2024 National Leaders Total Defense - Games vs. FBS (I-A) Teams Only through 12/14/2024

Name G Rush Yards Pass Yards Plays Total Yards Yards/Play Yards/G
1 Ohio State 12 1162 1731 706 2893 4.10 241.1
2 Florida International 11 2117 1794 763 3911 5.13 355.5
3 Northern Illinois 11 1247 1827 670 3074 4.59 279.5
4 Texas 13 1383 1860 810 3243 4.00 249.5
5 Notre Dame 12 1666 1895 786 3561 4.53 296.8
6 Washington 11 1742 1903 711 3645 5.13 331.4
7 Massachusetts 10 2123 1906 613 4029 6.57 402.9
8 Bowling Green 11 1587 1959 684 3546 5.18 322.4
9 Indiana 11 838 1979 659 2817 4.27 256.1
10 Louisiana-Monroe 11 2342 1980 768 4322 5.63 392.9
11 Iowa State 12 2155 1981 721 4136 5.74 344.7
12 Tennessee 11 1121 1991 713 3112 4.36 282.9
13 Wisconsin 11 1857 2018 700 3875 5.54 352.3
14 Minnesota 11 1333 2023 689 3356 4.87 305.1
15 Liberty 10 1511 2025 660 3536 5.36 353.6
16 Kentucky 11 1852 2035 660 3887 5.89 353.4
17 Rice 11 1889 2037 743 3926 5.28 356.9
18 Louisiana Tech 11 1379 2044 721 3423 4.75 311.2
19 BYU 11 1517 2056 725 3573 4.93 324.8
20 Tulane 12 1715 2084 728 3799 5.22 316.6
21 Sam Houston State 12 1698 2089 797 3787 4.75 315.6
22 UAB 11 2438 2104 761 4542 5.97 412.9
23 Oregon 12 1590 2116 756 3706 4.90 308.8
24 Alabama 11 1615 2154 770 3769 4.89 342.6
25 Air Force 11 1727 2159 635 3886 6.12 353.3
26 Texas State 11 1710 2160 750 3870 5.16 351.8
27 Colorado 11 1631 2164 768 3795 4.94 345.0
28 Florida State 11 2159 2197 742 4356 5.87 396.0
29 Missouri 11 1547 2199 654 3746 5.73 340.5
30 Western Kentucky 12 2695 2207 810 4902 6.05 408.5
31 Iowa 11 1354 2220 698 3574 5.12 324.9
32 James Madison 11 1375 2222 735 3597 4.89 327.0
33 Duke 11 1764 2227 813 3991 4.91 362.8
34 Central Michigan 11 1843 2235 706 4078 5.78 370.7
35 Appalachian State 10 1991 2241 633 4232 6.69 423.2
36 TCU 11 1913 2244 784 4157 5.30 377.9
37 Fresno State 11 1539 2247 788 3786 4.80 344.2
38 Hawai'i 10 1812 2252 678 4064 5.99 406.4
39 South Carolina 11 1248 2264 736 3512 4.77 319.3
40 Houston 12 1631 2266 749 3897 5.20 324.8
41 Georgia State 11 2448 2268 755 4716 6.25 428.7
42 Navy 11 1740 2286 740 4026 5.44 366.0
43 Louisiana-Lafayette 12 1974 2296 792 4270 5.39 355.8
44 Temple 12 2713 2300 823 5013 6.09 417.8
45 Penn State 13 1347 2320 788 3667 4.65 282.1
46 Army 12 1347 2324 681 3671 5.39 305.9
47 LSU 11 1609 2326 661 3935 5.95 357.7
48 Utah 11 1474 2332 733 3806 5.19 346.0
49 Charlotte 11 2474 2334 758 4808 6.34 437.1
50 Oregon State 11 2148 2340 675 4488 6.65 408.0
51 Auburn 11 1377 2352 743 3729 5.02 339.0
52 Nebraska 11 1130 2354 631 3484 5.52 316.7
53 Michigan State 11 1484 2360 699 3844 5.50 349.5
54 Troy 11 1689 2371 670 4060 6.06 369.1
55 Miami (Florida) 11 1269 2379 687 3648 5.31 331.6
56 Syracuse 11 1835 2398 667 4233 6.35 384.8
57 Miami (Ohio) 13 1779 2399 880 4178 4.75 321.4
58 Nevada 12 2337 2404 780 4741 6.08 395.1
59 Oklahoma 11 1163 2405 722 3568 4.94 324.4
59 Toledo 11 1535 2405 795 3940 4.96 358.2
61 Southern Mississippi 11 2690 2426 721 5116 7.10 465.1
62 Cincinnati 11 1758 2429 688 4187 6.09 380.6
63 Marshall 12 2233 2430 829 4663 5.62 388.6
64 San Diego State 11 2424 2452 793 4876 6.15 443.3
65 Ohio 12 1151 2476 732 3627 4.95 302.3
66 Illinois 11 1750 2515 763 4265 5.59 387.7
67 Wyoming 11 2176 2526 702 4702 6.70 427.5
68 Coastal Carolina 11 2020 2528 768 4548 5.92 413.5
69 UCF 11 1377 2529 731 3906 5.34 355.1
70 Connecticut 11 1500 2530 780 4030 5.17 366.4
71 Eastern Michigan 11 1911 2540 683 4451 6.52 404.6
72 UTEP 11 1886 2563 788 4449 5.65 404.5
73 Virginia Tech 12 1745 2571 821 4316 5.26 359.7
74 Kansas State 11 1343 2586 726 3929 5.41 357.2
75 California 11 1202 2590 746 3792 5.08 344.7
76 San Jose State 11 1688 2613 828 4301 5.19 391.0
77 Northwestern 11 1519 2615 730 4134 5.66 375.8
78 Georgia Tech 11 1430 2617 685 4047 5.91 367.9
79 Mississippi 11 976 2618 771 3594 4.66 326.7
80 Michigan 12 1111 2620 759 3731 4.92 310.9
81 Arkansas State 11 2471 2621 737 5092 6.91 462.9
82 Texas A&M 11 1472 2624 741 4096 5.53 372.4
82 Louisville 11 1591 2624 760 4215 5.55 383.2
84 Akron 11 2101 2629 757 4730 6.25 430.0
85 Baylor 11 1761 2651 767 4412 5.75 401.1
86 North Carolina State 11 1595 2652 720 4247 5.90 386.1
87 Colorado State 11 1753 2676 767 4429 5.77 402.6
88 Florida Atlantic 11 2182 2686 770 4868 6.32 442.5
89 Clemson 12 1669 2688 806 4357 5.41 363.1
89 Florida 11 1813 2688 808 4501 5.57 409.2
91 Rutgers 11 1624 2693 700 4317 6.17 392.5
92 Georgia 12 1545 2695 806 4240 5.26 353.3
93 North Carolina 11 1657 2700 737 4357 5.91 396.1
94 Mississippi State 11 2477 2705 788 5182 6.58 471.1
95 Kennesaw State 11 1959 2709 758 4668 6.16 424.4
96 New Mexico State 11 2286 2724 774 5010 6.47 455.5
97 Maryland 11 1566 2740 746 4306 5.77 391.5
98 Kansas 11 1767 2742 714 4509 6.32 409.9
99 Middle Tennessee 11 2297 2752 743 5049 6.80 459.0
100 East Carolina 11 1967 2758 843 4725 5.60 429.5
101 Arizona 11 2015 2759 729 4774 6.55 434.0
102 USC 12 1685 2774 769 4459 5.80 371.6
103 Western Michigan 12 2363 2778 782 5141 6.57 428.4
104 Jacksonville State 13 2213 2801 910 5014 5.51 385.7
105 Arkansas 11 1455 2807 764 4262 5.58 387.5
106 Kent State 11 2972 2818 816 5790 7.10 526.4
107 Vanderbilt 11 1600 2829 703 4429 6.30 402.6
108 Washington State 11 1869 2830 770 4699 6.10 427.2
109 Utah State 11 2437 2842 797 5279 6.62 479.9
110 Arizona State 13 1528 2852 849 4380 5.16 336.9
111 Old Dominion 12 2071 2854 859 4925 5.73 410.4
112 Pittsburgh 11 1315 2861 811 4176 5.15 379.6
113 Boston College 11 1303 2888 733 4191 5.72 381.0
114 SMU 12 1180 2902 859 4082 4.75 340.2
114 Memphis 11 1180 2902 689 4082 5.92 371.1
116 UNLV 12 1361 2910 834 4271 5.12 355.9
117 West Virginia 11 1629 2921 700 4550 6.50 413.6
118 Buffalo 11 1701 2927 786 4628 5.89 420.7
119 UCLA 12 1154 2936 756 4090 5.41 340.8
120 Georgia Southern 11 2044 2943 756 4987 6.60 453.4
121 North Texas 11 2279 2952 821 5231 6.37 475.5
122 Purdue 11 2296 2982 750 5278 7.04 479.8
123 Virginia 11 1596 3047 754 4643 6.16 422.1
124 South Alabama 12 1782 3064 829 4846 5.85 403.8
125 Boise State 12 1349 3079 780 4428 5.68 369.0
126 Ball State 11 2042 3097 725 5139 7.09 467.2
127 New Mexico 11 2193 3145 788 5338 6.77 485.3
128 UTSA 11 1273 3156 751 4429 5.90 402.6
129 Texas Tech 11 1650 3158 766 4808 6.28 437.1
130 Stanford 11 1577 3163 727 4740 6.52 430.9
130 Oklahoma State 11 2456 3163 817 5619 6.88 510.8
132 Wake Forest 11 1701 3182 800 4883 6.10 443.9
133 South Florida 11 1847 3222 813 5069 6.23 460.8
134 Tulsa 11 2055 3680 790 5735 7.26 521.4