2026 National Leaders Total Defense - Games vs. FBS (I-A) Teams Only through 10/10/2026

Name G Rush Yards Pass Yards Plays Total Yards Yards/Play Yards/G
1 Miami (FL) 4 176 965 253 1141 4.51 285.3
2 Pittsburgh 5 267 1343 306 1610 5.26 322.0
3 Utah 4 288 912 261 1200 4.60 300.0
4 FIU 4 327 673 248 1000 4.03 250.0
5 LSU 5 345 963 304 1308 4.30 261.6
6 Notre Dame 6 350 935 315 1285 4.08 214.2
7 BYU 4 353 735 238 1088 4.57 272.0
8 Missouri 5 381 1236 343 1617 4.71 323.4
9 Texas Tech 4 382 1192 291 1574 5.41 393.5
10 Duke 4 403 857 239 1260 5.27 315.0
11 Wisconsin 4 419 615 265 1034 3.90 258.5
12 Indiana 5 437 1087 323 1524 4.72 304.8
13 Georgia 5 438 1022 316 1460 4.62 292.0
13 UCLA 5 438 1102 333 1540 4.62 308.0
15 Navy 4 444 920 269 1364 5.07 341.0
16 Houston 5 450 1363 316 1813 5.74 362.6
17 Baylor 4 451 1072 309 1523 4.93 380.8
18 Troy 4 452 1076 243 1528 6.29 382.0
19 Iowa 5 455 1150 326 1605 4.92 321.0
20 Nebraska 5 469 983 286 1452 5.08 290.4
21 Michigan 5 473 734 300 1207 4.02 241.4
22 TCU 4 478 587 226 1065 4.71 266.3
23 Texas 5 480 842 313 1322 4.22 264.4
24 New Mexico 4 486 637 228 1123 4.93 280.8
24 Massachusetts 4 486 854 266 1340 5.04 335.0
26 Virginia Tech 5 523 1169 308 1692 5.49 338.4
27 James Madison 5 526 1352 356 1878 5.28 375.6
28 Colorado 4 529 833 264 1362 5.16 340.5
29 Texas State 4 539 1219 281 1758 6.26 439.5
30 Louisiana 5 548 1068 305 1616 5.30 323.2
31 Georgia State 4 551 745 248 1296 5.23 324.0
32 Air Force 4 556 735 217 1291 5.95 322.8
33 Wake Forest 6 572 1420 424 1992 4.70 332.0
34 Miami (OH) 5 574 1563 338 2137 6.32 427.4
35 Ohio State 6 577 904 370 1481 4.00 246.8
36 Arizona State 4 579 970 286 1549 5.42 387.3
37 Oklahoma 5 584 750 287 1334 4.65 266.8
38 Northwestern 4 589 882 272 1471 5.41 367.8
39 Oregon 4 590 1029 293 1619 5.53 404.8
40 Mississippi State 5 598 1300 346 1898 5.49 379.6
41 Alabama 6 599 1419 373 2018 5.41 336.3
42 South Carolina 5 601 1241 318 1842 5.79 368.4
43 UCF 5 603 1347 360 1950 5.42 390.0
44 Boise State 5 605 1325 275 1930 7.02 386.0
45 Tennessee 5 617 925 316 1542 4.88 308.4
46 Liberty 5 627 819 290 1446 4.99 289.2
47 Cincinnati 4 634 1133 287 1767 6.16 441.8
48 Appalachian State 4 636 791 292 1427 4.89 356.8
48 Delaware 4 636 1083 287 1719 5.99 429.8
48 Connecticut 5 636 1598 362 2234 6.17 446.8
51 SMU 4 646 681 255 1327 5.20 331.8
52 Kansas 4 652 726 257 1378 5.36 344.5
53 Syracuse 4 662 736 249 1398 5.61 349.5
54 Oklahoma State 4 669 815 287 1484 5.17 371.0
55 North Dakota State 5 670 631 299 1301 4.35 260.2
56 Buffalo 4 674 1070 265 1744 6.58 436.0
57 Florida Atlantic 4 676 1030 259 1706 6.59 426.5
58 Washington 5 678 989 302 1667 5.52 333.4
59 New Mexico State 5 683 1167 343 1850 5.39 370.0
59 North Carolina 4 683 843 296 1526 5.16 381.5
61 Florida 5 684 1464 355 2148 6.05 429.6
62 Boston College 4 689 622 268 1311 4.89 327.8
63 Kennesaw State 4 691 986 273 1677 6.14 419.3
64 Western Michigan 5 698 888 308 1586 5.15 317.2
65 East Carolina 4 699 690 282 1389 4.93 347.3
66 Kansas State 4 700 637 233 1337 5.74 334.3
67 Old Dominion 5 703 1022 356 1725 4.85 345.0
68 Arizona 5 705 1085 355 1790 5.04 358.0
69 Army 4 713 898 216 1611 7.46 402.8
70 Oregon State 5 719 901 318 1620 5.09 324.0
71 Minnesota 5 724 899 303 1623 5.36 324.6
72 Georgia Tech 4 727 927 292 1654 5.66 413.5
73 Illinois 5 732 1262 318 1994 6.27 398.8
74 Louisiana Tech 4 742 1024 279 1766 6.33 441.5
75 Auburn 5 745 1041 375 1786 4.76 357.2
76 Utah State 5 756 1161 358 1917 5.35 383.4
76 Kentucky 5 756 1232 366 1988 5.43 397.6
78 San Jose State 5 757 1156 352 1913 5.43 382.6
79 Nevada 4 763 600 283 1363 4.82 340.8
80 North Texas 5 766 1131 325 1897 5.84 379.4
81 NC State 5 767 1306 311 2073 6.67 414.6
82 Toledo 5 768 1071 363 1839 5.07 367.8
83 Vanderbilt 5 775 1168 336 1943 5.78 388.6
84 Jacksonville State 5 776 957 328 1733 5.28 346.6
85 USC 7 777 1673 412 2450 5.95 350.0
86 Washington State 5 795 1152 336 1947 5.79 389.4
87 Eastern Michigan 6 810 1553 384 2363 6.15 393.8
88 Georgia Southern 5 811 1087 332 1898 5.72 379.6
89 Clemson 5 823 1086 348 1909 5.49 381.8
90 West Virginia 5 835 1612 329 2447 7.44 489.4
91 Charlotte 5 836 1565 371 2401 6.47 480.2
92 USF 5 843 852 323 1695 5.25 339.0
93 Ohio 5 845 1124 338 1969 5.83 393.8
94 UNLV 6 848 1373 405 2221 5.48 370.2
95 Michigan State 6 851 1187 360 2038 5.66 339.7
96 Texas A&M 6 852 1106 342 1958 5.73 326.3
97 Kent State 5 854 1248 312 2102 6.74 420.4
98 Virginia 5 856 803 323 1659 5.14 331.8
98 Iowa State 5 856 1049 295 1905 6.46 381.0
100 Arkansas 5 857 1104 312 1961 6.29 392.2
101 Louisville 5 859 1365 380 2224 5.85 444.8
102 Rutgers 4 863 990 255 1853 7.27 463.3
103 Sacramento State 5 864 1076 301 1940 6.45 388.0
103 Missouri State 4 864 1136 310 2000 6.45 500.0
105 Purdue 5 879 1241 322 2120 6.58 424.0
106 Maryland 5 880 1159 334 2039 6.10 407.8
107 Ole Miss 5 882 1080 349 1962 5.62 392.4
108 Florida State 5 883 1330 329 2213 6.73 442.6
109 Wyoming 5 890 938 336 1828 5.44 365.6
110 Temple 5 896 1195 329 2091 6.36 418.2
111 Tulsa 5 927 1293 389 2220 5.71 444.0
112 UTSA 5 931 970 362 1901 5.25 380.2
113 Sam Houston State 4 934 656 258 1590 6.16 397.5
114 Colorado State 4 937 1087 253 2024 8.00 506.0
115 California 5 938 1069 335 2007 5.99 401.4
116 South Alabama 5 940 1403 317 2343 7.39 468.6
117 Memphis 5 946 1045 324 1991 6.15 398.2
118 Northern Illinois 4 956 773 267 1729 6.48 432.3
119 Bowling Green 5 969 819 305 1788 5.86 357.6
120 Central Michigan 5 971 1048 331 2019 6.10 403.8
121 San Diego State 5 977 1515 404 2492 6.17 498.4
122 Middle Tennessee State 4 980 833 268 1813 6.76 453.3
123 Rice 5 984 976 343 1960 5.71 392.0
124 Fresno State 6 991 1315 403 2306 5.72 384.3
125 Penn State 6 995 899 370 1894 5.12 315.7
126 Marshall 5 1003 1223 336 2226 6.63 445.2
127 UTEP 5 1009 1142 323 2151 6.66 430.2
128 Hawaii 6 1022 1321 383 2343 6.12 390.5
129 Coastal Carolina 5 1024 1181 336 2205 6.56 441.0
130 UAB 5 1055 616 316 1671 5.29 334.2
131 Akron 5 1065 1276 336 2341 6.97 468.2
132 Tulane 5 1093 943 343 2036 5.94 407.2
133 Louisiana-Monroe 4 1094 1186 301 2280 7.57 570.0
134 Ball State 5 1130 1344 345 2474 7.17 494.8
135 Western Kentucky 5 1132 1052 311 2184 7.02 436.8
136 Stanford 6 1156 1736 425 2892 6.80 482.0
137 Arkansas State 5 1210 914 316 2124 6.72 424.8
138 Southern Miss 4 1274 882 313 2156 6.89 539.0