2025 National Leaders Total Defense - Games in August/September Only through 12/13/2025

Name G Rush Yards Pass Yards Plays Total Yards Yards/Play Yards/G
1 Wisconsin 4 200 938 209 1138 5.44 284.5
2 Texas Tech 4 225 730 255 955 3.75 238.8
3 Texas 4 239 605 236 844 3.58 211.0
4 Minnesota 4 262 658 220 920 4.18 230.0
5 Pittsburgh 4 304 947 301 1251 4.16 312.8
6 BYU 4 305 602 230 907 3.94 226.8
6 Miami (FL) 4 305 673 229 978 4.27 244.5
8 Michigan 4 310 855 275 1165 4.24 291.3
9 Missouri 5 312 707 252 1019 4.04 203.8
10 Washington 4 335 809 239 1144 4.79 286.0
11 Appalachian State 4 337 959 261 1296 4.97 324.0
12 Louisiana-Monroe 4 338 1115 268 1453 5.42 363.3
13 Iowa 5 347 924 285 1271 4.46 254.2
14 Oklahoma 4 356 474 224 830 3.71 207.5
15 James Madison 4 362 475 223 837 3.75 209.3
16 San Diego State 4 365 584 260 949 3.65 237.3
16 Georgia 4 365 931 250 1296 5.18 324.0
18 Navy 4 367 821 240 1188 4.95 297.0
19 Maryland 4 369 833 296 1202 4.06 300.5
20 Ohio State 4 389 528 230 917 3.99 229.3
21 Arizona State 5 391 1214 332 1605 4.83 321.0
22 Arizona 4 399 667 253 1066 4.21 266.5
22 Vanderbilt 5 399 995 300 1394 4.65 278.8
24 LSU 5 422 1043 318 1465 4.61 293.0
25 Cincinnati 4 428 996 255 1424 5.58 356.0
26 Indiana 5 440 667 263 1107 4.21 221.4
26 Auburn 5 440 1138 320 1578 4.93 315.6
28 Florida 4 445 692 236 1137 4.82 284.3
29 Florida State 4 446 738 260 1184 4.55 296.0
29 New Mexico 4 446 1022 257 1468 5.71 367.0
31 Memphis 5 457 1173 325 1630 5.02 326.0
32 SMU 4 459 1338 314 1797 5.72 449.3
33 Toledo 5 460 659 311 1119 3.60 223.8
34 UTSA 4 462 1155 272 1617 5.94 404.3
35 Texas A&M 4 469 760 261 1229 4.71 307.3
36 Louisville 4 470 603 236 1073 4.55 268.3
37 Penn State 4 478 618 265 1096 4.14 274.0
38 Michigan State 4 482 1054 254 1536 6.05 384.0
39 Notre Dame 4 486 1075 267 1561 5.85 390.3
40 Clemson 4 487 961 280 1448 5.17 362.0
41 Boston College 4 496 823 260 1319 5.07 329.8
42 Houston 4 501 561 264 1062 4.02 265.5
43 TCU 4 522 1029 272 1551 5.70 387.8
44 Troy 4 527 746 241 1273 5.28 318.3
45 Louisiana Tech 5 528 1204 355 1732 4.88 346.4
46 USF 4 530 1084 298 1614 5.42 403.5
47 Fresno State 5 531 1072 309 1603 5.19 320.6
47 Nevada 4 531 991 271 1522 5.62 380.5
49 USC 5 542 1255 319 1797 5.63 359.4
50 North Carolina 4 546 832 272 1378 5.07 344.5
51 California 5 560 976 299 1536 5.14 307.2
51 Wake Forest 4 560 802 313 1362 4.35 340.5
53 Stanford 5 566 1575 345 2141 6.21 428.2
54 Oregon 5 574 617 286 1191 4.16 238.2
55 Tennessee 5 576 1291 387 1867 4.82 373.4
56 San Jose State 4 580 1108 273 1688 6.18 422.0
57 Kentucky 4 588 998 277 1586 5.73 396.5
58 East Carolina 5 589 932 323 1521 4.71 304.2
58 FIU 4 589 995 281 1584 5.64 396.0
60 Iowa State 5 591 957 316 1548 4.90 309.6
60 Northern Illinois 4 591 684 254 1275 5.02 318.8
62 Miami (OH) 4 608 827 292 1435 4.91 358.8
63 UNLV 4 609 1102 272 1711 6.29 427.8
64 Boise State 4 611 742 253 1353 5.35 338.3
65 Buffalo 5 629 1041 354 1670 4.72 334.0
65 Purdue 4 629 852 243 1481 6.09 370.3
67 Charlotte 4 633 1067 276 1700 6.16 425.0
68 Rutgers 5 641 1092 272 1733 6.37 346.6
69 Alabama 4 642 454 217 1096 5.05 274.0
70 Air Force 4 643 1223 254 1866 7.35 466.5
71 Northwestern 4 646 639 237 1285 5.42 321.3
72 Sam Houston State 4 647 1287 288 1934 6.72 483.5
73 Wyoming 4 652 784 269 1436 5.34 359.0
74 UCF 4 654 519 259 1173 4.53 293.3
75 Virginia 5 657 1111 315 1768 5.61 353.6
76 Illinois 5 660 1212 325 1872 5.76 374.4
77 Delaware 4 665 966 277 1631 5.89 407.8
78 Ball State 4 668 1051 272 1719 6.32 429.8
79 Bowling Green 5 674 1166 302 1840 6.09 368.0
79 Marshall 5 674 1224 320 1898 5.93 379.6
81 Army 4 675 824 265 1499 5.66 374.8
82 Colorado State 4 676 748 258 1424 5.52 356.0
83 Mississippi State 5 677 851 320 1528 4.78 305.6
84 Virginia Tech 5 689 1095 291 1784 6.13 356.8
84 Coastal Carolina 4 689 835 293 1524 5.20 381.0
86 Nebraska 4 694 303 223 997 4.47 249.3
86 New Mexico State 4 694 986 299 1680 5.62 420.0
88 Duke 5 698 1271 336 1969 5.86 393.8
89 Florida Atlantic 4 701 875 271 1576 5.82 394.0
90 Utah 5 704 798 298 1502 5.04 300.4
91 Western Michigan 5 711 920 317 1631 5.15 326.2
92 South Carolina 5 716 901 332 1617 4.87 323.4
93 Temple 4 720 686 237 1406 5.93 351.5
94 NC State 5 724 1338 334 2062 6.17 412.4
95 Tulane 5 738 1257 346 1995 5.77 399.0
96 Massachusetts 4 741 1081 291 1822 6.26 455.5
97 Old Dominion 4 745 637 283 1382 4.88 345.5
98 Kansas 5 747 1133 345 1880 5.45 376.0
99 Washington State 5 752 899 305 1651 5.41 330.2
100 Texas State 4 760 752 275 1512 5.50 378.0
101 West Virginia 5 765 1056 354 1821 5.14 364.2
102 Hawaii 6 767 1126 355 1893 5.33 315.5
103 Kennesaw State 5 769 1244 353 2013 5.70 402.6
104 UTEP 5 774 928 343 1702 4.96 340.4
105 Central Michigan 5 775 1099 319 1874 5.87 374.8
106 Connecticut 5 800 1163 357 1963 5.50 392.6
107 Oregon State 5 802 1408 332 2210 6.66 442.0
108 Rice 5 813 858 316 1671 5.29 334.2
109 Ohio 5 815 1236 305 2051 6.72 410.2
110 Ole Miss 5 819 862 326 1681 5.16 336.2
111 Missouri State 5 821 1195 309 2016 6.52 403.2
112 Georgia Tech 5 831 952 350 1783 5.09 356.6
113 Southern Miss 5 835 1151 375 1986 5.30 397.2
114 Arkansas 5 840 1285 347 2125 6.12 425.0
115 Jacksonville State 5 843 1133 342 1976 5.78 395.2
116 Middle Tennessee State 5 850 1080 314 1930 6.15 386.0
117 Oklahoma State 4 852 1040 270 1892 7.01 473.0
118 Syracuse 5 870 1455 377 2325 6.17 465.0
119 UAB 4 891 1037 275 1928 7.01 482.0
120 Tulsa 5 896 956 353 1852 5.25 370.4
121 Baylor 5 901 1015 351 1916 5.46 383.2
122 North Texas 5 902 679 350 1581 4.52 316.2
123 Akron 5 903 1440 350 2343 6.69 468.6
124 Kansas State 5 908 905 366 1813 4.95 362.6
125 Georgia State 4 909 1104 284 2013 7.09 503.3
126 UCLA 4 931 676 256 1607 6.28 401.8
127 Utah State 5 935 1130 368 2065 5.61 413.0
128 South Alabama 5 980 812 321 1792 5.58 358.4
129 Colorado 5 986 1038 343 2024 5.90 404.8
130 Arkansas State 5 988 1339 327 2327 7.12 465.4
131 Kent State 4 1025 1142 293 2167 7.40 541.8
132 Western Kentucky 5 1054 880 334 1934 5.79 386.8
133 Louisiana 5 1108 899 352 2007 5.70 401.4
134 Liberty 5 1125 814 331 1939 5.86 387.8
135 Georgia Southern 5 1313 1092 341 2405 7.05 481.0
136 Eastern Michigan 5 1394 1079 339 2473 7.29 494.6