2025 National Leaders Total Defense - Games vs. FBS Power 5 Conference Teams Only through 01/02/2026
| Name | G | Rush Yards | Pass Yards | Plays | Total Yards | Yards/Play | Yards/G | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Texas Tech | 12 | 838 | 2375 | 799 | 3213 | 4.02 | 267.8 |
| 2 | Oregon | 12 | 1319 | 1671 | 730 | 2990 | 4.10 | 249.2 |
| 3 | Navy | 1 | 142 | 97 | 58 | 239 | 4.12 | 239.0 |
| 4 | Ohio State | 12 | 1089 | 1631 | 657 | 2720 | 4.14 | 226.7 |
| 5 | Western Kentucky | 1 | 126 | 202 | 79 | 328 | 4.15 | 328.0 |
| 6 | UTEP | 1 | 226 | 114 | 81 | 340 | 4.20 | 340.0 |
| 7 | North Texas | 1 | 64 | 211 | 63 | 275 | 4.37 | 275.0 |
| 8 | Miami (FL) | 11 | 951 | 2203 | 696 | 3154 | 4.53 | 286.7 |
| 9 | Indiana | 11 | 686 | 2188 | 632 | 2874 | 4.55 | 261.3 |
| 10 | San Diego State | 2 | 204 | 481 | 150 | 685 | 4.57 | 342.5 |
| 11 | Notre Dame | 10 | 885 | 2324 | 689 | 3209 | 4.66 | 320.9 |
| 12 | Oklahoma | 10 | 845 | 2308 | 675 | 3153 | 4.67 | 315.3 |
| 13 | Louisiana Tech | 2 | 285 | 383 | 139 | 668 | 4.81 | 334.0 |
| 14 | Missouri | 10 | 1060 | 2073 | 644 | 3133 | 4.86 | 313.3 |
| 15 | Arizona | 11 | 1679 | 1858 | 727 | 3537 | 4.87 | 321.5 |
| 16 | Tulsa | 2 | 254 | 459 | 146 | 713 | 4.88 | 356.5 |
| 17 | Louisville | 9 | 927 | 1943 | 587 | 2870 | 4.89 | 318.9 |
| 18 | Iowa | 11 | 1331 | 2018 | 682 | 3349 | 4.91 | 304.5 |
| 18 | Washington | 10 | 1082 | 2172 | 663 | 3254 | 4.91 | 325.4 |
| 20 | Wake Forest | 10 | 1322 | 2104 | 696 | 3426 | 4.92 | 342.6 |
| 21 | Florida Atlantic | 1 | 112 | 268 | 77 | 380 | 4.94 | 380.0 |
| 22 | Toledo | 3 | 562 | 397 | 192 | 959 | 4.99 | 319.7 |
| 23 | Virginia | 12 | 1445 | 2371 | 761 | 3816 | 5.01 | 318.0 |
| 24 | Miami (OH) | 2 | 327 | 447 | 152 | 774 | 5.09 | 387.0 |
| 25 | Pittsburgh | 9 | 912 | 2322 | 632 | 3234 | 5.12 | 359.3 |
| 26 | Georgia | 11 | 979 | 2621 | 700 | 3600 | 5.14 | 327.3 |
| 27 | Florida State | 10 | 1509 | 2034 | 683 | 3543 | 5.19 | 354.3 |
| 28 | North Carolina | 10 | 1363 | 2210 | 684 | 3573 | 5.22 | 357.3 |
| 29 | Alabama | 13 | 1796 | 2474 | 816 | 4270 | 5.23 | 328.5 |
| 30 | Michigan | 11 | 1326 | 2471 | 724 | 3797 | 5.24 | 345.2 |
| 31 | Texas | 10 | 1189 | 2571 | 713 | 3760 | 5.27 | 376.0 |
| 32 | UCF | 10 | 1483 | 2024 | 664 | 3507 | 5.28 | 350.7 |
| 33 | Western Michigan | 2 | 343 | 351 | 131 | 694 | 5.30 | 347.0 |
| 33 | Arizona State | 11 | 1404 | 2609 | 757 | 4013 | 5.30 | 364.8 |
| 35 | BYU | 12 | 1604 | 2595 | 791 | 4199 | 5.31 | 349.9 |
| 36 | SMU | 11 | 1287 | 3162 | 835 | 4449 | 5.33 | 404.5 |
| 37 | South Alabama | 1 | 195 | 142 | 63 | 337 | 5.35 | 337.0 |
| 37 | Auburn | 9 | 940 | 2294 | 604 | 3234 | 5.35 | 359.3 |
| 39 | Texas A&M | 9 | 1252 | 1615 | 535 | 2867 | 5.36 | 318.6 |
| 40 | Washington State | 5 | 645 | 1030 | 308 | 1675 | 5.44 | 335.0 |
| 41 | TCU | 12 | 1547 | 2917 | 816 | 4464 | 5.47 | 372.0 |
| 42 | Kansas State | 10 | 1626 | 2322 | 721 | 3948 | 5.48 | 394.8 |
| 43 | Clemson | 11 | 1227 | 2838 | 738 | 4065 | 5.51 | 369.5 |
| 44 | South Carolina | 10 | 1532 | 2214 | 679 | 3746 | 5.52 | 374.6 |
| 44 | LSU | 10 | 1445 | 2318 | 682 | 3763 | 5.52 | 376.3 |
| 46 | Utah | 11 | 2169 | 2046 | 758 | 4215 | 5.56 | 383.2 |
| 46 | Connecticut | 3 | 404 | 842 | 224 | 1246 | 5.56 | 415.3 |
| 48 | Ole Miss | 10 | 1478 | 2214 | 660 | 3692 | 5.59 | 369.2 |
| 49 | Buffalo | 1 | 153 | 290 | 79 | 443 | 5.61 | 443.0 |
| 50 | Penn State | 10 | 1551 | 2025 | 636 | 3576 | 5.62 | 357.6 |
| 50 | Illinois | 11 | 1505 | 2614 | 733 | 4119 | 5.62 | 374.5 |
| 52 | Charlotte | 2 | 340 | 412 | 133 | 752 | 5.65 | 376.0 |
| 53 | Hawaii | 3 | 504 | 607 | 196 | 1111 | 5.67 | 370.3 |
| 54 | Houston | 11 | 1461 | 2689 | 731 | 4150 | 5.68 | 377.3 |
| 54 | California | 10 | 1756 | 2039 | 668 | 3795 | 5.68 | 379.5 |
| 56 | USC | 10 | 1349 | 2168 | 617 | 3517 | 5.70 | 351.7 |
| 57 | Army | 1 | 74 | 172 | 43 | 246 | 5.72 | 246.0 |
| 57 | Wisconsin | 10 | 1196 | 2328 | 616 | 3524 | 5.72 | 352.4 |
| 59 | Boise State | 1 | 127 | 228 | 62 | 355 | 5.73 | 355.0 |
| 59 | Kentucky | 9 | 1278 | 2158 | 600 | 3436 | 5.73 | 381.8 |
| 61 | Troy | 1 | 120 | 196 | 55 | 316 | 5.75 | 316.0 |
| 61 | New Mexico | 3 | 415 | 615 | 179 | 1030 | 5.75 | 343.3 |
| 61 | Stanford | 9 | 1097 | 2447 | 616 | 3544 | 5.75 | 393.8 |
| 64 | Old Dominion | 2 | 476 | 459 | 162 | 935 | 5.77 | 467.5 |
| 65 | Vanderbilt | 10 | 1207 | 2623 | 663 | 3830 | 5.78 | 383.0 |
| 66 | Iowa State | 10 | 1413 | 2274 | 636 | 3687 | 5.80 | 368.7 |
| 66 | East Carolina | 3 | 397 | 820 | 210 | 1217 | 5.80 | 405.7 |
| 68 | Virginia Tech | 10 | 1590 | 2280 | 663 | 3870 | 5.84 | 387.0 |
| 69 | Nebraska | 11 | 2074 | 1874 | 675 | 3948 | 5.85 | 358.9 |
| 70 | Florida | 10 | 1682 | 2363 | 690 | 4045 | 5.86 | 404.5 |
| 71 | Baylor | 11 | 2271 | 2239 | 768 | 4510 | 5.87 | 410.0 |
| 72 | Tennessee | 10 | 1882 | 2331 | 716 | 4213 | 5.88 | 421.3 |
| 73 | UCLA | 10 | 1839 | 2004 | 650 | 3843 | 5.91 | 384.3 |
| 74 | Cincinnati | 10 | 1917 | 2450 | 738 | 4367 | 5.92 | 436.7 |
| 75 | UNLV | 1 | 173 | 255 | 72 | 428 | 5.94 | 428.0 |
| 76 | Northern Illinois | 2 | 378 | 414 | 133 | 792 | 5.95 | 396.0 |
| 77 | West Virginia | 10 | 1490 | 2868 | 731 | 4358 | 5.96 | 435.8 |
| 78 | Northwestern | 9 | 1254 | 1890 | 522 | 3144 | 6.02 | 349.3 |
| 79 | Jacksonville State | 1 | 108 | 314 | 70 | 422 | 6.03 | 422.0 |
| 80 | Southern Miss | 1 | 186 | 279 | 77 | 465 | 6.04 | 465.0 |
| 81 | Minnesota | 10 | 1395 | 2519 | 646 | 3914 | 6.06 | 391.4 |
| 82 | Maryland | 9 | 1799 | 2120 | 643 | 3919 | 6.09 | 435.4 |
| 83 | Nevada | 1 | 135 | 303 | 71 | 438 | 6.17 | 438.0 |
| 83 | Massachusetts | 2 | 469 | 487 | 155 | 956 | 6.17 | 478.0 |
| 85 | James Madison | 3 | 444 | 635 | 174 | 1079 | 6.20 | 359.7 |
| 85 | Michigan State | 10 | 1642 | 2346 | 643 | 3988 | 6.20 | 398.8 |
| 87 | Kansas | 10 | 1987 | 2300 | 687 | 4287 | 6.24 | 428.7 |
| 87 | Colorado | 10 | 2421 | 1944 | 699 | 4365 | 6.24 | 436.5 |
| 89 | New Mexico State | 1 | 194 | 219 | 66 | 413 | 6.26 | 413.0 |
| 90 | Colorado State | 2 | 441 | 415 | 136 | 856 | 6.29 | 428.0 |
| 91 | Tulane | 4 | 607 | 1127 | 275 | 1734 | 6.31 | 433.5 |
| 92 | Georgia Tech | 11 | 1835 | 2700 | 716 | 4535 | 6.33 | 412.3 |
| 93 | Duke | 11 | 1589 | 3177 | 749 | 4766 | 6.36 | 433.3 |
| 94 | FIU | 1 | 209 | 200 | 64 | 409 | 6.39 | 409.0 |
| 94 | Mississippi State | 10 | 2127 | 2465 | 719 | 4592 | 6.39 | 459.2 |
| 96 | Marshall | 1 | 239 | 249 | 76 | 488 | 6.42 | 488.0 |
| 97 | Arkansas | 8 | 1509 | 1943 | 537 | 3452 | 6.43 | 431.5 |
| 98 | Texas State | 1 | 245 | 188 | 67 | 433 | 6.46 | 433.0 |
| 98 | Fresno State | 2 | 347 | 564 | 141 | 911 | 6.46 | 455.5 |
| 100 | Appalachian State | 1 | 98 | 358 | 70 | 456 | 6.51 | 456.0 |
| 101 | NC State | 9 | 1415 | 2551 | 608 | 3966 | 6.52 | 440.7 |
| 102 | Rice | 1 | 204 | 188 | 60 | 392 | 6.53 | 392.0 |
| 103 | Oregon State | 7 | 1114 | 1900 | 461 | 3014 | 6.54 | 430.6 |
| 104 | Memphis | 2 | 277 | 546 | 125 | 823 | 6.58 | 411.5 |
| 104 | Oklahoma State | 10 | 1670 | 2701 | 664 | 4371 | 6.58 | 437.1 |
| 106 | Kennesaw State | 2 | 443 | 498 | 142 | 941 | 6.63 | 470.5 |
| 107 | Syracuse | 9 | 1521 | 2389 | 589 | 3910 | 6.64 | 434.4 |
| 108 | Boston College | 9 | 1863 | 2255 | 618 | 4118 | 6.66 | 457.6 |
| 109 | UTSA | 1 | 108 | 291 | 59 | 399 | 6.76 | 399.0 |
| 110 | Purdue | 9 | 1731 | 2330 | 598 | 4061 | 6.79 | 451.2 |
| 111 | Ohio | 3 | 444 | 777 | 179 | 1221 | 6.82 | 407.0 |
| 112 | Coastal Carolina | 2 | 428 | 605 | 148 | 1033 | 6.98 | 516.5 |
| 113 | UAB | 1 | 235 | 275 | 73 | 510 | 6.99 | 510.0 |
| 114 | Central Michigan | 3 | 582 | 811 | 199 | 1393 | 7.00 | 464.3 |
| 115 | USF | 2 | 338 | 593 | 132 | 931 | 7.05 | 465.5 |
| 115 | Louisiana | 1 | 427 | 179 | 86 | 606 | 7.05 | 606.0 |
| 117 | San Jose State | 2 | 192 | 761 | 134 | 953 | 7.11 | 476.5 |
| 118 | Wyoming | 2 | 504 | 534 | 145 | 1038 | 7.16 | 519.0 |
| 118 | Sam Houston State | 2 | 452 | 629 | 151 | 1081 | 7.16 | 540.5 |
| 120 | Eastern Michigan | 1 | 252 | 240 | 67 | 492 | 7.34 | 492.0 |
| 121 | Ball State | 2 | 317 | 611 | 126 | 928 | 7.37 | 464.0 |
| 122 | Utah State | 3 | 712 | 1013 | 232 | 1725 | 7.44 | 575.0 |
| 123 | Delaware | 2 | 393 | 582 | 130 | 975 | 7.50 | 487.5 |
| 124 | Middle Tennessee State | 1 | 153 | 283 | 58 | 436 | 7.52 | 436.0 |
| 125 | Bowling Green | 2 | 232 | 646 | 115 | 878 | 7.63 | 439.0 |
| 126 | Kent State | 3 | 913 | 818 | 226 | 1731 | 7.66 | 577.0 |
| 127 | Temple | 2 | 535 | 448 | 127 | 983 | 7.74 | 491.5 |
| 128 | Louisiana-Monroe | 2 | 458 | 640 | 140 | 1098 | 7.84 | 549.0 |
| 129 | Rutgers | 9 | 2073 | 2093 | 526 | 4166 | 7.92 | 462.9 |
| 130 | Missouri State | 2 | 400 | 645 | 127 | 1045 | 8.23 | 522.5 |
| 131 | Georgia State | 2 | 581 | 749 | 152 | 1330 | 8.75 | 665.0 |
| 132 | Arkansas State | 2 | 508 | 574 | 117 | 1082 | 9.25 | 541.0 |
| 133 | Akron | 1 | 234 | 494 | 73 | 728 | 9.97 | 728.0 |
| 134 | Georgia Southern | 1 | 309 | 446 | 63 | 755 | 11.98 | 755.0 |