2025 National Leaders Total Defense - Games vs. Ranked Teams Only (AP Poll) through 01/19/2026
| Name | G | Rush Yards | Pass Yards | Plays | Total Yards | Yards/Play | Yards/G | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Wake Forest | 1 | 163 | 164 | 64 | 327 | 5.11 | 327.0 |
| 2 | UTEP | 1 | 226 | 114 | 81 | 340 | 4.20 | 340.0 |
| 3 | Boise State | 1 | 200 | 189 | 54 | 389 | 7.20 | 389.0 |
| 4 | Western Michigan | 1 | 182 | 224 | 63 | 406 | 6.44 | 406.0 |
| 5 | Troy | 1 | 318 | 93 | 67 | 411 | 6.13 | 411.0 |
| 6 | Massachusetts | 1 | 201 | 234 | 71 | 435 | 6.13 | 435.0 |
| 7 | Liberty | 1 | 227 | 213 | 67 | 440 | 6.57 | 440.0 |
| 8 | New Mexico | 1 | 201 | 251 | 63 | 452 | 7.17 | 452.0 |
| 9 | California | 1 | 194 | 262 | 80 | 456 | 5.70 | 456.0 |
| 10 | Boston College | 1 | 159 | 299 | 55 | 458 | 8.33 | 458.0 |
| 11 | San Jose State | 1 | 155 | 317 | 65 | 472 | 7.26 | 472.0 |
| 12 | Louisiana | 1 | 187 | 290 | 81 | 477 | 5.89 | 477.0 |
| 13 | Texas State | 1 | 247 | 264 | 60 | 511 | 8.52 | 511.0 |
| 14 | James Madison | 1 | 201 | 313 | 53 | 514 | 9.70 | 514.0 |
| 15 | Air Force | 1 | 178 | 339 | 55 | 517 | 9.40 | 517.0 |
| 16 | Wyoming | 1 | 311 | 230 | 86 | 541 | 6.29 | 541.0 |
| 17 | Ohio | 1 | 225 | 347 | 63 | 572 | 9.08 | 572.0 |
| 18 | Louisiana-Monroe | 1 | 212 | 371 | 69 | 583 | 8.45 | 583.0 |
| 19 | Kennesaw State | 1 | 313 | 280 | 67 | 593 | 8.85 | 593.0 |
| 20 | Missouri State | 1 | 233 | 364 | 57 | 597 | 10.47 | 597.0 |
| 21 | Sam Houston State | 1 | 264 | 343 | 69 | 607 | 8.80 | 607.0 |
| 22 | Central Michigan | 1 | 381 | 235 | 80 | 616 | 7.70 | 616.0 |
| 23 | San Diego State | 1 | 368 | 250 | 98 | 618 | 6.31 | 618.0 |
| 24 | Appalachian State | 1 | 324 | 303 | 89 | 627 | 7.04 | 627.0 |
| 25 | Georgia Tech | 2 | 286 | 399 | 130 | 685 | 5.27 | 342.5 |
| 26 | North Texas | 2 | 510 | 225 | 132 | 735 | 5.57 | 367.5 |
| 27 | Memphis | 2 | 325 | 432 | 125 | 757 | 6.06 | 378.5 |
| 28 | Syracuse | 2 | 452 | 328 | 96 | 780 | 8.13 | 390.0 |
| 29 | North Carolina | 2 | 317 | 484 | 141 | 801 | 5.68 | 400.5 |
| 30 | Pittsburgh | 2 | 315 | 488 | 139 | 803 | 5.78 | 401.5 |
| 31 | Arizona | 2 | 490 | 336 | 148 | 826 | 5.58 | 413.0 |
| 32 | Louisville | 3 | 277 | 557 | 200 | 834 | 4.17 | 278.0 |
| 33 | South Alabama | 2 | 436 | 399 | 137 | 835 | 6.09 | 417.5 |
| 34 | Utah | 2 | 375 | 477 | 138 | 852 | 6.17 | 426.0 |
| 35 | East Carolina | 2 | 268 | 608 | 122 | 876 | 7.18 | 438.0 |
| 36 | Marshall | 2 | 378 | 519 | 135 | 897 | 6.64 | 448.5 |
| 37 | Tulsa | 2 | 552 | 346 | 148 | 898 | 6.07 | 449.0 |
| 38 | Florida Atlantic | 2 | 559 | 347 | 133 | 906 | 6.81 | 453.0 |
| 39 | Kansas | 2 | 533 | 386 | 124 | 919 | 7.41 | 459.5 |
| 40 | Navy | 2 | 439 | 487 | 126 | 926 | 7.35 | 463.0 |
| 41 | SMU | 2 | 297 | 653 | 155 | 950 | 6.13 | 475.0 |
| 42 | Kent State | 2 | 415 | 541 | 148 | 956 | 6.46 | 478.0 |
| 43 | UAB | 2 | 503 | 466 | 118 | 969 | 8.21 | 484.5 |
| 44 | Houston | 2 | 340 | 638 | 159 | 978 | 6.15 | 489.0 |
| 45 | Coastal Carolina | 2 | 450 | 529 | 149 | 979 | 6.57 | 489.5 |
| 46 | Maryland | 2 | 595 | 436 | 148 | 1031 | 6.97 | 515.5 |
| 47 | Iowa State | 3 | 347 | 709 | 207 | 1056 | 5.10 | 352.0 |
| 48 | Utah State | 2 | 457 | 640 | 144 | 1097 | 7.62 | 548.5 |
| 49 | Texas A&M | 3 | 529 | 575 | 186 | 1104 | 5.94 | 368.0 |
| 50 | Florida State | 3 | 395 | 724 | 215 | 1119 | 5.20 | 373.0 |
| 51 | Old Dominion | 2 | 620 | 506 | 168 | 1126 | 6.70 | 563.0 |
| 52 | Ohio State | 4 | 537 | 593 | 229 | 1130 | 4.93 | 282.5 |
| 53 | Army | 3 | 560 | 592 | 202 | 1152 | 5.70 | 384.0 |
| 54 | Washington | 3 | 442 | 724 | 201 | 1166 | 5.80 | 388.7 |
| 55 | TCU | 3 | 493 | 737 | 204 | 1230 | 6.03 | 410.0 |
| 56 | Georgia Southern | 2 | 640 | 594 | 138 | 1234 | 8.94 | 617.0 |
| 57 | Minnesota | 3 | 445 | 813 | 177 | 1258 | 7.11 | 419.3 |
| 58 | Virginia Tech | 3 | 542 | 746 | 203 | 1288 | 6.34 | 429.3 |
| 59 | Vanderbilt | 3 | 413 | 880 | 188 | 1293 | 6.88 | 431.0 |
| 60 | Texas Tech | 5 | 398 | 896 | 329 | 1294 | 3.93 | 258.8 |
| 61 | Duke | 3 | 508 | 802 | 209 | 1310 | 6.27 | 436.7 |
| 62 | Baylor | 3 | 792 | 535 | 207 | 1327 | 6.41 | 442.3 |
| 63 | UCF | 3 | 533 | 806 | 216 | 1339 | 6.20 | 446.3 |
| 64 | Arizona State | 4 | 578 | 763 | 248 | 1341 | 5.41 | 335.3 |
| 64 | Illinois | 3 | 544 | 797 | 213 | 1341 | 6.30 | 447.0 |
| 66 | UTSA | 3 | 513 | 904 | 201 | 1417 | 7.05 | 472.3 |
| 67 | Kansas State | 3 | 551 | 884 | 229 | 1435 | 6.27 | 478.3 |
| 68 | Notre Dame | 4 | 536 | 915 | 263 | 1451 | 5.52 | 362.8 |
| 69 | Tulane | 3 | 513 | 947 | 205 | 1460 | 7.12 | 486.7 |
| 70 | Iowa | 4 | 522 | 946 | 242 | 1468 | 6.07 | 367.0 |
| 71 | Washington State | 4 | 646 | 823 | 240 | 1469 | 6.12 | 367.3 |
| 72 | Oklahoma State | 3 | 566 | 920 | 210 | 1486 | 7.08 | 495.3 |
| 73 | Rice | 3 | 658 | 829 | 176 | 1487 | 8.45 | 495.7 |
| 74 | BYU | 4 | 649 | 861 | 279 | 1510 | 5.41 | 377.5 |
| 75 | Rutgers | 3 | 829 | 697 | 177 | 1526 | 8.62 | 508.7 |
| 76 | Oregon State | 3 | 483 | 1053 | 224 | 1536 | 6.86 | 512.0 |
| 77 | Penn State | 4 | 693 | 850 | 244 | 1543 | 6.32 | 385.8 |
| 77 | USF | 3 | 650 | 893 | 216 | 1543 | 7.14 | 514.3 |
| 79 | NC State | 3 | 614 | 966 | 216 | 1580 | 7.31 | 526.7 |
| 80 | Georgia State | 3 | 792 | 823 | 217 | 1615 | 7.44 | 538.3 |
| 81 | Missouri | 5 | 717 | 921 | 329 | 1638 | 4.98 | 327.6 |
| 82 | Nebraska | 4 | 926 | 716 | 255 | 1642 | 6.44 | 410.5 |
| 83 | Michigan State | 4 | 851 | 799 | 249 | 1650 | 6.63 | 412.5 |
| 84 | Kentucky | 4 | 512 | 1151 | 267 | 1663 | 6.23 | 415.8 |
| 85 | Charlotte | 3 | 489 | 1177 | 227 | 1666 | 7.34 | 555.3 |
| 86 | Oklahoma | 5 | 506 | 1181 | 334 | 1687 | 5.05 | 337.4 |
| 86 | Miami (FL) | 5 | 479 | 1208 | 324 | 1687 | 5.21 | 337.4 |
| 88 | Georgia | 5 | 336 | 1368 | 325 | 1704 | 5.24 | 340.8 |
| 89 | Cincinnati | 4 | 1011 | 754 | 298 | 1765 | 5.92 | 441.3 |
| 90 | Michigan | 4 | 783 | 989 | 282 | 1772 | 6.28 | 443.0 |
| 90 | Northwestern | 4 | 834 | 938 | 271 | 1772 | 6.54 | 443.0 |
| 92 | Colorado | 4 | 933 | 841 | 286 | 1774 | 6.20 | 443.5 |
| 93 | Indiana | 6 | 457 | 1329 | 358 | 1786 | 4.99 | 297.7 |
| 94 | UCLA | 4 | 901 | 894 | 278 | 1795 | 6.46 | 448.8 |
| 95 | Tennessee | 4 | 824 | 984 | 277 | 1808 | 6.53 | 452.0 |
| 96 | Auburn | 5 | 643 | 1194 | 342 | 1837 | 5.37 | 367.4 |
| 97 | Stanford | 4 | 749 | 1101 | 290 | 1850 | 6.38 | 462.5 |
| 98 | South Carolina | 5 | 711 | 1176 | 330 | 1887 | 5.72 | 377.4 |
| 99 | USC | 5 | 894 | 995 | 322 | 1889 | 5.87 | 377.8 |
| 100 | Temple | 4 | 885 | 1025 | 265 | 1910 | 7.21 | 477.5 |
| 101 | Texas | 6 | 642 | 1309 | 396 | 1951 | 4.93 | 325.2 |
| 102 | Alabama | 6 | 847 | 1121 | 366 | 1968 | 5.38 | 328.0 |
| 103 | Florida | 5 | 794 | 1207 | 353 | 2001 | 5.67 | 400.2 |
| 104 | Mississippi State | 4 | 860 | 1159 | 305 | 2019 | 6.62 | 504.8 |
| 105 | Oregon | 6 | 713 | 1320 | 407 | 2033 | 5.00 | 338.8 |
| 106 | Arkansas | 4 | 642 | 1461 | 268 | 2103 | 7.85 | 525.8 |
| 107 | West Virginia | 5 | 773 | 1590 | 377 | 2363 | 6.27 | 472.6 |
| 108 | Ole Miss | 6 | 965 | 1409 | 437 | 2374 | 5.43 | 395.7 |
| 109 | Purdue | 5 | 1210 | 1204 | 322 | 2414 | 7.50 | 482.8 |
| 110 | Wisconsin | 6 | 841 | 1591 | 371 | 2432 | 6.56 | 405.3 |
| 111 | LSU | 6 | 967 | 1512 | 422 | 2479 | 5.87 | 413.2 |