2016 season
Rankings
The season's leaders, by team and by player.
Every conference, ranked against the others — the conference filter does not apply here.
Point margin
Total, season to date · by conference
- 1ACC+912
- 2SEC+904
- 3Big Ten+572
- 4American Athletic+454
- 5Pac-12+445
- 6Big 12+445
- 7FCS Independents+215
- 8MVFC+207
- 9FBS Independents+152
- 10Southern+128
- 11CAA+88
- 12Mountain West+42
- 13Mid America+26
- 14Big South+26
- 15American Southwest+3
- 16Wisconsin−3
- 17Pioneer−24
- 18Mountain East−31
- 19Great Lakes−42
- 20Northeast 10−43
- 21NEC−45
- 22Heartland−45
- 23Lone Star−48
- 24Ivy−53
- 25Great Northwest−55
- 26Patriot−57
- 27Independent DII−58
- 28South Atlantic−70
- 29Rocky Mountain−70
- 30Great Midwest Athletic−93
- 31Gulf South−96
- 32Mid-American−109
- 33Big Sky−135
- 34Conference USA−204
- 35OVC−207
- 36SIAC−227
- 37Southland−269
- 38Sun Belt−381
- 39CIAA−390
- 40SWAC−503
- 41MEAC−912
Scoring offense
Points per game · by conference
- 1FCS Independents37.3
- 2Big 1233.6
- 3Pac-1232.1
- 4Conference USA31.5
- 5American Athletic31.4
- 6Big Sky30.9
- 7ACC30.7
- 8Mountain West30.5
- 9SEC29.8
- 10Southland29.5
- 11Mid America29.0
- 12FBS Independents28.5
- 13MVFC28.4
- 14Big Ten27.9
- 15Mid-American27.8
- 16OVC27.4
- 17Pioneer27.3
- 18Patriot27.2
- 19SWAC26.7
- 20Southern26.6
- 21Big South26.5
- 22Sun Belt25.9
- 23CAA24.7
- 24NEC24.7
- 25Ivy23.9
- 26Great Lakes23.3
- 27MEAC21.0
- 28Independent DII18.3
- 29Northeast 1018.0
- 30Great Midwest Athletic14.2
- 31Heartland14.0
- 32Gulf South13.4
- 33Lone Star11.3
- 34CIAA11.0
- 35SIAC10.4
- 36American Southwest10.0
- 37Wisconsin7.0
- 38Mountain East7.0
- 39South Atlantic7.0
- 40Rocky Mountain3.0
- 41Great Northwest0.0
Scoring defense
Points allowed per game, lower is better · by conference
- 1Mid America3.0
- 2American Southwest7.0
- 3Wisconsin10.0
- 4FCS Independents19.3
- 5CAA24.1
- 6Ivy24.5
- 7Big Ten24.7
- 8SEC24.8
- 9NEC25.3
- 10Southern25.4
- 11FBS Independents25.4
- 12ACC25.7
- 13Big South26.1
- 14MVFC26.7
- 15Lone Star27.3
- 16Pioneer27.5
- 17Patriot27.9
- 18American Athletic28.4
- 19Mid-American28.5
- 20MEAC28.6
- 21Sun Belt28.6
- 22Pac-1229.1
- 23OVC29.4
- 24Big 1230.1
- 25Mountain West30.2
- 26SWAC31.2
- 27Southland31.6
- 28Big Sky31.9
- 29Gulf South32.6
- 30Conference USA32.8
- 31Great Midwest Athletic32.8
- 32Great Lakes37.3
- 33Independent DII37.7
- 34Mountain East38.0
- 35Northeast 1039.5
- 36SIAC42.9
- 37CIAA50.0
- 38Great Northwest55.0
- 39Heartland59.0
- 40Rocky Mountain73.0
- 41South Atlantic77.0
Passing yards
Per game · by conference
- 1Big 12281.3
- 2Pac-12254.8
- 3Conference USA252.6
- 4ACC246.1
- 5Mid-American241.0
- 6American Athletic235.9
- 7SEC224.0
- 8Sun Belt219.3
- 9Big Ten209.5
- 10Mountain West199.8
- 11FBS Independents192.6
- 12Mid America0.0
- 13Gulf South0.0
- 14Lone Star0.0
- 15Great Midwest Athletic0.0
- 16American Southwest0.0
- 17Great Lakes0.0
- 18SIAC0.0
- 19CAA0.0
- 20SWAC0.0
- 21Southland0.0
- 22Big Sky0.0
- 23MVFC0.0
- 24Pioneer0.0
- 25FCS Independents0.0
- 26OVC0.0
- 27Southern0.0
- 28Ivy0.0
- 29MEAC0.0
- 30Patriot0.0
- 31Big South0.0
- 32NEC0.0
- 33Independent DII0.0
- 34Wisconsin0.0
- 35CIAA0.0
- 36Northeast 100.0
- 37Mountain East0.0
- 38Heartland0.0
- 39Great Northwest0.0
- 40South Atlantic0.0
- 41Rocky Mountain0.0
Rushing yards
Per game · by conference
- 1Mountain West213.7
- 2FBS Independents200.3
- 3SEC198.3
- 4Big 12194.1
- 5American Athletic188.6
- 6Pac-12179.5
- 7Mid-American174.6
- 8Big Ten173.6
- 9ACC172.5
- 10Conference USA167.5
- 11Sun Belt162.1
- 12Mid America0.0
- 13Gulf South0.0
- 14Lone Star0.0
- 15Great Midwest Athletic0.0
- 16American Southwest0.0
- 17Great Lakes0.0
- 18SIAC0.0
- 19CAA0.0
- 20SWAC0.0
- 21Southland0.0
- 22Big Sky0.0
- 23MVFC0.0
- 24Pioneer0.0
- 25FCS Independents0.0
- 26OVC0.0
- 27Southern0.0
- 28Ivy0.0
- 29MEAC0.0
- 30Patriot0.0
- 31Big South0.0
- 32NEC0.0
- 33Independent DII0.0
- 34Wisconsin0.0
- 35CIAA0.0
- 36Northeast 100.0
- 37Mountain East0.0
- 38Heartland0.0
- 39Great Northwest0.0
- 40South Atlantic0.0
- 41Rocky Mountain0.0
Sacks
By the defence, per game · by conference
- 1ACC2.6
- 2Big Ten2.3
- 3Big 122.3
- 4Pac-122.2
- 5SEC2.2
- 6American Athletic2.1
- 7Conference USA2.1
- 8Mountain West2.1
- 9Mid-American1.9
- 10Sun Belt1.8
- 11FBS Independents1.8
- 12Mid America0.0
- 13Gulf South0.0
- 14Lone Star0.0
- 15Great Midwest Athletic0.0
- 16American Southwest0.0
- 17Great Lakes0.0
- 18SIAC0.0
- 19CAA0.0
- 20SWAC0.0
- 21Southland0.0
- 22Big Sky0.0
- 23MVFC0.0
- 24Pioneer0.0
- 25FCS Independents0.0
- 26OVC0.0
- 27Southern0.0
- 28Ivy0.0
- 29MEAC0.0
- 30Patriot0.0
- 31Big South0.0
- 32NEC0.0
- 33Independent DII0.0
- 34Wisconsin0.0
- 35CIAA0.0
- 36Northeast 100.0
- 37Mountain East0.0
- 38Heartland0.0
- 39Great Northwest0.0
- 40South Atlantic0.0
- 41Rocky Mountain0.0
Tackles for loss
By the defence, per game · by conference
- 1ACC6.8
- 2Big Ten6.6
- 3Sun Belt6.2
- 4Big 126.2
- 5SEC6.2
- 6American Athletic6.1
- 7Mid-American5.7
- 8Mountain West5.6
- 9Pac-125.6
- 10Conference USA5.5
- 11FBS Independents5.4
- 12Mid America0.0
- 13Gulf South0.0
- 14Lone Star0.0
- 15Great Midwest Athletic0.0
- 16American Southwest0.0
- 17Great Lakes0.0
- 18SIAC0.0
- 19CAA0.0
- 20SWAC0.0
- 21Southland0.0
- 22Big Sky0.0
- 23MVFC0.0
- 24Pioneer0.0
- 25FCS Independents0.0
- 26OVC0.0
- 27Southern0.0
- 28Ivy0.0
- 29MEAC0.0
- 30Patriot0.0
- 31Big South0.0
- 32NEC0.0
- 33Independent DII0.0
- 34Wisconsin0.0
- 35CIAA0.0
- 36Northeast 100.0
- 37Mountain East0.0
- 38Heartland0.0
- 39Great Northwest0.0
- 40South Atlantic0.0
- 41Rocky Mountain0.0
Interceptions
Caught by the defence, per game · by conference
- 1FBS Independents1.0
- 2Pac-121.0
- 3Sun Belt1.0
- 4SEC0.9
- 5Big Ten0.9
- 6American Athletic0.9
- 7ACC0.9
- 8Big 120.8
- 9Mid-American0.8
- 10Mountain West0.8
- 11Conference USA0.8
- 12Mid America0.0
- 13Gulf South0.0
- 14Lone Star0.0
- 15Great Midwest Athletic0.0
- 16American Southwest0.0
- 17Great Lakes0.0
- 18SIAC0.0
- 19CAA0.0
- 20SWAC0.0
- 21Southland0.0
- 22Big Sky0.0
- 23MVFC0.0
- 24Pioneer0.0
- 25FCS Independents0.0
- 26OVC0.0
- 27Southern0.0
- 28Ivy0.0
- 29MEAC0.0
- 30Patriot0.0
- 31Big South0.0
- 32NEC0.0
- 33Independent DII0.0
- 34Wisconsin0.0
- 35CIAA0.0
- 36Northeast 100.0
- 37Mountain East0.0
- 38Heartland0.0
- 39Great Northwest0.0
- 40South Atlantic0.0
- 41Rocky Mountain0.0