2025 National Leaders Total Defense - Games vs. Non-Conference Teams Only through 01/02/2026

Name G Rush Yards Pass Yards Plays Total Yards Yards/Play Yards/G
1 Kansas State 2 339 347 154 686 4.45 343.0
2 UCF 3 388 351 189 739 3.91 246.3
3 Oklahoma 4 306 372 208 678 3.26 169.5
4 Iowa State 3 374 431 187 805 4.30 268.3
5 Indiana 4 369 486 199 855 4.30 213.8
6 Ohio State 4 481 493 240 974 4.06 243.5
7 Minnesota 4 240 497 210 737 3.51 184.3
8 Baylor 3 565 503 193 1068 5.53 356.0
9 Nebraska 4 633 508 243 1141 4.70 285.3
10 Alabama 5 644 536 269 1180 4.39 236.0
11 UCLA 3 732 561 196 1293 6.60 431.0
12 Penn State 4 345 563 252 908 3.60 227.0
13 Arizona 3 297 569 195 866 4.44 288.7
13 Army 4 623 569 230 1192 5.18 298.0
15 Purdue 3 451 570 175 1021 5.83 340.3
16 Rutgers 3 446 582 157 1028 6.55 342.7
17 Utah 4 431 584 230 1015 4.41 253.8
18 Georgia 4 231 591 197 822 4.17 205.5
19 Maryland 3 308 598 219 906 4.14 302.0
20 Missouri 5 431 603 281 1034 3.68 206.8
20 Kansas 3 351 603 192 954 4.97 318.0
22 Louisville 5 599 611 301 1210 4.02 242.0
23 West Virginia 3 281 620 210 901 4.29 300.3
24 Houston 4 482 624 256 1106 4.32 276.5
25 Northwestern 4 517 626 237 1143 4.82 285.8
26 Colorado 3 569 637 201 1206 6.00 402.0
27 Oklahoma State 3 633 647 196 1280 6.53 426.7
28 Virginia 4 444 651 233 1095 4.70 273.8
29 Cincinnati 4 517 659 266 1176 4.42 294.0
30 Wisconsin 3 139 673 152 812 5.34 270.7
31 Florida State 4 507 677 245 1184 4.83 296.0
32 Northern Illinois 4 591 684 254 1275 5.02 318.8
33 Temple 4 720 686 237 1406 5.93 351.5
34 Toledo 5 657 691 307 1348 4.39 269.6
35 South Alabama 4 798 700 265 1498 5.65 374.5
36 Illinois 4 379 702 231 1081 4.68 270.3
37 Iowa 4 224 708 213 932 4.38 233.0
38 Florida 4 516 712 249 1228 4.93 307.0
39 Ole Miss 5 694 720 308 1414 4.59 282.8
40 BYU 4 264 737 245 1001 4.09 250.3
41 Colorado State 4 676 748 258 1424 5.52 356.0
42 Buffalo 4 485 762 277 1247 4.50 311.8
42 Liberty 4 787 762 269 1549 5.76 387.3
44 Air Force 4 660 765 224 1425 6.36 356.3
45 Michigan 4 502 768 270 1270 4.70 317.5
46 Texas A&M 5 623 784 301 1407 4.67 281.4
46 North Texas 5 841 784 350 1625 4.64 325.0
46 Wyoming 4 652 784 269 1436 5.34 359.0
49 USC 4 630 788 276 1418 5.14 354.5
50 UTEP 4 679 791 275 1470 5.35 367.5
51 James Madison 5 666 794 294 1460 4.97 292.0
52 Navy 4 617 796 230 1413 6.14 353.3
53 LSU 5 406 802 305 1208 3.96 241.6
54 Texas 5 413 804 317 1217 3.84 243.4
55 Oregon 5 521 805 313 1326 4.24 265.2
56 Texas Tech 4 188 813 267 1001 3.75 250.3
57 Louisiana 5 1021 817 333 1838 5.52 367.6
58 Mississippi State 5 694 819 316 1513 4.79 302.6
59 Michigan State 3 193 820 188 1013 5.39 337.7
60 North Carolina 4 546 832 272 1378 5.07 344.5
61 San Diego State 5 733 834 358 1567 4.38 313.4
62 Texas State 5 862 846 340 1708 5.02 341.6
63 Tulsa 4 413 851 276 1264 4.58 316.0
64 Washington 4 244 854 248 1098 4.43 274.5
65 Virginia Tech 4 630 855 225 1485 6.60 371.3
66 South Carolina 4 370 871 278 1241 4.46 310.3
67 Auburn 4 316 883 266 1199 4.51 299.8
68 Syracuse 4 824 891 268 1715 6.40 428.8
69 Kentucky 4 591 903 269 1494 5.55 373.5
69 Middle Tennessee State 4 693 903 263 1596 6.07 399.0
71 Georgia Tech 5 737 907 348 1644 4.72 328.8
72 Boise State 5 680 913 294 1593 5.42 318.6
73 Old Dominion 5 797 918 358 1715 4.79 343.0
74 Troy 5 627 919 306 1546 5.05 309.2
75 Fresno State 5 562 925 283 1487 5.25 297.4
76 Jacksonville State 5 732 927 338 1659 4.91 331.8
77 Arkansas 4 722 928 277 1650 5.96 412.5
78 Western Kentucky 5 912 931 370 1843 4.98 368.6
79 Eastern Michigan 4 1089 939 269 2028 7.54 507.0
80 Georgia Southern 4 982 944 266 1926 7.24 481.5
81 Hawaii 5 624 955 314 1579 5.03 315.8
82 Bowling Green 4 443 958 238 1401 5.89 350.3
83 Vanderbilt 5 480 965 296 1445 4.88 289.0
84 Rice 5 801 967 320 1768 5.53 353.6
85 New Mexico State 4 535 984 280 1519 5.43 379.8
86 Nevada 4 531 991 271 1522 5.62 380.5
87 Kent State 4 1077 994 292 2071 7.09 517.8
88 Pittsburgh 5 498 997 343 1495 4.36 299.0
89 NC State 4 389 1000 280 1389 4.96 347.3
90 TCU 4 433 1018 252 1451 5.76 362.8
91 Marshall 4 410 1027 246 1437 5.84 359.3
92 Arizona State 4 486 1032 299 1518 5.08 379.5
93 Appalachian State 4 325 1038 275 1363 4.96 340.8
94 Western Michigan 5 689 1040 315 1729 5.49 345.8
95 Southern Miss 5 895 1043 358 1938 5.41 387.6
96 Boston College 4 417 1044 243 1461 6.01 365.3
97 Miami (OH) 5 785 1046 363 1831 5.04 366.2
98 Ball State 4 668 1051 272 1719 6.32 429.8
99 Wake Forest 5 507 1055 377 1562 4.14 312.4
100 Kennesaw State 5 917 1059 336 1976 5.88 395.2
101 Coastal Carolina 5 911 1067 348 1978 5.68 395.6
102 Memphis 5 484 1072 304 1556 5.12 311.2
103 California 5 475 1081 313 1556 4.97 311.2
103 Massachusetts 4 741 1081 291 1822 6.26 455.5
105 Louisiana-Monroe 4 572 1099 265 1671 6.31 417.8
106 Georgia State 4 909 1104 284 2013 7.09 503.3
107 San Jose State 4 580 1108 273 1688 6.18 422.0
108 Florida Atlantic 4 559 1125 285 1684 5.91 421.0
109 UAB 4 703 1136 277 1839 6.64 459.8
110 East Carolina 5 468 1139 338 1607 4.75 321.4
111 Akron 4 658 1147 289 1805 6.25 451.3
112 Central Michigan 5 729 1160 323 1889 5.85 377.8
113 Missouri State 5 733 1166 297 1899 6.39 379.8
114 New Mexico 5 551 1169 317 1720 5.43 344.0
115 Sam Houston State 4 730 1172 284 1902 6.70 475.5
116 Stanford 4 491 1195 278 1686 6.06 421.5
117 Miami (FL) 6 439 1197 363 1636 4.51 272.7
118 USF 5 785 1211 379 1996 5.27 399.2
119 Charlotte 4 570 1226 293 1796 6.13 449.0
120 Louisiana Tech 5 578 1231 370 1809 4.89 361.8
121 UNLV 5 816 1245 330 2061 6.25 412.2
122 Ohio 5 732 1250 299 1982 6.63 396.4
123 Delaware 5 872 1308 345 2180 6.32 436.0
124 Clemson 5 430 1317 340 1747 5.14 349.4
125 Tennessee 5 423 1321 370 1744 4.71 348.8
126 Utah State 5 924 1324 372 2248 6.04 449.6
127 UTSA 5 541 1331 350 1872 5.35 374.4
128 Tulane 5 797 1358 340 2155 6.34 431.0
129 Duke 5 842 1369 344 2211 6.43 442.2
130 FIU 5 785 1456 353 2241 6.35 448.2
131 Arkansas State 5 836 1503 341 2339 6.86 467.8
132 SMU 5 635 1603 393 2238 5.69 447.6
133 Washington State 11 1463 1967 652 3430 5.26 311.8
134 Oregon State 10 1578 2326 637 3904 6.13 390.4
135 Notre Dame 12 1191 2561 815 3752 4.60 312.7
136 Connecticut 13 2594 2840 940 5434 5.78 418.0