2026 National Leaders Tackles For Loss - Games vs. FBS non-Power 5 Conference Teams Only through 10/10/2026
| Name | G | TFL | TFL Yards | TFL/G | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | New Mexico State | 4 | 30.0 | 144 | 7.50 |
| 2 | Memphis | 4 | 27.0 | 137 | 6.75 |
| 3 | Bowling Green | 3 | 25.0 | 130 | 8.33 |
| 4 | Liberty | 5 | 28.0 | 124 | 5.60 |
| 5 | James Madison | 4 | 25.0 | 110 | 6.25 |
| 6 | UAB | 4 | 23.0 | 106 | 5.75 |
| 7 | East Carolina | 3 | 28.0 | 105 | 9.33 |
| 8 | UNLV | 5 | 22.0 | 104 | 4.40 |
| 8 | Oklahoma | 2 | 20.0 | 104 | 10.00 |
| 10 | Rice | 4 | 23.0 | 102 | 5.75 |
| 10 | North Texas | 3 | 20.0 | 102 | 6.67 |
| 12 | Georgia State | 3 | 23.0 | 101 | 7.67 |
| 13 | New Mexico | 3 | 24.0 | 100 | 8.00 |
| 14 | Jacksonville State | 5 | 27.0 | 97 | 5.40 |
| 15 | Western Michigan | 3 | 17.0 | 94 | 5.67 |
| 16 | Coastal Carolina | 4 | 19.0 | 92 | 4.75 |
| 17 | Navy | 4 | 23.0 | 88 | 5.75 |
| 18 | FIU | 4 | 25.0 | 87 | 6.25 |
| 19 | USF | 5 | 30.0 | 84 | 6.00 |
| 19 | Ohio | 4 | 25.0 | 84 | 6.25 |
| 19 | Wyoming | 4 | 21.0 | 84 | 5.25 |
| 22 | Charlotte | 4 | 18.0 | 83 | 4.50 |
| 23 | San Jose State | 3 | 17.0 | 80 | 5.67 |
| 24 | Eastern Michigan | 4 | 18.0 | 79 | 4.50 |
| 24 | Southern Miss | 3 | 16.0 | 79 | 5.33 |
| 26 | Hawaii | 4 | 18.0 | 77 | 4.50 |
| 27 | Appalachian State | 3 | 22.0 | 75 | 7.33 |
| 28 | Louisiana | 4 | 26.0 | 74 | 6.50 |
| 28 | North Dakota State | 5 | 23.0 | 74 | 4.60 |
| 30 | Troy | 2 | 17.0 | 73 | 8.50 |
| 31 | Sam Houston State | 3 | 18.0 | 72 | 6.00 |
| 31 | Massachusetts | 3 | 12.0 | 72 | 4.00 |
| 33 | Toledo | 3 | 17.0 | 71 | 5.67 |
| 34 | Fresno State | 3 | 16.0 | 69 | 5.33 |
| 34 | Central Michigan | 4 | 13.0 | 69 | 3.25 |
| 36 | Michigan State | 3 | 16.0 | 67 | 5.33 |
| 37 | Nevada | 4 | 18.0 | 66 | 4.50 |
| 38 | South Alabama | 4 | 15.0 | 65 | 3.75 |
| 38 | Tulsa | 3 | 13.0 | 65 | 4.33 |
| 40 | Delaware | 2 | 13.0 | 64 | 6.50 |
| 40 | Kansas State | 1 | 12.0 | 64 | 12.00 |
| 42 | Michigan | 2 | 17.0 | 63 | 8.50 |
| 43 | Florida Atlantic | 3 | 16.0 | 62 | 5.33 |
| 44 | Vanderbilt | 1 | 11.0 | 61 | 11.00 |
| 45 | Virginia Tech | 1 | 14.0 | 60 | 14.00 |
| 46 | Air Force | 4 | 14.0 | 59 | 3.50 |
| 47 | Kent State | 3 | 15.0 | 58 | 5.00 |
| 47 | Sacramento State | 4 | 15.0 | 58 | 3.75 |
| 47 | Miami (OH) | 3 | 13.0 | 58 | 4.33 |
| 50 | Old Dominion | 4 | 24.0 | 54 | 6.00 |
| 51 | Buffalo | 3 | 13.0 | 53 | 4.33 |
| 52 | Connecticut | 3 | 18.0 | 51 | 6.00 |
| 52 | Penn State | 3 | 15.0 | 51 | 5.00 |
| 52 | Tulane | 3 | 15.0 | 51 | 5.00 |
| 52 | LSU | 1 | 12.0 | 51 | 12.00 |
| 56 | Marshall | 4 | 17.0 | 48 | 4.25 |
| 56 | Georgia Southern | 3 | 13.0 | 48 | 4.33 |
| 58 | Western Kentucky | 3 | 15.0 | 47 | 5.00 |
| 58 | Indiana | 2 | 14.0 | 47 | 7.00 |
| 60 | SMU | 1 | 11.0 | 46 | 11.00 |
| 60 | Wisconsin | 2 | 8.0 | 46 | 4.00 |
| 62 | Missouri | 1 | 9.0 | 45 | 9.00 |
| 63 | UTEP | 2 | 11.0 | 42 | 5.50 |
| 64 | Boise State | 2 | 11.0 | 41 | 5.50 |
| 64 | Middle Tennessee State | 3 | 10.0 | 41 | 3.33 |
| 64 | Oregon State | 1 | 9.0 | 41 | 9.00 |
| 64 | West Virginia | 1 | 9.0 | 41 | 9.00 |
| 68 | Northwestern | 1 | 9.0 | 40 | 9.00 |
| 69 | Iowa | 1 | 7.0 | 39 | 7.00 |
| 70 | Kennesaw State | 3 | 11.0 | 37 | 3.67 |
| 71 | Texas Tech | 1 | 9.0 | 36 | 9.00 |
| 71 | Louisiana Tech | 2 | 9.0 | 36 | 4.50 |
| 71 | California | 1 | 6.0 | 36 | 6.00 |
| 74 | Louisiana-Monroe | 3 | 14.0 | 35 | 4.67 |
| 74 | UTSA | 2 | 12.0 | 35 | 6.00 |
| 76 | Army | 4 | 10.0 | 34 | 2.50 |
| 77 | Arizona State | 1 | 4.0 | 33 | 4.00 |
| 78 | Ball State | 3 | 13.0 | 32 | 4.33 |
| 78 | Nebraska | 2 | 10.0 | 32 | 5.00 |
| 78 | Houston | 1 | 5.0 | 32 | 5.00 |
| 81 | Temple | 4 | 11.0 | 31 | 2.75 |
| 81 | Stanford | 2 | 10.0 | 31 | 5.00 |
| 81 | Clemson | 1 | 5.0 | 31 | 5.00 |
| 84 | Minnesota | 1 | 8.0 | 30 | 8.00 |
| 85 | Arkansas State | 4 | 14.0 | 29 | 3.50 |
| 85 | Colorado State | 2 | 11.0 | 29 | 5.50 |
| 85 | San Diego State | 2 | 8.0 | 29 | 4.00 |
| 85 | Cincinnati | 1 | 7.0 | 29 | 7.00 |
| 85 | Duke | 1 | 7.0 | 29 | 7.00 |
| 85 | Syracuse | 1 | 5.0 | 29 | 5.00 |
| 91 | Ohio State | 2 | 11.0 | 28 | 5.50 |
| 92 | Wake Forest | 1 | 7.0 | 26 | 7.00 |
| 92 | Maryland | 1 | 6.0 | 26 | 6.00 |
| 92 | Florida State | 1 | 4.0 | 26 | 4.00 |
| 95 | Georgia | 1 | 8.0 | 25 | 8.00 |
| 95 | Miami (FL) | 1 | 8.0 | 25 | 8.00 |
| 97 | Notre Dame | 1 | 8.0 | 23 | 8.00 |
| 97 | Pittsburgh | 1 | 4.0 | 23 | 4.00 |
| 99 | Arizona | 1 | 6.0 | 22 | 6.00 |
| 99 | Florida | 1 | 6.0 | 22 | 6.00 |
| 99 | Texas | 1 | 6.0 | 22 | 6.00 |
| 99 | Virginia | 1 | 6.0 | 22 | 6.00 |
| 103 | Missouri State | 2 | 7.0 | 20 | 3.50 |
| 103 | Auburn | 1 | 6.0 | 20 | 6.00 |
| 103 | Mississippi State | 1 | 6.0 | 20 | 6.00 |
| 106 | UCF | 1 | 4.0 | 18 | 4.00 |
| 106 | Oklahoma State | 1 | 4.0 | 18 | 4.00 |
| 108 | Illinois | 1 | 6.0 | 17 | 6.00 |
| 108 | Tennessee | 1 | 4.0 | 17 | 4.00 |
| 110 | Arkansas | 1 | 2.0 | 16 | 2.00 |
| 111 | Northern Illinois | 2 | 6.0 | 15 | 3.00 |
| 111 | Alabama | 1 | 5.0 | 15 | 5.00 |
| 111 | South Carolina | 1 | 4.0 | 15 | 4.00 |
| 114 | Texas A&M | 1 | 6.0 | 14 | 6.00 |
| 115 | Ole Miss | 1 | 6.0 | 13 | 6.00 |
| 115 | Texas State | 2 | 6.0 | 13 | 3.00 |
| 115 | Akron | 3 | 6.0 | 13 | 2.00 |
| 118 | USC | 2 | 8.0 | 12 | 4.00 |
| 118 | Kansas | 1 | 7.0 | 12 | 7.00 |
| 118 | Iowa State | 1 | 6.0 | 12 | 6.00 |
| 118 | Kentucky | 1 | 4.0 | 12 | 4.00 |
| 122 | Baylor | 1 | 5.0 | 10 | 5.00 |
| 122 | NC State | 1 | 3.0 | 10 | 3.00 |
| 124 | TCU | 1 | 2.0 | 9 | 2.00 |
| 125 | Utah State | 1 | 2.0 | 5 | 2.00 |
| 126 | Rutgers | 1 | 3.0 | 4 | 3.00 |
| 127 | North Carolina | 1 | 2.0 | 3 | 2.00 |
| 128 | Purdue | 1 | 1.0 | 1 | 1.00 |