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CFB Team Total Defense

Name: CFB Total Defense
Creator: CollegeFootballData.com

2026 season · through Week 7 · highlighting syracuse and north-carolina · lower is better. G counts completed games, FCS opponents included.

Definition

This week's matchups138 of 138 FBS teams

RK
1	ND Notre Dame	7	6-1	FBS Independents	234.9#1	1644#132
2	NDSU North Dakota State	7	6-1	Mountain West	246.0#2	1722#128
3	MICH Michigan	6	4-2	Big Ten	256.5#3	1539#138
4	LSU LSU	7	5-2	SEC	256.6#4	1796#120
5	OU Oklahoma	6	3-3	SEC	260.7#5	1564#137
6	UNM New Mexico	6	5-1	Mountain West	261.8#6	1571#136
7	TCU TCU	6	3-3	Big 12	264.2#7	1585#135
8	OSU Ohio State	7	6-1	Big Ten	264.3#8	1850#117
9	FIU Florida International	6	3-3	Conference USA	266.7#9	1600#134
10	IU Indiana	7	6-1	Big Ten	270.4#10	1893#116
11	NEB Nebraska	7	5-2	Big Ten	271.3#11	1899#115
12	TEX Texas	6	4-2	SEC	272.5#12	1635#133
13	BYU BYU	6	6-0	Big 12	274.7#13	1648#131
14	UGA Georgia	7	6-1	SEC	276.4#14	1935#114
15	TENN Tennessee	7	6-1	SEC	280.6#15	1964T-110
16	MIA Miami	6	6-0	ACC	281.8#16	1691#130
17	WIS Wisconsin	6	4-2	Big Ten	286.7#17	1720#129
18	MINN Minnesota	6	4-2	Big Ten	288.8#18	1733#127
19	LIB Liberty	6	5-1	Conference USA	291.7#19	1750#126
20	UCLA UCLA	6	6-0	Big Ten	292.3#20	1754#125
21	DUKE Duke	6	4-2	ACC	292.7#21	1756#124
22	IOWA Iowa	6	5-1	Big Ten	293.3#22	1760#123
23	AF Air Force	6	5-1	Mountain West	295.7#23	1774#122
24	KSU Kansas State	6	4-2	Big 12	296.3#24	1778#121
25	UL Louisiana	7	5-2	Sun Belt	298.3#25	2088#99
26	SMU SMU	6	5-1	ACC	303.0#26	1818#119
27	UTAH Utah	6	6-0	Big 12	303.2#27	1819#118
28	PITT Pittsburgh	7	5-2	ACC	306.3#28	2144T-90
29	TA&M Texas A&M	7	4-3	SEC	306.6#29	2146#89
30	MASS Massachusetts	7	4-3	Mid-American	308.3#30	2158T-85
31	PSU Penn State	7	3-4	Big Ten	313.6#31	2195#82
32	VT Virginia Tech	7	5-2	ACC	314.7#32	2203#81
33	UAB UAB	7	4-3	American Athletic	316.9#33	2218#77
34	TOL Toledo	7	5-2	Mid-American	322.0#34	2254#73
35	WAKE Wake Forest	7	6-1	ACC	322.6#35	2258T-71
36	USF South Florida	7	5-2	American Athletic	325.1#36	2276#70
37	GASO Georgia Southern	7	3-4	Sun Belt	325.6#37	2279#68
38	ECU East Carolina	6	3-3	American Athletic	326.5#38	1959#113
39	UVA Virginia	7	4-3	ACC	326.6#39	2286#67
40	BAY Baylor	6	4-2	Big 12	326.7#40	1960#112
41	ORE Oregon	6	4-2	Big Ten	327.3#41	1964T-110
42	BC Boston College	6	3-3	ACC	328.8#42	1973#109
43	ARIZ Arizona	6	5-1	Big 12	330.5#43	1983#108
44	MIZ Missouri	7	5-2	SEC	330.6#44	2314#66
45	CLEM Clemson	6	4-2	ACC	330.8#45	1985#107
46	SYR Syracuse	6	2-4	ACC	331.3#46	1988#106
47	ODU Old Dominion	7	2-5	Sun Belt	335.7#47	2350#64
48	WASH Washington	7	4-3	Big Ten	336.1#48	2353T-62
49	WMU Western Michigan	7	5-2	Mid-American	336.3#49	2354#61
50	OHIO Ohio	7	5-2	Mid-American	337.1#50	2360#59
51	GAST Georgia State	6	4-2	Sun Belt	337.3#51	2024#105
52	ALA Alabama	7	5-2	SEC	337.9#52	2365#58
53	SHSU Sam Houston	6	1-5	Conference USA	338.2#53	2029#104
54	NEV Nevada	6	2-4	Mountain West	339.7#54	2038#103
55	SC South Carolina	6	3-3	SEC	340.8#55	2045#102
56	MSU Michigan State	7	2-5	Big Ten	342.6#56	2398#57
57	ORST Oregon State	7	5-2	Pac-12	344.3#57	2410#56
58	JXST Jacksonville State	7	5-2	Conference USA	346.0#58	2422#54
59	NAVY Navy	6	2-4	American Athletic	346.5#59	2079#101
60	NMSU New Mexico State	6	2-4	Conference USA	346.7#60	2080#100
61	HOU Houston	7	6-1	Big 12	347.6#61	2433#53
62	KU Kansas	6	2-4	Big 12	348.7#62	2092#98
T-63	TROY Troy	6	3-3	Sun Belt	350.0T-63	2100#97
T-63	USC USC	7	6-1	Big Ten	350.0T-63	2450#51
65	JMU James Madison	7	7-0	Sun Belt	350.7#65	2455#50
T-66	APP App State	6	4-2	Sun Belt	352.3T-66	2114T-95
T-66	ISU Iowa State	6	3-3	Big 12	352.3T-66	2114T-95
68	LT Louisiana Tech	6	4-2	Sun Belt	353.8#68	2123#94
69	UCF UCF	6	3-3	Big 12	355.2#69	2131#93
70	UNT North Texas	6	4-2	American Athletic	355.8#70	2135#92
71	COLO Colorado	6	2-4	Big 12	357.3#71	2144T-90
72	ARK Arkansas	7	3-4	SEC	357.9#72	2505#46
73	OKST Oklahoma State	6	4-2	Big 12	358.2#73	2149#88
74	CMU Central Michigan	7	3-4	Mid-American	358.9#74	2512#45
75	UNC North Carolina	6	4-2	ACC	359.0#75	2154#87
76	USU Utah State	6	2-4	Pac-12	359.7#76	2158T-85
77	KENT Kent State	7	2-5	Mid-American	363.6#77	2545#42
T-78	NCSU NC State	6	3-3	ACC	363.8T-78	2183T-83
T-78	TTU Texas Tech	6	6-0	Big 12	363.8T-78	2183T-83
80	SAC Sacramento State	7	1-6	Mid-American	365.0#80	2555#41
81	VAN Vanderbilt	7	3-4	SEC	365.6#81	2559#40
82	WYO Wyoming	7	4-3	Mountain West	366.4#82	2565#39
83	MD Maryland	7	2-5	Big Ten	366.6#83	2566#38
T-84	ARMY Army	6	4-2	American Athletic	368.0T-84	2208T-79
T-84	NU Northwestern	6	5-1	Big Ten	368.0T-84	2208T-79
86	BOIS Boise State	6	5-1	Pac-12	368.2#86	2209#78
87	AUB Auburn	6	4-2	SEC	371.0#87	2226#76
88	RICE Rice	7	1-6	American Athletic	372.1#88	2605#35
89	MEM Memphis	7	5-2	American Athletic	372.4#89	2607#33
90	ASU Arizona State	6	3-3	Big 12	373.2#90	2239#75
91	WKU Western Kentucky	7	3-4	Conference USA	375.0#91	2625#32
92	ILL Illinois	6	3-3	Big Ten	375.2#92	2251#74
93	FLA Florida	7	5-2	SEC	375.7#93	2630#31
94	KENN Kennesaw State	6	1-5	Conference USA	376.3#94	2258T-71
95	UK Kentucky	7	6-1	SEC	377.0#95	2639#30
96	M-OH Miami (OH)	7	4-3	Mid-American	378.7#96	2651#29
97	EMU Eastern Michigan	8	4-4	Mid-American	378.9#97	3031#8
98	MSST Mississippi State	6	4-2	SEC	379.5#98	2277#69
99	ARST Arkansas State	7	3-4	Sun Belt	379.9#99	2659#28
100	UNLV UNLV	7	4-3	Mountain West	381.3#100	2669#27
101	BUF Buffalo	7	4-3	Mid-American	382.7#101	2679#26
102	WSU Washington State	7	1-6	Pac-12	383.1#102	2682#24
103	BGSU Bowling Green	7	2-5	Mid-American	383.9#103	2687#22
104	FRES Fresno State	7	4-3	Pac-12	384.3#104	2690#21
105	HAW Hawai'i	7	1-6	Mountain West	385.0#105	2695#20
106	CAL California	7	3-4	ACC	388.3#106	2718#19
107	SJSU San José State	7	4-3	Mountain West	389.3#107	2725#18
108	MISS Ole Miss	6	5-1	SEC	390.0#108	2340#65
109	GT Georgia Tech	6	2-4	ACC	392.2#109	2353T-62
110	DEL Delaware	6	2-4	Conference USA	393.2#110	2359#60
111	UTEP UTEP	7	1-6	Mountain West	398.3#111	2788#17
112	UTSA UTSA	7	6-1	American Athletic	400.0#112	2800#16
113	RUTG Rutgers	6	2-4	Big Ten	402.5#113	2415#55
114	TEM Temple	7	2-5	American Athletic	404.6#114	2832#15
115	CONN UConn	6	3-3	FBS Independents	407.5#115	2445#52
116	TLSA Tulsa	7	4-3	American Athletic	408.4#116	2859#14
117	MTSU Middle Tennessee	6	3-3	Conference USA	412.8#117	2477#49
118	PUR Purdue	7	3-4	Big Ten	413.1#118	2892#13
119	NIU Northern Illinois	6	0-6	Mountain West	414.5#119	2487#48
120	FAU Florida Atlantic	6	4-2	American Athletic	416.5#120	2499#47
121	AKR Akron	7	1-6	Mid-American	417.7#121	2924#11
122	TXST Texas State	6	3-3	Pac-12	418.8#122	2513#44
123	CCU Coastal Carolina	7	2-5	Sun Belt	419.4#123	2936#10
124	LOU Louisville	7	4-3	ACC	419.9#124	2939#9
125	TULN Tulane	6	3-3	American Athletic	420.7#125	2524#43
126	USA South Alabama	6	4-2	Sun Belt	427.8#126	2567#37
127	MOST Missouri State	6	2-4	Conference USA	430.8#127	2585#36
128	CIN Cincinnati	6	4-2	Big 12	434.3#128	2606#34
129	FSU Florida State	7	3-4	ACC	434.9#129	3044#7
130	BALL Ball State	7	2-5	Mid-American	445.3#130	3117#5
131	USM Southern Miss	6	1-5	Sun Belt	446.7#131	2680#25
132	MRSH Marshall	6	3-3	Sun Belt	447.3#132	2684#23
133	SDSU San Diego State	7	3-4	Pac-12	449.0#133	3143#4
134	STAN Stanford	7	3-4	ACC	451.6#134	3161#3
135	CLT Charlotte	7	1-6	American Athletic	465.1#135	3256#2
136	ULM UL Monroe	6	0-6	Sun Belt	483.2#136	2899#12
137	WVU West Virginia	7	4-3	Big 12	483.9#137	3387#1
138	CSU Colorado State	6	2-4	Pac-12	509.5#138	3057#6

Ranks among 138 FBS teams with a value. Equal values share a rank (T-5). — means not available from source and is left out of ranking.

Data: CollegeFootballData.com · Stats through Week 7. Ranks among FBS teams; games against FCS opponents count toward totals. Values not available from source show as —, never as zero.