2025 National Leaders Tackles For Loss - Games vs. Unranked Teams Only (AP Poll) through 01/19/2026
| Name | G | TFL | TFL Yards | TFL/G | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Toledo | 13 | 95.0 | 418 | 7.31 |
| 2 | Texas State | 12 | 93.0 | 330 | 7.75 |
| 3 | Wake Forest | 12 | 91.0 | 277 | 7.58 |
| 4 | Indiana | 10 | 89.0 | 300 | 8.90 |
| 5 | East Carolina | 11 | 88.0 | 341 | 8.00 |
| 6 | Pittsburgh | 11 | 87.0 | 368 | 7.91 |
| 6 | Kennesaw State | 13 | 87.0 | 313 | 6.69 |
| 8 | Texas A&M | 10 | 86.0 | 397 | 8.60 |
| 9 | James Madison | 13 | 85.0 | 378 | 6.54 |
| 9 | Clemson | 13 | 85.0 | 342 | 6.54 |
| 11 | Troy | 13 | 83.0 | 311 | 6.39 |
| 12 | Arkansas State | 13 | 81.0 | 345 | 6.23 |
| 12 | UTEP | 11 | 81.0 | 306 | 7.36 |
| 12 | Louisiana Tech | 13 | 81.0 | 304 | 6.23 |
| 15 | Miami (OH) | 14 | 80.0 | 351 | 5.71 |
| 15 | Delaware | 13 | 80.0 | 286 | 6.15 |
| 17 | Western Michigan | 13 | 79.0 | 440 | 6.08 |
| 17 | Connecticut | 13 | 79.0 | 361 | 6.08 |
| 19 | Jacksonville State | 14 | 78.0 | 324 | 5.57 |
| 19 | Memphis | 11 | 78.0 | 301 | 7.09 |
| 19 | Boise State | 13 | 78.0 | 288 | 6.00 |
| 19 | Southern Miss | 13 | 78.0 | 277 | 6.00 |
| 23 | Old Dominion | 11 | 77.0 | 352 | 7.00 |
| 24 | Oklahoma | 8 | 76.0 | 318 | 9.50 |
| 24 | Duke | 11 | 76.0 | 249 | 6.91 |
| 26 | Arizona | 11 | 75.0 | 258 | 6.82 |
| 27 | Miami (FL) | 11 | 74.0 | 352 | 6.73 |
| 27 | Buffalo | 12 | 74.0 | 344 | 6.17 |
| 27 | Texas Tech | 9 | 74.0 | 326 | 8.22 |
| 27 | New Mexico | 12 | 74.0 | 303 | 6.17 |
| 27 | Bowling Green | 12 | 74.0 | 262 | 6.17 |
| 32 | Minnesota | 10 | 73.0 | 355 | 7.30 |
| 32 | USF | 10 | 73.0 | 295 | 7.30 |
| 32 | Appalachian State | 12 | 73.0 | 262 | 6.08 |
| 35 | Akron | 12 | 72.0 | 293 | 6.00 |
| 36 | SMU | 11 | 71.0 | 303 | 6.46 |
| 36 | UTSA | 10 | 71.0 | 281 | 7.10 |
| 36 | Western Kentucky | 13 | 71.0 | 276 | 5.46 |
| 39 | Vanderbilt | 10 | 70.0 | 339 | 7.00 |
| 39 | Tulane | 11 | 70.0 | 317 | 6.36 |
| 39 | Marshall | 10 | 70.0 | 283 | 7.00 |
| 39 | Middle Tennessee State | 12 | 70.0 | 280 | 5.83 |
| 39 | Kansas | 10 | 70.0 | 243 | 7.00 |
| 44 | Tennessee | 9 | 69.0 | 320 | 7.67 |
| 44 | Virginia | 14 | 69.0 | 286 | 4.93 |
| 44 | FIU | 13 | 69.0 | 274 | 5.31 |
| 44 | Coastal Carolina | 11 | 69.0 | 193 | 6.27 |
| 48 | Central Michigan | 12 | 68.0 | 271 | 5.67 |
| 49 | Utah | 11 | 67.0 | 306 | 6.09 |
| 49 | Hawaii | 13 | 67.0 | 272 | 5.15 |
| 49 | Fresno State | 13 | 67.0 | 270 | 5.15 |
| 49 | North Texas | 12 | 67.0 | 251 | 5.58 |
| 53 | UNLV | 14 | 66.0 | 267 | 4.71 |
| 53 | Ohio State | 10 | 66.0 | 262 | 6.60 |
| 53 | Louisiana-Monroe | 11 | 66.0 | 236 | 6.00 |
| 56 | Nevada | 12 | 65.0 | 224 | 5.42 |
| 57 | Penn State | 9 | 64.0 | 296 | 7.11 |
| 58 | San Diego State | 12 | 63.0 | 302 | 5.25 |
| 58 | Missouri | 8 | 63.0 | 281 | 7.88 |
| 58 | Florida Atlantic | 10 | 63.0 | 257 | 6.30 |
| 61 | Ohio | 12 | 62.0 | 232 | 5.17 |
| 62 | Sam Houston State | 11 | 61.0 | 222 | 5.55 |
| 63 | Arizona State | 9 | 60.0 | 243 | 6.67 |
| 63 | New Mexico State | 12 | 60.0 | 214 | 5.00 |
| 65 | Louisville | 10 | 59.0 | 255 | 5.90 |
| 65 | Rice | 10 | 59.0 | 248 | 5.90 |
| 65 | Kent State | 10 | 59.0 | 226 | 5.90 |
| 68 | Ball State | 12 | 58.0 | 225 | 4.83 |
| 68 | Tulsa | 10 | 58.0 | 213 | 5.80 |
| 70 | Kansas State | 9 | 57.0 | 257 | 6.33 |
| 70 | Florida State | 9 | 57.0 | 234 | 6.33 |
| 70 | Utah State | 11 | 57.0 | 230 | 5.18 |
| 70 | Maryland | 10 | 57.0 | 225 | 5.70 |
| 70 | Georgia Southern | 11 | 57.0 | 195 | 5.18 |
| 75 | Syracuse | 10 | 56.0 | 216 | 5.60 |
| 75 | Louisiana | 12 | 56.0 | 215 | 4.67 |
| 75 | Oklahoma State | 9 | 56.0 | 187 | 6.22 |
| 78 | Washington State | 9 | 55.0 | 312 | 6.11 |
| 78 | Michigan | 9 | 55.0 | 291 | 6.11 |
| 78 | Georgia Tech | 11 | 55.0 | 261 | 5.00 |
| 78 | Alabama | 9 | 55.0 | 251 | 6.11 |
| 82 | Notre Dame | 8 | 54.0 | 242 | 6.75 |
| 82 | USC | 8 | 54.0 | 223 | 6.75 |
| 82 | California | 12 | 54.0 | 217 | 4.50 |
| 82 | Houston | 11 | 54.0 | 216 | 4.91 |
| 82 | TCU | 10 | 54.0 | 208 | 5.40 |
| 82 | Wyoming | 11 | 54.0 | 202 | 4.91 |
| 82 | Illinois | 10 | 54.0 | 190 | 5.40 |
| 82 | NC State | 10 | 54.0 | 190 | 5.40 |
| 82 | UCF | 9 | 54.0 | 185 | 6.00 |
| 91 | North Carolina | 10 | 53.0 | 252 | 5.30 |
| 91 | Missouri State | 12 | 53.0 | 229 | 4.42 |
| 91 | Arkansas | 8 | 53.0 | 205 | 6.63 |
| 94 | BYU | 10 | 52.0 | 233 | 5.20 |
| 94 | Auburn | 7 | 52.0 | 186 | 7.43 |
| 96 | Navy | 11 | 50.0 | 225 | 4.55 |
| 96 | Nebraska | 9 | 50.0 | 210 | 5.56 |
| 96 | West Virginia | 7 | 50.0 | 207 | 7.14 |
| 96 | Eastern Michigan | 12 | 50.0 | 169 | 4.17 |
| 100 | Ole Miss | 9 | 49.0 | 200 | 5.44 |
| 101 | San Jose State | 11 | 48.0 | 155 | 4.36 |
| 101 | South Alabama | 10 | 48.0 | 153 | 4.80 |
| 103 | Texas | 7 | 47.0 | 221 | 6.71 |
| 103 | Virginia Tech | 9 | 47.0 | 221 | 5.22 |
| 103 | Iowa | 9 | 47.0 | 200 | 5.22 |
| 106 | Cincinnati | 9 | 46.0 | 159 | 5.11 |
| 106 | Colorado State | 12 | 46.0 | 159 | 3.83 |
| 106 | Liberty | 11 | 46.0 | 152 | 4.18 |
| 106 | Oregon State | 9 | 46.0 | 139 | 5.11 |
| 110 | Washington | 10 | 45.0 | 197 | 4.50 |
| 110 | Purdue | 7 | 45.0 | 156 | 6.43 |
| 112 | Kentucky | 8 | 44.0 | 188 | 5.50 |
| 112 | Iowa State | 9 | 44.0 | 129 | 4.89 |
| 114 | Michigan State | 8 | 43.0 | 195 | 5.38 |
| 114 | Northern Illinois | 12 | 43.0 | 157 | 3.58 |
| 114 | Oregon | 9 | 43.0 | 153 | 4.78 |
| 114 | UAB | 10 | 43.0 | 142 | 4.30 |
| 118 | Stanford | 8 | 42.0 | 210 | 5.25 |
| 118 | Boston College | 11 | 42.0 | 170 | 3.82 |
| 118 | Georgia State | 9 | 42.0 | 136 | 4.67 |
| 121 | LSU | 7 | 41.0 | 225 | 5.86 |
| 121 | Georgia | 9 | 41.0 | 130 | 4.56 |
| 123 | South Carolina | 7 | 40.0 | 167 | 5.71 |
| 123 | Temple | 8 | 40.0 | 156 | 5.00 |
| 125 | Northwestern | 9 | 39.0 | 186 | 4.33 |
| 125 | Colorado | 8 | 39.0 | 117 | 4.88 |
| 125 | Massachusetts | 11 | 39.0 | 104 | 3.55 |
| 128 | Mississippi State | 9 | 38.0 | 160 | 4.22 |
| 128 | Charlotte | 9 | 38.0 | 157 | 4.22 |
| 128 | Florida | 7 | 38.0 | 144 | 5.43 |
| 128 | Army | 10 | 38.0 | 140 | 3.80 |
| 128 | Rutgers | 9 | 38.0 | 116 | 4.22 |
| 133 | Air Force | 11 | 37.0 | 129 | 3.36 |
| 134 | Wisconsin | 6 | 34.0 | 186 | 5.67 |
| 135 | Baylor | 9 | 33.0 | 119 | 3.67 |
| 136 | UCLA | 8 | 30.0 | 115 | 3.75 |