College Football Stat Leaders
Average defensive sacks recorded per game.
Seasons Covered
2016-2025
Current Leader
Buffalo (4.38)
Best Season
Buffalo 2019 (4.38)
Scope
MAC
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Route-specific context pulled from the current leaderboard, winner trend, and historical baseline.
Sacks per game captures pass-rush production and the ability to end opponent drives with negative plays, though it should be read with opponent pass volume and game script. On this MAC leaderboard, the visible range runs 4.38 to 3.31, with Buffalo setting the pace.
MAC teams have claimed 100% of the yearly leaderboard wins in this filtered dataset, and Western Michigan is the latest winner at 3.07.
The gap from No. 1 Buffalo to No. 5 Western Michigan is 1.08, which shows how tightly packed the top of this leaderboard is.
The yearly winning mark improved from 2.62 in 2024 to 3.07 in 2025, a swing of 0.46. Buffalo's current mark of 4.38 sits above the all-time average leader benchmark of 2.59 held by Miami (OH).
Top 25 rows for the current route scope.
Yearly winning values for the current filter scope.
| Season | Team | Conference at time | Value |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Western Michigan | Mid-American Conference | 3.07 |
| 2024 | Northern Illinois | Mid-American Conference | 2.62 |
| 2023 | Ohio | Mid-American Conference | 2.77 |
| 2022 | Bowling Green | Mid-American Conference | 2.85 |
| 2021 | Western Michigan | Mid-American Conference | 3.31 |
| 2020 | Miami (OH) | Mid-American Conference | 4.33 |
| 2019 | Buffalo | Mid-American Conference | 4.38 |
| 2018 | Northern Illinois | Mid-American Conference | 2.86 |
| 2017 | Northern Illinois | Mid-American Conference | 3.31 |
| 2016 | Ohio | Mid-American Conference | 3.14 |
Average across seasons for each team in the current filter scope.
| Rank | Team | Seasons | Average | Best Season |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Miami (OH) | 2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016 | 2.59 | 2020 (4.33) |
| 2 | Western Michigan | 2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016 | 2.56 | 2019 (4.15) |
| 3 | Buffalo | 2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016 | 2.46 | 2019 (4.38) |
| 4 | Central Michigan | 2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016 | 2.39 | 2020 (3.17) |
| 5 | Toledo | 2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016 | 2.23 | 2021 (2.92) |
| 6 | Ohio | 2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016 | 2.19 | 2016 (3.14) |
| 7 | Northern Illinois | 2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016 | 2.09 | 2017 (3.31) |
| 8 | Bowling Green | 2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016 | 2.09 | 2019 (2.92) |
| 9 | Ball State | 2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016 | 1.94 | 2016 (2.67) |
| 10 | Kent State | 2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016 | 1.87 | 2020 (2.75) |
| 11 | Eastern Michigan | 2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016 | 1.78 | 2019 (2.38) |
| 12 | Akron | 2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016 | 1.52 | 2025 (2.08) |
| 13 | Massachusetts | 2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016 | 1.46 | 2020 (2.25) |
Buffalo ranks first at 4.38.
Miami (OH) owns the strongest all-time average at 2.59 across 10 tracked seasons in this conference scope.
Western Michigan is the most recent yearly winner in this conference scope, so the route combines the current leaderboard with a recent trend line instead of showing only one season snapshot.