2026 National Leaders Turnover Margin - Games vs. Unranked Teams Only (AP Poll) through 09/19/2026
| Name | G | Fum. Gain | Int. Gain | Total Gain | Fum. Lost | Int. Lost | Total Lost | Margin | Margin/G | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | New Mexico | 3 | 4 | 7 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 3.67 |
| 1 | Colorado State | 2 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 3.50 |
| 1 | Notre Dame | 3 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 2.67 |
| 1 | Florida Atlantic | 2 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2.50 |
| 1 | UTSA | 2 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2.50 |
| 1 | Fresno State | 2 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2.50 |
| 1 | Massachusetts | 3 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 2.33 |
| 1 | North Dakota State | 4 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 2.00 |
| 1 | Washington | 3 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 2.00 |
| 1 | UCLA | 3 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 1.67 |
| 1 | Penn State | 3 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1.67 |
| 1 | Texas | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1.50 |
| 1 | BYU | 3 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 1.33 |
| 1 | Middle Tennessee State | 3 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 1.33 |
| 1 | Virginia | 3 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 1.33 |
| 1 | Maryland | 3 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1.33 |
| 1 | South Alabama | 3 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1.33 |
| 1 | UCF | 3 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 1.00 |
| 1 | Iowa | 3 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1.00 |
| 1 | Missouri State | 2 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1.00 |
| 1 | Wisconsin | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1.00 |
| 1 | Air Force | 2 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1.00 |
| 1 | Rice | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1.00 |
| 1 | Troy | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1.00 |
| 1 | Kentucky | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1.00 |
| 1 | Louisville | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1.00 |
| 1 | Delaware | 3 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 0.67 |
| 1 | Nebraska | 3 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0.67 |
| 1 | Pittsburgh | 3 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0.67 |
| 1 | Ohio State | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0.50 |
| 1 | Northern Illinois | 2 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0.50 |
| 1 | Wake Forest | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.50 |
| 1 | Southern Miss | 3 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 0.33 |
| 1 | Illinois | 3 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0.00 |
| 1 | Florida State | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0.00 |
| 1 | Ole Miss | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0.00 |
| 1 | Syracuse | 3 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 5 | -1 | -0.33 |
| 1 | Charlotte | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 4 | -2 | -1.00 |
| 1 | Utah State | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 7 | -7 | -3.50 |
| 40 | Northwestern | 2 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2.00 |
| 40 | Iowa State | 2 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1.50 |
| 40 | Tulsa | 3 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 1.33 |
| 40 | USF | 3 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 1.33 |
| 40 | Cincinnati | 3 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 1.33 |
| 40 | Utah | 3 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1.00 |
| 40 | North Texas | 2 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1.00 |
| 40 | Arizona State | 2 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1.00 |
| 40 | Oregon State | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1.00 |
| 40 | Arkansas State | 3 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 0.67 |
| 40 | Texas A&M | 3 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 0.67 |
| 40 | Florida | 3 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 0.67 |
| 40 | Indiana | 3 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0.67 |
| 40 | Kennesaw State | 2 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0.50 |
| 40 | Houston | 2 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0.50 |
| 40 | Louisiana Tech | 2 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0.50 |
| 40 | Ball State | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0.50 |
| 40 | Western Michigan | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0.50 |
| 40 | Georgia Tech | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0.50 |
| 40 | Michigan State | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0.50 |
| 40 | Stanford | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0.50 |
| 40 | Duke | 3 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0.33 |
| 40 | Sam Houston State | 3 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0.33 |
| 40 | Auburn | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0.00 |
| 40 | New Mexico State | 3 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0.00 |
| 40 | Minnesota | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0.00 |
| 40 | Mississippi State | 3 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0.00 |
| 40 | Texas Tech | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0.00 |
| 40 | Tulane | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.00 |
| 40 | Memphis | 4 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 5 | -1 | -0.25 |
| 40 | UAB | 3 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 4 | -1 | -0.33 |
| 40 | Kansas State | 3 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | -1 | -0.33 |
| 40 | Connecticut | 3 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | -1 | -0.33 |
| 40 | Miami (FL) | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -1 | -0.33 |
| 40 | LSU | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 5 | -1 | -0.50 |
| 40 | Louisiana-Monroe | 2 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 4 | -1 | -0.50 |
| 40 | Texas State | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | -1 | -0.50 |
| 40 | South Carolina | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -1 | -0.50 |
| 40 | Army | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | -0.50 |
| 40 | Miami (OH) | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | -2 | -0.67 |
| 40 | Ohio | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | -2 | -0.67 |
| 40 | Kent State | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | -2 | -1.00 |
| 40 | Navy | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -2 | -1.00 |
| 40 | Georgia State | 3 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 5 | -3 | -1.00 |
| 40 | Rutgers | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 8 | -5 | -2.50 |
| 85 | Oregon | 3 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 1.33 |
| 85 | Alabama | 3 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 1.00 |
| 85 | Appalachian State | 3 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 1.00 |
| 85 | Georgia | 3 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 1.00 |
| 85 | Missouri | 3 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 1.00 |
| 85 | Temple | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1.00 |
| 85 | Georgia Southern | 3 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 0.67 |
| 85 | West Virginia | 3 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0.67 |
| 85 | James Madison | 3 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0.67 |
| 85 | Boise State | 2 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0.50 |
| 85 | Central Michigan | 3 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 0.33 |
| 85 | Vanderbilt | 3 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 0.33 |
| 85 | TCU | 3 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0.33 |
| 85 | Boston College | 3 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 0 | 0.00 |
| 85 | Louisiana | 2 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 0.00 |
| 85 | USC | 4 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0.00 |
| 85 | Hawaii | 3 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0.00 |
| 85 | Marshall | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0.00 |
| 85 | San Diego State | 3 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 6 | -1 | -0.33 |
| 85 | Clemson | 2 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 4 | -1 | -0.50 |
| 85 | SMU | 2 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 4 | -1 | -0.50 |
| 85 | East Carolina | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 3 | -1 | -0.50 |
| 85 | Toledo | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4 | -2 | -0.67 |
| 85 | Purdue | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | -2 | -0.67 |
| 85 | Western Kentucky | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | -1 | -1.00 |
| 85 | Oklahoma | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4 | -2 | -1.00 |
| 85 | Washington State | 3 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 5 | -3 | -1.00 |
| 85 | FIU | 3 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 7 | -4 | -1.33 |
| 85 | San Jose State | 3 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 7 | -4 | -1.33 |
| 85 | Arizona | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | -3 | -1.50 |
| 85 | Arkansas | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | -2 | -2.00 |
| 116 | North Carolina | 3 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0.33 |
| 116 | Liberty | 3 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0.33 |
| 116 | Eastern Michigan | 4 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 0.00 |
| 116 | California | 3 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0.00 |
| 116 | UTEP | 2 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0.00 |
| 116 | Tennessee | 3 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0.00 |
| 116 | Jacksonville State | 4 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 5 | -1 | -0.25 |
| 116 | Baylor | 3 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 7 | -1 | -0.33 |
| 116 | UNLV | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 4 | -2 | -0.67 |
| 116 | Buffalo | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 4 | -2 | -1.00 |
| 116 | Oklahoma State | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 5 | -3 | -1.50 |
| 116 | Kansas | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 4 | -3 | -1.50 |
| 116 | Sacramento State | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 8 | -6 | -1.50 |
| 116 | Nevada | 3 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 8 | -6 | -2.00 |
| 116 | Wyoming | 3 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 8 | -6 | -2.00 |
| 131 | Coastal Carolina | 3 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0.33 |
| 131 | Virginia Tech | 3 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0.00 |
| 131 | NC State | 3 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 6 | -1 | -0.33 |
| 131 | Akron | 3 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 4 | -1 | -0.33 |
| 131 | Colorado | 3 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 6 | -2 | -0.67 |
| 131 | Michigan | 3 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 5 | -2 | -0.67 |
| 131 | Bowling Green | 3 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 6 | -3 | -1.00 |
| 138 | Old Dominion | 3 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 7 | -1 | -0.33 |