsburgh 10 1241 2535 724 3776 5.22 377.6
82 Kent State 10 2414 2320 724 4734 6.54 473.4
85 Duke 10 1457 1679 727 3136 4.31 313.6
86 Utah State 10 1965 2531 730 4496 6.16 449.6
87 Army 13 1295 2414 736 3709 5.04 285.3
87 Iowa State 12 2084 1883 736 3967 5.39 330.6
89 Louisiana-Monroe 11 2162 1949 740 4111 5.56 373.7
90 UNLV 11 1073 2580 741 3653 4.93 332.1
90 Texas State 11 1660 2151 741 3811 5.14 346.5
92 Colorado State 11 1778 2386 743 4164 5.60 378.5
93 Eastern Michigan 12 1954 2651 745 4605 6.18 383.8
94 Georgia Southern 11 1620 2694 750 4314 5.75 392.2
95 North Texas 10 1846 2799 753 4645 6.17 464.5
96 Bowling Green 12 1663 2206 756 3869 5.12 322.4
97 Temple 11 2296 2228 759 4524 5.96 411.3
98 Florida Atlantic 11 1797 2754 766 4551 5.94 413.7
99 Buffalo 11 1489 2844 767 4333 5.65 393.9
100 Rutgers 12 1934 2755 771 4689 6.08 390.8
101 Western Michigan 12 2229 2484 772 4713 6.10 392.8
102 SMU 11 1016 2561 775 3577 4.62 325.2
103 South Florida 10 1532 2818 779 4350 5.58 435.0
104 Old Dominion 11 1897 2740 780 4637 5.94 421.5
105 Louisiana Tech 12 1441 2182 784 3623 4.62 301.9
105 Florida International 11 2062 1975 784 4037 5.15 367.0
107 UTEP 11 1913 2459 785 4372 5.57 397.5
108 Ohio 13 1142 2622 794 3764 4.74 289.5
109 Southern Mississippi 12 2792 2598 795 5390 6.78 449.2
110 Washington State 11 1808 2880 796 4688 5.89 426.2
111 Tulsa 11 1848 3632 797 5480 6.88 498.2
112 Arkansas State 12 2515 2998 799 5513 6.90 459.4
113 Connecticut 12 1652 2325 806 3977 4.93 331.4
113 Georgia State 12 2524 2500 806 5024 6.23 418.7
115 Kennesaw State 12 2111 2841 819 4952 6.05 412.7
116 Memphis 13 1453 3348 824 4801 5.83 369.3
116 San Jose State 11 1544 2610 824 4154 5.04 377.6
118 Colorado 12 1788 2456 837 4244 5.07 353.7
119 TCU 12 1848 2270 838 4118 4.91 343.2
120 New Mexico State 12 2343 3019 840 5362 6.38 446.8
121 Marshall 12 2047 2299 852 4346 5.10 362.2
122 James Madison 13 1500 2684 859 4184 4.87 321.8
123 North Carolina 13 1943 2942 867 4885 5.63 375.8
123 New Mexico 12 2555 3350 867 5905 6.81 492.1
125 Sam Houston State 13 1879 2301 874 4180 4.78 321.5
126 Western Kentucky 13 2763 2199 875 4962 5.67 381.7
127 South Alabama 13 1848 3235 885 5083 5.74 391.0
128 Fresno State 12 1560 2613 887 4173 4.70 347.8
129 Miami (Ohio) 13 1650 2562 891 4212 4.73 324.0
130 Coastal Carolina 13 2419 2961 901 5380 5.97 413.8
131 East Carolina 12 1913 2912 902 4825 5.35 402.1
132 Louisiana-Lafayette 14 2159 2719 907 4878 5.38 348.4
133 Toledo 13 1959 2703 951 4662 4.90 358.6
134 Jacksonville State 14 2447 3055 984 5502 5.59 393.0