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2018 season

Rankings

The season's leaders, by team and by player.

Season
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Conference
OffenseDefenseOverallConference

Scoring defense

Points allowed per game, lower is better

  1. 1Clemson13.1
  2. 2Mississippi State13.2
  3. 3Fresno State14.1
  4. 4Washington16.4
  5. 5Kentucky16.8
  6. 6Cincinnati17.2
  7. 7Army17.7
  8. 8Iowa17.8
  9. 9Alabama18.1
  10. 10Notre Dame18.2
  11. 11Georgia19.2
  12. 12Michigan19.4
  13. 13Florida20.0
  14. 14Penn State20.5
  15. 15LSU21.8
  16. 16Boise State22.1
  17. 17Utah State22.2
  18. 18UCF22.7
  19. 19Northwestern23.2
  20. 20Washington State23.3
  21. 21Texas A&M25.3
  22. 22Ohio State25.5
  23. 23Texas25.9
  24. 24Syracuse27.0
  25. 25West Virginia27.2

Sacks

By the defence, per game

  1. 1Penn State3.7
  2. 2Clemson3.3
  3. 3Syracuse3.2
  4. 4Texas A&M3.0
  5. 5Alabama2.9
  6. 6Ohio State2.9
  7. 7Kentucky2.9
  8. 8Florida2.8
  9. 9Boise State2.8
  10. 10Iowa2.7
  11. 11Mississippi State2.7
  12. 12Michigan2.6
  13. 13Washington State2.5
  14. 14LSU2.5
  15. 15Cincinnati2.4
  16. 16Texas2.4
  17. 17West Virginia2.3
  18. 18UCF2.2
  19. 19Notre Dame2.2
  20. 20Utah State2.1
  21. 21Oklahoma2.1
  22. 22Northwestern1.9
  23. 23Fresno State1.7
  24. 24Georgia1.7
  25. 25Washington1.6

Tackles for loss

By the defence, per game

  1. 1Clemson8.5
  2. 2Penn State8.2
  3. 3UCF8.1
  4. 4West Virginia7.8
  5. 5Texas A&M7.6
  6. 6Mississippi State7.4
  7. 7Texas7.1
  8. 8Alabama7.0
  9. 9Ohio State7.0
  10. 10Michigan6.9
  11. 11Kentucky6.9
  12. 12Florida6.8
  13. 13Syracuse6.8
  14. 14Cincinnati6.4
  15. 15Utah State6.3
  16. 16LSU6.2
  17. 17Boise State5.8
  18. 18Northwestern5.6
  19. 19Oklahoma5.6
  20. 20Washington State5.5
  21. 21Iowa5.5
  22. 22Notre Dame5.2
  23. 23Fresno State4.9
  24. 24Georgia4.6
  25. 25Army4.2

Interceptions

Caught by the defence, per game

  1. 1Utah State1.7
  2. 2Iowa1.5
  3. 3Syracuse1.4
  4. 4Fresno State1.4
  5. 5LSU1.3
  6. 6West Virginia1.3
  7. 7UCF1.1
  8. 8Florida1.1
  9. 9Penn State1.0
  10. 10Mississippi State1.0
  11. 11Alabama0.9
  12. 12Notre Dame0.9
  13. 13Washington State0.9
  14. 14Texas0.9
  15. 15Northwestern0.9
  16. 16Cincinnati0.8
  17. 17Michigan0.8
  18. 18Clemson0.8
  19. 19Ohio State0.8
  20. 20Washington0.8
  21. 21Kentucky0.7
  22. 22Georgia0.6
  23. 23Boise State0.5
  24. 24Texas A&M0.5
  25. 25Army0.4

Players

Sacks

Season total

  1. 1Josh AllenKentucky17
  2. 2Nate HarveyEast Carolina14.5
  3. 3Jaylon FergusonLouisiana Tech13
  4. 4Oshane XiminesOld Dominion12
  5. 5Sutton SmithNorthern Illinois12
  6. 6Clelin FerrellClemson11.5
  7. 7Jachai PoliteFlorida11
  8. 8A.J. EpenesaIowa10.5
  9. 9Patrick JohnsonTulane10.5
  10. 10Alton RobinsonSyracuse10
  11. 11Brian BurnsFlorida State10
  12. 12Isaiah BuggsAlabama10
  13. 13Jessie LemonierLiberty10
  14. 14Kendall ColemanSyracuse10
  15. 15Anthony NelsonIowa9.5
  16. 16Charles OmenihuTexas9.5
  17. 17Chase YoungOhio State9.5
  18. 18Jamell Garcia-WilliamsUAB9.5
  19. 19Carter CoughlinMinnesota9
  20. 20E.J. EjiyaNorth Texas9
  21. 21Joe JacksonMiami9
  22. 22Jordan BrailfordOklahoma State9
  23. 23Ronheen BinghamArkansas State9
  24. 24Wyatt RayBoston College9
  25. 25Austin BryantClemson8.5

Tackles for loss

Season total

  1. 1Nate HarveyEast Carolina26
  2. 2E.J. EjiyaNorth Texas25.5
  3. 3Chase HansenUtah22
  4. 4Colin SchoolerArizona21.5
  5. 5Jaylon FergusonLouisiana Tech20.5
  6. 6Josh AllenKentucky20.5
  7. 7Kenny WillekesMichigan State20.5
  8. 8Sutton SmithNorthern Illinois20
  9. 9Yetur Gross-MatosPenn State20
  10. 10Quinnen WilliamsAlabama19.5
  11. 11Jachai PoliteFlorida19
  12. 12Clelin FerrellClemson18.5
  13. 13Maxx CrosbyEastern Michigan18.5
  14. 14Oshane XiminesOld Dominion18.5
  15. 15Ronheen BinghamArkansas State18.5
  16. 16Brandon GarnerNorth Texas18
  17. 17Gerald Willis IIIMiami18
  18. 18Alex HighsmithCharlotte17.5
  19. 19Charles OmenihuTexas17.5
  20. 20Ben BanoguTCU17
  21. 21Gary JohnsonTexas17
  22. 22Jonathan GarvinMiami17
  23. 23Jordan BrailfordOklahoma State17
  24. 24Titus DavisUCF17
  25. 25A.J. EpenesaIowa16.5

Total tackles

Season total

  1. 1Ben Burr-KirvenWashington165
  2. 2Kenneth MurrayOklahoma155
  3. 3Malik FountainCentral Michigan151
  4. 4Joe Dineen Jr.Kansas142
  5. 5Bryton BarrMassachusetts141
  6. 6Curtis BoltonOklahoma139
  7. 7Khalil HodgeBuffalo132
  8. 8Javahn FergursonNew Mexico State131
  9. 9Jeffrey AllisonFresno State131
  10. 10Josh WatsonColorado State129
  11. 11Austin RobinsonHouston128
  12. 12A.J. HotchkinsUTEP126
  13. 13John LakoAkron126
  14. 14Kyahva TezinoSan Diego State126
  15. 15Jordan KunaszykCalifornia124
  16. 16Adarius PickettUCLA123
  17. 17Devin WhiteLSU123
  18. 18Ron LaForceNew Mexico State122
  19. 19E.J. EjiyaNorth Texas121
  20. 20Evan WeaverCalifornia121
  21. 21Sage LewisFlorida International121
  22. 22Blake GallagherNorthwestern120
  23. 23Leon McQuakerNew Mexico State120
  24. 24Jordan GriffinVanderbilt119
  25. 25De'Jon HarrisArkansas118

Interceptions

Season total

  1. 1Andre CiscoSyracuse7
  2. 2Hamp CheeversBoston College7
  3. 3Jaylinn HawkinsCalifornia6
  4. 4Juan ThornhillVirginia6
  5. 5Juwan FoggieCharlotte6
  6. 6Ky'el HembySouthern Miss6
  7. 7Nate BrooksNorth Texas6
  8. 8Richie GrantUCF6
  9. 9Wesley BushMiddle Tennessee6
  10. 10Adrian FryeTexas Tech5
  11. 11Cedarius RookardTroy5
  12. 12Grant DelpitLSU5
  13. 13Jevon HollandOregon5
  14. 14Kemon HallNorth Texas5
  15. 15Tre WatsonMaryland5
  16. 16Aaron WadeUtah State4
  17. 17Aashari CrosswellArizona State4
  18. 18Alvin DavisAkron4
  19. 19Amani HookerIowa4
  20. 20Amik RobertsonLouisiana Tech4
  21. 21Anthoula KellyFresno State4
  22. 22Ashtyn DavisCalifornia4
  23. 23Byron MurphyWashington4
  24. 24Caden SternsTexas4
  25. 25Cassius GradyUTSA4

Defensive points

Defensive and interception touchdowns × 6

  1. 1Curtis BoltonOklahoma18
  2. 2Isaiah WrightTemple18
  3. 3Jason HuntleyNew Mexico State18
  4. 4Juanyeh ThomasGeorgia Tech18
  5. 5Tyler HortonBoise State18
  6. 6Ugochukwu AmadiOregon18
  7. 7Alvin DavisAkron12
  8. 8Anthoula KellyFresno State12
  9. 9Brandon WatsonMichigan12
  10. 10Chauncey Gardner Jr.Florida12
  11. 11Darnay HolmesUCLA12
  12. 12Diontae JohnsonToledo12
  13. 13Gleson SprewellHouston12
  14. 14Greg DortchWake Forest12
  15. 15Juwan FoggieCharlotte12
  16. 16KaVontae TurpinTCU12
  17. 17Kemon HallNorth Texas12
  18. 18Marcus HayesNew Mexico12
  19. 19Maurice FfrenchPittsburgh12
  20. 20Rocky Jacques-LouisFlorida International12
  21. 21Savon ScarverUtah State12
  22. 22Shyheim CarterAlabama12
  23. 23Terrence HorneSouth Florida12
  24. 24Travis LevyBoston College12
  25. 25Ty MasonTemple12